HTC HD2 User manual

HTC HD2
User Manual

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Contents
Welcome to T-Mobile
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 17
T-Mobile Services and Applications .................................................................... 18
Voice/Phone................................................................................................................18
Voicemail.......................................................................................................................19
Email................................................................................................................................19
Messaging services...................................................................................................19
Activating Service ...................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 1 Getting Started
1.1 Inside the Box..................................................................................................... 22
1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone........................................................................ 23
Front panel..................................................................................................................23
Back panel...................................................................................................................24
Left panel .....................................................................................................................25
Bottom panel .............................................................................................................25
1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone ...............26
Removing the back cover....................................................................................26
Removing the thin film and battery................................................................26
Inserting the SIM card............................................................................................27
Inserting the battery...............................................................................................27
Replacing the back cover.....................................................................................28
1.4 Charging the Battery .......................................................................................29
1.5 Starting Up ..........................................................................................................30
Turning the power on............................................................................................ 30
Setting up your phone for the first time...................................................... 30

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Switching to Sleep mode.....................................................................................32
Turning the power off ............................................................................................33
1.6 Home Screen....................................................................................................... 33
1.7 Status Icons.........................................................................................................34
1.8 Notifications........................................................................................................36
1.9 Start Screen......................................................................................................... 37
Moving an icon to the top of the Start screen...........................................37
1.10 Lock Screen.........................................................................................................38
Locking your phone................................................................................................38
Unlocking your phone ...........................................................................................39
Checking notifications when the phone is locked ...................................39
Receiving a call when the phone is locked.................................................40
1.11 Adjusting the Volume.......................................................................................41
Setting the system and ring volumes..............................................................41
Setting a single volume.........................................................................................42
Adjusting the phone call volume......................................................................42
1.12 Using Finger Gestures.....................................................................................42
Finger scrolling..........................................................................................................42
Finger panning ......................................................................................................... 43
Pinch zooming.......................................................................................................... 43
1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer ...................................................45
Chapter 2 Phone Calls
2.1 Making Calls ........................................................................................................46
Making a call from the Phone dialer screen ............................................... 46
Calling voicemail...................................................................................................... 48
Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders....... 48
Making an emergency call .................................................................................. 49
Making an international call (plus code dialing) ...................................... 49
Home dialing ............................................................................................................. 49

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2.2 Answering and Ending Calls .......................................................................... 51
Accepting or rejecting an incoming call........................................................51
During a call................................................................................................................53
2.3 Using Call History.............................................................................................. 55
2.4 Speed Dial............................................................................................................56
Creating a Speed Dial entry................................................................................56
Making a call using Speed Dial..........................................................................57
2.5 Making Conference Calls................................................................................ 57
Selecting participants and starting the conference call .......................57
Making the first call and adding calls to the conference......................59
During the conference call ................................................................................. 60
Making a conference call from an email ........................................................61
2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off ............................................62
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen
3.1 About the Home Screen.................................................................................63
3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen ...............................64
3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs................................................................65
3.4 Home......................................................................................................................65
Changing the wallpaper....................................................................................... 66
Updating weather information ..........................................................................67
Selecting another location to display on the Home tab.......................67
Changing the date and time.............................................................................. 68
Setting the alarm clock ........................................................................................ 69
Adding quick links .................................................................................................. 70
3.5 People.................................................................................................................... 72
3.6 Messages .............................................................................................................. 73

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3.7 Mail.......................................................................................................................... 74
Adding your Internet email account...............................................................74
Adding your Outlook work account ...............................................................75
Checking and reading email ...............................................................................77
3.8 Internet.................................................................................................................. 78
Adding Web favorites ...........................................................................................78
3.9 Photos & Videos ................................................................................................ 79
Portrait view ...............................................................................................................79
Landscape view ....................................................................................................... 80
3.10 Music ....................................................................................................................... 81
Playing music in portrait view.............................................................................81
Playing music in landscape view......................................................................82
Setting repeat and shuffle modes ...................................................................83
Finding albums and music tracks in the Library...................................... 84
Playlists ........................................................................................................................ 84
3.11 Calendar................................................................................................................86
Creating an appointment.................................................................................... 86
Viewing and managing your appointments................................................87
3.12 Stocks ....................................................................................................................89
Adding stock quotes and market indexes .................................................. 89
Viewing stock information.................................................................................. 90
3.13 Footprints .............................................................................................................91
3.14 Recent Documents ........................................................................................... 92
Portrait view ...............................................................................................................92
Landscape view ........................................................................................................93
Opening the All Documents screen............................................................... 94
Working with documents.....................................................................................95
3.15 Twitter ................................................................................................................... 97

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3.16 Weather ................................................................................................................98
Adding a city............................................................................................................. 98
Weather settings ..................................................................................................... 99
3.17 Settings...............................................................................................................100
Chapter 4 Staying Close
4.1 It’s All About People ....................................................................................... 101
4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details ........................................... 102
Adding your personal details ...........................................................................102
Sharing your personal details ..........................................................................103
4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone ...............................................................104
Creating new contacts ........................................................................................104
4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts .............................................................. 106
Adding favorite contacts to the People tab .............................................106
Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact.............107
4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts.................................................... 108
Browsing and finding contacts .......................................................................109
4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of
Communications With the Contact........................................................... 110
Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages.111
4.7 Contact Groups..................................................................................................112
Creating a contact group.................................................................................... 112
Sending a text or multimedia message to a group................................ 112
Filtering the contacts list by group................................................................ 113
4.8 Facebook Updates and Events....................................................................113
Logging in and out of Facebook..................................................................... 113
Checking all Facebook updates and events .............................................. 114
Checking a contact’s Facebook updates and events............................ 115
Updating your Facebook status ...................................................................... 116

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Chapter 5 Entering Text
5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard .....................................................................117
Full QWERTY ............................................................................................................ 118
Compact QWERTY ................................................................................................ 118
Phone Keypad........................................................................................................... 118
Onscreen navigation pad .................................................................................... 119
Entering text.............................................................................................................. 119
5.2 Using Predictive Mode ....................................................................................121
5.3 Entering Numbers and Symbols ................................................................122
5.4 Text Input Settings...........................................................................................124
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information
6.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone..........................................................125
6.2 Before Synchronizing With Your Computer ..........................................126
6.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista.....127
Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center ...... 127
Using Windows Mobile Device Center......................................................... 128
6.4 Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP..................................................129
Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync................................................. 129
6.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer........................................................ 130
Starting and stopping synchronization.......................................................130
Selecting information to sync........................................................................... 131
Troubleshooting sync connection problem .............................................. 132
6.6 Synchronizing via Bluetooth........................................................................132
6.7 Synchronizing Music and Video .................................................................133
6.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone............................................... 134
Setting up your My Phone account ..............................................................134
Changing sync settings....................................................................................... 135

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Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account ...... 135
Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer ........136
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages
7.1 Sending Text Messages..................................................................................137
7.2 Sending Multimedia Messages....................................................................138
Creating a slideshow ............................................................................................140
7.4 Message Conversations ................................................................................ 142
Viewing the exchange of messages with a contact..............................142
Replying to conversations .................................................................................143
Copying and pasting text to your reply message..................................144
Adding your signature to sent messages ..................................................145
Viewing a multimedia message ......................................................................146
Managing individual messages and message threads......................... 147
7.5 Text and Multimedia Message Settings .................................................. 150
Adding MMS server settings.............................................................................150
7.6 Directly Making Calls from Text Messages ..............................................151
7.7 Instant Messaging .............................................................................................151
7.8 Email......................................................................................................................153
Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer................................ 153
Setting up your Internet email account ......................................................154
Creating and replying to email messages..................................................154
Adding your signature in sent email............................................................. 155
Downloading a complete email ......................................................................156
Downloading file attachments.........................................................................156
When viewing email.............................................................................................. 157
Directly making calls from email messages .............................................. 158
Synchronizing email messages ....................................................................... 159
Filtering your email inbox ..................................................................................160
Customizing email settings...............................................................................160