HTC HTC Flyer User manual

Your HTC Flyer
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 7
HTC Flyer 7
Top cover 9
Storage card 10
Battery 11
Switching the power on or off 11
Finger gestures 12
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time 12
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer 13
Home screen 14
Basics
Adjusting the volume 16
Sleep mode 16
Status and notifications 18
Notifications panel 19
Switching between recently opened apps 20
Where apps, data, and files are stored 21
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 21
Copying files to or from the tablet storage or storage card 22
Syncing media files between HTC Flyer and your computer's multimedia app 23
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 23
Printing 25
Turning Airplane mode on or off 25
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 26
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 26
Changing your wallpaper 27
Applying a new skin 27
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 28
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 29
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 29
Rearranging the Home screen 30
Using sound sets 30
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 32
Customizing the lock screen 33
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Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Flyer and the Web 34
Using the web browser 35
Private browsing 37
Downloading files and apps from the Web 37
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 37
Setting browser options 39
Tablet pen and fun apps
About HTC Scribe 40
Choosing your pen type, color, and stroke 42
Highlighting and drawing in pen-integrated apps 43
Scribble mode 45
About Notes 46
Writing a note 47
Reviewing a note 48
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 50
Camera 51
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 56
Music 63
Connected Media 67
HTC services
HTC Watch 68
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 72
Synchronizing with a Google Account 72
Adding a social network account 73
Managing your online accounts 74
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 76
Twitter for HTC Sense 77
Using Friend Stream 78
Tweeting in Friend Stream 81
Chatting in Google Talk 82
Email
Gmail 85
Mail 86
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Calendar
About Calendar 94
Creating an event 94
Changing Calendar views 95
Managing Calendar events 96
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 97
Showing or hiding calendars 97
Changing Calendar settings 98
About the Calendar widget 98
Maps and location
Location settings 99
Locations 99
Google Maps 106
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 110
About the People app 111
Your contacts list 111
Setting up your profile 112
Adding a new contact 112
Searching for a contact 113
Importing a contact from an ActiveSync account 113
Merging contact information 114
Contact information and conversations 115
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 116
Sending contact information as a vCard 117
Contact groups 117
Adding People widgets 119
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 121
Using the Clock 123
Checking Weather 126
Reading eBooks 127
Reading news feeds 130
Keeping track of your stocks 132
Viewing a PDF 133
Working on documents 133
Watching videos on YouTube 134
Sharing games and apps 136
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 137
Installing HTC Sync 137
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer 138
Getting to know the workspace 138
Setting up synchronization 139
Synchronizing HTC Flyer 142
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer 143
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Downloading maps or purchasing services 143
Synchronizing another device with your computer 144
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 144
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 145
Entering words with predictive text 146
Entering text by speaking 148
Entering text by tracing 149
Editing text 150
Adjusting input settings 150
Internet connections
Wi-Fi 152
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 153
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 155
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 156
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 156
Connecting other Bluetooth devices 157
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 158
Sending information using Bluetooth 159
Receiving information using Bluetooth 160
Security
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 162
Encrypting data on HTC Flyer 163
Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer 165
Changing display settings 166
Changing sound settings 168
Changing the language 168
Optimizing battery life 168
Managing memory 169
Checking information about HTC Flyer 171
Update and reset
Software updates 172
Restarting HTC Flyer 172
Resetting HTC Flyer 173
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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Conventions used in this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important
information:
This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens
when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides
information that may only be applicable to some situations.
This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure,
or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.
This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain
task or to get a feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be
careful about to prevent potential problems.
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Getting started
Inside the box
You will find the following inside the box:
§HTC Flyer
§USB cable
§Power adapter
§Quick guide
§Safety and regulatory guide
§Call center card (hotline card)
§Warranty card
HTC Flyer
Front panel
1. Front camera on or off indicator
2. Front camera
3. PEN OPTIONS
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Right panel
1. Microphones
2. VOLUME UP
3. VOLUME DOWN
Back panel
1. Top cover
2. 5 megapixel camera
3. Speakers
4. USB connector
Top panel
1. 3.5mm headset jack
2. POWER
3. Charging notification
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Top cover
Removing the top cover
Remove the top cover to access the storage card slot.
1. Turn off HTC Flyer and hold it securely with the front facing down.
2. With your right and left thumbs, push the top cover out to remove it.
Replacing the top cover
1. Align the two teeth underneath the top cover (one on each side) with the two
notches on the top of HTC Flyer.
2. Place the top cover on HTC Flyer, gently press down on the cover with your
thumbs, and then push it in until it clicks and locks into place.
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Storage card
HTC Flyer comes with a tablet storage that you can use to store your photos, videos,
and music. If you need more storage space, you can insert a storage card into
HTC Flyer.
Inserting the storage card
1. Take the top cover off.
2. Insert the storage card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing
down and push it until it clicks into place.
Removing the storage card
If HTC Flyer is on you must first "unmount" the storage card before removing it to
prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. Take the top cover off.
2. Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.
3. Slide the storage card out from its slot.
Unmounting the storage card
When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Flyer is on, unmount the
storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings.
2. Tap Storage > Unmount SD card.
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Battery
HTC Flyer uses a rechargeable battery. How long the battery can last before it needs
recharging depends on how you use HTC Flyer. The features and accessories you use
can affect battery life. For example, leaving your Bluetooth®connection always on
uses more power. Frequent web browsing also uses up a lot of battery power.
Charging the battery
The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before you turn on and start using
HTC Flyer, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform
best after several full charge/discharge cycles.
Only the power adapter provided in the box must be used to charge the battery.
1. Plug the power adapter into the USB connector of HTC Flyer.
2. Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid orange light. The
light turns to solid green when HTC Flyer is fully charged.
When you charge the battery while HTC Flyer is on, the charging battery icon is
displayed in your tablet’s status bar. After the battery has been fully charged, the
charging battery icon turns to a full battery icon .
As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging when it overheats.
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button. Easy.
When you turn on HTC Flyer for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
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Switching the power off
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock the
screen.
2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.
3. When the Power options menu appears, tap Power off.
Finger gestures
Tap When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such
as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap
them with your finger.
Press and
hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link
in a web page), simply press and hold the item.
Swipe or
slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or
horizontally across the screen.
Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag.
While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the
target position.
Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe
your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a
vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.
Rotate For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation
from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Flyer sideways. When
entering text, you can turn HTC Flyer sideways to bring up a bigger
keyboard.
Pinch In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, you can “pinch” the screen
using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to zoom in or
zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time
When you switch on HTC Flyer for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. You can
choose your language, how you want to connect to the Internet, and whether you
want your current location to be automatically detected. If you still have personal
contacts and calendar events stored on your old phone, you can easily transfer them
to HTC Flyer through Bluetooth as well.
Be sure to sign in to your Google®Account so you can use Google apps like Gmail™
and Android Market™. You can also set up your other email accounts, favorite social
networks like Facebook®and Twitter™, and more.
Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time.
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Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Flyer. You can sync HTC Flyer
with contacts from your Google Account, computer, Facebook, and more.
Gmail Google contacts are imported to HTC Flyer after you sign in to
your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts
right from HTC Flyer.
Facebook Log in to your Facebook account through Facebook for HTC
Sense to import your Facebook friends' contact information.
Tablet contacts Create and store contacts directly on HTC Flyer.
HTC Sync™Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync to sync HTC Flyer with your computer's
Microsoft®Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows®Contacts.
Microsoft
Exchange
ActiveSync®
HTC Flyer syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
Transfer Use the Transfer app to transfer your contacts and other
supported types of data from your old phone to HTC Flyer.
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Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Flyer your own. It comes with a weather
clock widget that shows the time and weather in your current location. You can also
add your favorite applications, shortcuts, and widgets so they’re always just a tap
away. To find out how, see Personalizing on page 26.
Home screen buttons
If you've done a software update to upgrade your tablet to Android 3.2, you'll find
that the original HOME, MENU, and BACK buttons below the touch screen are now
disabled. Please use the onscreen buttons.
1. Voice control
2. Apps
3. Personalize
4. Add widgets, apps, or shortcuts
5. Recent apps
6. Home
7. Back
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Extended Home screen
As you start to do more things with HTC Flyer, you might find that one Home screen
is not enough. No problem. You can use up to four extra screens. It should be plenty.
Slide your finger horizontally to the left or right and you’ll discover more space for
adding icons, widgets, and more.
Tap to return to the main Home screen (that is, the center home screen).
Using Leap view
To jump straight to the screen that you want, pinch the screen to show the Leap view.
It reveals all five Home screens as thumbnails.
Just tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there.
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Basics
Adjusting the volume
Change the volume levels for notifications, alarms, and when you're playing back
music or video on HTC Flyer.
1. Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to adjust the volume.
Depending on the current screen, you'll see an icon of the volume type you're
adjusting:
Notification sound for different notifications such as new email, calendar
event reminders, and more.
Media playback when in apps like Music.
Sound for the alarms you set in Clock.
2. On the Volume window, tap to see all volume types, and then drag the
volume sliders to the left or right to adjust the volume levels.
Adjusting the volume via settings
1. From the Home screen, tap > Settings.
2. Tap Sound > Volume.
3. Drag the volume sliders to the left or right to adjust the volume levels of media
playback, alarms, and notifications. A sample tone is briefly played with the
volume being adjusted as you drag a slider.
4. When you’re done, tap OK.
Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Flyer into a low power state while
the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Flyer is in your
bag.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode.
HTC Flyer also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s idle for a while.
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Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC Flyer up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the
screen.
HTC Flyer automatically wakes up when you have an event reminder or set an
alarm.
Unlocking the screen
Pull up the ring to unlock the screen.
If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, pin, or password, you will be asked to
draw the pattern on the screen or enter the PIN or password before it unlocks.
If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can drag or to the ring to
snooze or dismiss the event or alarm.
Opening an app from the lock screen
On the lock screen, drag an app icon to the ring to unlock the screen and directly go
to the app.
You can customize the lock screen in > Lock screen to show your four favorite
apps.
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Status and notifications
Status icons
Here’s what each icon means:
Connected to a Wi-Fi®network Bluetooth is on
Battery is full Connected to a Bluetooth device
Battery is charging Airplane mode
Battery is low (20% remaining) Wired microphone headset
connected
Battery is very low (10% or less
remaining) Wired headset connected
Notification icons
Notification icons on the status bar make it easy for you to keep on top of your
messages, calendar events, and alarms.
Here are some examples:
New Gmail message General notification
New Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync or POP3/IMAP email
HTC Flyer is connected to a
computer via USB cable
New Google Talk™instant
message
Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks
are available
Upcoming event Uploading data (animated)
Matched contacts suggestion Downloading data (animated)
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HTC Flyer software update
available Waiting to upload
Song is playing
Not sure what the notification icon on the status bar means? You can tap the icon
to see a balloon tip.
Notification LED
The notification LED shows a:
§Solid green light when HTC Flyer is connected to the power adapter or a
computer and the battery is fully charged.
§Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.
§Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.
§Flashing orange light when the battery level reaches very low.
Notifications panel
Open the Notifications panel to see what event notification or new information you've
received, check the battery status of HTC Flyer, or easily turn on settings such as
Wi-Fi.
Tap the rightmost area of the status bar to open the Notifications panel.
§If you have pending notifications below the system
clock, tap a balloon tip to respond to the notification
or open its app.
§Tap Xto remove a notification from the list.
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Using Quick Settings
The Quick Settings panel lets you easily turn on Wi-Fi, notification alerts, and more. It
also provides a shortcut to all HTC Flyer settings.
Tap the rightmost area of the status bar, and then tap .
Do any of the following:
§Tap the check box next to an item to turn
it off or on.
§Drag the slider to adjust the screen
brightness.
§Tap Settings to open all HTC Flyer
settings.
Switching between recently opened apps
You can easily access up to eight apps you just recently opened.
1. Tap at the bottom of the screen.
2. Scroll down the Recent apps panel to see all of your recently used apps.
3. In the Recent apps panel, tap an app to open it.
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