HTC HTC Phone User manual

Your HTC Phone
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 8
Your phone 8
Back cover 10
SIM card 11
Storage card 12
Battery 12
Switching your phone on or off 15
Entering your PIN 16
Finger gestures 16
Setting up your phone for the first time 17
Ways of getting contacts into your phone 17
Home screen 18
Basics
Adjusting the volume 19
Sleep mode 20
Status and notifications 21
Notifications panel 24
Connecting your phone to a computer 25
Copying files to or from the storage card 26
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 26
Personalizing
Making your phone truly yours 29
Personalizing your phone with scenes 29
Changing your wallpaper 30
Applying a new skin 31
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 31
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 33
Adding folders on your Home screen 33
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 34
Rearranging the Home screen 35
Using sound sets 35
Changing your ringtones and alarms 37
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 38
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 39
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 39
Using Speed dial 40
Calling a phone number in a text message 40
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Calling a phone number in an email 41
Making an emergency call 41
Receiving calls 42
What can I do during a call? 43
Setting up a conference call 45
Internet calls 45
Using Call history 46
Using Home dialing 47
Call services 48
Turning Airplane mode on or off 49
Messages
Opening Messages 50
Sending a text message (SMS) 50
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 51
Resuming a draft message 53
Viewing and replying to a message 53
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 54
Push messages 55
Managing message conversations 56
Setting message options 57
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 59
About the People app 60
Setting up your profile 61
Importing contacts from your SIM card 61
Adding a new contact 62
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 62
Merging contact information 63
Filtering your contacts list 64
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 65
Contact information and conversations 65
Sending contact information as a vCard 66
Contact groups 67
Adding People widgets 69
Email
Gmail 71
Mail 72
Calendar
About Calendar 80
Creating an event 80
Changing Calendar views 82
Managing Calendar events 83
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 84
Displaying and synchronizing reminders 84
Changing Calendar settings 86
About the Calendar widget 86
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Search and Web browser
Searching your phone and the web 87
Using your phone’s web browser 88
Downloading from the Web 91
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 91
Setting browser options 93
Camera
Camera basics 94
Taking a photo 95
Recording video 96
Adding effects 97
After capturing 97
Changing camera settings 97
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 99
Music 107
Connected Media 112
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 114
Synchronizing with a Google Account 114
Adding a social network account 115
Managing your online accounts 115
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 117
Facebook app 118
Tweeting on your phone using Peep 120
Using Friend Stream 122
Chatting in Google Talk 124
Maps and location
Location settings 127
Locations 127
Car Panel 136
Google Maps 137
Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 141
Using the Clock 143
Checking Weather 146
Reading eBooks 147
Reading news feeds 150
Keeping track of your stocks 152
Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations 153
Watching videos on YouTube 154
Listening to FM Radio 155
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Recording your voice 156
Using Flashlight 157
Sharing games and apps 158
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 159
Installing HTC Sync 160
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone 160
Getting to know the workspace 161
Setting up synchronization 161
Synchronizing your phone 164
Installing an app from your computer to your phone 165
Synchronizing another phone with your computer 165
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 165
HTCSense.com
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account 166
Using HTCSense.com 166
Deleting your HTCSense.com account 168
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 169
Entering words with predictive text 170
Entering text by speaking 172
Editing text 173
Adjusting input settings 174
Internet connections
Data connection 175
Wi-Fi 176
About connection widgets 178
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 178
Using your phone as a modem (USB tethering) 179
Connecting your phone to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 180
Using your phone as a wireless router 180
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 181
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 181
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 182
Sending information using Bluetooth 183
Receiving information using Bluetooth 185
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 187
Protecting your phone with a screen lock pattern, PIN or password 187
Settings
Settings on your phone 189
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Changing display settings 190
Changing sound settings 192
Changing the phone language 193
Optimizing your phone’s battery life 193
Managing memory 194
Checking information about your phone 195
Update and reset
Phone software updates 196
Restarting your phone 197
Resetting your phone 197
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 on
your phone 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 phone feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be
careful about to prevent potential problems when using your phone.
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Getting started
Inside the box
You will find the following inside the box:
§Phone
§Battery (preinstalled)
§microSD™card (preinstalled)
§USB cable
§3.5mm stereo headset
§Power adapter
§Quick start guide
§Safety and regulatory guide
§Warranty card
Your phone
Front panel
1. Notification LED
2. Proximity sensor
3. MENU
4. HOME
5. Microphone
6. SEARCH
7. BACK
8. CAMERA
9. Trackpad
10. Touch screen
11. Earpiece
12. Front camera
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Left panel
1. VOLUME UP
2. VOLUME DOWN
3. Dock contacts
4. USB connector
Back panel
1. LED flash
2. 5 megapixel camera
3. Speaker
4. Back cover
Top panel
1. POWER
2. 3.5mm headset jack
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and
storage card slot.
Make sure to switch off your phone before removing the back cover.
1. With the phone turned off, hold your phone securely with the front facing down.
2. With your finger, lift up the back cover from the small opening at the back of
the phone to remove it.
Replacing the back cover
1. Secure the top part of the back cover first by aligning into the two openings
located at the back of the phone (right below the camera lens).
2. Press the sides and bottom part of the back cover towards the phone. You’ll
hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.
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