HTC HTC Rhyme User manual

Your HTC Rhyme
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 14
HTC Rhyme 15
Back cover 18
Storage card 20
Battery 23
Switching the power on or off 26
Finger gestures 26
Setting up HTC Rhyme for the first time 27
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Rhyme 28
Home screen 29
Basics
Adjusting the volume 31
Sleep mode 33
Status and notifications 35
Notifications panel 39
Using HTC Rhyme Charm 41
Connecting HTC Rhyme to a computer 42
Copying files to or from the storage card 43
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Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 44
Printing 46
Switching to Dock Mode 48
Personalizing
Making HTC Rhyme truly yours 50
Personalizing HTC Rhyme with scenes 50
Changing your wallpaper 52
Applying a new skin 53
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 54
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 56
Adding folders on your Home screen 57
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 58
Rearranging the Home screen 59
Using sound sets 61
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 63
Customizing the lock screen style 65
Quick Launch widget 66
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 68
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 68
Using Speed dial 69
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Calling a phone number in a text message 70
Calling a phone number in an email 71
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 71
Making an emergency call 71
Receiving calls 72
What can I do during a call 74
Using Assisted dialing 76
Internet calls 78
Using Call history 80
Call services 82
Turning Airplane mode on or off 83
Visual Voice Mail 84
Messages
Opening Messages 86
Sending a text message (SMS) 87
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 88
Resuming a draft message 91
Viewing and replying to a message 92
Forwarding a message 94
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 95
Push messages 96
Managing message conversations 97
Backing up your text messages to the storage card 99
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Setting message options 100
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Rhyme and the Web 103
Using the web browser 105
Downloading from the Web 108
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 109
Setting browser options 112
Camera
Camera basics 114
Taking a photo 117
Recording video 118
Adding effects 119
After capturing 120
Camera scenes 121
Taking a panoramic photo 121
Taking continuous camera shots 122
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo 123
Changing camera settings 123
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 126
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Music 139
Connected Media 147
HTC services
HTC Watch 150
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 157
Synchronizing with a Google Account 158
Adding a social network account 159
Managing your online accounts 160
People
About the People app 163
Your contacts list 164
Setting up your profile 165
Adding a new contact 166
Searching for contacts 167
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 168
Merging contact information 169
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 171
Contact information and conversations 172
Sending contact information as a vCard 173
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Contact groups 175
Adding People widgets 179
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 182
Twitter for HTC Sense 184
Using Friend Stream 184
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 187
Tweeting in Friend Stream 189
Chatting in Google Talk 192
Email
Gmail 197
Mail 200
Calendar
About Calendar 216
Creating an event 217
Changing Calendar views 218
Managing Calendar events 220
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 222
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 222
Showing or hiding calendars 223
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Changing Calendar settings 224
About the Calendar widget 225
Maps and location
Location settings 226
Google Maps 227
VZ Navigator 233
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 234
Using the Clock 237
Checking Weather 242
Reading news feeds 245
Working on documents 248
Exercising with Endomondo 250
Watching videos on YouTube 254
Recording your voice 256
Sharing games and apps 257
Productivity
Completing tasks 259
Scanning codes 266
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HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 271
Installing HTC Sync 272
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Rhyme 272
Getting to know the workspace 273
Setting up synchronization 274
Synchronizing HTC Rhyme 279
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Rhyme 280
Synchronizing another device with your computer 280
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 281
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 282
Entering words with predictive text 285
Entering text by speaking 288
Entering text by tracing 289
Editing text 290
Adjusting input settings 291
Internet connections
Data connection 293
Wi-Fi 294
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 297
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Using HTC Rhyme as a modem (USB tethering) 299
Connecting HTC Rhyme to the Internet through a computer
(Internet Pass-through) 300
Using HTC Rhyme as a wireless router 301
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 302
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 303
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 305
Sending information using Bluetooth 306
Receiving information using Bluetooth 309
Security
Protecting HTC Rhyme with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 311
Encrypting data on HTC Rhyme 313
Backing up your contacts 314
Settings
Settings on HTC Rhyme 316
Changing display settings 319
Changing sound settings 322
Changing the language 324
Optimizing battery life 324
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