HTC HTC Sensation 4G User manual

Your HTC Sensation 4G
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 8
HTC Sensation 4G 8
Back cover 10
SIM card 11
Storage card 12
Battery 13
Switching the power on or off 15
Setting up HTC Sensation 4G for the first time 15
Entering your PIN 16
Finger gestures 16
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Sensation 4G 17
Home screen 18
Basics
Adjusting the volume 20
Sleep mode 21
Status and notifications 22
Notifications panel 25
Connecting HTC Sensation 4G to a computer 26
Copying files to or from the storage card 27
Copying and sharing text 28
Printing 29
Personalizing
Making HTC Sensation 4G truly yours 30
Personalizing HTC Sensation 4G with scenes 30
Changing your wallpaper 31
Applying a new skin 32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 32
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 34
Adding folders on your Home screen 34
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 35
Rearranging the Home screen 36
Using sound sets 36
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 38
Customizing the lock screen 39
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 40
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 40
Using Speed dial 41
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Calling a phone number in a text message 41
Calling a phone number in an email 42
Making an emergency call 42
Receiving calls 42
What can I do during a call? 43
Setting up a conference call 45
Wi-Fi Calling 45
Internet calls 46
Using Call history 47
Using Home dialing 48
Call services 49
Turning Airplane mode on or off 50
Messages
Opening Messages 51
Sending a text message (SMS) 51
Sending a picture message (MMS) 52
Resuming a draft message 53
Viewing and replying to a message 54
Forwarding a message 55
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 56
Push messages 56
Managing message conversations 57
Setting message options 58
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Sensation 4G and the Web 60
Using the web browser 61
Downloading from the Web 63
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 64
Setting browser options 65
Camera
Camera basics 67
Taking a photo 68
Recording video 69
Adding effects 70
After capturing 70
Changing camera settings 70
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 72
Music 80
Connected Media 86
HTC services
HTC Watch 88
HTCSense.com 88
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Accounts and sync
About online accounts 91
Synchronizing with a Google Account 91
Adding a social network account 92
Managing your online accounts 92
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 94
About the People app 95
Your contacts list 96
Setting up your profile 97
Importing contacts from your SIM card 97
Adding a new contact 98
Searching for contacts 98
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 99
Merging contact information 100
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 101
Contact information and conversations 101
Sending contact information as a vCard 103
Contact groups 104
Adding People widgets 106
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 108
Tweeting on the go using Peep 109
Using Friend Stream 111
Chatting in Google Talk 114
Email
Gmail 116
Mail 117
Calendar
About Calendar 125
Creating an event 125
Changing Calendar views 126
Managing Calendar events 127
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 128
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 128
Showing or hiding calendars 129
Changing Calendar settings 129
About the Calendar widget 130
Maps and location
Turning on location services 131
About Google Maps 131
Getting around maps 132
Searching for a location 133
Searching for a place of interest near you 133
Getting directions 134
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Getting help 135
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) 135
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 136
Using the Clock 138
Checking Weather 141
Reading news feeds 142
Keeping track of your stocks 145
Working on documents 146
Watching videos on YouTube 147
Listening to FM Radio 148
Using Flashlight 149
Sharing games and apps 149
T-Mobile apps
T-Mobile My Account 150
T-Mobile My Device 150
T-Mobile TV 150
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 151
Installing HTC Sync 151
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Sensation 4G 152
Getting to know the workspace 152
Setting up synchronization 153
Synchronizing HTC Sensation 4G 156
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Sensation 4G 156
Synchronizing another device with your computer 157
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 157
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 158
Entering words with predictive text 159
Entering text by speaking 161
Entering text by tracing 162
Editing text 162
Adjusting input settings 163
Internet connections
Data connection 165
Wi-Fi 166
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 167
Using HTC Sensation 4G as a modem (USB tethering) 169
Connecting HTC Sensation 4G to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 169
Using HTC Sensation 4G as a wireless router 169
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 171
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 171
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