HTC Salsa User manual

Your HTC Salsa
User guide

Contents
Getting started
HTC Salsa 8
Bottom cover 10
Battery compartment door 11
SIM card 12
Storage card 13
Battery 14
Switching the power on or off 16
Entering your PIN 16
Finger gestures 16
Setting up HTC Salsa for the first time 17
Facebook all the time 18
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Salsa 18
Home screen 19
Basics
Adjusting the volume 21
Sleep mode 22
Status and notifications 23
Notifications panel 26
Connecting HTC Salsa to a computer 27
Copying files to or from the storage card 28
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 29
Personalizing
Making HTC Salsa truly yours 31
Personalizing HTC Salsa with scenes 31
Changing your wallpaper 32
Applying a new skin 32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 33
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 37
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 39
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 39
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Using Speed dial 40
Calling a phone number in a text message 41
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
Facebook everywhere
Facebook for HTC Sense 50
Facebook app 51
Facebook sharing 51
Using Facebook chat 53
Using Friend Stream 54
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Salsa and the Web 57
Using the web browser 58
Downloading from the Web 60
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 61
Setting browser options 62
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 64
Synchronizing with a Google Account 64
Adding a social network account 65
Managing your online accounts 65
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 67
About the People app 68
Your contacts list 69
Setting up your profile 70
Importing contacts from your SIM card 70
Adding a new contact 70
Searching for a contact 71
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 71
Merging contact information 72
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 73
Contact information and conversations 73
Sending contact information as a vCard 75
Contact groups 75
Adding People widgets 78
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Camera
Camera basics 80
Taking a photo 82
Recording video 83
Adding effects 83
After capturing 83
Changing camera settings 84
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 86
Music 93
Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 97
Using the Clock 99
Checking Weather 102
Keeping track of your stocks 104
Listening to FM Radio 105
Recording your voice 106
Sharing games and apps 107
Chatting in Google Talk 107
Tweeting on the go using Peep 110
Messages
Opening Messages 113
Sending a text message (SMS) 113
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 114
Resuming a draft message 116
Viewing and replying to a message 116
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 117
Push messages 118
Managing message conversations 118
Setting message options 120
Email
Gmail 121
Mail 122
Calendar
About Calendar 130
Creating an event 130
Changing Calendar views 132
Managing Calendar events 133
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 134
Displaying and synchronizing reminders 134
Changing Calendar settings 135
About the Calendar widget 136
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Maps and location
Location settings 137
Google Maps 138
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 142
Installing HTC Sync 143
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Salsa 143
Getting to know the workspace 144
Setting up synchronization 144
Synchronizing HTC Salsa 147
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Salsa 148
Synchronizing another device with your computer 148
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 148
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 149
Entering words with predictive text 150
Entering text by speaking 152
Editing text 153
Adjusting input settings 154
Internet connections
Data connection 155
Wi-Fi 156
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 157
Using HTC Salsa as a modem (USB tethering) 159
Connecting HTC Salsa to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 159
Using HTC Salsa as a wireless router 159
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 161
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 161
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 162
Sending information using Bluetooth 163
Receiving information using Bluetooth 164
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 166
Protecting HTC Salsa with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 166
Settings
Changing display settings 168
Changing sound settings 169
Changing the language 170
Optimizing battery life 171
Managing memory 171
Checking information about HTC Salsa 173
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Update and reset
Software updates 174
Restarting HTC Salsa 175
Resetting HTC Salsa 175
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
HTC Salsa
Front panel
1. HOME
2. MENU
3. BACK
4. FACEBOOK
5. SEARCH
6. CAMERA
7. Touch screen
8. Earpiece
9. Front camera
10. Notification LED
Left panel
1. VOLUME UP
2. VOLUME DOWN
3. USB connector
8 Getting started

Back panel
1. LED flash
2. 5 megapixel camera
3. Speaker
4. Bottom cover
5. Microphone
Top panel
1. 3.5mm headset jack
2. POWER
9 Getting started

Bottom cover
Removing the bottom cover
Remove the bottom cover to access the battery, SIM card slot, and storage card slot.
1. Turn off HTC Salsa and hold it securely with the front facing down.
2. With your right and left thumbs, push the bottom cover out to remove it.
Replacing the bottom cover
1. Slide the bottom cover onto the exposed area of your phone’s back panel.
2. Push the bottom cover towards the phone. You’ll hear a click when the bottom
cover is locked in place.
Your phone’s antenna is placed underneath the bottom cover. We recommend that
you secure the bottom cover to the phone’s back panel to get the best radio
reception for your phone.
10 Getting started