HTC Vivid ATT User manual

Your HTC Vivid
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 8
HTC Vivid 8
Back cover 10
SIM card 12
Storage card 13
Battery 14
Switching the power on or off 15
Entering your PIN 16
Finger gestures 16
Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time 17
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Vivid 17
Home screen 18
Basics
Adjusting the volume 20
Sleep mode 21
Status and notifications 22
Notifications panel 25
Where apps, data, and files are stored 27
Connecting your phone to a computer 27
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 28
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 29
Printing 30
Personalizing
Making HTC Vivid truly yours 31
Personalizing HTC Vivid with scenes 31
Changing your wallpaper 32
Applying a new skin 33
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 33
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 35
Adding folders on your Home screen 35
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 36
Rearranging the Home screen 37
Using sound sets 37
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 39
Customizing the lock screen 40
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 41
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 41
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Using Speed dial 42
Calling a phone number in a text message 42
Calling a phone number in an email 43
Making an emergency call 43
Receiving calls 43
What can I do during a call? 44
Setting up a conference call 46
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 multimedia message (MMS) 52
Resuming a draft message 54
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 Vivid 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
Taking a panoramic photo 72
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo 72
Camera scenes 72
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 73
Music 81
Connected Media 87
HTC services
HTC Watch 89
HTCSense.com 93
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Accounts and sync
About online accounts 96
Synchronizing with a Google Account 96
Adding a social network account 97
Managing your online accounts 97
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 99
About the People app 100
Your contacts list 101
Setting up your profile 102
Importing contacts from your SIM card 102
Adding a new contact 103
Searching for contacts 103
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 104
Merging contact information 105
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 106
Contact information and conversations 106
Sending contact information as a vCard 108
Contact groups 109
Adding People widgets 111
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 113
Twitter for HTC Sense 114
Using Friend Stream 115
Chatting in Google Talk 118
Email
Gmail 121
Mail 122
Calendar
About Calendar 130
Creating an event 130
Changing Calendar views 131
Managing Calendar events 132
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 133
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 133
Showing or hiding calendars 134
Changing Calendar settings 134
About the Calendar widget 135
Maps and location
Location settings 136
HTC Footprints 136
Car Panel 138
Google Maps 138
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Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 143
Using the Clock 145
Checking Weather 148
Reading news feeds 149
Keeping track of your stocks 152
Working on documents 153
Watching videos on YouTube 154
Listening to FM Radio 155
Recording your voice 156
Sharing games and apps 157
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 158
Installing HTC Sync 158
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Vivid 159
Getting to know the workspace 159
Setting up synchronization 160
Synchronizing HTC Vivid 163
Synchronizing another device with your computer 163
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 163
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 164
Entering words with predictive text 165
Entering text by speaking 167
Entering text by tracing 168
Editing text 168
Adjusting input settings 169
Internet connections
Data connection 171
Wi-Fi 173
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 174
Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering) 176
Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot 176
Connecting HTC Vivid to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 177
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 178
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 178
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 179
Sending information using Bluetooth 180
Receiving information using Bluetooth 181
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 183
Protecting HTC Vivid with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 183
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Settings
Settings on your phone 185
Changing display settings 187
Changing sound settings 188
Changing the language 189
Optimizing battery life 189
Managing memory 190
Checking information about your phone 191
Update and reset
Software updates 192
Restarting HTC Vivid 193
Resetting HTC Vivid 193
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 Vivid
§Battery
§USB cable
§Power adapter
§Quick start guide
§Safety and regulatory guide
HTC Vivid
Front panel
1. HOME
2. MENU
3. BACK
4. SEARCH
5. Touch screen
6. Front camera
7. Ear piece
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Top panel
1. 3.5mm headset jack
2. POWER
Left and right panels
1. USB connector
2. VOLUME controls
Back panel
1. Microphone
2. Back cover
3. 8 megapixel camera
4. Dual LED flash
5. Speaker
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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 HTC Vivid before removing the back cover.
1. Securely hold HTC Vivid facing down.
2. With your thumbs, push the back cover up to unlock it.
3. With your finger, lift up the back cover from the bottom side to remove it.
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