HTC Vivid 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 16
Entering your PIN 17
Finger gestures 17
Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time 18
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Vivid 18
Home screen 19
Basics
Adjusting the volume 20
Sleep mode 20
Status icons 21
Notifications 22
Switching between recently opened apps 24
Using Quick Settings 24
Where apps, data, and files are stored 25
Connecting your phone to a computer 26
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 26
Transferring contacts from your old phone 27
Copying and sharing text 28
Printing 29
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 apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 34
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 35
Personalizing the launch bar 35
Grouping apps into a folder 36
Rearranging the Home screen 37
Personalizing with sound sets 38
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Rearranging application tabs 39
Customizing the lock screen style 40
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 41
Using Speed dial 41
Calling a phone number in a text message 42
Calling a phone number in an email 42
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 42
Making an emergency call 42
Receiving calls 42
What can I do during a call? 43
Setting up a conference call 45
Internet calls 45
Call history 46
Home dialing 47
Call services 47
Messages
About the Messages app 48
Sending a text message (SMS) 48
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 49
Resuming a draft message 50
Checking your messages 50
Replying to a message 51
Forwarding a message 51
WAP push messages 52
Managing message conversations 52
Backing up your text messages 53
Setting message options 54
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Vivid and the Web 55
Browsing the Web 55
Downloading files and apps 57
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 58
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome 59
Setting browser options 60
Camera
Camera basics 61
Before capturing 61
Taking a photo 62
Recording video 63
Camera scenes 63
Taking a panoramic photo 63
Taking continuous camera shots 65
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo 65
Changing camera settings 65
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Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 66
Music 72
Connected Media 76
HTC services
HTC Watch 77
Accounts and sync
What online accounts can you sync with? 81
Syncing with a Google Account 81
Adding a social network account 82
Managing your online accounts 82
People
About the People app 83
Your contacts list 83
Setting up your profile 84
Importing contacts from your SIM card 84
Adding a new contact 85
Setting contact search options 85
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 85
Merging contact information 86
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 86
Contact information and conversations 87
Sending contact information 88
Contact groups 89
Adding People widgets 90
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 92
Twitter for HTC Sense 92
About Friend Stream 92
Updating your status in Friend Stream 93
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 93
Tweeting in Friend Stream 94
Using Facebook chat 95
Chatting in Google Talk 96
Using Google+ 96
Email
Gmail 97
Mail 98
Calendar
About Calendar 105
Creating an event 105
Calendar views 106
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Managing Calendar events 106
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 107
Setting reminders for your events 107
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 108
Showing or hiding calendars 108
Changing Calendar settings 108
Maps and location
Location settings 109
HTC Footprints 109
Google Maps 111
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 114
Using the Clock 115
Checking Weather 117
Reading news feeds 118
Keeping track of your stocks 119
Watching videos on YouTube 120
Listening to FM Radio 121
Sharing games and apps 121
Productivity
Working on documents 122
Recording your voice 123
Taking notes 123
Completing tasks 126
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 128
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Vivid 129
Syncing songs and playlists 129
Syncing photos and videos 129
Syncing your calendar events 130
Syncing your contacts 130
Syncing your web bookmarks 131
Syncing documents and email attachments 131
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Vivid 132
Syncing another device with your computer 132
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 133
Entering words with predictive text 134
Entering text by speaking 136
Entering text by tracing 136
Internet connections
Data connection 137
Wi-Fi 138
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Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 139
Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering) 141
Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot 141
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 142
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 143
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 143
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 144
Sending information using Bluetooth 145
Receiving information using Bluetooth 146
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 148
Protecting HTC Vivid with a screen lock 148
Encrypting data on HTC Vivid 149
Settings
Changing display settings 151
Changing sound settings 152
Changing the display language 153
Checking battery usage 153
Managing memory 154
Backing up settings to Google 155
Accessibility settings 156
Checking information about HTC Vivid 156
Choosing which app opens when you tap a data item 156
Update and reset
Updating the HTC Vivid software 157
Restarting HTC Vivid 157
Resetting HTC Vivid 158
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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