HTC HTC Flyer User manual

Your HTC Flyer
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 5
HTC Flyer 5
Top cover 7
SIM card 8
Storage card 9
Battery 10
Switching the power on or off 10
Entering your PIN 11
Finger gestures 11
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time 12
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer 12
Home screen 13
Basics
Adjusting the volume 14
Sleep mode 14
Status and notifications 15
Notifications panel 18
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 19
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 20
Printing 22
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 23
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 23
Changing your wallpaper 24
Applying a new skin 25
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 25
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 27
Adding folders on your Home screen 27
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 28
Using sound sets 28
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 30
Tablet pen and fun apps
About the tablet pen 32
Scribbling 34
About Notes 35
Writing a note 36
Sketching 37
Switching to Kid Mode 39
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Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 40
Camera 41
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 45
Music 53
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 58
Synchronizing with a Google Account 58
Adding a social network account 59
Managing your online accounts 59
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 61
Facebook app 62
What’s the difference between Facebook app and Facebook for HTC Sense? 63
Twitter for HTC Sense 63
Using Friend Stream 64
Tweeting in Friend Stream 67
Chatting in Google Talk 68
Internet connections
Data connection 71
Wi-Fi 72
About connection widgets 74
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 74
Using HTC Flyer as a modem (USB tethering) 75
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 76
Using HTC Flyer as a wireless router 76
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 77
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 77
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 78
Sending information using Bluetooth 79
Receiving information using Bluetooth 81
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 Flyer
§Tablet pen
§Tablet pen battery
§USB cable
§Power adapter
§3.5mm stereo headset
§Protective case
§Quick guide
§Safety and regulatory guide
§Call center card (hotline card)
§Warranty card
HTC Flyer
Front panel
1. HOME
2. MENU
3. BACK
4. PEN OPTIONS
5. Front camera
6. Front camera on or off indicator
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Right panel
1. Microphones
2. VOLUME UP
3. VOLUME DOWN
Back panel
1. Top cover
2. 5 megapixel camera
3. Speakers
4. USB connector
Top panel
1. 3.5mm headset jack
2. POWER
3. Notification LED
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Top cover
Removing the top cover
Remove the top cover to access the SIM card and storage card slots.
1. Turn off HTC Flyer and hold it securely with the front facing down.
2. With your right and left thumbs, push the top cover out to remove it.
Replacing the top cover
1. Align the two teeth underneath the top cover (one on each side) with the two
notches on the top of HTC Flyer.
2. Place the top cover on HTC Flyer, gently press down on the cover with your
thumbs, and then push it in until it clicks and locks into place.
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SIM card
You'll need a SIM card inserted in HTC Flyer to use a data connection. Both 1.8V and
3V SIM cards can be used.
Some legacy SIM cards may not function with HTC Flyer. You should consult with
your mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this
service.
Inserting the SIM card
1. Turn off HTC Flyer and hold it securely with the front facing down.
2. Take the top cover off
3. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out,
insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot.
Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC Flyer before removing your SIM card.
1. Take the top cover off
2. With your finger, press down the small tab located near the opening of the SIM
card slot.
3. Slide the SIM card out from the SIM card slot.
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Storage card
HTC Flyer comes with an internal storage that you can use to store your photos,
videos, and music. If you need more storage space, you can insert a storage card into
HTC Flyer.
Inserting the storage card
1. Take the top cover off
2. Insert the storage card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing
down and push it until it clicks into place.
Removing the storage card
If HTC Flyer is on you must first "unmount" the storage card before removing it to
prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. Take the top cover off
2. Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.
3. Slide the storage card out from its slot.
Unmounting the storage card
When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Flyer is on, unmount the
storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings.
2. Tap SD & phone storage > Unmount SD card.
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Battery
HTC Flyer uses a rechargeable battery. How long the battery can last before it needs
recharging depends on how you use HTC Flyer. Among these are the features and
accessories you use (for example, leaving your Bluetooth™connection always on uses
more power). Frequent web browsing uses up a lot of battery power. Also, consider
your location: poor signal strength from your mobile network and extreme
temperature make the battery work harder.
Charging the battery
The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before you turn on and start using HTC
Flyer, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best
after several full charge/discharge cycles.
Only the power adapter provided in the box must be used to charge the battery.
1. Plug the power adapter into the USB connector of HTC Flyer.
2. Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid orange light. The
light turns to solid green when HTC Flyer is fully charged.
When you charge the battery while HTC Flyer is on, the charging battery icon is
displayed in your tablet’s status bar. After the battery has been fully charged, the
charging battery icon turns to a full battery icon .
As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging when it overheats.
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button. Easy.
When you turn on HTC Flyer for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
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Switching the power off
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock the
screen.
2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.
3. When the Power options menu appears, tap Power off.
Entering your PIN
Most SIM cards come with a PIN (personal identification number) set by your mobile
operator. If you’re asked for a PIN, enter it and then tap OK.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times, your SIM card is blocked. No problem. Just
contact your mobile operator and ask for the PUK (PIN Unblocking Key).
Finger gestures
Tap When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such
as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap
them with your finger.
Press and
hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link
in a web page), simply press and hold the item.
Swipe or
slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or
horizontally across the screen.
Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag.
While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the
target position.
Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe
your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a
vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.
Rotate For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation
from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Flyer sideways. When
entering text, you can turn HTC Flyer sideways to bring up a bigger
keyboard.
Pinch In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, you can “pinch” the screen
using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to zoom in or
zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.
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Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time
When you switch on HTC Flyer for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. You can
choose your language, how you want to connect to the Internet, and whether you
want your current location to be automatically detected. If you still have personal
contacts and calendar events stored on your old phone, you can easily transfer them
to HTC Flyer through Bluetooth as well.
Be sure to sign in to your Google Account so you can use Google apps like Gmail™and
Android Market™. You can also set up your other email accounts, favorite social
networks like Facebook and Twitter™, and more.
Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time.
Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services
and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees from your mobile
operator. Don’t worry. You can enable or disable them in settings later on.
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Flyer. You can sync HTC Flyer
with contacts from your Google Account, computer, Facebook, and more.
HTC Sync Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync to sync HTC Flyer with your computer's
Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Contacts.
Gmail Google contacts are imported to HTC Flyer after you sign in to
your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts
right from HTC Flyer.
Facebook Log in to your Facebook account through Facebook for HTC
Sense to import your Facebook friends' contact information.
Phone contacts You can choose to create and store contacts directly in HTC Flyer
or transfer existing ones from your old phone.
SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Flyer.
Microsoft
Exchange
ActiveSync
HTC Flyer syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
Transfer Use the Transfer app to transfer not only your contacts, but also
calendar events and text messages from your old phone to HTC
Flyer.
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Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Flyer your own. It comes with a weather
clock widget that shows the time and weather in your current location. You can also
add your favorite applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets so they’re always just a
tap away. To find out how, see Personalizing on page 23.
Using Leap view
To jump straight to the screen that you want, press or pinch the screen to show
the Leap view. It reveals all eight Home screens as thumbnails.
Just tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there.
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Basics
Adjusting the volume
Change the volume levels for alarms, notifications, and when you're playing back
music or video on HTC Flyer.
Adjusting the media volume
Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to adjust the volume. The Media
volume window appears on the screen to display the volume level.
Adjusting the volume via settings
1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings > Sound > Volume.
2. Drag the volume sliders to the left or right to adjust the volume levels of media
playback, alarms, and notifications. A sample tone is briefly played with the
volume being adjusted as you drag a slider.
3. When you’re done, tap OK.
Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Flyer into a low power state while
the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Flyer is in your
bag. You’ll still receive messages though.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode.
HTC Flyer also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s idle for a while.
Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC Flyer up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the
screen.
HTC Flyer automatically wakes up when you have an event reminder or set an
alarm.
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Unlocking the screen
Do one of the following:
§Drag up the ring (until the whole ring is shown onscreen), and then release your
finger to unlock the screen.
If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, pin, or password, you will be asked to
draw the pattern on the screen or enter the PIN or password before it unlocks.
§On the lock screen, you'll see icons for different apps. Drag one of the icons to
the ring to open the app.
§If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can drag or to the ring to
snooze or dismiss the event or alarm.
Status and notifications
Status icons
Here’s what each icon means:
Signal strength Battery is full
Roaming Battery is charging
No signal Battery is low (20% remaining)
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GPRS connected Battery is very low (10%
remaining)
GPRS in use Silent mode
EDGE connected Vibrate mode
EDGE in use Wired microphone headset
connected
3G connected Wired headset connected
3G in use Bluetooth is on
HSDPA connected Connected to a Bluetooth device
HSDPA in use Airplane mode
No SIM card installed GPS is on
Connected to a Wi-Fi network Alarm is set
Data synchronizing
Notification icons
Notification icons on the status bar make it easy for you to keep on top of your
messages, calendar events, and alarms.
Here’s what each one means:
New Gmail message Compass needs orientation
New Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync or POP3/IMAP email More (not displayed) notifications
Problem with email delivery General notification
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New SMS/MMS HTC Flyer is connected to a
computer via USB cable
Problem with SMS/MMS delivery Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks
are available
New Google Talk instant message Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is on
New voicemail Uploading data (animated)
Upcoming event Downloading data (animated)
New updates from your social
networks Waiting to upload
Matched contacts suggestion Downloaded Android Market app
installed successfully
Bluetooth pairing request Update available for an app
downloaded from Android Market
HTC Flyer software update
available
Storage card is safe to remove or
storage card is being prepared
Song is playing Storage card or internal storage is
low on free space
Notification LED
The notification LED shows a:
§Solid green light when HTC Flyer is connected to the power adapter or a
computer and the battery is fully charged.
§Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.
§Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.
§Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low.
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Notifications panel
When you get a new notification, you can open the Notifications panel to see the
message, reminder or event notification. The Notifications panel lets you quickly
switch between recently-opened apps, and also lets you easily turn on settings such
as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
To open the Notifications panel, press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger
downward.
If you have several notifications, you can scroll down
the screen to see them all.
You can also open the Notifications panel on the Home screen by pressing and
then tapping Notifications.
Switching between recently opened apps
On the Notifications panel, you can easily access up to ten apps you just recently
opened.
1. Press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger downward to open the
Notifications panel.
2. In the Recent apps section, tap an app to open it.
Press and hold to view recently used apps.
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Using Quick Settings
The Quick Settings tab lets you easily turn on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and more, and
also provides a quick shortcut to all HTC Flyer settings.
1. Press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger downward to open the
Notifications panel.
2. Tap the Quick Settings tab.
3. Tap the check box next to an item to turn it off or on.
Closing the Notifications panel
Press and hold the bottom bar of the Notifications panel, then slide your finger up the
screen. Or just press .
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer
Whenever you connect HTC Flyer to a computer using the USB cable, the Connect to
PC screen opens and lets you choose the type of USB connection.
Select one of the following choices, and then tap Done:
Charge only Select this option if you only want to charge the battery while HTC
Flyer is connected to your computer.
HTC Sync Select this option to synchronize contacts, calendar, and other
information between your computer and HTC Flyer.
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Disk drive Select this mode when you want to copy files between the internal
storage of HTC Flyer or storage card (if one is inserted) and your
computer.
When Disk drive mode is enabled while HTC Flyer is connected to the
computer, you will not be able to use apps on HTC Flyer to access the
internal storage or storage card (if one is inserted).
USB
tethering
When you do not have Internet connection on your computer, you
can select this mode to share the mobile data connection of HTC
Flyer with your computer.
Internet
pass-through
If you don’t have a data plan or you don’t have access to a Wi-Fi
network, you can select this mode to share your computer’s Internet
connection with HTC Flyer.
Copying text, looking up information, and
sharing
In applications such as the web browser and Mail, you can select text and choose
what you want to do with it.
After selecting text, you can:
§Copy it.
§Search for it using Google Search.
§Look it up on Wikipedia®, YouTube™, or Google Dictionary™.
§Get a translation of the text from Google Translate™.
§Share the text in a new email, text, or multimedia message or in your status
update on a social network.
Selecting text
1. Press and hold on a word.
2. Drag the start and end markers to highlight the surrounding text you want to
select.
To select text in a link, press and hold the link, and then tap Copy link URL.
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