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Your HTC Aria™

User guide

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Page 2: ...lity thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages And in no event shall the total liability of HTC or its affiliates exceed the amount received from you regardless of the legal theory under which the cause of action is brought The foregoing does not affect any statutory rights which may not be disclaimed A note about location services Your phone is ...

Page 3: ... Wi Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc microSD is a trademark of SD Card Association Java J2ME and all other Java based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc and is used under license Flickr is a trademark of Yahoo In...

Page 4: ...nly 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 that something is very important Important information is something that you need to do in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a phone feature to work properly This provides safety precaution infor...

Page 5: ...tions 30 Adjusting the volume 31 Adjusting the ringer volume 31 Adjusting the media volume 31 Connecting your phone to a computer 32 Copying files to and from the storage card 33 Searching your phone and the Web 34 Setting Web and Quick Search Box options 34 Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box 34 Personalizing 35 Making your phone truly yours 35 Changing the ringtone 35 Per...

Page 6: ...nference call 48 Putting a call on hold 48 Muting the microphone during a call 48 Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call 48 Ending a call 48 Using call history 49 Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history 49 Checking a missed call 50 Clearing the call history list 50 Call services 51 Turning Airplane mode on or off 52 People 53 About People 53 Ways of getting contacts ...

Page 7: ...8 About Messages 68 Sending text and multimedia messages 68 New message notifications 71 WAP push messages 72 Managing message conversations 73 Protecting a message from deletion 74 Deleting a message thread 74 Deleting several message threads 74 Deleting a single message 74 Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact 74 Setting text and multimedia message options 75 Adding the Messag...

Page 8: ...il 95 Viewing your Gmail Google Mail inbox 95 Reading your messages 96 Sending a message 98 Managing conversations and messages 99 Changing Gmail Google Mail settings 100 Mail 102 Adding a POP3 IMAP email account 102 Viewing your email inbox 102 Exchange ActiveSync email 104 Composing and sending an email message 105 Viewing and replying to an email message 106 Editing email account settings 106 D...

Page 9: ...larm 121 Changing alarm sound settings 122 Checking weather 123 Adding a city to the Weather screen 123 Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen 124 Deleting cities from the Weather screen 124 Changing weather options 124 About the Weather widget 124 Internet 125 Data connection 125 Checking the data connection you are using 125 Turning the data connection on or off 125 Creating a new ac...

Page 10: ... phone name 138 Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 139 Reconnecting a headset or car kit 139 Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 140 Disconnecting a Bluetooth device 140 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 140 Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth 141 Receiving information from another device 142 Camera 144 Camera basics 144 Viewfinder screen 144 Using the optical t...

Page 11: ...ng the songs in a playlist 161 Managing playlists 161 Setting a song as ringtone 163 Checking if the song was added as a ringtone 163 Sending music using Bluetooth 163 About the Music widget 163 Maps and location 164 Using Google Maps 164 Viewing locations 164 Viewing map layers 166 Searching for a location 167 Getting directions 168 Finding your friends with Google Latitude available by country 1...

Page 12: ...eating a Google Checkout account 185 Requesting a refund for an application 185 Opening an installed application 186 Uninstalling an application 186 Getting help 186 Reading news feeds 187 News screen 187 Subscribing to a news channel from a list 187 Subscribing to a news channel by entering a URL 188 Setting update frequency for stories 188 Reading a story 188 Starring a story 188 Adding a keywor...

Page 13: ...e for use 199 Checking the available storage card space 199 Clearing application cache and data 199 Uninstalling third party applications 199 Freeing up more phone memory or storage card space 199 Checking information about your phone 200 Update and reset 201 Updating your phone s system software 201 Checking for phone system software updates manually 201 Performing a hard factory reset 202 Specif...

Page 14: ...our Phone Front panel 2 3 8 4 5 7 1 6 1 Notification LED This LED shows a Solid green light when the phone 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 red light when the battery is being charged Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low ...

Page 15: ...to close a dialog box options menu the Notifications panel or onscreen keyboard 5 SEARCH Press to open the Quick Search box See Searching your phone and the Web in this chapter for more details 6 Optical trackball Swipe your finger over or press to highlight or select items onscreen 7 Earpiece Listen to a phone call from here 8 Touch screen Back panel 9 11 10 9 Speaker 10 5 megapixel camera 11 Bac...

Page 16: ... that lets you turn off the phone switch your phone to silent mode vibration mode or airplane mode and turn on off the data connection Left panel 14 15 14 VOLUME UP While on a call press to increase earpiece volume While not on a call press to increase the ringer volume While watching videos or listening to the FM radio press to increase the volume 15 VOLUME DOWN While on a call press to decrease ...

Page 17: ...nel 17 16 16 Microphone 17 USB connector Connect the power adapter to charge the battery Connect the supplied USB cable to transfer files to your phone from your computer or sync your phone with HTC Sync on your computer ...

Page 18: ... speaker with your other thumb until the back cover disengages from the phone 3 Carefully pull the back cover to remove it Replacing the back cover Insert the tabs inside the back cover into the holes on the bottom panel of the phone 2 Press the phone against the back cover until it clicks into place The two prongs underneath the back cover act as the antenna for your phone You must install the ba...

Page 19: ...g your finger Storage card All your pictures music and applications are stored on the pre installed storage card Removing the storage card If your storage card is full you can replace it with a new one Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover The storage card slot is located below the battery compartment and to the right of the SIM card slot Push the storage card in to eject it from ...

Page 20: ...d accessories Battery performance depends on many factors including network configuration signal strength the temperature of the environment in which you operate your phone the features and or settings you select and use items attached to connecting ports and your voice data and other program usage patterns Inserting the battery Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover Align the batt...

Page 21: ...C adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery As the battery is being charged the notification LED located on the right side of the earpiece shows a solid red light when the battery is being charged The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged When you charge the battery while the phone is on the charging battery icon is displayed in the status bar of the Home s...

Page 22: ...ot 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 ...

Page 23: ...cking Key obtained from your mobile operator Turning off your phone If you do not need to use your phone you can turn the power off to save battery life 1 If the display is off press the POWER button to turn the display back on 2 Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed See Unlocking the screen in this chapter for details 3 Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds 4 When the Phon...

Page 24: ...al data transfer fees from your provider You can enable or disable this service later in your phone s location settings 6 On the Set up accounts screen choose the type of account you want to set up and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup Tap Skip to set up accounts at a later time To set up your Google Account tap Google account Next Sign in enter your Google Account details and...

Page 25: ...od of time Switching to Sleep mode also prevents accidental button or touch screen presses when the phone is in your bag or pocket Waking up from Sleep mode Your phone wakes up automatically when you have an incoming call To wake up your phone manually press the POWER button You will then see that the phone has locked the screen To find out how to unlock the screen see Unlocking the screen Unlocki...

Page 26: ...reen The Home screen extends beyond the screen width to provide more space for adding icons widgets and more There are 6 additional screens apart from the main Home screen You cannot add more screens Navigating the Home screen You can go to the extended Home screen by sliding your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the left or right side of the Home screen While on an extended Home scr...

Page 27: ...ed GPRS in use EDGE connected EDGE in use 3G connected 3G in use Connected to a Wi Fi network Bluetooth is on Connected to a Bluetooth device Airplane mode Alarm is set Speakerphone on Data synchronizing Signal strength Roaming No signal No SIM card installed Vibrate mode Phone speaker is mute Phone microphone is mute Battery is very low 10 remaining ...

Page 28: ...e New Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or POP3 IMAP email New SMS MMS Problem with SMS MMS delivery New Google Talk instant message New voicemail Upcoming event Song is playing General notification for example Phone connected to computer via USB cable Storage card is low on free space Wi Fi is on and wireless networks are available Data synchronizing or connected to HTC Sync New tweet FM Radio applic...

Page 29: ... data animated Downloading data animated Waiting to upload Downloaded Android Market application installed successfully Update available for an application downloaded from Android Market Storage card is safe to remove or storage card is being prepared No storage card installed on the phone ...

Page 30: ...ning the Notifications panel When a new notification icon displays in the status bar press and hold the status bar then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel If you have several notifications you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications You can also open the Notifications panel on the Home screen by pressing MENU and then tapping Notifications Closing the Notifica...

Page 31: ...brates and the vibrate mode icon appears on the status bar While in Vibrate mode press VOLUME UP once to switch to silent mode The speaker mute icon displays on the status bar To quickly switch your phone to silent mode press and hold the POWER button and then tap Silent mode on the options menu Adjusting the media volume When playing music or watching video press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN butt...

Page 32: ... mode is available only when you have installed a microSD card on your phone Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive and copy files between your phone s storage card and your computer When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer you will not be able to run applications that use the storage card such as Music or Photos For more i...

Page 33: ...les from the phone s storage card to a folder in your computer or computer desktop 5 After copying the files unmount the removable disk that is the connected phone as required by your computer s operating system to safely remove your phone 6 Do one of the following Disconnect the phone from the computer If you want to keep the phone connected to the computer but want the phone to be able to access...

Page 34: ...to be enabled Press BACK when you are done 4 Tap Searchable items and then select the items you want included when doing a search Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box Press HOME SEARCH If you are in an application such as Mail press the SEARCH button to toggle between doing a search in the application only and searching your phone and the Web 2 Enter the search item in the Q...

Page 35: ...lay as your Home screen on which you can add elements such as widgets program icons shortcuts to information and more To find out how to set notification sounds for events see Changing sound settings in the Settings chapter Changing the ringtone Choose from the available selections of ringtones on your phone You can also download or copy ringtones or songs to your phone s storage card and choose o...

Page 36: ... the whole Home screen as your personalized scene Press HOME MENU and then tap Scenes In the Choose a scene menu select a preset scene that already has some widgets or select Clean Slate if you want to design your own Home screen Add widgets and other elements that you want Arrange the layout of your Home screen according to your preference Change the Home screen wallpaper You can also change the ...

Page 37: ... lock screen wallpaper 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Wallpaper 2 Choose whether to change the Home or Lock screen wallpaper 3 Do one of the following Tap Photos to select a photo that you have taken using the camera or copied to your storage card Crop the photo and then tap Save Tap Android wallpapers or HTC wallpapers to choose from preset wallpapers and then tap Set wallpaper 4 After changing t...

Page 38: ...e in a variety of designs and sizes to suit your needs Tap the right or left arrow button at the bottom of the screen to view the different styles and then tap Select to choose one You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings of your phone such as Wi Fi Mobile Network Bluetooth and more Scroll down the widgets list tap Settings and then tap the widget that y...

Page 39: ...ss HOME Go to the part of the Home screen where there s space to add a new shortcut To find out how see Navigating the Home screen Tap or press and hold on the Home screen to open the Add to Home options menu Do one of the following To add an application icon tap Program and then select an application To add a shortcut to a setting or information tap Shortcut and then select the type of informatio...

Page 40: ...w folder To find out how see Navigating the Home screen Tap or press and hold on the Home screen to open the Add to Home options menu Tap Folder and then tap New Folder Press and hold an application icon or a shortcut that you want to move to the folder The phone then vibrates Don t lift your finger Drag the application icon or shortcut and drop it on top of the folder Simply tap the folder to ope...

Page 41: ...en Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the widget or icon onto another Home screen panel 3 When the widget or icon is where you want it release your finger If you ve released your finger but a message shows that there s no space to place the widget or icon drag it right or left again to another Home screen panel Removing a widget or icon 1 Press and hold the widget or icon you wa...

Page 42: ... from call history 1 Press HOME and then tap Phone 2 Begin entering the first few digits or characters by tapping the keys on the phone keypad As you enter digits or letters the panel displays numbers and names that match the keys you tapped If you enter a wrong digit tap to erase that digit To erase the entire number press and hold 3 Tap to close the phone keypad and to see if there are more matc...

Page 43: ...ect link screen tap the number you want to call Edit the phone number if needed and then tap Call To call the message sender in the All messages list press and hold the message and then tap Call on the options menu For more information about text messages see the Messages chapter Calling a phone number in an email Press HOME and then tap Mail Open the email account where the email with the number ...

Page 44: ...ap Phone Dial the international emergency number for your locale for example 000 and then tap Call Additional emergency numbers may be included in your SIM card Contact your mobile operator for details If you enabled the unlock screen pattern and or the SIM lock and you forgot the unlock pattern or SIM PIN you can still make emergency calls by tapping Emergency call on the screen 1 2 ...

Page 45: ...is off the display will turn on showing the Lock screen Drag the bar down to answer the call Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Do one of the following Press the VOLUME DOWN button Place the phone face down on a leveled surface If the phone is already facing down the phone will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls Automatically scaling down the ring volume when pick...

Page 46: ... on showing the Lock screen While the Lock screen is showing press MENU and then tap End call to reject and send the call to your voicemail Rejecting a call and sending a text message You can automatically send a default text message to the caller and reject the incoming call To reject and send a message when you receive an incoming call press MENU and then tap Send message Editing the default mes...

Page 47: ... incoming call and gives you the option of rejecting or accepting the call If you are already on a call and accept the new call you can choose to switch between the two callers 1 When you receive another call tap Answer to accept the second call and to put the first call on hold 2 To switch between callers tap the person you want to talk to on the screen 3 To end the current call and return to the...

Page 48: ... a call on hold Press MENU and then tap Hold to put the call on hold When you put a call on hold the Hold call icon appears in the status bar Press MENU and then tap Unhold to resume the call Muting the microphone during a call On the screen tap to toggle between turning the microphone on or off When the microphone is turned off the Mute icon appears in the status bar Turning the speakerphone on o...

Page 49: ...o show the call history for that particular contact You can also access call history from the People application See the People chapter for more information Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Press HOME and then tap Phone Tap at the bottom right corner of the screen Press and hold the received call number that is not in your contacts list that you want to save to your con...

Page 50: ...ess and hold the status bar and then slide your finger downward on the screen to open the Notifications panel The missed call number or contact name is displayed Clearing the call history list Press HOME and then tap Phone Tap at the bottom right corner of the screen Do one of the following To remove one name or number from the list press and hold the name or number and then tap Delete from call h...

Page 51: ... you want to use a compatible TTY teletypewriter also known as a TDD or Text Telephone device with your phone If you have a hearing speech or language difficulty you can use a TTY to communicate using your phone Hearing aids If you use a hearing aid select this option to reduce interference when using the phone Phone settings Edit the call reject message choose whether to open the message editor w...

Page 52: ...de all wireless radios on your phone are turned off including the call function data services Bluetooth and Wi Fi Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Select or clear the Airplane mode check box to enable or disable Airplane mode When enabled the Airplane mode icon is displayed in the status bar When you disable Airplane mode the call function is turned back on and the previous ...

Page 53: ...his chapter Ways of getting contacts into your phone You can add contacts to your phone from Gmail Google Mail contacts Gmail Google Mail contacts are imported to your phone after you set up a Google Account For details see the Gmail Google Mail in the Email chapter Phone contacts See Adding a new contact in this chapter for details Exchange ActiveSync Server See Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exc...

Page 54: ...ok account to copy to your phone 4 Call history tab Lists all your dialed numbers and received and missed calls See Using Call History in the Phone calls chapter Setting up My contact card My contact card provides a convenient way to store your personal contact information so that you can easily send it via SMS MMS email or Bluetooth Press HOME and then tap People On the All tab of the People scre...

Page 55: ...tact s Facebook profile and map his her address in Google Maps To view only contacts of a particular type for example Google contacts or Facebook contacts press MENU tap View and select the contact types Adding a new contact Press HOME and then tap People On the All tab tap Add contact at the top of the screen 3 Select the Contact account for example Google or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync This de...

Page 56: ... you want to copy contacts from Search for the contact you want to copy to your phone Tap Save to People Merging contact information Merge duplicated contacts on your phone to avoid clutter and confusion If you have the same contact appear in your Phone Google and Facebook accounts you can merge the contact information into one contact The phone automatically merges contacts that it finds to have ...

Page 57: ...act you are looking for Matching contacts are displayed If the list of matching contacts is long you can view more results by tapping to hide the onscreen keyboard 4 Tap the contact to open his or her contact details screen See Contact information and conversations in this chapter for details Backing up your contacts to the storage card Press HOME and then tap People Press MENU and then tap Import...

Page 58: ... Enter the recipient s number or email address and then tap Send You cannot send a vCard using SMS You can also send the vCard via Bluetooth To learn how to send files through Bluetooth see the Bluetooth chapter Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS Press HOME and then tap People On the All tab tap Your name My contact card Press MENU and then tap Send my contact info Select the type...

Page 59: ...the onscreen keyboard and scroll through the list 5 Tap to add a group from photo 6 Tap Save Deleting a group Press HOME and then tap People On the Groups tab press and hold the group you want to delete and then tap Delete group You can only delete groups that you have created Adding or removing contacts from a group Press HOME and then tap People On the Groups tab press and hold the group and the...

Page 60: ...Tap Send group message to send an SMS MMS message to the group For information about composing and sending messages see the Messages chapter You will be charged by your mobile provider for each message sent For example if you send a message to a group of five people you will be charged for five messages T ap Send group mail to send an email to the group For information on composing and sending ema...

Page 61: ...ormation about messages see the Messages chapter 3 Mail tab Shows email messages you have received from the contact Tap an email message to view it To send a new email message press MENU and tap New mail For more information about email see the Email chapter 4 Updates and events tab Shows the contact s Facebook status updates and events and shows when he or she uploads new photos to Flickr When th...

Page 62: ...communication method you want for the contact Changing the default communication method If you want to change the default action for communicating with a contact on the People widget you must first remove this contact from the group Add this contact back to the group and then choose the new communication method Remove the contact from the group See Adding or removing contacts from a group for deta...

Page 63: ...nge The landscape orientation keyboard is not supported in all applications Changing the onscreen keyboard layout You can choose from three different keyboard layouts to suit your typing style To change the keyboard layout do the following 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Language keyboard Touch Input 2 Tap Keyboard types and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use Choose from ...

Page 64: ...character Tap to hide the onscreen keyboard Tap to toggle between Multitap and XT9 predictive modes when using the Compact QWERTY or Phone keypad layout For more information see Entering words with predictive text below Entering words with predictive text The onscreen keyboard has predictive text to help you type quickly and accurately Predictive text input is enabled by default and word suggestio...

Page 65: ...lly added to the predictive text dictionary if it was not in the dictionary already You can also add a word to the list manually 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Language keyboard Touch Input User Dictionary 2 Tap Add new 3 Enter the word to add and then tap OK Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary You can edit or remove words that you previously added to the predictive text dic...

Page 66: ...e Entering words with predictive text in this chapter for more information Text input QWERTY Prediction Select to enable the word prediction feature which provides a list of possible words that reflect the characters of the keys you have tapped as well as characters of nearby keys Spell correction Select to correct typographical errors by selecting from a list of possible words that reflect the ch...

Page 67: ...elect to enable vibration feedback whenever you tap a key on the keyboard Finger touch precision Calibration tool Tap to re calibrate the keyboard touch accuracy Re calibrate the keyboard if you feel that the keyboard keys are not responding accurately to your taps Reset calibration Tap to reset the calibration back to factory default ...

Page 68: ... and multimedia messages MMS to other mobile phones If you exceed the limit on the number of characters for a single text message your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message These are called concatenated messages Multimedia messages can contain text and a picture a recorded voice an audio or video file a picture slideshow contact card vCard or appointment...

Page 69: ... screen press MENU and then tap Settings In the SMS settings section select the Delivery reports check box Sending a multimedia MMS message Press HOME and then tap Messages On the All messages screen tap Compose message The Compose screen opens 3 Fill in one or more recipients You can Enter phone numbers or email addresses directly in the To field If you re sending the message to several recipient...

Page 70: ...e Edit slideshow screen Tap Add slide to create a new slide Tap the created slide for example Slide 1 tap Insert picture and then select the picture you want to add to the slide You can also navigate to the text box and enter a caption for the picture When finished tap Done to attach the slideshow to your message When editing multiple slides tap to edit the next slide or tap to return to the previ...

Page 71: ...age options later in this chapter A new message icon also appears in the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a new text or multimedia message The Messages application icon if shown on the Home screen also displays the number of new messages To open the message press and hold the status bar and then slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel Tap the new message to o...

Page 72: ...ve a WAP push message a notification icon is displayed in the status bar Opening the link contained in a WAP push message Press and hold the status bar and then slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel Tap the new message Tap Visit website Viewing all your WAP push messages Press HOME and then tap Messages Press MENU and then tap Push messages 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 73: ...en tap Messages On the All messages screen tap a multimedia message or message thread to open it Tap the attachment to open it If the attachment is a vCard contact it is imported to your Phone contacts list For information about contacts see the People chapter If the attachment is a vCalendar file you can choose the calendar where you want to save the event For information on using Calendar see th...

Page 74: ... several message threads Press HOME and then tap Messages On the All messages screen press MENU and then tap Delete Select the message threads you want to delete Tap Delete Any locked messages will not be deleted Deleting a single message While viewing a message thread press and hold the message that you want to delete If the message is locked tap Unlock message on the options menu and then press ...

Page 75: ...the message without reading it Auto retrieve Select this option to automatically retrieve all your MMS messages completely When selected the MMS message header plus the message body and attachments will automatically download to your phone If you clear this check box only the MMS message header will be retrieved and shown in your All messages screen Maximum message size Set the maximum file size o...

Page 76: ...e phone to ring when a sent or failure notification is received select this option Notification sound Select a ring tone that is specific to sent or failure notifications Note that the ring tone briefly plays when selected Vibrate Select this option if you want the phone to vibrate when a new text or multimedia message arrives Adding the Messages widget Add the Messages widget to let you read your...

Page 77: ... your accounts on popular online services such as Facebook Twitter and Flickr Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync Tap Add account and then tap the account type you want to add Follow the onscreen instructions to enter the account information When you have finished the account is added to the list on the Accounts sync screen Depending on how you configured the account the new inform...

Page 78: ...ing your accounts Changing general sync settings Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync Select or clear the following Background data If this is selected applications can send and receive online account information even if you are not currently using them Auto sync If this is selected applications can use the sync schedule defined in the account settings If this is cleared you will ne...

Page 79: ...ce itself You cannot remove some accounts such the first Google Account you signed into on the phone except by deleting all personal information from your phone with a hard reset For instructions on doing this see Performing a hard factory reset in the Update and reset chapter Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync Tap the account that you want to remove Tap Remove account and then co...

Page 80: ... options 4 Sync your computer with your phone automatically or manually See Synchronizing your phone for details With HTC Sync you can also repair contacts and or calendar data if needed Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone After installing set up HTC Sync to recognize your phone 1 Connect your phone to the computer with the supplied USB cable Or if your phone is already connected press and...

Page 81: ...inish 7 A summary report is then displayed Click Close Setting up more sync options HTC Sync gives you the flexibility to set many options such as setting a sync schedule choosing how to resolve conflicts when the same items are found on both the phone and the computer and more 1 On your computer check and make sure the HTC Sync icon at the bottom right side of the screen appears in green which me...

Page 82: ...your computer synchronization starts automatically Wait for the sync process to finish Synchronizing your phone with your computer manually Connect your phone to the computer with the supplied USB cable Or if your phone is already connected press and hold the status bar and drag your finger down to open the Notifications panel Then tap the status that shows Select to change USB connection type On ...

Page 83: ...g the Facebook application in this chapter Using the Facebook application The Facebook application on your phone lets you keep up and stay close with your friends in Facebook It offers most of the features that you are familiar with when using Facebook on your computer Press HOME and then tap Facebook If this is your first time to use Facebook follow the onscreen instructions to sign into your Fac...

Page 84: ...tion including photo albums Check your Facebook notifications Take a photo and upload it straight to your Facebook account Adding the Facebook widget Add the Facebook widget to the Home screen to let you quickly share your thoughts and view your friends status updates Press HOME and then tap Widget Facebook Choose the widget style and then tap Select Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home sc...

Page 85: ...ess and hold to open the options menu to let you reply send a direct message retweet add to favorite and view the profile 4 Shows all the tweets from people you follow and tweets that you have sent out 5 Shows all tweets that mentions your username using the your username convention 6 Shows all private direct messages that you have received or sent out 7 Shows tweets that were marked as favorites ...

Page 86: ...essage You can also send a direct message from the All Tweets or Direct Message tab On the All Tweets or Direct Message tab press and hold the person you want to send the direct message to and then tap Send direct message on the options menu 3 Tap the To field and then enter the name As you enter characters the names of the Twitter users that match the characters you enter will appear Tap the name...

Page 87: ...e notified Adding the Twitter widget Add the Twitter widget to let you send and follow your tweets right on the Home screen Press HOME and then tap Widget Twitter Choose the widget style and then tap Select Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home screen and then release 1 2 3 ...

Page 88: ...k accounts 3 Friend Stream opens in the All Updates tab Slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the tab you want Friend Stream screen Only updates from accounts that you are signed in to will be shown 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 Depending on the type tap to open Peep post a Facebook comment look at the Flickr album or open the link in the web browser 2 Tap to enter and send a status update 3 Shows all the ...

Page 89: ...ccounts that you are signed in to will be shown on the dialog box 4 Enter your status update and then tap Update Adding the Friend Stream widget Add the Friend Stream widget so you can update your status simultaneously and view status updates from your social network accounts right on the Home screen Press HOME and then tap Widget Friend Stream Choose the widget style and then tap Select Drag the ...

Page 90: ...hen tap Talk In the Friends list press MENU and then tap More Sign out Chatting with friends Starting a chat Press HOME and then tap Talk Tap a friend in the Friends list Chat with your friend by entering text in the text box at the bottom of the screen To insert a smiley press MENU and then tap More Insert smiley Tap a smiley to insert it into your message 4 After entering your message tap Send A...

Page 91: ...ges in the chat press MENU and then tap Chat on record Ending a chat Do one of the following In the Friends list press and hold the friend you want to stop chatting with and then in the menu that opens tap End chat While on a chat screen press MENU and then tap End chat Changing your online status and picture Changing your online status Press HOME and then tap Talk In the Friends list tap the onli...

Page 92: ...tus bar and the invitation appears in your Friends list Press HOME and then tap Talk In the Friends list tap Chat invitation Do one of the following Tap Accept in the menu that opens to accept the invitation Tap Cancel if you don t want to chat with and share your Google Talk status with the sender Viewing the list of pending invitations to friends Press HOME and then tap Talk In the Friends list ...

Page 93: ... and then tap Blocked In the Blocked friends list tap the name of the friend you want to unblock and then tap OK when prompted Changing Google Talk settings Setting notifications for new Google Talk messages You can set the phone to play a sound vibrate or display a notification icon in the status bar each time you receive a new instant message Press HOME and then tap Talk In the Friends list pres...

Page 94: ...en tap Talk In the Friends list press MENU and then tap More Settings Select the Mobile indicator option Indicates that the friend is using an Android phone Setting whether you sign into Google Talk automatically You can sign in to your Google Talk account automatically every time you turn on your phone Press HOME and then tap Talk In the Friends list press MENU and tap More Settings Select the Au...

Page 95: ... receive This conversation list continues to grow as new replies arrive so you can always see your messages in context A new message or a change to the subject of a current message will begin a new conversation 1 Press HOME and then tap Gmail Google Mail 2 To scroll through the conversation list Slide your finger up down on the screen Swipe up down on the optical trackball 1 3 6 5 4 7 2 1 Folder o...

Page 96: ... information on email notification settings refer to Changing Gmail Google Mail settings later in this chapter For information on automatic email synchronization see Changing Gmail Google Mail synchronization settings in this chapter To refresh your inbox manually press MENU and then tap Refresh 1 Do one of the following When you receive a new email notification press and hold the status bar and t...

Page 97: ...thread scroll down to the end of the conversation Tap Reply Reply to all or Forward 3 Do one of the following If you selected Reply or Reply to all enter your reply message If you selected Forward specify the message recipients 4 Tap Send Muting a conversation If you re part of a long message conversation that isn t relevant you can mute the conversation to keep all future additions out of your In...

Page 98: ...e your email 5 If you want to add a picture attachment press MENU and then tap Attach Navigate to the picture you want to attach and then tap the picture 4 5 1 2 3 1 Recipient 2 Subject 3 Attachment 4 Enter your message here 5 Tap to remove the attachment 5 After composing your message tap Send While composing the message tap Save as draft or press the BACK button to save it as a draft To view you...

Page 99: ...th a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists To view just conversations with starred messages see Viewing conversations by label in this chapter Do one of the following While reading a message touch the star in its header When viewing a conversation touch its star to start the newest message in the conversation To unstar a message touch its star again You can also touch a star in a convers...

Page 100: ... a batch When you select a check box the Archive Labels and Delete buttons are displayed at the bottom of the screen 2 Tap the Archive Labels or Delete button to perform one of those actions on the batch of conversations or press MENU for more options Changing Gmail Google Mail settings 1 Press HOME and then tap Gmail Google Mail 2 In the Inbox press MENU and then tap Settings 3 Set the following ...

Page 101: ...notification sound when a new email message arrives On the ring tone menu select a ring tone specific to new email messages The ring tone plays briefly when selected If you don t want a ring tone to play when you receive a new email message tap Silent To confirm your ring tone selection tap OK Select Vibrate if you want your phone to vibrate when you receive a new email message ...

Page 102: ...n email account in Mail tap on the upper right corner and then tap New Account If the Choose a mail provider screen is displayed tap Other POP3 IMAP 3 Enter the Email address and Password for the email account and then tap Next If the account type you want to set up is not in the phone database you will be asked to enter more details 4 Enter the Account name and Your name and then tap Finish setup...

Page 103: ... Displays meeting invitations which you have not yet accepted or declined Attachments Displays all messages that have attachments Refreshing an email account Whatever your automatic synchronization settings are you can also synchronize your sent and received emails manually at any time While in the account you want to synchronize press MENU and then tap Refresh Sorting email messages On the email ...

Page 104: ...iveSync account Press MENU and then tap More Out of the office Tap the field below I am currently and then select Out of the office Set the dates and times for the period when you will be out of the office Enter the auto reply message Tap Save Sending a meeting request Press HOME and then tap Mail Switch to the Exchange ActiveSync account Press MENU and then tap More New meeting invitation Enter t...

Page 105: ...NU and then tap Show Cc Bcc 4 Enter the subject and then compose your message 5 To add an attachment press MENU tap Add attachment and choose from the following options Picture Select Camera to take a photo and attach it or Pictures to attach a photo from your storage card Video Select Camcorder to capture a video and attach it or Videos to attach a video from your storage card Audio Select Voice ...

Page 106: ... account settings such as the name email address password and description General settings Set the font size when reading emails enable disable or set the signature set the account as the default email account and set where to save email attachments Send receive Set the maximum email file size limit when receiving and frequency to check for new emails and how many to check for You can also set to ...

Page 107: ... ActiveSync calendar events See the Email and Accounts and sync chapters for details Creating a calendar event You can create events that appear on your phone only as well as events that sync with your Google Calendar your computer s Outlook Calendar or Exchange ActiveSync calendar 1 Press HOME then tap and then tap Calendar 2 On any Calendar view press MENU and then tap New event When you are in ...

Page 108: ...ests field enter the email addresses of everyone you want to invite to the event Separate multiple addresses with commas If the people to whom you send invitations use Google Calendar they ll receive an invitation in Calendar and by email 4 Tap Add to add the event to your Google Calendar Sending a meeting request using Calendar Exchange ActiveSync only If you have an Exchange ActiveSync account s...

Page 109: ...creen to switch to Agenda view Tap on the bottom right to create a new event Tap a day to view the events of that day Press and hold a day to open an options menu from which you can also choose to create an event or switch to either Day or Agenda view Slide your finger up or down the screen to view earlier or later months Day and Agenda views Day view displays a list of the events of one day and a...

Page 110: ...e Weather application Weather information does not appear in Day view when you change Day view to display as a time list See Changing Calendar settings for details Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week When in Week view You can press and hold on a time slot to create a new event at that time Tap an event to view its details Slide left or right across the screen to view ear...

Page 111: ...pond whether you ll attend the event Press the BACK button on your phone to save changes you made on the Event details screen 4 To edit more details about the event press MENU while you re on the Event details screen and then tap Edit event 5 Make your changes to the event 6 When you re done editing scroll down to the bottom of the screen and then tap Save Deleting an event There are a number of w...

Page 112: ... Notifications panel 2 Do one of the following Tap Clear to dismiss event reminders and all other notifications Other types of notifications such as new messages and missed calls will also be deleted After sliding open the Notifications panel tap the calendar event reminder You ll then see a list of all pending event reminders Tap Snooze all to snooze all event reminders for five minutes or tap Di...

Page 113: ...U again and then tap Remove calendars Select a Google Calendar to remove from your calendars list and then tap OK Press BACK to update Calendar with the new changes and return to the Calendar view you were viewing The calendars that you remove from your calendars list will no longer be synchronized on your phone but you remain subscribed to them and can work with them in Google Calendar on the Web...

Page 114: ...on before an event you want to be notified Select ringtone Choose a ringtone to sound when you receive an event reminder Vibrate Choose whether you want your phone to vibrate when you receive an event notification Hide declined events Choose whether to show or hide events to which you ve declined invitations Calendar view settings Choose what appears in Calendar when opened and what s shown in Day...

Page 115: ...ing information from your phone to another device in the Bluetooth chapter If you chose to send by email a new message window opens and automatically includes the vCalendar as an attachment Your default email account that s selected in the Mail application will be used to send For more information about using the Mail application see the Email chapter You can also choose to send the vCalendar in a...

Page 116: ...age on this widget to open the Weather application and check for more weather forecasts See Checking weather for details The HTC Clock widget comes in a variety of looks and designs You can add another clock widget to the extended Home screen if you want to have another clock that shows the time of another city To find out how you can add a widget see the Personalizing chapter ...

Page 117: ...ou the current time in several locations across the globe There s also an alarm clock stopwatch and countdown timer To open the Clock application Press HOME and then tap the HTC Clock widget on the Home screen You can also press HOME tap and then tap Clock Tap the tabs at the bottom row or slide your finger across the tabs to switch between the different functions of the Clock application 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 118: ...t few days See Checking weather for more information about the Weather application 3 The battery charging indicator shows the battery charge level You ll see it only when your phone is plugged with the power adapter or connected to your computer 4 Tap this button to dim the screen and display only the time and date on the Desk Clock To light up the screen again tap anywhere on the screen or press ...

Page 119: ...ng the time zone date and time To set the time zone date and time on your phone manually you need to turn off auto time synchronization first Press HOME and then tap the HTC Clock widget on the Home screen Tap the World Clock tab Press MENU and then tap Local time settings to open the Date time settings screen Clear the Automatic check box Tap Select time zone Scroll through the list and then tap ...

Page 120: ...k screen Add more cities to the World Clock screen so you can instantly check the date and time in these cities In addition to the current and home cities the World Clock screen can display up to 15 cities Press HOME and then tap the HTC Clock widget on the Home screen Tap the World Clock tab Tap Add city Enter the city name you want to add As you enter letters the list is filtered to show matchin...

Page 121: ...You can Enter the alarm Description and choose the Alarm sound to use Tap Repeat Select what days of the week to sound the alarm and then tap OK Select the Vibrate check box if you want your phone to also vibrate when the alarm goes off 6 When you ve finished setting the alarm tap Done To turn off an alarm clear the check box by tapping it of that alarm If you need to set more than three alarms pr...

Page 122: ...to sound even when your phone s volume is set to silent mode Clear this check box if you want to silence the alarm when the volume is in silent mode Alarm volume Set the volume level that you want for the alarm Snooze duration Set how long to snooze between alarms Side button behavior Choose what happens to the alarm when pressing the side button VOLUME UP DOWN of your phone You can set the button...

Page 123: ...check box 1 Connect to the Internet using your phone s Wi Fi or data connection To find out how see the Internet chapter 2 Press HOME tap and then tap Weather 3 On the Weather screen you ll first see your current location s weather To check the weather in other cities swipe your finger up or down the screen 4 The Weather application automatically downloads and displays the latest weather updates Y...

Page 124: ...MENU and then tap Settings You can change the following weather settings Select or clear the Update automatically check box depending on whether you want your phone to automatically download weather updates To set an auto update schedule tap Update frequency and choose a schedule Tap Temperature scale to choose whether to display weather in Celsius or Fahrenheit About the Weather widget Use the We...

Page 125: ...rn off the data connection Creating a new access point When you need to add another data connection on your phone obtain the access point name and settings including username and password if required from your mobile operator Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Tap Mobile networks Access Point Names On the APNs screen press MENU and then tap New APN In the Edit access point scr...

Page 126: ...may also need to enter more information or choose a security certificate When your phone is connected to a wireless network the Wi Fi icon appears in the status bar and tells you the approximate signal strength number of bands that light up If Network notification in Wi Fi settings is enabled this icon appears in the status bar whenever the phone detects an available wireless network within range ...

Page 127: ...orget on this window You need to enter the settings again if you want to connect to this wireless network Connecting to another Wi Fi network On the Wireless networks screen tap Wi Fi settings Detected Wi Fi networks are displayed in the Wi Fi networks section To manually scan for available Wi Fi networks on the Wi Fi settings screen press MENU and then tap Scan 2 Tap another Wi Fi network to conn...

Page 128: ... Data connection and or Wi Fi widget to the Home screen to make it faster for you to turn on or off these connections Tap the widget to turn on or off the connection To learn how to add widgets refer to Adding a widget to your Home screen in the Personalizing chapter ...

Page 129: ... Set password Enter a new password at least 8 characters without any spaces for the credential storage scroll down and confirm the password and then tap OK Select the Use secure credentials check box You can then download and install the certificates needed to access your local network Your network administrator can tell you how to do this Adding a VPN connection Press HOME MENU and then tap Setti...

Page 130: ...your finger to open the Notifications panel Tap the VPN connection to return to the VPN settings screen and then tap the VPN connection to disconnect from it When your phone has disconnected from the VPN the VPN disconnected icon is displayed in the notification area of the title bar 1 2 ...

Page 131: ...nter the web page address using the keyboard As you enter the address matching web page addresses will appear on the screen Tap an address to go directly to that web page or continue entering the web page address 3 Tap the Enter key on the onscreen keyboard Setting your home page Press HOME and then tap Internet Press MENU and then tap More Settings Set home page On the Set home page screen select...

Page 132: ...view check box Navigating on a web page You can swipe your finger on the screen or the optical trackball to navigate and view other areas of the web page Zooming in or out on a web page Tap the screen twice quickly to zoom in then tap the screen twice quickly again to zoom out You can also use your fingers to pinch or spread the screen to zoom in and out Use your thumb and index fingers to spread ...

Page 133: ... addresses are highlighted in green when navigated to Link What to do Location address Tap the address to open Google Maps and locate the address Phone number Tap to open the Phone screen to call the phone number You can also navigate to a link on a web page and select it using the optical trackball This is particularly useful when viewing text and links at a small size Links are enclosed in a col...

Page 134: ...iewing a web page press MENU and then tap More Find on page Enter the search item As you enter characters matching characters will be highlighted in green Tap the left or right arrow to go to the previous or next matching item Copying text looking up information and sharing You can select text and then Copy it Look it up on Wikipedia or Google Dictionary Get a translation of the text from Google T...

Page 135: ...then tap Copy text 2 Drag the start and end markers to highlight the surrounding text you want to select 1 2 1 Tap to copy search translate or share the text 2 Start and end markers Drag to increase or decrease the text selection area You can drag these markers up or down to select multiple paragraphs of text ...

Page 136: ... new email text or multimedia message or in your status update on a social network such as Twitter See the Email Messages and Social chapters for more information on using these features Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your phone You can also access a convenient History list of the sites you have visited or quickly view the pages that y...

Page 137: ... list of most visited pages Press HOME and then tap Internet Press MENU and then tap Navigate On the Most Visited tab press MENU and then tap Clear all Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages Press HOME and then tap Internet Press MENU and then tap Navigate On the Bookmarks tab or the Most visited tab press MENU and then tap Thumbnails List or Grid to change the view For example if yo...

Page 138: ...Home screen For instructions on adding a widget to the Home screen see Adding a widget to your Home screen in the Personalizing chapter Turn off Bluetooth when not in use to conserve battery power or in places where using a wireless device is prohibited such as on board an aircraft and in hospitals Changing the phone name The phone name identifies your phone to other devices Press HOME MENU and th...

Page 139: ...me in the Bluetooth devices section When the Bluetooth headset or car kit is connected to your phone the Bluetooth connected icon is displayed in the status bar Depending on the type of headset or car kit you have connected you can then start using the headset or car kit to listen to music and or make and receive phone calls Reconnecting a headset or car kit When you have paired a headset with you...

Page 140: ... hold the device to disconnect Tap Disconnect Unpairing from a Bluetooth device You can make your phone forget its pairing connection with another Bluetooth device To connect to the other device again you may need to enter or confirm a passcode again Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Bluetooth settings In the Bluetooth devices section press and hold the device to unpair Tap U...

Page 141: ...hotos and videos in Photos On the Albums tab tap an album Tap the Share button tap Bluetooth select the items you want to share and then tap Next Calendar event In the Calendar s Day view Agenda view or Week view press and hold the event and then tap Share vCalendar Bluetooth Contact On the People screen s All tab press and hold the contact and then tap Send contact as vCard Tap the down arrow ico...

Page 142: ...our phone Refer to the device s documentation for instructions on sending information over Bluetooth If prompted enter the same passcode on both your phone and the other device or confirm the auto generated passcode A Bluetooth authorization request is displayed on your phone If you want to automatically receive files from the sending device in future select the Always check box and then tap Accep...

Page 143: ... shows all files you have received with Bluetooth Press HOME and then tap On the Add to Home screen tap Folder Bluetooth received Press and hold the Bluetooth received folder icon and drag it to the Home screen position you want To view the folder contents tap the folder icon To open a file tap the file name 1 2 3 ...

Page 144: ...n the Viewfinder screen 1 4 3 2 1 Menu tab Tap to open the menu panel and change camera settings See Changing camera settings for details 2 View button Tap to open the Photos application so you can browse through and view the photos and videos in your storage card See the Photos chapter for details 3 Auto focus indicator Whenever you point the camera at a different subject or location the screen s...

Page 145: ...age of the video that you have just captured You can tap the onscreen buttons to delete the photo or video view it in the Photos application or share it Back Return to the Viewfinder screen Delete Delete the captured image or video Share Send the captured photo or video to another phone or your computer using Bluetooth send it by email or select a social network where you want to upload it to View...

Page 146: ...the remaining photo shots or remaining video recording duration on the upper right side of the screen 2 You can do the following To slowly zoom in or out slide your finger up or down the Viewfinder screen You can also drag your finger across the zoom bar Tap to zoom in to the highest magnification Tap to zoom out to the actual size 3 After you re done wait for a few seconds for the zoom bar to aut...

Page 147: ...t how to use the onscreen zoom bar 3 Frame your subject on the Viewfinder screen 4 Let the camera auto focus on the center of the screen or you can touch another area on the screen that you want to focus on 5 Press the optical trackball to take the photo 6 Choose what you want to do with the photo you ve just taken See Review screen for details ...

Page 148: ...een zoom bar 3 Frame your subject on the screen 4 Let the camera auto focus on the center of the screen or you can touch another area on the screen that you want to focus on 5 Press the optical trackball to start capturing video 6 To stop capturing press the optical trackball again 7 Choose what you want to do with the video you ve just captured See Review screen for details ...

Page 149: ...uration and sharpness Effect You can apply a special effect to photos and videos that you will capture Scroll through the Effect menu and choose from effects such as sepia solarize posterize and more Changing advanced settings 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap to open the menu panel 2 Tap in the menu panel to display the Settings menu and access more camera settings The following are settings that yo...

Page 150: ... Recording length video mode only Set the maximum duration or file size for capturing video Record with audio video mode only Select or clear the check box depending on whether you want to record audio when capturing videos Metering mode Set how the camera measures the amount of light to calculate the best exposure Spot metering mode allows the camera to measure light around the focus point Center...

Page 151: ...ase Time stamp photo mode only Select this check box when you want the date and time to be added on captured photos Grid photo mode only Select this check box when you want to display a grid on the Viewfinder screen so you can easily frame and center your subject before taking the photo Reset to default Tap to change the camera back to default settings ...

Page 152: ...d by albums for easy viewing The following are preset albums Camera shots lets you view photos and videos that are stored in the camera s folder Photos and videos that you set as your favorites will be grouped under My favorites All photos lets you view all photos that are stored in all the folders on the storage card All videos lets you view all videos that are stored in all the folders on the st...

Page 153: ... MENU and then tap Grid view to browse photos and videos by thumbnails Slide your finger up or down to scroll through the thumbnails To change back to displaying photos and videos in a filmstrip press MENU and then tap Filmstrip view Whether you re in filmstrip or grid view you can press and hold on a photo or video to open a selection menu and choose what to do with the photo or video If you want...

Page 154: ...finger on the screen and then spread your fingers apart to zoom in Pinch your fingers together to zoom out Zooming in Zooming out Watching video The screen automatically switches to landscape mode when you play a video Use the onscreen controls to play pause or stop the video The video is displayed in full screen size You can tap to make it best fit on the screen based on the video size Tap the bu...

Page 155: ...e account You can view photos in your online albums the same way as how you view photos in your storage card Viewing photos on Flickr You need to be logged in to your Flickr account to view Flickr photos 1 Press HOME tap and then tap Photos 2 Tap the Flickr tab You may be asked to give authorization for the application to connect to the Flickr website If this happens you need to give authorization...

Page 156: ...either Rotate left or Rotate right Cropping a photo 1 Press HOME tap and then tap Photos 2 From the Photos application s Albums screen tap an album 3 Choose whether to browse photos and videos in the album in filmstrip or grid view See Browsing in filmstrip or grid view for details 4 Press and hold on the photo that you want to crop 5 In the menu that opens tap Crop A crop box then appears on the ...

Page 157: ...l photos or videos in a multimedia message it may be better to just send one at a time especially if the files are big in size Press HOME tap and then tap Photos Tap the album where the photo or video you want to share is in Tap and then on the Share options menu tap Messages Tap the photo or video you want to send The photo or video is automatically added into the MMS message Compose your message...

Page 158: ...e Sharing photos on Picasa You need to be signed in to a Google Account to be able to upload pictures to the Picasa photo organizing service Press HOME tap and then tap Photos Tap the album where the photos you want to share are in Tap and then on the Share options menu tap Picasa Select the pictures you want to share and then tap Next Select the online album where you want to upload the pictures ...

Page 159: ...ag your finger across the progress bar to jump to any part of the song 3 Tap to go to the Library 4 Tap to go to the previous song in the Now playing list 5 Tap to play pause or resume playing the song 6 Tap to go to the next song in the Now playing list 7 Tap to toggle between showing the Now playing list and Playback screen 8 Tap to cycle through the repeat modes Repeat all songs Repeat current ...

Page 160: ...go to the Library In the Library your music is organized into different categories such as Albums Artists Genres Composers and more Select a category by tapping one of the category tabs at the bottom of the screen When you tap a song in a category to play it the Now playing list is updated with the song list from your selected category ...

Page 161: ... you want to add to the playlist and then tap Add Tap Save Playing the songs in a playlist In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category Tap a playlist to open it Tap the first song or any song in the playlist When you tap a song in the list to play it the Now playing list is updated with the song list from your playlist Managing playlists After creating...

Page 162: ... new position then release Tap Done Deleting songs from a playlist In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category Tap a playlist to open it Press MENU and then tap Remove songs Select the songs you want to delete and then tap Remove Deleting playlists In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category Press MENU and ...

Page 163: ...gtone The song should be in the ringtone list and selected Sending music using Bluetooth You can select a song from the Music application s Library and send it to someone s phone or your computer using Bluetooth Press HOME tap and then tap Music Tap at the bottom left corner of the screen to go to the Library In the Library select the song that you want to use as ringtone and then play it back On ...

Page 164: ...you open Google Maps and find your location or search for places of interest you must enable location sources Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Location Select Use wireless networks Use GPS satellites or both Selecting Use GPS satellites lets you locate places of interest at street level However this requires a clear view of the sky and more battery power Finding your location Press HOME and t...

Page 165: ...ion in this chapter for details When you find the place tap its balloon 2 On the location details screen tap Street view 3 To navigate in Street View do any of the following Swipe your finger on the screen or the optical trackball to pan up or down or to look in other directions Tap the displayed arrows to move up and down the street Press MENU to select from other navigation options While viewing...

Page 166: ...p Layers 2 Select any of the following Traffic available only in selected areas Real time traffic conditions are displayed over roads as color coded lines Each color represents how fast the traffic is moving Satellite Google Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth Satellite images are not real time Google Earth acquires the best imagery available most of which is approximately one to thr...

Page 167: ... list of all the places which you have searched or visited before appears on the screen You can also tap an address on the menu to show its location on the map 3 Tap The search results are displayed on the map 1 2 1 Tap to show the search results as a list 2 Tap to go to the previous or next search item on the map if there are multiple search results 4 Tap the callout to show the Address Details i...

Page 168: ...arting point 2 Destination 3 Choose how you want to get to your destination You can also tap to open the location source menu and select a starting point and destination address 3 Tap the icon for car public transit or walking directions 4 Tap Go The directions to your destination appear in a list Tap a direction instruction on the list to show the map When you are finished viewing or following th...

Page 169: ...ed or accepted can see your location Inviting friends to share their locations 1 While viewing a map press MENU and then tap Latitude 2 In Latitude press MENU and then tap Add friends 3 Choose how to add friends Select from Contacts Select any number of friends from your Contacts Add via email address Enter an email address 4 Tap Add friends 5 If prompted tap Yes If your friends already use Latitu...

Page 170: ...ons Connecting with and managing friends Tap a friend s contact details balloon in map view or tap a friend in list view to open the friend s profile In the profile screen you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options Show on map Shows the friend s location on the map Chat using Google Talk Opens a Google Talk chat window with that friend Send email Opens Gmail Google Mail with a me...

Page 171: ...e and then tap Edit privacy settings Set the following options to your preferences Detect your location Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move The update frequency is determined by several factors such as how recently your location has changed Set your location Choose from several options to manually select your location Hide your location Hide your location from all your friends...

Page 172: ...scene you want to show the location Footprints starts to use GPS to search for your position To change brightness and white balance settings before you take a photo press MENU tap Brightness or White balance and then choose a setting 4 Press the optical trackball to capture the photo If your GPS position has not been found yet you are asked whether to find the position on Google Maps continue the ...

Page 173: ...ard You can also open exported footprints files in other applications such as Google Earth on your PC To transfer files from your storage card to your computer see Copying files to and from the storage card in the Basics chapter Press HOME tap Footprints and then do any of the following To export all your footprints on the All footprints tab press MENU and then tap Export To export all the footpri...

Page 174: ...e storage card tap Footprints data and then tap the file you want to import If a footprint on the device is the same as one you want to import you are asked whether you want to overwrite it To import a photo tap Picture navigate to the photo you want to import and then tap the photo You can then add Footprints information such as location and category Adding the Footprints widget Add the Footprint...

Page 175: ...s and then tap a video to watch it The screen automatically switches to landscape view when you play a video While watching a video you can Tap the screen to display the playback controls When the playback controls are displayed you can pause skip forward or backward or drag the slider to the point in the video you want to watch Press MENU to rank comment on share flag as inappropriate and interac...

Page 176: ...n tap Share Select how you want to share the video link Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube You need to be signed in to your Google Account to upload your video to YouTube Press HOME and then tap YouTube Tap Press the optical trackball to start capturing video When you are done capturing press the optical trackball again Tap Done Enter a title description and tags for your video Set the pr...

Page 177: ... toolbar View to view the PDF in normal view or reformatted view Choosing Reformatted reflows the text and resizes the images to fit the width of the screen depending on the zoom level Zoom to change the zoom level to either Fit to screen or Fit to width This is not available when Reformatted is selected for View Go to to go to a specific page on the PDF More to search the PDF and view file proper...

Page 178: ... MENU and then tap Sort to let you sort the list by Name or Date 3 Slide your finger on the screen to pan or go through the pages of the file 4 While viewing a file you can Pinch the screen to zoom in or out or use the zoom controls on the screen to zoom in or out For Excel files press MENU and then tap Worksheet to view other worksheets on the file For Word and PowerPoint files tap a URL link to ...

Page 179: ...ight corner of the screen If there are no stock quotes or indices onscreen tap Tap here to add a stock or index at the top of the screen 3 Enter the stock quote or stock market index on the text field and then tap 4 On the results list tap the stock quote or stock market index you want to add Changing the stock list order Press HOME and then tap Stocks Press MENU and then tap Rearrange Press and h...

Page 180: ...ur additional fees from your mobile operator 4 Tap Set download frequency and then select frequency to check for updates Manually updating stock information Press HOME and then tap Stocks Press MENU and then tap Update Adding the Stocks widget Press HOME and then tap Widget Stocks Choose the widget style and then tap Select Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home screen and then release 1 2 3...

Page 181: ...ent station you are tuned into 8 Tap to fine tune the radio frequency by 0 1 MHz 9 Radio signal strength 10 Turn off or on FM radio Listening to an FM station Press HOME and then tap FM Radio The first time you open FM Radio it automatically scans for available FM stations saves them as presets and plays the first FM station found To repeat scanning and saving of FM stations press MENU and then ta...

Page 182: ... for the selected FM station and then tap Save Minimizing or turning off FM Radio Do one of the following Press BACK to minimize and keep FM Radio running in the background so you can listen to the radio while going to another screen On the FM Radio screen tap on the upper right corner of the FM Radio screen to turn off FM Radio 1 2 3 ...

Page 183: ...On the All recording screen press and hold the voice recording you want to share and then tap Share on the options menu On the Share options menu select how you want to share the voice recording To learn how to send files through Bluetooth see the Bluetooth chapter Setting a voice clip as a ringtone Press HOME and then tap Voice Recorder On the Voice Recorder screen tap On the All recording screen...

Page 184: ... list Tap an app to read a description about the app and user reviews Paid apps are currently only available in certain countries Finding and installing an application When you install apps from Android Market and use them on your phone they may require access to your personal information such as your location contact data and more or access to certain functions or settings of your phone Download ...

Page 185: ...ome You can also press MENU and then tap Home Creating a Google Checkout account You must have a Google Checkout account associated with your Google Account to purchase items from Android Market Do one of the following On your computer go to http checkout google com to create a Google Checkout account The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Android Market you re prompted to enter you...

Page 186: ... On the All programs screen locate the app and then tap it Uninstalling an application You can uninstall any application that you have downloaded and installed from Android Market Press HOME and then tap Market Downloads On the Downloads screen tap the application you want to uninstall and then tap Uninstall When prompted tap OK to remove the application on your phone Choose the reason for removin...

Page 187: ...to show the starred stories for that channel then tap a story to read it 3 Keywords tab Displays the keywords that you have created and the number of stories enclosed in parenthesis that match them Tap a keyword to display the stories that contain the particular keyword Subscribing to a news channel from a list Press HOME and then tap News On the Subscriptions tab tap Add feeds Tap one of the cate...

Page 188: ... of stories and then tap a story to read it While reading a story you can tap and to go to the previous or next story in the channel to go back to the stories list to share the story via a message link to the story only or email to delete the story from the stories list 5 If you want to read the whole story tap Read full article This opens the story in the web browser See Using your phone s web br...

Page 189: ...ter the keyword and then tap Done In the Keywords tab tap a keyword to show the stories that contain the keyword in their text Adding the News widget Read snippets of stories that you have subscribed to right on the Home screen Press HOME and then tap Widget News Choose the widget style and then tap Select Select the channel whose stories you want to read on the widget Drag the widget to a blank s...

Page 190: ...e SIM PIN Emergency calls can be placed at any time without requiring a PIN See Making an emergency call in the Phone calls chapter for more details Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out If you enter the wrong PIN more times than the maximum number of attempts allowed your SIM card will become PUK locked You need a PUK code to restore access to the phone This code may have been provided by...

Page 191: ...pattern and not tap individual dots 6 The phone records the pattern Tap Continue 7 When prompted draw the screen unlock pattern again and then tap Confirm Clear the Use visible pattern check box if you do not want the unlock pattern to display on the screen when you unlock it To change your unlock screen pattern press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Security Change unlock pattern When you fail to ...

Page 192: ...out Accounts sync Log in or out from your social network accounts Google Account and Exchange ActiveSync account You can also manage synchronization and other settings for your accounts See the Accounts and sync chapter for details Location Select the sources to use when determining your location Search Select items to include when you do a search on your phone and set Google search options Privac...

Page 193: ...tions Accessibility Enable or disable preset or downloaded accessibility plugins that respond to user interaction such as receiving sound feedback when a new browser window is opened Text to speech If you have installed a text to speech voice data application use this option to configure the text to speech settings About phone Set the system software update method and view the phone status such as...

Page 194: ...atic screen rotation By default the screen orientation automatically adjusts depending on how you hold the phone Not all application screens support automatic rotation Press HOME MENU then tap Settings Sound display Scroll down the screen and then clear the Orientation check box Recalibrating the G sensor Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to t...

Page 195: ...ou can turn off the animation or enable only some animations when switching between screens Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display Scroll down the screen and then tap Animation On the options menu select the animation setting you want 1 2 3 ...

Page 196: ...or disabling touch tones You can choose to play a sound when you are selecting items onscreen Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display Scroll down the screen and then select or clear the Audible selection check box Choosing the notification sound You can select the sound to play when your phone receives new notifications Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display Notification s...

Page 197: ...Changing the language adjusts the keyboard layout date and time formatting and more The languages available to choose from may depend on the version of phone you have Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Language keyboard Select locale Tap the language and corresponding region you want to use Press HOME to return to the Home screen You may need to wait briefly as the new language is applied to yo...

Page 198: ...ightness See Adjusting the screen brightness manually in this chapter for details Switch off screen animations See Switching animation effects on or off in this chapter for details Cut down on activities such as Internet browsing Wireless data consumes a lot of power Avoid making very long phone calls or using the camera for extended periods of time Consider carrying a spare battery for times when...

Page 199: ...Press MENU to bring up sort and filter options 4 In the Application info screen tap Clear data and or Clear cache Uninstalling third party applications You cannot uninstall applications that are preinstalled on the phone Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Scroll down the screen and then tap Applications Manage applications Press MENU and then tap Filter Downloaded On the Manage applications scr...

Page 200: ...phone and the SIM card you are using Battery Check information about the battery such as its current battery level status and what programs are using the battery Hardware information Check the Wi Fi MAC and Bluetooth addresses Software information Check the version and other information about the Android platform being used by the phone You can also check the version of the web browser Legal infor...

Page 201: ...ownloading system software updates may incur additional data transfer fees from your mobile operator When there is an update available the Install system software update dialog box will appear onscreen On the dialog box select Install now and then tap OK Select Install later if you want to install the system update at a later time When you are ready to install open the Notifications panel and then...

Page 202: ...e recommend that you do a soft reset instead of a hard factory reset To perform a soft reset remove the battery wait for a few seconds and then re install it After re installing the battery turn on the phone Performing a factory reset via settings The most convenient way to do a factory reset is via the phone settings Press HOME MENU then tap Settings Scroll down the screen and then tap Privacy Fa...

Page 203: ...formats Playback 3gp 3g2 mp4 wmv Windows Media Video 9 Recording 3gp Battery Rechargeable Lithium ion polymer or Lithium ion battery Capacity 1200 mAh Talk time Up to 370 minutes for WCDMA Up to 435 minutes for GSM Standby time Up to 410 hours for WCDMA Up to 375 hours for GSM The above are subject to network and phone usage Expansion slot microSD memory card SD 2 0 compatible AC adapter Voltage r...

Page 204: ... 148 Changing your wallpaper 37 Checking information about your phone 200 Checking weather 123 Clock 116 Clock widget HTC 116 Conference call 48 Connecting your phone to a computer 32 Copying files to and from the storage card 33 Creating a calendar event 107 Creating a playlist 161 Cropping a photo 156 Customizing and saving a scene 36 D Data connection 125 Date and time 119 Deleting a scene 36 D...

Page 205: ... Notification icons 28 Notification ring tone 196 Notifications panel 30 O Onscreen keyboard 63 Optimizing your phone s battery life 198 P PDF Viewer 177 Peep 85 widget 87 People 53 contact groups 59 contact information and conversations 61 People screen 54 People widget 62 Personalizing 35 Phone status icons 27 Photo capture 147 Photos application 152 Picasa 158 Picture message 68 Playing music 1...

Page 206: ...topwatch 117 Sync with computer 80 Sync with online accounts 77 T Taking a photo 147 Text message 68 Timer 117 Time zone 119 Turning off your phone 23 Turning on your phone 23 Twitter 85 Twittering on your phone 85 U Uninstalling third party applications 199 Updating your phone s system software 201 V vCalendar 115 Video capture 148 Videos 175 Video supported formats 203 Viewfinder screen Camera 1...

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