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Sound feedback

Select to hear a clicking sound whenever you tap a key on the keyboard.

Vibrate when typing

Select 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.

Summary of Contents for DROID DROID INCREDIBLE

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Page 4: ...device operating system software and application developers e g Google Motorola Microsoft Palm If you use link to or download such a service or an application such as a non Verizon Wireless location based GPS type service chat room marketplace or social network from this device you should carefully review the terms of such service or application If you use any of these non Verizon Wireless service...

Page 5: ...e volume 28 Adjusting the ringer volume 28 Adjusting the media volume 28 Connecting your phone to a computer 29 Copying files to and from the storage card 30 Searching your phone and the Web 31 Setting Web and Quick Search Box options 31 Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box 31 Personalizing Making your phone truly yours 32 Changing the ringtone 32 Personalizing your phone wi...

Page 6: ...ce call 45 Muting the microphone during a call 46 Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call 46 Ending a call 46 Using call history 47 Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history 47 Checking a missed call 48 Clearing the call history list 48 Call services 49 Visual Voice Mail 50 Setting up Visual Voice Mail 50 Using Visual Voice Mail 50 Turning Airplane mode on or off 51 Peo...

Page 7: ...ssages 67 Sending text and multimedia messages 67 New message notifications 70 WAP push messages 71 Managing message conversations 72 Protecting a message from deletion 73 Deleting a message thread 73 Deleting several message threads 73 Deleting a single message 73 Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact 73 Setting text and multimedia message options 74 Adding the Messages widget ...

Page 8: ...s list 91 Changing Google Talk settings 92 Email Using Gmail Google Mail 94 Viewing your Gmail Google Mail inbox 94 Reading your messages 95 Sending a message 97 Managing conversations and messages 98 Changing Gmail Google Mail settings 100 Mail 101 Adding a POP3 IMAP email account 101 Viewing your email inbox 101 Exchange ActiveSync email 103 Composing and sending an email message 104 Viewing and...

Page 9: ...tings 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 Data connection 125 Turning the data connection on or off 125 Enabling data roaming 125 Wi Fi 126 Turning Wi Fi on and connecting to a wireless network 126 Connect...

Page 10: ...40 Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 141 Disconnecting a Bluetooth device 141 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 141 Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth 142 Sending information from your phone to another device 142 Receiving information from another device 143 Camera Camera basics 145 Viewfinder screen 145 Using the optical joystick as the shutter release 146 Review s...

Page 11: ...music using Bluetooth 163 About the Music widget 163 Maps and location 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 169 Using HTC Footprints 172 Creating a footprint 172 Revisiting a footprint 172 Editing or deleting a footprint 173 Exporting your footprints 173 ...

Page 12: ...Opening an installed application 188 Uninstalling an application 188 Getting help 188 Security Protecting your phone with a screen lock 189 Settings Settings on your phone 190 Changing display settings 192 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 192 Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 192 Preventing automatic screen rotation 192 Recalibrating the G sensor 192 Switching animation effect...

Page 13: ... 199 Setting up Backup Assistant 199 Changing the backup schedule 199 Manually backing up your contacts 199 Updating your phone s system software 200 Checking for phone system software updates manually 200 Performing a hard factory reset 201 Specifications Index ...

Page 14: ...x Phone USB cable Battery AC adapter Quick start guide RF brochure Product safety and warranty brochure Your Phone Front panel 2 3 9 5 6 8 1 7 4 1 Earpiece Listen to a phone call from here 2 MENU Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen ...

Page 15: ...creen or to close a dialog box options menu the Notifications panel or onscreen keyboard 7 Optical joystick Swipe your finger over or press to highlight or select items onscreen 8 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 ligh...

Page 16: ...nds free conversation or for listening to music Left panel 16 17 18 16 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 17 VOLUME DOWN While on a call press to decrease earpiece volume While not on a call press to decrease the ringer volume While watchi...

Page 17: ...ck the cover into place You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place Storage card Store your pictures music and applications in the microSD card sold separately Inserting the storage card Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover If the battery is installed remove the battery Refer to Removing the battery Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts fac...

Page 18: ...ithium ion battery and is designed to use only manufacturer specified original batteries and 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 ...

Page 19: ...tart charging the battery As the battery is being charged the notification LED 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 screen After the battery has been fully charged a full battery icon will be displ...

Page 20: ...agging 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 ...

Page 21: ...Twitter You can follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup or skip the setup and do it at another time Choose the phone language you want to use and then tap Next Your phone walks you through a tutorial on how to use the onscreen keyboard Follow through the tutorial to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard Tap Skip to not go through the tutorial On the Internet connection screen selec...

Page 22: ...kip to set up social network accounts at a later time See the Social chapter for more information about Facebook for HTC Sense When you are done setting up your accounts tap Next on the Set up social networks screen Sleep mode Sleep mode suspends your phone to a low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the ph...

Page 23: ...ming call You can also press MENU while on the lock screen to unlock the screen If you have set up a screen unlock pattern you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen before it unlocks For more information on how to create and enable the screen unlock pattern see Protecting your phone with a screen lock in the Security chapter ...

Page 24: ...ome screen 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 Ho...

Page 25: ...i Fi network Bluetooth is on Connected to a Bluetooth device Airplane mode Alarm is set Speakerphone on Data synchronizing Signal strength Roaming No signal Vibrate mode Location setting on Location setting off Phone speaker is mute Phone microphone is mute Battery is very low 10 remaining Battery is low 20 remaining Battery is full Battery is charging Wired microphone headset connected Wired head...

Page 26: ... 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 application in use More not displayed notifications Call in progress Missed call Call on hold Call forwarding on Compass needs orientation Uploading data animated Downloading data animated Waiting to upload Downloaded Android Market applica...

Page 27: ...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 28: ...The phone vibrates 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 VOLU...

Page 29: ... 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 information see Copying files to and from the storage card in this chapter Mobile Broadband Connect When you do not have Interne...

Page 30: ...r Copy the files 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 a...

Page 31: ...to be enabled Press BACK when you are done 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 Enter the search item in the Quick...

Page 32: ...ng sound settings Changing the ringtone Choose from the available selections of ringtones on your phone Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Tap Personalize Default ringtone The Phone ringtone selection menu then opens Scroll through the available ringtones and tap the ringtone you want to use The ringtone briefly plays when selected Tap OK You can also download or copy ringtones or songs to your...

Page 33: ...y Customizing and saving a scene After selecting a preset scene you can add widgets and other elements arrange the layout change the wallpaper and save 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 oth...

Page 34: ...g a scene You can rename or delete a personalized scene that you created Preset scenes cannot be renamed or deleted Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Personalize Scenes Under My scenes press and hold a scene and choose whether to rename or delete it 1 2 ...

Page 35: ...paper The wallpaper that you choose for the Home screen will also be used as the lock screen wallpaper Press HOME MENU and then tap Wallpaper Do one of the following Tap Live wallpapers to choose from preset animated wallpapers Tap My 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 Choose from preset wallpapers After cha...

Page 36: ... available 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 widg...

Page 37: ...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 in the Basics chapter 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...

Page 38: ... folder To find out how see Navigating the Home screen in the Basics chapter 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 ...

Page 39: ...ause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the widget or icon onto another Home screen panel 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 Press and hold the widget or icon you want to re...

Page 40: ...number or contact from the list To call a different phone number associated with the contact tap at the right side of the contact name On the contact details screen tap the number you want to call Smart Dial The phone dialer s Smart Dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call Simply enter the phone number or first few letters of the person you want to call Smart Dial automatically...

Page 41: ...the Select 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 ...

Page 42: ... Reference Country select the country that you want to call Editing a country s international call settings Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Call Assisted Dialing Under Reference Country select the country whose settings you want to edit Press MENU and then tap Edit Edit the Country Code IDD Prefix International Direct Dial NDD Prefix National Direct Dial Area City Code and National Number Le...

Page 43: ... 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 pickin...

Page 44: ...e display will turn on showing the Lock screen While the Lock screen is showing press MENU and then tap Decline 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 Editi...

Page 45: ...t the second call and to put the first call on hold To switch between callers tap the person you want to talk to on the screen To end the current call and return to the other call tap End call Setting up a conference call Make a call to the first participant When connected press MENU tap Add call dial the number of the second participant and then tap Call The first participant is put on hold when ...

Page 46: ...tus bar Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call On the screen tap to toggle between turning the speakerphone on or off The Speakerphone icon appears in the status bar when the speakerphone is on To avoid damage to your hearing do not hold your phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on Ending a call On the screen tap End call If the phone display is off press POWER to turn ...

Page 47: ...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 Tap at the bottom right corner of the screen Press and hold the received call or number that is not in your contacts list that you want to save to your contacts...

Page 48: ...can also press 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 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 c...

Page 49: ... enabled the phone automatically redials a number when the attempted call fails TTY mode Allow the use of a TTY teletypewriter device for users who are visually or hearing impaired Hearing aids Turn on the Hearing Aid Compliance feature that reduces interference to hearing aids Phone settings Edit the call reject message choose whether to open the message editor when you reject a call with a messa...

Page 50: ...tap Voice Mail The first time you run Visual Voice Mail after setting it up you are prompted to read the terms of use statement After reading the terms of use statement scroll down and tap Accept to continue On the Voicemail screen you can Tap Compose voicemail to record and send a voice mail View a list of received Visual Voice Mail messages Tap Menu and sort and delete voice mails call your voic...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...f getting contacts into your phone in this 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...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...t information stored you can call send a message or email see the contact 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 Select the Contact ...

Page 55: ...w Manually merging contact information Press HOME and then tap People On the All tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo you want to merge with another contact on your phone At the upper right corner of the screen tap or if there are suggested links On the screen you can If there are suggested links tap to link the contact to the selected account Tap one of the options available in t...

Page 56: ...xported to the storage card using the Export to SD card feature on the phone See Backing up your contacts to the storage card If you have Google or Exchange ActiveSync accounts set up on your phone tap the type for the imported contacts Press BACK to stop importing contacts from the storage card Deleting contacts Press HOME and then tap People On the All tab press MENU and then tap Delete Select t...

Page 57: ...s 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 of information you want to send and then tap Send Enter the recipient s number or email address and then tap Send You cannot send a vCard using SMS You can also send your contact vCard via Bluetooth To learn how to send files through Bluetooth see the Bluetooth chapt...

Page 58: ... tap to hide the onscreen keyboard and scroll through the list Tap to add a group from photo 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 grou...

Page 59: ...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 Tap Send group mail to send an email to the group For information on composing and sending emai...

Page 60: ...For more information 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 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 there...

Page 61: ...etting the default communication method Press HOME and then go to the People widget Tap a contact on the widget On the Select default action screen tap the communication method you want for the contact Changing the default communication method Tap the contact s name not the photo on the widget Press MENU and then tap More Set widget action On the Select default action screen tap the new communicat...

Page 62: ...omatically change 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 On the onscreen keyboard press and hold Tap Keyboard types and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use Choose from the following QWER...

Page 63: ...t onscreen Press and hold to open the Touch Input settings menu to change the keyboard type enable or disable predictive mode in the QWERTY keyboard and adjust other input settings 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 ons...

Page 64: ...the dictionary already You can also add a word to the list manually On the onscreen keyboard press and hold Tap User Dictionary Tap Add new 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 dictionary On the onscreen keyboard press and hold Tap User Dictionary To edit a word tap the ...

Page 65: ...onary Add edit or remove words in the predictive text dictionary See 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 er...

Page 66: ...hen typing Select 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 67: ...a messages can contain text and a picture a recorded voice an audio or video file a picture slideshow contact card vCard or appointment vCalendar The Messages application automatically converts a text message into a multimedia message when you enter an email address in the To field add a message subject attach an item or compose a very long message Sending a text message Press HOME and then tap Me...

Page 68: ...s with a comma As you enter information any matching phone numbers or addresses from your contacts list are displayed Tap a match to enter that number or address directly Tap the icon and then select the contacts to whom you want to send the message You can also select contact groups as recipients When you have selected all the message recipients tap Done You can add a subject line by pressing MEN...

Page 69: ...nt 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 previous slide While editing the slideshow press MENU to let you preview the slideshow add music or video to a slide remove a slide and more 7 When you have fin...

Page 70: ...timedia message 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 ...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...essages 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 the Calend...

Page 73: ... 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 74: ...ieve 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 Priority setting Set the message priority of MMS messages sent Maximum message size Set the maximum file size of an MMS message The M...

Page 75: ...nt the phone to ring when a sent or failure notification is received select this option Notification sound Select a ringtone that is specific to sent or failure notifications Note that the ringtone 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 y...

Page 76: ... 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 77: ...ned in the account settings If this is cleared you will need to sync accounts manually For instructions on doing this see Synchronizing an account manually below Changing account settings You can change settings such as the sync frequency and the types of information synchronized the kinds of notification you receive and the way that account information is displayed Press HOME MENU and then tap Se...

Page 78: ... on your computer not from Android Market you can use HTC Sync to install them from your computer to your phone For more information see Installing apps from your computer to your phone Repair contacts and or calendar data only if needed Installing HTC Sync HTC Sync requires USB 2 0 on your computer to connect and sync with your phone To see a complete list of the computer and software requirement...

Page 79: ...with your computer and HTC Sync recognizes your phone Setting up synchronization You can set up HTC Sync to synchronize your computer s Outlook contacts and calendar events with your phone If you re using Outlook Express on your computer you can only sync contacts with your phone Before you begin setting up synchronization make sure you have set up HTC Sync to recognize your phone If you have not ...

Page 80: ...alog box click the Properties button and then choose the personal folder to sync with Calendar events to sync with Choose the number of days of calendar events to sync Click Calendar on the left side of the dialog box click Properties and then set the days under Date range Conflict policy In cases when the same contacts and or calendar items exist in both your phone and your computer choose whose ...

Page 81: ...m to your phone We strongly recommend you install only applications that you trust On your phone press HOME MENU tap Settings Applications and then select the Unknown sources check box to allow applications from your computer to be installed to your phone You only have to do this step once You do not need to do this step again next time you install another application from your computer to your ph...

Page 82: ...n 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 If you have more than one Facebook account you can sign in to the Facebook application using your other Facebook account Using the Facebook application Press HOME and then tap Facebook If this is your first time to use Facebook...

Page 83: ...space on the Home screen and then release Differences between Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Facebook for HTC Sense is not a standalone application It is integrated into People Friend Stream and Photos to give you up to date information about your Facebook contacts their status updates and new photos in these applications The Facebook for Android application is a stand...

Page 84: ... out 3 Press 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 f...

Page 85: ...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 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 when you see it Enter your message and then...

Page 86: ...er 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 87: ...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 You can filter the updates that show in Friend Stream by pressing MENU and then tapping Settings Show updates 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 browse...

Page 88: ...Done Only the accounts that you are signed in to will be shown on the dialog box Enter your status update and then tap Share 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 Sele...

Page 89: ...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 After entering your message tap Send Acc...

Page 90: ...ing the messages 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...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...s MENU 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 lis...

Page 93: ...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 94: ...rsation 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 Press HOME and then tap Gmail Google Mail To scroll through the conversation list swipe your finger up down on the screen or the optical joystick 1 3 6 5 4 7 2 1 Folder or Label and number of unread email mes...

Page 95: ...u of a new email For more 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 ...

Page 96: ...n the message 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 ...

Page 97: ...your email 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 After composing your message tap Send While composing the message tap Save as draft or press BACK to save it as a draft To view your draft email mes...

Page 98: ...layed with 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...

Page 99: ...l s messages Working with conversations in batches You can archive label delete or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once in your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations In the Inbox or other conversation list select the check boxes for the conversations you want to work with as a batch When you select a check box the Archive Labels and Delete buttons are displayed at ...

Page 100: ...batches above Clear search history Remove the searches you have performed Labels Tap to select how many days and which Gmail Google Mail labels to synchronize Email notifications Select the check box to show a notification icon on the status bar when you receive a new email Tap Select ringtone if you want your phone to play a notification sound when a new email message arrives On the ringtone menu...

Page 101: ... tap on the upper left corner and then tap New Account If the Choose a mail provider screen is displayed tap Other POP3 IMAP 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 Enter the Account name and Your name and then tap Finish setup Viewing your email inbox Pr...

Page 102: ...ctiveSync only 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...

Page 103: ...eSync 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 the...

Page 104: ...pients press MENU and then tap Show Cc Bcc Enter the subject and then compose your message 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 Se...

Page 105: ...ccount 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 ha...

Page 106: ... 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 107: ...ield 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 Tap Save to add the event to your Google Calendar Sending a meeting request using Calendar Exchange ActiveSync only If you have an Exchange ActiveSync account set up o...

Page 108: ...ew that you want Month view In Month view you ll see markers on days that have events When in Month view Tap on the bottom left of the screen 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 f...

Page 109: ...the events indicate the type of calendar in which the event is part of To find out what each color represents press MENU and then tap More Calendars When in Day view slide left or right across the screen to view earlier or later days In Day view the weather information appears only if the event is within the five day forecast of the Weather application Weather information does not appear in Day vi...

Page 110: ...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 earlier or later weeks In a crowded Week view it may be easier to select an event by using the optical joystick Then press the optical joystick to view details about the selected event ...

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: ... to open the 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 minut...

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: ...hoose how soon 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 ...

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: ...en 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 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets in the Personalizing chapt...

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: ...the next 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...

Page 119: ...ting 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 ta...

Page 120: ...ld Clock 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 ...

Page 121: ...n 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 When you ve finished setting the alarm tap Done To turn off an alarm tap to clear the check box of the alarm If you need to set more than three alarms press MENU while y...

Page 122: ...e alarm 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 th...

Page 123: ...check box Connect to the Internet using your phone s Wi Fi or data connection To find out how see the Internet chapter Press HOME tap and then tap Weather 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 The Weather application automatically downloads and displays the latest weather updates You can a...

Page 124: ...ss 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...

Page 125: ...er synchronized information Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Select the Mobile network check box to turn on the data connection clear the check box to turn off the data connection Enabling data roaming Data roaming lets you connect to Verizon Wireless s partner networks and access data services when you are out of Verizon Wireless s coverage area Press HOME MENU and then tap...

Page 126: ...ettings you 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 w...

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: ...gets Add the 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: ... slide down 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: ...ctly 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 the home page you want to use Changing the screen orientation The phone automatically changes the screen orientation depending on how you are holdin...

Page 132: ...to zoom in Use your thumb and index fingers to pinch the web page to zoom out Selecting a link in a web page You can tap a link with your finger to open it or press and hold a link for more options Link What to do Web page address URLs Tap the link to open the web page Press and hold the link to open a menu that allows you to open bookmark copy to the clipboard or share the link via email Email ad...

Page 133: ...ks are enclosed in a colored box when selected 1 2 1 Link is selected 2 Link is not selected After selecting a link with the optical joystick you can press the optical joystick to open the link or press and hold the optical joystick for more options Opening a new browser window Open multiple browser windows to make it easier for you to switch from one web site to another You can open up to 4 brows...

Page 134: ...orage card Before you download an application from the web make sure that you have installed a storage card on your phone For information on how to install a storage card refer to the Basics chapter Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources To protect your phone and personal data download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market Refer to Finding and inst...

Page 135: ...ight 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 When you select a larger block of text the appearance of the markers changes You can drag these markers up or down to select multiple paragraphs of text ...

Page 136: ...d text in a 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 p...

Page 137: ... list of most visited pages Press HOME and then tap Internet Press MENU and then tap Bookmarks 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 Bookmarks 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 ...

Page 138: ...use your phone as a modem Refer to Using HTC Sync in the Sync chapter for details Make sure your phone s data connection is turned on See Turning the data connection on or off earlier in this chapter to learn how to turn on the phone s data connection Connect the phone to the computer using the provided USB cable On the Connect to PC screen select Mobile Broadband Connect and then tap Done When yo...

Page 139: ...ning Bluetooth on or off Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Select or clear the Bluetooth check box An even easier way to turn Bluetooth on or off is with the Bluetooth widget on the Home screen For instructions on adding a widget to the Home screen see Adding a widget to your Home screen in the Personalizing chapter Changing the phone name The phone name identifies your phone...

Page 140: ...the hands free headset or car kit name 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 Whe...

Page 141: ...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 Disconn...

Page 142: ...if you want to transfer a photo press HOME and then tap Photos Follow the steps for the type of item you want to send Photo or video in Camera After capturing a photo on the preview screen tap the Share button and then tap Bluetooth Photos 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 th...

Page 143: ...x to switch it on Tap the Discoverable check box On the sending device send one or more files to your 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 automatica...

Page 144: ... screen that 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 145: ...Camcorder Viewfinder screen The camera displays in landscape view only You ll find the following controls on the Viewfinder screen 1 4 3 2 5 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...

Page 146: ...creen will display the photo or the starting image 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 photo or video Share Send the captured photo or video to another phone or your computer using Bluetooth send it by email or select a soc...

Page 147: ...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 148: ...sing the flash eats up much battery power To save battery power the camera disables the flash even when you have set the camera flash mode to Auto flash or Flash on when one of the following occurs You have an incoming call The flash will be disabled temporarily when you have an incoming call After the call ends you ll be able to use the flash again If you have set the flash to Flash on it turns b...

Page 149: ... zoom bar Frame your subject on the screen 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 Press the optical joystick to start capturing video To stop capturing press the optical joystick again Choose what you want to do with the video you ve just captured See Review screen for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 150: ...ect 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 On the Viewfinder screen tap to open the menu panel Tap in the menu panel to display the Settings menu and access more camera settings The following are settings that you can change from the Setting...

Page 151: ...ring mode allows the camera to measure light around the focus point Center area mode allows the camera to measure light in the center Average mode allows the camera to measure light in the whole image Review duration Set the time for a captured photo or video to be displayed on the Review screen before the camera changes back to the Viewfinder screen Flicker adjustment When taking indoor shots und...

Page 152: ...ed 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 s...

Page 153: ...r right across the filmstrip to go through the photos and videos From the filmstrip view press 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 pho...

Page 154: ...n tap the screen twice quickly again to zoom out You can also use pinch zooming Press your thumb and index 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 dis...

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 Press HOME tap and then tap Photos 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 to ...

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

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: ...tures Tap Done 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 ...

Page 159: ...d drag 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 curr...

Page 160: ...aying list to 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: ...rag it to its 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 Pr...

Page 163: ...ould 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 only unprotected files can be sent 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 the...

Page 164: ...e 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...

Page 165: ...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 joystick 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 a Stree...

Page 166: ...en tap Layers 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 ...

Page 167: ...e appears on the screen You can also tap an address on the menu to show its location on the map You can also tap and when prompted speak the name of the location you are searching for Search results are instantly displayed 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 s...

Page 168: ...lect starting point 2 Select 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 Tap the icon for car public transit or walking directions 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 fo...

Page 169: ... you can open it to find your friends and view their updates While viewing a map press MENU and then tap Latitude Inviting friends to share their locations While viewing a map press MENU and then tap Latitude In Latitude press MENU and then tap Add friends Choose how to add friends Select from Contacts Select any number of friends from your Contacts Add via email address Enter an email address Tap...

Page 170: ...on options 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 wi...

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: ...t the 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 Press the optical joystick 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 t...

Page 173: ...card 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 footpr...

Page 174: ...he 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 Footprin...

Page 175: ... 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 interact with the video in other ways ...

Page 176: ...MENU and then 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 joystick to start capturing video When you are done capturing press the optical joystick again Tap Done Enter a title description and tags for your video ...

Page 177: ...he 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 go to a specific page on the PDF More to search the PDF and view file propert...

Page 178: ...screen press MENU and then tap Sort to let you sort the list by Name or Date Slide your finger on the screen to pan or go through the pages of the file 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 ...

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 Enter the stock quote or stock market index on the text field and then tap 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 hold ...

Page 180: ...cally may incur additional fees from Verizon Wireless 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 releas...

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 FM radio on or off 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: ...station name 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 FM Radio off 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: ...h with Google by speaking your search query into the microphone Opening Voice Search Press HOME and then tap Voice Search Hold the device s microphone near your mouth and speak your search query clearly into the microphone for example New York City The web browser opens and displays search results 1 2 ...

Page 185: ...venient access to the phone voice search and navigation apps such as Footprints and Google Maps when the phone is mounted on the car kit The car kit with in car holder for your phone is purchased separately Opening Navigator Press HOME and then tap Navigator ...

Page 186: ...t 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 and ...

Page 187: ...n to Android Market home 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 ...

Page 188: ...and then tap 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...

Page 189: ...and not tap individual dots The phone records the pattern Tap Continue 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 5 6 7 To change your unlock screen pattern press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Security Change unlock pattern When you fail to draw t...

Page 190: ... 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 Privacy Select whe...

Page 191: ...options 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 ...

Page 192: ...en and then tap Screen timeout Tap the time before the screen turns off To quickly turn off the screen press the POWER button Preventing automatic 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 ...

Page 193: ...Sound display Scroll down the screen and then tap Animation On the options menu select the animation setting you want Keeping the screen on while charging the phone You can keep the phone screen from turning off while you are charging the phone Press HOME MENU then tap Settings Scroll down the screen and then tap Applications Development Select the Stay awake check box 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 194: ...he screen and then select or clear the Audible selection check box Enabling or disabling haptic feedback When haptic feedback is enabled default your wireless device vibrates every time you press the soft keys on the front panel or tap onscreen buttons and other onscreen elements Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display Scroll down the screen and then select or clear the Haptic feedback...

Page 195: ...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 196: ...htness 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 you can t charge your battery for an ...

Page 197: ...lete Press MENU to bring up sort and filter options 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 ...

Page 198: ...ervice status Phone identity Check information about your phone 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 ...

Page 199: ...can enable it in Settings Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Scroll down the screen and then tap Accounts sync Tap Backup Assistant Follow the instructions on the screen to sign in to Backup Assistant and back up your contacts Changing the backup schedule Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Scroll down the screen and then tap Accounts sync Tap Backup Assistant Tap Schedule and select a backup...

Page 200: ...itional data transfer fees from Verizon Wireless 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 tap System update is ready Wait for the update proc...

Page 201: ...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 Factory data reset On the Factory data reset screen tap R...

Page 202: ...t light sensor Connectivity Bluetooth 2 1 with FTP OPP for file transfer A2DP for wireless stereo headsets and PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit Wi Fi IEEE 802 11 b g 3 5 mm stereo audio jack micro USB 12 pin micro USB 2 0 Camera 8 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash Audio supported formats Playback aac amr ogg m4a mid mp3 wav wma Recording amr Video supported formats Playbac...

Page 203: ...ng your wallpaper 35 Checking information about your phone 198 Checking weather 123 Clock 116 Clock widget HTC 116 Conference call 45 Connecting your phone to a computer 29 Copying files to and from the storage card 30 Creating a calendar event 106 Creating a playlist 161 Cropping a photo 156 Customizing and saving a scene 33 D Data connection 125 Date and time 119 Deleting a scene 34 Deleting con...

Page 204: ...7 Peep 84 widget 86 People 52 contact groups 58 contact information and conversations 60 People screen 53 People widget 61 Personalizing 32 Phone status icons 25 Photo capture 148 Photos application 152 Picasa 158 Picture message 67 Playing music 159 Playlist 161 Protecting your phone with a screen lock 189 Q Quickoffice 178 Quick Search Box 31 R Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your H...

Page 205: ...ff your phone 21 Turning on your phone 21 Twitter 84 Twittering on your phone 84 U Uninstalling third party applications 197 Updating your phone s system software 200 Using your phone as a modem 138 V vCalendar 115 Video capture 149 Videos 175 Video supported formats 202 Viewfinder screen Camera 145 Viewing a PDF 177 Viewing photos and videos 153 Viewing photos on Facebook 155 Viewing photos on Fl...

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