User Guide
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 Contents
 Web and wireless connections
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
Photos, videos, and music
Documents
 Troubleshooting
 Contents
 Welcome
 Your HP Veer 4G
 What’s in the box?
Hardware
Print material
 Where can I learn more?
 Welcome
 Welcome
 Basics
This chapter
 Get to know your smartphone
Slide out the keyboard
Hold the smartphone as shown below and gently push up
 Keyboard
Touchscreen
 Icons in the title bar
Launcher
 Back view
Top view
 Set up your smartphone
Insert the SIM card and set up your smartphone
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete setup
Close the SIM card slot cover
 Charge the battery
What is a Palm profile?
Verify your profile
 Maximizing battery life
 Why the screen goes dark
Turn wireless services off airplane mode
Turn your smartphone on/off
Turn the screen on/off
 Turn wireless services on
 Use gestures tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch
Shut down your smartphone
 Tap
Swipe
Drag
 Flick
 Pinch zoom gestures Scroll gestures
Scroll slow Drag the screen in the desired direction
 Text selection gestures
Insert the cursor in a text field Tap the location
 Update the HP webOS operating system
 Manually check for system updates
Open System Updates
Respond to a system software notification
Tap Download now
 Basics
 Just Type
 Just Type overview
Get in touch with a contact
 Search the web
Find information in an application on your smartphone
 Create a new item such as a message or memo
 Open an application
Use application keywords
Preferences
 Repeat a recent search
Customize Just Type
Select any of the following options
 Just Type
 Just Type
 Work with applications
 Open an application using Just Type
Open applications
Open an application in the Launcher
Open an application in Quick Launch
 Go up one level in an app back gesture
 Use the menus
Open the application menu
 Enter and save information
Open the connection menu
Use the keyboard
Enter uppercase letters
 Enter passwords
Enter characters from the symbols table
Symbols and accented characters
Enter alternate keyboard characters
 Work with the Text Assist feature
Enter information in a field
 Customize Text Assist settings
Tap Edit User Dictionary
Open Text Assist
Tap Delete to confirm
 Use the Copy All or Select All feature
Cut, copy, and paste information
Select items in a list
 Close applications
Manage applications in Card view
Delete applications
Save information
 Work with stacked cards
Move among cards and stacks
Reorder/stack single cards
 Manage applications in the Launcher
Reorder a card within a stack
Line up your favorite applications in Quick Launch
Reorder Quick Launch icons
 Add a Launcher
Reorder Launcher pages
Rename a Launcher
Delete a Launcher
 Use the Accounts application to set up an online account
Manage online accounts
Open Accounts Tap Add Account
 Open Accounts
 View and work with notifications
There are several kinds of notifications
 Create and work with favorites
 Work with applications
 Copy files and sync your personal data
 Copy files and folders using USB Drive mode
Delete files and folders using USB Drive mode
Copy files between your smartphone and your computer
 Copy music, photos, and videos using third-party software
Overview Get your personal data onto your smartphone
 I want to stop using it Elsewhere
Accessible in the cloud or your Palm profile account
Accessible only on your smartphone
Desktop organizer using a third-party solution
 Transfer data from an old phone
Export data from a desktop organizer on your computer
About the Data Transfer Assistant DTA
 Get data from an online account in the cloud
System Application
 Sync your desktop organizer and your smartphone
Sync directly with your desktop organizer
 Copy files and sync your personal data
 Phone
 Dial by contact name using voice dialing
Make calls
To open Voice Dial, do one of the following
Open Voice Dial
 Dial by contact name using Just Type
Dial using the onscreen dial pad
Open Phone
 Dial using the keyboard
Dial a favorite
Tap the dial pad numbers to enter the number Tap to dial
Tap
 Dial using a speed dial
Dial by contact name in the Phone application
Redial the last number dialed
 Receive calls
Dial your national emergency number
Dial from another application
Answer a call
 Use voicemail
What can I do during a call?
 Adjust call volume Press volume
Manage a call
End a call
Use another application while on a call
 Switch between two calls
Make a second call
Answer a second call call waiting
Make a conference call
 What’s my number?
Look up or send a message to a contact
 View your call history
Work with favorites
Create a favorite
 Set or change the default number for a favorite
View favorite details
Add a phone number to a favorite
 Save a phone number to Contacts
Use a phone headset
Remove a contact from the favorites list
Number
 Use a wired headset
Set up and use a Bluetooth hands-free device
Open Bluetooth
Tap Add device
 Customize smartphone settings
Use Phone Preferences to customize smartphone settings
Turn contact match display on/off
Turn call forwarding on/off
 Turn the international dialing auto-prefix feature on/off
Turn my caller ID on/off
Turn call waiting on/off
Change your voicemail number
 Lock or unlock the SIM card
Use restricted dialing
 Manually select network settings
Tap Edit Network Settings
Tap Change Settings
Set roaming and data usage preferences
 View and work with the features displayed
Use SIM Toolkit
TTY/TDD, tap On or Off
Open SIM Toolkit
 Phone
 Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
 How do I send and receive email on my smartphone?
Merged inboxes in Email
Email app
 Set up email
Set up email Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes
Open Email
 Set up email when automatic setup fails
Tap Sign
 Enter advanced account settings
These settings apply only to the account you select in step
 Change account login settings
Turn new email notifications on/off
Rename an account
Delete an email account
 Create and send an email message
Format email text
 Add attachments to a message
Save a message as a draft
Receive and read email messages
Tap the file name Repeat steps 1-3 to attach other files
 Open email attachments
Save attachments
Save or share an inline image
 Add a contact from an email message
View a contact from an email message
Search for an email message
Reply to a message
 Show or hide message recipients
Copy messages
Move a message to another folder
Mark a message as read or unread
 Add a signature to outgoing messages
View mail folders
Tap the account you want
 Sort email in a folder
Add an email folder as a favorite
Set email preferences
Favorites appear at the top of Account List view
 Messaging All messages in one application
 Switch between messaging accounts in a conversation
Dial a number from a conversation
Open Messaging
 Switch between Conversations view and Buddies view
Use emoticons in a message
Redface Eww
 Messaging Text and multimedia messaging
Customize messaging notifications
Create and send a text or multimedia message
 Enter the message text and tap
 Receive and view text and multimedia messages
Add a contact from a text or multimedia message
 Set up an instant messaging IM account
Messaging Instant messaging
View a contact’s information from a message
Dial a number from a message
 Sign in to an IM account
Sign out of an IM account
Send and receive IM messages
Open Messaging Tap Buddies
 Add a buddy
Receive a buddy request
Block a message sender
Delete a buddy
 Change your IM account username and password
Change your online status
Change your custom message
Delete an IM account
 Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
 Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
110 Contacts
121 Calendar 128 Tasks
132 Memos
 Contacts
How do I add names and other info into Contacts?
Linked contacts
You have a few options for getting info into Contacts
 Use Contacts for the first time
Open Contacts
 Create a contact
 Find a contact
View, edit, or delete contact information
To find a contact within the Contacts app, use these steps
 Copy a contact to the SIM card
Add a photo to a contact
 Add a ringtone to a contact
Tap Assign To Contact
Open Contacts Tap Favorites
 Remove a contact from favorites
Assign a speed dial to a contact
Assign a reminder message to a contact
Open the application menu and tap Add Contact Reminder
 Link a contact
Unlink a contact
Add a contact entry to the Launcher
Tap Unlink This Profile
 Get in touch with a contact
Delete a contact
 Customize Contacts
Manually synchronize Contacts with your online accounts
Delete an online account from Contacts
 Send contacts
Receive vCards
Tap Remove Account and tap Remove Contact Account
To get an emailed vCard into Contacts
 Calendar
How do I get events into Calendar?
Layered calendars
 Use Calendar for the first time
Create an event
Open Calendar
 Enter the event location
Schedule a repeating event
 Add an alarm to an event
Customize event notification sounds
Add a note to an event
Create an all-day untimed event
 Change the Calendar display
Move around in Calendar
Quickly glimpse your schedule
To go to today In Day view, tap the Day View icon
 Delete an event
Respond to an event reminder
View meeting participants
 Customize Calendar
Manually synchronize Calendar with your online accounts
Open the application menu and tap Sync Now
 Tasks
Delete an online account from Calendar
Create a task list
Create a task
 Bold text, and low priority tasks appear in gray text
List Assign the task to a different list
Date. Tap the notification to open the task
Screen and enter the note
 Check off a task
View tasks that are due today
Rename a task
Sort a task list
 Reorder your tasks
Set due dates for all tasks in a list
Mark all tasks in a list completed/incomplete
Hide or delete all completed tasks in a list
 Memos
Delete a task or a task list
Create a memo
Find a memo
 Clock
Change the color of a memo
Delete a memo
Email a memo
 Set an alarm
Cancel an alarm
Change the alarm volume
Delete an alarm
 Install Facebook
Calculator
Facebook
Perform calculations
 Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
 Photos, videos, and music
 Camera
Photos
Take a picture
Review pictures
 Organize your pictures into albums
√ see Note
Open Photos
 Look at photos in a slideshow
Add a picture to a contact
You can view the photos in any album as a slideshow
Tap a picture thumbnail to view it full-screen
 Save a picture as wallpaper
Share a picture
Tap and tap Assign to contact
Tap Set Wallpaper
 Set up an online pictures account on your smartphone
Upload a picture to the web
 Videos
Delete an online pictures account
Delete a picture
Record a video
 Upload or share videos you recorded
Watch a video
 Use video playback controls
Delete a video
Tap an album and tap the video you want to watch
 YouTube
Watch a YouTube video
Open YouTube
 Music
Find related videos
Share a video
Get music onto your smartphone
 Listen to music
Use music playback controls
Open Music
 Switch the Now Playing display
Search for related songs or content
Change the order of items in Playlist view
Remove a song from Playlist view
 Amazon MP3
Search for a specific song, album, or artist
Browse songs, albums, artists, or genres
Open Amazon MP3
 View artist information
View album information and buy an album
Preview and buy a song
 View and work with downloaded items
 Web and wireless connections
 Wi-Fi
What is a Wi-Fi connection?
Why use a Wi-Fi connection?
Are there different kinds of Wi-Fi networks?
 Open Wi-Fi
Connect to a new open network
Connect to a new secure network
 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots
Connect to a previously used network
Connect to a captive portal
 Put Wi-Fi to sleep when the screen is off
Customize connection settings
Disconnect from a network
 What is Palm mobile hotspot?
Palm mobile hotspot
Secure hotspots and open hotspots
Create a secure hotspot
 Create an open hotspot
 Use Palm mobile hotspot
Change your secure passphrase
View information about connected devices
Open Palm mobile hotspot Tap Change Passphrase
 What is VPN?
Add a Vpnc VPN profile
Tap Add Profile
 Add a Cisco AnyConnect VPN profile
Connect to a profile
View statistics for a connected profile
Disconnect from a profile
 Web
Edit a profile
Delete a profile
Go to a website
 Add a web search engine
Open another browser
Navigate a web
 Use Flash content
Add a web page to the Launcher
 Create a bookmark
Open a bookmarked
Edit, reorder, or delete a bookmark
Tap Add To Launcher
 Return to previously viewed web pages
Use links on a web
Copy the URL Press and hold Option Tap the link. Tap
 Customize web browser settings
Copy a picture from a web
Download files from the web
Tap Copy to Photos
 Location Services
Open Location Services
Manage location information passed to websites
Manage location information passed to applications
 Turn location service providers on/off
Google Maps
Tap Agree or Don’t Agree
Open Google Maps
 AT&T Navigator
Sign up for AT&T Navigator
Get directions
Open AT&T Navigator
 Find a location
Tap Drive To
Tap Search
 View maps and traffic conditions
Share an address
Tap Maps & Traffic
Tap Share & More Tap Share Address
 Set up commute alerts
Add a location to Favorites
Record a location
Check the weather forecast
 What’s my AT&T Navigator PIN?
Customize AT&T Navigator
 Get more help or cancel your AT&T Navigator subscription
View AT&T Navigator diagnostic information
YPmobile
Find a business
 Create a calendar event at a location
Add a local business to your contacts
Add a local business to your favorites
Tap Add To Calendar
 Bluetooth wireless technology
What is Bluetooth wireless technology?
Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off
Make a pairing request to another device
 Accept a pairing request from another device
Connect with a paired device
 Disconnect from a device
Delete a device
Rename a device
Tap and hold the device name Enter a new name
 Documents
 Quickoffice mobile office software
Register Quickoffice software
Open Quickoffice
Tap Add New Account
 Open a file
Save a file with a new name
Tap the file
 View cell content in a spreadsheet
Switch among sheets in a spreadsheet
Switch among slides in a PowerPoint slideshow
Share a file
 Update Quickoffice software
Add, edit, or delete an account in Quickoffice
 Change the text display size
Find text in a file
Move around in a file
 View bookmarks
 Documents
 HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager
 Browse applications in HP webOS App Catalog
 Download a free application
Buy an application
 Buy an application directly from a promo code link
Tap Download for amount
 Reinstall a deleted application
Set up a billing account
Tap the app name and tap Download again for free
Do one of the followings
 Update or delete a billing account
Manage applications with Software Manager
Open Software Manager
 Update a downloaded application from a notification
Manually check for application updates
 HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager
 Preferences
 Backup
What information is backed up?
 Location Preferences Services Memos All memos
Linking relationships
Between contacts
Speed dials
 Settings Screen
Web Bookmarks Browser cookies Downloads and web settings
Lock Music
Your computer see Copy
 Open Backup Tap Back up now
Open Backup
Manually back up information to your Palm profile
Erase Palm profile information from the server
 Update your Palm profile settings
Sign in using your Palm profile username and password
Date & Time
Click Device Info Click I Lost My Phone Erase Device
 Erase data and reset your smartphone
Device Info
View system information
Rename your smartphone
 Tap Reset Options
About the full erase options
Run Quick Tests
Run Interactive Tests
 Change default applications
Install a certificate from USB drive storage
Install a certificate from an email attachment
Use Certificate Manager
 Exhibition
View certificate details
Delete a certificate
Start Exhibition
 Use Exhibition
Use your smartphone as a clock
View a picture slideshow
 View your day’s agenda
 Screen & Lock
Formats
Change screen brightness
Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically
 Change your Secure Unlock password
Open Screen & Lock Switch Applications, tap On or Off
Turn advanced gestures on/off
Set options for unlocking the screen
 Get notifications when the screen is locked or off
Use voice dialing when the screen is locked
Use the ringer switch
Set ringer switch settings
 Set system sound options
Add ringtones to your smartphone
 Select a file from the ringtones folder as a ringtone
Select a song as a ringtone
Copy a ringtone to your smartphone
 Preferences
 Troubleshooting
 6Ts Ways to get your HP Veer 4G working again
Introduction
T1. Throw all open applications off the top of the screen
T2. Turn your smartphone completely off and on
 T4. Top off the battery
T3. Triple-toggle to restart
 T5. Take out the battery
Palm profile
Enter your serial number and follow the instructions
 Troubleshooting 219
 Troubleshooting
 If you verified your profile when you created it, do this
Click Forgot password?
Click Reset Password
Creating your Palm profile Unable to complete? Try this
 Battery
Battery drains quickly
Battery doesn’t charge or doesn’t hold a charge
 Need to replace the battery
Screen and performance
Screen appears blank
An application is not responding to taps
 Applications are running slowly
My gestures in the gesture area aren’t working
 Phone
 Hands-free devices
My smartphone seems to turn off by itself
My smartphone doesn’t ring
My smartphone doesn’t vibrate
 Hear static or interference when using my hands-free device
Synchronization
 Tap Remove Account, and then tap Remove app name Account
 Data connections
Notification tells me that the server could not be reached
Don’t know if I have a data connection
 Have problems using my account
Have problems sending and receiving email
Can’t make a data connection over the AT&T network
 Have problems sending email Imap and POP accounts
Messaging
Can send but not receive email Imap accounts
Have trouble sending or receiving attachments
 Can’t set up an instant messaging IM account
Can’t send or receive instant messages
 Can’t make a Wi-Fi connection from my home network
 Can’t access a web
An image or map is too small on my screen
 Calendar and Contacts
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
Some of my contact information is missing
 My contact data is in the wrong field
Have duplicate contacts
 Can’t synchronize Calendar events
Some of my calendar information is missing
My calendar data is in the wrong field
 Photos, Videos, and Music
 HP webOS App Catalog
Videos have poor quality during playback
Can’t find the app I want to download
 Try looking for another app that provides similar features
’m having trouble purchasing an app
 ’m having trouble installing an app from App Catalog
 Transferring information to and from your computer
 Backing up and restoring data
How do I get my data back after a full or partial erase?
 Updates
Transferring information from another HP webOS phone
Making room on your smartphone
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 Troubleshooting
 Glossary of Terms
Application menu
 Dashboard
 Notification
 + e to enter é
 Online accounts available for HP webOS smartphones
AIM
 Online accounts available for HP webOS smartphones
 Specifications
 Headset sold separately
 VPN
 Specifications
 Regulatory and safety information
FCC Statements
 AC Power Adapter source HP
 Operational Warnings
 Voice 800 Email info@audiology.org
 Driving Safety Tips Overview
 General Operation
 Model P160UNA Serial No
 Regulatory and safety information
 Index
Losing
Multitasking with
 See also wireless services
AT&T network
Attachments
Calendars
 222-223
Dialing by 69 Displaying 75, 104, 113, 114, 116
 Instant messaging accounts Dead peer detection
With Just Type 66
DOC files 183 documents From online support
 Email 89, 92
Replying to Enter key
 Catalog
Deleting Found New Hardware wizard Google Docs 182
Display size
 208
Local area network LAN 161 location information 123
 Maps 118, 123, 170
Microphone
 Organizer features Wi-Fi System information about
Receiving
Shortcuts for
Performance 223 Views
 Images
Pictured
Screen & Lock application
Popups
 102
Music 147 videos Street addresses
 Supported file types. See file types
Messaging accounts Formatting 91
Priorities Text telephones. See TTY/TDD
 Wi-Fi Pictures
Backup summary 200 connections, airplane mode 22 profiles
Performance
Phone not turning on Backing up 60
 Sharing 164 Disconnecting networks
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