User Guide
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Contents
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
Web and wireless connections
Photos, videos, and music
Documents
Troubleshooting
Contents
Welcome
Your HP Veer 4G
Print material
What’s in the box?
Hardware
Where can I learn more?
Welcome
Welcome
This chapter
Basics
Hold the smartphone as shown below and gently push up
Get to know your smartphone
Slide out the keyboard
Touchscreen
Keyboard
Launcher
Icons in the title bar
Top view
Back view
Insert the SIM card and set up your smartphone
Set up your smartphone
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete setup
Close the SIM card slot cover
Verify your profile
Charge the battery
What is a Palm profile?
Maximizing battery life
Turn wireless services off airplane mode
Why the screen goes dark
Turn your smartphone on/off
Turn the screen on/off
Turn wireless services on
Shut down your smartphone
Use gestures tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch
Drag
Tap
Swipe
Flick
Scroll slow Drag the screen in the desired direction
Pinch zoom gestures Scroll gestures
Insert the cursor in a text field Tap the location
Text selection gestures
Update the HP webOS operating system
Open System Updates
Manually check for system updates
Respond to a system software notification
Tap Download now
Basics
Just Type
Get in touch with a contact
Just Type overview
Find information in an application on your smartphone
Search the web
Create a new item such as a message or memo
Preferences
Open an application
Use application keywords
Select any of the following options
Repeat a recent search
Customize Just Type
Just Type
Just Type
Work with applications
Open applications
Open an application using Just Type
Open an application in the Launcher
Open an application in Quick Launch
Go up one level in an app back gesture
Open the application menu
Use the menus
Open the connection menu
Enter and save information
Use the keyboard
Enter uppercase letters
Enter characters from the symbols table
Enter passwords
Symbols and accented characters
Enter alternate keyboard characters
Enter information in a field
Work with the Text Assist feature
Tap Edit User Dictionary
Customize Text Assist settings
Open Text Assist
Tap Delete to confirm
Select items in a list
Use the Copy All or Select All feature
Cut, copy, and paste information
Manage applications in Card view
Close applications
Delete applications
Save information
Reorder/stack single cards
Work with stacked cards
Move among cards and stacks
Reorder a card within a stack
Manage applications in the Launcher
Line up your favorite applications in Quick Launch
Reorder Quick Launch icons
Reorder Launcher pages
Add a Launcher
Rename a Launcher
Delete a Launcher
Open Accounts Tap Add Account
Use the Accounts application to set up an online account
Manage online accounts
Open Accounts
There are several kinds of notifications
View and work with notifications
Create and work with favorites
Work with applications
Copy files and sync your personal data
Copy files between your smartphone and your computer
Copy files and folders using USB Drive mode
Delete files and folders using USB Drive mode
Overview Get your personal data onto your smartphone
Copy music, photos, and videos using third-party software
Accessible in the cloud or your Palm profile account
I want to stop using it Elsewhere
Accessible only on your smartphone
Desktop organizer using a third-party solution
About the Data Transfer Assistant DTA
Transfer data from an old phone
Export data from a desktop organizer on your computer
System Application
Get data from an online account in the cloud
Sync directly with your desktop organizer
Sync your desktop organizer and your smartphone
Copy files and sync your personal data
Phone
Make calls
Dial by contact name using voice dialing
To open Voice Dial, do one of the following
Open Voice Dial
Open Phone
Dial by contact name using Just Type
Dial using the onscreen dial pad
Dial a favorite
Dial using the keyboard
Tap the dial pad numbers to enter the number Tap to dial
Tap
Redial the last number dialed
Dial using a speed dial
Dial by contact name in the Phone application
Dial your national emergency number
Receive calls
Dial from another application
Answer a call
What can I do during a call?
Use voicemail
Manage a call
Adjust call volume Press volume
End a call
Use another application while on a call
Make a second call
Switch between two calls
Answer a second call call waiting
Make a conference call
Look up or send a message to a contact
What’s my number?
Create a favorite
View your call history
Work with favorites
Add a phone number to a favorite
Set or change the default number for a favorite
View favorite details
Use a phone headset
Save a phone number to Contacts
Remove a contact from the favorites list
Number
Set up and use a Bluetooth hands-free device
Use a wired headset
Open Bluetooth
Tap Add device
Use Phone Preferences to customize smartphone settings
Customize smartphone settings
Turn contact match display on/off
Turn call forwarding on/off
Turn my caller ID on/off
Turn the international dialing auto-prefix feature on/off
Turn call waiting on/off
Change your voicemail number
Use restricted dialing
Lock or unlock the SIM card
Tap Edit Network Settings
Manually select network settings
Tap Change Settings
Set roaming and data usage preferences
Use SIM Toolkit
View and work with the features displayed
TTY/TDD, tap On or Off
Open SIM Toolkit
Phone
Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
Email app
How do I send and receive email on my smartphone?
Merged inboxes in Email
Open Email
Set up email
Set up email Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes
Tap Sign
Set up email when automatic setup fails
These settings apply only to the account you select in step
Enter advanced account settings
Turn new email notifications on/off
Change account login settings
Rename an account
Delete an email account
Format email text
Create and send an email message
Save a message as a draft
Add attachments to a message
Receive and read email messages
Tap the file name Repeat steps 1-3 to attach other files
Save or share an inline image
Open email attachments
Save attachments
View a contact from an email message
Add a contact from an email message
Search for an email message
Reply to a message
Copy messages
Show or hide message recipients
Move a message to another folder
Mark a message as read or unread
Tap the account you want
Add a signature to outgoing messages
View mail folders
Add an email folder as a favorite
Sort email in a folder
Set email preferences
Favorites appear at the top of Account List view
Messaging All messages in one application
Open Messaging
Switch between messaging accounts in a conversation
Dial a number from a conversation
Redface Eww
Switch between Conversations view and Buddies view
Use emoticons in a message
Create and send a text or multimedia message
Messaging Text and multimedia messaging
Customize messaging notifications
Enter the message text and tap
Add a contact from a text or multimedia message
Receive and view text and multimedia messages
Messaging Instant messaging
Set up an instant messaging IM account
View a contact’s information from a message
Dial a number from a message
Sign out of an IM account
Sign in to an IM account
Send and receive IM messages
Open Messaging Tap Buddies
Receive a buddy request
Add a buddy
Block a message sender
Delete a buddy
Change your online status
Change your IM account username and password
Change your custom message
Delete an IM account
Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
110 Contacts
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
121 Calendar 128 Tasks
132 Memos
How do I add names and other info into Contacts?
Contacts
Linked contacts
You have a few options for getting info into Contacts
Open Contacts
Use Contacts for the first time
Create a contact
To find a contact within the Contacts app, use these steps
Find a contact
View, edit, or delete contact information
Add a photo to a contact
Copy a contact to the SIM card
Open Contacts Tap Favorites
Add a ringtone to a contact
Tap Assign To Contact
Assign a speed dial to a contact
Remove a contact from favorites
Assign a reminder message to a contact
Open the application menu and tap Add Contact Reminder
Unlink a contact
Link a contact
Add a contact entry to the Launcher
Tap Unlink This Profile
Delete a contact
Get in touch with a contact
Delete an online account from Contacts
Customize Contacts
Manually synchronize Contacts with your online accounts
Receive vCards
Send contacts
Tap Remove Account and tap Remove Contact Account
To get an emailed vCard into Contacts
Layered calendars
Calendar
How do I get events into Calendar?
Open Calendar
Use Calendar for the first time
Create an event
Schedule a repeating event
Enter the event location
Customize event notification sounds
Add an alarm to an event
Add a note to an event
Create an all-day untimed event
Move around in Calendar
Change the Calendar display
Quickly glimpse your schedule
To go to today In Day view, tap the Day View icon
View meeting participants
Delete an event
Respond to an event reminder
Open the application menu and tap Sync Now
Customize Calendar
Manually synchronize Calendar with your online accounts
Delete an online account from Calendar
Tasks
Create a task list
Create a task
List Assign the task to a different list
Bold text, and low priority tasks appear in gray text
Date. Tap the notification to open the task
Screen and enter the note
View tasks that are due today
Check off a task
Rename a task
Sort a task list
Set due dates for all tasks in a list
Reorder your tasks
Mark all tasks in a list completed/incomplete
Hide or delete all completed tasks in a list
Delete a task or a task list
Memos
Create a memo
Find a memo
Change the color of a memo
Clock
Delete a memo
Email a memo
Cancel an alarm
Set an alarm
Change the alarm volume
Delete an alarm
Calculator
Install Facebook
Facebook
Perform calculations
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information
Photos, videos, and music
Photos
Camera
Take a picture
Review pictures
Open Photos
Organize your pictures into albums
√ see Note
Add a picture to a contact
Look at photos in a slideshow
You can view the photos in any album as a slideshow
Tap a picture thumbnail to view it full-screen
Share a picture
Save a picture as wallpaper
Tap and tap Assign to contact
Tap Set Wallpaper
Upload a picture to the web
Set up an online pictures account on your smartphone
Delete an online pictures account
Videos
Delete a picture
Record a video
Watch a video
Upload or share videos you recorded
Tap an album and tap the video you want to watch
Use video playback controls
Delete a video
Open YouTube
YouTube
Watch a YouTube video
Find related videos
Music
Share a video
Get music onto your smartphone
Open Music
Listen to music
Use music playback controls
Search for related songs or content
Switch the Now Playing display
Change the order of items in Playlist view
Remove a song from Playlist view
Search for a specific song, album, or artist
Amazon MP3
Browse songs, albums, artists, or genres
Open Amazon MP3
Preview and buy a song
View artist information
View album information and buy an album
View and work with downloaded items
Web and wireless connections
What is a Wi-Fi connection?
Wi-Fi
Why use a Wi-Fi connection?
Are there different kinds of Wi-Fi networks?
Connect to a new secure network
Open Wi-Fi
Connect to a new open network
Connect to a captive portal
AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots
Connect to a previously used network
Disconnect from a network
Put Wi-Fi to sleep when the screen is off
Customize connection settings
Palm mobile hotspot
What is Palm mobile hotspot?
Secure hotspots and open hotspots
Create a secure hotspot
Create an open hotspot
Change your secure passphrase
Use Palm mobile hotspot
View information about connected devices
Open Palm mobile hotspot Tap Change Passphrase
Tap Add Profile
What is VPN?
Add a Vpnc VPN profile
Connect to a profile
Add a Cisco AnyConnect VPN profile
View statistics for a connected profile
Disconnect from a profile
Edit a profile
Web
Delete a profile
Go to a website
Navigate a web
Add a web search engine
Open another browser
Add a web page to the Launcher
Use Flash content
Open a bookmarked
Create a bookmark
Edit, reorder, or delete a bookmark
Tap Add To Launcher
Copy the URL Press and hold Option Tap the link. Tap
Return to previously viewed web pages
Use links on a web
Copy a picture from a web
Customize web browser settings
Download files from the web
Tap Copy to Photos
Open Location Services
Location Services
Manage location information passed to websites
Manage location information passed to applications
Google Maps
Turn location service providers on/off
Tap Agree or Don’t Agree
Open Google Maps
Sign up for AT&T Navigator
AT&T Navigator
Get directions
Open AT&T Navigator
Tap Search
Find a location
Tap Drive To
Share an address
View maps and traffic conditions
Tap Maps & Traffic
Tap Share & More Tap Share Address
Add a location to Favorites
Set up commute alerts
Record a location
Check the weather forecast
Customize AT&T Navigator
What’s my AT&T Navigator PIN?
View AT&T Navigator diagnostic information
Get more help or cancel your AT&T Navigator subscription
YPmobile
Find a business
Add a local business to your contacts
Create a calendar event at a location
Add a local business to your favorites
Tap Add To Calendar
What is Bluetooth wireless technology?
Bluetooth wireless technology
Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off
Make a pairing request to another device
Connect with a paired device
Accept a pairing request from another device
Delete a device
Disconnect from a device
Rename a device
Tap and hold the device name Enter a new name
Documents
Register Quickoffice software
Quickoffice mobile office software
Open Quickoffice
Tap Add New Account
Tap the file
Open a file
Save a file with a new name
Switch among sheets in a spreadsheet
View cell content in a spreadsheet
Switch among slides in a PowerPoint slideshow
Share a file
Add, edit, or delete an account in Quickoffice
Update Quickoffice software
Move around in a file
Change the text display size
Find text in a file
View bookmarks
Documents
HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager
Browse applications in HP webOS App Catalog
Buy an application
Download a free application
Tap Download for amount
Buy an application directly from a promo code link
Set up a billing account
Reinstall a deleted application
Tap the app name and tap Download again for free
Do one of the followings
Open Software Manager
Update or delete a billing account
Manage applications with Software Manager
Manually check for application updates
Update a downloaded application from a notification
HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager
Preferences
What information is backed up?
Backup
Linking relationships
Location Preferences Services Memos All memos
Between contacts
Speed dials
Web Bookmarks Browser cookies Downloads and web settings
Settings Screen
Lock Music
Your computer see Copy
Open Backup
Open Backup Tap Back up now
Manually back up information to your Palm profile
Erase Palm profile information from the server
Sign in using your Palm profile username and password
Update your Palm profile settings
Date & Time
Click Device Info Click I Lost My Phone Erase Device
Device Info
Erase data and reset your smartphone
View system information
Rename your smartphone
About the full erase options
Tap Reset Options
Run Quick Tests
Run Interactive Tests
Install a certificate from USB drive storage
Change default applications
Install a certificate from an email attachment
Use Certificate Manager
View certificate details
Exhibition
Delete a certificate
Start Exhibition
View a picture slideshow
Use Exhibition
Use your smartphone as a clock
View your day’s agenda
Formats
Screen & Lock
Change screen brightness
Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically
Open Screen & Lock Switch Applications, tap On or Off
Change your Secure Unlock password
Turn advanced gestures on/off
Set options for unlocking the screen
Use voice dialing when the screen is locked
Get notifications when the screen is locked or off
Use the ringer switch
Set ringer switch settings
Add ringtones to your smartphone
Set system sound options
Copy a ringtone to your smartphone
Select a file from the ringtones folder as a ringtone
Select a song as a ringtone
Preferences
Troubleshooting
Introduction
6Ts Ways to get your HP Veer 4G working again
T1. Throw all open applications off the top of the screen
T2. Turn your smartphone completely off and on
T3. Triple-toggle to restart
T4. Top off the battery
Enter your serial number and follow the instructions
T5. Take out the battery
Palm profile
Troubleshooting 219
Troubleshooting
Click Forgot password?
If you verified your profile when you created it, do this
Click Reset Password
Creating your Palm profile Unable to complete? Try this
Battery doesn’t charge or doesn’t hold a charge
Battery
Battery drains quickly
Screen and performance
Need to replace the battery
Screen appears blank
An application is not responding to taps
My gestures in the gesture area aren’t working
Applications are running slowly
Phone
My smartphone seems to turn off by itself
Hands-free devices
My smartphone doesn’t ring
My smartphone doesn’t vibrate
Synchronization
Hear static or interference when using my hands-free device
Tap Remove Account, and then tap Remove app name Account
Don’t know if I have a data connection
Data connections
Notification tells me that the server could not be reached
Can’t make a data connection over the AT&T network
Have problems using my account
Have problems sending and receiving email
Messaging
Have problems sending email Imap and POP accounts
Can send but not receive email Imap accounts
Have trouble sending or receiving attachments
Can’t send or receive instant messages
Can’t set up an instant messaging IM account
Can’t make a Wi-Fi connection from my home network
An image or map is too small on my screen
Can’t access a web
Some of my contact information is missing
Calendar and Contacts
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
Have duplicate contacts
My contact data is in the wrong field
My calendar data is in the wrong field
Can’t synchronize Calendar events
Some of my calendar information is missing
Photos, Videos, and Music
Can’t find the app I want to download
HP webOS App Catalog
Videos have poor quality during playback
’m having trouble purchasing an app
Try looking for another app that provides similar features
’m having trouble installing an app from App Catalog
Transferring information to and from your computer
How do I get my data back after a full or partial erase?
Backing up and restoring data
Making room on your smartphone
Updates
Transferring information from another HP webOS phone
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Troubleshooting
Application menu
Glossary of Terms
Dashboard
Notification
+ e to enter é
AIM
Online accounts available for HP webOS smartphones
Online accounts available for HP webOS smartphones
Specifications
Headset sold separately
VPN
Specifications
FCC Statements
Regulatory and safety information
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
Multitasking with
Index
Losing
AT&T network
See also wireless services
Attachments
Calendars
Dialing by 69 Displaying 75, 104, 113, 114, 116
222-223
DOC files 183 documents From online support
Instant messaging accounts Dead peer detection
With Just Type 66
Replying to Enter key
Email 89, 92
Display size
Catalog
Deleting Found New Hardware wizard Google Docs 182
Local area network LAN 161 location information 123
208
Microphone
Maps 118, 123, 170
Receiving
Organizer features Wi-Fi System information about
Shortcuts for
Performance 223 Views
Pictured
Images
Screen & Lock application
Popups
Music 147 videos Street addresses
102
Priorities Text telephones. See TTY/TDD
Supported file types. See file types
Messaging accounts Formatting 91
Backup summary 200 connections, airplane mode 22 profiles
Wi-Fi Pictures
Performance
Phone not turning on Backing up 60
248
Sharing 164 Disconnecting networks