HTC 4G Basics

7 Basics

Basics

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

Phone

Battery (preinstalled)

microSD™ card (preinstalled)

USB cable

3.5mm stereo headset

Power adapter

Quickstart guide

Safety and regulatory guide

Your phone

Front panel

1 POWER

2 Notification LED

3 MENU

4 HOME

5 SEARCH

6 BACK

7 Touch screen

8 Earpiece

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Contents

Main Conventions used in this guide Contents Basics 7 Getting started 16 Personalizing 27 Phone calls 37 People 47 Keyboard 59 Messages 66 Accounts and sync 75 Social 84 Clock and Weather 115 Internet connections 122 Web browser 128 Bluetooth 135 Camera 140 Page Basics Inside the box Your phone Front panel Left panel Back panel Bottom panel Bottom cover Removing the bottom cover Replacing the bottom cover SIM card Inserting the SIM card Removing the SIM card Storage card Inserting the storage card Removing the storage card Removing the storage card while the phone is on Battery Removing the battery Inserting the battery Charging the battery Switching your phone on or off Switching your phone on Switching your phone off Entering your PIN Finger gestures Getting started Setting up your phone for the first time Home screen Page Status and notifications Status icons Notification icons Notification LED Notifications panel Opening the Notifications panel Switching between recently-opened apps Closing the Notifications panel Connecting your phone to a computer Copying files to or from the storage card Searching your phone and the Web Setting your phones search options Quickly looking up information on the Web Translating words to other languages Adjusting the volume Adjusting the ringer volume Adjusting the media volume Adjusting the earpiece volume for phone calls Adjusting the volume via settings Sleep mode Switching to Sleep mode Waking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Personalizing Making your phone truly yours Personalizing your phone with scenes Using a preset scene Creating a new scene Changing your wallpaper Applying a new skin Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Adding a widget Changing the settings of a widget Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen Adding folders on your Home screen Creating a new folder and adding items to it Renaming a folder Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen Moving a widget or icon Removing a widget or icon Rearranging the Home screen Changing your ringtones and alarms Choosing a preset sound set Creating a sound set Customizing a sound set Changing the ringtone Deleting sound sets Rearranging or hiding application tabs Putting back the tabs youve removed Phone calls Making calls Making a call on the Phone dialer screen What is Smart dial? Using Speed dial Assigning a speed dial key Calling a speed dial number Calling a phone number in a text message Calling a phone number in an email Making an emergency call Receiving calls Answering or rejecting an incoming call Changing the text message to send out for rejected calls Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call HTC Caller ID Dialing by voice Using in-call options Putting a call on hold Switching between calls Setting up a conference call Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Muting the microphone during a call Ending a call Using Call history Checking a missed call Checking calls in the call history Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Clearing the call history list Blocking callers Blocking one or more contacts from calling Checking your blocked call history Unblocking callers Call services Turning Airplane mode on or off People About People People screen Setting up My contact card Ways of getting contacts into your phone Transferring contacts from your old phone Adding a new contact Importing contacts from your SIM card Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Accepting matched contacts suggestions Viewing a list of all your linked contacts Manually merging contact information Breaking the contact information link between contacts Your contacts list Filtering your contacts list Searching for a contact Backing up your contacts to the storage card Importing contacts from the storage card Deleting contacts Contact information and conversations Editing a contacts information Sending contact information as a vCard Sending someones contact information Sending your contact information Contact groups Creating a group Editing a contact group Sending a message or email to a group Rearranging your contact groups Rearranging the members of a contact group Deleting a group People widget Adding People widgets Setting the default communication method Changing the default communication method Getting in touch with a contact Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboard Selecting a keyboard layout Entering text Enabling multiple keyboard languages Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard Entering words with predictive text Setting a second language for the keyboard Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card Entering text by speaking Setting the voice input language Editing text Selecting text Copying and pasting text Adjusting touch input settings Touch Input settings Text input Page Messages About Messages Sending a text message (SMS) Sending a multimedia message (MMS) Creating a slideshow Resuming a draft message Viewing and replying to a message Viewing a message Replying to a message Replying to another phone number of the contact Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message Viewing push messages Opening and reading a new push message Viewing all your push messages Managing message conversations Protecting a message from deletion Copying a message to your SIM card Deleting a single message Deleting several messages within a conversation Setting message options Received messages Sent messages Storage settings Recipient list settings Message forwarding SMS settings MMS settings Accounts and sync Synchronizing with online accounts About online accounts Synchronizing with a Google Account Adding more Google Accounts Adding a social network account Managing your online accounts Changing general sync settings Synchronizing an account manually Changing account settings Removing an account Synchronizing with your computer Installing HTC Sync Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Setting the Music sync options Setting the Gallery sync options Setting Calendar sync options Setting People sync options Setting Bookmarks sync options Setting Documents sync options Synchronizing your phone Synchronizing another phone with your computer Social Facebook Facebook for HTC Sense Facebook for Android Using the Facebook app Whats the difference between Facebook for Android and Facebook for HTC Sense? Twitter Twitter for HTC Sense Twitter for Android Friend Stream Updating your status Commenting on and liking Facebook posts Viewing tweets, posting tweets, and sending direct messages Sending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Unfollowing a Twitter user Sending a direct message Checking notifications from your social networks About the Friend Stream widget Chatting in Google Talk Chatting with friends Accepting chat invitations Changing your online status and picture Adding and managing friends Changing the settings and signing out Email Using Gmail Viewing your Gmail Inbox Sending a new message Reading your messages Replying to or forwarding an email message Searching and organizing your emails Searching for messages Starring an email message or conversation Labeling conversations Filtering conversations Changing Gmail settings Changing Gmail synchronization settings Using Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email account Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Checking your Mail inbox Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts Different views of your inbox Refreshing your email account Sorting email messages Quickly browsing your inbox Managing email messages Deleting an email message Selecting several email messages Moving several email messages to another folder Moving an email message after reading Switching to other mail folders Sending an email message Resuming a draft email message Reading and replying to an email message Setting the priority for an email message Working with Exchange ActiveSync email Flagging an email Setting out of the office status Sending a meeting request Changing email account settings Page Calendar About Calendar Creating calendar events Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only) Changing calendar views Month view Day and Agenda views Week view Managing calendar events Viewing an event Editing an event Deleting an event Sharing an event (vCalendar) Calendar event reminders Dismissing or snoozing event reminders Displaying and synchronizing calendars Showing or hiding calendars Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Changing Calendar settings Reminder settings Calendar view settings About the Calendar widget Clock and Weather About the HTC Clock widget About the Clock app Using Desk Clock Using World Clock Setting your home city Setting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clock Setting an alarm Deleting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Checking weather Adding a city to the Weather screen Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen Deleting cities from the Weather screen Changing weather options About the Weather widget Internet connections Data connection Checking the data connection you are using Turning the data connection on or off Creating a new access point Wi-Fi Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security Checking the wireless network status Connecting to another Wi-Fi network Adding connection widgets Mobile Hotspots Creating a Mobile Hotspot Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) Setting up secure credential storage Adding a VPN connection Connecting to a VPN Disconnecting from a VPN Using your phone as a modem (tethering) Connecting your phone to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) Web browser Using your phones web browser Going to a webpage Setting your home page Changing the screen orientation Browsing full versions of all websites Choosing when to show Flash content Navigating on a webpage Zooming in or out on a webpage Selecting a link in a webpage Selecting an address or phone number in a webpage Opening a new browser window Switching between browser windows Downloading applications from the web Viewing your downloads Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Finding text within a webpage Selecting text Copying and pasting text Searching or translating text Pasting text in a new message or social network status update Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages Bookmarking a webpage Opening a bookmark Editing a bookmark Viewing a previously visited page Setting browser options Bluetooth Bluetooth basics Turning Bluetooth on or off Changing the phone name Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device Disconnecting a Bluetooth device Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Sending information using Bluetooth Where sent information is saved Receiving information using Bluetooth Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen Camera Camera basics Viewfinder screen Zooming Taking a photo Auto focusing Face detection Taking your closeup shot Recording video Camera flash doesnt turn on? Adding effects After capturing Changing camera settings Page Photos, videos, and music Browsing your Gallery About the Gallery app Selecting an album Viewing photos Zooming in or out on a photo Viewing videos Editing your photos Rotating a photo Cropping a photo Adding effects Sending your photos and videos Sending photos or videos by email Sending a photo or video by MMS Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth Sharing your photos and videos on the Web Sharing photos or videos on Facebook Sharing photos or videos on Flickr Sharing photos on Picasa Sharing videos on YouTube Viewing photos in your social networks Viewing photos on Facebook Viewing photos on Flickr Commenting photos in your social networks Listening to music Enjoy listening to songs and music on your phone using the Music app. Flipping through your albums Browsing music in the Library Creating a playlist Playing the songs in a playlist Managing playlists Deleting playlists Setting a song as ringtone Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Sharing music using Bluetooth Finding music videos in YouTube About the Music widget Sharing media on your home network Page HTCSense.com About HTCSense.com Signing up for your HTCSense.com account Signing up from your phone Signing up from your computer Using HTCSense.com Turning on Phone finder Forwarding calls and messages Making your phone ring Locating your phone Signing out from or deleting your HTCSense.com account Signing out of your HTCSense.com account Deleting your HTCSense.com account Maps and location Turning on location services Google Maps About Google Maps Getting around maps Searching for a location Clearing the map Searching for a place of interest near you Adding a place to search Getting directions Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) Opening and joining Latitude HTC Footprints About Footprints Creating a new footprint Revisiting a footprint Editing or deleting a footprint Deleting multiple footprints Exporting your footprints Importing footprints Car Panel Using the Car Panel Closing Car Panel More apps Watching videos on YouTube Searching for videos Clearing the search history Sharing a video link Reading news feeds Subscribing to news channels Reading a story Manually checking for new stories Starring a story Adding a keyword Changing update schedule and font settings Adding the News widget Reading eBooks Flipping through an eBook Searching inside an eBook Adding a note or highlighting selected text Downloading an eBook Recommending an eBook Deleting an eBook About the My Shelf widget Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Viewing a document, spreadsheet, or presentation Editing a document or worksheet Creating a new document or worksheet Keeping track of your stocks Adding a stock quote or stock market index Changing the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices Manually updating stock information Changing update schedule and color settings About the Stocks widget Listening to FM Radio Tuning in to an FM station Closing or turning off FM Radio Adding the FM Radio widget Recording your voice Sharing a voice clip Setting a voice clip as a ringtone Renaming a voice clip Using Flashlight Finding and installing apps from Android Market Finding and installing an app Creating a Google Checkout account Opening an installed app Uninstalling an app Sharing games and apps Security Protecting your SIM card with a PIN Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out Protecting your phone with a screen lock Changing your screen lock Forgot your screen lock pattern? Settings Settings on your phone Changing display settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually Adjusting the time before the screen turns off Turning automatic screen rotation off Recalibrating the G-sensor Keeping the screen on while charging the phone Switching animation effects on or off Changing sound settings Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes Enabling or disabling audible selection Choosing the notification sound Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustment Changing the phone language Optimizing your phones battery life Checking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking how much phone memory is available for use Checking the available storage card space Clearing application cache and data Uninstalling third-party apps or updates to a preinstalled app Checking information about your phone Update and reset Updating the phone software Checking for AT&T updates manually Checking for system software updates manually Restarting or factory resetting your phone Restarting your phone (soft reset) Performing a factory reset (hard reset) Performing a factory reset via settings Performing a factory reset using phone buttons Trademarks and copyrights Index A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z