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Contents
Getting started
Basics
Personalizing
Phone calls
Messages
Search and Web browser
Camera
Photos, videos, and music
Accounts and sync
Social
Email
Calendar
Maps and location
Android Market and other apps
T-Mobile apps
Keyboard
Internet connections
Bluetooth
Security
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Conventions used in this guide
Getting started
Inside the box
myTouch 4G Slide
Front panel
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SIM card
Storage card
Battery
Removing the battery thin film
Removing the battery
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Charging the battery
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Switching the power off
Setting up myTouch 4G Slide for the first time
Finger gestures
Ways of getting contacts into myTouch 4G Slide
Home screen
Extended Home screen
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Basics
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the ringer volume
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls
Adjusting the media volume
Sleep mode
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off
Status and notifications
Status icons
Notification icons
Notification LED
Notifications panel
Switching between recently opened apps
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Connecting myTouch 4G Slide to a computer
Copying files to or from the storage card
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing
Selecting text
Copying and pasting text
Searching or translating text
Sharing text
Printing
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Personalizing
Making myTouch 4G Slide truly yours
Changing your wallpaper
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Adding a widget to your Home screen
Changing the settings of a widget
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen
Adding items to the application dock
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
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Phone calls
Different ways of making calls
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen
Using Speed dial
Assigning a speed dial key
Calling a phone number in a text message
Calling a phone number in an email
Making an emergency call
Receiving calls
Answering a call
Deferring a call
Rejecting a call
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call
HTC Caller ID
What can I do during a call?
Putting a call on hold
Switching between calls
Turning the speakerphone on during a call
Muting the microphone during a call
Setting up a conference call
Wi-Fi Calling
Turning on Wi-Fi Calling
Changing Wi-Fi Calling settings
Turning off Wi-Fi Calling
Internet calls
Adding an Internet calling account
Making an Internet call
Using Call log
Checking a missed call
Checking calls in Call log
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call log
Clearing Call log
Using Home dialing
Turning off Home dialing
Call services
Turning Airplane mode on or off
Messages
Opening Messages
Sending a text message (SMS)
Sending a picture message (MMS)
Resuming a draft message
Viewing and replying to a message
Replying to another phone number of the contact
Forwarding a message
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message
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
Deleting a conversation
Deleting several conversations
Setting message options
Search and Web browser
Searching myTouch 4G Slide and the Web
Setting search options
Performing searches on the Web and myTouch 4G Slide
Using the web browser
Going to a webpage
Changing the screen orientation
Navigating and zooming on a webpage
Selecting a link on a webpage
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage
Opening a new browser window
Switching between browser windows
Downloading from the Web
Downloading apps from the Web
Viewing your downloads
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Bookmarking a webpage
Opening a bookmark
Editing a bookmark
Setting browser options
Browsing full versions of all websites
Choosing when to show Flash content
Camera
Camera basics
Viewfinder screen
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Taking a photo
Recording video
After capturing
Using camera scenes
Taking a panoramic photo
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo
Using camera scenes
Changing camera settings
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Photos, videos, and music
Gallery
About the Gallery app
Selecting an album
Viewing photos
Watching a video
Editing your photos
Trimming a video
Sending your photos and videos
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web
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Viewing photos in your social networks and online albums
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Music
Listening to music
Playing music from the Lock screen
Browsing music in the library
Creating a playlist
Setting a song as a ringtone
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Screen Share
Sharing media on your home network
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Accounts and sync
About online accounts
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Adding more Google Accounts
Forgot your Google Account password?
Adding a social network account
Managing your online accounts
Changing general sync settings
Synchronizing an account manually
Changing account settings
Removing an account
People
About the Contacts app
Your contacts list
Filtering your contacts list
Setting up your contact card
Importing contacts from your SIM card
Adding a new contact
Searching for contacts
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 link
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Contact information and conversations
Editing a contacts information
Deleting contacts
Sending contact information as a vCard
Contact groups
Creating a group
Editing a contact group
Sending a message to a group
Deleting a group
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense
Using Friend Stream
Updating your status
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts
Checking notifications from your social networks
Sharing your location with your Facebook friends
About the Friend Stream widget
Chatting in Google Talk
Chatting with a friend
Accepting a chat invitation
Changing your online status and picture
Adding and managing friends
Changing settings or signing out
Email
Gmail
Using Gmail
Viewing your Gmail Inbox
Sending a new message
Mail
About the Mail app
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
Checking your Mail inbox
Managing email messages
Sending an email message
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Reading and replying to an email message
Setting the priority for an email message
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email
Changing email account settings
Calendar
About calendar
Creating an event
Changing Calendar views
Using month view
Using day and agenda views
Using week view
Managing Calendar events
Viewing an event
Editing an event
Deleting an event
Sharing an event (vCalendar)
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders
Showing or hiding calendars
Changing Calendar settings
Reminder settings
Calendar view settings
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Maps and location
Turning on location services
About Google Maps
Getting around maps
Searching for a location
Clearing the map
Searching for a place of interest near you
Getting directions
Getting help
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)
Opening and joining Latitude
Using Car Dock
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Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Finding and installing an app
Opening an installed app
Uninstalling an app
Getting help
Using the Clock
About the HTC Clock widget
Using the Clock app
Using Desk Clock
Using World Clock
Setting an alarm
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
Working on documents
Viewing a document
Editing a document
Watching videos on YouTube
Searching for videos
Clearing the search history
Sharing a video link
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube
Listening to FM Radio
Tuning in to an FM station
Closing or turning off FM Radio
Using Flashlight
Sharing games and apps
T-Mobile apps
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile My Device
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Using KidZone
Starting a video chat
Keyboard
Using the QWERTY keyboard
Using the QWERTY keyboard keys
Adjusting the QWERTY keyboard settings
Using Swype
Entering text using Swype
Entering text by typing
Adjusting Swype settings
Using the onscreen keyboard
Switching to 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
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card
Entering text by speaking
Setting the voice input language
Entering text by tracing
Editing text
Selecting text
Copying and pasting text
Adjusting input settings
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Internet connections
Data connection
Turning the data connection on or off
Enabling data roaming
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
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 myTouch 4G Slide as a modem (USB tethering)
Connecting myTouch 4G Slide to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through)
Using myTouch 4G Slide as a wireless router
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Changing the device 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
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Protecting myTouch 4G Slide with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password
Changing your screen lock
Forgot your screen lock pattern?
Settings
Settings on myTouch 4G Slide
Changing display settings
Adjusting the screen brightness manually
Turning automatic screen rotation off
Recalibrating the G-sensor
Keeping the screen on while charging myTouch 4G Slide
Switching animation effects on or off
Changing sound settings
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes
Enabling or disabling audible selection
Lowering the ring volume automatically
Making myTouch 4G Slide ring louder with Pocket mode
Changing the language
Optimizing battery life
Switching to GSM network mode
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 applications
Checking information about myTouch 4G Slide
Update and reset
Software updates
Installing an update
Checking for updates manually
Restarting myTouch 4G Slide
Resetting myTouch 4G Slide
Performing a factory reset via settings
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons
Trademarks and copyrights
Bluetooth
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