User guide
Your T-Mobile myTouch 4G
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Contents
Keyboard
Contacts
Messages
Accounts and sync
Clock and Weather
Bluetooth
Internet connections
Web browser
Update and reset
Settings
Maps and location
More apps
Inside the box
Basics
Your phone
Front panel
Back panel
Left and right panels
Top panel
SIM card
Back cover
Removing the back cover
Replacing the back cover
Removing the SIM card
Storage card
Inserting the storage card
Removing the storage card
Removing the battery
Battery
Removing the storage card while the phone is on
Charging the battery
Inserting the battery
Using the trackpad
Switching your phone on or off
Entering your PIN
Finger gestures
Getting started
Setting up your phone for the first time
Home screen
Extended Home screen
Status and notifications
Using Leap view
Status icons
Notification icons
Notification LED
Notifications panel
Opening the Notifications panel
Switching between recently-opened apps
Closing the Notifications panel
Copying files to or from the storage card
Connecting your phone to a computer
Setting Web and Phone search options
Searching using the Genius button
Searching your phone using the Quick Search Box
Searching your phone and the Web
Sleep mode
Adjusting the volume
Waking up from Sleep mode
Switching to Sleep mode
Unlocking the screen
Personalizing your phone with myModes
Personalizing
Changing the theme
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Changing your Home screen wallpaper
Adding a widget
Adding folders on your Home screen
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen
Creating a new folder and adding items to it
Renaming a folder
Removing a widget or icon
Moving a widget or icon
Phone calls
What is Smart dial?
Making calls
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen
Using Speed dial
Calling a contact in your phone using the Genius button
Calling a phone number in a text message
Calling a phone number in an email
Making an emergency call
Receiving calls
Answering, deferring, or rejecting an incoming call
HTC Caller ID
Deferring a call
Changing the text message to send out for rejected calls
Switching between calls
Using in-call options
Setting up a conference call
Putting a call on hold
Using Call log
Call services
Wi-Fi calling
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call log
Clearing the call log list
Turning Airplane mode on or off
Contacts
Setting up My contact card
About Contacts
Contacts screen
Adding a new contact
Ways of getting contacts into your phone
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
Your contacts list
Manually merging contact information
Breaking the contact information link between contacts
Searching for a contact
Filtering your contacts list
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Contact information and conversations
Importing contacts from the storage card
Deleting contacts
Sending contact information as a vCard
Editing a contact’s information
Sending your contact information
Entering words using Swype
Using the onscreen keyboard
Adjusting Swype settings
Keyboard
Setting the voice input language
Switching to another input method
Entering text by speaking
Enabling multiple keyboard languages
Selecting text
Editing text
Copying and pasting text
Touch Input settings
Adjusting touch input settings
Text input
About Messages
Messages
Sending a text message SMS
Sending a picture message MMS
GPS
Creating a slideshow
Viewing and replying to a message
Resuming a draft message
Viewing a message
Replying to a message
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message
Replying to another phone number of the contact
Viewing push messages
Opening and reading a new push message
Protecting a message from deletion
Managing message conversations
Copying a message to your SIM card
Deleting a single message
Deleting a conversation
Setting message options
Deleting several conversations
Received messages
MMS settings
Sent messages
Synchronizing with online accounts
Accounts and sync
About online accounts
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Changing general sync settings
Forgot your Google Account password?
Adding a social network account and other accounts
Managing your online accounts
About Multimedia Sync by doubleTwist
Changing account settings
Synchronizing an account manually
Removing an account
Facebook for myTouch
Social
Tweeting on your phone
Using Peep
Sending a tweet
Setting Peep options
Unfollowing a Twitter user
Sending a direct message
Updating your status
Friend Stream
Tap Share
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts
Chatting in Google Talk
Checking notifications from your social networks
About the Friend Stream widget
Changing your online status and picture
Accepting chat invitations
Adding and managing friends
Changing the settings and signing out
Viewing your Gmail Inbox
Using Gmail
Reading your messages
Sending a new message
Searching and organizing your emails
Replying to or forwarding an email message
Searching for messages
Starring an email message or conversation
Cleaning up your Inbox
Changing Gmail settings
Filtering conversations
Changing Gmail synchronization settings
Using Mail
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts
Checking your Mail inbox
Refreshing your email account
Different views of your inbox
Sorting email messages
Quickly browsing your inbox
Deleting an email message
Managing email messages
Selecting several email messages
Moving several email messages to another folder
Sending an email message
Switching to other mail folders
Deleting all messages
Reading and replying to an email message
Setting the priority for an email message
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email
Sending a meeting request
Changing email account settings
Deleting an email account
About Calendar
Calendar
Creating calendar events
Inviting guests to your event Google Account only
Changing calendar views
Day and Agenda views
Month view
Week view
Managing calendar events
Viewing an event
Editing an event
Deleting an event
Calendar event reminders
Sharing an event vCalendar
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders
Reminder settings
Changing Calendar settings
Displaying and synchronizing calendars
Showing or hiding calendars
About the Calendar widget
Calendar view settings
Clock and Weather
Using Desk Clock
About the Clock app
Setting your home city
Using World Clock
Setting the time zone, date, and time
Setting an alarm
Setting the alarm clock
Adding a city to the World Clock screen
Changing alarm sound settings
Deleting an alarm
Checking weather
Changing the order of cities on the Weather widget
Adding a city to the Weather widget
Changing weather options
Deleting cities from the Weather widget
Internet connections
Wi-Fi
Data connection
Checking the wireless network status
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network
Setting up secure credential storage
Connecting to a virtual private network VPN
Adding connection widgets
Adding a VPN connection
Using your phone as a wireless router
Using your phone as a modem tethering
Connecting to a VPN
Disconnecting from a VPN
Internet connections
Web browser
Using your phone’s web browser
Navigating on a webpage
Choosing when to show Flash content
Zooming in or out on a webpage
Selecting a link in a webpage
Opening a new browser window
Switching between browser windows
Downloading applications from the web
Finding text within a webpage
Copying text and sharing
Viewing your downloads
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Viewing a page that you often visit
Setting browser options
Clearing the list of most visited pages
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages
Bluetooth basics
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Reconnecting a 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 basics
Camera
Viewfinder screen
Zooming
Taking a photo
Auto capturing
Auto focusing
Face detection
Camera flash doesn’t turn on?
Recording video
Adding effects
Changing camera settings
After capturing
Camera
Photos, videos, and music
Following are preset albums
Browsing your Gallery
About the Gallery app
Viewing photos
Editing your photos
Viewing videos
Zooming in or out on a photo
Rotating a photo
Adding effects
Sending your photos and videos
Sending photos or videos by email
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth
Sending a photo or video by picture message
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook
Sharing photos or videos on Flickr
Viewing photos in your T-Mobile Album social networks
Viewing photos on Flickr
Listening to music
Commenting photos in your social networks
Photos, videos, and music
Browsing music in the Library
Flipping through your albums
Creating a playlist
Sharing media on your home network
Sharing music using Bluetooth
About the Media Room widget
Deleting playlists
Maps and location
Turning on location services
Google Maps
About Google Maps
Viewing map layers
Looking at a location in Street View
Searching for a location
Clearing the map
Getting directions
Inviting friends to share their locations
Opening and joining Latitude
Responding to an invitation
Connecting with and managing friends
Viewing your friends’ locations
Changing privacy settings
Watching videos on YouTube
More apps
Searching for videos
Sharing a video link
Subscribing to news channels
Reading news feeds
Reading a story
Changing update schedule and font settings
Manually checking for new stories
Starring a story
Adding the News 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
Listening to FM Radio
Changing update schedule and color settings
Deleting stock quotes and indices
Manually updating stock information
Closing or turning off FM Radio
Tuning in to an FM station
Recording your voice
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone
Sharing a voice clip
Renaming a voice clip
Using Desk dock
Using Flashlight
Finding and installing an app
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Creating a Google Checkout account
Opening an installed app
Requesting a refund for a paid app
Getting help
Uninstalling an app
Faves Gallery
Mobile Applications
Adding Faves contacts
Communicating with a Faves contact
Editing a Faves contact
Mobile My Account
Removing a Faves contact
Adding the Faves/Family widget
Mobile AppPack
Mobile My Device
Using T-Mobile TV
Downloading and installing apps
MobileTV
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Security
Protecting your phone with a screen lock
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Forgot your screen lock pattern?
Changing your screen lock
Settings on your phone
Settings
Adjusting the screen brightness manually
Changing display settings
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off
Changing sound settings
Switching to speakerphone automatically
Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustment
Changing the phone language
Choosing the notification sound
Managing memory
Optimizing your phone’s battery life
Checking information about your phone
Uninstalling third-party applications
Moving applications to or from the storage card
Restarting or factory resetting your phone
Update and reset
Restarting your phone soft reset
Updating the phone software
Performing a factory reset via settings
Performing a factory reset hard reset
Performing a factory reset using phone buttons
Trademarks and copyrights
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