HTC 99HLZ001-00, Desire Camera

Camera

Camera basics

Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos

of your trip and encounters with your phone’s camera.

Be sure to plug in your microSD card before you use your phone’s

camera. Photos and videos captured with the camera will be stored onto

your microSD card.

If you have not yet inserted your microSD card to your phone, follow the

steps in “Inserting the storage card“ in the Basics chapter to insert it.

To open the camera in photo mode and take photos, press HOME

and then tap Camera.

To open the camera directly in video mode so you can

immediately start capturing videos, press HOME , tap ,

and then tap Camcorder.

Viewfinder screen

When in photo mode, the Viewfinder automatically rotates to match

the direction you’re holding your phone. This lets you easily capture

photos in portrait or landscape orientation.

When in video mode, the Viewfinder displays in landscape view only.

You’ll find the following controls on the Viewfinder screen:

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Contents

Main Before you do anything else, please read this Page Trademarks and copyrights Page Conventions used in this guide Contents Basics 21 Personalizing 49 Phone calls 60 People 74 Keyboard 88 Messages 94 Accounts and sync 108 Social 120 Email 136 Calendar 156 Clock and Weather 170 Internet 183 Bluetooth 202 Camera 210 Gallery 222 Music 234 Maps and location 241 More apps 257 Security 276 Settings 278 Page Basics Inside the box Your Phone Front panel Page Back panel Top panel Bottom panel Left panel Before turning on your phone Back cover Storage card Battery Page Finger gestures Page Getting started Turning on your phone Turning off your phone Setting up your phone for the first time Page Sleep mode Page Home screen Extended Home screen Navigating the Home screen Basics39 Phone status and notifications Phone status icons Thesearetheiconsthatmayappearonthephonestatusareaofthe statusbar: 40Basics Notification icons Thesearetheiconsthatmayappearonthenotificationsareaofthe statusbar: Checking notifications Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen Going to an extended Home screen Selecting an item onscreen Page Adjusting the volume Adjusting the ringer volume Adjusting the media volume Connecting your phone to a computer Copying files to and from the storage card Searching your phone and the Web Setting Web and phone search options Searching the Web and your phone using the Google search Personalizing Making your phone truly yours Changing the ringtone Personalizing your phone with scenes Using a preset scene Customizing and saving a scene Renaming or deleting a scene Changing your wallpaper Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Adding a widget to your Home screen Downloading HTC widgets Adding application 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 Phone calls Making calls Calling somebody using your phone 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 an incoming call Page Rejecting an incoming call Rejecting a call and sending a text message Using in-call options Handling multiple calls Setting up a conference call Muting the microphone during a call Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Ending a call Using call history Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Checking a missed call Clearing the call history list Call services Page Turning Airplane mode on or off People About People Ways of getting contacts into your phone People screen Setting up My contact card Your contacts list People77 Adding a new contact Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Editing a contacts information Searching for a contact Backing up your contacts to the storage card Importing contacts from the storage card Deleting contacts Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS Contact groups Creating a group and adding contacts Deleting a group Adding or removing contacts from a group Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group Contact information and conversations People85 People widget Adding the People widget Setting the default communication method Changing the default communication method Getting in touch with a contact Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboard Using the landscape onscreen keyboard Changing the onscreen keyboard layout Entering text Entering words with predictive text Entering text with voice input Adjusting touch input settings Touch Input settings Text input Page Messages About Messages Sending text and multimedia messages Page Page Page New message notifications WAP push messages Managing message conversations Page Protecting a message from deletion Deleting a message thread Deleting several message threads Deleting a single message Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact Setting text and multimedia message options Page Page Adding the Messages widget Accounts and sync Synchronizing with online accounts Adding a social network account Synchronizing with a Google Account Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Managing your accounts Page Using HTC Sync Installing HTC Sync Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Setting up synchronization Setting up more sync options Synchronizing your phone Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade Installing apps from your computer to your phone Page Social Facebook for Android application Differences between Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Tweeting on your phone Peep screen Sending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Sending a direct message Setting Peep options Adding the Twitter widget Using Friend Stream Friend Stream screen Updating your status Adding the Friend Stream widget Chatting in Google Talk Signing in to Google Talk Chatting with friends Page Changing your online status and picture Managing your Friends list Page Changing Google Talk settings Page Email Using Gmail/Google Mail Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox Email137 Reading your messages Page Page Sending a message Page Managing conversations and messages Page Page Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email account theupper-leftcorner Viewing your email inbox Page Exchange ActiveSync email Page Composing and sending an email message Viewing and replying to an email message Editing email account settings Page Calendar About Calendar Creating a calendar event 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 Viewing, editing or deleting an event Viewing and editing an event Deleting an event Calendar event reminders Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Displaying and synchronizing calendars Showing or hiding calendars Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone Changing Calendar settings Reminder settings Calendar view settings Sending a vCalendar About the Calendar widget Clock and Weather About the HTC Clock widget About the Clock application Using Desk Clock Page 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 Page 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 Page Internet 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 Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) Preparing your phone for VPN connection Adding a VPN connection Connecting to a VPN Disconnecting from a VPN Using your phones web browser Opening the browser Going to a web page Setting your home page Changing the screen orientation Page Selecting a link in a web page Opening a new browser window Switching between browser windows Finding text within a web page Downloading applications from the web Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Page Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages Page Setting browser options Using your phone as a modem (tethering) Wi-Fi Hotspot Page Bluetooth Using Bluetooth Turning Bluetooth on or off Changing the phone name Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Reconnecting a headset or car kit Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device Disconnecting a Bluetooth device Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth Sending information from your phone to another device Page Receiving information from another device Page Camera Camera basics Viewfinder screen Camera211 Using the optical trackball as the shutter release Review screen Zooming Taking a photo Camera flash doesnt turn on? Face detection Capturing a video Camera settings Changing basic settings Exposure Image properties Page Page Page Page Gallery About the Gallery application Selecting an album Page Viewing photos and videos Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing a photo in landscape orientation Zooming in or out on a photo Watching video Viewing photos in your social networks Viewing photos on Facebook Viewing photos on Flickr Working with photos Rotating and saving a photo Cropping a photo Sharing Sending photos or videos by email Sending a photo or video by MMS Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth Sharing photos on Facebook Sharing photos on Flickr Sharing photos on Picasa Sharing videos on YouTube Page Music Page Browsing music in the Library Creating a playlist Playing the songs in a playlist Managing playlists Page Setting a song as ringtone Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Sending music using Bluetooth About the Music widget Maps and location Using Google Maps Viewing locations Page y Viewing map layers Searching for a location Page Getting directions Page Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) Page Page Page Using HTC Footprints Creating a footprint Revisiting a footprint Editing or deleting a footprint Exporting your footprints Importing footprints Adding the Footprints widget More apps Watching videos on YouTube Watching videos Searching for videos Sharing a video link Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube Viewing a PDF Viewing documents, presentations, and spread- sheets Page Keeping track of your stocks Adding a stock quote or stock market index Changing the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices Setting stock information update frequency Manually updating stock information Adding the Stocks widget Recording your voice Recording your voice Sharing a voice clip Setting a voice clip as a ringtone Renaming a voice clip Using Voice Search Opening Voice Search Page Using Flashlight Finding and installing apps from Android Market Finding and installing an application Creating a Google Checkout account Requesting a refund for an application Opening an installed application Uninstalling an application Getting help Sharing games and applications Page Page Security Protecting your phone with a screen lock Setting a screen unlock pattern Setting a numeric PIN Setting a password Settings Settings on your phone Page Page Changing display settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually Adjusting the time before the screen turns off Preventing automatic screen rotation Recalibrating the G-sensor Switching animation effects on or off Keeping the screen on while charging the phone Changing sound settings 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 applications Freeing up more phone memory or storage card space Checking information about your phone Reset Performing a hard/factory reset Page Specifications Specifications291 Index A B C D E F G H K L M N O S T U V W Y Z