HTC ADR6300, DROID Incredible Basics

Basics

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

Phone

USB cable

Battery

AC adapter

Quick start guide

RF brochure

Product safety and warranty brochure

Your Phone

Front panel

1 Earpiece

Listen to a phone call from here.

2 MENU

Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen.

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Contents

Main Before you do anything else, please read this Charge the battery Choose a rate plan wisely Know about privacy laws And finally, a few important words from our legal team (LIMITATION OF DAMAGES) Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION Contents Basics Personalizing Phone calls People Keyboard Messages Accounts and sync Social Email Calendar Clock and Weather Internet Bluetooth Camera Photos Music Maps and location More apps Security Settings Page Basics Inside the box Your Phone Front panel Back panel Top panel Left panel Before turning on your phone Back cover Removing the back cover Replacing the back cover Storage card Battery Inserting the battery Removing the battery Charging the battery Finger gestures Getting started Turning on your phone Turning off your phone Setting up your phone for the first time Sleep mode Switching to Sleep mode Waking up from Sleep mode Page Extended Home screen Navigating the Home screen Directly going to a particular screen using Leap view Phone status and notifications Phone status icons These are the icons that may appear on the phone status area of the status bar: Notification icons These are the icons that may appear on the notifications area of the status bar: Checking notifications Opening the Notifications panel Closing the Notifications panel 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 Quick Search Box options Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box Personalizing Making your phone truly yours Changing the ringtone Personalizing your phone with scenes Using a preset scene Customizing and saving a scene Page 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 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 Moving a widget or icon Removing a widget or icon Phone calls Making calls Calling somebody using your phone Smart Dial Calling a speed dial number Calling using Voice Dialer Calling a phone number in a text message Calling a phone number in an email Making an emergency call Using Assisted Dialing Turning Assisted Dialing on Editing a countrys international call settings Receiving calls Answering an incoming call Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Automatically scaling down the ring volume when picking up the phone Rejecting an incoming call Rejecting a call and sending a text message Editing the default message Using in-call options Handling multiple calls Setting up a conference call Page 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 Visual Voice Mail Setting up Visual Voice Mail Using Visual Voice Mail 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 Adding a new contact Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Manually merging contact information Breaking the contact information link between contacts 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 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 Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary Entering text with voice input Adjusting touch input settings Touch Input settings Text input QWERTY Phone keypad & compact QWERTY Page Messages About Messages Sending text and multimedia messages Sending a text message Sending a multimedia (MMS) message Saving and resuming a draft message New message notifications WAP push messages Opening the link contained in a WAP push message Viewing all your WAP push messages Managing message conversations Reading a text message Viewing a multimedia message Replying to a text or multimedia message 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 SMS settings MMS settings Received messages Sent messages 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 Changing general sync settings Changing account settings Synchronizing an account manually 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 Synchronizing your phone with your computer automatically Synchronizing your phone with your computer manually Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade Installing apps from your computer to your phone Social Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Facebook for HTC Sense Facebook for Android application Using the Facebook application Differences between Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Twittering on your phone Peep screen Sending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Unfollowing a Twitter user Sending a direct message Setting Peep options Page Using Friend Stream Friend Stream screen Updating your status Adding the Friend Stream widget Chatting in Google Talk Signing in to Google Talk Signing out of Google Talk Chatting with friends Starting a chat Changing your online status and picture Changing your online status Changing your status message Changing your picture Managing your Friends list Adding a friend Accepting an invitation to become a friend Viewing the list of pending invitations to friends Viewing all friends or only those most popular with you Changing Google Talk settings Setting notifications for new Google Talk messages Showing or hiding the mobile indicator to friends Setting whether you sign into Google Talk automatically Email Using Gmail/Google Mail Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox Switching to another Google Account Reading your messages Replying to or forwarding an email message Muting a conversation Reporting a conversation as spam Sending a message Adding a signature to your messages Viewing your sent messages Managing conversations and messages Searching for messages Starring a message Labeling a conversation Viewing conversations by label Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settings Working with conversations in batches Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email account Viewing your email inbox Inbox filter tabs Refreshing an email account Sorting email messages Deleting an email message Deleting multiple email messages Exchange ActiveSync email Setting out of the office status Sending a meeting request Setting the priority for an email message Composing and sending an email message Viewing and replying to an email message Editing email account settings Deleting an email account Adding the Mail widget 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 Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Changing Calendar settings Reminder settings Calendar view settings Sending a vCalendar About the Calendar widget Page About the Clock application 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 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 Page Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) Preparing your phone for VPN connection Setting up secure credential storage 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 Navigating on a web page Zooming in or out on a web 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 Viewing your downloads Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Selecting text Page 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 web page Opening a bookmark Editing a bookmark Viewing a previously visited page Setting browser options Using your phone as a modem (tethering) 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 Receiving information from another device Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen Camera Camera basics Viewfinder screen Using the optical joystick as the shutter release Review screen Zooming Taking a photo Camera flash doesnt turn on? Capturing a video Camera settings Changing basic settings Changing advanced settings Page Photos About the Photos application Selecting an album Viewing photos and videos Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Page 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 Music About the Music application Playing music Page Creating a playlist Playing the songs in a playlist Managing playlists Adding more songs to a playlist Rearranging songs in a playlist Deleting songs from a playlist Deleting playlists 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 Turning on location services Finding your location Getting an address and additional information for a location Looking at a location in Street View Clearing the map Viewing map layers Searching for a location Getting directions Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) Joining Latitude Opening Latitude Inviting friends to share their locations Responding to an invitation Viewing your friends locations Connecting with and managing friends Changing privacy settings 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 Clearing the search history Sharing a video link Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube Viewing a PDF Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets 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 Listening to the radio Listening to an FM station Adding station names Minimizing or turning off FM Radio 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 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 Security Protecting your phone with a screen lock Settings Settings on your phone 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 Setting a sound profile Enabling or disabling audible selection Enabling or disabling haptic feedback Choosing the notification sound 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 Checking information about your phone Backup, update and reset Backing up your contacts Setting up Backup Assistant Changing the backup schedule Manually backing up your contacts Updating your phones system software Checking for phone system software updates manually Performing a hard/factory reset Performing a factory reset via settings Performing a factory reset using phone buttons Specifications Index Symbols A B C H I K L M T U V W Y