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Switching between active chats

You can switch between chats if you have more than one chat going.

1.While on a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap Switch chats.

2.On the screen that opens, tap the friend you want to chat with.

Inviting a friend to join a group chat

1.While on a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap Add to chat.

2.Tap the friend you want to invite. The friend you invited and the current participants receive an invitation to a group chat. Each one who accepts the invitation joins the group chat.

Chatting on or off the record

Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail/Google Mail. But, if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off the record.

1.On a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap Chat off record.

2.To resume saving the messages in the chat, press MENU, and then tap Chat on record.

Ending a chat

Do one of the following:

In the Friends list, press and hold the friend you want to stop chatting with, and then in the menu that opens, tap End chat.

While on a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap End chat.

Changing your online status and picture

Changing your online status

1.Press HOME , and then tap > Talk.

2.In the Friends list, tap the online status icon ( ) beside your name, and then select the status you want on the options menu.

In addition to the standard status settings described in the table, you can also select a message that you’ve entered previously. Or tap Clear custom messages to erase them and start over.

Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed.

Changing your status message

1.Press HOME , and then tap > Talk.

2.In the Friends list, tap the text box to the left of your online status icon, and then enter your status message.

3.On the onscreen keyboard, tap .

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HTC DROID Incredible, ADR6300 manual Changing your online status and picture

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User Guide Choose a rate plan wisely Charge the batteryBefore you do anything else, please read this Know about privacy laws Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide Important Customer Information Contents Phone calls People Messages Setting text and multimedia message optionsKeyboard Accounts and sync Social Calendar Clock and Weather Internet Bluetooth CameraPhotos Music Maps and locationMore apps Settings Security 199 Backup, update and resetSpecifications Index Updating your phone’s system software 200 Your Phone BasicsInside the box Front panel Back panel Home Top panel Left panel Before turning on your phone Back coverStorage card Removing the battery BatteryInserting the battery Removing the storage card while the phone is on Charging the battery Finger gestures Turning on your phone Setting up your phone for the first timeGetting started Turning off your phone Sleep mode Switching to Sleep modeWaking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Extended Home screen Directly going to a particular screen using Leap viewHome screen Navigating the Home screen Phone status and notifications Phone status icons Notification icons Checking notifications Opening the Notifications panelClosing the Notifications panel Adjusting the volume Adjusting the ringer volumeAdjusting the media volume Connecting your phone to a computer Copying files to and from the storage card Setting Web and Quick Search Box options Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search BoxSearching your phone and the Web Personalizing Making your phone truly yoursChanging the ringtone Using a preset scene Personalizing your phone with scenesCustomizing and saving a scene Renaming or deleting a scene Changing your wallpaper Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Adding a widget to your Home screenDownloading HTC widgets Personalizing Adding folders on your Home screen Creating a new folder and adding items to itRenaming a folder Moving a widget or icon Removing a widget or icon Making calls Calling somebody using your phonePhone calls Calling a speed dial number Calling using Voice Dialer Calling a phone number in a text messageCalling a phone number in an email Making an emergency call Using Assisted DialingEditing a country’s international call settings Turning Assisted Dialing on Receiving calls Answering an incoming callMuting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Editing the default message Rejecting an incoming callRejecting a call and sending a text message Using in-call options Setting up a conference callHandling multiple calls Muting the microphone during a call Turning the speakerphone on or off during a callEnding 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 Nbpcd Setting up Visual Voice Mail Using Visual Voice MailVisual Voice Mail Turning Airplane mode on or off People About PeopleWays of getting contacts into your phone Setting up My contact card People screenYour contacts list Adding a new contact Editing a contact’s information Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync accountMerging contact information Manually merging contact information Importing contacts from the storage card Searching for a contactBacking up your contacts to the storage card Deleting contacts Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS Deleting a group Contact groupsCreating a group and adding contacts Adding or removing contacts from a group Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group Contact information and conversations People widget Setting the default communication methodChanging the default communication method Adding the People widget Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboardUsing the landscape onscreen keyboard Changing the onscreen keyboard layout Entering text Entering words with predictive text Entering text with voice input Adding a word to the predictive text dictionaryEditing or deleting a word in the user dictionary Text input Adjusting touch input settingsTouch Input settings Phone keypad & compact Qwerty Other settings Finger touch precision Sending text and multimedia messages MessagesAbout 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 messageViewing all your WAP push messages Viewing a multimedia message Managing message conversationsReading a text message Replying to a text or multimedia message Deleting several message threads Protecting a message from deletionDeleting a message thread Deleting a single message MMS settings Setting text and multimedia message optionsSMS settings Received messages Adding the Messages widget Sent messages Adding a social network account Accounts and syncSynchronizing with online accounts Synchronizing with a Google Account Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Managing your accounts Using HTC Sync Installing HTC Sync Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Setting up synchronization Setting up more sync options Synchronizing your phoneSynchronizing your phone with your computer automatically Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade Installing apps from your computer to your phoneSynchronizing your phone with your computer manually Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Using the Facebook applicationSocial Facebook for HTC Sense With the Facebook application, you can Adding the Facebook widget Twittering on your phone Peep screenSending a tweet Sending a direct message Setting Peep optionsSearching for Twitter users to follow Unfollowing a Twitter user 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 TalkChatting with friends Changing your online status and picture Managing your Friends list Making a friend popular Changing Google Talk settingsSetting notifications for new Google Talk messages Blocking a friend Showing or hiding the mobile indicator to friends Setting whether you sign into Google Talk automatically 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 conversationReporting a conversation as spam Sending a message Adding a signature to your messages Managing conversations and messages Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settings Working with conversations in batches Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email accountViewing your email inbox Sorting email messages Inbox filter tabsRefreshing an email account Deleting an email message Exchange ActiveSync email Setting out of the office statusSetting the priority for an email message Sending a meeting request Composing and sending an email message Deleting an email account Editing email account settingsViewing and replying to an email message Adding the Mail widget Calendar About CalendarCreating a calendar event Inviting guests to your event Google Account only Set the reminder time Changing calendar views Month view Day and Agenda views Week view Viewing, editing or deleting an event Viewing and editing an eventDeleting an event Calendar event reminders Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar Displaying and synchronizing calendarsShowing or hiding calendars Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Changing Calendar settings Reminder settingsCalendar view settings Sending a vCalendar About the Calendar widget Clock and Weather About the HTC Clock widget About the Clock application Using Desk Clock Using World Clock Setting your home citySetting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clock Setting an alarmDeleting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Checking weather Adding a city to the Weather screen Deleting cities from the Weather screen About the Weather widgetChanging the order of cities on the Weather screen Changing weather options Turning the data connection on or off InternetData connection Enabling data roaming Wi-Fi Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless networkConnecting 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 Setting up secure credential storage Connecting to a virtual private network VPNConnecting to a VPN Preparing your phone for VPN connection Disconnecting from a VPN Using your phone’s web browser Navigating on a web Zooming in or out on a webSelecting a link in a web Switching between browser windows Opening a new browser window Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Finding text within a webDownloading applications from the web Viewing your downloads Internet Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages Setting browser options Using your phone as a modem tethering Turning Bluetooth on or off BluetoothUsing Bluetooth 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 deviceUnpairing 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 basicsViewfinder screen Using the optical joystick as the shutter release Review screen Zooming Taking a photo Camera flash doesn’t turn on? Capturing a video Camera settings Changing basic settingsChanging advanced settings Camera Photos About the Photos applicationSelecting an album Viewing photos and videos Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing a photo in landscape orientation Zooming in or out on a photoWatching video Viewing photos in your social networks Viewing photos on FacebookViewing photos on Flickr Working with photos Rotating and saving a photoCropping a photo Sending photos or videos by email Sending photos or videos using BluetoothSharing Sending a photo or video by MMS Sharing photos on Picasa Sharing photos on FacebookSharing photos on Flickr Sharing videos on YouTube Music About the Music applicationPlaying music Browsing music in the Library Managing playlists Creating a playlistPlaying the songs in a playlist Adding more songs to a playlist Rearranging songs in a playlist Deleting songs from a playlistDeleting playlists About the Music widget Setting a song as ringtoneSending music using Bluetooth Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Using Google Maps Maps and locationViewing locations Looking at a location in Street View Clearing the map Viewing map layers Searching for a location Tap . The search results are displayed on the map Getting directions Inviting friends to share their locations Joining LatitudeOpening Latitude Responding to an invitation Connecting with and managing friends Viewing your friends’ locations Changing privacy settings Using HTC Footprints Creating a footprintRevisiting a footprint Editing or deleting a footprint Exporting your footprints Importing footprints Adding the Footprints widget Watching videos More appsWatching videos on YouTube Searching for videos Sharing a video link Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube More apps Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets Changing the stock list order Keeping track of your stocksAdding a stock quote or stock market index Deleting stock quotes and indices Setting stock information update frequency Manually updating stock informationAdding the Stocks widget Listening to the radio Listening to an FM station Adding station names Minimizing or turning off FM Radio Recording your voice Setting a voice clip as a ringtoneRecording your voice Sharing a voice clip Using Voice Search Opening Voice Search Navigator Opening Navigator 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 applicationGetting help Security Protecting your phone with a screen lock Settings Settings on your phone Settings Adjusting the time before the screen turns off Changing display settingsAdjusting the screen brightness manually Preventing automatic screen rotation Switching animation effects on or off Keeping the screen on while charging the phone Enabling or disabling audible selection Changing sound settingsSetting a sound profile Enabling or disabling haptic feedback Changing the phone language Optimizing your phone’s battery life Checking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking information about your phone Changing the backup schedule Backup, update and resetSetting up Backup Assistant Backing up your contacts Checking for phone system software updates manually Updating your phone’s system software Performing a hard/factory reset Performing a factory reset via settingsPerforming a factory reset using phone buttons Specifications GPS Symbols Index Your HTC Incredible user guide Index