Inserting the SIM card, Removing the SIM card | HTC G2 manual

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SIM card

The SIM card contains your phone number and phonebook/message memory. Your phone supports both 1.8V and 3V SIM cards.

Inserting the SIM card

1Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover."

2If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to "Removing the battery."

3Locate the SIM card slot at the top of the battery compartment.

4Insert the SIM card into the slot with its cut-off corner first and its gold contacts facing down, and then push it in completely into the slot.

Removing the SIM card

1Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover."

2If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to "Removing the battery."

3Slide the SIM card towards the direction of the battery compartment.

4Slide the SIM card out from the slot using your thumb.

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HTC G2 manual Inserting the SIM card, Removing the SIM card

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Mobile G2 Trademarks and copyrights Contents Connecting to networks and devices Placing and receiving callsContacts Accounts Google Voice 157 119Calendar 143 Google Talk 169 Browser 203 221 245Gallery 253 266 News & Weather 284 290Car Home 296 Calculator 299 325 About this guide About this guide 12About this guide Android basics This section Inside the box Your phone Front panel with keyboard opened Top panel Back panel Bottom panel Left and right panels Before turning on your phone Back coverRemoving the back cover Replacing the back cover Removing the SIM card SIM cardInserting the SIM card Storage card Inserting the storage card Battery Removing the storage card Inserting the battery Removing the battery Charging the battery Turning off your phone Turning on your phoneEntering your PIN Starting Android for the first time Your Google Account Android basics Additional accounts and settings Customizing your phone Getting to know the Home screen To wake up the phone To return to the Home screen To view other parts of the Home screen Customizing the Home screen To add an item to the Home screenShortcuts Widgets To move an item on the Home screen To remove an item from the Home screenTo change the Home screen wallpaper Touch Gallery, Live wallpaper, or Wallpapers To rename a folder Using the touchscreen Pinch Rotate the screen Using the Trackpad To use the Trackpad Monitoring your phone’s status Status icons Notification icons Notifications Managing notificationsTo open the Notifications panel To close the Notifications panel To respond to a notificationTo clear all notifications Using the hardware Qwerty Entering text Using the Quick keys Assigning the Quick keys Changing the Quick key assignment Using the onscreen keyboard To enter text To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters To enter words using Swype To change the onscreen keyboard orientation To enter text by speaking Using your voice to enter textTo change the keyboard language Android basics Editing text To edit textTo select text Touch Select text To cut or copy text To paste text Opening and switching applications To open and close the Launcher To switch to a recently used application To open an application Working with menus Options menus Context menus Searching your phone and the web To search your phone and the web User’s Guide Mobile G2 To target where you want to search Searchable items To change what you can target when searching the phoneTo add a dedicated Search widget to your Home screen To perform other things by voice Searching and doing things by voiceTo search the web by voice Android basics To lock your phone To remove the pattern, PIN, or password lockLocking your phone Connecting quickly with your contacts To check the battery charge level Optimizing battery lifeTo extend the life of your battery To monitor and control what uses the battery Performing a hard/factory reset Performing a factory reset via settingsPerforming a factory reset using phone buttons Erase everything Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to mobile networks To know what network you’re using To disable data when roaming To edit or create a new access pointTo limit your data connection to 2G networks New APN Touch Wireless & networks Wi-Fi settings Connecting to Wi-Fi networksTo turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network To receive notifications when open networks are in range To add a Wi-Fi network To forget a Wi-Fi network Touch Wireless & networks Connecting to Bluetooth devicesTo turn Bluetooth on or off Touch Wireless & networks Bluetooth settings To change your phone’s Bluetooth nameTo pair your phone with a Bluetooth device To connect to a Bluetooth device To configure the Bluetooth features you want to useTo disconnect from a Bluetooth device To unpair a Bluetooth device To disconnect your phone from the computer Connecting to a computer via USBTo connect your phone to a computer via USB To format a SD card Touch SD card & phone storage Connecting to virtual private networks Touch Wireless & networks VPN settingsTo add a VPN To connect to a VPN To delete a VPN To disconnect from a VPNTo edit a VPN Working with secure certificates To install a secure certificate from the SD cardTouch Location & security Touch Install from SD card Placing and receiving calls Placing and ending calls To open PhoneTo place a call by dialing Phone tab To end a call To disable phone calls Airplane mode Touch Airplane mode Answering or rejecting calls To answer a call To decline a call and divert it to voicemail To dial a number in the Call log Working with the Call logTo open the Call log To clear the Call log To add an entry’s number to your ContactsTo take other actions on a Call log entry Calling your contacts To call a contactTo call a favorite contact Contacts tab Listening to your voicemail To listen to your voicemail Dialing by voice To place a call by speaking To mute the microphone during a call Options during a callTo place a call on hold To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone To turn the speakerphone on or off To switch between current calls Managing multiple calls To set up a conference call To end a conference call and disconnect all callers Contacts Opening your contacts To open your contacts To open a list of your favorite contacts To view details about a contact Adding contacts To add a new contact Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts To import contacts from your SIM cardTo import contacts from your SD card Touch Import from SIM Touch Export to SD card To export contacts to your SD cardTo share a contact To remove a contact from your favorites list Adding a contact to your favoritesTo add a contact to your favorites Searching for a contact To search for a contact Editing contact details To edit contact details To change a contact’s default phone number To divert all of a contact’s calls to your voicemailTo set a ringtone for a contact Check Incoming calls To delete a contact To connect by using Quick Contact for Android Communicating with your contacts To call a contact’s default number To communicate with a contact Changing which contacts are displayed To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayedTo change what groups are displayed Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones Contacts 109 Joining contacts To join contacts Separating contact information To separate contact information Accounts Touch Add account Adding and removing accountsTo add an account Touch the kind of account to add To remove an account Touch Remove account Configuring account sync and display options To configure general sync settings To change an account’s sync settings To sync information manually 118 Gmail Gmail is different Gmail is web-basedGmail is conversation-based Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders Opening Gmail and your Inbox To open Gmail To open your Inbox when Gmail is running To switch accounts Reading your messages To read a message To read a message again Gmail 125 Composing and sending a message To compose and send a message Gmail 127 Touch Reply, Reply to all, or Forward Replying to or forwarding a messageTo reply to or forward a message Touch Send Working with conversations in batches Labeling a conversation To label a conversationTo label a batch of conversations at once To change a conversation’s labels Starring a message To star a messageTo unstar a message To unstar all messages in a conversation Viewing conversations by label Copying text from messages To copy text from a message More Report spam Reporting spamTo report a conversation as spam Searching for messages Archiving conversations Synchronizing your messages To select which conversations to synchronize To set how many days of conversations to synchronize Touch Number of days to sync Appending a signature to your messages Changing Gmail settings General Settings Notification settings Calendar Viewing your calendar and events To open Calendar To change your calendar view To switch to Agenda view Working in Agenda view To add an event in Day view To switch to Day viewWorking in Day view To switch to Week view Working in Week viewTo learn more about events in Week view To add an event in Week view To view more information about events in Month view To switch to Month viewWorking in Month view Viewing event details To view information about an event Creating an event To create an event To delete an event Editing or deleting an eventTo edit an event To delete an event reminder Setting an event reminderTo set an event reminder Responding to an event reminder To respond to an event reminder Synchronizing and displaying calendars To set whether calendars are stored on the phone or visible Changing Calendar settings Default reminder timeHide declined events Set alerts & notifications Google Voice Configuring Google Voice To configure Google Voice Google Voice 159 To open your Inbox Opening Google Voice and your InboxTo open Google Voice Reading or listening to your voicemail To read a transcript of your voicemail To reply to a message To delete a message To read and reply to a text message Exchanging text SMS messagesTo send a text message Starring messages To view your starred messages Viewing messages by label Placing calls with Google Voice To check your account balance Changing Google Voice settings Sync and notifications settings Google Talk To sign out of Google Talk Signing in and opening your Friends listTo open Google Talk and sign To return to your Friends list Chatting with friendsTo chat with a friend To invite a friend to join a group chat To switch between active chatsTo accept an invitation to chat Chat on record To chat on or off the recordTo end a chat Changing and monitoring online status To change your online status To change your status message To change your picture Managing your Friends list To add a friend to your Friends listTo view and accept an invitation to become a friend To view a list of pending invitations to friends To block a friend To view all friends or only those most popular with youTo make a friend popular Changing Google Talk settings To configure notifications for new Google Talk messagesTo show or hide the mobile indicator to friends To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically 179 To open the Accounts screen Opening Email and the Accounts screenTo open Email To open your Combined Inbox Touch Combined Inbox 182 183 Responding to a message To mark a message as unread 185 Working with message in batches Touch Mark unread, Add star, or Delete Composing and sending email Working with account folders To view an account’s folders Touch Signature Adding and editing email accounts To add an email account To change an account’s settings To delete an email account Changing email account settings Account settings Incoming server settings Incoming settingsOutgoing settings Sync contacts Outgoing server settings Security type Messaging To delete a message thread from the Messaging window Opening MessagingTo open Messaging Exchanging messages To create and send a multimedia message To respond to messages you receive Touch Send MMS To forward a message To lock a messageTo view details about a message Unlock message Changing Messaging settings Storage settingsText message SMS settings Multimedia message MMS settings Notifications Auto-retrieveRoaming auto-retrieve Browser Opening Browser To open Browser To go to a webpage To refresh the currentTo stop opening a To get more information about the current Press Menu and touch More Settings Set home To set your home Navigating within a webpage To scroll a webpageTo zoom in or out on a webpage To quickly zoom into a section of a webpage To find text on a webpage To copy text from webpage Navigating among webpages To open a linkTo go back and forward among the pages you’ve opened To view your Browser history To view your most frequently visited pages To follow shortcuts for links, phone numbers, and addresses To switch Browser windows Working with multiple Browser windowsTo open a new Browser window To close a Browser window To allow installing applications from the web or email To cancel a downloadDownloading files To download a file To view the files you’ve downloaded To delete a file you’ve downloaded Working with bookmarks To bookmark a webpageTo open a bookmark To edit a bookmark To share a bookmark To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screenTo delete a bookmark Touch Shortcut Touch Bookmarks Changing Browser settings Content settings Privacy settings Security settings Reset to default Advanced settingsWebsite settings Maps To open Maps and view your location To use location services with MapsOpening Maps and viewing your location To clear the map To move the mapTo zoom in and out of a map Obtaining details about a location To get the address and additional details about a location Maps 225 Starring a location To star or unstar an location To view a list of starred items Changing map layers To view map, satellite, or traffic layers To open Street View for a location To navigate in Street View Searching for locations and places To search for a location Getting directions To get directions More Clear map Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions To navigate with turn-by-turn directions 234 Maps To view turn-by-turn directions in a list To return to Navigation View To change views of your route To search for locations along your route To preview your route To view traffic conditions on your route To get an alternate route to your destination To exit navigation Finding your friends with Google Latitude To join LatitudeTo open Latitude To invite friends to share their locations To respond to an invitation To view your friends’ locations To connect with and manage connections with your friends Share best location availableShare only city level location Hide from this friend To control what you share Turn off LatitudeDetect your location Set your location Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures To open Camera To take a picture To take pictures with digital zoom To shoot a video Changing Camera settings To change Camera settings Camera settings SettingsStore location White balance 1x Zoom Camcorder settingsFlash mode Video quality High 30m Low 30m MMS Low, 30s YouTube High, 10m Gallery Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albumsTo open Gallery and view your albums Gallery 255 To open an album and view its contents Working with albums To change how the contents of an album are displayed To work with batches of pictures or videos To share an album To get details about an album To delete an album To watch a slideshow of your pictures Working with picturesTo view and browse pictures To rotate a picture Touch Rotate left or Rotate right To crop a picture To get details about a picture To view the location of a picture in Google Maps To share a pictureTo delete a picture Touch Show on map To share a video Working with videosTo play videos To delete a video Touch Confirm Delete Goggles To search with pictures Opening Goggles and searching with picturesTo open Goggles To get information about nearby places To learn more about Goggles To disable or enable Goggles search history Working with your search historyTo review your search history To remove images from your search history YouTube Opening YouTube and watching videos To open YouTube To watch and interact with YouTube videos To search for videos To share your videos on YouTube Changing YouTube settings Music Transferring music files to your phone To copy music files onto the phone’s SD card Opening Music and working with your library To open Music and view your music library Delete To search for music in your libraryTo delete a song from the SD card Play all Playing musicTo play music To play your tracks in a party shuffle To control playback volumeTo control playback To use a song as a ringtone Use as phone ringtone Working with playlists To create a playlistTo add a song to a playlist To rearrange songs in a playlist To create playlists on your computer To remove a song from a playlistTo rename or delete a playlist News & Weather Checking the news and weather To open News & Weather To get details about the news and weather Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast News & Weather 287 News settings Changing News & Weather settingsWeather settings Refresh settings Clock To play a slideshow Viewing the date, time, and other informationTo open the Clock application To dim the Clock display Setting alarms To set an alarm 294 Clock Changing Clock alarm settings Alarm in silent modeAlarm volume Volume and Camera Car Home Using Car Home To change Car Home settings Calculator To open and use the Calculator Using the CalculatorTo access your history of operations Market Opening Android Market and finding applications To open Android Market To get help with Android Market To browse for applications To open a screen with details about an application To search for applications To return to the Android Market home screen Downloading and installing applications To download and install an application To create a Google Checkout account To set whether an application is updated automatically Managing your downloadsTo view your downloaded applications Downloads To set whether you’re notified about updated applications To uninstall an application Touch UninstallTouch Uninstall & refund To request a refund for an application To rate an application To flag inappropriate applications Settings Opening Settings To open Settings Wireless & networks Wi-Fi settings screen Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen Bluetooth settings screen VPN settings screen Mobile networks settings screen Network operators Access Point NamesUse only 2G networks Voicemail Call settingsOther call settings Enable FDN Fixed Dialing Numbers screenChange PIN2 FDN list Sound settings Haptic feedback Display settings Screen timeoutBrightness Auto-rotate screen Location & security settings Screen unlock screen Applications settings Applications settings screen Application Info screen Development screen Stay awake Allow mock locations Accounts & sync settings Accounts & sync settings screenAuto-sync Manage accounts Account screen Privacy settings Automatic restoreFactory data reset Back up my data SD card & phone storage settings SD card, Total space and Available spaceUnmount SD card Format SD card Google search settings screen Search settingsSearch settings screen Language & keyboard settings Language & Keyboard screen Android keyboard settings screen Device Keyboard settings screen Auto-replaceAuto-cap Auto-punctuate Text-to-Speech settings screen Voice input & output settingsVoice recognizer settings screen Engines Install voice dataSpeech rate Accessibility settings AccessibilityKickBack TalkBack Date & time settings About phone About Phone screen