HTC G2 To share your videos on YouTube

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T-Mobile G2 User’s Guide

To share your videos on YouTube

You can shoot and share a video by using YouTube. First, you must

create a YouTube account and sign into it on your phone.

You can also share the videos you shoot with the Camera application

by uploading them to YouTube. See “Working with videos” on

page 264.

1At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch the Camera icon .

2Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.

3Touch the Shutter button.

The camcorder starts shooting the video. The time remaining to

shoot counts down at the left; when less than a minute is left, the

countdown turns red.

4Touch the Shutter button again to stop shooting.

The Upload video screen opens.

5Enter a title for your video.

You can add additional details by touching More details.

6Touch Upload.

Contents

Main Trademarks and copyrights Contents Connecting to networks and devices................................................... 66 Page Page Page Page Page About this guide Page Page Android basics Inside the box Your phone Front panel with keyboard opened Top panel Page Left and right panels Before turning on your phone Back cover Removing the back cover Replacing the back cover SIM card Inserting the SIM card Removing the SIM card Storage card Inserting the storage card Removing the storage card Battery Page Charging the battery Turning on your phone Entering your PIN Turning off your phone Starting Android for the first time Your Google Account Page Customizing your phone Additional accounts and settings 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 screen Shortcuts Widgets Folders To move an item on the Home screen To remove an item from the Home screen To change the Home screen wallpaper Page Using the touchscreen Touch Touch & hold Drag Swipe or slide Page Using the Trackpad To use the Trackpad Monitoring your phones status Status icons Notification icons Managing notifications To open the Notifications panel To respond to a notification To clear all notifications To close the Notifications panel Entering text Using the hardware QWERTY 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 change the keyboard language Using your voice to enter text To enter text by speaking Page Editing text To edit text To select text To cut or copy text To paste text Opening and switching applications To open and close the Launcher To open an application To switch to a recently used application Working with menus Options menus Context menus Searching your phone and the web To search your phone and the web Page To target where you want to search To change what you can target when searching the phone To add a dedicated Search widget to your Home screen Searching and doing things by voice To search the web by voice To perform other things by voice Page Locking your phone To lock your phone To remove the pattern, PIN, or password lock Connecting quickly with your contacts Optimizing battery life To extend the life of your battery To check the battery charge level To monitor and control what uses the battery Performing a hard/factory reset Performing a factory reset via settings Performing a factory reset using phone buttons Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to mobile networks To know what network youre using To disable data when roaming To limit your data connection to 2G networks To edit or create a new access point Connecting to Wi-Fi networks To 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 Connecting to Bluetooth devices To turn Bluetooth on or off To change your phones Bluetooth name To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device To connect to a Bluetooth device To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use To disconnect from a Bluetooth device To unpair a Bluetooth device Connecting to a computer via USB To connect your phone to a computer via USB To disconnect your phone from the computer To format a SD card Connecting to virtual private networks To add a VPN To connect to a VPN To disconnect from a VPN To edit a VPN To delete a VPN Working with secure certificates To install a secure certificate from the SD card Placing and receiving calls Placing and ending calls To open Phone To place a call by dialing To end a call To disable phone calls (Airplane mode) Answering or rejecting calls To answer a call Page Working with the Call log To open the Call log To dial a number in the Call log To add an entrys number to your Contacts To take other actions on a Call log entry To clear the Call log Calling your contacts To call a contact To call a favorite contact Listening to your voicemail To listen to your voicemail Dialing by voice To place a call by speaking Options during a call To place a call on hold To mute the microphone during a call To turn the speakerphone on or off To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone Managing multiple calls To switch between current 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 card To import contacts from your SD card To export contacts to your SD card To share a contact Adding a contact to your favorites To add a contact to your favorites To remove a contact from your favorites list Searching for a contact To search for a contact Editing contact details To edit contact details To change a contacts default phone number To divert all of a contacts calls to your voicemail To set a ringtone for a contact To delete a contact Communicating with your contacts To connect by using Quick Contact for Android To communicate with a contact To call a contacts default number To send a text or multimedia message to a contacts default number Changing which contacts are displayed To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed To change what groups are displayed Page Joining contacts To join contacts Separating contact information To separate contact information Accounts Adding and removing accounts To add an account Page To remove an account Configuring account sync and display options To configure general sync settings To sync information manually To change an accounts sync settings Page Gmail Gmail is different Gmail is web-based Gmail is conversation-based Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile: for advanced tasks, use a web browser 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 Page Composing and sending a message To compose and send a message Page Replying to or forwarding a message To reply to or forward a message Page Working with conversations in batches Labeling a conversation To label a conversation To label a batch of conversations at once To change a conversations labels Starring a message Viewing conversations by label Copying text from messages To copy text from a message Reporting spam To 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 Appending a signature to your messages Changing Gmail settings General Settings Signature Confirm actions Auto-advance Notification settings Calendar Viewing your calendar and events To open Calendar To change your calendar view Working in Agenda view To switch to Agenda view Working in Day view To switch to Day view To add an event in Day view Working in Week view To switch to Week view To learn more about events in Week view To add an event in Week view Working in Month view To switch to Month view To view more information about events in Month view Viewing event details To view information about an event Creating an event To create an event Editing or deleting an event To edit an event To delete an event Setting an event reminder To set an event reminder To delete 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 Google Voice Configuring Google Voice To configure Google Voice Page Opening Google Voice and your Inbox To open Google Voice To open your Inbox Reading or listening to your voicemail To read a transcript of your voicemail To listen to your voicemail To reply to a message To delete a message Exchanging text (SMS) messages To send a text message To read and reply to a text message Starring messages Viewing messages by label Placing calls with Google Voice To check your account balance Changing Google Voice settings General Settings Sync and notifications settings Google Talk Signing in and opening your Friends list To open Google Talk and sign in To sign out of Google Talk Chatting with friends To chat with a friend To return to your Friends list To accept an invitation to chat To switch between active chats To invite a friend to join a group chat To chat on or off the record To 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 list To view and accept an invitation to become a friend To view a list of pending invitations to friends To view all friends or only those most popular with you To make a friend popular To block a friend Changing Google Talk settings To configure notifications for new Google Talk messages To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically Email Opening Email and the Accounts screen To open Email To open the Accounts screen To open your Combined Inbox Page Reading your messages To read a message Responding to a message To reply to or forward a message To mark a message as unread To delete a message Starring messages To star a message To unstar a message To view your starred messages Working with message in batches Composing and sending email To compose and send a message Working with account folders To view an accounts folders Appending a signature to your messages Adding and editing email accounts To add an email account To change an accounts settings To delete an email account Changing email account settings Account settings Vibrate Incoming settings Outgoing settings Incoming server settings Outgoing server settings Messaging Opening Messaging To open Messaging To delete a message thread from the Messaging window Exchanging messages To send a text message To create and send a multimedia message To respond to messages you receive To forward a message To lock a message To view details about a message Changing Messaging settings Storage settings Text message (SMS) settings Multimedia message (MMS) settings Notification settings Browser Opening Browser To open Browser To go to a webpage To refresh the current page To stop opening a page To get more information about the current page To set your home page Navigating within a webpage To scroll a webpage To 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 link To go back and forward among the pages youve opened To view your Browser history To view your most frequently visited pages To follow shortcuts for links, phone numbers, and addresses Working with multiple Browser windows To open a new Browser window To switch Browser windows To close a Browser window Downloading files To allow installing applications from the web or email To download a file To cancel a download To view the files youve downloaded To delete a file youve downloaded Working with bookmarks To bookmark a webpage To open a bookmark To edit a bookmark To share a bookmark To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen To delete a bookmark Changing Browser settings Page content settings Privacy settings Security settings Advanced settings Maps Opening Maps and viewing your location To use location services with Maps To open Maps and view your location To move the map To zoom in and out of a map To clear the map Obtaining details about a location To get the address and additional details about a location Page 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 Page Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions To navigate with turn-by-turn directions Page 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 Page Finding your friends with Google Latitude To join Latitude To 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 To control what you share 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 Settings Store location White balance Flash mode Camcorder settings Settings White balance Flash mode Video quality Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albums To open Gallery and view your albums Page Working with albums To open an album and view its contents 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 Working with pictures To view and browse pictures To watch a slideshow of your pictures To rotate a picture To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper To crop a picture To get details about a picture To view the location of a picture in Google Maps To share a picture To delete a picture Working with videos To play videos To share a video To delete a video Goggles Opening Goggles and searching with pictures To open Goggles To search with pictures To get information about nearby places To learn more about Goggles Working with your search history To review your search history To remove images from your search history To disable or enable Goggles search history Page 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 phones SD card Opening Music and working with your library To open Music and view your music library To search for music in your library To delete a song from the SD card Playing music To play music To control playback To control playback volume To play your tracks in a party shuffle To use a song as a ringtone Working with playlists To create a playlist To add a song to a playlist To rearrange songs in a playlist To remove a song from a playlist To rename or delete a playlist To create playlists on your computer Page Checking the news and weather To open News & Weather To get details about the news and weather Page Changing News & Weather settings Weather settings News settings Refresh settings Clock Viewing the date, time, and other information To open the Clock application To play a slideshow To play music To dim the Clock display Setting alarms To set an alarm Page Changing Clock alarm settings Page Using Car Home To change Car Home settings Page Using the Calculator To open and use the Calculator To access your history of operations Page 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 Managing your downloads To view your downloaded applications To set whether an application is updated automatically To respond to a notification that application updates are available To set whether youre notified about updated applications To uninstall an application 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 Page Call settings Voicemail Other call settings Fixed Dialing Numbers screen Enable FDN Change PIN2 FDN list Sound settings Page Display settings Brightness Auto-rotate screen Animation Screen timeout Location & security settings Screen unlock screen Applications settings Applications settings screen Unknown sources Quick launch Manage applications Application Info screen Storage Cache Launch by default Permissions Page Accounts & sync settings Accounts & sync settings screen Background data Auto-sync Manage accounts Account screen Privacy settings Back up my data Automatic restore Factory data reset SD card & phone storage settings SD card, Total space and Available space Unmount SD card Format SD card Internal phone storage, Available space Search settings Search settings screen Google search settings screen Language & keyboard settings Language & Keyboard screen Android keyboard settings screen Device Keyboard settings screen Voice input & output settings Voice recognizer settings screen Language SafeSearch Block offensive words Page Accessibility settings Date & time settings About phone About Phone screen