Monitoring your phone’s status, Status icons | HTC G2 specs

38	Android basics

Monitoring your phone’s status

The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.

Notification icons

Status icons

If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 40.

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone. To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks, see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 66.

	Connected to GPRS mobile network		Roaming

	GPRS in use		No signal

	Connected to EDGE mobile network		No SIM card installed

	EDGE in use		Vibrate mode

	Connected to 3G mobile network		Ringer is silenced

	3G in use		Phone microphone is mute

	Mobile network signal strength		Battery is very low

	Connected to a Wi-Fi network		Battery is low

	Bluetooth is on		Battery is partially drained

	Connected to a Bluetooth device		Battery is full

User’s Guide

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HTC G2 manual Monitoring your phone’s status, Status icons

Contents

Mobile G2 Trademarks and copyrights Contents Contacts Connecting to networks and devicesPlacing and receiving calls Accounts Google Voice 157 119Calendar 143 Google Talk 169 Browser 203 Gallery 253 221245 266 Car Home 296 News & Weather 284290 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 Removing the back cover Before turning on your phoneBack 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 Shortcuts Customizing the Home screenTo add an item to the Home screen Widgets To change the Home screen wallpaper To move an item on the Home screenTo remove an item from the Home screen 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 To select text Editing textTo edit 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 factory reset using phone buttons Performing a hard/factory resetPerforming a factory reset via settings Erase everything Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to mobile networks To know what network you’re using To limit your data connection to 2G networks To disable data when roamingTo edit or create a new access point 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 disconnect from a Bluetooth device To connect to a Bluetooth deviceTo configure the Bluetooth features you want to use 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 To add a VPN Connecting to virtual private networksTouch Wireless & networks VPN settings 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 To place a call by dialing Placing and ending callsTo open Phone 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 To call a favorite contact Calling your contactsTo call a 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 To import contacts from your SD card Importing, exporting, and sharing contactsTo import contacts from your SIM 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 set a ringtone for a contact To change a contact’s default phone numberTo divert all of a contact’s calls to your voicemail 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 To change what groups are displayed Changing which contacts are displayedTo set whether contacts without phone numbers 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 conversation-based Gmail is differentGmail is web-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 To label a batch of conversations at once Labeling a conversationTo label a conversation To change a conversation’s labels To unstar a message Starring a messageTo star 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 learn more about events in Week view To switch to Week viewWorking 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 Hide declined events Changing Calendar settingsDefault reminder time 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 To view and accept an invitation to become a friend Managing your Friends listTo add a friend to your Friends list 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 To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends Changing Google Talk settingsTo configure notifications for new Google Talk messages 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 Outgoing settings Incoming server settingsIncoming 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 view details about a message To forward a messageTo lock a message Unlock message Text message SMS settings Changing Messaging settingsStorage settings Multimedia message MMS settings Notifications Auto-retrieveRoaming auto-retrieve Browser Opening Browser To open Browser To stop opening a To go to a webpageTo refresh the current To get more information about the current Press Menu and touch More Settings Set home To set your home To zoom in or out on a webpage Navigating within a webpageTo scroll a webpage To quickly zoom into a section of a webpage To find text on a webpage To copy text from webpage To go back and forward among the pages you’ve opened Navigating among webpagesTo open a link To view your Browser history To view your most frequently visited pages To follow shortcuts for links, phone numbers, and addresses To open a new Browser window To switch Browser windowsWorking with multiple Browser windows To close a Browser window Downloading files To allow installing applications from the web or emailTo cancel a download To download a file To view the files you’ve downloaded To delete a file you’ve downloaded To open a bookmark Working with bookmarksTo bookmark a webpage To edit a bookmark To delete a bookmark To share a bookmarkTo add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen 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 To open Latitude Finding your friends with Google LatitudeTo join Latitude To invite friends to share their locations To respond to an invitation To view your friends’ locations Share only city level location To connect with and manage connections with your friendsShare best location available Hide from this friend Detect your location To control what you shareTurn off Latitude 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 Store location Camera settingsSettings 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 delete a picture To view the location of a picture in Google MapsTo share 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 review your search history To disable or enable Goggles search historyWorking with 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 To add a song to a playlist Working with playlistsTo create 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 Alarm volume Changing Clock alarm settingsAlarm in silent mode 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 view your downloaded applications To set whether an application is updated automaticallyManaging your downloads Downloads To set whether you’re notified about updated applications Touch Uninstall & refund To uninstall an applicationTouch Uninstall 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 Change PIN2 Enable FDNFixed Dialing Numbers screen FDN list Sound settings Haptic feedback Brightness Display settingsScreen timeout Auto-rotate screen Location & security settings Screen unlock screen Applications settings Applications settings screen Application Info screen Development screen Stay awake Allow mock locations Auto-sync Accounts & sync settingsAccounts & sync settings screen Manage accounts Account screen Factory data reset Privacy settingsAutomatic restore Back up my data Unmount SD card SD card & phone storage settingsSD card, Total space and Available space Format SD card Google search settings screen Search settingsSearch settings screen Language & keyboard settings Language & Keyboard screen Android keyboard settings screen Auto-cap Device Keyboard settings screenAuto-replace Auto-punctuate Text-to-Speech settings screen Voice input & output settingsVoice recognizer settings screen Engines Install voice dataSpeech rate KickBack Accessibility settingsAccessibility TalkBack Date & time settings About phone About Phone screen