Your HTC Flyer
User guide
Search and Web browser
Contents
Personalizing
Getting started
Tablet pen and fun apps
Snapbooth and Camera
HTC services
Photos, videos, and music
Messages
Maps and location
People
Market and other apps
HTC Sync
Bluetooth
Settings
Keyboard
Update and reset
Trademarks and copyrights Index
6 Contents
Conventions used in this guide
7 Conventions used in this guide
HTC Flyer
Getting started
Inside the box
Front panel
Top panel
Right panel
Back panel
1. Microphones 2. VOLUME UP 3. VOLUME DOWN
Top cover
Removing the top cover
Replacing the top cover
SIM card
Inserting the SIM card
Removing the SIM card
Removing the storage card
Storage card
Inserting the storage card
Unmounting the storage card
Charging the battery
Battery
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Switching the power off
Entering your PIN
Finger gestures
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer
Home screen
Extended Home screen
Using Leap view
Just tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there
17 Getting started
Adjusting the media volume
Adjusting the volume
Sleep mode
Adjusting the volume via settings
Opening an app from the lock screen
Status and notifications
Unlocking the screen
Status icons
Notification icons
Notification LED
Switching between recently opened apps
Notifications panel
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer
Using Quick Settings
Closing the Notifications panel
Copying files to or from the internal storage or storage card
Copying and pasting text
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing
Selecting text
Searching or translating text
Pasting text in a new message or social network status update
Printing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours
Using a preset scene
Personalizing
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes
Changing your wallpaper
Renaming a scene
Deleting scenes
Applying a new skin
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Adding a widget to your Home screen
Changing the settings of a widget
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen
Adding folders on your Home screen
Creating a new folder and adding items to it
Moving a widget or icon
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
Renaming a folder
Removing a widget or icon
Customizing the launch bar
33 Personalizing
Using sound sets
Choosing a preset sound set
Rearranging the Home screen
Creating a sound set
Customizing a sound set
35 Personalizing
Rearranging or hiding application tabs
Deleting sound sets
Adding a tab back
Customizing the lock screen
37 Personalizing
Searching HTC Flyer and the Web
Setting search options
Search and Web browser
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Flyer
Quickly looking up information on the Web
Translating words to other languages
39 Search and Web browser
Changing the screen orientation
Using the web browser
Going to a webpage
Navigating and zooming on a webpage
Link
Switching between browser windows
Opening a new browser window
What to do
Downloading apps from the Web
Downloading from the Web
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Viewing your downloads
Viewing a previously visited page
Opening a bookmark
Editing a bookmark
Clearing the list of previously visited pages
Setting browser options
Setting your home page
Choosing when to show Flash content
Inserting a battery into the tablet pen
Tablet pen and fun apps
About the tablet pen
Choosing your pen type, color, and stroke
What your tablet pen can do
While youre using the tablet pen
Changing the settings for the tablet pen
47 Tablet pen and fun apps
Drawing over text
Highlighting and drawing in pen-integrated apps
Highlighting text
Drawing over a photo
About Notes
Creating a notebook
Writing a note
Syncing notes
Taking notes during meetings or discussions
Adding a photo or attachment to your note
Clipping an app screen or a web page
Saving a note
Reviewing a note
Playing an audio recording in Notes
Switching to Kid Mode
Setting your Zoodles Kid Mode options
Sharing a note
Scribble mode
Closing Kid Mode
After scribbling
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth
Using Snapbooth
Camera
Camera basics
Zoom bar Auto focus indicator Photo/Video mode switch Shutter release
Taking a photo
Recording video
After capturing
Changing camera settings
Adding effects
60 Snapbooth and Camera
61 Snapbooth and Camera
About the Gallery app
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery
Selecting an album
Viewing photos
Watching videos
Editing your photos
Sending your photos and videos
65 Photos, videos, and music
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web
66 Photos, videos, and music
67 Photos, videos, and music
Viewing photos in your social networks
68 Photos, videos, and music
69 Photos, videos, and music
Music
Listening to music
Playing music from the Lock screen
Browsing music in the library
Creating a playlist
Sharing music using Bluetooth
73 Photos, videos, and music
Connected Media
Finding music videos on YouTube
Sharing media on your home network
Controls To
4. Choose the device on your network where you want to play the media
HTCSense.com
HTC services
HTC Watch
Watching movies on the go
Using HTCSense.com
Deleting your HTCSense.com account
78 HTC services
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Accounts and sync
About online accounts
Adding more Google Accounts
Adding a social network account
Forgot your Google Account password?
Changing general sync settings
Managing your online accounts
Removing an account
Changing account settings
Synchronizing an account manually
81 Accounts and sync
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense
Using the Facebook app
Facebook app
Adding the Facebook widget
Twitter for HTC Sense
Using Friend Stream
Updating your status
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts
Checking notifications from your social networks
About the Friend Stream widget
87 Social
Tweeting in Friend Stream
Sending a tweet
Sending a direct message
Chatting in Google Talk
Chatting with a friend
Accepting a chat invitation
Changing your online status and picture
Adding and managing friends
Changing settings or signing out
91 Social
Using Gmail
Email
Gmail
Mail
About the Mail app
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
94 Email
Checking your Mail inbox
Group
Managing email messages
Sending an email message
98 Email
Setting the priority for an email message
Reading and replying to an email message
99 Email
Changing email account settings
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email
100 Email
1. Switch to the email account you want to delete
Set email notification settings
settings
2. Press , and then tap More Settings Delete account
Calendar
About Calendar
Creating an event
Sending a meeting request using Calendar Exchange ActiveSync only
Inviting guests to your event Google Calendar only
Using week view
Using month view
Using day and agenda views
Changing Calendar views
Editing an event
Managing Calendar events
Viewing an event
Deleting an event
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders
Showing or hiding calendars
Sharing an event vCalendar
Calendar view settings
Changing Calendar settings
Reminder settings
About the Calendar widget
Maps and location
Location settings
Turning on location services
Locations
Viewing maps
Searching for a place of interest
Searching for an address
109 Maps and location
Using the compass
Recording favorite places as footprints
111 Maps and location
112 Maps and location
Getting directions
113 Maps and location
Using turn-by-turn navigation Premium navigation
114 Maps and location
Using Car Panel
Managing Locations services
Downloading maps or purchasing services
Car Panel
Google Maps
About Google Maps
Getting around maps
Searching for a location
117 Maps and location
Searching for a place of interest near you
Before using Places, you need to enable location sources
Getting directions
Getting help
Finding your friends with Google Latitude available by country
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone
About the People app
Your contacts list
Filtering your contacts list
Adding a new contact
Setting up your profile
Importing contacts from your SIM card
123 People
Searching for a contact
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account
124 People
Merging contact information
Accepting matched contacts suggestions
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts
Manually merging contact information
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Contact information and conversations
Breaking the link
Editing a contact’s information
Deleting contacts
127 People
Creating a group
Sending contact information as a vCard
Contact groups
To send
Rearranging your contact groups
Editing a contact group
Sending a message or email to a group
129 People
Adding People widgets
Rearranging the members of a contact group
Deleting groups
Getting in touch with a contact
Adding group members to a People widget
Messages
Opening Messages
Sending a text message SMS
Sending a multimedia message MMS
133 Messages
Creating a slideshow
134 Messages
Resuming a draft message
Viewing and replying to a message
Forwarding a message
Replying to another phone number of the contact
Previewing message conversations
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message
137 Messages
Push messages
Opening and reading a new push message
Viewing all your push messages
Copying a message to your SIM card
Managing message conversations
Protecting a message from deletion
Deleting a single message
Setting message options
Deleting a conversation
Deleting several conversations
141 Messages
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Finding and installing an app
Market and other apps
Getting help
Opening an installed app
Uninstalling an app
143 Market and other apps
Using the Clock
Using the Clock app
About the HTC Clock widget
Using Desk Clock
Using World Clock
Setting an alarm
Checking Weather
Adding a city to the Weather screen
Deleting cities from the Weather screen
Reading eBooks
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen
Changing Weather options
Adding a note or highlighting selected text
Viewing notes and highlights youve created
Downloading an eBook
About the My Shelf widget
Adding a keyword
Reading news feeds
Subscribing to news channels
Reading a story
Changing update schedule and content settings
About the News widget
TapTo
Keeping track of your stocks
Adding a stock quote or stock market index
About the Stocks widget
Changing update schedule and color settings
Working on documents
Viewing a document
Viewing a PDF
Watching videos on YouTube
155 Market and other apps
Sharing a video link
Searching for videos
Clearing the search history
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube
Sharing games and apps
Installing HTC Sync
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer
Getting to know the workspace
Setting up synchronization
Music sync options
Gallery sync options
Calendar sync options
People sync options
Bookmarks sync options
Synchronizing HTC Flyer
Documents sync options
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade
Synchronizing another device with your computer
Using the onscreen keyboard
Keyboard
Entering text
Entering words with predictive text
Enabling multiple keyboard languages
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary
Setting a second language for the keyboard
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card
Entering text by tracing
Setting the voice input language
Entering text by speaking
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card
Copying and pasting text
Editing text
Selecting text
169 Keyboard
Adjusting input settings
Internet connections
Checking the data connection youre using
Adding a new access point
Data connection
Wi-Fi
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network
Enabling data roaming
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security
Checking the wireless network status
173 Internet connections
About connection widgets
Connecting to a virtual private network VPN
Setting up secure credential storage
Adding a VPN connection
Using HTC Flyer as a modem USB tethering
Connecting to a VPN
Disconnecting from a VPN
Using HTC Flyer as a wireless router
176 Internet connections
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Reconnecting a headset or car kit
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device
Sending information using Bluetooth
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Where sent information is saved
180 Bluetooth
Receiving information using Bluetooth
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password
Security
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Changing your screen lock
Forgot your screen lock pattern?
Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer
Changing display settings
Adjusting the screen brightness manually
Turning automatic screen rotation off
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off
Switching animation effects on or off
Recalibrating the G-sensor
Checking the power usage of applications
Changing sound settings
Optimizing battery life
Changing the language
Checking how much internal storage is available for use
Uninstalling third-party applications
Managing memory
Checking the available storage card space
Stopping running applications using Task Manager
Checking information about HTC Flyer
Installing an update
Update and reset
Software updates
Checking for updates manually
Restarting HTC Flyer
Resetting HTC Flyer
Performing a factory reset via settings
HTC Flyer not responding?
Performing a factory reset using the tablet buttons
Trademarks and copyrights
Symbols
Index
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