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Contents
Phone calls
Contacts
Messages
Keyboard
Accounts and sync
Social
Calendar
Clock and Weather
Internet
Camera
Bluetooth
Gallery
Maps and location
Music
More apps
Security
Settings
Backup, update and reset
Mobile Applications
Performing a hard/factory reset 178
Specifications Index
Updating your phone’s system software 177
Your Phone
Basics
Inside the box
Front panel with keyboard opened
Back panel
Back
Top panel
Left and right panels
Bottom panel
Back cover
Before turning on your phone
SIM card
Inserting the storage card
Storage card
Removing the SIM card
Removing the storage card
Removing the battery
Battery
Inserting the battery
Charging the battery
Finger gestures
Turning on your phone
Setting up your phone for the first time
Getting started
Turning off your phone
Switching to Sleep mode
Sleep mode
Waking up from Sleep mode
Unlocking the screen
Extended Home screen
Directly going to a particular screen using Leap view
Home screen
Navigating the Home screen
Phone status and notifications
Phone status icons
Notification icons
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Opening the Notifications panel
Checking notifications
Closing the Notifications panel
Adjusting the ringer volume
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the media volume
Connecting your phone to a computer
Copying files to and from the storage card
Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box
Searching using the Genius button
Setting Web and Quick Search Box options
Searching your phone and the Web
Making your phone truly yours
Personalizing
Changing the ringtone
Renaming or deleting a mode
Using a preset mode
Creating and saving a new mode
Personalizing your phone with myModes
Changing the lock screen wallpaper
Changing the theme
Adding a widget to your Home screen
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Downloading widgets
Adding application icons
Adding a shortcut
Creating a new folder and adding items to it
Adding folders on your Home screen
Renaming a folder
Moving a widget or icon
Removing a widget or icon
Phone calls
Calling somebody using your phone
Calling a contact in your phone using the Genius button
Making calls
Making an emergency call
Calling a phone number in a text message
Calling a phone number in an email
Adding a contact to speed dial
Answering an incoming call
Receiving calls
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call
Rejecting an incoming call
Editing the default message
Rejecting a call and sending a text message
Setting up a conference call
Using in-call options
Handling multiple calls
Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call
Putting a call on hold
Muting the microphone during a call
Ending 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
Turning Airplane mode on or off
About Contacts
Contacts
Ways of getting contacts into your phone
Contacts screen
Setting up My contact card
Your contacts list
Adding a new contact
Importing contacts from your SIM card
Editing a contact’s information
Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account
Merging contact information
Manually merging contact information
Importing contacts from the storage card
Searching for a contact
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Deleting contacts
You cannot send a vCard using SMS
Contact information and conversations
Shift key
Using the hardware Qwerty
Keyboard
Fn key
Menu key
Setting keyboard shortcuts
Using the shortcut
Home key
Using the landscape onscreen keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard
Entering text
Switching to another input method
Adjusting keyboard settings
Entering words using Swype
Touch Input settings
Hardware Qwerty
Other settings
Text input
Phone keypad & compact Qwerty
Sending text and picture messages
Messages
About Messages
Sending a text message
Sending a picture message MMS
Saving and resuming a draft message
Opening the link contained in a WAP push message
New message notifications
WAP push messages
Viewing all your WAP push messages
Viewing a picture message
Managing message conversations
Reading a text message
Replying to a text or picture message
Deleting several message threads
Protecting a message from deletion
Deleting a message thread
Deleting a single message
SMS settings
Setting text and picture message options
MMS settings
Received messages
Adding the Messages widget
Sent messages
Adding a social network account
Accounts and sync
Synchronizing with online accounts
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
Managing your accounts
Using HTC Sync
Setting up synchronization
Setting up more sync options
Synchronizing your phone with your computer automatically
Installing apps from your computer to your phone
Synchronizing your phone
Synchronizing your phone with your computer manually
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Social
Tweeting on your phone
Sending a tweet
Peep screen
Searching for Twitter users to follow
Adding the Twitter widget
Setting Peep options
Sending a direct message
Unfollowing a Twitter user
Using Friend Stream
Friend Stream screen
Updating your status
Adding the Friend Stream widget
Signing in to Google Talk
Chatting in Google Talk
Chatting with friends
Changing your online status and picture
Managing your Friends list
Changing Google Talk settings
Showing or hiding the mobile indicator to friends
Setting whether you sign into Google Talk automatically
Switching to another Google Account
Using Gmail
Viewing your Gmail inbox
Reading your messages
Muting a conversation
Sending a message
Replying to or forwarding an email message
Reporting a conversation as spam
Viewing your sent messages
Managing conversations and messages
Adding a signature to your messages
Searching for messages
Labeling a conversation
Changing Gmail synchronization settings
Starring a message
Viewing conversations by label
Changing Gmail settings
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Mail
Viewing your email inbox
Exchange ActiveSync email
Composing and sending an email message
Setting the priority for an email message
Sending a meeting request
Deleting an email account
Editing email account settings
Viewing and replying to an email message
Adding the Mail widget
About Calendar
Calendar
Creating a calendar event
Inviting guests to your event Google Account only
Month view
Changing calendar views
Day and Agenda views
Week view
Viewing and editing an event
Viewing, editing or deleting an event
Deleting an event
Calendar event reminders
Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders
Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar
Displaying and synchronizing calendars
Showing or hiding calendars
Adding a Google Calendar to sync with
Reminder settings
Changing Calendar settings
Calendar view settings
Sending a vCalendar
About the Calendar widget
Clock and Weather
About the Clock application
Using Desk Clock
Setting your home city
Using World Clock
Setting the time zone, date, and time
Adding a city to the World Clock screen
Setting an alarm
Setting the alarm clock
Deleting an alarm
Changing alarm sound settings
Checking weather
Adding a city to the Weather screen
Deleting cities from the Weather screen
About the Weather widget
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen
Changing weather options
Internet
Wi-Fi
Data connection
Checking the wireless network status
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network
Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets
Disconnecting from a VPN
Connecting to a virtual private network VPN
Connecting to a VPN
Preparing your phone for VPN connection
Using your phone’s web browser
Zooming in or out on a web
Selecting a link in a web
Opening a new browser window
Switching between browser windows
Finding text within a web
Viewing your downloads
Downloading applications from the web
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing
Selecting text
Copying and pasting text
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Searching or translating text
Setting browser options
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Bluetooth
Using Bluetooth
Changing the phone name
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
Reconnecting a headset or car kit
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth
Sending information from your phone to another device
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen
Receiving information from another device
Camera basics
Camera
Viewfinder screen
Using the camera button as the shutter release
Review screen
Zooming
Camera flash doesn’t turn on?
Taking a photo
Face detection
Capturing a video
Changing basic settings
Camera settings
Changing advanced settings
Camera
About the Gallery application
Gallery
Selecting an album
Viewing a photo in landscape orientation
Viewing photos and videos
Browsing in filmstrip or grid view
Zooming in or out on a photo
Watching video
Viewing photos on Facebook
Viewing photos in your T-Mobile Album and social networks
Viewing photos on your T-Mobile Album
Viewing photos on Flickr
Rotating and saving a photo
Working with photos
Cropping a photo
Sending photos or videos by email
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth
Sharing
Sending a photo or video by picture message
Sharing photos on Picasa
Sharing photos on Facebook
Sharing photos on Flickr
Sharing videos on YouTube
About the Music application
Music
Playing music
Browsing music in the Library
Managing playlists
Creating a playlist
Playing the songs in a playlist
Adding more songs to a playlist
Deleting songs from a playlist
Rearranging songs in a playlist
Deleting playlists
About the Music widget
Setting a song as ringtone
Sending music using Bluetooth
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone
Maps and location
Using Google Maps
Viewing locations
Looking at a location in Street View
Viewing map layers
Clearing the map
Searching for a location
Tap . The search results are displayed on the map
Getting directions
Finding your friends with Google Latitude
Viewing your friends’ locations
Changing privacy settings
Connecting with and managing friends
Watching videos
More apps
Watching videos on YouTube
Searching for videos
Sharing a video link
Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube
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Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
Changing the stock list order
Keeping track of your stocks
Adding a stock quote or stock market index
Deleting stock quotes and indices
Manually updating stock information
Setting stock information update frequency
Adding the Stocks widget
Recording your voice
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone
Recording your voice
Sharing a voice clip
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Finding and installing an application
Requesting a refund for an application
Opening an installed application
Creating a Google Checkout account
Do one of the following
Uninstalling an application
Getting help
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Security
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Protecting your phone with a screen lock
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Adding Faves contacts
Mobile Applications
Faves Gallery
Communicating with a Faves contact
Removing a Faves contact
Setting or changing the default communication method
Changing the order of Faves contacts
Adding the Faves/Family widget
Opening My Account
Mobile My Account
Mobile Help
My Account tabs
Settings
Settings on your phone
Settings
Changing display settings
Enabling or disabling audible selection
Changing sound settings
Setting a sound profile
Choosing the notification sound
Changing the phone language
Using the GSM network of T-Mobile
Optimizing your phone’s battery life
Checking the power usage of applications
Managing memory
Checking information about your phone
Backing up phone data
Backup, update and reset
Checking if automatic backup is enabled
Restoring backed up data to your phone
Checking for phone system software updates manually
Updating your phone’s system software
Performing a factory reset via settings
Performing a hard/factory reset
Performing a factory reset using phone buttons
Specifications
HSPA/WCDMA
Symbols
Index
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