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MASTER YOUR DEVICE

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HTC Thunderbolt manual Master Your Device

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Master Your Device Conventions used in this guide Contents Quickly looking up information on the Web Getting started Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen Personalizing Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Breaking the contact information link between contacts Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account100 101 105 104106 107 123 Creating a slideshow 122124 127 153 151162 168 170 169171 173 12 Setting the time zone, date, and time 207197 198 216 215217 219 14 Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 237Selecting an address or phone number in a webpage 228 229 244 Using the front camera 246245 247 271 16 278 288 292 Changing update schedule and content settings 295293 294 Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes 320 18 Finding and installing apps from Android Market 306Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustment 321 308 326 Checking the power usage of applications 323 Front panel Your phoneBasics Basics Right panel Back panel Removing the back cover Back coverReplacing the back cover Inserting the SIM card SIM card Basics Removing the SIM card Battery Inserting the battery Charging the battery Removing the battery Inserting the storage card Storage card Removing the storage card while the phone is on Removing the storage card Switching your phone on Switching your phone on or offSwitching your phone off Finger gestures Getting started Setting up your phone for the first time Extended Home screen Home screenGetting started Getting started Using Leap view Status icons Status and notifications Notification icons Getting started Notification LED Notifications panelOpening the Notifications panel Switching between recently-opened apps Closing the Notifications panel Connecting your phone to a computer Getting started Copying files to or from the storage card Searching your phone and the Web Setting your phone’s search options Quickly looking up information on the Web Translating words to other languages Adjusting the volume Adjusting the media volume Adjusting the ringer volumeAdjusting the earpiece volume for phone calls Adjusting the volume via settings Switching to Sleep mode Sleep modeWaking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Making your phone truly yours PersonalizingPersonalizing your phone with scenes Personalizing Using a preset scene Renaming a scene Creating a new sceneDeleting scenes Personalizing Changing your wallpaper Applying a new skin Adding a widget Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Changing the settings of a widget Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen Creating a new folder and adding items to it Adding folders on your Home screenRenaming a folder Moving a widget or icon Removing a widget or icon Rearranging the Home screen Choosing a preset sound set Changing your ringtones and alarms Customizing a sound set Creating a sound set Personalizing Deleting sound sets Rearranging or hiding application tabs Putting back the tabs you’ve removed Making calls Phone callsMaking a call on the Phone dialer screen Phone calls Using Speed dial Calling a phone number in an email Calling a phone number in a text messagePhone calls Making an emergency call Using Assisted Dialing Answering or rejecting an incoming call Receiving calls Phone calls HTC Caller ID Switching between calls Using in-call optionsPutting a call on hold Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Setting up a three-way conference call Ending a call Muting the microphone during a call Checking a missed call Using Call historyChecking calls in the call history Clearing the call history list Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Call services Visual Voice Mail Setting up Visual Voice Mail Using Visual Voice Mail Turning Airplane mode on or off About People PeoplePeople screen People Setting up My contact card Adding a new contact Ways of getting contacts into your phonePeople Importing contacts from your SIM card Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Accepting matched contacts suggestions Manually merging contact information Viewing a list of all your linked contactsBreaking the contact information link between contacts Your contacts list People Searching for a contact Filtering your contacts list Importing contacts from the storage card Backing up your contacts to the storage cardDeleting contacts Contact information and conversations Editing a contact’s information Sending contact information as a vCard Creating a group Contact groupsEditing a contact group Sending a message or email to a group Rearranging the members of a contact group Rearranging your contact groupsDeleting a group Changing the default communication method Setting the default communication methodPeople widget Adding People widgets Getting in touch with a contact Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboardSelecting a keyboard layout Keyboard Entering text Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard Enabling multiple keyboard languagesKeyboard Entering words with predictive text Setting a second language for the keyboard Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card Entering text by speaking Setting the voice input languageEditing text Selecting text Touch Input settings Adjusting touch input settingsCopying and pasting text Keyboard Text input Keyboard About Messages Messages Messages Sending a text message SMS Messages Sending a multimedia message MMS Messages Creating a slideshow Viewing and replying to a message Resuming a draft messageMessages Replying to a message Viewing a message Replying to another phone number of the contact Viewing push messages Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message Protecting a message from deletion Managing message conversationsCopying a message to your SIM card Deleting several messages within a conversation Deleting a single message Deleting several conversations Deleting a conversation Sent messages Setting message options Storage settings MMS settings Voicemail notification settings Synchronizing with online accounts Accounts and syncAbout online accounts Accounts and sync Synchronizing with a Google Account Accounts and sync Adding a social network account Managing your online accounts Synchronizing with your computer Installing HTC Sync Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Accounts and sync Setting the Music sync options Setting the Gallery sync options Setting People sync options Setting Calendar sync options Setting Bookmarks sync options Setting Documents sync options Setting Maps sync options Synchronizing your phone Installing apps from your computer to your phone Synchronizing another phone with your computer Facebook for HTC Sense Social  See Facebook photos right on the Gallery app Social Social Tweeting on your phone Using Peep Searching for Twitter users to follow Sending a tweet Sending a direct message Setting Peep options About the Twitter widget Friend Stream Social Updating your status Commenting on and liking Facebook posts About the Friend Stream widget Checking notifications from your social networks Chatting with friends Chatting in Google Talk Changing your online status and picture Accepting chat invitations Adding and managing friends Changing the settings and signing out Viewing your Gmail Inbox Using Gmail Email Sending a new message Reading your messages Replying to or forwarding an email message Searching and organizing your emails Page Changing Gmail settings Page Getting help Adding a POP3/IMAP email account Using MailAdding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Checking your Mail inbox Up to 15 email accounts can be shown in the unified inbox Email Page Managing email messages Sending an email message Switching to other mail folders Email Reading and replying to an email message Setting the priority for an email message Working with Exchange ActiveSync email Changing email account settings About Calendar Calendar Calendar Creating calendar events Calendar Inviting guests to your event Google Account only Calendar Month view Changing calendar views Day and Agenda views Week view Viewing an event Managing calendar events Deleting an event Editing an eventSharing an event vCalendar Dismissing or snoozing event reminders Calendar event reminders Showing or hiding calendars Displaying and synchronizing calendars Reminder settings Changing Calendar settings Calendar view settings About the Calendar widget About the HTC Clock widget Clock and Weather Clock and Weather About the Clock app Clock and Weather Using Desk Clock Clock and Weather Setting your home city Using World Clock Setting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clock Deleting an alarm Setting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Checking weather Adding a city to the Weather screen Deleting cities from the Weather screen Changing the order of cities on the Weather screenChanging weather options About the Weather widget Internet connections Checking the data connection you are usingData connection Turning the data connection on or off Enabling data roaming Creating a new access pointInternet connections Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network Wi-FiInternet connections Checking the wireless network status Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security Adding connection widgets Connecting to another Wi-Fi network Setting up secure credential storage Connecting to a virtual private network VPN Disconnecting from a VPN Connecting to a VPNAdding a VPN connection Using your phone as a modem Internet Connection Mode Internet connections Using your phone as a mobile hotspot Web browser Using your phone’s web browserGoing to a webpage Choosing when to show Flash content Setting your homeChanging the screen orientation Browsing full versions of all websites Zooming in or out on a webpage Navigating on a webpageSelecting a link in a webpage Web browser Selecting an address or phone number in a webpage Switching between browser windowsOpening a new browser window Downloading applications from the web Finding text within a webpage Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Selecting text Searching or translating text Bookmarking a webpage Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pagesOpening a bookmark Editing a bookmark Clearing the list of previously visited pages Setting browser optionsViewing a page that you often visit Clearing the list of most visited pages Bluetooth basics BluetoothTurning Bluetooth on or off Changing the phone name Bluetooth Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Reconnecting a headset or car kit Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth deviceDisconnecting a Bluetooth device Bluetooth Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Sending information using Bluetooth Bluetooth Where sent information is saved Receiving information using Bluetooth Bluetooth Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen Camera basics Camera Camera Viewfinder screen Zooming Using the front cameraCamera Taking a photo Auto focusing Recording video Camera flash doesn’t turn on? Your phone’s battery level reaches 15% or lowerYou have an incoming call After capturing Adding effects Changing camera settings Camera Browsing your Gallery Photos, videos, and musicAbout the Gallery app Photos, videos, and music Selecting an album Photos, videos, and music Viewing photos Photos, videos, and music Editing your photos Viewing videos Photos, videos, and music Sending your photos and videos Sharing your photos and videos on the Web Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth Photos, videos, and music Photos, videos, and music Photos, videos, and music Photos, videos, and music Listening to music Photos, videos, and music Flipping through your albums Browsing music in the Library Creating a playlist Setting a song as ringtone Photos, videos, and music Photos, videos, and music Sharing music using Bluetooth Finding music videos in YouTube Sharing media on your home networkAbout the Music widget Photos, videos, and music Photos, videos, and music Using Google Maps Turning on location servicesMaps and location About Google Maps Maps and location Getting around maps Maps and location Searching for a location Maps and location Adding a place to search Searching for a place of interest near you Getting directions Maps and location Adding a location as a footprint Using HTC Footprints Editing or deleting a footprint Revisiting a footprintSharing your footprints Deleting multiple footprints Importing footprints Using Car Panel Using VZ Navigator Watching videos on YouTube More apps Sharing a video link Searching for videosCapturing a video and sharing it on YouTube More apps More apps Reading news feeds Reading a story Subscribing to news channels Starring a story Manually checking for new storiesAdding a keyword Adding the News widget Changing update schedule and content settings Viewing a document, spreadsheet, or presentation Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Creating a new document or worksheet Editing a document or worksheet Keeping track of your stocks Adding a stock quote or stock market index Changing update schedule and color settingsChanging the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices About the Stocks widget Listening to FM Radio Tuning in to an FM station Closing or turning off FM Radio Recording your voiceAdding the FM Radio widget Sharing a voice clip Setting a voice clip as a ringtoneRenaming a voice clip Using Flashlight Finding and installing an app Finding and installing apps from Android Market Do any of the following to find an app Creating a Google Checkout account Opening an installed app Sharing games and apps Uninstalling an app Tap an app, and then choose how to share it More apps Protecting your SIM card with a PIN SecurityRestoring a SIM card that has been locked out Changing your screen lock Protecting your phone with a screen lockSecurity Security Forgot your screen lock pattern? Settings on your phone Settings Settings Settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually Changing display settingsAdjusting the time before the screen turns off Turning automatic screen rotation off Recalibrating the G-sensor Switching animation effects on or offKeeping the screen on while charging the phone Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes Changing sound settingsEnabling or disabling audible selection Choosing the notification sound Switching to speakerphone automatically Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustment Changing the phone language Optimizing your phone’s battery life Managing memory Checking the power usage of applicationsChecking how much phone memory is available for use Checking the available storage card space Moving applications to or from the storage card Uninstalling third-party applications Checking information about your phone Setting up Backup Assistant Back up, update and resetChanging the backup schedule Backing up your contacts Updating the phone software Update and reset Manually backing up your contacts Checking for phone system software updates manually Restarting or factory resetting your phoneRestarting your phone soft reset Update and reset Performing a factory reset hard reset Trademarks and copyrights Trademarks and copyrights Index Index Index Index Index Restarting 328 Ringer volume 51 Ringtone 65, 271 trimming SMS Index