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Charge the battery
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is charging, it’s important that you do not remove the battery pack.
Doing so can damage your phone. Also, please don’t try to take your
phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.)
Choose a rate plan wisely
Your phone can use up a lot of Internet bandwidth really quickly.
Before you use your phone, we strongly recommend that you talk to
your mobile operator about data rates. If you’re on a standard data
plan, the costs could really add up. Switching to a flat-rate plan could
be a lot cheaper.
Know about privacy laws
Some countries have strict laws about how and when you can record
phone conversations. For example, you may need to tell the person
you’re speaking to before you start recording. It’s a good idea to find
out what the laws are where you live before you use your phone’s
recording feature.
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DAMAGES)
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indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages of any
kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not limited
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foregoing does not affect any statutory rights which may not be
disclaimed.
Please also read the Product Safety & Warranty Brochure that is
included in the box for information on the proper usage of your phone
to prevent injuries and to avoid damaging your phone. You can also
refer to this brochure for warranty information about your phone.
You can also visit our support website at www.htc.com/support to
download the Product Safety & Warranty Brochure and to access other
helpful resources for your phone.
Notice
Screen images and icons are simulated. Actual display may vary.
Instructions in this guide may change depending on the software
version on your wireless device.
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Conventions used in this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and
important information:
This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what
happens on your phone when you choose to do or not to do a certain
action. A note also provides information that may only be applicable to
some situations.
This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or
procedure, or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.
This indicates that something is very important. Important information is
something that you need to do in order to accomplish a certain task or to
get a phone feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you
need to be careful about to prevent potential problems when using your
phone.
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IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Please be advised that many services and applications offered
through this unique device are provided by various device, operating
system, software and application developers (e.g. Google, Motorola,
Microsoft, Palm). If you use, link to or download such a service, or an
application such as a non-Verizon Wireless location based GPS-type
service, chat room, marketplace or social network from this device,
you should carefully review the terms of such service or application.
If you use any of these non-Verizon Wireless services or applications,
personal information you submit may be read, collected, or used by
the service or application provider and/or other users of those forums.
Verizon Wireless is not responsible for your use of those applications
or information you choose to submit or share with others. Specific
terms and conditions, terms of use, and privacy policies apply to those
applications and services. Please review carefully any and all terms
and conditions applicable to those applications and services including
those related to any location-based services for any particular privacy
policies, risks or waivers.
Your Verizon Wireless Customer Agreement Terms and Conditions
and certain other specifically identified terms govern your use of any
Verizon Wireless products and services.
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Contents
Basics 22
Inside the box ......................................................................................................................22
Your Phone ...........................................................................................................................23
Front panel ................................................................................................................23
Back panel ..................................................................................................................25
Top panel ....................................................................................................................26
Left panel ....................................................................................................................27
Before turning on your phone ....................................................................................28
Back cover .................................................................................................................28
Storage card..............................................................................................................28
Battery ........................................................................................................................ 30
Finger gestures ........................................................................................................32
Getting started .................................................................................................................. 34
Turning on your phone........................................................................................ 34
Turning off your phone ....................................................................................... 34
Setting up your phone for the first time .................................................... 34
Sleep mode ................................................................................................................36
Home screen ........................................................................................................................38
Extended Home screen .......................................................................................38
Navigating the Home screen ............................................................................39
Phone status and notifications ..................................................................................40
Phone status icons ................................................................................................40
Notification icons .....................................................................................................41
Checking notifications..........................................................................................42
Adjusting the volume ..................................................................................................... 43
Adjusting the ringer volume............................................................................. 43
Adjusting the media volume ............................................................................ 44
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Connecting your phone to a computer ................................................................. 44
Copying files to and from the storage card ........................................................ 46
Searching your phone and the Web ........................................................................47
Setting Web and phone search options ......................................................47
Searching the Web and your phone using Google search................ 48
Personalizing 49
Making your phone truly yours .................................................................................. 49
Changing the ringtone ................................................................................................... 49
Personalizing your phone with scenes .................................................................. 50
Using a preset scene ............................................................................................ 50
Customizing and saving a scene ......................................................................51
Renaming or deleting a scene ..........................................................................52
Changing your wallpaper ..............................................................................................52
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets ..................................................53
Adding a widget to your Home screen .......................................................53
Downloading HTC widgets ............................................................................... 54
Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen ....55
Adding folders on your Home screen .....................................................................56
Creating a new folder and adding items to it ...........................................57
Renaming a folder ..................................................................................................58
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen .......58
Moving a widget or icon .....................................................................................58
Removing a widget or icon ...............................................................................59
Phone calls 60
Making calls ......................................................................................................................... 60
Calling somebody using your phone .......................................................... 60
Calling a speed dial number ...............................................................................61
Calling using Voice Dialer ....................................................................................61
Calling a phone number in a text message ...............................................62
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Calling a phone number in an email ..............................................................62
Making an emergency call ..................................................................................63
Using Assisted Dialing ..........................................................................................63
Receiving calls ................................................................................................................... 64
Answering an incoming call ..............................................................................65
Rejecting an incoming call ................................................................................ 66
Rejecting a call and sending a text message ........................................... 66
Using in-call options ........................................................................................................67
Handling multiple calls .........................................................................................67
Setting up a conference call............................................................................. 68
Muting the microphone during a call ........................................................... 69
Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call ................................. 69
Ending a call ........................................................................................................... 69
Using call history .............................................................................................................. 70
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history ...71
Checking a missed call ..........................................................................................71
Clearing the call history list ...............................................................................72
Call services..........................................................................................................................72
Visual Voice Mail ................................................................................................................74
Setting up Visual Voice Mail ..............................................................................74
Using Visual Voice Mail ........................................................................................74
Turning Airplane mode on or off ..............................................................................75
People 76
About People ......................................................................................................................76
Ways of getting contacts into your phone ...........................................................76
People screen ......................................................................................................................77
Setting up My contact card ...............................................................................78
Your contacts list ....................................................................................................78
Adding a new contact ......................................................................................... 80
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Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account ........... 80
Merging contact information .............................................................................81
Editing a contact’s information .......................................................................82
Searching for a contact .......................................................................................82
Backing up your contacts to the storage card ........................................82
Importing contacts from the storage card ................................................82
Deleting contacts ...................................................................................................83
Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS .................................83
Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS ..................... 84
Contact groups ................................................................................................................. 84
Creating a group and adding contacts ....................................................... 84
Deleting a group .....................................................................................................85
Adding or removing contacts from a group .............................................85
Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group ........................... 86
Contact information and conversations ................................................................ 86
People widget .................................................................................................................... 88
Adding the People widget ................................................................................ 88
Setting the default communication method ............................................ 88
Changing the default communication method ....................................... 88
Getting in touch with a contact ..................................................................... 89
Keyboard 90
Using the onscreen keyboard .................................................................................... 90
Using the landscape onscreen keyboard ................................................... 90
Changing the onscreen keyboard layout .....................................................91
Entering text ..............................................................................................................91
Entering words with predictive text ..............................................................92
Entering text with voice input ..........................................................................93
Adjusting touch input settings .................................................................................. 94
Touch Input settings............................................................................................. 94
Text input ....................................................................................................................95
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Messages 97
About Messages ................................................................................................................97
Sending text and multimedia messages .................................................... 98
New message notifications ........................................................................................102
WAP push messages .....................................................................................................103
Managing message conversations ..........................................................................104
Protecting a message from deletion ...........................................................106
Deleting a message thread ..............................................................................106
Deleting several message threads................................................................106
Deleting a single message ...............................................................................107
Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact .........107
Setting text and multimedia message options .................................................107
Adding the Messages widget .....................................................................................110
Accounts and sync 111
Synchronizing with online accounts .........................................................................111
Adding a social network account ....................................................................111
Synchronizing with a Google Account ....................................................... 112
Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account .... 113
Managing your accounts .................................................................................... 113
Using HTC Sync ................................................................................................................. 115
Installing HTC Sync ............................................................................................... 116
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone .......................................117
Setting up synchronization ............................................................................... 118
Setting up more sync options ......................................................................... 119
Synchronizing your phone ...............................................................................120
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade ............................................. 121
Installing apps from your computer to your phone ............................. 121
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Social 123
Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application .......... 123
Facebook for HTC Sense .................................................................................. 123
Facebook for Android application ............................................................... 124
Differences between Facebook for HTC Sense and
Facebook for Android application ............................................................... 125
Tweeting on your phone .............................................................................................. 126
Peep screen ............................................................................................................. 126
Sending a tweet .................................................................................................... 127
Searching for Twitter users to follow .......................................................... 127
Sending a direct message ................................................................................ 128
Setting Peep options .......................................................................................... 129
Adding the Twitter widget ............................................................................... 129
Using Friend Stream ......................................................................................................130
Friend Stream screen .........................................................................................130
Updating your status ........................................................................................... 131
Adding the Friend Stream widget ................................................................ 131
Chatting in Google Talk ................................................................................................ 132
Signing in to Google Talk .................................................................................. 132
Chatting with friends .......................................................................................... 132
Changing your online status and picture ..................................................134
Managing your Friends list ............................................................................... 135
Changing Google Talk settings ...................................................................... 137
Email 139
Using Gmail/Google Mail ............................................................................................ 139
Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox .....................................................139
Reading your messages ..................................................................................... 141
Sending a message ..............................................................................................144
Managing conversations and messages ....................................................146
Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings ........................................................149
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Mail ..................................................................................................................................150
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account ..........................................................150
Viewing your email inbox .................................................................................. 151
Exchange ActiveSync email ............................................................................ 153
Composing and sending an email message ............................................ 155
Viewing and replying to an email message .............................................156
Editing email account settings....................................................................... 157
Deleting an email account ................................................................................158
Adding the Mail widget ..................................................................................... 158
Calendar 159
About Calendar ................................................................................................................ 159
Creating a calendar event ...........................................................................................160
Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) ......................... 161
Sending a meeting request using Calendar
(Exchange ActiveSync only) ........................................................................... 162
Changing calendar views ............................................................................................ 162
Month view .............................................................................................................. 163
Day and Agenda views ......................................................................................164
Week view ................................................................................................................ 165
Viewing, editing or deleting an event ....................................................................166
Viewing and editing an event .........................................................................166
Deleting an event ..................................................................................................166
Calendar event reminders ........................................................................................... 167
Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders .............................. 167
Displaying and synchronizing calendars..............................................................168
Showing or hiding calendars ..........................................................................168
Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your
phone..........................................................................................................................168
Changing Calendar settings .......................................................................................169
Reminder settings ................................................................................................169
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Calendar view settings .......................................................................................170
Sending a vCalendar ....................................................................................................... 171
About the Calendar widget ........................................................................................ 172
Clock and Weather 173
About the HTC Clock widget .................................................................................... 173
About the Clock application ...................................................................................... 174
Using Desk Clock ............................................................................................................. 175
Using World Clock ....................................................................................................177
Setting your home city ...................................................................................... 177
Setting the time zone, date, and time ....................................................178
Adding a city to the World Clock screen.................................................. 179
Setting the alarm clock ................................................................................................ 179
Setting an alarm ....................................................................................................180
Deleting an alarm .................................................................................................180
Changing alarm sound settings ...................................................................... 181
Checking weather ........................................................................................................... 182
Adding a city to the Weather screen ..........................................................183
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen..........................184
Deleting cities from the Weather screen ..................................................184
Changing weather options...............................................................................184
About the Weather widget ........................................................................................ 185
Internet 186
Data connection ...............................................................................................................186
Turning the data connection on or off .......................................................186
Enabling data roaming .......................................................................................186
Wi-Fi .................................................................................................................................. 187
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network .................. 187
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security .................... 188
Checking the wireless network status ........................................................ 188
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Connecting to another Wi-Fi network ....................................................... 189
Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets .............................................189
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) ...............................................190
Preparing your phone for VPN connection .............................................190
Adding a VPN connection................................................................................. 191
Connecting to a VPN ........................................................................................... 191
Disconnecting from a VPN .............................................................................. 192
Using your phone’s web browser ............................................................................ 192
Opening the browser .......................................................................................... 192
Going to a web page .......................................................................................... 193
Setting your home page ................................................................................... 193
Changing the screen orientation .................................................................. 193
Browsing full versions of all web sites ........................................................194
Navigating on a web page ...............................................................................194
Zooming in or out on a web page................................................................194
Selecting a link in a web page ........................................................................195
Opening a new browser window ..................................................................196
Switching between browser windows ....................................................... 197
Finding text within a web page ..................................................................... 197
Downloading applications from the web ..................................................198
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing .............................198
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages ............................. 200
Setting browser options ...................................................................................202
Using your phone as a modem (tethering) .......................................................203
3G Mobile Hotspot .........................................................................................................203
Bluetooth 205
Using Bluetooth ..............................................................................................................205
Turning Bluetooth on or off ............................................................................205
Changing the phone name .............................................................................206
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit .......................................................206
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Reconnecting a headset or car kit ..............................................................207
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device ..................................208
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device ..............................................................208
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device.............................................................208
Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth ....................................208
Sending information from your phone to another device ...............209
Receiving information from another device ............................................. 211
Camera 213
Camera basics ................................................................................................................... 213
Viewfinder screen ................................................................................................. 213
Using the optical joystick as the shutter release................................... 215
Review screen ........................................................................................................ 215
Zooming ............................................................................................................................... 216
Taking a photo .................................................................................................................. 217
Face detection ....................................................................................................... 219
Capturing a video ................................................................................................. 219
Camera settings ..............................................................................................................220
Changing basic settings ...................................................................................220
Changing advanced settings .......................................................................... 221
Gallery 225
About the Gallery application .................................................................................. 225
Selecting an album ........................................................................................................ 225
Viewing photos and videos ....................................................................................... 227
Browsing in filmstrip or grid view ................................................................ 227
Viewing a photo in landscape orientation...............................................228
Zooming in or out on a photo .......................................................................229
Watching video .....................................................................................................229
Viewing photos in your social networks .............................................................230
Viewing photos on Facebook ........................................................................230
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Viewing photos on Flickr .................................................................................230
Working with photos ..................................................................................................... 231
Rotating and saving a photo .......................................................................... 231
Cropping a photo ................................................................................................. 231
Sharing................................................................................................................................. 232
Sending photos or videos by email ............................................................233
Sending a photo or video by MMS..............................................................233
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth ............................................234
Sharing photos on Facebook ........................................................................234
Sharing photos on Flickr .................................................................................. 235
Sharing photos on Picasa ................................................................................ 235
Sharing videos on YouTube ............................................................................ 235
Music 237
About the Music application ..................................................................................... 237
Playing music ................................................................................................................... 237
Browsing music in the Library .................................................................................239
Creating a playlist ...........................................................................................................240
Playing the songs in a playlist .......................................................................240
Managing playlists ...............................................................................................240
Setting a song as ringtone .........................................................................................242
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone ....................................242
Sending music using Bluetooth .............................................................................. 243
About the Music widget ............................................................................................. 243
Maps and location 244
Using Google Maps .......................................................................................................244
Viewing locations ................................................................................................244
Viewing map layers............................................................................................. 247
Searching for a location ...................................................................................248
Getting directions ................................................................................................250
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Finding your friends with Google Latitude
(available by country) ....................................................................................... 252
Using HTC Footprints ...................................................................................................256
Creating a footprint ............................................................................................256
Revisiting a footprint ......................................................................................... 257
Editing or deleting a footprint ......................................................................258
Exporting your footprints ................................................................................ 258
Importing footprints ...........................................................................................259
Adding the Footprints widget ...................................................................... 259
More apps 260
Watching videos on YouTube ...................................................................................260
Watching videos ..................................................................................................260
Searching for videos ........................................................................................... 261
Sharing a video link ............................................................................................ 261
Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube .......................................262
Viewing a PDF..................................................................................................................262
Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets ...............................263
Keeping track of your stocks ....................................................................................265
Adding a stock quote or stock market index ........................................266
Changing the stock list order .......................................................................266
Deleting stock quotes and indices ..............................................................266
Setting stock information update frequency .........................................266
Manually updating stock information ........................................................ 267
Adding the Stocks widget .............................................................................. 267
Listening to the radio ...................................................................................................268
Listening to an FM station ...............................................................................269
Adding station names .......................................................................................269
Minimizing or turning off FM Radio ............................................................270
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Recording your voice ...................................................................................................270
Recording your voice .........................................................................................270
Sharing a voice clip .............................................................................................270
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone ................................................................. 271
Renaming a voice clip ........................................................................................ 271
Using Voice Search ......................................................................................................... 271
Opening Voice Search ........................................................................................ 271
Navigator ............................................................................................................................ 273
Opening Navigator ............................................................................................. 273
Using Flashlight ............................................................................................................... 274
Finding and installing apps from Android Market .......................................... 275
Finding and installing an application ......................................................... 276
Creating a Google Checkout account ....................................................... 277
Requesting a refund for an application .................................................... 278
Opening an installed application ................................................................. 278
Uninstalling an application .............................................................................. 279
Getting help ............................................................................................................ 279
Sharing games and applications ............................................................................. 279
Skype™ ................................................................................................................................. 282
Amazon MP3 ....................................................................................................................283
VZ Navigator®...................................................................................................................284
Security 285
Protecting your phone with a screen lock .........................................................285
Setting a screen unlock pattern ...................................................................285
Setting a numeric PIN .......................................................................................286
Setting a password .............................................................................................286
Settings 287
Settings on your phone ............................................................................................... 287
Changing display settings ..........................................................................................290
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