HTC Droid Incredible Verizon Wireless User guide

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User Guide

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Before you do anything else, please read this

Charge the battery

The battery in your phone hasn’t been charged yet. While your phone

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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And finally, a few important words from our legal team (LIMITATION OF

DAMAGES)

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall

HTC or its affiliates be liable to you, any user, or third party for any

indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages of any

kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not limited

to, injury, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of business opportunity,

loss of data, and/or loss of profits, regardless of the foreseeability

thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates have been advised of the

possibility of such damages. And in no event shall the total liability of

HTC or its affiliates exceed the amount received from you, regardless

of the legal theory under which the cause of action is brought. The

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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The HTC logo, HTC quietly brilliant logo, HTC SENSE, Incredible by

HTC and any other HTC trademarks, tradenames, logos, service marks

and images are the trademarks of HTC Corporation. DROID is a

trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under

license. All other trademarks and logos are the property of their

respective owners and used under license.

Google, the Google logo, Android, Google Search, Google Maps,

Gmail, Google Mail, YouTube, Android Market, and Google Talk are

trademarks of Google Inc.

Google, the Google logo and Google Maps are trademarks of Google,

Microsoft, Windows, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Active Sync, and

Outlook are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Bluetooth and the Bluetooth logo are trademarks owned by Bluetooth

SIG, Inc.

Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance, Inc.

microSD is a trademark of SD Card Association.

Java, J2ME and all other Java-based marks are trademarks or

registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States

and other countries.

Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc.

Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc., and is used under license.

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Flickr is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

All other company, product and service names mentioned herein are

trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective

owners.

HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions

contained herein, nor for incidental or consequential damages

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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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