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A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure, or lets you know of an option that you may only be careful about to prevent potential problems when using your phone when you need to be applicable to some situations. This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to do a certain action. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens on your phone. This indicates that something that may find helpful. A note also provides information that you choose to do or not to do in this guide In this...
A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure, or lets you know of an option that you may only be careful about to prevent potential problems when using your phone when you need to be applicable to some situations. This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to do a certain action. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens on your phone. This indicates that something that may find helpful. A note also provides information that you choose to do or not to do in this guide In this...
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Contents Basics 20 Inside the box...20 Your phone...21 Front panel...21 Right panel...22 Back panel...23 Back cover...24 Removing the back cover 24 Replacing the back cover 24 SIM card...25 Inserting the SIM card 25 Removing the SIM card 27 Battery...28 Inserting the battery 29 Charging the battery 30 Removing the battery 31 Storage card...32 Inserting the storage card 32 Removing the storage card 33 Removing the storage card while the phone is on 33 Switching your phone on or off 34 Switching your phone on 34 Switching your phone off 34 Finger ...
Contents Basics 20 Inside the box...20 Your phone...21 Front panel...21 Right panel...22 Back panel...23 Back cover...24 Removing the back cover 24 Replacing the back cover 24 SIM card...25 Inserting the SIM card 25 Removing the SIM card 27 Battery...28 Inserting the battery 29 Charging the battery 30 Removing the battery 31 Storage card...32 Inserting the storage card 32 Removing the storage card 33 Removing the storage card while the phone is on 33 Switching your phone on or off 34 Switching your phone on 34 Switching your phone off 34 Finger ...
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Getting started 36 Setting up your phone for the first time 36 Home screen...37 Extended Home screen 37 Using Leap view...38 Status and notifications 39 Status icons...39 Notification icons 40 Notification LED...42 Notifications panel...42 Opening the Notifications panel 42 Switching between recently-opened apps 43 Closing the Notifications panel 44 Connecting your phone to a computer 44 Copying files to or from the storage card 46 Searching your phone and the Web 47 Setting your phone's search options 48 Quickly looking up information on the Web 49 ...
Getting started 36 Setting up your phone for the first time 36 Home screen...37 Extended Home screen 37 Using Leap view...38 Status and notifications 39 Status icons...39 Notification icons 40 Notification LED...42 Notifications panel...42 Opening the Notifications panel 42 Switching between recently-opened apps 43 Closing the Notifications panel 44 Connecting your phone to a computer 44 Copying files to or from the storage card 46 Searching your phone and the Web 47 Setting your phone's search options 48 Quickly looking up information on the Web 49 ...
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Personalizing 54 Making your phone truly yours 54 Personalizing your phone with scenes 54 Using a preset scene 55 Creating a new scene 56 Renaming a scene 56 Deleting scenes...56 Changing your wallpaper 57 Applying a new skin...58 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 59 Adding a widget...59 Changing the settings of a widget 60 Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 61 Adding folders on your Home screen 62 Creating a new folder and adding items to it 62 Renaming a folder 62 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen...........
Personalizing 54 Making your phone truly yours 54 Personalizing your phone with scenes 54 Using a preset scene 55 Creating a new scene 56 Renaming a scene 56 Deleting scenes...56 Changing your wallpaper 57 Applying a new skin...58 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 59 Adding a widget...59 Changing the settings of a widget 60 Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 61 Adding folders on your Home screen 62 Creating a new folder and adding items to it 62 Renaming a folder 62 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen...........
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... a phone number in an email 72 Making an emergency call 73 Using Assisted Dialing 74 Receiving calls...75 Answering or rejecting an incoming call 75 HTC Caller ID...77 Using in-call options...78 Putting a call on hold 78 Switching between calls 78 Setting up a three-way conference call 79 Turning...
... a phone number in an email 72 Making an emergency call 73 Using Assisted Dialing 74 Receiving calls...75 Answering or rejecting an incoming call 75 HTC Caller ID...77 Using in-call options...78 Putting a call on hold 78 Switching between calls 78 Setting up a three-way conference call 79 Turning...
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People 87 About People...87 People screen...87 Setting up My contact card 88 Ways of getting contacts into your phone 89 Adding a new contact 89 Importing contacts from your SIM card 90 Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account............91 Merging contact information 91 Accepting matched contacts suggestions 92 Viewing a list of all your linked contacts 93 Manually merging contact information 93 Breaking the contact information link between contacts 93 Your contacts list...94 Filtering your contacts list 96 Searching for a contact 96 Backing up ...
People 87 About People...87 People screen...87 Setting up My contact card 88 Ways of getting contacts into your phone 89 Adding a new contact 89 Importing contacts from your SIM card 90 Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account............91 Merging contact information 91 Accepting matched contacts suggestions 92 Viewing a list of all your linked contacts 93 Manually merging contact information 93 Breaking the contact information link between contacts 93 Your contacts list...94 Filtering your contacts list 96 Searching for a contact 96 Backing up ...
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People widget...104 Adding People widgets 104 Setting the default communication method 104 Changing the default communication method 104 Getting in touch with a contact 105 Keyboard 106 Using the onscreen keyboard 106 Selecting a keyboard layout 106 Entering text...107 Enabling multiple keyboard languages 108 Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard 108 Entering words with predictive text 109 Setting a second language for the keyboard 109 Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary 110 Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary 110 Backing...
People widget...104 Adding People widgets 104 Setting the default communication method 104 Changing the default communication method 104 Getting in touch with a contact 105 Keyboard 106 Using the onscreen keyboard 106 Selecting a keyboard layout 106 Entering text...107 Enabling multiple keyboard languages 108 Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard 108 Entering words with predictive text 109 Setting a second language for the keyboard 109 Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary 110 Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary 110 Backing...
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... accounts 134 Synchronizing with a Google Account 135 Adding a social network account 136 Managing your online accounts 137 Synchronizing with your computer 138 Installing HTC Sync 139 Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone 140 Setting the Music sync options 142 Setting the Gallery sync options 143 Setting Calendar sync options 144...
... accounts 134 Synchronizing with a Google Account 135 Adding a social network account 136 Managing your online accounts 137 Synchronizing with your computer 138 Installing HTC Sync 139 Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone 140 Setting the Music sync options 142 Setting the Gallery sync options 143 Setting Calendar sync options 144...
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... 147 Synchronizing your phone 148 Installing apps from your computer to your phone 149 Synchronizing another phone with your computer 150 Social 151 Facebook for HTC Sense 151 Tweeting on your phone 153 Using Peep...154 Sending a tweet...155 Searching for Twitter users to follow 155 Sending a direct message 156 Setting...
... 147 Synchronizing your phone 148 Installing apps from your computer to your phone 149 Synchronizing another phone with your computer 150 Social 151 Facebook for HTC Sense 151 Tweeting on your phone 153 Using Peep...154 Sending a tweet...155 Searching for Twitter users to follow 155 Sending a direct message 156 Setting...
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11 Reading your messages 169 Replying to or forwarding an email message 170 Searching and organizing your emails 171 Changing Gmail settings 173 Getting help...175 Using Mail...176 Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 176 Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account 176 Checking your Mail inbox 177 Managing email messages 181 Switching to other mail folders 182 Sending an email message 182 Reading and replying to an email message 184 Setting the priority for an email message 185 Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 186 Changing email account settings 187 Calendar 188 About ...
11 Reading your messages 169 Replying to or forwarding an email message 170 Searching and organizing your emails 171 Changing Gmail settings 173 Getting help...175 Using Mail...176 Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 176 Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account 176 Checking your Mail inbox 177 Managing email messages 181 Switching to other mail folders 182 Sending an email message 182 Reading and replying to an email message 184 Setting the priority for an email message 185 Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 186 Changing email account settings 187 Calendar 188 About ...
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... your phone...198 Changing Calendar settings 199 Reminder settings 199 Calendar view settings 200 About the Calendar widget 201 Clock and Weather 202 About the HTC Clock widget 202 About the Clock app...203 Using Desk Clock...204 Using World Clock...206 Setting your home city 206 Setting the time zone...
... your phone...198 Changing Calendar settings 199 Reminder settings 199 Calendar view settings 200 About the Calendar widget 201 Clock and Weather 202 About the HTC Clock widget 202 About the Clock app...203 Using Desk Clock...204 Using World Clock...206 Setting your home city 206 Setting the time zone...
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13 Internet connections 215 Data connection...215 Checking the data connection you are using 215 Turning the data connection on or off 215 Creating a new access point 216 Enabling data roaming 216 Wi-Fi ...217 Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network 217 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security 218 Checking the wireless network status 218 Connecting to another Wi-Fi network 219 Adding connection widgets 219 Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN 220 Setting up secure credential storage 220 Adding a VPN connection 221 Connecting to a ...
13 Internet connections 215 Data connection...215 Checking the data connection you are using 215 Turning the data connection on or off 215 Creating a new access point 216 Enabling data roaming 216 Wi-Fi ...217 Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network 217 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security 218 Checking the wireless network status 218 Connecting to another Wi-Fi network 219 Adding connection widgets 219 Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN 220 Setting up secure credential storage 220 Adding a VPN connection 221 Connecting to a ...
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14 Selecting a link in a webpage 227 Selecting an address or phone number in a webpage 228 Opening a new browser window 228 Switching between browser windows 228 Downloading applications from the web 229 Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 230 Finding text within a webpage 230 Selecting text...231 Copying and pasting text 231 Searching or translating text 232 Pasting text in a new message or social network status update. 232 Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 233 Bookmarking a webpage 233 Opening a bookmark 233 Editing a bookmark 233 Viewing a ...
14 Selecting a link in a webpage 227 Selecting an address or phone number in a webpage 228 Opening a new browser window 228 Switching between browser windows 228 Downloading applications from the web 229 Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 230 Finding text within a webpage 230 Selecting text...231 Copying and pasting text 231 Searching or translating text 232 Pasting text in a new message or social network status update. 232 Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 233 Bookmarking a webpage 233 Opening a bookmark 233 Editing a bookmark 233 Viewing a ...
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15 Sending information using Bluetooth 238 Where sent information is saved 240 Receiving information using Bluetooth 241 Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen 243 Camera 244 Camera basics...244 Viewfinder screen 245 Using the front camera 246 Zooming...246 Taking a photo...247 Auto focusing...248 Recording video...249 Adding effects...251 After capturing...251 Changing camera settings 252 Photos, videos, and music 254 Browsing your Gallery 254 About the Gallery app 254 Selecting an album 255 Viewing photos...256 Viewing videos...258 Editing ...
15 Sending information using Bluetooth 238 Where sent information is saved 240 Receiving information using Bluetooth 241 Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen 243 Camera 244 Camera basics...244 Viewfinder screen 245 Using the front camera 246 Zooming...246 Taking a photo...247 Auto focusing...248 Recording video...249 Adding effects...251 After capturing...251 Changing camera settings 252 Photos, videos, and music 254 Browsing your Gallery 254 About the Gallery app 254 Selecting an album 255 Viewing photos...256 Viewing videos...258 Editing ...
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... a place of interest near you 282 Adding a place to search 282 Getting directions 283 Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country 284 Using HTC Footprints 285 Adding a location as a footprint 285 Revisiting a footprint 286 Editing or deleting a footprint 286 Sharing your footprints 286 Deleting multiple footprints 286 Exporting your...
... a place of interest near you 282 Adding a place to search 282 Getting directions 283 Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country 284 Using HTC Footprints 285 Adding a location as a footprint 285 Revisiting a footprint 286 Editing or deleting a footprint 286 Sharing your footprints 286 Deleting multiple footprints 286 Exporting your...
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17 Sharing a video link 291 Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube 291 Reading news feeds...292 Subscribing to news channels 293 Reading a story...293 Manually checking for new stories 294 Starring a story...294 Adding a keyword 294 Changing update schedule and content settings 295 Adding the News widget 295 Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations 296 Viewing a document, spreadsheet, or presentation 296 Editing a document or worksheet 297 Creating a new document or worksheet 297 Keeping track of your stocks 298 Adding a stock quote or stock market index 299 ...
17 Sharing a video link 291 Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube 291 Reading news feeds...292 Subscribing to news channels 293 Reading a story...293 Manually checking for new stories 294 Starring a story...294 Adding a keyword 294 Changing update schedule and content settings 295 Adding the News widget 295 Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations 296 Viewing a document, spreadsheet, or presentation 296 Editing a document or worksheet 297 Creating a new document or worksheet 297 Keeping track of your stocks 298 Adding a stock quote or stock market index 299 ...
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18 Finding and installing apps from Android Market 306 Finding and installing an app 306 Creating a Google Checkout account 308 Opening an installed app 308 Uninstalling an app 309 Getting help...309 Sharing games and apps 309 Security 312 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 312 Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out 312 Protecting your phone with a screen lock 313 Changing your screen lock 313 Forgot your screen lock pattern 314 Settings 315 Settings on your phone 315 Changing display settings 318 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 318 Adjusting ...
18 Finding and installing apps from Android Market 306 Finding and installing an app 306 Creating a Google Checkout account 308 Opening an installed app 308 Uninstalling an app 309 Getting help...309 Sharing games and apps 309 Security 312 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 312 Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out 312 Protecting your phone with a screen lock 313 Changing your screen lock 313 Forgot your screen lock pattern 314 Settings 315 Settings on your phone 315 Changing display settings 318 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 318 Adjusting ...
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19 Optimizing your phone's battery life 322 Checking the power usage of applications 323 Managing memory...323 Checking how much phone memory is available for use 323 Checking the available storage card space 323 Clearing application cache and data 323 Uninstalling third-party applications 324 Moving applications to or from the storage card 324 Checking information about your phone 325 Back up, update and reset 326 Backing up your contacts 326 Setting up Backup Assistant 326 Changing the backup schedule 326 Manually backing up your contacts 327 Updating the phone software ...
19 Optimizing your phone's battery life 322 Checking the power usage of applications 323 Managing memory...323 Checking how much phone memory is available for use 323 Checking the available storage card space 323 Clearing application cache and data 323 Uninstalling third-party applications 324 Moving applications to or from the storage card 324 Checking information about your phone 325 Back up, update and reset 326 Backing up your contacts 326 Setting up Backup Assistant 326 Changing the backup schedule 326 Manually backing up your contacts 327 Updating the phone software ...
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Basics Inside the box You will find the following inside the box: Phone Standard Lithium Ion Battery 32GB microSD™ card (preinstalled) USB cable Power adapter Quick start guide Product Safety & Warranty Brochure
Basics Inside the box You will find the following inside the box: Phone Standard Lithium Ion Battery 32GB microSD™ card (preinstalled) USB cable Power adapter Quick start guide Product Safety & Warranty Brochure
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Back panel 7 1 2 Basics 23 1 8 megapixel main camera 2 Dual LED flash 3 Back cover 4 Kickstand (flip out to reveal the audio speakers) 3 5 Microphone 6 USB connector 4 6 7 3.5mm headset jack 5
Back panel 7 1 2 Basics 23 1 8 megapixel main camera 2 Dual LED flash 3 Back cover 4 Kickstand (flip out to reveal the audio speakers) 3 5 Microphone 6 USB connector 4 6 7 3.5mm headset jack 5