HTC Incredible S manual

Y our HT C Incr edible S User guide[...]

2 Con v entions used in this guide In this user guide, w e use the following s ymbols to indicate useful and important information: This is a not e. A note often giv es additional information, such as what happens on y our phone when y ou choose to do or not t o do a certain action. A not e also pro vides information that ma y only be applicable to[...]

3 Contents C ontents Basics 7 Inside the bo x 7 Y our phone 7 Back co ver 9 SIM card 10 Stor age card 11 Battery 12 Switching y our phone on or off 14 Entering y our PIN 14 Finger gestur es 14 Getting start ed 15 Setting up your phone f or the first time 15 Home screen 15 Status and notifications 17 Notifications panel 19 Connecting y our phone to [...]

4 Contents People 45 About People 45 Setting up My contact car d 46 W ays of getting contacts int o your phone 46 Merging c ontact information 48 Y our contacts list 50 Contact information and c onversations 52 Contact gr oups 54 People widget 56 K eyboar d 57 Using the onscreen k eyboar d 57 Entering w ords with predictiv e text 59 Entering te xt [...]

5 Contents Clock and W eather 115 About the HT C Clock widget 115 About the Clock app 115 Using Desk Clock 116 Using W orld Clock 117 Setting the alarm clock 118 Checking weather 120 About the W eather widget 121 Internet c onnections 122 Data connection 122 Wi-Fi 123 Adding c onnection widgets 124 Connecting to a virtual priv ate network (VPN) 125[...]

6 Contents Maps and location 164 T urning on location services 164 Locations 164 Google Maps 17 4 Mor e apps 178 W atching videos on Y ouT ube 178 Reading ne ws feeds 179 Reading eBooks 182 W orking on documents, spreadsheets, and pr esentations 186 Keeping tr ack of your st ocks 187 Listening t o FM Radio 189 Recor ding your v oice 190 Using Flash[...]

7 Basics Basics Inside the bo x Y ou will find the follo wing inside the box: Phone  3.5mm st ereo headset  Battery (pr einstalled)  Po wer adapter  microSD™ car d (preins talled)  Quick start guide  USB cable  Safety and r egulatory guide  Y our phone Fr ont panel Y ou’ll see the HOME, MENU, BA CK, and SEARCH buttons wh[...]

8 Basics T op panel 2 1 3 1 3.5mm headset jack 2 Microphone 3 POWER Left panel 1 2 3 1 V OLUME UP 2 V OLUME DO WN 3 USB connector Back panel 3 2 1 4 1 8 megapix el camera 2 Dual LED flash 3 Back co v er 4 Speaker[...]

9 Basics Back c o v er Remo ving the back co v er Remo ve the back c ov er to acc ess the batt ery compartment, SIM card slot, and stor age card slot. With the phone s witched off , hold your phone secur ely with the front facing down. Starting fr om the small opening at the bottom of the phone, lift the back co v er and remo ve it complet ely . Re[...]

10 Basics SIM car d The SIM car d contains y our phone number , service details, and phonebook/ message memory . Y our phone supports both 1.8 V and 3 V SIM cards. Some legacy SIM car ds may not function with y our phone. Y ou should consult with y our mobile opera tor for a r eplacement SIM car d. Ther e may be fees for this servic e. Inserting th[...]

11 Basics St or age car d Use the microSD car d to st ore y our photos, videos, and music. Y ou’ll find the microSD card alr eady inserted in y our phone. Inserting the st orage car d 1. T ake the back co v er off . See “Back co ver” for details. 2. Insert the microSD car d into the st orage car d slot with its gold contacts facing down and p[...]

12 Basics Batt ery Y our phone uses a r echargeable ba ttery . Please use only original batteries and acc essories that came with your phone or r eplacements that w e recommend. How long the ba ttery can last befor e it needs rechar ging depends on how y ou use y our phone. Among these are the phone fea tures and ac cessories y ou use (for e xample[...]

13 Basics Char ging the battery The batt ery is partially charged when shipped. Befor e you turn on and s tart using your phone, it is r ecommended that y ou charge the battery . Some batteries perf orm best after se ver al full charge/ dischar ge cy cles. Only the pow er adapter and USB sync cable pr ovided with y our phone must be used to charge [...]

14 Basics Swit ching y our phone on or off Swit ching your phone on Pres s and hold the POWER butt on. Easy . When y ou turn on the phone for the first time, y ou’ll need to set it up. See the Getting start ed chapter for details. Swit ching your phone off 1. If the display is off , press the PO WER button to turn it back on, then unlock the scre[...]

15 Getting started Getting s tarted Setting up y our phone for the firs t time When y ou switch on y our phone for the first time, y ou’ll be asked t o set up your phone. Y ou can choose y our language, how y ou want t o connect to the Internet, and whether y ou want y our current loca tion to be automatically det ected. If y ou still hav e perso[...]

16 Getting started Extended Home scr een As y ou start to do mor e things with y our phone, you might find that one Home scr een is not enough. No problem. Y ou can use up to six e xtr a screens. It should be plenty . Slide y our finger horizontally to the left or right and y ou’ll disco v er more space f or adding icons, widgets, and mor e. Pres[...]

17 Getting started Status and notifica tions Status ic ons Y ou can tell a lot about y our phone by checking the ic ons in its status bar . Here’ s what each one means: Signal str ength Battery is full GPRS connect ed Battery is char ging GPRS in use Battery is lo w (20% remaining) EDGE connect ed Battery is v ery low (10% r emaining) EDGE in use[...]

18 Getting started Notification icons A busy lif e means a busy phone. Notifica tion icons on the s tatus bar mak e it easy for y ou to keep on t op of your messages, calendar e vents and alarms. Her e’s what each one means: New Gmail/ Google Mail message Call in progr ess New Micr osoft Exchange Activ eSync or POP3/IMAP email Missed call Problem[...]

19 Getting started Notification LED The notification LED sho ws a: Solid gr een light when the phone is connect ed to the po wer adapt er or a comput er and the battery is fully charged. Flashing green light when y ou hav e a pending notification. Solid orange light when the ba ttery is being charged. Flashing orange light when the ba ttery lev el [...]

20 Getting started Swit ching between r ecently-opened apps On the Notifications panel, y ou can easily access up t o eight apps you just r ecently opened. 1. Pres s and hold the status bar , then slide your finger do wnwar d to open the Notifications panel. 2. In the Rec ent apps section, slide y our finger left or right to see r ecently-opened ap[...]

21 Getting started Y ou can also change the type of USB connection on-the-fly , without having t o disconnect and r econnect y our phone. Slide open the Notifications panel, and then tap the notification that sa ys “Select to change USB c onnection type” to open the Connect to PC scr een again. T o change the def ault connection type or choose [...]

22 Getting started Sear ching y our phone and the W eb Find all types of information on y our phone and the W eb. Search An ywher e sifts through diff erent files, information, and apps on y our phone. Y ou can also choose to search the W eb using your f av orite w eb search service . From the Home scr een, tap > Search An ywhere . T hen enter t[...]

23 Getting started Quickly looking up information on the W eb Quick Lookup helps y ou learn about something right on the spot. When y ou enter a new w ord or phr ase, y ou can readily look it up in popular w ebsites or sear ch services such as Google Search, W ikipedia, Y ouT ube, Google T ranslat e, and Google Dictionary . 1. From the Home scr een[...]

24 Getting s tarted A djusting the v olume Adjus ting the ringer volume changes the v olume lev el of the phone ringtone, while adjusting the media v olume changes the volume le vel of sound notifications and music or video playback. A djusting the ringer volume Pres s the VOL UME UP or V OLUME DO WN button on the left panel of the phone to adjust [...]

25 Getting started Sleep mode Sleep mode sav es battery po wer b y putting your phone int o a lo w pow er stat e while the display is off . It also stops ac cidental button pr esses when the phone’s in y our bag or pocket. Y ou’ll still rec eive messages and calls though. T o change the dela y before y our screen turns off , see “ Adjusting t[...]

26 Personalizing Personalizing Making y our phone truly y ours Make y our phone look and sound just the wa y y ou want it. P ersonalize y our phone with a differ ent wallpaper , skin, ringtone, and notification sound for e vents such as incoming t ext, email, and calendar r eminders. T ap the Personalize button ( ) right on the Home screen t o get [...]

27 Personalizing Cr eating a ne w scene Y ou’ll start with an empty Home scr een when you cr eate a ne w scene . From the Home scr een, tap > Scene . Pres s MENU, then tap New . Enter a ne w scene name, then tap Done . Personalize the sc ene by adding widgets and other elements, arr anging the Home screen la yout, and changing the skin or w al[...]

28 Personalizing Applying a ne w skin Personalize be yond the Home scr een by applying a ne w skin. Skins are set t o giv e a differ ent look and feel to most of y our phone’s onscr een buttons, application scr eens, option menus, and other items. From the Home scr een, tap > Skin . Slide y our finger on the screen fr om right to left t o sele[...]

29 Personalizing Changing the settings of a widget Basic settings of some widgets (for e xample, the People and Mail widgets ) can be modified from the Home scr een. 1. Pres s and hold a widget on the Home screen. The phone vibr ates and y ou’ll see a color ed bo x around the widget. Don’t lift y our finger just yet. 2. Drag the widget t o the [...]

30 Personalizing A dding icons and other short cuts on y our Home scr een Place app ic ons on your Home scr een to open apps quicker . Y ou can also add shortcuts t o settings and specific information such as a bookmarked w ebpage, someone’ s phone number , a music playlist, r oute dir ections, and many other it ems, to y our Home screen. The sho[...]

31 Personalizing Renaming a folder T ap the folder to open it. Pres s and hold the folder window’ s title bar . Enter a ne w folder name and then tap OK . Rearr anging or remo ving widgets and icons on y our Home scr een Rearr ange the widgets and icons on y our Home screen t o give r oom for adding more items t o the Home screen. Y ou can also r[...]

32 Personalizing Rearr anging the Home screen Reor der your Home scr een panels in any wa y that fits how y ou use the Home screen. For e xample, mo ve the panels with fr equently-used widgets, shortcuts, and f olders closer to the main Home scr een. 1. Pinch the Home screen t o show the Leap vie w . 2. Pres s and hold the thumbnail of the home scr[...]

33 Personalizing Cr eating a sound set From the Home scr een, tap > Sound set . On the Sound sets screen, tap New sound set . Enter a ne w sound set name, then tap Done . The ne wly creat ed sound set is then added to y our phone’ s list of sound sets. T o find out how to as sign different t ones to the sound set, see “Cus tomizing a sound s[...]

34 Personalizing Deleting sound sets From the Home scr een, tap > Sound set . Pres s MENU, and then tap Delete . T ap one or more sound sets y ou want to delet e. T ap Delete . Rearr anging or hiding application tabs Y ou can r earrange the tabs a t the bottom of some of your phone’ s apps to prioritiz e the types of information y ou frequentl[...]

35 Phone calls Phone calls Making calls Most SIM car ds come with a PIN (personal identification number) set by y our mobile operat or . If y ou’re ask ed for a PIN, enter it and then tap OK . If y ou enter the wr ong PIN three times, y our SIM card is blocked. T o unlock your SIM car d, see “Rest oring a SIM card that has been lock ed out” i[...]

36 Phone calls What is Smart dial? The phone dialer’s Smart Dial fea ture mak es it quick and easy for y ou to plac e a call. Simply enter the phone number or first f ew letters of the person’ s name y ou want to call. Smart Dial aut omatically searches and filters y our contacts list ( stor ed on y our phone, SIM card, and online ac counts suc[...]

37 Phone calls Calling a phone number in an email From the Home scr een, tap > Mail . In y our email account’ s inbox, tap the email that c ontains the phone number to call. In the email body , tap the phone number . A selection menu then pops up and the phone number is highlighted. The phone will r ecognize a number as a phone number if the n[...]

38 Phone calls Rec eiving calls When y ou rec eiv e a phone call from a contact, the Inc oming call screen appears and display s the caller ID icon, name, and phone number of the calling party . When y ou rec eiv e a phone call from someone who is not stor ed in People, only the default caller ID ic on and phone number appear on the Incoming call s[...]

39 Phone calls Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Do one of the follo wing: Pres s the VOL UME DOWN or V OLUME UP button. Pres s the POWER butt on. Place the phone f ace down on a le veled surf ace. If the phone is already f acing down, the phone will still ring when ther e are subsequent incoming calls. HT C Caller ID Ev erytime y[...]

40 Phone calls Swit ching between calls If y ou’re alr eady on a call and acc ept another call, you can choose to s witch between the two calls. 1. When y ou rec eiv e another call, tap Answer t o accept the second call, and t o put the first call on hold. 2. T o switch betw een the calls, tap the person you w ant to talk to on the scr een. 3. T [...]

41 Phone calls T urning the speak erphone on or off during a call T o turn the speakerphone on, y ou can do any of the follo wing: Flip y our phone ov er during a call (be sure that Flip for speak er is selected in HOME > MENU > Settings > Sound ). On the call screen, tap . The speak erphone icon ( ) appears in the status bar when the spea[...]

42 Phone calls Using Call hist ory Use the Call hist ory to check missed calls, y our dialed numbers and rec eived calls. Checking a missed call Y ou will see the missed call ic on in the status bar when y ou miss a call. 1. Slide open the Notifications panel to check who the caller is. 2. T o return the call, tap the missed call notification. T he[...]

43 Phone calls Clearing the call hist ory list On the Call history scr een, y ou can do the follo wing: T o remo ve one name or number fr om the list, pres s and hold the name or number , and then tap Delete from call his tory . T o clear the entire list, pr ess MENU, and then tap Delet e all . Call servic es Y our phone can dir ectly link to the m[...]

44 Phone calls T urning Airplane mode on or off In many c ountries, you ar e requir ed b y law t o turn off the phone while on board an aircr aft. A wa y to turn off the phone function is to s witch y our phone to Airplane mode . When y ou enable Airplane mode, all wireles s radios on y our phone are turned off , including the call function, data s[...]

45 People People About People With the People app , you can sync y our phone with contacts fr om your Google Ac count, comput er , and Fac ebook. Y ou can also sync with w ork contacts fr om the Ex change Activ eSync Serv er in y our workplace . T o find out how , see “W ay s of getting contacts int o your phone. ” Per contact, link the person?[...]

46 People Setting up My c ontact car d My contact car d pro vides a conv enient wa y to stor e your personal c ontact information so that y ou can easily send it via SMS, MMS, email, or Bluetooth. From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab of the People scr een, tap Me . If y ou are logged in t o your F acebook account thr ough Faceboo[...]

4 7 People Y our ne w HT C phone then tries to pair with your old phone . Y ou’ll then see a security passk ey on the T ransf er Data screen. 6. On your old phone, ent er this passke y or simply confirm it. 7 . Select the Contacts check bo x (and other supported types of data y ou want to import), and then tap Ne xt . 8. When y our new HT C phone[...]

48 People Importing a contact fr om an Ex change Activ eSync ac count Y ou can sear ch for a w ork contact from y our Ex change Activ eSync account, and then cop y it to y our phone. Y ou need to ha ve y our Exchange A ctiveS ync account set up on y our phone first. T o find out ho w , see “ Adding a Micr osoft Ex change Activ eSync account“ in[...]

49 People Vie wing a list of all y our linked c ontacts From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, pr ess MENU, then tap Mor e > Link ed contacts . The All link ed contacts list then opens wher e you can check the ac count types and information mer ged. Y ou can choose to tap beside an account type t o break the link. 3. When you?[...]

50 People Y our c ontacts list The All tab of the P eople screen sho ws all y our contacts, including Google contacts, Ex change Activ eSync contacts, Phone c ontacts, contacts s tor ed on your SIM car d, and Fac ebook contacts. If y ou signed in to y our Google Acc ount and Facebook ac count when you firs t set up the phone, y our contacts from th[...]

51 People Filtering y our contacts lis t Y ou can choose to displa y contacts of a particular type only , for e xample Google contacts or F acebook contacts. From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, pr ess MENU, then tap V iew . Select the types of contacts y ou want t o show in y our contacts lis t. Y ou can also choose ho w y ou w[...]

52 People Importing contacts fr om the stor age card From the Home scr een, tap > People . Pres s MENU, and then tap Import/Export > Import from SD car d . Y ou can only import contacts that w ere e xported t o the stor age card using the Export t o SD card f eatur e on the phone. See “Backing up y our contacts to the st orage card. ” 3. [...]

53 People Editing a c ontact ’ s information From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, pr ess and hold the contact, and then tap Edit c ontact . Y ou cannot edit the contact information of a F acebook friend. 3. Enter the new inf ormation for the contact. 4. T ap Sav e . Sending contact inf ormation as a vCard Share the c ontact in[...]

54 People Contact gr oups Assign contacts t o groups so y ou can easily send a message or email to a whole group . Y ou can also sync groups on y our phone with the groups in y our Google acc ount, accessible via y our computer’s w eb bro wser . W e’ve also added the Fr equent group as a special gr oup type that automatically stor es the contac[...]

55 People Sending a message or email t o a group Y ou will be charged b y your mobile pr ovider for each message sent. F or example , if you send a message to a gr oup of five people , y ou will be charged f or five messages. From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the Groups tab , tap the group y ou want to send a message or email t o. 3. Go t[...]

56 People People widget Put the group of people y ou contact most right on the Home scr een of y our phone b y adding them as the People widget. Using the People widget, y ou can instantly place a call, send a message, or vie w details of a fa v orite contact with a single tap. A dding People widgets Stay in t ouch with different cir cles of friend[...]

57 K eyboar d K e yboar d Using the onscr een ke yboard When y ou start an app or select a field that r equires t ext or numbers, the onscr een ke yboard bec omes av ailable. Aft er entering y our te xt, you can tap or pr ess BA CK to close the onscr een ke yboard. Selecting a k eyboar d lay out Y ou can choose fr om three diff erent k eyboar d lay[...]

58 Ke yboard Backspace k ey . T ap t o delete the pr evious char acter . Language ke y . The k ey y ou see depends on the ke yboard language y ou are curr ently using. T ap t o swit ch to another k eyboar d language (see “Enabling multiple k eyboar d languages”). Y ou can also acces s onscreen k eyboar d settings. T ap t o toggle betw een Multi[...]

59 K eyboar d Ent ering w ords with pr edictiv e te xt The onscr een ke yboard has pr edictive t e xt to help you type quickly and ac curat ely . Predictiv e text input is enabled b y default, and w ord suggestions ar e display ed as you type. T o enter a wor d in predictiv e mode, do any of the f ollowing: If y ou see the wor d y ou want highlight[...]

60 Ke yboard Editing or deleting a w ord in the pr edictive t ext dictionary Y ou can edit or r emo ve w ords that y ou pre viously added to the predictiv e te xt dictionary . From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Language & ke yboard > T ouch Input . T ap Personal dictionary > Edit personal dictionary . T o edit [...]

61 K eyboard Editing t e xt Y ou can select, cop y , or cut the te xt you ent er using the onscreen k eyboar d, then paste it in another t ext field within or acr oss apps. Some apps may off er their own w ay of selecting or cop ying te xt. Selecting te xt Highlight a portion of a te xt or select all that y ou want t o copy or cut. Pres s and hold [...]

62 Ke yboard 3. Drag y our finger to mo ve the te xt cursor to wher e you w ant to paste the t ext. 4. Aft er positioning the te xt cursor , lift your finger . The t e xt selection menu then pops up. 5. T ap Pas te . A djusting t ouch input settings Open the T ouch Input settings by doing one of the follo wing: On the onscreen k eyboar d, tap the L[...]

63 K eyboard Other settings Sound feedback Select to hear a clicking sound whene ver y ou tap a ke y on the ke yboard. Vibr ate when typing Select to enable vibr ation feedback whenev er you tap a k ey on the ke yboard. Finger touch pr ecision Calibra tion tool T ap t o re-calibr ate the k eyboard t ouch accuracy . Re-calibra te the ke yboard if y [...]

64 Messages Mes sages About Messages K eep in touch with important people in your lif e. Use the Messages app to c ompose and send te xt (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). From the Home scr een, tap > Messages . On the All messages scr een, all your sent and r eceiv ed messages ar e neatly grouped into c onv ersations, b y contact name or phon[...]

65 Messages Sending a t e xt message (SMS) If y ou ex ceed the limit on the number of char acters f or a single te xt message, y our te xt message will be deliv ered as one but will be billed as mor e than one message. From the Home scr een, tap > Messages . On the All messages scr een, tap Compose message . 3. Fill in one or more r ecipients. Y[...]

66 Messages Sending a multimedia message (MMS) T o compose a multimedia message, s tart b y crea ting a ne w te xt message. T hen choose the type of attachment to include in y our message. From the Home scr een, tap > Messages . On the All messages scr een, tap Compose message . 3. Fill in one or more r ecipients. Y ou can: Enter the first f ew [...]

67 Mes sages Cr eating a slidesho w In a multimedia message, y ou can add slides, each containing a phot o, video , or audio. In the multimedia message y ou’re c omposing, tap > Slideshow . On the Edit slidesho w screen, tap A dd slide . T ap Slide 1 . T o compose y our slidesho w , do any of the follo wing: Add a pictur e T ap Insert pictur e[...]

68 Messages Vie wing a message T o open and read y our receiv ed messages, y ou can: Pres s and hold the status bar , and then slide your finger do wn to open the Notifications panel. T ap the new message notifica tion. Open the Messages app to ac cess and r ead the message. While r eading the message, y ou can: Call or sav e a phone number contain[...]

69 Messages Vie wing and saving an a ttachment from a multimedia message If y ou are conc erned about the size of your da ta do wnloads, check the multimedia message size firs t before y ou download it. When Aut o-retriev e in MMS settings is disabled, only the message header is downloaded. T o download the entir e message, tap the Do wnload button[...]

70 Messages Managing message c on v ersations Pr otecting a mes sage from deletion Y ou can lock a message so that it will not be delet ed ev en if you delete the other messages in the con versa tion. On the All messages scr een, tap a contact ( or phone number) to displa y the e xchange of messages with tha t contact. Pres s and hold the message t[...]

71 Messages Deleting a con versa tion On the All messages scr een, press and hold a c ontact (or phone number) whose messages y ou want to delet e, and then tap Delete . While looking at the e x change of messages in a con versa tion, y ou can also pr ess MENU and then tap More > Delet e > Delete thread . Any lock ed messages in the con versa[...]

72 Messages Stor age settings Delete old messages Automa tically delete older messages, e x cept for lock ed messages, when the set limits ar e reached. T e xt message limit Choose the maximum number of text mes sages to st ore in each con versation thr ead (this does not include locked messages ). Multimedia message limit Choose the maximum number[...]

73 A ccounts and sync A c c ounts and sync S ynchr onizing with online acc ounts About online acc ounts These ar e some of the types of information y our phone can sync with y our online acc ounts: Gmail and Ex change Activ eSync email. For details, see the Email chapt er . Google and Ex change Activ eSync contacts, as w ell as your friends’ c on[...]

7 4 Acc ounts and sync For got your Google A cc ount pass w ord? If y ou hav e for gotten y our Google Ac count passw ord, y ou can try to r eco v er it by going to the Google w ebsite. On y our phone or computer , open your w eb bro wser and go to https:/ / www .google. com/ acc ounts/ForgotP ass wd. Enter the email addr ess or username that y ou [...]

75 A ccounts and sync Changing acc ount settings Y ou can change settings such as the sync fr equency and the types of information synchr onized, the kinds of notification y ou receiv e, and the w ay tha t acc ount information is displa yed. On the Ac counts & sync scr een, tap the account that y ou want t o edit. T ap the type of information y[...]

76 A ccounts and sync S ynchr onizing with y our comput er Y ou hav e y our ne w vaca tion photos on y our phone while your busines s calendar is on y our computer . Why not mak e these types of files and information av ailable on both devic es? W ith HT C Sync™, y ou can: Sync y our contacts betw een your Micr osoft® Outlook®, Outlook® Expres[...]

77 Ac counts and sync Setting up HT C Sync to r ecognize y our phone Aft er installing HT C Sync, the HT C Connect icon is added to y our comput er ’ s sy stem tra y (check the bott om-right side of your c omputer scr een). Y ou can double-click this icon t o open HT C Sync. 1. Connect y our phone to y our computer using the USB cable that came w[...]

78 A ccounts and s ync Setting up synchr onization Music Bring the music tracks and songs y ou play on y our comput er to y our phone. If y ou hav e playlis ts cr eated in iT unes® or W indows Media® Pla yer , y ou can sync these t oo and enjo y them on the go. Y ou can sync audio files in these formats: *.aac, *.amr , *.m4a, *.mid, *.midi, *.mp3[...]

79 A ccounts and sync Calendar Y our phone can sync appointments and e vents with y our calendar in Outlook ( Outlook XP , Outlook 2003 or Outlook 200 7) or Window s Calendar (for Windo ws Vis ta). On the Devic e panel, click Calendar , and then click the On button. T urning Calendar sync on means y ou want this category included e very time y ou s[...]

80 Ac counts and sync Documents Y ou can sync files and documents fr om your c omputer to y our phone. Make sur e that y our phone has the app needed to open or view such files and documents. Y ou can also sync email attachments tha t y ou stor ed on y our phone’ s stor age car d to y our computer . T o open a document on y our phone, you’ll ne[...]

81 Ac counts and sync Do wnloading maps or purchasing services Y ou can do wnload maps for fr ee or purchase pr emium services such as navigation, safety camer as, and turn-by-turn v oice instructions. A dding products t o your shopping cart 1. On the Devic e panel, click Locations , and then click the On button. 2. Click Get more Maps and Lic ense[...]

82 Ac counts and sync Installing apps fr om your c omputer to y our phone If y ou hav e application files (*.apk) on y our computer , you can use HT C Sync t o install them to y our phone (running an Android platf orm). W e strongly r ecommend y ou install only applications that y ou trust. Befor e you begin, mak e sure that y our phone is set to a[...]

83 Social Social F acebook f or HT C Sense If y ou signed in to your F acebook acc ount when you turned on and set up y our phone for the first time , that means your F acebook acc ount is link ed to F acebook for HT C Sense on y our phone. (If you did not do this, see the A ccounts and s ync chapter to find out ho w to sign in t o F acebook for HT[...]

84 Social Check y our friends’ Facebook s tatus updates in Friend S tream. See “Friend Str eam” to find out the things you can do in the Friend S tream app . Add y our Facebook e vents and y our friends’ birthday s to the Calendar app. See the Calendar chapter f or details. F acebook f or Android The F acebook app on y our phone lets you k [...]

85 Social Wha t’s the diff erenc e betw een F ac ebook for Andr oid and Fac ebook for HT C Sense ? Fac ebook for HT C Sense is not a standalone app. It is int egrated in P eople, Friend Str eam, G allery , and Calendar to giv e you up-t o-date information about y our Facebook c ontacts (their status updates, shared links, and photos ) in these ap[...]

86 Social Using Peep From the Home scr een, tap > Peep . Peep opens in the All tw eets tab. 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 8 1 T ap in this area t o compose and send a tw eet. 2 T ap a person’ s name to check profile details and all of his or her tw eets. 3 If you ha v e linked the c ontact in People, tap the photo or icon t o open a menu where y ou can quickl[...]

87 Social Sear ching for T witter users t o follo w On the Peep scr een, press the SEARCH butt on. T ype a T witter name in the search bo x. Y ou can also narr ow do wn the search when y ou tap > Users . 3. T ap . 4. In the list of sear ch results, tap the T witter user y ou want to f ollow . 5. Press MENU , and then tap Follow . Unfollo wing a [...]

88 Social Friend Str eam Friend Str eam connects you t o your social netw orks. Share and get updat es from friends in popular netw orks like F acebook and T witter in a single feed. W ith Friend Str eam, you can easily tr ack your friends’ status mes sages, photo uploads, notifications, and mor e — or comment and post y our own. Y ou must be s[...]

89 Social Enter y our status updat e. 4. If y ou do not want to send the sta tus update t o all your social netw ork accounts, tap and clear the check bo xes of the social netw orks to e xclude . 5. T ap and then choose what you w ant to attach t o y our tw eet or status updat e. App rec ommendation Choose an app y ou’ve ins talled from Andr oid [...]

90 Social Checking notifications fr om your social netw orks Slide to the Notifications tab t o easily see a single feed of your notifica tions from differ ent social networks. It can be a comment on y our Fac ebook post, a mention or direct mes sage in T witter , a tagged photo of y ou, and more. About the Friend Str eam widget Use the Friend Str [...]

91 Social Chatting in Google T alk Google T alk is Google’ s instant messaging pr ogram. It lets y ou communicate with other people that also use Google T alk. If y ou signed in to your Google A ccount when y ou first set up the phone, y ou are already signed in t o Google T alk. Chatting with friends From the Home scr een, tap > T alk . T ap [...]

92 Social T ap your pictur e, and then tap Remo ve to r emo v e y our photo, or Change t o select another picture on the s torage car d. Note that if y ou’ve select ed a big picture , you will be ask ed to crop it. T ap Done . Y our online status, mes sage, and pictur e appear in your c ontact’ s Friends lists and in other apps where y our Goog[...]

93 Email Email Using Gmail Gmail is Google’ s web-based email service . When y ou first set up y our phone, mak e sure y ou sign into your Google A ccount so y ou can send and rec eive Gmail messages. If y ou didn’t do so, go to the A ccounts & s ync setting to sign in. Y ou can also set up mor e than one Google Ac count on y our phone, and[...]

94 Email Select messages and con versations T ap the bo x ( ) befor e the email or conv ersation. Then tap the onscreen butt ons at the bottom to choose what t o do with the selected messages or c onv ersations. Display mes sages and con versations of another label T ap Inbo x at the top left of the scr een, and then tap another label (such as Sent[...]

95 Email 3. In the Inbox, tap the unr ead email or the conv ersation with the unr ead email to view it. 4. On the email message or con versa tion, do any of the follo wing: Scroll thr ough the messages in the con versation b y swiping y our finger up or down the scr een. If y ou hav e two or mor e email messages in the con versation, tap to e xpand[...]

96 Email Sear ching and organizing y our emails Searching f or messages Y ou can sear ch for messages that c ontain one or more w ords in their cont ents or in their addres ses, subjects, labels, and so on. When you sear ch for messages, all of the messages in y our Gmail account on the w eb are included ( ex cept those labeled T rash or Spam ), no[...]

97 Email Filtering c onv ersations Y ou can choose to displa y conv ersations that hav e the same label or only those that are s tarred. 1. From the Home scr een, tap > Gmail . 2. When vie wing your Inbo x or another con v ersation list, tap the name of the current label a t the top left of the screen t o open the labels selection screen. 3. T a[...]

98 Email Reply all Select this check bo x if you w ant to replac e the Reply button ( ) in message headers with the Reply all button ( ), so y ou don’t need to tap the arr ow ( ) to ac cess it. Auto-adv ance Select which con versation to displa y after y ou delete or ar chive a con versation. Message te xt size A djust the size of te xt in your e[...]

99 Email Using Mail Use the Mail app to add y our webmail and other POP3 or IMAP email ac counts. Y ou can also set up and use y our Exchange A ctiveS ync email on y our phone. A dding a POP3/IMAP email account From the Home scr een, tap > Mail . Do one of the follo wing: If this is y our first time to add an email acc ount in Mail, tap Other (P[...]

100 Email Checking y our Mail inbox When y ou open the Mail app, it display s the inbox of one of y our email accounts tha t y ou’ve set up on y our phone. T o s witch between email ac counts, tap the bar that show s the current email ac count, and then tap another ac count. Vie wing the unified inbo x of all your email ac counts Y ou can vie w e[...]

101 Email Differ ent view s of y our inbox If y ou hav e lots of email messages, it ma y take y ou some time to bro wse thr ough the long list and find a single email or r elated email messages. T o skim through y our email messages easier , tap one of the follo wing tabs to change the vie w of your inbo x: Receiv ed . Display s email messages as i[...]

102 Email Y our scr een then jumps to the ne xt or pre vious set of email messages based on y our chosen sorting order . For ins tance: If y our email messages are arr anged by dat e, y our screen jumps t o the email messages r eceiv ed on the pre vious or ne xt date , depending on y our sorting order . If y our email messages are arr anged alphabe[...]

103 Email Mo ving an email message after r eading In the open message, pr ess MENU, and then tap Mor e > Mov e to . Deleting all messages First tap the check bo x of any email message. Pres s MENU, and then tap Select all . T ap Delete . Swit ching to other mail folders Pres s MENU, and then tap Folders . T ap the mail folder whose messages y ou[...]

104 Email Location Y ou can attach location information. Send y our current location (r equires GPS t o be turned on) or a location you pick on a map. For mor e information, see the Maps and location chapter . Document A ttach a PDF file or an Office document such as a t e xt file or a spreadsheet. Contact (vCar d) A ttach someone’s contact inf o[...]

105 Email W orking with Ex change Activ eSync email If y ou sync your phone with y our work Ex change Activ eSync account, y ou can read, reply , send, and manage email in the same easy w ay as with a POP3/IMAP ac count. In addition, y ou can also use some pow erful Ex change features. T o find out how y ou can set up your Ex change Activ eSync ac [...]

106 Email Changing email acc ount settings Switch t o the email account whose settings y ou want t o change. Pres s MENU and then tap More > Settings . Select fr om the follo wing: Ac count settings Change the email acc ount settings such as the name, email addres s, passwor d, and description. General settings Set the font size when r eading em[...]

107 Calendar Calendar About Calendar Nev er miss an important date again. Use y our phone’s Calendar t o schedule y our ev ents, meetings, and appointments. Y ou can set up y our phone to stay in s ync with the following types of calendars: On y our phone, sign in to y our Google Acc ount so you’ll be able to s ync your phone’ s Calendar with[...]

108 Calendar Select y our Exchange A ctiveS ync acc ount to creat e an Exchange Activ eSync calendar ev ent. 4. Enter a name for the e v ent. 5. T o specify the dat e and time of the e v ent, do one of the following: If there is a time fr ame for the e vent, tap the Fr om and T o date and time t o set them. If it is a special occasion such as a bir[...]

109 Calendar Sending a meeting r equest using Calendar (Ex change A ctiveS ync only) If y ou hav e an Ex change Activ eSync acc ount set up on y our phone, you can use Calendar to cr eate a meeting appointment and send a meeting r equest email to the people y ou want to in vite to y our meeting. 1. Open Calendar and crea te a new e vent. T ap the C[...]

110 Calendar Day and A genda vie ws Day vie w display s a list of the ev ents of one day and also sho ws weather inf ormation at the bottom of the scr een when you’r e viewing e vents of the curr ent day . Agenda view sho ws a list of all y our ev ents in chronological or der . The c olor bars on the left side of the ev ents indicate the type of [...]

111 Calendar When in W eek view: Y ou can pr ess and hold on a time slot to cr eate a ne w ev ent at that time. T ap an ev ent to view its details. Slide left or right acr oss the scr een to view earlier or lat er weeks. Managing calendar e v ents Y ou can vie w , edit, delete, or shar e ev ents that you cr eated. Y ou can also vie w and share e v [...]

112 Calendar When editing an e vent, tap Delet e . If the ev ent repeats, y ou’ll be asked whether y ou want to delet e just that occurr ence, this and all futur e occurrenc es, or all past and future oc currences in y our Calendar . Sharing an e vent (vCalendar) Y ou can shar e a calendar ev ent as a vCalendar to someone’s phone using Bluet oo[...]

113 Calendar Displa ying and synchr onizing calendars Y ou can select which calendars to sho w or hide on your phone’ s Calendar , and which ones to k eep synchr onized. Sho wing or hiding calendars In any Calendar vie w , press MENU , tap Mor e > Calendars , and then select or clear a calendar to sho w or hide it. T ap All calendars t o displ[...]

114 Calendar Changing Calendar settings Y ou can change Calendar settings to specify ho w it display s e v ents and ho w it notifies y ou of upcoming ev ents. In any Calendar vie w , pres s MENU and then tap More > Settings to ac cess Calendar ’s settings. Reminder settings Choose ho w y ou want Calendar t o issue ev ent reminders when ther e [...]

115 Clock and W eather Clock and W eather About the HT C Clock widget Use the HT C Clock widget to see your curr ent date, time , and location. It’s added b y default on y our Home screen. T ap the wea ther image to open the W eather app and check for mor e weather for ecasts. See “Checking w eather ” for details. If y ou want to sho w the ti[...]

116 Clock and W eather T ap the tabs at the bottom r o w or slide y our finger acr oss the tabs to s witch betw een the differ ent functions of the Clock app. 2 3 4 5 1 1 Desk Clock tab 2 W orld Clock tab 3 Alarms tab 4 Stop watch tab 5 Timer tab Using Desk Clock Opening the Clock app brings y ou directly to the Desk Clock scr een. The Desk Clock d[...]

117 Clock and W eather Y ou can change the Desk Clock scr een to displa y the date and time of another time zone . T o find out how to select a diff erent time zone , see “Setting the time zone, da te, and time. ” Using W orld Clock Use the Clock app’ s W orld Clock screen t o check the current time in se v eral plac es around the globe simul[...]

118 Clock and W eather T o change the date, tap Set dat e . Adjust the dat e by r olling the day , month, and y ear scroll wheels onscr een and then tap OK . T o change the time, tap Set time . Adjus t the time b y rolling the hour and minut e scroll wheels onscr een and then tap OK . T ap the Use 24-hour format check bo x to toggle betw een using [...]

119 Clock and W eather Setting an alarm 1. T ap the HT C Clock widget on the Home screen. 2. T ap the Alarms tab. 3. Select the check box of an alarm, and then tap that alarm. 4. On the Set alarm screen, dr ag y our finger up or down t o roll the time scr oll wheels and set the alarm time. 5. Scroll thr ough the Set alarms screen to see all the a v[...]

120 Clock and W eather Side button beha vior Choose what happens to the alarm when pres sing the side button (V OLUME UP /DOWN) of y our phone. Y ou can set the button t o snooz e, dismiss the alarm, or disable the button. The side butt on works only when the phone’ s screen is not locked. W hile on the lock screen, tap the onscreen Snoo ze butto[...]

121 Clock and W eather A dding a city to the W eather scr een Add mor e cities to the W eather scr een so y ou can instantly check the weather for ecasts in these cities. In addition to y our current location, the W eather scr een can display up t o 15 cities. On the W eather screen, tap . Enter the location y ou want t o add. As you type, the lis [...]

122 Internet connections Int ernet c onnections Data c onnection Y our phone will be automatically set up t o use your mobile oper ator ’s da ta connection when y ou turn on your phone (if the SIM car d is inserted) for the first time. Checking the data connection y ou are using From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings T ap Wirel[...]

123 Internet connections Enabling data r oaming Connect to y our mobile operator’s partner netw orks and acces s data services when y ou’re out of y our mobile operator’s c ov erage ar ea. Using data services while r oaming will be costly . Check with your mobile oper ator f or data roaming r ates befor e you use data r oaming. From the Home [...]

124 Int ernet connections Connecting t o a Wi-Fi network with EAP- TLS security Y ou may need t o install a network c ertificate (*.p12) to y our phone before y ou can connect t o a Wi-Fi network with EAP- TLS authentication pr otoc ol. Sav e the certificat e file to the root f older of the st orage car d. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and th[...]

125 Internet connections Connecting t o a virtual priv ate netw ork (VPN) Add, set up , and manage virtual privat e networks (VPNs ) so you can c onnect and acc ess resour ces inside a secured local netw ork, such as your c orporat e network. Depending on the type of VPN y ou’re using at w ork, you ma y be ask ed to ent er y our login credentials[...]

126 Internet connections Disconnecting fr om a VPN Pres s and hold the status bar , and then slide down y our finger to open the Notifications panel. T ap the VPN connection to r eturn to the VPN settings screen, and then tap the VPN connection t o disconnect from it. When y our phone has disconnected fr om the VPN, the VPN disconnected ic on is di[...]

127 Internet c onnections Using y our phone as a wir eless r out er Share y our data connection with other devic es by turning y our phone into a wireles s rout er . Make sur e your phone’ s data connection is turned on bef or e y ou use it as a wireles s router . T o find out how t o turn on y our phone’ s data connection, see “Data connecti[...]

128 W eb bro wser W eb br o wser Using y our phone’ s w eb br ow ser Y ou must hav e an active data c onnection or Wi-Fi connection to ac cess the Internet. Do one of the follo wing to open the web br ow ser and start surfing the W eb: On the Home scr een, tap Internet . From the Home scr een, tap > Internet . Going to a w ebpage On the bro ws[...]

129 W eb bro wser Br o wsing full v ersions of all websites Some websit es display a mobile v ersion of their pages on phone web br owsers. Y ou can choose to vie w the full version of all pages, e ven f or these sites. From the br ow ser screen, pr ess MENU, tap Mor e > Settings , and then clear the Mobile view check bo x. Choosing when to sho [...]

130 W eb bro wser Selecting an addr ess or phone number on a w ebpage Y ou can map an addr ess or call a phone number on a w ebpage. Link What t o do Location addr ess T ap the address t o copy it or map it using Google Maps™. Phone number T ap the phone number t o copy , call, send a text mes sage to that number , or sav e the number to a contac[...]

131 W eb bro wser Do wnloading from the W eb Do more than jus t bro wsing the W eb. Y ou can download w eb files such as photos and apps then sav e them on y our stor age card. Do wnloading apps from the W eb Y ou can do wnload apps directly fr om y our fa vorite w ebsites. Apps do wnloaded from the W eb can be from unkno wn sources. T o pr otect y[...]

132 W eb bro wser Cop ying te xt, looking up information, and sharing Y ou can select te xt and then: Cop y it. Search it using Google Sear ch. Look it up on Wikipedia, Y ouT ube, or Google Dictionary . Get a transla tion of the text fr om Google T ranslat e. Share the t ext in a ne w email, te xt, or multimedia message or in your s tatus update on[...]

133 W eb bro wser Cop ying and pasting te xt Aft er you ha ve selected the t ext y ou want to c opy , tap . T he selected te xt is then copied t o the clipboard. In a te xt entry field (for e xample while composing a message ), pres s and hold at the point where y ou want to past e the te xt. T ap Paste . Sear ching or tr anslating te xt Aft er you[...]

134 W eb bro wser Vie wing a pr e viously visited page While vie wing a webpage, pr ess MENU, and then tap Bookmarks . On the History tab , navigate t o the page you w ant to vie w and then tap the page. Clearing the list of pr eviously visit ed pages While vie wing a webpage, pr ess MENU, and then tap Bookmarks . On the History tab , press MENU , [...]

135 Bluetooth Bluet ooth Bluet ooth basics T urning Bluetooth on or off From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Wir eless & networks. Select or clear the Bluetooth check bo x. An ev en easier way t o turn Bluetooth on or off is with the Bluetooth widget or Bluetooth setting short cut on the Home screen. T o find out how t[...]

136 Bluetooth 4. T ap Scan for devic es . Y our phone will start to scan for Bluet ooth devices within range . 5. When you see the name of y our headset display ed in the Bluetooth de vices section, tap the name. Y our phone then aut omatically tries to pair with the headset. 6. If automatic pairing fails, ent er the passcode supplied with y our he[...]

137 Bluet ooth From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Wir eless & networks > Bluetooth settings . In the Bluetooth de vices section, pr ess and hold the de vice to unpair . T ap Disconnect & unpair . Or , tap Unpair if the Bluetooth devic e is currently not connect ed to y our phone. Sending informa tion using Blu[...]

138 Bluetooth 3. T urn on Bluetooth if y ou’re ask ed to do so . 4. If y ou hav en’t paired with the r eceiving de vice befor e, tap Scan for devic es . 5. T ap the name of the r eceiving devic e. 6. If prompted, ac cept the pairing reques t on y our phone and the receiving de vice. Also enter the same passc ode on both your phone and the other[...]

139 Bluetooth 5. If prompted, ac cept the pairing reques t on your phone and the r eceiving devic e. Also enter the same passc ode on both your phone and the other de vice, or confirm the aut o-generated pas scode. A Bluetooth authorization r equest is then display ed on y our phone. 6. If you w ant to aut omatically r eceive files fr om the sendin[...]

140 Camera Camer a Camer a basics Whether tr av eling for business or fun, enjo y taking photos and videos of y our trip and encount ers with your phone’ s camera. Be sure t o plug in your micr oSD card befor e you use y our phone’s camer a. Photos and videos Photos and videos captured with the camer a will be stor ed onto your micr oSD card. I[...]

141 Camer a Simply slide y our finger across the z oom bar to z oom in or out. When y ou’re r ecording video , the zoom bar is alwa ys sho wn onscreen. Y ou can fr eely zoom in or out while r ecor ding. Zooming is not a vailable when y ou’re using the fr ont camera. T aking a phot o 1. From the Home scr een, tap > Camera. 2. Befor e taking t[...]

142 Camera F ace det ection If y ou turn Face det ection on in the camera settings, the camer a will automatically rec ognize fac es and adjust the focus when y ou’r e taking photos of people. W hen you see bo xes on people’ s faces, tap to take the phot o. Auto f ocus and face detection ar e not av ailable when y ou’re using the fr ont camer[...]

143 Camera Camer a flash doesn’t turn on? The camer a flash uses much battery po wer . T o sa ve batt ery pow er , the camera disables it ( ev en when it’s set on) when one of the follo wing occurs: Y ou hav e an incoming call The camer a flash will be disabled tempor arily when you ha v e an incoming call. Aft er the call ends, you’ll be abl[...]

144 Camera Changing camer a settings Open the menu panel to ac cess and change camer a settings. T o open it, just pres s MENU. Scroll thr ough the menu panel and choose the settings that y ou want. Some camera f eatures ar e not av ailable when you’r e using the front camer a, such as auto focusing, zooming, using flash, and f ace detection. Swi[...]

145 Photos, videos, and music Phot os, videos, and music Br ow sing y our Gallery About the Gallery app Reliv e the fun while viewing phot os and videos of y our latest tr av els or y our pet’s new est tricks. Get an audience b y tagging your F acebook and Flickr friends. Y ou can ev en play y our media on a TV screen. T o start using Gallery , c[...]

146 Photos, videos, and music All videos lets y ou view all videos that ar e stor ed in all the folders on the stor age card. All downloads lets y ou vie w photos and videos that y ou downloaded. Folders in y our stor age card that c ontain photos and videos will also be treat ed as albums and will be list ed below the pr eset albums. The actual fo[...]

14 7 Photos, videos, and music Z ooming in or out on a photo Ther e are tw o wa ys y ou can zoom in or out of a phot o: T ap the screen twice quickly t o zoom in, then tap the screen twic e quickly again to z oom out. Y ou can also use pinch zooming. Pr ess y our thumb and inde x finger on the screen and then spr ead y our fingers apart to z oom in[...]

148 Photos, videos, and music In the menu that opens, tap Edit , and then tap Cr op . Y ou’ll see a crop bo x around the photo . 4. T o adjust the crop bo x size, pr ess and hold the edge of the bo x. When directional arro ws appear , drag y our finger inw ar d to or outw ard to r esize the cr op box. 5. T o mo ve the cr op box t o the part of th[...]

149 Photos, videos, and music Sending a photo or video b y MMS From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Gallery . T ap the album where the photo or video y ou want t o share is in. T ap , and then tap Messages . T ap the photo or video y ou want t o send. The phot o or video is automatically added into the MMS mes sage. If y ou want to add mor e p[...]

150 Photos, videos, and music 6. Slide to the left to go to the ne xt photo or video . 7 . T ap Upload . 8. Select which album to upload t o and set privacy settings for the uploaded photos or videos. 9. T ap Done . Sharing photos or videos on Flickr Y ou need to be logged in t o your Flickr acc ount to be able to upload phot os or videos. From the[...]

151 Photos, videos, and music 7 . T ap Upload . 8. Select which album to upload t o and set privacy settings for the uploaded photos or videos. 9. T ap Done . Sharing photos on Picasa Y ou need to be signed in t o a Google Acc ount to be able to upload photos t o the Picasa™ photo or ganizing service. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Gal[...]

152 Photos, videos, and music Vie wing photos in y our social netw orks Right on the Gallery app, check what y ou and your friends ha ve uploaded to y our social networks (F acebook and Flickr only). Vie wing photos on F acebook Y ou need to be logged in t o your F acebook account t o view F acebook photos. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap[...]

153 Photos, videos, and music List ening to music Enjo y listening to songs and music on y our phone using the Music app. Y ou need to cop y music files to y our stor age card first t o use the Music app to play music. T o find out ho w to cop y files, see “Copying files to or fr om the stor age card” in the Getting started chapt er . From the [...]

154 Photos, videos, and music When y ou’re list ening to music and the screen turns off , press PO WER to turn the screen back on and c ontrol the music pla yback directly on the Lock scr een. If y ou don’t see the playback contr ols on the Lock screen, tap an ywhere on the scr een to displa y them. Y ou can also pause music playback right fr o[...]

155 Photos, videos, and music Br o wsing music in the Library T ap on the Music app’s Pla yback screen or No w playing lis t to go t o the Library . In the Library , y our music is organized b y categories such as Artists and Albums. Choose a category b y tapping one of the tabs at the bottom of the scr een. When y ou tap a song in a category to [...]

156 Photos, videos, and music Pres s MENU, and then choose what y ou want to do: Add mor e songs to a playlis t T ap A dd songs . Go to the Songs cat egory or any other category . Select the songs y ou want t o add to the playlist and then tap Add . 1. 2. 3. Rearr ange songs T ap Change or der . Pres s and hold at the end of the song title you want[...]

157 Phot os, videos, and music T rimming an MP3 ringtone The Music app has a built-in ringt one trimmer . Y ou can trim an MP3 song and set a part of it as y our ringtone. 1. On the Playback scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Mor e > Set as ringtone > T rim the ringtone . 2. Use the onscreen c ontrols t o trim y our ringtone . 2 3 4 5 1 1 T r[...]

158 Photos, videos, and music Sharing music using Bluetooth Y ou can choose a song fr om the Music app’ s Library and send it to someone’ s phone or y our computer using Bluetooth. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Music . T ap to go to the Libr ary . In the Library , tap the song that y ou want to shar e. On the Playback scr een, pres [...]

159 Photos, videos, and music Sharing media on y our home netw ork Sharing photos, videos, and music with a bigger cir cle of friends is easy on y our home network. Simply c onnect your phone t o the network and instantly sho w your captur ed photos and videos on a big TV , or start str eaming y our fav orite music tr acks on hi-fi speakers — all[...]

160 Photos, videos, and music Contr ols T o Connect to another phot o/ video play er on the network. Connect to another music pla yer on the netw ork. / Adjus t the volume of the video or music y ou’re playing on the other devic e. Y ou can also drag the v olume slider to adjust the v olume. While pla ying a media on another devic e, you can pr e[...]

161 HT CSense.com HT CSense. c om About HT CSense. com The HT C Sense e xperience has no w ext ended from the phone to the W eb. W ithout phy sically connecting the phone to the c omputer , y ou can communicat e with your phone through the c omputer ’s w eb bro wser . Y our phone must be turned on and hav e an active mobile data c onnection for H[...]

162 HT CSense.com Using HT CSense. com For got your phone at home or y ou can’t find it? Or worse , it slipped out of your pocket while riding the tr ain. Use Dashboard t o communicate with y our phone so you can forw ard calls and messages t o a differ ent number , make y our phone ring, lock y our phone, and ev en erase the c ontents of y our p[...]

163 HT CSense.c om Locking y our phone Lost y our phone ? Lock your phone and sho w a message onscr een so if somebody finds it, they can c ontact you. 1. On y our computer , open your w eb bro wser and sign in to y our HT CSense.c om acc ount. 2. Click Lock phone . 3. Enter a PIN, an alternat e phone number to call if somebody finds your phone , a[...]

164 Maps and location Maps and location T urning on location servic es In order t o find your location on y our phone, y ou need to enable location sour ces. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Location . Select one or both of the follo wing: Use wireles s networks Uses Wi-Fi or y our mobile data connection to find y our [...]

165 Maps and location Sear ching for a plac e of interes t or an address Searching f or a place of inter est Y ou can sear ch using a name of an establishment, str eet, or city . As y ou enter the place to look f or , suggested mat ches from the database, f ootprints, and pre viously searched it ems are displa y ed. From the Home scr een, tap > [...]

166 Maps and location Vie wing maps In Locations, pr ess MENU, and then tap Map . 1 3 4 2 5 1 T ap to swit ch between 2D and 3D view s. 2 Point of inter est. T ap to see details, call, get directions, or shar e. See “Choosing which places of inter est to sho w on the map” to find out ho w to sho w or hide places of inter ests. 3 Y our current l[...]

167 Maps and location Pinning a location on the map Pin a fa vorit e location on the map and add it as a footprint, get dir ections to it, or share it with friends. Sharing is a gr eat wa y to let y our friends know about that little place y ou found that has the best sandwiches in t own. While vie wing a map, pres s and hold an area on the map tha[...]

168 Maps and location Setting a footprint as y our home location Sav e y our home addres s as a footprint to mak e it easier to set it as your des tination. 1. While at y our home location, open Locations, and then go t o the Footprints tab. 2. T ap Sav e to Footprints . The addr ess shown should be y our current location. If it doesn’t sho w you[...]

169 Maps and location Exported footprints ar e sav ed as .kmz files in the Footprints folder on y our stor age card. If y ou exported multiple f ootprints at one time, they ar e sav ed together in one .kmz file. Importing footprints Bring back footprints y ou pre viously backed up to the s torage car d to y our phone. Y ou can also import .kmz file[...]

170 Maps and location Getting directions b y setting a start and end location While vie wing the map, press MENU , and then tap Directions . T ap the My Location te xt box, and then sear ch for the starting location y ou want. T ap the End point te xt bo x, and then search for the des tination y ou want. T ap Driving or W alking depending on how y [...]

171 Maps and location Car Panel k eeps opening by itself when y ou’r e using a mini-to- micr o USB con vert er? If y ou connect a mini-USB pow er adapter or car char ger to y our phone through a mini-to-micr o USB conv erter , your phone ma y misinterpr et this to be a car kit connection ( due to the dier ent connector PIN as signment on the m[...]

172 Maps and location Using Locations t o set a destination In Locations, sear ch for the destination y ou want to go t o. See “Sear ching for a place of int erest” earlier in this chapt er to find out ho w . Y ou hav e footprints stor ed? Y ou can also set a footprint as y our destination. Just go to the Footprints tab, and then choose a f oot[...]

173 Maps and location Managing Locations servic es Check the maps, navigation, saf ety camera information, and v oices for turn-b y-turn v oice instructions that ar e already on y our phone. From the Home scr een, tap > Locations . Pres s MENU, and then tap Get more . In the Manage licenses & c ontent tab, y ou’ll see a list of services th[...]

17 4 Maps and location Google Maps Google Maps lets y ou track y our current location, vie w real-time tr affic situations, and rec eive detailed dir ections to y our destination. It also pro vides a search t ool where y ou can locate plac es of interes t or an address on a map, or vie w locations at str eet lev el. Y ou need an active mobile data [...]

175 Maps and location 4. Do any of the f ollowing: If the first sear ch result ( ) is what y ou’re looking for , tap the balloon. Otherwise, tap to go to the ne xt search r esult until you find the location y ou’re sear ching for , and then tap its balloon. T ap to sho w the search r esults as a list, and then tap the location. Details about t[...]

176 Maps and location Getting dir ections Get detailed directions t o your des tination. Google Maps can pr ovide dir ections for tra vel b y foot, public tr ansportation, or car . From the Home scr een, tap > Maps . While vie wing a map, pres s MENU, and then tap Dir ections . Use y our current location as the starting point, or ent er a locati[...]

177 Maps and location Opening and joining Latitude From the Home scr een, tap > Maps . While vie wing a map, pres s MENU and then tap Join Latitude . Aft er you’v e joined Latitude and closed the application, y ou can do any of the follo wing to open it from the Home scr een: T ap > Latitude . T ap > Maps , press MENU , and then tap Lati[...]

178 Mor e apps Mor e apps W a t ching videos on Y ouT ube Use the Y ouT ube app to check out what’ s popular on the online video-sharing websit e. Y ou need an active W i-Fi or data connection to acc ess Y ouT ube. The firs t time y ou use certain Y ouT ube functions such as video sharing, sign in using your Y ouT ube or Google Ac count, if you?[...]

179 Mor e apps Sharing a video link On the video’ s watch scr een, tap More > Shar e . Choose ho w y ou want t o share the video link fr om the available options. Capturing a video and sharing it on Y ouT ube From the Home scr een, tap > Y ouT ube . T ap . Pres s to start capturing video . When y ou are done capturing, pr ess again. T ap Do[...]

180 More apps Subscribing to ne ws channels From the Home scr een, tap > Ne ws . On the Subscriptions tab, tap A dd feeds . Do one of the follo wing: T ap T o Any cat egory (such as Blogs , Ent ertainment , Sports , and more ) Choose from popular ne ws feeds. Search mor e Enter a ke ywor d to search the W eb for r elated new s feeds or enter the[...]

181 More apps A dding a ke ywor d Easily find stories tha t interes t y ou by entering a sear ch ke ywor d. Stories that c ontain the ke yw ord ar e gr ouped together on the K eyw ords tab . From the Home scr een, tap > Ne ws . On the My items tab , tap K e yw ords > A dd ke yw ords . Enter the k eyw ord, and then tap A dd . Y our ne w ke yw [...]

182 More apps Reading eBooks Start y our own libr ary of bestsellers and liter ary classics right on y our phone. Use the Reader app t o read and do wnload eBooks from K obo, an online books tor e. W e’ve included some eBooks for y ou to try . But to br owse f or more titles fr om Kobo , you need to be c onnected t o the Internet. From the Home s[...]

183 More apps Change the font size . Press MENU , and then tap Font size . A simpler w ay is to pinch or spr ead your thumb and inde x fingers acros s the page. T urn your phone left side wa ys to vie w the eBook in landscape mode. Jump between chapt ers. T ap an ywher e on the screen, and then dr ag the slider . 4. Pres s BACK t o close the eBook.[...]

184 More apps A dding a note or highlighting selected t ext Spotted an int eresting quot e or a less-kno wn fact? T ake note or highlight it. 1. While r eading an eBook, press and hold on a w ord. Drag the s tart and end markers to select the surr ounding te xt. 2. Do one of the follo wing: 1 2 1 T ap t o add a note. T ype a short comment or remark[...]

185 More apps 4. T ap to place y our order . 5. When prompt ed, sign in with your K obo and Adobe ID acc ounts. 6. Pro vide your pur chase details, and then tap Buy . When y ou’ve used K obo once to pur chase an eBook, the phone remembers y our billing details so y ou don’t need to ent er it the ne xt time. If y ou want to clear it, y ou need t[...]

186 More apps W orking on documents, spr eadsheets, and pr esentations Need to tw eak a report while y ou’re on the go ? Use Quickoffice t o easily view , edit, or ev en create Micr osoft Office W ord (. doc) and Microsoft Offic e Exc el (.xls) files. Y ou can also use it to vie w Microsoft Po werPoint (.ppt) pr esentations and te xt (.txt) files[...]

187 Mor e apps Cr eating a ne w document or worksheet 1. On the Quickoffic e main screen, pr ess MENU, and then tap Ne w . 2. Choose a file type to cr eate: W ord 9 7- 2003 document Ex cel 97 - 200 3 workbook 3. Start entering te xt. 4. When done, pr ess MENU, and then tap Sa ve ( or More > Sa ve as ) to k eep your changes. K eeping tr ack of y [...]

188 More apps Changing the st ock list order On the Stocks main scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Rearr ange . Pres s and hold a t the end of the item y ou want t o mo ve. W hen the ro w is highlighted in gr een, drag it t o its new position, and then r elease. T ap Done . Deleting st ock quotes and indices On the Stocks main scr een, pres s MENU,[...]

189 More apps List ening to FM Radio T une in and listen t o chart-topping pop songs using your phone’ s FM Radio app. Y ou need to connect a headset firs t to the audio jack of y our phone to use FM Radio. FM Radio uses the ster eo headset as the FM radio ant enna. From the Home scr een, tap > FM Radio . The firs t time you open FM Radio , it[...]

190 More apps Pres s MENU to mute the sound or t o change the sound output to Mono or Ster eo . Y ou can also swit ch the sound output between the Speak er and Headset . Closing or turning off FM Radio T o close the FM Radio screen: Pres s BACK. FM Radio c ontinues to run in the backgr ound, and you can s till listen t o the radio while using other[...]

191 More apps Setting a v oice clip as a ringtone On the V oice Rec order scr een, tap . Pres s and hold the voic e clip y ou want to set as a ringt one, and then tap Set as ringtone . Renaming a v oice clip On the V oice Rec order scr een, tap . Pres s and hold the voic e clip y ou want to r ename, and then tap Rename . Enter the name, and then ta[...]

192 Mor e apps Finding and installing apps fr om Andr oid Mark et Android Mark et™ is the place t o go to find ne w apps for your phone . Choose from a wide variety of fr ee and paid apps ranging fr om productivity apps, ent ertainment, to games. When y ou find an app you w ant, you can easily do wnload and install it on your phone with just a fe[...]

193 Mor e apps If y ou selected a paid app, after tapping OK , y ou will be redir ected to the Google Checkout scr een to pa y for the app before it’ s downloaded t o your phone. Y ou can uninstall an app for a r efund within a limited time after y our purchase. T o know more about the refund polic y for paid apps, please visit the Andr oid Marke[...]

194 More apps Sharing games and apps Having fun with a game or app that y ou’ve do wnloaded from Andr oid Market? Shar e it instantly with y our circle of friends. For y our friends to link to the app and do wnload it from Andr oid Market, the y must be using an Android phone . 1. From the Home scr een, tap . 2. Pres s MENU, and then tap Share . [...]

195 Security Security Pr otecting y our SIM card with a PIN Add another la yer of security f or your phone b y assigning a PIN (personal identification number). Make sur e y ou hav e the default SIM PIN pr ovided b y your mobile oper ator befor e continuing. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Security . T ap Set up SIM c[...]

196 Security Pr otecting y our phone with a screen lock Prot ect your personal inf ormation and pr ev ent others from using y our phone without y our permission by setting a scr een lock passw ord, a PIN, or a lock pattern. Y our scr een lock will be asked e v ery time y our phone is turned on or when it’ s idle for a certain period of time. From[...]

197 Settings Settings Settings on y our phone Contr ol and customize phone settings on the Settings scr een. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Personalize Choose a scene, set the Home scr een wallpaper to use , apply a skin, and set sound options. Wir eless & networks Set up y our phone’s wir eless connections, such [...]

198 Settings Dock If y ou purchased the car kit, choose the beha vior when you mount y our phone to the car kit. Po wer T urn on pow er saver t o automatically swit ch to po wer saving mode when the battery le vel goes do wn to the lev el that you set. See “Optimizing y our phone’ s battery lif e” in this chapter for details. Applications Man[...]

199 Settings A djusting the time befor e the scr een turns off Aft er a period of inactivity , the phone screen turns off t o conserv e battery po wer . Y ou can set the idle time befor e the screen turns off . From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . T ap Display > Screen timeout . T ap the time before the scr een turns off .[...]

200 Settings Changing sound settings Swit ching between silent, vibr ation, and normal modes T o change back from silent to normal mode , simply press the V OLUME UP button. T o change back from vibr ation to normal mode, pr ess the V OLUME UP button twice. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Sound > Sound profile . Y [...]

201 Settings Changing the phone language When y ou turn your phone on f or the first time, y ou’re ask ed to choose the language y ou want to use for y our phone. If y ou want, y ou can still change the phone language after y ou set up your phone . Changing the language adjusts the ke yboard la y out, date and time formatting, and mor e. The lang[...]

202 Settings Managing memory Checking ho w much phone memory is av ailable for use From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings. T ap SD & phone stor age . The av ailable phone memory is display ed in the Internal phone stor age section. Checking the av ailable st orage car d space From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap S[...]

203 Settings Checking informa tion about y our phone From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . T ap About phone . Select one of the follo wing: Sy stem softwar e updates Enable or disable the automatic check featur e for softwar e updates f or y our phone. Y ou can also tap Check now t o manually check for softw are upda tes. T el[...]

204 Update and r eset Updat e and r eset Updating the phone softw are From time t o time, softwar e updates for y our phone may be a vailable. Y our phone can check and then notify y ou if there’ s a new update . Y ou can then download and install the softwar e update using y our phone’s W i-Fi or data connection. Checking and downloading phone[...]

205 Update and r eset Res tarting or fact ory resetting y our phone Restarting y our phone (soft r eset) If y our phone is running slow er than normal, an application is not performing pr operly , or y our phone becomes unresponsiv e, try r estarting y our phone and see if that helps solv e the problem. If the display is off , press the PO WER butt[...]

206 T r ademarks and c op yrights Cop yright © 2011 HT C Corpora tion. All Rights Reserv ed. The HT C logo, the HT C quietly brilliant logo, HT C Incredible S, HT C Sense, HT C Hub, Footprints, Loca tions, HT C Sync, and HT C Care ar e trademarks and/ or service marks of HT C Corporation. Cop yright © 2011 Google Inc. Used with permission. Google[...]

207 Inde x Inde x Symbols 3G 122 A Ac cess point 122 Airplane mode 44 Alarms 118 - changing alarm sound settings 119 - changing the alarm sound 33 Album ( G allery app) 145 Android Mark et 192 Apps - adding icons fr om the Home screen 30 - rearr anging or hiding tabs 34 - sharing games and apps 194 - swit ching between r ecently -opened apps 20 A t[...]

208 Index Contact gr oups 54 - crea ting 54 - deleting a gr oup 55 - editing a contact gr oup 54 - rearr anging y our contact gr oups 55 - Sending a message or email to a gr oup 55 Contact information - editing 53 - merging 48 - sending 53 Contacts - adding a new c ontact 4 7 - backing up y our contacts to the stor age card 51 - importing fr om an [...]

209 Index H Home city 117 Home page 128 Home screen 15 - adding folders 30 - adding icons and short cuts 30 - adding widgets 28 - changing the wallpaper 2 7 - e xtended Home screen 16 - personalizing with scenes 26 - rearr anging Home screen it ems 31 - rearr anging the home panels 32 HT C Caller ID 39 HT C Clock widget 115 HT CSense.com 16 1 - del[...]

210 Index Microsoft Ex change Activ eSync 99 Missed call 42 MMS 66 - attaching files and information 66 - crea ting a slideshow 6 7 - settings 72 Mobile netw ork connection 122 Modem 126 MP3 15 7 Music 153 - crea ting a playlist 155 - sharing 158 Muting the microphone 41 My contact car d - crea ting 46 - sending y our contact information 53 N Navi[...]

211 Index S Scenes 26 - crea ting 27 - deleting 27 - renaming 27 Screen lock - changing y our screen lock 196 - lock passw ord 196 - lock pattern 196 - PIN 196 Screen unlock pa ttern 196 Sear ch Anywher e 22 - searching y our phone and the W eb 22 - setting search options 22 Sear ching for a contact 51 Security 195 Selecting te xt 132 Settings 19 7[...]