HTC Aria User Manual

Your HTC Aria™

User guide

Before you do anything else, please read this

Charge the battery

The battery in your phone hasn’t been charged yet. While your phone is charging, it’s important that you do not remove the battery pack. Doing so can damage your phone. Also, please don’t try to take your phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.)

Choose a rate plan wisely

Your phone can use up a lot of Internet bandwidth really quickly. Before you use your phone, we strongly recommend that you talk to your mobile operator about data rates. If you’re on a standard data plan, the costs could really add up. Switching to a flat-rate plan could be a lot cheaper.

Know about privacy laws

Some countries have strict laws about how and when you can record phone conversations. For example, you may need to tell the person you’re speaking to before you start recording. It’s a good idea to find out what the laws are where you live before you use your phone’s recording feature.

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

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall HTC or its affiliates be liable to you, any user, or third party for any indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages of any kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not limited to, injury, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of business opportunity, loss of data, and/or loss of profits, regardless of the foreseeability thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such damages. And in no event shall the total liability of HTC or its affiliates exceed the amount received from you, regardless of the legal theory under which the cause of action is brought. The foregoing does not affect any statutory rights which may not be disclaimed.

A note about location services

Your phone is designed to make it easy for you to access a wide variety of content. For your protection, we want you to be aware that some applications that you enable may involve the location of your phone being shared. For applications available through AT&T, we offer privacy controls that let you decide how an application may use the location of your phone and other phones on your account. However, the AT&T privacy tools do not apply to applications available outside of AT&T. Please review the terms and conditions and the associated privacy policy for each location-based service to learn how location information will be used and protected. In addition, your AT&T phone may be used to access the Internet and to download, and/or purchase goods, applications, and services from AT&T or elsewhere from third parties. AT&T provides tools for you to control access to the Internet and certain Internet content. These controls may not be available for certain devices which bypass AT&T controls.

Please also read the Safety and regulatory guide that is included in the box for information on the proper usage of your phone to prevent injuries and to avoid damaging your phone. You can also refer to this guide for regulatory information about your phone.

Trademarks and copyrights

The HTC logo, the HTC quietly brilliant logo, HTC Aria, HTC Sense, Footprints, HTC Sync, and HTC Care are trademarks and/or service marks of HTC Corporation.

Google, the Google logo, Android, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Android Market, and Google Talk are trademarks of Google Inc.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Active Sync, and Outlook are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Bluetooth and the Bluetooth logo are trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

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

microSD is a trademark of SD Card Association.

Java, J2ME and all other Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc.

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

Flickr is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

Licensed by QUALCOMM Incorporated under one or more of the following patents:

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HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. HTC also reserves the right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice.

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Conventions used in this guide

In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information:

This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens on your phone when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides information that may only be applicable to some situations.

This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure, or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.

This indicates that something is very important. Important information is something that you need to do in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a phone feature to work properly.

This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be careful about to prevent potential problems when using your phone.

Contents

Basics 14

Inside the box ............................................................................................................................... 14

Your Phone .....................................................................................................................................14

Front panel ................................................................................................................................................................14

Back panel .................................................................................................................................................................15

Top panel ....................................................................................................................................................................16

Left panel....................................................................................................................................................................16

Bottom panel ............................................................................................................................................................17

Before turning on your phone ................................................................................................ 18

Back cover .................................................................................................................................................................18

SIM card ......................................................................................................................................................................19

Storage card .............................................................................................................................................................19

Battery ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Finger gestures .......................................................................................................................................................22

Getting started ............................................................................................................................ 23

Turning on your phone .......................................................................................................................................23

Turning off your phone .......................................................................................................................................23

Setting up your phone for the first time ....................................................................................................23

Sleep mode...............................................................................................................................................................25

Home screen ................................................................................................................................ 26

Extended Home screen ......................................................................................................................................26

Navigating the Home screen ...........................................................................................................................26

Phone status and notifications .............................................................................................. 27

Phone status icons ................................................................................................................................................27

Notification icons ...................................................................................................................................................28

Checking notifications ....................................................................................................................................... 30

Adjusting the volume ................................................................................................................. 31

Adjusting the ringer volume .............................................................................................................................31

Adjusting the media volume .............................................................................................................................31

Connecting your phone to a computer ............................................................................. 32

Copying files to and from the storage card .....................................................................33

Searching your phone and the Web ................................................................................... 34

Setting Web and Quick Search Box options .......................................................................................... 34

Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box ............................................... 34

Personalizing 35

Making your phone truly yours ............................................................................................. 35

Changing the ringtone ............................................................................................................. 35

Personalizing your phone with scenes ............................................................................... 36

Using a preset scene ........................................................................................................................................... 36

Customizing and saving a scene .................................................................................................................. 36

Renaming or deleting a scene ....................................................................................................................... 36

Changing your wallpaper ........................................................................................................ 37

Changing your Home screen or lock screen wallpaper ......................................................................37

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets............................................................... 38

Adding a widget to your Home screen ......................................................................................................38

Downloading HTC widgets ...............................................................................................................................38

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Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen ................... 39

Adding folders on your Home screen ................................................................................40

Creating a new folder and adding items to it .........................................................................................40

Renaming a folder ................................................................................................................................................40

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen ....................... 41

Moving a widget or icon .....................................................................................................................................41

Removing a widget or icon ...............................................................................................................................41

Phone calls 42

Making calls .................................................................................................................................. 42

Calling somebody using your phone ......................................................................................................... 42

Calling a speed dial number ............................................................................................................................ 43

Calling a phone number in a text message ............................................................................................. 43

Calling a phone number in an email ............................................................................................................ 43

Making an emergency call ............................................................................................................................... 44

Receiving calls ............................................................................................................................. 45

Answering an incoming call ............................................................................................................................ 45

Rejecting an incoming call ............................................................................................................................... 46

Rejecting a call and sending a text message .......................................................................................... 46

Using in-call options .................................................................................................................. 47

Handling multiple calls ........................................................................................................................................47

Setting up a conference call ........................................................................................................................... 48

Putting a call on hold .......................................................................................................................................... 48

Muting the microphone during a call.......................................................................................................... 48

Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call ................................................................................ 48

Ending a call .......................................................................................................................................................... 48

Using call history ........................................................................................................................49

Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history ................................................ 49

Checking a missed call ....................................................................................................................................... 50

Clearing the call history list ............................................................................................................................. 50

Call services ................................................................................................................................... 51

Turning Airplane mode on or off ......................................................................................... 52

People 53

About People ...............................................................................................................................53

Ways of getting contacts into your phone ....................................................................... 53

People screen .............................................................................................................................. 54

Setting up My contact card ............................................................................................................................. 54

Your contacts list .................................................................................................................................................. 54

Adding a new contact .........................................................................................................................................55

Importing contacts from your SIM card .....................................................................................................56

Importing contacts from online directories ..............................................................................................56

Merging contact information ...........................................................................................................................56

Editing a contact’s information ......................................................................................................................57

Searching for a contact ......................................................................................................................................57

Backing up your contacts to the storage card .......................................................................................57

Importing contacts from the storage card ...............................................................................................57

Deleting contacts ..................................................................................................................................................58

Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS ................................................................................58

Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS .....................................................................58

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Contact groups ........................................................................................................................... 59

Creating a group and adding contacts .......................................................................................................59

Deleting a group ....................................................................................................................................................59

Adding or removing contacts from a group ............................................................................................59

Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group .......................................................................... 60

Contact information and conversations .............................................................................61

People widget ..............................................................................................................................62

Adding the People widget ................................................................................................................................62

Setting the default communication method ............................................................................................62

Changing the default communication method.......................................................................................62

Getting in touch with a contact .....................................................................................................................62

Keyboard 63

Using the onscreen keyboard ................................................................................................ 63

Using the landscape onscreen keyboard ...................................................................................................63

Changing the onscreen keyboard layout ...................................................................................................63

Entering text ...........................................................................................................................................................64

Entering words with predictive text ............................................................................................................ 64

Adjusting touch input settings ..............................................................................................66

Text input .................................................................................................................................................................. 66

Messages 68

About Messages .........................................................................................................................68

Sending text and multimedia messages ................................................................................................... 68

New message notifications ...................................................................................................... 71

WAP push messages ................................................................................................................. 72

Managing message conversations ....................................................................................... 73

Protecting a message from deletion ............................................................................................................74

Deleting a message thread ...............................................................................................................................74

Deleting several message threads ................................................................................................................74

Deleting a single message ................................................................................................................................74

Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact ..........................................................74

Setting text and multimedia message options ............................................................... 75

Adding the Messages widget ................................................................................................ 76

Accounts and sync 77

Synchronizing with online accounts ................................................................................... 77

Adding a social network account ..................................................................................................................77

Synchronizing with a Google Account .......................................................................................................77

Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account ....................................................78

Managing your accounts ...................................................................................................................................78

Using HTC Sync ...........................................................................................................................80

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone ..................................................................................... 80

Setting up synchronization ................................................................................................................................81

Setting up more sync options ..........................................................................................................................81

Synchronizing your phone ................................................................................................................................82

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade .............................................................................................82

Installing apps from your computer to your phone .............................................................................83

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Social 84

Facebook for HTC Sense .........................................................................................................84

Using the Facebook application ...........................................................................................84

Adding the Facebook widget..........................................................................................................................85

Twittering on your phone ........................................................................................................86

Peep screen ............................................................................................................................................................. 86

Sending a tweet .................................................................................................................................................... 86

Searching for Twitter users to follow ...........................................................................................................87

Sending a direct message .................................................................................................................................87

Setting Peep options ...........................................................................................................................................87

Adding the Twitter widget ............................................................................................................................... 88

Using Friend Stream ..................................................................................................................89

Friend Stream screen ......................................................................................................................................... 89

Updating your status .......................................................................................................................................... 90

Adding the Friend Stream widget ...............................................................................................................90

Chatting in Google Talk .............................................................................................................91

Signing in to Google Talk ....................................................................................................................................91

Chatting with friends ............................................................................................................................................91

Changing your online status and picture ...................................................................................................92

Managing your Friends list ................................................................................................................................93

Changing Google Talk settings ...................................................................................................................... 94

Email 96

Using Gmail/Google Mail ........................................................................................................96

Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox ..................................................................................................... 96

Reading your messages .....................................................................................................................................97

Sending a message.............................................................................................................................................. 99

Managing conversations and messages .................................................................................................. 100

Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings ....................................................................................................... 101

Mail ................................................................................................................................................. 103

Adding a POP3/IMAP email account ........................................................................................................103

Viewing your email inbox ................................................................................................................................103

Exchange ActiveSync email ...........................................................................................................................105

Composing and sending an email message ...........................................................................................106

Viewing and replying to an email message ............................................................................................ 107

Editing email account settings .....................................................................................................................107

Deleting an email account .............................................................................................................................. 107

Adding the Mail widget ....................................................................................................................................107

Calendar 108

About Calendar ......................................................................................................................... 108

Creating a calendar event ..................................................................................................... 108

Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) .......................................................................109

Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only) ..............................109

Changing calendar views ....................................................................................................... 110

Month view ..............................................................................................................................................................110

Day and Agenda views ......................................................................................................................................110

Week view ..................................................................................................................................................................111

Viewing, editing or deleting an event .................................................................................112

Viewing and editing an event ......................................................................................................................... 112

Deleting an event.................................................................................................................................................. 112

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Calendar event reminders .......................................................................................................113

Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders .............................................................................. 113

Displaying and synchronizing calendars .......................................................................... 114

Showing or hiding calendars .......................................................................................................................... 114

Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone ....................................... 114

Changing Calendar settings ...................................................................................................115

Reminder settings ................................................................................................................................................ 115

Calendar view settings....................................................................................................................................... 115

Sending a vCalendar .................................................................................................................116

About the Calendar widget ....................................................................................................116

Clock and Weather 117

About the HTC Clock widget .................................................................................................117

About the Clock application ..................................................................................................118

Using Desk Clock ........................................................................................................................119

Using World Clock ................................................................................................................... 120

Setting your home city .....................................................................................................................................120

Setting the time zone, date, and time ................................................................................................120

Adding a city to the World Clock screen ................................................................................................. 121

Setting the alarm clock ...........................................................................................................122

Setting an alarm ................................................................................................................................................... 122

Deleting an alarm ................................................................................................................................................ 122

Changing alarm sound settings ................................................................................................................... 123

Checking weather .....................................................................................................................124

Adding a city to the Weather screen ........................................................................................................ 124

Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen ........................................................................ 125

Deleting cities from the Weather screen .................................................................................................125

Changing weather options ............................................................................................................................. 125

About the Weather widget ....................................................................................................125

Internet 126

Data connection .........................................................................................................................126

Checking the data connection you are using .......................................................................................126

Turning the data connection on or off ...................................................................................................... 126

Creating a new access point .......................................................................................................................... 126

Enabling data roaming ..................................................................................................................................... 126

Wi-Fi ...............................................................................................................................................127

Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network ................................................................. 127

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security ................................................................... 127

Checking the wireless network status.......................................................................................................128

Connecting to another Wi-Fi network ...................................................................................................... 128

Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets ..........................................................129

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) ............................................................ 130

Preparing your phone for VPN connection ............................................................................................130

Adding a VPN connection ..............................................................................................................................130

Connecting to a VPN .........................................................................................................................................130

Disconnecting from a VPN .............................................................................................................................. 131

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Using your phone’s web browser ........................................................................................132

Opening the browser ......................................................................................................................................... 132

Going to a web page ......................................................................................................................................... 132

Setting your home page .................................................................................................................................. 132

Changing the screen orientation ................................................................................................................. 132

Browsing full versions of all web sites ....................................................................................................... 133

Navigating on a web page .............................................................................................................................. 133

Zooming in or out on a web page .............................................................................................................. 133

Selecting a link in a web page.......................................................................................................................134

Opening a new browser window .................................................................................................................134

Switching between browser windows ...................................................................................................... 135

Finding text within a web page .................................................................................................................... 135

Downloading applications from the web................................................................................................. 135

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing ............................................................................ 136

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages .............................................................................. 137

Setting browser options ................................................................................................................................... 138

Bluetooth 139

Using Bluetooth .........................................................................................................................139

Turning Bluetooth on or off ............................................................................................................................139

Changing the phone name ............................................................................................................................. 139

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit ....................................................................140

Reconnecting a headset or car kit ............................................................................................................. 140

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device ..................................................141

Disconnecting a Bluetooth device ............................................................................................................... 141

Unpairing from a Bluetooth device ............................................................................................................. 141

Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth ...................................................142

Receiving information from another device ...........................................................................................143

Camera 145

Camera basics ............................................................................................................................ 145

Viewfinder screen ................................................................................................................................................145

Using the optical trackball as the shutter release ...............................................................................146

Review screen .......................................................................................................................................................146

Zooming ........................................................................................................................................147

Taking a photo ........................................................................................................................... 148

Capturing a video ..................................................................................................................... 149

Camera settings ........................................................................................................................ 150

Changing basic settings ...................................................................................................................................150

Changing advanced settings .........................................................................................................................150

Photos 153

About the Photos application ..............................................................................................153

Selecting an album ...................................................................................................................153

Viewing photos and videos .................................................................................................. 154

Browsing in filmstrip or grid view................................................................................................................154

Viewing a photo in landscape orientation ..............................................................................................154

Zooming in or out on a photo ....................................................................................................................... 155

Watching video .................................................................................................................................................... 155

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Viewing photos in your social networks ...........................................................................156

Viewing photos on Facebook ........................................................................................................................156

Viewing photos on Flickr ................................................................................................................................. 156

Working with photos ............................................................................................................... 157

Rotating and saving a photo ......................................................................................................................... 157

Cropping a photo ................................................................................................................................................ 157

Sharing ..........................................................................................................................................158

Sending photos or videos by email ............................................................................................................ 158

Sending a photo or video by MMS ............................................................................................................. 158

Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth ............................................................................................158

Sharing photos on Facebook ........................................................................................................................159

Sharing photos on Flickr ..................................................................................................................................159

Sharing photos on Picasa ................................................................................................................................ 159

Sharing videos on YouTube ............................................................................................................................ 159

Music 160

About the Music application ................................................................................................ 160

Playing music .............................................................................................................................160

Browsing music in the Library ...............................................................................................161

Creating a playlist ......................................................................................................................162

Playing the songs in a playlist .......................................................................................................................162

Managing playlists ...............................................................................................................................................162

Setting a song as ringtone .................................................................................................... 164

Checking if the song was added as a ringtone ....................................................................................164

Sending music using Bluetooth .......................................................................................... 164

About the Music widget ........................................................................................................ 164

Maps and location 165

Using Google Maps ...................................................................................................................165

Viewing locations ................................................................................................................................................165

Viewing map layers ............................................................................................................................................ 167

Searching for a location ...................................................................................................................................168

Getting directions ................................................................................................................................................169

Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) ............................................. 170

Using HTC Footprints™ ...........................................................................................................173

Creating a footprint ............................................................................................................................................ 173

Revisiting a footprint ......................................................................................................................................... 173

Editing or deleting a footprint ...................................................................................................................... 174

Exporting your footprints................................................................................................................................ 174

Importing footprints .......................................................................................................................................... 175

Adding the Footprints widget ...................................................................................................................... 175

More apps 176

Watching videos on YouTube ...............................................................................................176

Watching videos .................................................................................................................................................. 176

Searching for videos ..........................................................................................................................................176

Sharing a video link ........................................................................................................................................... 177

Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube ....................................................................................... 177

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Viewing a PDF ............................................................................................................................178

Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets ..............................................179

Keeping track of your stocks ............................................................................................... 180

Listening to the radio ...............................................................................................................182

Recording your voice .............................................................................................................. 184

Finding and installing apps from Android Market ........................................................185

Adding a stock quote or stock market index ........................................................................................180

Changing the stock list order .......................................................................................................................180

Deleting stock quotes and indices ..............................................................................................................180

Setting stock information update frequency .......................................................................................... 181

Manually updating stock information ......................................................................................................... 181

Adding the Stocks widget ............................................................................................................................... 181

Listening to an FM station...............................................................................................................................182

Adding station names .......................................................................................................................................183

Minimizing or turning off FM Radio ............................................................................................................ 183

Recording your voice .........................................................................................................................................184

Sharing a voice clip.............................................................................................................................................184

Setting a voice clip as a ringtone ................................................................................................................184

Renaming a voice clip .......................................................................................................................................184

Finding and installing an application .........................................................................................................185

Creating a Google Checkout account .......................................................................................................186

Requesting a refund for an application ....................................................................................................186

Opening an installed application ................................................................................................................. 187

Uninstalling an application .............................................................................................................................. 187

Getting help ........................................................................................................................................................... 187

Reading news feeds .................................................................................................................188

News screen ...........................................................................................................................................................188

Subscribing to a news channel from a list .............................................................................................. 188

Subscribing to a news channel by entering a URL .............................................................................189

Setting update frequency for stories .........................................................................................................189

Reading a story ....................................................................................................................................................189

Starring a story ..................................................................................................................................................... 189

Adding a keyword ...............................................................................................................................................190

Adding the News widget .................................................................................................................................190

Security 191

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN ...................................................................................191

Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out .................................................................................... 191

Protecting your phone with a screen lock .......................................................................192

Settings 193

Settings on your phone ...........................................................................................................193

Changing display settings ......................................................................................................195

Adjusting the screen brightness manually .............................................................................................. 195

Adjusting the time before the screen turns off ....................................................................................195

Preventing automatic screen rotation .......................................................................................................195

Recalibrating the G-sensor .............................................................................................................................195

Keeping the screen on while charging the phone...............................................................................195

Switching animation effects on or off .......................................................................................................196

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Changing sound settings ........................................................................................................197

Changing the phone language ............................................................................................ 198

Optimizing your phone’s battery life ................................................................................ 199

Checking the power usage of applications ............................................................................................199

Managing memory ..................................................................................................................200

Checking how much phone memory is available for use ..............................................................200

Checking the available storage card space .......................................................................................... 200

Clearing application cache and data ....................................................................................................... 200

Uninstalling third-party applications ........................................................................................................ 200

Freeing up more phone memory or storage card space ............................................................... 200

Checking information about your phone ........................................................................ 201

Update and reset 202

Updating your phone’s system software ........................................................................ 202

Checking for phone system software updates manually ................................................................202

Performing a hard/factory reset ........................................................................................ 203

Specifications 204

Index 205

Basics

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

Phone

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USB cable

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AC adapter

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3.5mm stereo headset

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Battery

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microSD card

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Quick start guide

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Your Phone

Front panel

1 Notification LED

This LED shows a:

Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the



battery is fully charged. Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.

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Solid red light when the battery is being charged.

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Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low.

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2 MENU

Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen.

3 HOME

While on any application or screen, press to return to the Home screen.

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While on the main Home screen, press to show a snapshot of the Home screen.

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Press and hold to open the recently-used applications window.

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4 BACK

Press to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options menu, the Notifications panel, or onscreen keyboard.

5 SEARCH

Press to open the Quick Search box.

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See “Searching your phone and the Web” in this chapter for more details.

6 Optical trackball

Swipe your finger over or press to highlight or select items onscreen.

7 Earpiece

Listen to a phone call from here.

8 Touch screen

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Back panel

9 Speaker

10 5 megapixel camera

11 Back cover

The two prongs underneath the back cover act as the antenna for your phone. You must install the back cover properly for the antenna to function.

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Top panel

Left panel

12 3.5mm audio jack

Connect a 3.5mm stereo headset for hands-free conversation or for listening to music.

13 POWER

When the phone is off, press to turn on the phone.

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When the phone is on and the screen is unlocked, press to turn off or on the phone display.

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With the screen unlocked, press and hold to open the phone options menu that lets you turn off

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the phone, switch your phone to silent mode, vibration mode, or airplane mode, and turn on/off the data connection.

14 VOLUME UP

While on a call, press to increase earpiece volume.

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While not on a call, press to increase the ringer volume.

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While watching videos or listening to the FM radio, press to increase the volume.

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15 VOLUME DOWN

While on a call, press to decrease earpiece volume.

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While not on a call, press to decrease the ringer volume.

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While watching videos or listening to the FM radio, press to decrease the volume.

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Bottom panel

16 Microphone

17 USB connector

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Connect the power adapter to charge the battery. Connect the supplied USB cable to transfer files to your phone from your computer or sync your phone with HTC Sync on your computer.

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Before turning on your phone

Back cover

Removing the back cover

Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and storage card slot.

Hold the device securely.

Pull the device’s front panel from the gap on the top panel as shown.

Replacing the back cover

Insert the tabs inside the back cover into the holes on the bottom panel of the phone

2. Press the phone against the back cover until it clicks into place.

The two prongs underneath the back cover act as the antenna for your phone. You must install the back cover properly for the antenna to function.

SIM card

The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and phonebook/message memory. Your phone supports both 1.8V and 3 V SIM cards.

Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your phone. You should consult with your mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this service.

Inserting the SIM card

The SIM card slot is located below the battery compartment.

Insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out

from the slot.

Slide the SIM card completely into the slot.

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Removing the SIM card

Remove the back cover. Refer to “Removing the back cover.”

Pull the SIM card out of the slot using your finger,

Storage card

All your pictures, music, and applications are stored on the pre-installed storage card.

Removing the storage card

If your storage card is full, you can replace it with a new one.

Remove the back cover. Refer to “Removing the back cover.”

The storage card slot is located below the battery compartment and to the right of the SIM card slot.

Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.

See “Inserting the storage card.”

Removing the storage card while the phone is on

When you need to remove the storage card while the phone is on, unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.

Press HOME > MENU, and then tap Settings.

Scroll down the screen, and then tap SD & phone storage.

Tap Unmount SD card.

Remove the storage card by following the instructions in “Removing the storage card.”

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Inserting the storage card

Remove the back cover. Refer to “Removing the back cover.”

Insert the replacement storage card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down and

push it in until it clicks into place.

Battery

Your phone comes with a rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery and is designed to use only manufacturer-specified original batteries and accessories. Battery performance depends on many factors, including network configuration, signal strength, the temperature of the environment in which you operate your phone, the features and/or settings you select and use, items attached to connecting ports, and your voice, data, and other program usage patterns.

Inserting the battery

Remove the back cover. Refer to “Removing the back cover.”

Align the battery’s exposed copper contacts with the battery connectors inside the

battery compartment.

Insert the battery, contacts side first, and then gently push the battery into place.

Removing the battery

Remove the back cover. Refer to “Removing the back cover.”

Lift the battery up from the groove at the top of the battery compartment.

Charging the battery

The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before you turn on and start using your phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full charge/discharge cycles.

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Attach the power plug to the AC adapter.

Connect one end of the USB cable to the sync connector on your phone.

3. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port of the AC adapter.

4. Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.

As the battery is being charged, the notification LED (located on the right side of the earpiece) shows a solid red light when the battery is being charged. The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged.

When you charge the battery while the phone is on, the charging battery icon ( ) is displayed in the status bar of the Home screen. After the battery has been fully charged, a full battery icon ( ) will be displayed in the status bar of the Home screen.

Only the AC adapter and USB sync cable provided with your phone must be used to charge the

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battery. Do not remove the battery from the phone while you are charging it using the AC or car adapter.

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As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging when it overheats.

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Finger gestures

Tap

When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger.

Press and hold

To open the available options for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page), simply press and hold the item.

Swipe or slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen or optical trackball.

Drag

Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

Flick

Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.

Rotate

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. Refer to the Settings chapter for more details.

Pinch

For some applications, like Photos or the web browser, you can “pinch” the screen using 2 fingers (for example, thumb and index fingers) to zoom in or zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.

Getting started

Once you’ve installed your SIM card, battery, and microSD card, you can turn on your phone and start using it.

Turning on your phone

Press the POWER button.

When you turn on the phone for the first time, you will be prompted to set up your phone. For more information on how to set up your phone for the first time, see “Setting up your phone for the first time.”

Entering your PIN

If your SIM card is preset with a PIN (personal identification number), you will be prompted to enter the PIN to proceed. Enter the SIM PIN, then tap OK.

To learn how to enable or disable the SIM PIN, see “Protecting Your Phone” in the Security chapter.

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Most SIM cards are preset with a PIN (personal identification number) that is provided by your mobile operator. When prompted, enter the preset PIN, then tap Enter. If you enter the wrong PIN three times, the SIM card is blocked. If this happens, you can unblock it with the PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) obtained from your mobile operator.

Turning off your phone

If you do not need to use your phone, you can turn the power off to save battery life.

1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn the display back on.

2. Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed. See “Unlocking the screen” in this

chapter for details.

3. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

4. When the Phone options menu appears, tap Power off.

5. Tap OK when prompted to turn off the phone.

Setting up your phone for the first time

When you turn on your phone for the first time, your phone displays tutorials and guides you to set up your email accounts and favorite social networks such as Facebook®, YouTube™, and Twitter™. You can follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup, or skip the setup and do it at another time.

Choose the phone language you want to use, and then tap Next.

If you did not insert your SIM card and you turned on your phone for the first time, your phone displays a tutorial showing how to install the SIM card and battery. Turn off your phone and insert your SIM card before proceeding to use the phone.

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2. Your phone walks you through a tutorial on how to use the onscreen keyboard. Follow

3. On the Internet connection screen, select how you want to connect to the Internet, and

4. If there are Wi-Fi networks in range, you will be asked if you want to connect to a Wi-Fi

5. Some phone features such as Weather and Footprints require Google’s location service

6. On the Set up accounts screen, choose the type of account you want to set up and follow

through the tutorial to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard. Tap Skip to go to the next screen.

then tap Next.

network. Tap Next and then tap the wireless network that you want, or clear the Connect to Wi-Fi network checkbox, and then tap Next to set up your Wi-Fi connection at a later time.

to automatically determine your current location. On the Location consent screen, you can choose whether to allow Google’s location service to collect information about your location. Clear or select the checkbox, and then tap Next.

This service may incur additional data transfer fees from your provider. You can enable or disable this service later in your phone’s location settings.

the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. Tap Skip to set up accounts at a later time.

To set up your Google Account, tap Google account > Next > Sign in, enter your

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Google Account details, and then tap Sign in.

To learn how to set up POP3 and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts, see the

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Sync and Email chapters to learn how to set up these accounts.

After setting up an account, you will be taken back to the Set up accounts screen so you can set up more accounts. When you are done setting up your accounts, tap Next.

7. On the Set up social networks screen, choose the type of social network account such as Facebook (for HTC Sense) and Twitter that you want to access from your phone. Follow the onscreen instructions to log in to your social network account. Tap Skip to set up social network accounts at a later time.

When you are done setting up your accounts, tap Next on the Set up social networks screen.

Sleep mode

Sleep mode suspends your phone to a low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone is in. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone is in Sleep mode.

For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see “Adjusting the time before the screen turns off” in the Settings chapter.

Switching to Sleep mode

Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display temporarily and switch your phone to Sleep mode. Your phone also automatically goes into Sleep mode when you leave the phone idle after a certain period of time. Switching to Sleep mode also prevents accidental button or touch screen presses when the phone is in your bag or pocket.

Waking up from Sleep mode

Your phone wakes up automatically when you have an incoming call. To wake up your phone manually, press the POWER button. You will then see that the phone has locked the screen. To find out how to unlock the screen, see “Unlocking the screen.”

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Unlocking the screen

Press the bar on the lock screen and then slide your finger down to unlock the screen or to answer an incoming call.

If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen before it unlocks. For more information on how to create and enable the screen unlock pattern, see “Protecting your phone with a screen lock” in the Security chapter.

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Home screen

The Home screen provides you with a weather clock that shows the time and weather of your current location. Tap the respective item to open the associated application.

The Home screen also lets you add the items you want and need on the Home screen. Add items like application icons, shortcuts, folders, and widgets to give you instant access to information and applications. To learn how to personalize your Home screen, see the Personalizing chapter.

Extended Home screen

The Home screen extends beyond the screen width to provide more space for adding icons, widgets, and more. There are 6 “additional” screens apart from the main Home screen.

You cannot add more screens.

Navigating the Home screen

You can go to the extended Home screen by sliding your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the left or right side of the Home screen. While on an extended Home screen, press HOME to return to the main Home screen.

Directly going to a particular screen

1. On any Home screen, pinch the screen to bring up a snapshot of the Home screen.

On the main Home screen, you can press HOME to show the snapshot of the Home screen.

2. Tap the screen you want to open.

Phone status and notifications

Phone status icons

These are the icons that may appear on the phone status area of the status bar:

GPRS connected

GPRS in use

EDGE connected

EDGE in use

3G connected

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3G in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode

Alarm is set

Speakerphone on

Data synchronizing

Signal strength

Roaming

No signal

No SIM card installed

Vibrate mode

Phone speaker is mute

Phone microphone is mute

Battery is very low (10% remaining)

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Notification icons

These are the icons that may appear on the notifications area of the status bar:

Battery is low (20% remaining)

Battery is full

Battery is charging

Wired microphone headset connected

Wired headset connected

New Gmail/Google Mail message

New Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or POP3/ IMAP email

New SMS/MMS

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

New Google Talk instant message

New voicemail

Upcoming event

Song is playing

General notification (for example, Phone connected to computer via USB cable.)

Storage card is low on free space

Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks are available

Data synchronizing or connected to HTC Sync

New tweet

FM Radio application in use

More (not displayed) notifications

Call in progress

Missed call

Call on hold

Call forwarding on

Compass needs orientation

Uploading data (animated)

Downloading data (animated)

Waiting to upload

Downloaded Android Market application installed successfully

Update available for an application downloaded from Android Market

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Storage card is safe to remove or storage card is being prepared

No storage card installed on the phone

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Checking notifications

Notification icons on the status bar report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, alarms set and ongoing settings such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status. You can open the Notifications panel to open the message, reminder, or event notification and see the mobile operator name.

Opening the Notifications panel

When a new notification icon displays in the status bar, press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel.

If you have several notifications, you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications.

You can also open the Notifications panel on the Home screen by pressing MENU and then tapping

Notifications.

Closing the Notifications panel

Do one of the following:

Press and hold the bottom bar of the Notifications panel, then slide your finger up the

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screen.

Press BACK.

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