HTC Aria ATT User Guide

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.

All other company, product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for incidental or consequential damages 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.

No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of HTC.

Conventions used in this guide

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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Social 83

Facebook for HTC Sense ......................................................................................................... 83

Using the Facebook application ...........................................................................................83

Adding the Facebook widget......................................................................................................................... 84

Twittering on your phone ........................................................................................................85

Peep screen ..............................................................................................................................................................85

Sending a tweet .....................................................................................................................................................85

Searching for Twitter users to follow .......................................................................................................... 86

Sending a direct message ................................................................................................................................ 86

Setting Peep options .......................................................................................................................................... 86

Adding the Twitter widget ................................................................................................................................87

Using Friend Stream ..................................................................................................................88

Friend Stream screen ......................................................................................................................................... 88

Updating your status .......................................................................................................................................... 89

Adding the Friend Stream widget ............................................................................................................... 89

Chatting in Google Talk ............................................................................................................90

Signing in to Google Talk ..................................................................................................................................90

Chatting with friends ..........................................................................................................................................90

Changing your online status and picture ....................................................................................................91

Managing your Friends list ................................................................................................................................92

Changing Google Talk settings .......................................................................................................................93

Email 95

Using Gmail/Google Mail ........................................................................................................ 95

Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox ......................................................................................................95

Reading your messages ....................................................................................................................................96

Sending a message.............................................................................................................................................. 98

Managing conversations and messages .................................................................................................... 99

Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings ..................................................................................................... 100

Mail ................................................................................................................................................. 102

Adding a POP3/IMAP email account ........................................................................................................102

Viewing your email inbox ................................................................................................................................102

Exchange ActiveSync email .......................................................................................................................... 104

Composing and sending an email message ...........................................................................................105

Viewing and replying to an email message ............................................................................................106

Editing email account settings .....................................................................................................................106

Deleting an email account ..............................................................................................................................106

Adding the Mail widget ....................................................................................................................................106

Calendar 107

About Calendar ......................................................................................................................... 107

Creating a calendar event ..................................................................................................... 107

Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) .......................................................................108

Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only) ..............................108

Changing calendar views ...................................................................................................... 109

Month view .............................................................................................................................................................109

Day and Agenda views .....................................................................................................................................109

Week view ................................................................................................................................................................110

Viewing, editing or deleting an event ..................................................................................111

Viewing and editing an event ...........................................................................................................................111

Deleting an event....................................................................................................................................................111

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Calendar event reminders .......................................................................................................112

Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders .............................................................................. 112

Displaying and synchronizing calendars ...........................................................................113

Showing or hiding calendars .......................................................................................................................... 113

Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone ....................................... 113

Changing Calendar settings .................................................................................................. 114

Reminder settings ................................................................................................................................................114

Calendar view settings.......................................................................................................................................114

Sending a vCalendar .................................................................................................................115

About the Calendar widget ....................................................................................................115

Clock and Weather 116

About the HTC Clock widget .................................................................................................116

About the Clock application ..................................................................................................117

Using Desk Clock ........................................................................................................................118

Using World Clock .....................................................................................................................119

Setting your home city ......................................................................................................................................119

Setting the time zone, date, and time .................................................................................................119

Adding a city to the World Clock screen ................................................................................................120

Setting the alarm clock ............................................................................................................121

Setting an alarm .................................................................................................................................................... 121

Deleting an alarm ................................................................................................................................................. 121

Changing alarm sound settings ................................................................................................................... 122

Checking weather .....................................................................................................................123

Adding a city to the Weather screen ........................................................................................................ 123

Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen ........................................................................ 124

Deleting cities from the Weather screen .................................................................................................124

Changing weather options ............................................................................................................................. 124

About the Weather widget ....................................................................................................124

Internet 125

Data connection .........................................................................................................................125

Checking the data connection you are using ....................................................................................... 125

Turning the data connection on or off ...................................................................................................... 125

Creating a new access point .......................................................................................................................... 125

Enabling data roaming ..................................................................................................................................... 125

Wi-Fi ...............................................................................................................................................126

Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network .................................................................126

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security ................................................................... 126

Checking the wireless network status....................................................................................................... 127

Connecting to another Wi-Fi network ...................................................................................................... 127

Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets ..........................................................128

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) .............................................................129

Preparing your phone for VPN connection ............................................................................................129

Adding a VPN connection .............................................................................................................................. 129

Connecting to a VPN ......................................................................................................................................... 129

Disconnecting from a VPN .............................................................................................................................130

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Using your phone’s web browser .........................................................................................131

Opening the browser .......................................................................................................................................... 131

Going to a web page .......................................................................................................................................... 131

Setting your home page ................................................................................................................................... 131

Changing the screen orientation .................................................................................................................. 131

Browsing full versions of all web sites ....................................................................................................... 132

Navigating on a web page .............................................................................................................................. 132

Zooming in or out on a web page .............................................................................................................. 132

Selecting a link in a web page.......................................................................................................................133

Opening a new browser window ................................................................................................................. 133

Switching between browser windows ......................................................................................................134

Finding text within a web page ....................................................................................................................134

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing ............................................................................134

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages .............................................................................. 136

Setting browser options ................................................................................................................................... 137

Bluetooth 138

Using Bluetooth .........................................................................................................................138

Turning Bluetooth on or off ............................................................................................................................138

Changing the phone name ............................................................................................................................. 138

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit .....................................................................139

Reconnecting a headset or car kit .............................................................................................................. 139

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device ................................................140

Disconnecting a Bluetooth device ............................................................................................................. 140

Unpairing from a Bluetooth device ........................................................................................................... 140

Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth ....................................................141

Receiving information from another device ...........................................................................................142

Camera 144

Camera basics ............................................................................................................................ 144

Viewfinder screen ................................................................................................................................................144

Using the optical trackball as the shutter release ...............................................................................145

Review screen .......................................................................................................................................................145

Zooming ....................................................................................................................................... 146

Taking a photo ............................................................................................................................147

Capturing a video ..................................................................................................................... 148

Camera settings ........................................................................................................................ 149

Changing basic settings ...................................................................................................................................149

Changing advanced settings .........................................................................................................................149

Photos 152

About the Photos application ..............................................................................................152

Selecting an album ...................................................................................................................152

Viewing photos and videos ...................................................................................................153

Browsing in filmstrip or grid view................................................................................................................153

Viewing a photo in landscape orientation .............................................................................................. 153

Zooming in or out on a photo .......................................................................................................................154

Watching video .................................................................................................................................................... 154

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Viewing photos in your social networks ...........................................................................155

Viewing photos on Facebook ........................................................................................................................155

Viewing photos on Flickr ................................................................................................................................. 155

Working with photos ...............................................................................................................156

Rotating and saving a photo .........................................................................................................................156

Cropping a photo ................................................................................................................................................156

Sharing ..........................................................................................................................................157

Sending photos or videos by email ............................................................................................................ 157

Sending a photo or video by MMS ............................................................................................................. 157

Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth ............................................................................................ 157

Sharing photos on Facebook ........................................................................................................................158

Sharing photos on Flickr .................................................................................................................................. 158

Sharing photos on Picasa ................................................................................................................................ 158

Sharing videos on YouTube ............................................................................................................................ 158

Music 159

About the Music application .................................................................................................159

Playing music ..............................................................................................................................159

Browsing music in the Library ............................................................................................. 160

Creating a playlist .......................................................................................................................161

Playing the songs in a playlist ........................................................................................................................161

Managing playlists ................................................................................................................................................ 161

Setting a song as ringtone .....................................................................................................163

Checking if the song was added as a ringtone .................................................................................... 163

Sending music using Bluetooth ...........................................................................................163

About the Music widget .........................................................................................................163

Maps and location 164

Using Google Maps .................................................................................................................. 164

Viewing locations ................................................................................................................................................164

Viewing map layers ............................................................................................................................................166

Searching for a location ................................................................................................................................... 167

Getting directions ................................................................................................................................................168

Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) ............................................. 169

Using HTC Footprints™ ...........................................................................................................172

Creating a footprint ............................................................................................................................................ 172

Revisiting a footprint ......................................................................................................................................... 172

Editing or deleting a footprint ...................................................................................................................... 173

Exporting your footprints................................................................................................................................ 173

Importing footprints .......................................................................................................................................... 174

Adding the Footprints widget ...................................................................................................................... 174

More apps 175

Watching videos on YouTube ...............................................................................................175

Watching videos .................................................................................................................................................. 175

Searching for videos .......................................................................................................................................... 175

Sharing a video link ...........................................................................................................................................176

Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube ....................................................................................... 176

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Viewing a PDF ............................................................................................................................177

Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets ..............................................178

Keeping track of your stocks ................................................................................................179

Listening to the radio ................................................................................................................181

Recording your voice ...............................................................................................................183

Finding and installing apps from Android Market ....................................................... 184

Adding a stock quote or stock market index ........................................................................................ 179

Changing the stock list order ....................................................................................................................... 179

Deleting stock quotes and indices .............................................................................................................. 179

Setting stock information update frequency .........................................................................................180

Manually updating stock information ........................................................................................................180

Adding the Stocks widget ..............................................................................................................................180

Listening to an FM station................................................................................................................................181

Adding station names .......................................................................................................................................182

Minimizing or turning off FM Radio ............................................................................................................ 182

Recording your voice ......................................................................................................................................... 183

Sharing a voice clip.............................................................................................................................................183

Setting a voice clip as a ringtone ................................................................................................................183

Renaming a voice clip .......................................................................................................................................183

Finding and installing an application .........................................................................................................184

Creating a Google Checkout account .......................................................................................................185

Requesting a refund for an application .................................................................................................... 185

Opening an installed application .................................................................................................................186

Uninstalling an application ..............................................................................................................................186

Getting help ...........................................................................................................................................................186

Reading news feeds .................................................................................................................187

News screen ........................................................................................................................................................... 187

Subscribing to a news channel from a list .............................................................................................. 187

Subscribing to a news channel by entering a URL .............................................................................188

Setting update frequency for stories .........................................................................................................188

Reading a story ....................................................................................................................................................188

Starring a story ..................................................................................................................................................... 188

Adding a keyword ...............................................................................................................................................189

Adding the News widget .................................................................................................................................189

Security 190

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN ................................................................................. 190

Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out ...................................................................................190

Protecting your phone with a screen lock ........................................................................191

Settings 192

Settings on your phone ...........................................................................................................192

Changing display settings ..................................................................................................... 194

Adjusting the screen brightness manually ..............................................................................................194

Adjusting the time before the screen turns off ....................................................................................194

Preventing automatic screen rotation .......................................................................................................194

Recalibrating the G-sensor .............................................................................................................................194

Keeping the screen on while charging the phone...............................................................................194

Switching animation effects on or off ....................................................................................................... 195

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Changing sound settings ....................................................................................................... 196

Changing the phone language .............................................................................................197

Optimizing your phone’s battery life ................................................................................ 198

Checking the power usage of applications ............................................................................................198

Managing memory ................................................................................................................... 199

Checking how much phone memory is available for use ................................................................199

Checking the available storage card space ............................................................................................199

Clearing application cache and data .........................................................................................................199

Uninstalling third-party applications .......................................................................................................... 199

Freeing up more phone memory or storage card space .................................................................199

Checking information about your phone .......................................................................200

Update and reset 201

Updating your phone’s system software ......................................................................... 201

Checking for phone system software updates manually .................................................................201

Performing a hard/factory reset ........................................................................................ 202

Specifications 203

Index 204

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.



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 phone securely with one hand with the back panel facing you.

Gently push the speaker with your other thumb until the back cover disengages from the

phone.

3. Carefully pull the back cover to remove it.

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.

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.

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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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