HTC Desire User Manual

Your HTC Desire

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.

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.

You can also visit our support website at www.htc.com/support to download the Safety and regulatory guide and to access other helpful resources for your phone.

Trademarks and copyrights

The HTC logo, the HTC quietly brilliant logo, HTC Desire, 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, Google Mail, YouTube, Android Market, and Google Talk are trademarks of Google Inc.

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

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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

Inside the box 12

Your Phone 1

Front panel 12 Back panel 13 Top panel 14 Left panel 14 Bottom panel 15

Before turning on your phone 16

Back cover 16 SIM card 17 Storage card 17 Battery 18 Finger gestures 20

Getting started 21

Turning on your phone 21 Turning off your phone 21 Setting up your phone for the first

time 21

Sleep mode 23

Home screen 24

Extended Home screen 24 Navigating the Home screen 24

Phone status and notifications 25

Phone status icons 25 Notification icons 26 Checking notifications 28

Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen 29

Going to an extended Home screen 29 Selecting an item onscreen 29 Selecting a tab 30 Moving the cursor when entering text 30 Selecting a link on a webpage 3

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

Making your phone truly yours 35

Changing the ringtone 3

Personalizing your phone with scenes 36

Using a preset scene 36 Customizing and saving a scene 36 Renaming or deleting a scene 37

Changing your wallpaper 38

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 39

Adding a widget to your Home screen 39 Downloading HTC widgets 39

Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 40

Adding folders on your Home screen 4

Creating a new folder and adding items

to it 41

Renaming a folder 41

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 42

Moving a widget or icon 42 Removing a widget or icon 42

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

Phone calls

Making calls 43

Calling somebody using your phone 43 Calling a speed dial number 44 Calling a phone number in a text

message 44 Calling a phone number in an email 44 Making an emergency call 45

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Receiving calls 46

Answering an incoming call 46 Rejecting an incoming call 47 Rejecting a call and sending a text

message 47

Using in-call options 48

Handling multiple calls 48 Setting up a conference call 49 Putting a call on hold 49 Muting the microphone during a call 49 Turning the speakerphone on or off

during a call 49

Ending a call 49

Using call history 50

Adding a new phone number to your

contacts from call history 50 Checking a missed call 51 Clearing the call history list 51

Call services 52

Turning Airplane mode on or off 5

People

About People 54

Contact groups 60

Creating a group and adding contacts 60 Deleting a group 60 Adding or removing contacts from a

group 60

Sending an SMS/MMS message or email

to a group 61

Contact information and conversations 6

People widget 6

Adding the People widget 63 Setting the default communication

method 63

Changing the default communication

method 63

Getting in touch with a contact 63

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 64

Using the landscape onscreen

keyboard 64

Changing the onscreen keyboard

layout 64 Entering text 65 Entering words with predictive text 65

Ways of getting contacts into your phone 54

People screen 5

Setting up My contact card 55 Your contacts list 55 Adding a new contact 56 Importing contacts from your SIM

card 57

Importing contacts from an Exchange

ActiveSync account 57 Merging contact information 57 Editing a contact’s information 58 Searching for a contact 58 Backing up your contacts to the storage

card 58 Importing contacts from the storage

card 58 Deleting contacts 59 Sending contact information as a vCard

via MMS 59 Sending your contact information as a

vCard via MMS 59

Adjusting touch input settings 67

Touch Input settings 67 Text input 67

Messages

About Messages 69

Sending text and multimedia

messages 69

New message notifications 72

WAP push messages 7

Managing message conversations 7

Protecting a message from deletion 75 Deleting a message thread 75 Deleting several message threads 75 Deleting a single message 75 Viewing contact details and

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communicating with a contact 75

Setting text and multimedia message options 76

Adding the Messages widget 7

Accounts and sync

Synchronizing with online accounts 78

Adding a social network account 78 Synchronizing with a Google Account 78 Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange

ActiveSync account 79 Managing your accounts 79

Using HTC Sync 81

Installing HTC Sync that came with the

microSD card 81 Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your

phone 82 Setting up synchronization 82 Setting up more sync options 83 Synchronizing your phone 84 Downloading the latest HTC Sync

upgrade 84 Installing apps from your computer to

your phone 84

Chatting in Google Talk 93

Signing in to Google Talk 93 Chatting with friends 93 Changing your online status and

picture 94 Managing your Friends list 95 Changing Google Talk settings 96

Using Gmail/Google Mail 98

Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox 98 Reading your messages 99 Sending a message 101 Managing conversations and

messages 102 Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings 103

Mail 105

Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 105 Viewing your email inbox 105 Exchange ActiveSync email 107 Composing and sending an email

message 108 Viewing and replying to an email

message 109 Editing email account settings 109 Deleting an email account 109 Adding the Mail widget 109

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application 86

Facebook for HTC Sense 86 Facebook for Android application 86 Differences between Facebook for HTC

Sense and Facebook for Android application 87

Tweeting on your phone 88

Peep screen 88 Sending a tweet 88 Searching for Twitter users to follow 89 Sending a direct message 89 Setting Peep options 89 Adding the Twitter widget 90

Using Friend Stream 91

Friend Stream screen 91 Updating your status 92 Adding the Friend Stream widget 92

Calendar

About Calendar 110

Creating a calendar event 11

Inviting guests to your event (Google

Account only) 111 Sending a meeting request using

Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync

only) 111

Changing calendar views 112

Month view 112 Day and Agenda views 112 Week view 113

Viewing, editing or deleting an event 114

Viewing and editing an event 114 Deleting an event 114

Calendar event reminders 115

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Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event

reminders 115

Displaying and synchronizing calendars 116

Showing or hiding calendars 116 Choosing which Google Calendars are

synchronized on your phone 116

Changing Calendar settings 117

Reminder settings 117 Calendar view settings 117

Sending a vCalendar 118

About the Calendar widget 11

Clock and Weather

About the HTC Clock widget 119

using 12 Turning the data connection on or off 128 Creating a new access point 128 Enabling data roaming 128

Wi-Fi 129

Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a

wireless network 129 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-

TLS security 129 Checking the wireless network status 130 Connecting to another Wi-Fi network 130

Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets 13

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 132

Preparing your phone for VPN

connection 132 Adding a VPN connection 132 Connecting to a VPN 132 Disconnecting from a VPN 133

About the Clock application 12

Using Desk Clock 12

Using World Clock 12

Setting your home city 122

Setting the time zone, date, and time 122

Adding a city to the World Clock

screen 123

Setting the alarm clock 124

Setting an alarm 124 Deleting an alarm 124 Changing alarm sound settings 125

Checking weather 126

Adding a city to the Weather screen 126 Changing the order of cities on the

Weather screen 127

Deleting cities from the Weather

screen 127

Changing weather options 127

About the Weather widget 127

Using your phone’s web browser 134

Opening the browser 134 Going to a web page 134 Setting your home page 134 Changing the screen orientation 134 Browsing full versions of all web sites 134 Navigating on a web page 135 Zooming in or out on a web page 135 Selecting a link in a web page 135 Opening a new browser window 136 Switching between browser windows 137 Finding text within a web page 137 Downloading applications from the

web 137 Copying text, looking up information, and

sharing 138 Viewing bookmarks and previously visited

pages 139 Setting browser options 140

Using your phone as a modem (tethering) 141

Internet

Data connection 128

Checking the data connection you are

Bluetooth

Using Bluetooth 142

Turning Bluetooth on or off 142 Changing the phone name 142

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Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 14

Reconnecting a headset or car kit 143

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 144

Disconnecting a Bluetooth device 144 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 144

Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth 145

Sending information from your phone to

another device 145

Receiving information from another

device 146

Camera

Camera basics 148

Viewfinder screen 148 Using the optical trackball as the shutter

release 149

Review screen 149

Zooming 150

Taking a photo 15

Face detection 152

Capturing a video 152

Viewing photos in your social networks 15

Viewing photos on Facebook 159 Viewing photos on Flickr 159

Working with photos 160

Rotating and saving a photo 160 Cropping a photo 160

Sharing 161

Sending photos or videos by email 161 Sending a photo or video by MMS 161 Sending photos or videos using

Bluetooth 161 Sharing photos on Facebook 162 Sharing photos on Flickr 162 Sharing photos on Picasa 162 Sharing videos on YouTube 162

Music

About the Music application 163

Playing music 16

Browsing music in the Library 16

Creating a playlist 16

Playing the songs in a playlist 165 Managing playlists 165

Camera settings 15

Changing basic settings 153 Changing advanced settings 153

Photos

About the Photos application 156

Selecting an album 156

Viewing photos and videos 15

Browsing in filmstrip or grid view 157 Viewing a photo in landscape

orientation 158 Zooming in or out on a photo 158 Watching video 158

Setting a song as ringtone 167

Checking if the song was added as a

ringtone 167

Sending music using Bluetooth 167

About the Music widget 16

Maps and location

Using Google Maps 168

Viewing locations 168 Viewing map layers 170 Searching for a location 171 Getting directions 172 Finding your friends with Google Latitude

(available by country) 173

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Using HTC Footprints™ 176

Creating a footprint 176 Revisiting a footprint 176 Editing or deleting a footprint 177 Exporting your footprints 177 Importing footprints 178 Adding the Footprints widget 178

More apps

Watching videos on YouTube 179

Watching videos 179 Searching for videos 179 Sharing a video link 180 Capturing a video and sharing it on

YouTube 180

Viewing a PDF 181

Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets 182

News screen 191 Subscribing to a news channel from a

list 191

Subscribing to a news channel by

entering a URL 192 Setting update frequency for stories 192 Reading a story 192 Starring a story 192 Adding a keyword 193 Adding the News widget 193

Security

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 194

Restoring a SIM card that has been

locked out 194

Protecting your phone with a screen lock 195

Keeping track of your stocks 18

Adding a stock quote or stock market

index 183 Changing the stock list order 183 Deleting stock quotes and indices 183 Setting stock information update

frequency 184 Manually updating stock information 184 Adding the Stocks widget 184

Listening to the radio 185

Listening to an FM station 185 Adding station names 186 Minimizing or turning off FM Radio 186

Recording your voice 187

Recording your voice 187 Sharing a voice clip 187 Setting a voice clip as a ringtone 187 Renaming a voice clip 187

Finding and installing apps from Android Market 188

Finding and installing an application 188 Creating a Google Checkout account 189 Requesting a refund for an

application 189 Opening an installed application 190 Uninstalling an application 190 Getting help 190

Settings

Settings on your phone 196

Changing display settings 19

Adjusting the screen brightness

manually 19

Adjusting the time before the screen

turns off 198 Preventing automatic screen rotation 198 Recalibrating the G-sensor 198 Keeping the screen on while charging the

phone 198 Switching animation effects on or off 199

Changing sound settings 200

Changing the phone language 20

Optimizing your phone’s battery life 20

Using the GSM network of your mobile

operator 202 Checking the power usage of

applications 202

Managing memory 203

Checking how much phone memory is

available for use 203 Checking the available storage card

Reading news feeds 191

space 203 Clearing application cache and data 203 Uninstalling third-party applications 203 Freeing up more phone memory or

storage card space 203

Checking information about your phone 204

Backup, update and reset

Backing up phone data 205

Checking if automatic backup is

enabled 205 Restoring backed up data to your

phone 205

Updating your phone’s system software 206

Checking for phone system software

updates manually 206

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Performing a hard/factory reset 207

Specifications

Index

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 (pre-installed)

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Quick start guide

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Safety and regulatory guide

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Your Phone

Front panel

1 Earpiece

Listen to a phone call from here.

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 SEARCH

Press to open the Quick Search box. See “Searching your phone and the Web” in this chapter for more details.

5 BACK

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

6 Optical trackball

See “Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen” in this chapter for details.

7 Notification LED

This LED shows a:

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

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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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8 Touch screen

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Back panel

9 5 megapixel camera

10 Back cover

11 LED flashlight

12 Speaker

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Top panel

Left panel

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 3.5mm audio jack

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

15 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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16 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

17 USB connector

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18 Microphone

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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.

With the phone turned off, hold your phone securely with the front facing down.

With your thumb or finger, lift up the top of the back cover from the small opening near

the POWER button.

Replacing the back cover

Secure and press the bottom part of the back cover first by aligning into the two openings

located at the bottom part of the back of the phone.

2. Press the sides and the top part of the back cover down to lock the cover into place. You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.

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

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

If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to “Removing the battery.”

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

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4. Push the SIM card all the way in.

Removing the SIM card

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

If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to “Removing the battery.”

Push the SIM card out from the back of the slot, and then slide the SIM card out.

Storage card

Store your pictures, music, and applications in the microSD card that is pre-installed on your phone.

Inserting the storage card

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

If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to “Removing the battery.”

Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it in until

it clicks into place.

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Removing the storage card

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

If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to “Removing the battery.”

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

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 card & phone storage.

Tap Unmount SD card.

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

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.”

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

Removing the battery

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

Lift out the battery from the notch near the SIM card slot.

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 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 and battery, 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.

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

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

chapter for details.

Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

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

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.

Your phone first sets up GPRS/3G, MMS, and WAP connections automatically based on

your SIM card.

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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3. Your phone walks you through a tutorial on how to use the onscreen keyboard. Follow through the tutorial to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard. Tap Skip to not go through the tutorial.

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

then tap Next.

Select if you want to automatically or manually synchronize data such as your email,

contacts, weather and some other data, and then tap Next.

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

6. 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.

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

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.

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

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. See the Social chapter for more information about Facebook for HTC Sense.

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

Some data and settings are automatically backed up to the storage card. Clear the check

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box if you do not want to automatically back up data and settings to the storage card, and then tap OK. See the Backup, update, and reset chapter to learn what items are backed up to the storage card.

The final screen shows you where you can learn more about using your phone. Tap Finish.

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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 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.

You can also press MENU while on the lock screen to unlock the screen.

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 using Leap view

1. On any Home screen, pinch the screen to show the Leap view that shows all 7 screens as

thumbnails.

On the main Home screen, you can press HOME to show the Leap view.

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

HSPA connected

HSPA 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

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Notification icons

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

Phone microphone is mute

Battery is very low (10% remaining)

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

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Update available for an application downloaded from Android Market

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



screen.

Press BACK.



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Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen

Besides using finger gestures on the touch screen, you can also use the optical trackball to interact with your phone’s touch screen.

Be sure to place your finger over the optical trackball first (covering it completely), and then slide your finger across the optical trackball.

Going to an extended Home screen

To go to the extended Home screen on the right, slide your finger to the right. Slide your finger to the left to go to the extended Home screen on the left.

Selecting an item onscreen

For most screens, slide your finger to the left, right, up, or down, depending on the direction you want to go. For example, if you want to select (highlight) an item above, slide your finger upward. Press the optical trackball to open the item.

Selecting a tab

For screens that have tabs at the bottom, slide your finger to the left or right to go to a tab.

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Moving the cursor when entering text

To go back or forward one character in a word, slide your finger left or right. Slide your finger up or down to go up or down between lines of text.

Selecting a link on a webpage

Slide your finger down to go to the next link on a webpage.

When a link is selected, press the optical trackball to open the link.

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