HTC Evo Design 4G User Guide

User Guide

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Table of Contents

Get Started ................................................................................................................................ 1

Your Device at a Glance ......................................................................................................... 1

Front panel .......................................................................................................................... 1

Back panel .......................................................................................................................... 2

Set Up Your Device ................................................................................................................ 2

Activate Your Device .............................................................................................................. 5

Complete the Setup Application.............................................................................................. 6

Set Up Voicemail .................................................................................................................... 6

Sprint Account Information and Help ...................................................................................... 7

Sprint Account Passwords .................................................................................................. 7

Manage Your Account......................................................................................................... 7

Sprint Support Services ...................................................................................................... 8

Device Basics ............................................................................................................................ 9

Your Device’s Layout .............................................................................................................. 9

Key Functions ....................................................................................................................10

Back Panel .........................................................................................................................11

Turn Your Device On and Off ................................................................................................12

Restart Your Device ..............................................................................................................12

Turn Your Screen On and Off ................................................................................................12

Use the Lock Screen ..........................................................................................................13

Touchscreen Navigation ........................................................................................................14

Your Home Screen ................................................................................................................16

Extended Screens ..............................................................................................................17

Customize the Home Screen .............................................................................................18

Status and Notifications .........................................................................................................19

Status Bar ..........................................................................................................................19

Notifications Panel .............................................................................................................22

Notification LED .................................................................................................................24

Enter Text ..............................................................................................................................24

Touch Input Keyboard ........................................................................................................24

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Swype Keyboard ................................................................................................................27

Tips for Editing Text ...........................................................................................................29

Phone .......................................................................................................................................32

Make Phone Calls .................................................................................................................32

Call Using the Phone Dialer ...............................................................................................32

Call From Call History ........................................................................................................33

Call From People ...............................................................................................................33

Call Using a Speed Dial Number ........................................................................................33

Call a Number in a Text Message or Email Message .........................................................34

Call Emergency Numbers ..................................................................................................34

Receive Phone Calls .............................................................................................................35

Answer an Incoming Call ...................................................................................................35

Mute the Ringing Sound .....................................................................................................35

Use the Quiet Ring on Pickup Feature ...............................................................................35

Reject an Incoming Call .....................................................................................................36

Reject a Call and Send a Text Message ............................................................................36

Visual Voicemail ....................................................................................................................36

Set Up Visual Voicemail .....................................................................................................36

Review Visual Voicemail ....................................................................................................37

Listen to Multiple Voicemail Messages ...............................................................................38

Configure Visual Voicemail Options ...................................................................................38

Configure Visual Voicemail Settings ...................................................................................39

Automatically Enable the Speakerphone ............................................................................39

Change Your Main Greeting via the Voicemail Menu .........................................................40

Edit the Display Name via the Voicemail Menu ..................................................................40

Delete Your Messages .......................................................................................................40

Voicemail (Traditional) ...........................................................................................................40

Set Up Voicemail ...............................................................................................................40

Voicemail Notificat io n .........................................................................................................41

Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages....................................................................................41

Phone Call Options................................................................................................................42

Caller ID .............................................................................................................................42

Call Waiting ........................................................................................................................42

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3-way Calling .....................................................................................................................43

Call Forwarding ..................................................................................................................43

In-call Options ....................................................................................................................44

Set Up Speed Dialing ............................................................................................................44

Recent Calls (Call History) .....................................................................................................45

View Recent Calls ..............................................................................................................45

Save a Number From Call History ......................................................................................46

Prepend a Number From History .......................................................................................46

Erase History .....................................................................................................................47

Device Settings .........................................................................................................................48

Personalization Settings ........................................................................................................48

Scene ................................................................................................................................48

Change the Home Screen Wallpaper .................................................................................49

Change the Default Ring Tone ...........................................................................................49

Sound Set ..........................................................................................................................49

Wireless & Networks Settings ................................................................................................50

Airplane Mode ....................................................................................................................50

Wi-Fi Settings ....................................................................................................................50

Bluetooth Settings ..............................................................................................................50

Tethering & Sprint Hotspot Settings ...................................................................................50

4G Settings ........................................................................................................................51

VPN Settings .....................................................................................................................51

Mobile Networks ................................................................................................................51

Call Settings ..........................................................................................................................51

Voicemail Settings .............................................................................................................51

Other Call Settings .............................................................................................................51

Sound Settings ......................................................................................................................52

General Sound Settings .....................................................................................................52

Incoming Calls ...................................................................................................................53

Notifications .......................................................................................................................54

Sound Feedback Settings ..................................................................................................54

Display Settings .....................................................................................................................55

Auto-rota te Screen .............................................................................................................55

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Animation ...........................................................................................................................55

Brightness ..........................................................................................................................55

Screen Timeout..................................................................................................................55

Change the Wallpaper .......................................................................................................56

Calibrate the Screen ..........................................................................................................56

Power & Data Management Settings .....................................................................................56

Use Power Saver ...............................................................................................................56

Adjust the Screen Brightness and Screen On-Time ...........................................................57

Manage Your Device’s Wireless Functions ........................................................................57

Set the Email Synchronization Schedule ............................................................................57

Close Applications Not In Use ............................................................................................58

Location & Security Settings ..................................................................................................58

Location .............................................................................................................................58

Security ..............................................................................................................................58

Credential Storage .............................................................................................................60

Accounts & Sync ...................................................................................................................61

Set Up a New Account .......................................................................................................61

Manage Existing Accounts .................................................................................................61

Synchronize Google Apps ..................................................................................................61

Synchronize Exchange ActiveSync ....................................................................................62

Log in to and Synchronize Your Social Network Accounts .................................................62

Applications Settings .............................................................................................................63

Allow Installation of Th ird-Party Programs ..........................................................................63

Clear Application Cache and Data .....................................................................................64

SD & Phone Storage Settings ...............................................................................................64

Reset Your Device .............................................................................................................64

Language & Keyboard Settings .............................................................................................65

Language Settings .............................................................................................................65

Keyboard Settings ..............................................................................................................65

Date & Time Settings .............................................................................................................65

About Phone..........................................................................................................................66

System U pdates.................................................................................................................66

People ......................................................................................................................................67

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Ways of Getting Contac t s Into Your Device ...........................................................................67

Transfer Contacts from Your Old Phone ............................................................................68

The People Screen ................................................................................................................68

Your People List.................................................................................................................69

Set Up Your Profile ............................................................................................................70

Add a New People Entry ....................................................................................................70

Save a Phone Number .......................................................................................................70

Details Screen .......................................................................................................................71

Merge Entries in People ........................................................................................................72

Accept Matched Contacts Suggestions ..............................................................................72

Manually Merge Entries in People ......................................................................................72

View a List of All Your Linked Entries .................................................................................73

Break Linked Entries ..........................................................................................................73

Edit Entries in People ............................................................................................................73

Add a Number to an Entry ..................................................................................................73

Edit the Phone Number of an Entry ....................................................................................74

Select a Ringer Type for an Entry ......................................................................................74

Assign a Picture to an Entry ...............................................................................................74

Add an Email Address to an Entry .....................................................................................74

Send Contact Information as a vCard ................................................................................75

Delete an Entry ..................................................................................................................75

Delete Multiple Entries .......................................................................................................75

Find Entries in People ...........................................................................................................76

Find Contacts by Name ......................................................................................................76

Find Group Entries .............................................................................................................76

Back Up and Import Entries in People ...................................................................................76

Back Up People Entries to the Storage Card .....................................................................76

Import Entries From the Storage Card ...............................................................................77

Work with Groups ..................................................................................................................

Create a Group and Add Entries ........................................................................................77

Edit a Contact Group .........................................................................................................77

Send a Text or Multimedia Message to a Group ................................................................78

Send an Email Message to a Group ...................................................................................78

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