HTC F5151 User Manual

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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.

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Contents

Basics 6

Inside the box 6 Your phone 6 Bottom cover 8 Battery compartment door 9 SIM card 10 Battery 11 Storage card 13 Switching your phone on or off 13 Entering your PIN 14 Setting up your phone for the first time 14 Finger gestures 14

Getting started 15

Getting to know the Home screen 15 Status and notifications 17 Notifications panel 18 Accessing applications in the main menu 19 Connecting your phone to a computer 20 Adjusting the volume 21 Switching to Sleep mode 21

Personalizing 22

Changing your ringtone 22 Personalizing your phone with scenes 22 Changing the home wallpaper 23 Adding, rearranging, or removing Home screen features 24 About the features you can add on the Home screen 25

Phone calls 31

Making calls 31 Receiving calls 33 Using in-call options 34 Checking the call history 35 Call services 36 Turning Airplane mode on or off 36

People 37

About People 37 Adding and managing contacts 37 Contact groups 40 Linking to your contacts’ Facebook profiles 41 Friend Stream 42

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Keyboard 44

Using the onscreen keyboard 44 Using word prediction 45 Adjusting text input settings 46

Messages 47

About Messages 47 Sending text messages 47 Sending multimedia messages 48 Viewing conversations with a contact 49 Replying to a message 50 Forwarding messages 50 Managing message conversations 51 Setting message options 51

Mobile Email 52

About Mobile Email 52 Setting up your email accounts 52 Sending email messages 53 Viewing and replying to an email message 54 Managing email messages 54

Mobile Web 55

Data connection 55 Browsing the Web 56

Downloading applications 58

AppCenter 58 Managing downloaded applications 58

Camera and multimedia 59

Using the camera 59 Viewing photos and videos 61 AT&T Music 62 AT&T Radio 63 Listening to music 64

Maps and location 66

AT&T Navigator 66 Guidelines and preparation for using GPS 67 Downloading satellite positions 68

Bluetooth 69

Bluetooth basics 69 Making your phone discoverable to other Bluetooth devices 69 Connecting a Bluetooth headset for the first time 70 Sending information and media files using Bluetooth 71 Receiving information and media files via Bluetooth 72 Disconnecting and reconnecting a Bluetooth device 72

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HTC Sync 73

Synchronizing with your computer 73 Downloading and installing HTC Sync 73 Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone 74 Setting up synchronization 75 Synchronizing your phone 76

More apps 77

Weather 77 Calendar 78 Alarm 80 My Stuff 81 FM Radio 83

Settings 84

Settings on your phone 84 Changing the phone’s basic settings 85 Protecting your phone 86 Optimizing your phone’s battery life 87 Factory resetting 87

Trademarks and copyrights 88

Index 89

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Basics

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

 Phone

 Battery (preinstalled)

 USB cable

 Power adapter

 Quick Start guide

 CD with User Manual (Internet connection required)

 Safety and regulatory guide

Your phone

Front panel

1 Notification LED

2 OPTIONS

3 SEND/CALL

4 Charger/USB port

5 Microphone

6 END/EXIT

7 BACK

8 Touch screen

9 Earpiece

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Top panel

Left and right panels

1 3.5mm headphone jack

2 POWER/LOCK SCREEN

1 VOLUME UP

2 VOLUME DOWN

3 CAMERA

Back panel

1 3.2 megapixel camera

2 Speaker

3 Bottom cover

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Bottom cover

Removing the bottom cover

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

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

2. With your thumbs, push the bottom cover out to remove it.

Replacing the bottom cover

1. Slide the bottom cover onto the exposed area of your phone’s back panel.

2. Align the small tabs of the bottom cover with the notches above the battery

compartment.

3. Push the bottom cover in place.

Your phone’s antenna is located underneath the bottom cover. We recommend that you secure the bottom cover to the phone’s back panel to get the best radio reception for your phone.

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Battery compartment door

Opening the battery compartment door

1. Remove the bottom cover. See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door by flipping it open from the right side.

Closing the battery compartment door

1. Hold your phone securely with the front facing down.

2. Flip the battery compartment door back into place to close it.

3. Gently push down the battery compartment door until it clicks to lock it in place.

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SIM card

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

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. If the battery is installed, you can remove the battery first to make it easier to insert the SIM card. See “Removing the battery”.

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

5. Push the SIM card all the way in until it clicks into place.

Removing the SIM card

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. If the battery is installed, remove the battery first to make it easier to remove the SIM card. See “Removing the battery”.

4. Push the SIM card in to eject it from its slot.

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Battery

Your phone uses a rechargeable battery. Please use only original batteries and accessories that came with your phone or replacements that we recommend.

How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use your phone. Among these are the phone features and accessories you use (for example, leaving your Bluetooth connection always on uses more power). Long phone calls and frequent web browsing use up much battery. Also, consider your location: poor signal strength from your mobile network and extreme temperature make the battery work harder.

Removing the battery

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. Pull out the red battery release to expose the battery, and then pull the battery out.

Inserting the battery

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. Insert the battery with its exposed copper contacts into the phone first. The exposed copper contacts should be on the right when you insert the battery.

4. Push the battery all the way in.

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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.

 Only the power adapter and USB sync cable provided with your phone must be used to

charge the battery.

 Do not remove the battery from the phone while you are charging it using the power or car

adapter.

1. Attach the power plug to the power adapter.

2. Plug the power adapter into the Charger/USB port of your phone.

3. Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.

As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid orange 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 or lock screen. After the battery has been fully charged, a full battery icon will be displayed.

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

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Storage card

Use a microSD card to store your photos, videos, and music.

Inserting the storage card

The storage card slot is located below the battery compartment.

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. If the battery is installed, you can remove the battery first to make it easier to insert the storage card. See “Removing the battery”.

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

Removing the storage card

1. Remove the bottom cover.

See “Removing the bottom cover.”

2. Open the battery compartment door.

See “Opening the battery compartment door.”

3. If the battery is installed, remove the battery first to make it easier to remove the storage card. See “Removing the battery”.

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

Switching your phone on or off

Switching your phone on

Press the POWER/LOCK SCREEN button. Easy.

When you turn on the phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up. Go to “Setting up your phone for the first time” and we’ll take you through it.

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Switching your phone off

1. If the display is off, press the POWER/LOCK SCREEN button to turn it back on, then

unlock the screen by sliding down the bar on the lock screen.

2. Press and hold the POWER/LOCK SCREEN button.

3. Tap Power off.

Entering your PIN

Most SIM cards come with a PIN (Personal Identification Number) set by your mobile operator. If your SIM card is preset with a PIN, enter the PIN, and then tap OK to proceed.

Entering the wrong PIN for three times blocks the SIM card. To find out how to unlock the SIM card, see “Unblocking a SIM card that has been locked out” in the Settings chapter.

Setting up your phone for the first time

When you switch on your phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set up your phone. You can select your language, choose whether you want your current location to be automatically detected, log in to Facebook® and Twitter™, and more.

Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running with your phone in no time.

Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services may incur extra data fees from your mobile operator. Don’t worry. You can enable or disable them in your phone’s settings. To find out how, see the Settings chapter.

Finger gestures

Use these easy finger gestures to move around your phone.

Tap When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as

application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.

Press and hold Touch an area or onscreen item without lifting your finger immediately.

Swipe or slide To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally

across the screen.

Drag Press and hold an item, and then move your finger with some pressure. Do

not release it 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.

Pinch In some applications, like Image Gallery or a web browser, you can “pinch”

the screen using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to zoom in or zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.

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Getting started

Getting to know the Home screen

Essential features that you need from your phone are right upfront on the Home screen. It comes with a weather clock widget that shows the time and weather in your current location. And when you slide your finger to the extended Home screen, you’ll see more of your stuff such as your new messages, favorite contacts, shortcuts, and more.

At any time, you can design the Home screen to fit your style. To find out how, see the Personalizing chapter.

Main Home screen

On the main Home screen, you can check the time, date, and weather of your current location, access the main menu where all applications are stored, and other frequently used applications.

1 Status bar. For details, see “Status and notifications” in this chapter.

2 Weather clock. Tap the time in the weather clock to set up the clock with alarms. For details, see

“Alarm” in the More apps chapter.

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3 Current weather. Tap to update the weather information.

4 Home shortcuts. Your one-touch access to Messages, People and the main menu, where your

applications are stored.

5 Indicates the number of Home screen panels available.

The highlighted bar shows you which Home screen panel you’re currently in.

Returning to the main Home screen

If you’re on another part of the Home screen, simply press BACK to return to the main Home screen.

If you’re in an application or a settings screen, you can press END/EXIT at any time to return to the main Home screen or exit an application.

Extended Home screen

Slide your finger horizontally to the left or right and you’ll discover more space for adding Home screen features, application shortcuts, and more.

You can use up to six extended Home screens. It should be plenty.

Using Leap view

To jump straight to the Home screen you want, pinch the screen to show the Leap view. It reveals all seven Home screens as thumbnails. Just tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there.

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Status and notifications

Below are some of the status icons and notification icons that you may see in the status bar.

Status icons

GPRS connected No SIM card installed

GPRS available Wired headset connected

EDGE connected Sound on

EDGE available Silent mode

3G connected Vibrate mode

3G available Phone microphone is mute

Signal strength Speakerphone is on

No signal Call is in progress

Airplane mode Call on hold

No data connection Calls are forwarded

Bluetooth is on Battery is fully charged

Bluetooth visible Battery is charging

Bluetooth stereo headset connected Battery is very low (20% remaining)

Bluetooth stereo music only Battery is very low (10% remaining)

Bluetooth hands-free only Alarm is set

Roaming

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Notification icons

Missed call Upcoming event

New voicemail

New SMS/MMS

General notification (appears in the status bar only)

Notification LED

The notification 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.

 Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.

 Flashing orange light when the battery level reaches very low.

Notifications panel

Notifications for actions, such as missed calls, new messages, event notifications etc, are displayed in the notification bar at the top of the Home screen. When you get a new notification, you can open the Notifications panel to see more details on the notification. It also displays the current status of ongoing processes, such as the duration of an ongoing phone call, music playback duration, and more.

Open the Notifications panel from the Home screen. Slide your finger downward, starting from the topmost part of the Home screen.

Tap to clear all notifications in the Notifications panel. To close the Notifications panel, press and hold its bottom bar, then slide your finger up the screen. Or just press BACK.

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Accessing applications in the main menu

See what applications your phone has in store for you in the main menu.

1. On the main Home screen, tap to open the main menu.

2. Swipe left to go to the next menu panel.

1 Application icons

2 The small horizontal bars at the bottom of the panel indicate that there are several pages

of applications. They show you which page you’re currently in.

3. Swipe right to go to the previous menu panel.

4. Tap an application to open it.

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Connecting your phone to a computer

Whenever you connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable, a selection screen opens on your phone and prompts you to choose the type of USB connection. You can select one of the following choices:

Charge only Select this option if you only want to charge the battery while your phone

is connected to your computer.

HTC Sync Select this option to synchronize contacts, calendar, and other information

between your computer and your phone. For more information, see the HTC Sync chapter.

Disk drive This mode is available only when there’s a microSD card on your phone.

Select this mode when you want to copy files between your phone’s storage card and your computer. For more information, see “Copying files to or from the storage card”. When Disk drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer, you will not be able to use applications on your phone to access the storage card.

Copying files to or from your storage card

1. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable that came with your

phone.

2. On the USB connected screen, tap Disk drive, and then tap OK.

3. On your computer, the connected phone is recognized as a removable disk (just like

any USB drive). Open this removable disk so you can see what’s inside the microSD card.

While the phone’s storage card is connected to the computer as a USB drive, you won’t be able to use applications on your phone to access the storage card.

4. Copy files from your computer to your phone’s storage card, or copy files from the storage card to your computer.

5. After copying, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected phone) as required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your phone.

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Adjusting the volume

To Do this

Adjust the system volume

(volume level of the phone ringtone and sound notifications)

Adjust the media volume (volume level of music or video)

Adjust the voice volume (in-call volume level)

Press VOLUME UP/DOWN (except during a call or when playing music/video). Slide up or down the volume bars or continue pressing VOLUME UP/DOWN to increase or decrease the system volume. Tap Silent to mute the volume or Vibrate to switch the phone to Vibrate mode.

Press VOLUME UP/DOWN when playing music or watching a video to increase or decrease the media volume.

Press VOLUME UP/DOWN during a call to increase or decrease the in-call volume.

The Volume screen automatically closes. You can also tap an empty area of the Volume screen to close it.

Switching to Sleep mode

Switching to Sleep mode turns the display off and automatically locks the screen to avoid accidental key presses.

 Briefly press POWER/LOCK SCREEN.

 Your phone also automatically goes into Sleep mode when the screen timeout is set

and you leave the phone idle after a certain period of time. For details on setting the screen timeout, see the Settings chapter.

Press POWER/LOCK SCREEN again to wake up the phone.

Locking and unlocking the screen

 The screen automatically locks when phone is in Sleep mode.

 To unlock the screen, briefly press POWER/LOCK SCREEN to wake up the phone,

and then drag down the bar on the lock screen.

The phone screen automatically unlocks when you receive a call.

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Personalizing

Changing your ringtone

When your phone’s sound mode is set to Normal ringer, you can easily assign a favorite song saved on your phone or storage card as your new ringtone. To find out how you can copy files to your storage card, see “Copying files to or from your storage card” in the Getting started chapter.

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Settings > Sound.

2. Tap Phone ringtone.

3. Tap Phone ringtones to choose a preset ringtone or tap Audio files to choose from

your audio files.

The selected audio file should be in a supported ringtone format such as *.mid and *.mp3. The maximum file size is 300KB.

Personalizing your phone with scenes

Your phone becomes multiple phones in one when you use scenes. Scenes are personalized Home screen layouts that you can quickly apply to your phone to suit your mood - be it for work or play. You can also create your own scene to fit your lifestyle and daily needs.

Every time you add or modify something on the Home screen, your phone automatically saves your changes to the current scene selected.

Choosing a scene

There are preset scenes that you can directly apply to your Home screen. Each one is preconfigured with a different wallpaper and collection of features.

To select and apply a scene, do one of the following:

 From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS and tap Scenes. Then tap the scene you

want to use.

 Go to any part of the Home screen. Slide open the Notifications panel from the top

of the screen, and then tap a scene under Scene selection. For information about the Notifications panel, see “Notifications panel” in the Getting started chapter.

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Creating a new scene

You’ll start with only the main Home screen when you create a new scene. Personalize the new scene by adding extended Home screens and changing the wallpaper.

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, then tap Scenes.

2. Tap Add scene, and then enter a new scene name. Press BACK to close the onscreen

keyboard.

Your phone then switches to the newly created scene, with only the main Home screen displayed.

3. Design your Home screen according to your preference. You can do the following to customize your scene:

 Customize the Home screen with features that you need for your day-to-day use.

For details, see “Adding or removing home screen panels”.

 Change the Home screen wallpaper. To find out how, see “Changing the home

wallpaper”.

Every time you add or modify something on the Home screen, your phone automatically saves your changes to the current scene selected.

Changing the home wallpaper

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Wallpaper.

2. Tap Home, and then browse for the photo you want to use.

3. Crop the part of the photo that you want to set as the wallpaper.

While cropping, you can:

 Tap or to rotate the photo to the left or right.

 Double-tap or pinch the screen to zoom in or out.

 Drag the photo to frame a part of it within the crop box. Everything outside the

crop box will be discarded.

4. Tap OK.

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Changing the lock screen wallpaper

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Wallpaper > Lock screen.

2. Select a photo, crop as needed, and then tap OK.

Adding, rearranging, or removing Home screen features

You can choose to add up to six extra Home screen panels, rearrange them in any order you like, or remove the panels you don’t need (except for the main Home screen).

Adding or removing home screen panels

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Customize.

2. Choose what features you want to add or remove on the Home screen by selecting or

clearing their check boxes.

For example, the Shortcuts Home screen allows you quick access to your favorite applications and the People Favorites Home screen lets you contact your favorite people quickly and easily. You can also choose from Weather, Photos, Friend Stream, and more.

3. Tap OK.

Rearranging the Home screen

1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Customize.

2. Press and hold at the end of the home screen name.

3. When the row is highlighted, drag it to its new position.

4. Tap OK.

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About the features you can add on the Home screen

Shortcuts

Customize the Shortcuts home screen panel for one-touch access to your favorite applications. You can add up to twelve shortcuts.

Adding a Home shortcut

1. On the Shortcuts home screen panel, tap an empty slot.

2. Browse through the list of applications, and then tap a favorite application to add.

Shortcuts cannot be replaced. If you want to change a slot with another shortcut, you need to remove the shortcut that occupies that slot first, and then add the new shortcut.

Removing a Home shortcut

1. Press and hold the shortcut that you want to remove.

2. When the screen dims out, drag the shortcut away from its slot, then release your

finger.

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People

Add the people who matter most to you on the People home screen panel so you can quickly make calls or send text messages without going through your contacts list.

1 Tap the contact’s name to open his or her contact card.

2 Depending on the communication method you have set for a favorite contact, tap a contact

photo to call or send a message.

3 Indicates the type of communication method you’ve selected as default for this contact.

Adding favorite contacts to the People home screen panel

You need to have contacts already stored on your phone before you can add them as favorite contacts to the People home screen panel. If there are no existing contacts, add them first to your phone. To find out how, see the People chapter.

SIM card contacts cannot be added as favorite contacts.

1. From the main Home screen, slide to the People home screen panel.

2. Tap an empty slot.

3. Select a contact.

4. On the Default action screen, choose what contact method to use for the favorite

contact.

You can add up to twelve favorite contacts to the People home screen panel.

 To remove a favorite contact, press and hold a contact photo, drag it away from its current

slot, and then lift your finger.

 While on the People home screen panel, press OPTIONS, and then tap All to open the

People application and access your complete list of contacts. To know more about the People application, see the People chapter.

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Friend Stream

Find out what everyone is saying in your social networks. From the main Home screen, slide to the Friend Stream home screen panel. To know more about this application, see “Friend Stream” in the People chapter.

1 Shows the type of social network a contact is linked to.

2 Displays a friend’s latest Facebook or Twitter status update. Tap it to open the Friend Stream

application and do more with your social network account.

3 Tap to enter your status message.

4 Indicates the time the Friend Stream home screen panel was last updated. Tap this bar to refresh

the screen.

You need to be connected to the Internet and logged in to at least one social network to download status updates.

Messages

Browse through received text and multimedia messages on this screen.

1 Tap the current message displayed to open and read the message as well as previous messages

between you and the sender.

2 Tap to open the Messages application.

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