Htc Incredible User Manual

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.

Notice

Screen images and icons are simulated. Actual display may vary. Instructions in this guide may change depending on the software version on your wireless device.

Trademarks and copyrights

The HTC logo, the HTC quietly brilliant logo, HTC Incredible, 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.

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.

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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.

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

Please be advised that many services and applications offered through this unique device are provided by various device, operating system, software and application developers (e.g. Google, Motorola, Microsoft, Palm). If you use, link to or download such a service, or an application such as a non-Verizon Wireless location based GPS-type service, chat room, marketplace or social network from this device, you should carefully review the terms of such service or application. If you use any of these non-Verizon Wireless services or applications, personal information you submit may be read, collected, or used by the service or application provider and/or other users of those forums.

Verizon Wireless is not responsible for your use of those applications or information you choose to submit or share with others. Specific terms and conditions, terms of use, and privacy policies apply to those applications and services. Please review carefully any and all terms and conditions applicable to those applications and services including those related to any location-based services for any particular privacy policies, risks or waivers.

Your Verizon Wireless Customer Agreement Terms and Conditions and certain other specifically identified terms govern your use of any Verizon Wireless products and services.

Contents

Basics

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

Your Phone

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

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

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

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

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Before turning on your phone ................................................................................................ 17

Back cover .................................................................................................................................................................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...............................................................................................................................................................22

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 ........................................................................................................................................27

Adjusting the volume ................................................................................................................ 28

Adjusting the ringer volume ............................................................................................................................28

Adjusting the media volume ............................................................................................................................28

Connecting your phone to a computer ............................................................................. 29

Copying files to and from the storage card Searching your phone and the Web

Setting Web and Quick Search Box options ............................................................................................31

Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box .................................................31

Personalizing

Making your phone truly yours ............................................................................................. 32

Changing the ringtone Personalizing your phone with scenes

Using a preset scene ............................................................................................................................................33

Customizing and saving a scene ...................................................................................................................33

Renaming or deleting a scene ....................................................................................................................... 34

Changing your wallpaper ........................................................................................................ 35

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets............................................................... 36

Adding a widget to your Home screen ..................................................................................................... 36

Downloading HTC widgets .............................................................................................................................. 36

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Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen ................... 37

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Adding folders on your Home screen ................................................................................ 38

Creating a new folder and adding items to it ..........................................................................................38

Renaming a folder .................................................................................................................................................38

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen ......................39

Moving a widget or icon ....................................................................................................................................39

Removing a widget or icon ..............................................................................................................................39

Phone calls

Making calls ..................................................................................................................................40

Calling somebody using your phone .........................................................................................................40

Calling a speed dial number ............................................................................................................................ 40

Calling using Voice Dialer ...................................................................................................................................41

Calling a phone number in a text message ...............................................................................................41

Calling a phone number in an email ..............................................................................................................41

Making an emergency call ............................................................................................................................... 42

Using Assisted Dialing ........................................................................................................................................ 42

Receiving calls .............................................................................................................................43

Answering an incoming call ............................................................................................................................ 43

Rejecting an incoming call ............................................................................................................................... 44

Rejecting a call and sending a text message ..........................................................................................44

Using in-call options ..................................................................................................................45

Using call history ........................................................................................................................ 47

Call services ..................................................................................................................................49

Visual Voice Mail

Turning Airplane mode on or off .......................................................................................... 51

People

About People ............................................................................................................................... 52

Ways of getting contacts into your phone People screen

Handling multiple calls ....................................................................................................................................... 45

Setting up a conference call ........................................................................................................................... 45

Muting the microphone during a call..........................................................................................................46

Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call ................................................................................ 46

Ending a call .......................................................................................................................................................... 46

Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history .................................................47

Checking a missed call ....................................................................................................................................... 48

Clearing the call history list ............................................................................................................................. 48

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Setting up Visual Voice Mail ............................................................................................................................ 50

Using Visual Voice Mail ...................................................................................................................................... 50

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Setting up My contact card ..............................................................................................................................53

Your contacts list ...................................................................................................................................................53

Adding a new contact ........................................................................................................................................ 54

Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account ...........................................................55

Merging contact information ...........................................................................................................................55

Editing a contact’s information ......................................................................................................................55

Searching for a contact ......................................................................................................................................56

Backing up your contacts to the storage card .......................................................................................56

Importing contacts from the storage card ...............................................................................................56

Deleting contacts ..................................................................................................................................................56

Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS ................................................................................56

Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS .....................................................................57

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Contact groups ........................................................................................................................... 58

Creating a group and adding contacts .......................................................................................................58

Deleting a group ....................................................................................................................................................58

Adding or removing contacts from a group ............................................................................................58

Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group ...........................................................................59

Contact information and conversations ............................................................................60

People widget

Adding the People widget .................................................................................................................................61

Setting the default communication method .............................................................................................61

Changing the default communication method........................................................................................61

Getting in touch with a contact ......................................................................................................................61

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard ................................................................................................ 62

Using the landscape onscreen keyboard ...................................................................................................62

Changing the onscreen keyboard layout ...................................................................................................62

Entering text ............................................................................................................................................................63

Entering words with predictive text .............................................................................................................63

Entering text with voice input ........................................................................................................................ 64

Adjusting touch input settings ..............................................................................................65

Touch Input settings ............................................................................................................................................65

Text input ...................................................................................................................................................................65

Messages

About Messages ......................................................................................................................... 67

Sending text and multimedia messages ....................................................................................................67

New message notifications .....................................................................................................70

WAP push messages

............................................................................................................................... 61

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Managing message conversations

Protecting a message from deletion ............................................................................................................73

Deleting a message thread ...............................................................................................................................73

Deleting several message threads ................................................................................................................73

Deleting a single message ................................................................................................................................73

Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact ..........................................................73

Setting text and multimedia message options ............................................................... 74

Adding the Messages widget

Accounts and sync

Synchronizing with online accounts ................................................................................... 76

Adding a social network account ..................................................................................................................76

Synchronizing with a Google Account .......................................................................................................76

Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account ....................................................77

Managing your accounts ...................................................................................................................................77

Using HTC Sync ........................................................................................................................... 78

Installing HTC Sync ...............................................................................................................................................78

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone ......................................................................................79

Setting up synchronization ...............................................................................................................................79

Setting up more sync options ........................................................................................................................ 80

Synchronizing your phone ............................................................................................................................... 80

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade ..............................................................................................81

Installing apps from your computer to your phone ..............................................................................81

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Social

Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application ........................... 82

Facebook for HTC Sense ...................................................................................................................................82

Facebook for Android application ................................................................................................................82

Differences between Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application ...83

Twittering on your phone ........................................................................................................84

Peep screen ............................................................................................................................................................. 84

Sending a tweet .................................................................................................................................................... 84

Searching for Twitter users to follow ...........................................................................................................85

Sending a direct message .................................................................................................................................85

Setting Peep options ...........................................................................................................................................85

Adding the Twitter widget ............................................................................................................................... 86

Using Friend Stream ..................................................................................................................87

Friend Stream screen ..........................................................................................................................................87

Updating your status .......................................................................................................................................... 88

Adding the Friend Stream widget ............................................................................................................... 88

Chatting in Google Talk ............................................................................................................ 89

Signing in to Google Talk .................................................................................................................................. 89

Chatting with friends .......................................................................................................................................... 89

Changing your online status and picture

Managing your Friends list .................................................................................................................................91

Changing Google Talk settings .......................................................................................................................92

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Using Gmail/Google Mail ........................................................................................................94

Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox ..................................................................................................... 94

Reading your messages .....................................................................................................................................95

Sending a message...............................................................................................................................................97

Managing conversations and messages .................................................................................................... 98

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

Mail .................................................................................................................................................. 101

Adding a POP3/IMAP email account .........................................................................................................101

Viewing your email inbox .................................................................................................................................101

Exchange ActiveSync email ...........................................................................................................................103

Composing and sending an email message .......................................................................................... 104

Viewing and replying to an email message ............................................................................................105

Editing email account settings .....................................................................................................................105

Deleting an email account ..............................................................................................................................105

Adding the Mail widget ....................................................................................................................................105

Calendar

About Calendar ......................................................................................................................... 106

Creating a calendar event

Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) .......................................................................107

Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only) ..............................107

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Changing calendar views ...................................................................................................... 108

Month view .............................................................................................................................................................108

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

Clock and Weather

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

About the Clock application Using Desk Clock Using World Clock

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

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Internet

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

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

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

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Browsing full versions of all web sites ........................................................................................................ 131

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

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

Selecting a link in a web page.......................................................................................................................132

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

Switching between browser windows ...................................................................................................... 133

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

Downloading applications from the web.................................................................................................134

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

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

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

Using your phone as a modem (tethering) .....................................................................138

Bluetooth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camera

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

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

Taking a photo

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

Photos

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

Selecting an album Viewing photos and videos

Sending information from your phone to another device ..............................................................142

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music

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

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

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

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

Playing music

..............................................................................................................................159

Browsing music in the Library Creating a playlist

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

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

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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

Maps and location

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

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More apps

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

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

Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets Keeping track of your stocks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Using Voice Search .................................................................................................................. 184

Opening Voice Search .......................................................................................................................................184

Navigator ......................................................................................................................................185

Opening Navigator ............................................................................................................................................. 185

Finding and installing apps from Android Market ....................................................... 186

Finding and installing an application ......................................................................................................... 186

Creating a Google Checkout account ....................................................................................................... 187

Requesting a refund for an application .................................................................................................... 187

Opening an installed application .................................................................................................................188

Uninstalling an application .............................................................................................................................. 188

Getting help ...........................................................................................................................................................188

Security

Protecting your phone with a screen lock .......................................................................189

Settings

Settings on your phone ..........................................................................................................190

Changing display settings

Changing sound settings ....................................................................................................... 194

Changing the phone language Optimizing your phone’s battery life

Managing memory ....................................................................................................................197

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Adjusting the screen brightness manually .............................................................................................. 192

Adjusting the time before the screen turns off .................................................................................... 192

Preventing automatic screen rotation ....................................................................................................... 192

Recalibrating the G-sensor ............................................................................................................................. 192

Switching animation effects on or off .......................................................................................................193

Keeping the screen on while charging the phone............................................................................... 193

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Checking the power usage of applications ............................................................................................ 196

Checking how much phone memory is available for use ................................................................ 197

Checking the available storage card space ............................................................................................ 197

Clearing application cache and data ......................................................................................................... 197

Uninstalling third-party applications .......................................................................................................... 197

Freeing up more phone memory or storage card space ................................................................. 197

Checking information about your phone ........................................................................ 198

Backup, update and reset

Backing up your contacts ..................................................................................................... 199

Setting up Backup Assistant..........................................................................................................................199

Changing the backup schedule ....................................................................................................................199

Manually backing up your contacts ...........................................................................................................199

Updating your phone’s system software ........................................................................200

Checking for phone system software updates manually ............................................................... 200

Performing a hard/factory reset ......................................................................................... 201

Specifications Index

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Basics

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:



Phone



USB cable



Battery



AC adapter



Quick start guide



RF brochure



Product safety and warranty brochure

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.



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



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

4 Microphone

5 SEARCH

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

6 BACK

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

7 Optical joystick

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

8 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.



Solid red light when the battery is being charged.



Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low.



9 Touch screen

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Back panel

10 8 megapixel camera

11 Back cover

12 Dual LED flashlight

13 Speaker

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Top panel

Left panel

14 POWER



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



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



With the screen unlocked, press and hold to open the phone options menu that lets you turn off the phone, switch your phone to silent mode, vibration mode, or airplane mode, and turn on/off the data connection.

15 3.5mm audio jack

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

16 VOLUME UP



While on a call, press to increase earpiece volume.



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



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

17 VOLUME DOWN



While on a call, press to decrease earpiece volume.



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



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

18 USB connector



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.

Before turning on your phone

Back cover

Removing the back cover

Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment 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 back cover from the notch at the bottom of the

wireless device.

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Replacing the back cover

Align and secure the top part of the back cover first.

2. Press the sides and the bottom 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.

Storage card

Store your pictures, music, and applications in the microSD card (sold separately).

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.

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.

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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

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.

HOME > MENU, and then tap Settings.

Removing the battery

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

Lift out the battery from the notch near the speaker.

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.

Attach the power plug to the AC adapter.

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

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

Plug the AC adapter into 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.

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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.

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Use only an approved charging accessory to charge your phone.

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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 joystick.

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 rotating the phone to the left. 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 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.”

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.

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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 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.

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

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.

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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 Verizon Backup Assistant, tap Backup Assistant and follow the instructions

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on the screen to sign in.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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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 the 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:

EVDO available

1xRTT available

EVDO in use

1xRTT in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

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Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode

Alarm is set

Speakerphone on

Data synchronizing

Signal strength

Roaming

No signal

Vibrate mode

Location setting on

Location setting off

Phone speaker is mute

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

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Notification icons

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

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

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

No storage card installed on the phone

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.

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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:

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

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Press BACK

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Adjusting the volume

Adjusting the ringer volume changes the volume level of the phone ringtone, whereas adjusting the media volume changes the volume level of sound notifications, music or video playback. The ringer volume and media volume can be separately adjusted.

Adjusting the ringer volume

Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN buttons on the left panel of the phone to

adjust the ringer volume to your desired level. The Ringer volume window appears on the screen to display the volume levels. While in the lowest ringer volume level (Silent mode), press VOLUME DOWN once to set your phone to Vibrate mode. The phone vibrates and the vibrate mode icon ( ) appears on the status bar.

While in Vibrate mode, press VOLUME UP once to switch to silent mode. The speaker

mute icon (

To quickly switch your phone to silent mode, press and hold the POWER button, and then tap Silent mode on the options menu.

) displays on the status bar.

Adjusting the media volume

When playing music or watching video, press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN buttons on the left panel of the phone to adjust the media volume. The Music/video volume window appears on the screen to display the volume level.

You can also adjust the media volume on the Settings screen.

Press HOME

When the Media volume window appears, drag the slider to the left to lower the volume

or to the right to increase the volume.

Tap OK to close the window.

> MENU, and then tap Settings > Sound & display > Media volume.

Connecting your phone to a computer

Whenever you connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable, the Connect to PC dialog box displays and prompts you to choose the type of USB connection. Select one of the following choices, and then tap Done:

Charge only

Select this mode if you only want to charge the phone’s battery using your computer.

HTC Sync

When selected, the phone automatically uses HTC Sync when connected to your computer and lets you synchronize Outlook and Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), contacts and calendar events between your computer and your phone. For more information, see “Using HTC Sync” in the Accounts and sync chapter.

Disk drive

This mode is available only when you have installed a microSD card on your phone. Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your phone’s storage card and your computer.

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When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer, you will not be able to run applications that use the storage card, such as Music or Photos. For more information, see “Copying files to and from the storage card” in this chapter.

Mobile Broadband Connect

When you do not have Internet connection on your computer, you can select this mode to share your phone’s mobile data connection with your computer. For more information, see “Using Your Phone as a Modem” in the Internet chapter.

If you do not want to show the Connect to PC dialog box everytime you connect the phone to the computer, select the Don’t ask me again checkbox in the Connect to PC dialog box. The default connection type will be used when you connect the phone to the computer.

To check or change the default connection type and to show or hide the Connect to PC dialog box, press HOME

> MENU, and then tap Settings > Connect to PC.

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Copying files to and from the storage card

Connect the phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable.

When the Connect to PC dialog box appears, tap Disk drive, and then tap Done.

On your computer, the connected phone is recognized as a removable disk. Navigate to

this removable disk and open it.

Do one of the following:

Copy the files from the computer to the phone’s storage card’s root folder.

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Copy the files from the phone’s storage card to a folder in your computer or computer

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desktop.

5. After copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected phone) as

required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your phone.

6. Do one of the following:

Disconnect the phone from the computer.

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If you want to keep the phone connected to the computer but want the phone to be

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able to access the storage card, open the Notifications panel, tap Disk drive, select an option except Disk drive, and then tap Done. See “Opening the Notifications panel” in this chapter to learn how to open the Notifications panel.

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