HTC Magic Quick Start Guide

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For a more complete guide in using your phone,

http://www.htc.com/www/support/magic/user-guides.html.

download the User Manual PDF.

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Please Read Before Proceeding

THE BATTERY IS NOT CHARGED WHEN YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX.

DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY PACK WHEN THE PHONE IS CHARGING.

YOUR WARRANTY IS INVALIDATED IF YOU DISASSEMBLE OR ATTEMPT TO DISASSEMBLE THE DEVICE.

PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS

Some countries require full disclosure of recorded telephone conversations, and stipulate that you must inform the person with whom you are speaking that the conversation is being recorded. Always obey the relevant laws and regulations of your country when using the recording feature of your phone.

Limitation of Damages

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HTC OR ITS PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INJURY, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA, AND/OR LOSS OF PROFITS ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED TO, IN ANY MANNER, OR THE DELIVERY, PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS, OR USE OF THE WEATHER INFORMATION, DATA OR DOCUMENTATION HEREUNDER REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEEABILITY THEREOF.

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Contents

1. Welcome to the HTC Magic Quick Start Guide ............ 5

2. Inside the Box ..........................................................................

3. Getting to Know the HTC Magic .......................................

4. Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage Card .....

5. Charging the Battery .............................................................

6. Starting Up ..............................................................................

7. Getting Around Your Phone .............................................

8. Home Screen ..........................................................................

9. Accessing Applications and Settings ............................

10. Making Your First Call .......................................................

11. Adding Contacts .................................................................

12. Entering Information ........................................................

13. Basic Settings

14. Sending a Text Message ..................................................

15. Sending a Multimedia Message ...................................

16. Using Wi-Fi ............................................................................

17. Sending Emails ...................................................................

18. Surfing the Web ..................................................................

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19. Using YouTube ....................................................................33

20. Bluetooth ..............................................................................

21. Managing Your Time .........................................................

22. Taking Pictures and Capturing Video ..........................

23. Copying Multimedia Files to Your Phone ..................

24. Listening to Music ..............................................................

25. Viewing Pictures and Videos ..........................................

26. Uploading Pictures to Picasa .........................................

27. Synchronizing Google Applications

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28. Downloading Applications from Android Market .

29. Resetting the Phone .........................................................

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1. Welcome to the HTC Magic Quick Start Guide

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Congratulations on your purchase of the HTC Magic.

This Quick Start Guide will help you get started with your Android™-powered phone. The Quick Start Guide offers information about the basic features and functions that you want to know or use right away after you turn on the phone for the first time.

2. Inside the Box

You should find the following items inside the box.

HTC Magic phone• Battery• USB cable• AC adapter• Wired stereo headset• Pouch• 2GB microSD™ card

• Quick Start Guide•

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3. Getting to Know the HTC Magic

Earpiece

Notification LED

Touch Screen

TRACKBALL

HOME

CALL

VOLUME UP

VOLUME DOWN

BACK

END CALL/ POWER

Microphone

USB Connector/Earphone Jack

Speaker

3.2 Megapixel Camera

Back Cover

Strap Holder

4. Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage Card

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Make sure your phone is turned off before installing the SIM card, battery, and storage card. You also need to remove the back cover before you can install the battery and SIM card.

To remove the back cover

Firmly hold the phone with both hands and the front

panel facing down. Push the back cover down with your thumb until it

disengages from the phone.

Push down from this corner

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To install the SIM card

Locate the SIM card

slot, and then insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out the card slot.

Slide the SIM card

completely into the slot.

To install the battery

Align the battery’s

exposed copper contacts with the battery connectors inside the battery compartment.

Insert the contact side

of the battery first then gently push the battery into place.

Replace the back cover.

Cut-off corner

Battery contacts

To install the storage card

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Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down.

5. Charging the Battery

New batteries are shipped partially charged. Before you start using your phone, it is recommended that you install and charge the battery.

To charge the battery

Plug the USB connector of the AC adapter to the USB

connector at the bottom of your phone.

Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start

charging the battery.

The battery is fully charged after about 3 hours of charging.

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6. Starting Up

After installing your SIM card and battery and charging the battery, you can now power on and start using your phone.

Turn on the power

Press the END CALL/POWER button.

Set up your phone for the first time

When you turn on the phone for the first time and after touching the Android image, you will be prompted to sign in to your Google™ Account. If you decide not to sign in to your Google Account, you can still use the phone but you won’t be able to use Google services such as Google Talk™, Gmail™/Google Mail™, and Android Market™.

Note Make sure that your phone has an active data connection

(3G/GPRS) before you sign in to your Google Account.

1. Touch Skip.

Tip Touch Begin to view a tutorial on how to use the onscreen

keyboard.

2. Read the setup information on the screen, then touch

Next.

3. Touch Sign in. Enter your user name and password,

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then touch Sign in. After signing in, all emails, contacts, and calendar events on your Google Account will automatically synchronize with your phone.

Set up the date and time and then touch Next.

Touch Finish setup.

Retrieve your Google Account password

If you forgot your Google Account password, you can retrieve it by doing the following:

On your computer, open your browser and go to http:// google.com/accounts.

On the right side of the page, click I cannot access my

account.

In the Please select your issue section, select I forgot

my password.

Click Reset your password now, and then follow the

procedure on how to recover your password.

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7. Getting Around Your Phone

There are different ways to navigate around the Home screen, menus and application screens on your phone.

Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.

Touch and hold

To open the available options for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page), simply touch and hold the item.

Swipe or slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Drag

Touch 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

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Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.

Rotate

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways (to the left) to bring up a bigger keyboard.

Use the Trackball

You can use the TRACKBALL to select or highlight items on the screen.

Search button

Press SEARCH to search information on the current screen (e.g. Home screen) or application (e.g. Browser). For example, while in Browser, press SEARCH to launch Google™ search and search information on the web.

Refer to the “Phone Basics” chapter in the User Manual PDF for more details.

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8. Home Screen

The Home screen is your starting point for using the applications on your phone. You can customize the Home screen to display application icons, shortcuts, folders, and widgets according to your preference.

Notifications.

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Missed call, text, and other notifications appear here. Touch and hold

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this area to display the date.

Touch an icon to open the related application

Tip While in any application, press HOME to display the Home

screen.

Time Battery status

Signal strength

Connection status

Touch the Applications tab to access the applications of your phone.

To go to the extended Home screen

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The Home screen extends beyond the screen width to provide more space for adding icons, widgets, and more. Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the left or right extended Home screen.

Tip While on an extended Home screen, press HOME to return to the

main Home screen.

Refer to the “Phone Basics” chapter in the User Manual PDF for more details.

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9. Accessing Applications and Settings

Applications tab

The Applications tab holds all pre-installed applications on your phone. This tab will also hold the icons of applications that you download and install from Android Market.

To open the Applications tab

Press HOME, and then touch .

On the Applications tab, you can:

Touch an icon to open the related application.

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Scroll up/down on the tab using your finger or on the

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TRACKBALL to view more applications.

Note To hide the Applications tab, touch or press the BACK

button.

Settings

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Control and customize phone settings from the Settings screen.

To open the Settings screen

Press HOME > MENU, and then touch Settings.

Refer to the User Manual PDF for more information about the settings on your phone.

The following sections in this Quick Start Guide will show you how to use basic phone functions including how to make a call, enter information, send text and email messages, and more.

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10. Making Your First Call

To place a call

1. Press CALL.

Dial the number or contact you want to call and then press CALL again. As you touch the keys on the numeric keypad, the screen will display matches found on your phone and call log based on the keys you have touched.

Tip During a call, press the VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons on the left

panel of the phone to adjust the in-call volume.

To check missed calls

When you have missed calls, you will see the missed call icon ( ) in the status bar. To check who the caller was, touch and hold the status bar, and then drag your finger downward on the screen to open the Notifications panel.

11. Adding Contacts

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Contacts gives you quick and easy access to people you

frequently communicate with.

To open Contacts

Press HOME, and then touch Contacts.

To add a new contact

When you open Contacts for the first time, you are presented with options on how you can easily import your contacts into your phone.

Touch to import

Touch to import contacts stored on your SIM card into the phone.

Touch to create a new contact on the phone.

contacts from your Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® account. If you do not have an Exchange ActiveSync account, you will be taken to the set up screen.

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To add a new contact on the phone

In the Contacts tab, touch Create new contact.

Enter the contact’s name, and then enter their contact

information such as mobile phone number, home phone number, or email address. Roll the TRACKBALL up or down to move among fields.

Touch to add a caller ID icon.

Touch to replace or customize the information label.

3. When finished, scroll down to the bottom of the screen

and touch Done.

Touch to set the type of contact.

Touch to add information for this section.

Touch to delete the information.

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