HTC PM36100 Users Manual

Your HTC phone

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User guide

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Contents

Unboxing

HTC phone 8 Back cover 9 SIM card 10 Storage card 12 Battery 13 Switching the power on or off 14 Setting up HTC phone for the first time 14

Your first week with your new phone

Home screen 15 Touch gestures 16 Motion gestures 20 Sleep mode 22 Getting contacts into HTC phone 24 Making your first call 24 Sending your first text message 25 Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC phone 25 Copying and sharing text 26 Capturing the HTC phone screen 27 Switching between recently opened apps 27 Can't find the Menu button? 27 Notifications 28 Getting to know your settings 29 Getting the battery to last longer 30 Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 30

Camera

Camera basics 31 Taking a photo 32 Recording video 32 Taking continuous camera shots 33 Camera scenes 33 Improving portrait shots 33 Taking a group shot 34 Taking a panoramic photo 34 Using HDR 34 Shooting in low light 35 Recording videos in slow motion 35 Improving video stability 35

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Changing camera and video settings 36

Personalizing

Making HTC phone truly yours 37 Personalizing HTC phone with scenes 37 Changing your wallpaper 38 Applying a new skin 39 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 39 Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 40 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 41 Personalizing the launch bar 42 Grouping apps into a folder 42 Rearranging the Home screen 44 Personalizing with sound sets 45 Rearranging application tabs 46 Customizing the lock screen style 46 Securing HTC phone with a personal touch 47

Phone calls

Making a call with Smart dial 48 Using Speed dial 48 Calling a phone number in a text message 49 Calling a phone number in an email 49 Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 49 Making an emergency call 49 Receiving calls 50 What can I do during a call? 51 Setting up a conference call 53 Internet calls 53 Call history 54 Home dialing 55 Call services 55

Messages

About the Messages app 56 Sending a text message (SMS) 56 Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 56 Resuming a draft message 58 Checking your messages 58 Replying to a message 59 Forwarding a message 59 WAP push messages 60 Managing message conversations 60 Backing up your text messages 61 Setting message options 62

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC phone and the Web 63 Browsing the Web 63 Private browsing 65 Adding and managing your bookmarks 65

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Saving web content for later 66 Viewing your browsing history 67 Downloading files and apps 67 Setting browser options 68

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 69 Music 76 Movie Editor 80 Wireless Display 81

Accounts and sync

Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 83 Adding one or more Google Accounts 83 Managing your online accounts 84

People

About the People app 85 Your contacts list 85 Setting up your profile 86 Adding a new contact 87 Importing or copying contacts 87 Merging contact information 88 Contact information and conversations 89 Contact groups 90 Adding People widgets 91 Sending contact information 92 Backing up your contacts 92

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 94 Twitter for HTC Sense 94 About Friend Stream 94 Updating your status in Friend Stream 95 Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 95 Tweeting in Friend Stream 96 Chatting in Google Talk 97 Using Google+ 97

Gmail 98 Mail 99

Calendar

About Calendar 106 Creating an event 106 Viewing the Calendar 106 Managing Calendar events 107 Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 108

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Setting reminders for your events 109 Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 109 Showing or hiding calendars 109 Changing Calendar settings 109

Online storage and services

Dropbox 110 SkyDrive 114 HTC Watch 116

HTC Car

On the road with HTC Car 119 Playing music in HTC Car 119 Finding your way with HTC Car 120 Staying connected to your contacts 121 Changing HTC Car settings 121

Travel and maps

Location settings 122 Locations 122 Google Maps 131

Essential apps

Using the Clock 135 Checking Weather 137 Viewing a PDF 138 Working on documents 138 Taking notes 140 Completing tasks 142 Keeping track of your stocks 146

Google Play and other apps

Getting apps from Google Play 147 Watching videos on YouTube 148 Listening to FM Radio 149 Recording voice clips 149 Sharing games and apps 150

Your phone and computer

Where apps, data, and files are stored 151 Connecting your phone to a computer 151 Copying files to or from the phone storage 152 HTC Sync Manager basics 152 Playing music in HTC Sync Manager 155 Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager 156 Setting up HTC Sync Manager to recognize HTC phone 157 Setting up HTC phone to sync with your computer 158 Syncing HTC phone and your computer 161 Importing music from a CD with HTC Sync Manager 161

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Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering 162 Connecting to the Internet through a computer 163

Internet connections

Data connection 164 Wi-Fi 165 Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 166 Using HTC phone as a wireless router 167

Bluetooth and NFC

Bluetooth basics 169 Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 169 Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 170 Sending information using Bluetooth 171 Receiving information using Bluetooth 172 Sharing content with Android Beam 173

Settings and security

Turning Airplane mode on or off 175 Changing display settings 175 Changing sound settings 176 Changing the display language 177 More ways to extend battery life 178 Backing up settings to Google 178 Accessibility settings 178 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 179 Protecting HTC phone with a screen lock 179 Encrypting data on HTC phone 180 Checking information about HTC phone 181 Managing memory 181

Other essentials

Status icons 183 Printing 184 Using the onscreen keyboard 185 Entering words with predictive text 186 Entering text by speaking 188 Entering text by tracing 188 Restarting HTC phone 189 Resetting HTC phone 189

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

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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 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 important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a feature to work properly.

This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be careful about to prevent potential problems.

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Unboxing

HTC phone

1. BACK

2. HOME

3. RECENT APPS

4. USB connector

5. VOLUME

6. Proximity sensor

7. Front camera

8. POWER

9. 3.5mm headset jack

10. Notification LED

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Back cover

Removing the back cover

1. Securely hold HTC phone facing down.

2. With your thumb or finger, open the back cover from the small opening at the

bottom of HTC phone.

Replacing the back cover

1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC phone.

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.

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SIM card

HTC phone uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text messages.

Inserting the SIM card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing in,

insert the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot.

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Removing the SIM card

Make sure to switch off HTC phone before removing your SIM card.

1. Take the back cover off.

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

3. Slide the SIM card out from the SIM card slot.

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Storage card

Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music. You’ll find the storage card already inserted in HTC phone.

Inserting the storage card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Insert the microSD™ card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing

down and push it until it clicks into place.

Removing the storage card

1. Take the back cover off.

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

3. Slide the storage card out from its slot.

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Unmounting the storage card

When you need to remove the storage card while HTC phone is on, unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.

1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .

2. Tap Storage > Unmount storage card.

Battery

Charging the battery

Before you turn on and start using HTC phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery.

Only the power adapter and USB cable provided in the box must be used to charge the battery.

1. Insert the small end of the USB cable into the USB connector.

2. Insert the other end of the USB cable into the power adapter.

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

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

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Switching the power on or off

Switching the power on

Press the POWER button.

When you turn on HTC phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.

Switching the power off

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

screen.

2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

3. Tap Power off on the options menu.

Setting up HTC phone for the first time

When you switch on HTC phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up.

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

Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees. Don’t worry. You can enable or disable them in Settings later on.

When HTC phone has started, you'll see Quick Tips on some screens (such as the Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC phone. The tips for a screen won't display again after you've closed them.

To view the Quick Tips again, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > About > Help > Show all quick tips.

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Your first week with your new phone

Home screen

Your Home screen is where you make HTC phone your own. You can add your favorite applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets so they’re always just a tap away. To find out how, see Personalizing on page 37.

Extended Home screen

As you start to do more things with HTC phone, you might find that one Home screen is not enough. No problem.

Slide your finger horizontally to the left or right on the screen and you’ll discover more space for adding icons, widgets, and more.

Press to return to the main Home screen.

Using Leap view

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

§ In Leap view, if there's space to add a new screen, you can tap Add Panel to do so. An empty Home screen appears and you can start customizing from there.

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Touch gestures

Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen, open apps, scroll through lists, and more.

Tap

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

Press and hold

To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link in a webpage), just press and hold the item.

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Swipe or slide

Drag

Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages, scroll through documents, and more.

Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, don't release your finger until you have reached the target position.

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Flick

Press and flick

Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes, such as when moving right and left on the Home screen, or flicking through a contacts or message list.

On the Home screen, you can easily move a widget or icon from one screen to another.

Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger, and flick the screen to the new location with another finger.

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Pinch and spread

In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or a webpage.

Pinch the screen to zoom out when viewing a picture or a webpage.

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Two-finger scrolling

In some apps that have sorting, like Mail or People, you can use two fingers to scroll the screen. The screen displays the sorting order, and you can easily scroll to the information you want.

Motion gestures

Use motion gestures to mute HTC phone, turn on the speakerphone, and more.

Flip to silence / flip for speakerphone

When a call comes in you can turn HTC phone over to mute it.

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Pick up to lower volume

While in a call, turn HTC phone over to turn the speakerphone on for handsfree conversations or for conference calling.

In a business meeting or restaurant, pick HTC phone up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume.

Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag

On a noisy street and can't hear HTC phone ringing in your bag?

You can set HTC phone to recognize when it's in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments.

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Rotate HTC phone for a better view

For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC phone sideways.

When entering text, you can turn HTC phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.

Sleep mode

Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC phone into a low power state while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC phone is in your bag. You’ll still receive messages and calls though, and missed calls and messages appear on the lock screen.

To prevent missed calls or messages from appearing on the lock screen, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Privacy.

Switching to Sleep mode

Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode. HTC phone also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s left idle for a while.

You can change the time before HTC phone sleeps in the Display, gestures & buttons settings.

Waking up from Sleep mode

To wake HTC phone up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the screen.

HTC phone automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.

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Unlocking the screen

Pull the ring up to unlock the screen.

If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC phone unlocks.

If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can drag snooze or dismiss the event or alarm.

Opening an app or folder from the lock screen

§ On the lock screen, drag an app or folder icon to the ring to unlock the screen and directly go to the app or folder.

The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same ones on your Home screen's launch bar. To change the lock screen shortcuts, replace the apps or folders on the launch bar.

§ When there's a notification or info shown on the lock screen such as a missed call or new message, you can drag it to the ring to directly go to its app.

or to the ring to

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Getting contacts into HTC phone

There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC phone.

Sync with your computer

™

Gmail

Social network accounts

Phone contacts You can choose to create and store contacts directly in HTC

SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC phone. Microsoft

Exchange ActiveSync

Transferring contacts from your old phone

Easily transfer contacts from your old phone to HTC phone through Bluetooth®. Depending on your old phone’s model, you may also transfer other types of data such as calendar events and text messages to HTC phone.

Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and then use HTC Sync or HTC Sync Manager to sync HTC phone with your computer's Microsoft® Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows® Contacts.

Google® contacts are imported to HTC phone after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC phone.

phone or transfer existing ones from your old phone.

HTC phone syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace.

1. From the Home screen, tap > Transfer.

2. Tap Next to begin.

3. Choose your old phone's name and model.

4. On your old phone, turn Bluetooth on, set it to discoverable mode, and then

follow the instructions on the screen.

Making your first call

1. On the Home screen, tap .

2. Enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact’s name.

3. From the list, tap a contact to call.

4. To hang up, tap End Call.

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Sending your first text message

1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages.

2. Tap .

3. Tap , and then select the contacts you want to send the message to.

4. Tap the box that says Add text, and then enter your message.

5. Tap to insert a smiley or add quick text.

6. Tap Send.

Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC phone

There are two ways you can transfer your media.

§ Connect HTC phone to your computer, and select the Disk drive mode. Your computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive, and you can copy your media between them.

§ Download and use our HTC Sync Manager software. You can easily set it up to sync folders containing media and playlists on your computer with HTC phone. HTC Sync Manager can also automatically get photos and videos off HTC phone to your computer.

Download and install HTC Sync Manager, when available, from our website. Or in the meantime, download and use the latest version of HTC Sync to sync your media and data.

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Copying and sharing text

In apps such as the web browser and Mail, you can select and copy text, and then paste or share it.

Selecting text

1. Press and hold on a word.

2. Drag the start and end markers to highlight the surrounding text you want to

select.

To copy the address of a linked webpage, press and hold the link, and then tap

Copy link URL.

Copying and pasting text

1. After you have selected the text you want to copy, tap Copy.

The selected text is then copied to the clipboard.

2. In a text entry field (for example while composing an email), press and hold at

the point where you want to paste the text.

3. Tap Paste.

Sharing text

1. After you have selected the text you want to share, tap Share.

2. Choose where to paste and share the selected text, such as in an email message

or social network status update.

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Capturing the HTC phone screen

Want to show off your high game score, write a blog post about HTC phone features, or post a status update about a song you're playing? It's easy to take a picture of the screen and share it from Gallery.

Press and hold POWER and then press . The screen is saved in the Camera shots album in Gallery.

Switching between recently opened apps

You can easily access apps you've just recently opened.

1. Press .

2. Slide your finger left or right to see recently-opened apps.

3. Tap an app to open it.

Can't find the Menu button?

Do you miss having a Menu button? You can set the Recent apps button to open the Menu as well.

1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .

2. Tap Display, gestures & buttons.

3. Tap Recent apps button and select how you want to open the Menu, such as

press or press and hold the button.

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Notifications

Notification LED

The notification LED shows a:

§ Solid green light when HTC phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.

§ Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.

§ Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.

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

Notification icons

Notification icons on the status bar make it easy for you to keep on top of your messages, calendar events, and alarms.

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Notifications panel

When you get a new notification, you can open the Notifications panel to see what event notification or new information you've received. The Notifications panel also lets you quickly access settings.

1. To open the Notifications panel, press and hold the status bar, then slide your

finger downward.

If you have several notifications, scroll down the screen to see them all.

2. To close the Notifications panel, press and hold the bottom bar of the panel,

then slide your finger up. Or just press .

Getting to know your settings

Want to change the ringtone, set up a Wi-Fi® connection or make the screen brighter? Do this and more in Settings.

Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . Here are some of the basic settings you can change:

§ Tap the On/Off switch next to an item such as Wi-Fi to turn it on or off. Tap the

item itself to configure its settings.

§ Tap Sound to set a ringtone, choose a sound profile, and configure incoming call

sound settings.

§ Tap Display, gestures & buttons to change the screen brightness or set how long

the screen is idle before going to sleep.

§ Tap Security to secure HTC phone, for example with a screen lock.

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Getting the battery to last longer

How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use HTC phone. The features and accessories you use can affect battery life.

You can get the battery to last longer by following a few simple tips:

§ Turn off the display when you're not using it

§ Lower the volume

§ Close battery-intensive programs, such as the Camera, when you're done using

them

§ Make sure apps are closed and not continuously running in the background

Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager

With HTC Sync Manager, enjoy the same rich media whether you're at your computer or on the move. Use it also to store your same contacts, important documents, and other data on both HTC phone and your computer.

HTC Sync Manager is the replacement for HTC Sync, and it provides a lot more features. You can:

§ Play music and videos using the built-in player. You can also play iTunes® and Windows Media® Player playlists.

§ Manage your library of music, photos, and videos on your computer.

§ Get music from your CDs to your computer.

§ Sync photos, videos, music, playlists, and albums between HTC phone and your

computer.

§ Sync information such as contacts, calendar, documents, and web bookmarks between HTC phone and your computer.

To find out how to install and use this software, see HTC Sync Manager basics on page 152.

Download and install HTC Sync Manager (when available) from www.htc.com/help. Or in the meantime, download and use the latest version of HTC Sync to sync your media and data.

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