HTC Rhyme Verizon Getting Started Guide

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MY VERIZON

Manag e your accoun t online or fr om your phone with My Verizon Mobile.

BASICS

How to us e your new pho ne—from cha rging the ba ttery and placi ng calls to che cking voice mail.

APPS AND FEATURES

It’s a m obile world an d it’s yours t o conquer— with m usic, video , web browsin g, email and pict ure messag ing, plus tools for n avigation and family safeguards.

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WELCOME

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING VERIZON WIRELESS

You’re now pa rt of a gro wing movem ent that ’s abou t speed, si gnal and st rength . So go ahea d, make yo urself hea rd.

This b ook will show y ou how to unlea sh the poten tial of your n ew device. A ssistanc e is at you r finger tips at verizonwireless.com. Custo mer Ser vice is at your d isposal at 1-800-922-0204 or a t any Verizon W ireless Store. A comprehensive User Guide is availa ble on deman d—simply d ownload o ne at

support.vzw.com/phones or call 1-80 0-2 29 -123 5 to orde r a copy.

NOTE : Devices and software are constantly evolving—the

scre en image s and icons y ou see her e are for re ference o nly.

WELCOME

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

DATA PL ANS A ND F EATU RES:

Content and Internet Access

Many services and applications offered through your device may be provided by third parties. Before you use, link to or download a service provided by a third party, or an application such as a nonVerizon Wireless location-based GPStype service, chat room, marketplace or social net work from your device, you should review the ter ms of such ser vice or application and applicable privacy policy. Personal information you submit may be read, collec ted or used by the service or application provider and/or other users of those forums.

Verizon Wireless is not responsible for any infor mation, content or services you access, download or use from the Internet. You are responsible for maintaining virus and other Internet security protections when accessing ser vice. For additional information, visit the Verizon Content Policy at responsibility.verizon.com/ contentpolicy. Your Verizon Wireless Customer Agreement terms and conditions and cer tain other specially iden tified terms govern your use of any Verizon Wireless products and services.

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

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BASICS

PHONE FEATURES

1. POWER/LOCK

2. EARPIECE

3. TOUCH

SCREEN

4. MENU

5. HOME

6. USB

CONNECTOR

7. MICROPHONE

8. SEARCH

9. BACK

10.

VOLUME CONTROLS

11. FRONT VGA CAMERA

1. 3.5MM

HEADSET JACK

2. 5MP CAMERA

3. LED FL ASH

4. DOCK

CO NTACTS

5. BACK COVER

6. SPEAKER

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YOUR ACCESSORIES

WIRED HEADSET

Plug in t he wired hea dset and enjoy liste ning to music o r watching v ideos on the go .

HTC RHYME CHARM

If you’re in a meeting o r a movie house, HTC Rhy me Charm discree tly tells you when you receive a call o r a message with a flashing light.

HTC RHYME DOCKING STATION

Turn your wireles s device into a desk cloc k, digital photo frame, or a music player whe n you mount your wireless dev ice into the dock.

Easily a nswer calls u sing the spea kerphone feature, and char ge the bat tery as well .

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FIRST STEPS

CHARGING YOUR BATTERY

Your wireless devic e uses a built-in, rechargeable battery.

1. To access the U SB Connector, flip open the small cap o n the left side of your wireless device.

2. Connect on e end of the USB c able to the AC charger.

3. Connect th e smaller end o f the USB cable to the USB Conn ector.

4. Plug in t he AC charger t o a wall socket to star t chargin g the battery.

WARNING! Pleas e use only a n approve d charg ing acces sory to cha rge your d evice. Im proper h andlin g of the cha rging por t, as well as t he use of a n incomp atible ch arger, may caus e damage t o your dev ice and void t he warr anty.

Charging your bat tery usin g HTC Rhyme Docking Station

1. Inser t the small end of the USB cab le into the USB conne ctor of the d ock.

2. Connect on e end of the USB c able to the AC charger.

3. Plug in t he AC charger t o a wall socket.

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4. Align t he dock contact s on your wireless device with the contact s on the dock .

5. Gently pres s your wireless devic e down to secu re it in place.

POWERING YOUR PHONE ON FOR THE FIRST TIME

It’s impor tant to fully char ge the battery befor e turning o n your wireless devic e.

Press a nd hold the POWER/LOCK button for a few seconds until th e screen tur ns on.

SETTING UP YOUR DEVICE

When you tur n on your wireless dev ice for the f irst time, si mply follow th e prompts to complete the initia l setup of you r wireless device. For more info rmation on h ow to set up your email, visit smartphones.verizonwireless.com/. Click on the Smartphone Support tab and select your wireless device.

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LOCKING/UNLOCKING YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE

Preve nt accident al key presses by locking your wireless device.

To lock your wi reless device a nd turn of f the scree n, in stand by mode, pres s the POWER/LOCK button.

To unlock the wirele ss device, pre ss the POWER/LOCK but ton, and do a ny of the following:

≠ Pull the r ing up. ≠ Dr ag an app or ac tion icon into the ring

to unlock the screen a nd directly go to its ap p.

Customizing the lock screen

You can pers onalize the lock screen an d add the th ings you wan t to see at a glan ce on an idle screen.

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU , and th en tap Personalize.

2. On the Display t ab, tap Lock screen style or Lock screen shortcuts.

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SETTING UP YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

1. From th e main Home screen , press

MENU , and th en tap Settings > Accounts & sy nc.

2. Tap Add account > Google, and t hen tap Next.

3. Tap Sign in. Enter your us er name and passw ord, and th en tap Sign in.

4. After signi ng in, all emai ls, contac ts, and calen dar events on your Go ogle Accoun t will au tomatically syn chronize w ith your wireless device.

SETTING UP YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS

1. From th e main Home screen , press

MENU , and th en tap Settings > Accounts & sy nc.

2. Tap Add account > Mail.

3. Enter y our email account d etails, and then tap Next.

4. Tap Finish setup.

NOTE : Account s setup fr om Mail ar e also avai lable on th e web at w ww.vzw.com/sync

Set ting up an Exc hange ActiveSync email account

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU

, and th en tap Settings >

Accounts & sy nc.

2. Tap Add account > Exchange ActiveSync.

3. Enter y our email account d etails, and then tap Next.

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NOTE: Your co rpora te Excha nge Ser ver must s uppor t

auto -dete ct for th e wireles s device to a utoma tically s et up the E xchan ge Active Sync acco unt. If y our corp orate Exch ange Ser ver doe s not supp ort au to-det ect, yo u will need t o enter yo ur Excha nge Ser ver set tings af ter you tap Next. A sk your Ex change S erver a dminis trator f or details.

4. Selec t the type of info rmation you want to syn chronize , and then tap Next.

5. Enter a n ame for this a ccount, and the n tap Finish setup.

Backup Assistant

Back up Assistant is a fr ee service f rom Verizon Wirele ss which save s your wireless device’s addr ess book to a secure se rver. If your w ireless device is los t or damaged , or if you u pgrade to a new wireless dev ice, Back up Assistant will restor e your contacts.

To get star ted using Bac kup Assistant, press MENU from t he main Home screen , and th en tap Settings > Accounts & sync >

Backup Assistant.

NOTE : Subject t o specif ic terms o f use. Resu lts may

var y based on b ackup sc hedule a nd othe r factor s. See verizonwireless.com/backupassistant for more details.

MAKE A CALL

On the H ome screen , tap , and th en do one of the following:

≠ Dial the number, and then tap Call. ≠ Slide to the People

hold th e contact yo u want to call , and then tap Call mobile on th e options menu.

NOTE : The optio n availab le on the op tions men u is the default communication method you assigned to the contact.

tab, press and

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MAKING A CALL FROM OU TSIDE THE U.S.

Assis ted Dialing allows you t o easily dial international calls while roaming abroad.

1. From th e main Home screen , press

MENU , and th en tap Settings > Call > Assisted Dialing.

2. Selec t the Enable Assisted Dialing check box.

3. Unde r Reference Co untry, sele ct the coun try that yo u want to call .

4. Check t he dialing pr eferences , such as the IDD/ NDD Prefix and A rea/City Code.

The ne xt time you dial a pho ne number, the IDD/ NDD prefi x and area/city cod e is auto matically added be fore the number.

NOTE : CDMA cover age is req uired for c alls mad e from out side the U. S. Addit ional cha rges wil l apply. For m ore informat ion, visit verizonwireless.com/global.

RECEIVING CALLS

Do one of the following:

≠ Ta p Answer. ≠ When you r wireless device is lo cked, drag

Answer into t he ring to ans wer.

USING TH E SPEAKERPHONE AUTOMATICALLY

You can switch to spe akerphone by simpl y flipp ing over your phone.

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU , and th en tap Settings.

2. Tap Sound, and selec t Flip for speaker.

NOTE: The F lip for spe aker opt ion is not av ailable w hen your

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wire less devi ce is set to ei ther Vi brate or Si lent mod e.

VOICE MAIL

SETTING UP VOICE MAIL

1. On the H ome screen , tap .

2. Tap *86 (*VM), and then ta p Call. If you

hear a g reeting , press # to interrupt it.

3. Follow the setup prompts.

4. Select a password.

5. Record a v oice signat ure and greeting .

ACCESSING YOUR VOICE MAIL FROM YOUR PHONE

1. On the H ome screen , tap .

2. Tap *86 (*VM), and the n tap Call.

When you hear the gr eeting, p ress # to interrupt it.

3. Follow the prom pts to enter y our passw ord and retr ieve your messages .

ACCESSING YOUR VOICE MAIL FROM ANY PHONE

1. Dial you r wireless nu mber. When you hear the greeting, press # to interru pt it.

2. Follow the prom pts to enter y our passw ord and retr ieve your messages .

RESETTING YOUR VOICE M AIL PASSWORD

To learn how to reset your pas sword or disc over other fe atures, visit

verizonwireless.com/myverizon.

NOTE : Voice m ailboxes n ot set up wi thin 45 day s will

be can celled. You r Verizon W ireless vo ice mailb ox is not pa ssword p rotect ed until y ou creat e a passwo rd by follo wing the s etup pr ompts.

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VISUAL VOICE MAIL

One glance tells you all you nee d to know. View a list of messages without dia ling into a mailbox. Lis ten or erase w ith the touc h of a button.

Set ting up Visual Voice Mail

1. If you ar e a new Verizon Wireless subscribe r, firs t dial voice mail service.

2. Fr om the main Ho me screen,

Voice Mail

86 to set u p your

tap  >

3. Tap Visual Voice Mail and f ollow the prom pts to downlo ad it for fut ure use.

NOTE : It may take fi ve minu tes for Vi sual Voice M ail to set u p. Your pass word an d voice mai l messag es will be s tored on t he devi ce and mes sages w ill be avail able to an yone wi th acces s to the d evice. To lim it unau thori zed acce ss to the vo ice mail , consi der lock ing the d evice wh en not in u se.

To cancel y our Vis ual Voice Mai l servi ce, go to verizonwireless.com/myverizon or contact Customer Ser vice. V Bl ock must b e remove d to use Vi sual Voice Ma il. Data c harges a pply on ly to the a pplicat ion dow nload, w hich requ ires app roxima tely 1 MB o f data.

RINGTONES

Make you r phone dance to your tune . Choose a ring tone, change the tone, o r silence your phone.

SELECTING A RINGTONE

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU , and th en tap Personalize.

2. On the S ound tab, ta p Ringtone.

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3. Scroll through th e available ri ngtones and tap the ringtone you w ant to use. Th e ringtone briefly plays when selected.

4. If the a udio file is on your sto rage card, tap Add , sele ct the item yo u want to import, t hen tap OK.

5. Tap Apply.

SETTING RINGTONE TO VIBRATE

Press ing the VOLUME UP or VOLU ME DOWN bu tton cha nges the volu me level of the p hone ring tone. While i n the lowest ringe r volume level (Silent mo de), press VOLUME D OWN once to set y our phone to Vibrate mod e. The phone vibra tes and the Vibrate mod e icon appears in the status ba r.

USING HTC RHYME CHARM

Ever missed a call or message be cause your phon e was buried de ep inside your bag? HTC Rhy me Charm discree tly calls you r attentio n and not ever body else’s . It emits a soft glow wh en you receive a call, m essage, or voicemail.

BASICS

Connect th e cord of HTC Rhyme Charm in to the he adset jack of your wireless d evice, and dang le it from your b ag.

Choosing when HTC Rh yme Charm glows

Set HTC R hyme Char m to glow when you receiv e a call, message, or vo icemail.

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU

2. Choos e which instance you want H TC Rhyme Char m to glow.

, and th en tap Settings > Charm.

SWITCHING TO DOCK MODE

Dock Mode let s you use your wi reless device as a desk clock , photo slideshow viewer, or music player.

1. With t he dock plug ged in, place your wireless device into t he dock. Your wireless device automatically turns Bluetooth on and switches to Dock Mode.

2. While in Dock Mo de, you can:

≠ Play music.

Tap the playback buttons to control music playback. Tap the albu m cover to open yo ur music lib rary. Tap to adju st the media volume.

≠ Tap the clock wid get to set an ala rm or

show the time i n another ci ty.

≠ Tap the weath er informa tion to check

forec asts or the n ext few days .

≠ Ta p Photo frame to play a slidesho w

of photos on your storage ca rd.

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≠ Tap the shor tcut icons at t he bottom of

the sc reen to open apps suc h as Calendar

. You can customize these s hortcu ts when you pre ss and hold an ico n, and then selec t a new app. (Or, press MENU , and then tap Shortcuts.)

≠ Press MENU

, and th en tap Wallpaper

to personalize the wallpaper.

≠ Ta p

to dim th e screen.

3. To modify yo ur dock set tings, press MENU , and th en tap Settings.

4. To exit Dock Mode, ta p or remove your wireless device from the dock.

BLUETOOTH®

TURNING ON BLUETOOTH

1. From th e main Home screen , press MENU , and th en tap Settings > Wireless & networks.

2. Selec t the Bluetooth check box.

NOTE : Turn of f Bluet ooth wh en not in us e to save bat tery

powe r, or in places w here usi ng a wirele ss device i s proh ibited , such as on b oard an air craft a nd in hosp itals.

PAIRING YOUR BLUETOOTH HEADSET WITH YOUR PHONE

You can liste n to music over a Bluetoo th stereo headset, or have hands-free conversations using a compatible Bluetooth headset or ca r kit.

Before you connec t your heads et, you need to make it d iscoverable so your w ireless

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device can fi nd it. You can find o ut how to do this by r eferring to your he adset’s manual .

1. From th e main Home screen , press

MENU , and th en tap Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

2. If Blue tooth is not ye t turned on, tap t he Bluetooth check box.

3. Make sure that the headset i s discoverable.

4. Tap Scan for dev ices. Your wireles s device will sta rt to scan fo r Bluetooth devices within range.

5. When you see the name of your h eadset displa yed in the Blue tooth devices sect ion, tap the name. Your wireless device then automatically tries to pair with t he headset .

6. If aut omatic pair ing fails, en ter the passcode supplied with your headset.

When t he Bluetooth headset or c ar kit is

connecte d to your wirele ss device, th e Bluetooth connected icon is displ ayed in the status b ar.

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APPS AND FEATURES

Make you r phone do mo re with music , ringtones, wallpapers, apps and games. Check t he latest sc ores, keep up w ith Twitter ™ and Faceboo k®, even plan a vacation, w e’ve got app s that help you do it all . For details and prici ng, go to

verizonwireless.com.

NOTE : Data charges may apply.

USING ANDROID MARKET

Andr oid Market™ provide s direct access to useful applications and fun games which you can downloa d and install .

NOTE : You nee d to be sign ed in to your G oogle Ac count to use An droid Ma rket.

DOWNLOADING APPS FROM ANDROID MARKET

1. From th e main Home screen , tap  > Market

2. When you open Android Mar ket for the first time, the Terms o f Service w indow will appear. Tap Accept to conti nue.

3. Navig ate or searc h for the item yo u want, and th en tap Free (for fr ee apps).

4. If you ag ree to the ter ms and condi tions, tap OK to begin d ownloadin g and insta lling the app.

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