HTC Smart User Guide

Your HTC Smart

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)

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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.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started

1.1 Inside the Box ......................................................................................................... 13

1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone ..........................................................................13

Top panel .......................................................................................................................13

Bottom panel ..............................................................................................................13

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

Back panel ....................................................................................................................16

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

Right panel ...................................................................................................................16

1.3 Before Turning On Your Phone ..................................................................... 17

Removing the back cover ..................................................................................... 17

Removing the battery .............................................................................................17

Inserting the SIM card .............................................................................................18

Inserting the battery ................................................................................................18

Inserting the microSD card ..................................................................................19

Putting back the back cover ...............................................................................19

1.4 Charging the Battery .........................................................................................20

1.5 Starting Up ............................................................................................................. 21

Setting up your phone for the first time ........................................................21

1.6 Getting Around Your Phone ........................................................................... 23

Tap ...................................................................................................................................23

Double-tap ..................................................................................................................23

Press and hold ...........................................................................................................23

Drag ................................................................................................................................23

Slide or swipe .............................................................................................................23

Flick .................................................................................................................................23

1.7 The Onscreen Keyboard ................................................................................... 24

Choosing a keyboard layout ...............................................................................24

Entering text using the Phone Keypad .........................................................25

Entering text using QWERTY.............................................................................27

Enabling multiple keyboard languages .........................................................28

Using word prediction ...........................................................................................28

Text input settings ...................................................................................................29

Chapter 2 Phone Basics

2.1 Getting to Know the Home Screen ..............................................................30

Main Home screen .................................................................................................... 31

People ............................................................................................................................32

Friend Stream ............................................................................................................33

Messages ..................................................................................................................... 34

Mail ..................................................................................................................................35

Photos ............................................................................................................................36

Music ..............................................................................................................................36

Weather ........................................................................................................................ 37

Calendar........................................................................................................................39

Internet ..........................................................................................................................39

2.2 Personalizing the Home Screen .................................................................. 40

Personalizing with scenes ...................................................................................40

Filling the Home screen with features that you want .............................41

Adding and removing Home shortcuts .........................................................42

Changing the home wallpaper ......................................................................... 43

Changing the lock screen wallpaper ............................................................. 43

2.3 Accessing Applications in the All Programs Panel ...............................44

2.4 Phone Status and Notifications....................................................................45

Status icons ................................................................................................................ 45

Notification icons ....................................................................................................46

Notification popup ................................................................................................. 46

Notifications panel .................................................................................................. 46

2.5 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer .................................................... 47

Copying files to or from your storage card ................................................ 48

About HTC Sync ...................................................................................................... 48

2.6 Adjusting the Volume.......................................................................................49

2.7 Getting the Most Out of Your Battery .......................................................50

Switching to Sleep mode ......................................................................................51

Locking and unlocking the screen ....................................................................51

Turning the power off ............................................................................................. 51

Chapter 3 Phone Calls

3.1 Making Calls .......................................................................................................... 52

Dialing a number or a contact ...........................................................................52

Using Speed dial .......................................................................................................53

Directly making calls from received messages .........................................55

3.2 Answering or Rejecting Calls ........................................................................ 55

3.3 Handling Multiple Calls ....................................................................................56

Setting up a conference call ...............................................................................57

3.4 Checking the Call History ...............................................................................58

3.5 Call Settings .........................................................................................................59

Chapter 4 Staying Close

4.1 Opening the People Application ..................................................................60

4.2 Adding and Managing Contacts ................................................................... 61

Creating new contacts on your phone ...........................................................61

Adding contacts to your SIM card ...................................................................62

Finding contacts .......................................................................................................62

Editing contact details...........................................................................................63

Sharing contact cards ............................................................................................63

Deleting a contact ...................................................................................................63

4.3 Contact Groups ..................................................................................................64

Creating a group ..................................................................................................... 64

Editing a group.........................................................................................................64

Sending photos and messages to groups .................................................. 64

4.4 Linking to Your Contacts’ Facebook Profiles .........................................65

Manually linking to contacts’ Facebook profiles .......................................65

Viewing Facebook updates of a contact..................................................... 66

4.5 Friend Stream .....................................................................................................66

Opening Friend Stream .........................................................................................67

Logging in to your social networks .................................................................67

Connecting with your friends in Facebook ................................................ 68

Following tweets ..................................................................................................... 68

Uploading wall photos in Facebook .............................................................. 69

Updating your status message ........................................................................ 69

4.6 Viewing Contact Details and Exchange of Communications With

the Contact .......................................................................................................... 69

Chapter 5 Exchanging Messages

5.1 Text and Multimedia Messages ......................................................................70

Opening the Messages application ................................................................ 70

Sending text messages .......................................................................................... 71

Sending multimedia messages .......................................................................... 72

Viewing conversations with a contact ........................................................... 73

Viewing a multimedia message ........................................................................74

Replying to a message ..........................................................................................74

Forwarding messages ............................................................................................75

Copying a message to your SIM card ............................................................75

Deleting a message or a whole conversation ............................................75

Message settings ......................................................................................................76

5.2 Email Messages .................................................................................................. 77

Setting up your email accounts ........................................................................77

Sending email messages ..................................................................................... 80

Viewing email messages ........................................................................................81

Replying to an email message ...........................................................................82

Downloading attachments ..................................................................................82

Forwarding email messages ...............................................................................82

Setting how often and how much email to sync to your phone ......83

Switching to other folders ...................................................................................83

Deleting an email account ...................................................................................83

Chapter 6 Getting Connected

6.1 Browsing the Web ..............................................................................................84

Opening your phone’s web browser.............................................................. 84

Searching the web .................................................................................................. 84

Going to a website ..................................................................................................85

Moving around a web page ................................................................................85

Navigating to the previous or next web page .......................................... 86

Adding bookmarks and revisiting bookmarked sites ............................ 86

Working with links on a web page ................................................................. 86

Working with images on a web page ............................................................87

6.2 When There’s a Problem Connecting to the Internet .......................... 88

Checking your current network connection settings ............................ 88

Adding a new access point ................................................................................ 88

6.3 Using Bluetooth..................................................................................................89

Turning Bluetooth on or off ............................................................................... 89

Changing the phone name ................................................................................. 89

Making your phone discoverable to other Bluetooth devices ..........90

Connecting a Bluetooth headset for the first time...................................91

Sending information and media files using Bluetooth...........................93

Receiving information and media files via Bluetooth............................94

Disconnecting and reconnecting a Bluetooth device ............................95

Chapter 7 Camera and Multimedia

7.1 Using the Camera ................................................................................................96

Taking a photo .......................................................................................................... 96

Shooting videos ........................................................................................................97

After taking a photo or video ............................................................................97

Turning the camera flash on or off ................................................................. 98

Onscreen controls ................................................................................................... 99

Camera settings ..................................................................................................... 100

7.2 Viewing Photos and Videos .......................................................................... 101

Opening the Photos application ...................................................................... 101

Viewing photos ........................................................................................................ 101

Viewing photos as a slideshow .......................................................................102

Watching videos ..................................................................................................... 102

Sharing photos or videos ...................................................................................103

7.3 Listening to Music ............................................................................................ 103

Opening the Music application ........................................................................103

The Library and Music player ...........................................................................104

Working with playlists ..........................................................................................104

Chapter 8 More Apps

8.1 Weather ................................................................................................................ 106

Adding cities.............................................................................................................107

Deleting cities ..........................................................................................................107

Weather settings ....................................................................................................107

8.2 Calendar ..............................................................................................................108

Opening Calendar ..................................................................................................108

Adding an event .....................................................................................................108

Viewing an event ....................................................................................................109

Changing Calendar views ..................................................................................109

Editing an event ....................................................................................................... 110

Viewing event reminders .....................................................................................110

Sending event details ..............................................................................................111

Deleting an event ......................................................................................................111

8.3 Alarm .......................................................................................................................111

Setting an alarm ........................................................................................................111

Editing an alarm ....................................................................................................... 112

Deleting an alarm .................................................................................................... 112

8.4 File Browser .........................................................................................................112

Opening folders and files .................................................................................... 112

Creating a folder ...................................................................................................... 112

Copying folders or files ........................................................................................ 113

Moving folders or files .......................................................................................... 113

Deleting folders or files ........................................................................................ 113

Sorting files ................................................................................................................ 113

Sending files .............................................................................................................. 114

8.5 Java ........................................................................................................................ 114

Downloading and installing MIDlets/MIDlet suites ................................. 114

Copying and installing MIDlets/MIDlet suites on your phone ........... 115

Running a MIDlet/MIDlet suite .......................................................................... 115

Uninstalling a MIDlet/MIDlet suite ................................................................... 115

8.6 FM Radio ...............................................................................................................116

Minimizing or turning off FM Radio ................................................................117

8.7 Flashlight ...............................................................................................................117

Chapter 9 Managing Your Phone

9.1 Changing the Phone’s Basic Settings .........................................................118

Changing the time zone, date, and time ..................................................... 118

Selecting a phone profile .................................................................................... 119

Changing your ringtone ....................................................................................... 119

Switching to Airplane mode .............................................................................. 119

9.2 Protecting Your Phone .................................................................................. 120

Protecting your phone with a lock password .......................................... 120

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN ............................................................. 121

Unblocking a SIM card that has been locked out ................................... 121

Removing the SIM card properly ..................................................................... 121

9.3 Settings on Your Phone ..................................................................................122

Personalize ................................................................................................................ 122

Wireless controls .................................................................................................... 122

Call settings .............................................................................................................. 122

Sound ........................................................................................................................... 123

Display ......................................................................................................................... 123

Data services ............................................................................................................ 124

Security ....................................................................................................................... 124

Date & time ............................................................................................................... 125

Locale & text ............................................................................................................. 125

USB to PC .................................................................................................................. 125

About phone ............................................................................................................ 125

9.4 Factory Resetting .............................................................................................126

Performing a factory reset via settings ....................................................... 126

Performing a factory reset while phone is turned off .......................... 126

Specifications 127

Index 129

Chapter 1

Getting Started

1.1 Inside the Box

You will find the following inside the box:

Phone

•

Battery (preinstalled)

•

USB cable

•

1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone

Top panel Bottom panel

Power adapter

•

3.5mm stereo headset

• Quick start guide

•

Microphone

Audio Jack

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

USB Connector

Connect the power adapter to recharge the battery or the USB cable to transfer files to or from a computer.

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Front panel

Earpiece

Touch Screen

CALL

Notification LED

END CALL/POWER

BACK/HOME

Earpiece Listen to a phone call from here.

Touch Screen Tap the display to control and move around your

phone. For details, see “Getting Around Your Phone” in this chapter.

MENU Press to see more actions that you can do on the

current screen.

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CALL Press to answer a call or dial out.

• During a call, press to put a call on hold or

• switch to another call. Press and hold to turn the speakerphone on or off.

BACK/HOME From the main Home screen, press to access

• the applications of your phone.

While on the extended part of the Home screen,

• press to go back to the main Home screen.

While using an application, press to go back to

• the previous screen, or press and hold to return to the main Home screen.

END CALL/ POWER

During a call, press to end the call.

• Press to turn the display on or off.

• Press and hold to turn the power on.

• While the phone is on and the screen is

• unlocked, press and hold to open the Phone options screen and choose whether to power off or switch your phone to silent, vibration, or airplane mode.

Notification LED

This LED shows a:

Solid green light when the battery is fully

• charged.

Solid amber when the battery is charging.

• Flashing amber when the battery level is low.

• Flashing green when there’s a pending

• notification.

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Back panel

Left panel Right panel

VOLUME UP

Press to increase the ringer or media volume.

VOLUME DOWN

Press to decrease the ringer or media volume.

Strap Holder

Flashlight

Camera

Speaker

Back Cover

CAPTURE

Press to open the camera. Press again to take a photo or video.

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1.3 Before Turning On Your Phone

When you take your phone out of the box, you’ll find that the battery is inside the phone with a thin film attached. Remove this film and reinsert the battery before charging or turning the phone on.

Also insert your SIM card. If you purchased a microSD™ card, insert it, too, before you turn the phone on.

Removing the back cover

Put your fingertip into the narrow

Narrow opening

Removing the battery

If this is your first time to remove the battery, you’ll see the upper flap of a thin film wrapped over the upper half of the battery. Pull the upper flap of the film to loosen and remove the battery.

Groove

opening at the top of the phone. Lift off the top left side of the back cover, and then push it to the right to remove the back cover completely.

You can also put your fingertip into the small groove located at the right side of the battery compartment, and then lift the battery out.

Note Make sure to peel off the thin film

from the battery.

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Inserting the SIM card

1. Locate the SIM card slot, and then insert the SIM card with its

gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out.

2. Slide the SIM card completely into the slot.

Notes • Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your phone. You should

• If you need to remove your SIM card, see “Removing the SIM card

consult with your mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this service.

properly” in Chapter 9.

Inserting the battery

After inserting your SIM card, put the battery back in.

Important If you have not yet removed the thin from the battery, make sure to

peel it off before reinserting the battery.

1. Align the battery’s exposed

copper contacts with the battery connectors inside the battery compartment.

2. Insert the contacts side of the battery first, and then gently push the battery into place.

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Inserting the microSD card

If you have a microSD card, you can insert and use it to store photos, videos, and songs on your phone.

1. Locate the storage card slot which is at the lower-right side of the battery compartment.

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

3. Push the microSD card in until it clicks into place.

Putting back the back cover

After the thin film has been removed, and the SIM card and battery have all been inserted, put back the back cover.

1. Secure the bottom part of the back cover first by aligning it into the two openings located at the bottom part of the back of the phone.

2. Press the sides and the top part of the back cover down to lock the back cover in place.

Before you turn your phone on, charge the battery first. For details, see “Charging the Battery” in this chapter.

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1.4 Charging the Battery

Connect the USB connector of the power adapter to the phone, and then plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet.

Important • Only the power adapter and USB cable provided with your phone

• Do not remove the battery from the phone while you are

• As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging before it

As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid amber light. The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged.

When you charge the battery while your phone is turned on, the status bar or lock screen shows the following:

•

Warning! To reduce risk of fire or burns:

• Do not attempt to open, disassemble, or service the battery pack.

• Do not crush, puncture, short external contacts, or dispose of in fire

• Do not expose to temperatures above 60oC (140oF).

• Replace only with the battery pack designated for this product.

• Recycle or dispose of used battery as stipulated by local

must be used to charge the battery.

charging it.

overheats.

Battery charging icon ( ) when the battery is charging. Full battery icon ( ) when the battery is fully charged.

or water.

regulations.

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1.5 Starting Up

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

1. Press and hold the END CALL/POWER button.

2. If your SIM card is preset with a PIN (Personal Identification Number), enter the PIN, and then tap OK to proceed.

Note Entering the wrong PIN for three times blocks the SIM card. To find

out how to unlock the SIM card, see “Unblocking a SIM card that has been locked out” in Chapter 9.

Setting up your phone for the first time

The first time you turn your phone on, you’ll get to choose some basic phone settings and set up your online accounts such as email and Facebook®. You may skip the setup if you prefer to do it at another time.

1. Select a language. Slide your finger upward to scroll down and see available

languages. Tap a language you want to use and then tap Next.

Note Available languages depend on where you purchased the phone.

2. Choose whether to use location service.

Location service helps determine your current location when you’re using applications such as Weather. Tap Agree to use location service so that it can collect your location information. If you’d rather not, tap Disagree.

Note You can ask your mobile operator to find out whether there are data

charges when you turn this feature on. You can enable or disable this service later in Settings.

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3. Set up your email account. First, tap the type of your email account or tap Other.

Note If you selected Other, you may need to enter more account

information, such as the email server settings. Obtain these details from your email account provider.

4. Tap the Email address and Password items onscreen one at a time to display the onscreen keyboard and use it to enter your email address and password.

Tip Tap to switch the onscreen keyboard layout to QWERTY or

Phone Keypad. To find out how to use these keyboard layouts, see “The Onscreen Keyboard” in this chapter.

After entering your email address and password, tap Next.

5. Tap Account name if you want to change the display name of your email account. You can also tap Your name to change your display name.

6. Tap Save. Your phone then connects to the Internet and verifies your email

account information. If your account information is accurate, your email account is then set up successfully on your phone.

7. Tap New account and follow steps 3 to 6 if you want to set up another email account, or tap Next to proceed to the next step.

8. Set up your social network accounts such as Facebook and Twitter. For each account, enter your username or email address and password, and then tap Login.

After setting up your social network accounts, tap Next.

9. Choose whether to automatically download and update your current location and the weather information. Tap the On/Off buttons to turn automatic updates on or off, and then tap Next.

Note You need to accept the location service agreement to be able to

automatically update your location (see step 2).

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10. Your phone detects the current time zone and sets your local

time automatically. This may be network-provided or through location service (if enabled).

If these settings can’t be auto-detected, manually set the current time, date, and time zone, and then tap Done.

1.6 Getting Around Your Phone

Use these easy finger gestures to move around your phone.

Tap

Touch an onscreen item with your finger.

Slide or swipe

Move your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Double-tap

Quickly touch the screen twice.

Press and hold

Touch an area or item without lifting your finger immediately.

Drag

Press and hold an item, and then move your finger with some pressure. Do not release it until you have reached the target position.

Flick

Move your finger up or down in light, quicker strokes.

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1.7 The Onscreen Keyboard

When you tap an item and it requires you to enter text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard becomes available.

Choosing a keyboard layout

When entering text, you can choose between these keyboard layouts:

Phone Keypad. This layout resembles the traditional mobile

•

phone keypad. When you select this keyboard layout, the whole screen becomes Portrait orientation.

QWERTY. This layout is similar to a computer keyboard. When

•

you select this keyboard layout, the whole screen becomes Landscape orientation.

Tap these keys to switch between Phone Keypad and QWERTY.

Phone Keypad QWERTY

Note Some keys may change when multiple keyboard languages are enabled.

For details, see “Enabling multiple keyboard languages” in this chapter.

Entering text using the Phone Keypad

To Do this

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Choose an input mode

Enter letters Tap a key once to enter the first letter, twice to

Enter numbers, symbols, and accented characters

Tap to switch between XT9 predictive mode and ABC mode. For details on using XT9, see “Using word prediction” in this chapter.

enter the second letter, or three times to enter the third letter that is shown on the key.

Note Make sure that the ABC input mode is enabled.

Press and hold a key to enter a number that is shown on the upper half of the key.

Press and hold to display a selection bar of commonly used punctuation marks and symbols. Drag your finger to the punctuation mark or symbol that you want to select and insert to your text.

If you only have one keyboard language enabled, tap to switch to the numeric and

symbol keyboard. Tap to enter letters again.

If you have enabled multiple keyboard languages, tap to switch to the numeric

and symbol keyboard. Tap to enter letters again.

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Enter letters in uppercase

Delete a character

Create a new line

Move the text cursor

Change keyboard layout

Hide the keyboard

Tap the Shift key ( ) to enter an uppercase letter.

Tap the Shift key ( ) twice to turn Caps Lock on.

Tap the Delete key ( ) to erase the previous character entered.

Tap the Enter key ( ). If a text field does not allow multiple lines,

tapping this key closes the onscreen keyboard.

If you only have one keyboard language enabled, tap . Use the onscreen arrow keys to move the text cursor.

If you have enabled multiple keyboard languages, press and hold . Use the onscreen arrow keys to move the text cursor.

Tap to switch to QWERTY (displayed only in landscape orientation). For details, see “Entering text using QWERTY” in this chapter.

Tap when you’re done typing and you want to close the onscreen keyboard.

Tip You can also press the BACK/HOME button.

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Entering text using QWERTY

To Do this

Enter letters Tap a letter shown on the lower half of a key.

Enter numbers and symbols

Enter accented characters associated with a letter

Enter letters in uppercase

Delete a character

Create a new line

Move the text cursor

Press and hold a key to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that is shown on the upper half of the key.

Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard. Tap to enter letters again.

Press and hold a key to display a selection bar (if accented characters are available). Drag your finger to the accented character that you want to select and insert to your text.

Tap the Shift key ( ) to enter an uppercase letter.

Tap the Shift key ( ) twice to turn Caps Lock on.

Tap the Delete key ( ) to erase the previous character entered.

Tap the Enter key ( ). If a text field does not allow multiple lines,

tapping this key closes the onscreen keyboard.

Press and hold , and then use the onscreen arrow keys to move the text cursor.

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Change keyboard layout

Hide the keyboard

Tap to switch to Phone Keypad (displayed only in portrait orientation). For details, see “Entering text using the Phone Keypad” in this chapter.

Tap when you’re done typing and you want to close the onscreen keyboard.

Tip You can also press the BACK/HOME button.

Enabling multiple keyboard languages

If there are multiple keyboard languages available on your phone, you can choose which languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard so that you can switch to these languages and use them to enter text.

1. While on the main Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings > Locale & text > Text input settings > Keyboard languages.

2. Tap one or more languages.

After enabling languages, you’ll see a Language key at the bottom row of the onscreen keyboard (for example, for English). Tap the Language key to switch to another language.

Note Available languages depend on where you purchased the phone.

Using word prediction

Word prediction helps you enter text faster. As you type, word suggestions appear so you can just select the right word from the list.

1. Switch to predictive text input:

When using Phone Keypad, tap XT9 ( ).

•

When using QWERTY, Prediction is enabled by default.

•

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Tip To turn QWERTY’s word prediction on or off, go to Settings >

Locale & text > Text input settings > Input options > QWERTY Keypad > Prediction.

2. Start entering the first few letters of a word. As you enter each

letter, suggested words are displayed. If you don’t see the word that you want, tap the down arrow icon

( ) to see more suggestions.

3. Tap a word to insert it into your text. You can also tap the Space key ( ) to accept the highlighted word in the suggestion list and insert it to your text.

Text input settings

You can set various options for the onscreen keyboard. From the main Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings > Locale & text >

Text input settings.

Setting Description

Keyboard languages Select one or more languages that the keyboard

Input options Choose what text input features to enable or disable

Sound feedback Turn the typing sound on or off.

Vibrate feedback Choose whether to make the keys vibrate when you

Tutorial Learn the basics of using the onscreen keyboard with

uses when Prediction, Word completion, and Spell correction are enabled.

in each keyboard layout. You can turn on or off Prediction, Word completion, and Spell correction.

tap them.

the interactive tutorial.

Chapter 2

Phone Basics

2.1 Getting to Know the Home Screen

Essential features that you need from your phone are right upfront on the Home screen. Simply slide your finger left and right to go to the other Home screen panels and see your new messages, check weather forecasts, listen to music, and more.

The Home screen is customizable. You can remove, replace, or add features that fit your lifestyle. You can also change the wallpaper. To find out how to customize the Home screen, see “Personalizing the Home Screen” in this chapter.

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