HTC Amaze User manual

Your HTC Amaze 4G

User guide

Contents

Getting started

Inside the box 8

HTC Amaze 4G 8

Back cover 10

SIM card 12

Storage card 13

Battery 14

Switching the power on or off 16

Setting up HTC Amaze 4G for the first time 17

Entering your PIN 17

Finger gestures 17

Ways of getting contacts into HTC Amaze 4G 18

Home screen 19

Basics

Adjusting the volume 21

Sleep mode 22

Status and notifications 23

Notifications panel 26

Where apps, data, and files are stored 28

Connecting your phone to a computer 28

Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 29

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 30

Printing 31

Personalizing

Making HTC Amaze 4G truly yours 32

Personalizing HTC Amaze 4G with scenes 32

Changing your wallpaper 33

Applying a new skin 33

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 34

Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 36

Adding folders on your Home screen 36

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 37

Rearranging the Home screen 38

Using sound sets 38

Rearranging or hiding application tabs 40

Customizing the lock screen 41

Phone calls

Different ways of making calls 42

Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 42

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Using Speed dial 43

Calling a phone number in a text message 43

Calling a phone number in an email 44

Making an emergency call 44

Receiving calls 44

What can I do during a call? 45

Setting up a conference call 47

Wi-Fi Calling 47

Internet calls 48

Using Call history 49

Using Home dialing 50

Call services 51

Turning Airplane mode on or off 52

Messages

Opening Messages 53

Sending a text message (SMS) 53

Sending a picture message (MMS) 54

Resuming a draft message 55

Viewing and replying to a message 56

Forwarding a message 57

Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 57

Push messages 58

Managing message conversations 58

Setting message options 60

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Amaze 4G and the Web 61

Using the web browser 62

Downloading from the Web 64

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 65

Setting browser options 66

Camera

Camera basics 68

Taking a photo 70

Recording video 70

After capturing 71

Using camera scenes 71

Changing camera settings 74

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 76

Music 85

Connected Media 91

HTC services

HTC Watch 93

HTCSense.com 97

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Accounts and sync

About online accounts 100

Synchronizing with a Google Account 100

Adding a social network account 101

Managing your online accounts 101

Contacts

About the Contacts app 103

Your contacts list 104

Setting up your profile 105

Importing contacts from your SIM card 105

Adding a new contact 106

Searching for contacts 106

Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 107

Merging contact information 108

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 109

Contact information and conversations 109

Sending contact information as a vCard 111

Contact groups 112

Adding People widgets 114

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 116

Tweeting on the go using Peep 117

Using Friend Stream 119

Chatting in Google Talk 122

Gmail 124

Mail 125

Calendar

About Calendar 133

Creating an event 133

Changing Calendar views 134

Managing Calendar events 135

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 136

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 136

Showing or hiding calendars 137

Changing Calendar settings 137

About the Calendar widget 138

Maps and location

Turning on location services 139

About Google Maps 139

Getting around maps 140

Searching for a location 141

Searching for a place of interest near you 141

Getting directions 142

Getting help 143

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Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) 143

Android Market and other apps

Finding and installing apps from Android Market 144

Using Tags 145

Using the Clock 147

Checking Weather 150

Reading news feeds 152

Keeping track of your stocks 154

Working on documents 155

Watching videos on YouTube 156

Listening to FM Radio 157

Using Flashlight 159

Sharing games and apps 159

T-Mobile apps

T-Mobile My Account 160

T-Mobile My Device 160

T-Mobile TV 161

Starting a video chat 161

HTC Sync

About HTC Sync 162

Installing HTC Sync 162

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Amaze 4G 163

Getting to know the workspace 163

Setting up synchronization 164

Synchronizing HTC Amaze 4G 167

Installing an app from your computer to HTC Amaze 4G 167

Synchronizing another device with your computer 168

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 168

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 169

Entering words with predictive text 170

Entering text by speaking 172

Entering text by tracing 173

Editing text 173

Adjusting input settings 174

Internet connections

Data connection 176

Wi-Fi 177

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 178

Using HTC Amaze 4G as a modem (USB tethering) 180

Connecting HTC Amaze 4G to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 180

Using HTC Amaze 4G as a wireless router 181

Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 182

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Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 182

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 183

Sending information using Bluetooth 184

Receiving information using Bluetooth 185

Security

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 187

Protecting HTC Amaze 4G with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 187

Settings

Settings on HTC Amaze 4G 189

Changing display settings 190

Changing sound settings 192

Changing the language 193

Optimizing battery life 193

Managing memory 194

Checking information about HTC Amaze 4G 196

Update and reset

Software updates 197

Restarting HTC Amaze 4G 198

Resetting HTC Amaze 4G 198

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.

7 Conventions used in this guide

Getting started

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

§HTC Amaze 4G

§Battery (preinstalled)

§USB cable

§Power adapter

§Quick start guide

§Safety and regulatory guide

HTC Amaze 4G

Front panel

1. Home

2. Menu

3. Back

4. Search

5. Touch screen

6. Notification LED

7. Front camera

Top panel

1. 3.5mm headset jack

2. Power

8 Getting started

Left and right panels

1. USB connector

2. Volume Up

3. Volume Down

4. Camcorder

5. Camera

Back panel

1. 8 megapixel camera

2. Speaker

3. Dual LED flash

4. Back cover

Bottom panel

1. Release button for the back cover

2. Microphone

9 Getting started

Back cover

Removing the back cover

Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and

storage card slot.

Make sure to switch off HTC Amaze 4G before removing the back cover.

1. Securely hold HTC Amaze 4G facing up.

2. Press and hold the Release button at the bottom of the phone, and then slightly

lift the front panel.

This detaches the bottom part of the phone from the back cover.

3. Gently pull HTC Amaze 4G out of its back cover.

10 Getting started

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