HTC Cobalt User manual

Your HTC Cobalt

User guide

Contents

Getting started

HTC Cobalt 8

Back cover 8

SIM card 9

Storage card 11

Battery 12

Getting the battery to last longer 14

Switching the power on or off 15

Finger gestures 15

Setting up HTC Cobalt for the first time 16

Ways of getting contacts into HTC Cobalt 16

Home screen 17

Basics

Adjusting the volume 18

Sleep mode 18

Status icons 20

Notifications 21

Switching between recently opened apps 22

Using Quick Settings 23

Where apps, data, and files are stored 23

Connecting HTC Cobalt to a computer 24

Copying files to or from the storage card 24

Copying and sharing text 25

Printing 26

Personalizing

Making HTC Cobalt truly yours 28

Personalizing HTC Cobalt with scenes 28

Changing your wallpaper 29

Applying a new skin 29

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 30

Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 31

Adding folders on your Home screen 31

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 32

Rearranging the Home screen 33

Personalizing with sound sets 33

Rearranging or hiding application tabs 34

Customizing the lock screen 35

Phone calls

Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 37

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Using Speed dial 38

Calling a phone number in a text message 38

Calling a phone number in an email 38

Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 39

Making an emergency call 39

Receiving calls 39

What can I do during a call 40

Internet calls 41

Call history 42

Call services 43

Turning Airplane mode on or off 43

Messages

About the Messages app 44

Sending a text message (SMS) 44

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 45

Resuming a draft message 46

Checking your messages 47

Replying to a message 47

Forwarding a message 48

WAP push messages 48

Managing message conversations 49

Setting message options 50

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Cobalt and the Web 51

Browsing the Web 52

Downloading apps from the Web 54

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 54

Setting browser options 56

Camera

Camera basics 57

Before capturing 57

Taking a photo 58

Recording video 59

Camera scenes 59

Changing camera settings 60

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 61

Music 67

Connected Media 72

HTC services

HTC Watch 74

Accounts and sync

What online accounts can you sync with? 78

Syncing with a Google Account 78

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Adding a social network account 79

Managing your online accounts 79

People

About the People app 81

Your contacts list 81

Setting up your profile 82

Importing contacts from your SIM card 82

Adding a new contact 83

Searching for contacts 83

Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 83

Merging contact information 84

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 84

Contact information and conversations 85

Sending contact information as a vCard 86

Contact groups 87

Adding People widgets 89

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 90

Twitter for HTC Sense 90

About Friend Stream 90

Chatting in Google Talk 92

Gmail 93

Mail 94

Calendar

About Calendar 101

Creating an event 101

Changing Calendar views 101

Managing Calendar events 102

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 103

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 103

Showing or hiding calendars 104

Changing Calendar settings 104

Maps and location

Turning on location services 105

Recording favorite places with HTC Footprints 105

Using Car Panel 107

About Google Maps 107

Getting around maps 107

Searching for a location 108

Checking the details of a location 108

Searching for a place of interest near you 109

Getting directions 109

Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) 110

Getting help 110

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Android Market and other apps

Getting apps from Android Market 111

Using the Clock 112

Checking Weather 114

Reading news feeds 115

Keeping track of your stocks 116

Watching videos on YouTube 117

Listening to FM Radio 118

Sharing games and apps 119

HTC Sync

About HTC Sync 120

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Cobalt 121

Syncing songs and playlists 121

Syncing photos and videos 121

Syncing your calendar events 122

Syncing your contacts 122

Syncing your web bookmarks 123

Syncing documents and email attachments 123

Installing an app from your computer to HTC Cobalt 124

Syncing another device with your computer 124

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 125

Entering words with predictive text 126

Entering text by speaking 128

Entering text by tracing 128

Internet connections

Data connection 129

Wi-Fi 130

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 131

Using HTC Cobalt as a modem (USB tethering) 133

Connecting to the Internet through a computer 133

Using HTC Cobalt as a wireless router 134

Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 135

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 136

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 137

Sending information using Bluetooth 138

Receiving information using Bluetooth 139

Security

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 141

Protecting HTC Cobalt with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 141

Encrypting data on HTC Cobalt 143

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Settings

Changing display settings 144

Changing sound settings 145

Changing the language 146

Checking the power usage of applications 146

Managing memory 147

Backing up settings to Google 148

Accessibility settings 149

Checking information about HTC Cobalt 149

Update and reset

Updating the HTC Cobalt software 150

Restarting HTC Cobalt 150

Resetting HTC Cobalt 151

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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Getting started

HTC Cobalt

1. HOME

2. MENU

3. BACK

4. SEARCH

5. VOLUME

6. Front camera

7. POWER

8. Notification LED

9. 3.5mm headset jack

10. Proximity sensor

11. USB connector

Back cover

Removing the back cover

1. Securely hold HTC Cobalt facing down.

2. With your finger, pry open the back cover from the small opening near the

POWER button.

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Replacing the back cover

Your phone’s antennas are placed underneath the back cover. To get the best

signal for calls, data connection, and GPS navigation, be sure to secure the back

cover tightly to the phone.

1. Insert the bottom part of the back cover first into HTC Cobalt.

2. Press the sides and the top 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.

SIM card

The SIM 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. Remove the battery.

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3. Slide the SIM card tray out with your thumb or finger.

4. Place the SIM card into the SIM card tray with its gold contacts facing down and

its cut-off corner facing towards the SIM card tray slot.

5. Slide the SIM card tray into its slot.

Removing the SIM card

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

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Remove the battery.

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