HTC Sensation User manual

Your HTC Sensation

User guide

Contents

Getting started

Inside the box 8

HTC Sensation 8

Back cover 10

SIM card 11

Storage card 12

Battery 13

Switching the power on or off 15

Entering your PIN 15

Finger gestures 15

Setting up HTC Sensation for the first time 16

Ways of getting contacts into HTC Sensation 16

Home screen 17

Basics

Adjusting the volume 19

Sleep mode 20

Status and notifications 21

Notifications panel 24

Connecting HTC Sensation to a computer 25

Copying files to or from the storage card 26

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 27

Printing 28

Want some quick guidance on using your phone? 29

Personalizing

Making HTC Sensation truly yours 30

Personalizing HTC Sensation with scenes 30

Changing your wallpaper 31

Applying a new skin 32

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 32

Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 34

Adding folders on your Home screen 34

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 35

Rearranging the Home screen 36

Using sound sets 36

Rearranging or hiding application tabs 38

Customizing the lock screen 39

Phone calls

Different ways of making calls 40

Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 40

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Using Speed dial 41

Calling a phone number in a text message 41

Calling a phone number in an email 42

Making an emergency call 42

Receiving calls 43

What can I do during a call? 44

Setting up a conference call 45

Internet calls 46

Using Call history 47

Using Home dialing 48

Call services 48

Turning Airplane mode on or off 49

Messages

Opening Messages 50

Sending a text message (SMS) 50

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 51

Resuming a draft message 53

Viewing and replying to a message 53

Forwarding a message 54

Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 55

Push messages 55

Managing message conversations 56

Setting message options 57

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Sensation and the Web 59

Using the web browser 61

Downloading from the Web 63

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 64

Setting browser options 65

Camera

Camera basics 67

Taking a photo 68

Recording video 69

Adding effects 70

After capturing 70

Changing camera settings 70

Camera scenes 72

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 73

Music 81

Connected Media 87

HTC services

HTC Watch 89

HTCSense.com 89

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Accounts and sync

About online accounts 92

Synchronizing with a Google Account 92

Adding a social network account 93

Managing your online accounts 93

People

Transferring contacts from your old phone 95

About the People app 96

Your contacts list 97

Setting up your profile 98

Importing contacts from your SIM card 98

Adding a new contact 99

Searching for contacts 99

Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 100

Merging contact information 101

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 102

Contact information and conversations 102

Sending contact information as a vCard 104

Contact groups 105

Adding People widgets 107

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 109

Tweeting on the go using Peep 110

Using Friend Stream 112

Chatting in Google Talk 115

Gmail 118

Mail 119

Calendar

About Calendar 127

Creating an event 127

Changing Calendar views 128

Managing Calendar events 129

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 130

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 130

Showing or hiding calendars 131

Changing Calendar settings 131

About the Calendar widget 132

Maps and location

Location settings 133

Locations 133

Google Maps 143

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Market and other apps

Finding and installing apps from Android Market 147

Using the Clock 149

Checking Weather 152

Reading eBooks 153

Reading news feeds 156

Keeping track of your stocks 158

Working on documents 159

Watching videos on YouTube 160

Listening to FM Radio 161

Recording your voice 162

Using Flashlight 163

Sharing games and apps 164

HTC Sync

About HTC Sync 165

Installing HTC Sync 166

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Sensation 166

Getting to know the workspace 167

Setting up synchronization 167

Synchronizing HTC Sensation 170

Installing an app from your computer to HTC Sensation 171

Synchronizing another device with your computer 171

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 171

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 172

Entering words with predictive text 173

Entering text by speaking 175

Entering text by tracing 176

Editing text 176

Adjusting input settings 177

Internet connections

Data connection 179

Wi-Fi 180

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 181

Using HTC Sensation as a modem (USB tethering) 183

Connecting HTC Sensation to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 183

Using HTC Sensation as a wireless router 183

Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 185

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 185

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 186

Sending information using Bluetooth 187

Receiving information using Bluetooth 189

Security

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 190

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Protecting HTC Sensation with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 190

Settings

Settings on HTC Sensation 192

Changing display settings 193

Changing sound settings 195

Changing the language 196

Optimizing battery life 196

Managing memory 197

Checking information about HTC Sensation 198

Update and reset

Software updates 200

Restarting HTC Sensation 201

Resetting HTC Sensation 201

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 Sensation

§Battery (preinstalled)

§microSD™card (preinstalled)

§USB cable

§3.5mm stereo headset

§Power adapter

§Quick start guide

§Safety and regulatory guide

HTC Sensation

Front panel

1. HOME

2. MENU

3. BACK

4. SEARCH

5. Touch screen

6. Proximity sensor

7. Front camera

8. Notification LED

8 Getting started

Top panel

1. 3.5mm headset jack

2. POWER

Left panel

1. VOLUME UP

2. VOLUME DOWN

3. USB connector

Back panel

1. Dual LED flash

2. 8 megapixel camera

3. Speaker

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 Sensation before removing the back cover.

1. Securely hold HTC Sensation 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 Sensation out of its back cover.

10 Getting started

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