HTC Vivid ATT User manual

Your HTC Vivid

User guide

Contents

Getting started

Inside the box 8

HTC Vivid 8

Back cover 10

SIM card 12

Storage card 13

Battery 14

Switching the power on or off 15

Entering your PIN 16

Finger gestures 16

Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time 17

Ways of getting contacts into HTC Vivid 17

Home screen 18

Basics

Adjusting the volume 20

Sleep mode 21

Status and notifications 22

Notifications panel 25

Where apps, data, and files are stored 27

Connecting your phone to a computer 27

Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 28

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 29

Printing 30

Personalizing

Making HTC Vivid truly yours 31

Personalizing HTC Vivid with scenes 31

Changing your wallpaper 32

Applying a new skin 33

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 33

Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 35

Adding folders on your Home screen 35

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 36

Rearranging the Home screen 37

Using sound sets 37

Rearranging or hiding application tabs 39

Customizing the lock screen 40

Phone calls

Different ways of making calls 41

Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 41

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Using Speed dial 42

Calling a phone number in a text message 42

Calling a phone number in an email 43

Making an emergency call 43

Receiving calls 43

What can I do during a call? 44

Setting up a conference call 46

Internet calls 46

Using Call history 47

Using Home dialing 48

Call services 49

Turning Airplane mode on or off 50

Messages

Opening Messages 51

Sending a text message (SMS) 51

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 52

Resuming a draft message 54

Viewing and replying to a message 54

Forwarding a message 55

Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 56

Push messages 56

Managing message conversations 57

Setting message options 58

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Vivid and the Web 60

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

Taking a panoramic photo 72

Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo 72

Camera scenes 72

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 73

Music 81

Connected Media 87

HTC services

HTC Watch 89

HTCSense.com 93

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Accounts and sync

About online accounts 96

Synchronizing with a Google Account 96

Adding a social network account 97

Managing your online accounts 97

People

Transferring contacts from your old phone 99

About the People app 100

Your contacts list 101

Setting up your profile 102

Importing contacts from your SIM card 102

Adding a new contact 103

Searching for contacts 103

Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 104

Merging contact information 105

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 106

Contact information and conversations 106

Sending contact information as a vCard 108

Contact groups 109

Adding People widgets 111

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 113

Twitter for HTC Sense 114

Using Friend Stream 115

Chatting in Google Talk 118

Gmail 121

Mail 122

Calendar

About Calendar 130

Creating an event 130

Changing Calendar views 131

Managing Calendar events 132

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 133

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 133

Showing or hiding calendars 134

Changing Calendar settings 134

About the Calendar widget 135

Maps and location

Location settings 136

HTC Footprints 136

Car Panel 138

Google Maps 138

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Android Market and other apps

Finding and installing apps from Android Market 143

Using the Clock 145

Checking Weather 148

Reading news feeds 149

Keeping track of your stocks 152

Working on documents 153

Watching videos on YouTube 154

Listening to FM Radio 155

Recording your voice 156

Sharing games and apps 157

HTC Sync

About HTC Sync 158

Installing HTC Sync 158

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Vivid 159

Getting to know the workspace 159

Setting up synchronization 160

Synchronizing HTC Vivid 163

Synchronizing another device with your computer 163

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 163

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 164

Entering words with predictive text 165

Entering text by speaking 167

Entering text by tracing 168

Editing text 168

Adjusting input settings 169

Internet connections

Data connection 171

Wi-Fi 173

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 174

Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering) 176

Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot 176

Connecting HTC Vivid to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 177

Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 178

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 178

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 179

Sending information using Bluetooth 180

Receiving information using Bluetooth 181

Security

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 183

Protecting HTC Vivid with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 183

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Settings

Settings on your phone 185

Changing display settings 187

Changing sound settings 188

Changing the language 189

Optimizing battery life 189

Managing memory 190

Checking information about your phone 191

Update and reset

Software updates 192

Restarting HTC Vivid 193

Resetting HTC Vivid 193

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

6 Contents

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 Vivid

§Battery

§USB cable

§Power adapter

§Quick start guide

§Safety and regulatory guide

HTC Vivid

Front panel

1. HOME

2. MENU

3. BACK

4. SEARCH

5. Touch screen

6. Front camera

7. Ear piece

8 Getting started

Top panel

1. 3.5mm headset jack

2. POWER

Left and right panels

1. USB connector

2. VOLUME controls

Back panel

1. Microphone

2. Back cover

3. 8 megapixel camera

4. Dual LED flash

5. Speaker

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 Vivid before removing the back cover.

1. Securely hold HTC Vivid facing down.

2. With your thumbs, push the back cover up to unlock it.

3. With your finger, lift up the back cover from the bottom side to remove it.

10 Getting started

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