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Applying a new skin, Personalizing your Home screen with widgets, Adding a widget to your Home screen

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30 Personalizing Applying a new skin Personalize beyond the Home screen by applying a new skin. Skins are set to give a different look and feel to most onscreen buttons, application screens, option menus, and other items. 1. From the Home screen, tap > Personalize display > Skin. 2. Slide your finger on the screen from right to left to select the skin you want. 3. Tap Apply. To download more skins, tap > Personalize display > Skin > Get more. Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Widgets put at-a-glance important information and media content up front on your Home screen. Some widgets are already added to your Home screen for your convenience. You can add more from the available selections of widgets. Adding a widget to your Home screen 1. Go to a part of the Home screen where there's space to add a new widget. 2. Press and hold on the screen and then tap Add items to Home > Widget. 3. Select a widget that you want. 4. Most HTC widgets are available in a variety of designs and sizes to suit your needs. Slide your finger on the screen from right to left to view the different styles, and then tap Select to choose one. You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Scroll down the widgets list, tap Settings, and then tap the widget that you want. To download more widgets, tap HTC widgets. > Add items to Home > Widget > Get more

Section	Page
Getting started	8
Inside the box	8
HTC ChaCha	8
Front panel	8
Left panel	9
Back panel	9
Top panel	9
Bottom cover	10
Removing the bottom cover	10
Replacing the bottom cover	10
SIM card	11
Inserting the SIM card	11
Removing the SIM card	11
Storage card	12
Removing the storage card	12
Unmounting the storage card	12
Inserting the storage card	12
Battery	13
Removing the battery thin film	13
Removing the battery	13
Inserting the battery	14
Charging the battery	15
Switching the power on or off	16
Switching the power on	16
Switching the power off	16
Entering your PIN	16
Finger gestures	16
Setting up HTC ChaCha for the first time	17
Facebook all the time	17
Ways of getting contacts into HTC ChaCha	18
Home screen	19
Extended Home screen	19
Using Leap view	19
Basics	20
Adjusting the volume	20
Adjusting the ringer volume	20
Adjusting the media volume	20
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	20
Adjusting the volume via settings	20
Sleep mode	21
Switching to Sleep mode	21
Waking up from Sleep mode	21
Unlocking the screen	21
Status and notifications	21
Status icons	21
Notification icons	23
Notification LED	24
Notifications panel	24
Closing the Notifications panel	24
Connecting HTC ChaCha to a computer	25
Copying files to or from the storage card	25
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	26
Selecting text	26
Copying and pasting text	26
Searching or translating text	26
Sharing text	27
Personalizing	28
Making HTC ChaCha truly yours	28
Personalizing HTC ChaCha with scenes	28
Using a preset scene	28
Creating a new scene	28
Renaming a scene	29
Deleting scenes	29
Changing your wallpaper	29
Applying a new skin	30
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	30
Adding a widget to your Home screen	30
Changing the settings of a widget	31
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	31
Adding folders on your Home screen	32
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	32
Renaming a folder	32
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	32
Moving a widget or icon	32
Removing a widget or icon	33
Rearranging the Home screen	33
Using sound sets	33
Choosing a preset sound set	33
Creating a sound set	34
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	34
Deleting sound sets	34
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	35
Adding a tab back	35
Phone calls	36
Different ways of making calls	36
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	36
What is Smart dial?	37
Using Speed dial	37
Assigning a speed dial key	37
Calling a phone number in a text message	37
Calling a phone number in an email	38
Making an emergency call	38
Receiving calls	38
Answering a call	38
Rejecting a call	39
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	39
HTC Caller ID	39
What can I do during a call?	39
Putting a call on hold	39
Switching between calls	40
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	40
Muting the microphone during a call	40
Ending a call	40
Setting up a conference call	41
Internet calls	41
Adding an Internet calling account	41
Making an Internet call	42
Using Call history	42
Checking a missed call	42
Checking calls in the Call History	42
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	43
Clearing the Call History list	43
Using Home dialing	43
Turning off Home dialing	44
Call services	44
Turning Airplane mode on or off	45
Facebook everywhere	46
Facebook for HTC Sense	46
Facebook app	46
Using the Facebook app	47
Adding the Facebook widget	47
Facebook sharing	47
Sharing music	47
Sharing a web page	48
Sharing a news article	48
Posting messages to Facebook friends	48
Using Facebook chat	49
Adding the Fb Chat widget	49
Using Friend Stream	50
Updating your status	50
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	51
Checking notifications from your social networks	51
Sharing your location with your Facebook friends	52
About the Friend Stream widget	52
Search and Web browser	53
Searching HTC ChaCha and the Web	53
Setting search options	53
Performing searches on the Web and HTC ChaCha	53
Quickly looking up information on the Web	54
Translating words to other languages	54
Using the web browser	54
Going to a webpage	55
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	55
Selecting a link on a webpage	55
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	55
Opening a new browser window	56
Switching between browser windows	56
Downloading from the Web	56
Downloading apps from the Web	57
Viewing your downloads	57
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	57
Bookmarking a webpage	57
Opening a bookmark	57
Editing a bookmark	57
Viewing a previously visited page	58
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	58
Viewing a page that you often visit	58
Clearing the list of most visited pages	58
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	58
Setting browser options	58
Setting your home page	58
Browsing full versions of all websites	59
Choosing when to show Flash content	59
Accounts and sync	60
About online accounts	60
Synchronizing with a Google Account	60
Adding more Google Accounts	60
Forgot your Google Account password?	61
Adding a social network account	61
Managing your online accounts	61
Changing general sync settings	61
Synchronizing an account manually	62
Changing account settings	62
Removing an account	62
People	63
Transferring contacts from your old phone	63
About the People app	64
Your contacts list	65
Filtering your contacts list	65
Setting up your profile	66
Importing contacts from your SIM card	66
Adding a new contact	66
Searching for a contact	67
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	67
Merging contact information	68
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	68
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	68
Manually merging contact information	68
Breaking the link	69
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	69
Importing contacts from the storage card	69
Contact information and conversations	69
Editing a contact’s information	70
Deleting contacts	70
Sending contact information as a vCard	71
Contact groups	71
Creating a group	71
Editing a contact group	72
Sending a message or email to a group	72
Rearranging your contact groups	72
Rearranging the members of a contact group	73
Deleting groups	73
Adding People widgets	74
Setting the default communication method	74
Changing the default communication method	74
Getting in touch with a contact	75
Camera	76
Camera basics	76
Auto uploading pictures to Facebook and Flickr	76
Viewfinder screen	76
Zooming	77
Auto focusing	77
Using the front camera	78
Taking a photo	78
Recording video	79
Adding effects	79
After capturing	79
Changing camera settings	80
Photos, videos, and music	82
Gallery	82
About the Gallery app	82
Selecting an album	82
Viewing photos	83
Zooming in or out on a photo	83
Watching a video	84
Editing your photos	84
Rotating a photo	84
Cropping a photo	84
Adding effects	85
Sending your photos and videos	85
Sending photos or videos by email	85
Sending a photo or video by MMS	85
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	86
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	86
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	86
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	87
Sharing photos on Picasa	87
Sharing videos on YouTube	87
Viewing photos in your social networks	88
Viewing photos on Facebook	88
Viewing photos on Flickr	88
Commenting on photos in your social networks	88
Music	89
Listening to music	89
Playing music from the Lock screen	89
About the Music widget	90
Browsing music in the library	90
Creating a playlist	90
Playing the songs in a playlist	90
Managing playlists	91
Deleting playlists	91
Setting a song as a ringtone	91
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	92
Sharing music using Bluetooth	92
Finding music videos on YouTube	92
Market and other apps	93
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	93
Finding and installing an app	93
Opening an installed app	94
Uninstalling an app	94
Getting help	94
Using the Clock	95
About the HTC Clock widget	95
Using the Clock app	95
Using Desk Clock	95
Using World Clock	95
Setting your home city	96
Setting the time zone, date, and time	96
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	96
Setting an alarm	96
Deleting an alarm	97
Changing alarm sound settings	97
Checking Weather	98
Adding a city to the Weather screen	98
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	98
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	98
Changing Weather options	99
About the Weather widget	99
Keeping track of your stocks	100
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	100
Changing update schedule and color settings	100
Watching videos on YouTube	101
Searching for videos	101
Clearing the search history	101
Sharing a video link	101
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	102
Listening to FM Radio	102
Tuning in to an FM station	102
Closing or turning off FM Radio	103
Recording your voice	103
Sharing a voice clip	103
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	104
Sharing games and apps	104
Chatting in Google Talk	104
Chatting with a friend	104
Accepting a chat invitation	105
Changing your online status and picture	105
Adding and managing friends	106
Changing settings or signing out	106
Tweeting on the go using Peep	107
Sending a tweet	108
Sending a direct message	108
Setting Peep options	108
Searching for Twitter users to follow	109
Unfollowing a Twitter user	109
Messages	110
Opening Messages	110
Sending a text message (SMS)	110
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	111
Creating a slideshow	112
Resuming a draft message	112
Viewing and replying to a message	113
Replying to another phone number of the contact	114
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	114
Push messages	115
Opening and reading a new push message	115
Viewing all your push messages	115
Managing message conversations	115
Protecting a message from deletion	115
Copying a message to your SIM card	115
Deleting a single message	116
Deleting several messages within a conversation	116
Deleting a conversation	116
Deleting several conversations	116
Setting message options	117
Email	118
Gmail	118
Using Gmail	118
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	119
Sending a new message	119
Replying to or forwarding an email message	120
Getting help	120
Mail	120
About the Mail app	120
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	120
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	121
Checking your Mail inbox	121
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	122
Switching between different views of your inbox	122
Refreshing an email account	123
Sorting email messages	123
Quickly browsing your inbox	123
Managing email messages	123
Deleting an email message	123
Selecting several email messages	123
Moving several email messages to another folder	123
Moving an email message after reading	124
Deleting all messages	124
Switching to other mail folders	124
Sending an email message	124
Resuming a draft email message	125
Reading and replying to an email message	125
Setting the priority for an email message	126
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	126
Flagging an email	126
Setting your Out of the office status	126
Sending a meeting request	126
Changing email account settings	126
Deleting an email account	127
Calendar	128
About Calendar	128
Creating an event	128
Inviting guests to your event (Google Calendar only)	129
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)	129
Changing Calendar views	130
Using month view	130
Using day and agenda views	130
Using week view	130
Managing Calendar events	131
Viewing an event	131
Editing an event	131
Deleting an event	131
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	132
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	132
Displaying and synchronizing reminders	132
Showing or hiding calendars	133
Adding a Google calendar to sync with	133
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar	133
Changing Calendar settings	133
Reminder settings	133
Calendar view settings	134
About the Calendar widget	134
Maps and location	135
Location settings	135
Turning on location services	135
Google Maps	136
About Google Maps	136
Getting around maps	136
Searching for a location	137
Clearing the map	137
Searching for a place of interest near you	138
Getting directions	138
Getting help	139
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	139
Opening and joining Latitude	139
HTC Sync	140
About HTC Sync	140
Installing HTC Sync	141
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC ChaCha	141
Getting to know the workspace	142
Setting up synchronization	142
Music sync options	142
Gallery sync options	143
Calendar sync options	143
People sync options	144
Bookmarks sync options	144
Documents sync options	145
Synchronizing HTC ChaCha	145
Installing an app from your computer to HTC ChaCha	146
Synchronizing another device with your computer	146
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	146
HTCSense.com	147
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	147
Signing up from HTC ChaCha	147
Signing up from your computer	147
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	147
Using HTCSense.com	147
Turning on Phone finder	148
Forwarding calls and messages	148
Making HTC ChaCha ring	148
Locating HTC ChaCha	148
Locking HTC ChaCha	148
Erasing the contents of HTC ChaCha	149
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	149
Keyboard	150
About the keyboard	150
Using the keyboard keys	150
About predictive text	151
Enabling predictive text	151
Entering words with predictive text	151
Setting a second language for the keyboard	152
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	152
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	152
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	152
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	153
Entering text by speaking	153
Setting the voice input language	153
Adjusting input settings	153
Internet connections	155
Data connection	155
Checking the data connection you're using	155
Turning the data connection on or off	155
Adding a new access point	155
Enabling data roaming	156
Wi-Fi	156
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	156
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security	157
Checking the wireless network status	157
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network	157
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	157
Setting up secure credential storage	158
Adding a VPN connection	158
Connecting to a VPN	158
Disconnecting from a VPN	158
Using HTC ChaCha as a modem (USB tethering)	159
Connecting HTC ChaCha to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through)	159
Using HTC ChaCha as a wireless router	159
Bluetooth	161
Bluetooth basics	161
Turning Bluetooth on or off	161
Changing the device name	161
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	161
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	162
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	162
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	162
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	163
Sending information using Bluetooth	163
Where sent information is saved	164
Receiving information using Bluetooth	165
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen	165
Security	166
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	166
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	166
Protecting HTC ChaCha with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password	166
Changing your screen lock	167
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	167
Settings	168
Settings on HTC ChaCha	168
Changing display settings	169
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	169
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	170
Turning automatic screen rotation off	170
Recalibrating the G-sensor	170
Keeping the screen on while charging HTC ChaCha	170
Switching animation effects on or off	171
Changing sound settings	171
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	171
Enabling or disabling audible selection	171
Lowering the ring volume automatically	171
Making HTC ChaCha ring louder with Pocket mode	172
Switching to speakerphone automatically	172
Changing the language	172
Optimizing battery life	172
Using the GSM network of your mobile operator	173
Checking the power usage of applications	173
Managing memory	173
Checking how much phone memory is available for use	173
Checking the available storage card space	173
Clearing application cache and data	173
Uninstalling third-party applications	174