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Using HTC Rhyme as a wireless router, Settings, Wireless & networks, Mobile Hotspot settings

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Using HTC Rhyme as a wireless router Internet connections 301 Share your data connection with other devices by turning HTC Rhyme into a wireless router. Make sure the data connection on HTC Rhyme is turned on before you use it as a wireless router. 1. From the Home screen, press MENU , and then tap Settings > Wireless & networks. 2. Tap Mobile Hotspot settings. 3. Enter a router name or use the default router name. 4. Choose the type of Security and set the password (key) for your wireless router. If you selected None in Security, you don't need to enter a password. The password is the key other people need to enter on their device so they can connect and use HTC Rhyme as a wireless router. 5. Select the Mobile Hotspot check box to turn on the wireless router. HTC Rhyme is ready to be used as a wireless router when you see on the status bar.

Section	Page
Getting started	14
Inside the box	14
HTC Rhyme	15
Front panel	15
Top panel	15
Left and right panels	16
Back panel	17
Back cover	18
Removing the back cover	18
Replacing the back cover	19
Storage card	20
Inserting the storage card	20
Removing the storage card	21
Unmounting the storage card	22
Battery	23
Charging the battery	23
Charging the battery using HTC Rhyme Docking Station	24
Switching the power on or off	26
Switching the power on	26
Switching the power off	26
Finger gestures	26
Setting up HTC Rhyme for the first time	27
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Rhyme	28
Home screen	29
Extended Home screen	29
Using Leap view	30
Basics	31
Adjusting the volume	31
Adjusting the ringer volume	31
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	31
Adjusting the media volume	32
Adjusting the volume via settings	32
Sleep mode	33
Switching to Sleep mode	33
Waking up from Sleep mode	33
Unlocking the screen	33
Opening an app from the lock screen	34
Status and notifications	35
Status icons	35
Notification icons	36
Notification LED	38
Notifications panel	39
Switching between recently opened apps	40
Using Quick Settings	40
Closing the Notifications panel	41
Using HTC Rhyme Charm	41
Choosing when your charm glows	42
Connecting HTC Rhyme to a computer	42
Copying files to or from the storage card	43
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	44
Selecting text	44
Copying and pasting text	45
Searching or translating text	45
Sharing text	46
Printing	46
Printing a photo	47
Adding a printer	48
Switching to Dock Mode	48
Personalizing	50
Making HTC Rhyme truly yours	50
Personalizing HTC Rhyme with scenes	50
Using a preset scene	50
Creating a new scene	51
Renaming a scene	51
Deleting scenes	52
Changing your wallpaper	52
Applying a new skin	53
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	54
Adding a widget to your Home screen	54
Changing the settings of a widget	55
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	56
Adding folders on your Home screen	57
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	57
Renaming a folder	57
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	58
Moving a widget or icon	58
Removing a widget or icon	58
Rearranging the Home screen	59
Removing a Home screen panel	60
Adding back a Home screen panel	61
Using sound sets	61
Choosing a preset sound set	61
Creating a sound set	62
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	62
Deleting sound sets	63
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	63
Adding a tab back	64
Customizing the lock screen style	65
Customizing the shortcuts on a lock screen	65
Quick Launch widget	66
Customizing the Quick Launch widget	67
Phone calls	68
Different ways of making calls	68
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	68
What is Smart dial?	69
Using Speed dial	69
Assigning a speed dial key	69
Calling a phone number in a text message	70
Calling a phone number in an email	71
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	71
Making an emergency call	71
Receiving calls	72
Answering a call	72
Rejecting a call	73
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	73
HTC Caller ID	74
What can I do during a call	74
Switching between calls	75
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	75
Muting the microphone during a call	76
Ending a call	76
Using Assisted dialing	76
Editing a country’s international call settings	77
Resetting the reference country to the default	77
Internet calls	78
Adding an Internet calling account	78
Making an Internet call	79
Using Call history	80
Checking a missed call	80
Checking calls in the Call History	80
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	81
Clearing the Call History list	81
Call services	82
Turning Airplane mode on or off	83
Visual Voice Mail	84
Setting up Visual Voice Mail	84
Using Visual Voice Mail	84
Messages	86
Opening Messages	86
Sending a text message (SMS)	87
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	88
Why isn't the contact's email address showing up when I enter a contact name?	90
Creating a slideshow	90
Resuming a draft message	91
Viewing and replying to a message	92
Adjusting the font size of your messages	93
Replying to another phone number of the contact	93
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	94
Forwarding a message	94
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	95
Push messages	96
Opening and reading a new push message	96
Viewing all your push messages	96
Managing message conversations	97
Protecting a message from deletion	97
Deleting a single message	97
Deleting several messages within a conversation	97
Deleting a conversation	98
Deleting several conversations	99
Backing up your text messages to the storage card	99
Importing text messages from the storage card	99
Setting message options	100
Search and Web browser	103
Searching HTC Rhyme and the Web	103
Setting search options	103
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Rhyme	104
Using the web browser	105
Going to a webpage	105
Changing the screen orientation	105
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	106
Selecting a link on a webpage	106
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	107
Opening a new browser window	107
Switching between browser windows	107
Downloading from the Web	108
Downloading apps from the Web	109
Viewing your downloads	109
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	109
Bookmarking a webpage	109
Opening a bookmark	110
Editing a bookmark	110
Viewing a previously visited page	110
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	111
Viewing a page that you often visit	111
Clearing the list of most visited pages	111
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	111
Setting browser options	112
Setting your home page	112
Browsing full versions of all websites	112
Choosing when to show Adobe Flash content	113
Camera	114
Camera basics	114
Viewfinder screen	114
Zooming	116
Auto focusing	116
Using the front camera	117
Taking a photo	117
Recording video	118
Adding effects	119
After capturing	120
Camera scenes	121
Improving people shots	121
Taking a panoramic photo	121
Taking continuous camera shots	122
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo	123
Changing camera settings	123
Photos, videos, and music	126
Gallery	126
About the Gallery app	126
Selecting an album	126
Viewing photos and videos	127
Zooming in or out on a photo	128
Viewing photos as a slideshow	128
Watching a video	129
Editing your photos	130
Rotating a photo	130
Cropping a photo	130
Adding effects	131
Trimming a video	132
Sending your photos and videos	133
Sending photos or videos by email	133
Sending a photo or video by MMS	133
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	134
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	134
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	134
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	135
Sharing photos on Picasa	136
Sharing videos on YouTube	137
Viewing photos in your social networks	137
Viewing photos on Facebook	137
Viewing photos on Flickr	138
Commenting on photos in your social networks	138
Music	139
Browsing music in the library	139
Listening to music	139
Playing music from the Lock screen	140
About the Music widget	141
Creating a playlist	141
Playing the songs in a playlist	142
Managing playlists	142
Deleting playlists	143
Setting a song as a ringtone	144
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	144
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	145
Sharing music using Bluetooth	146
Finding music videos on YouTube	146
Updating album covers	146
Connected Media	147
Sharing media on your home network	147
HTC services	150
HTC Watch	150
About HTC Watch	150
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	150
The Watch app	151
Browsing the video store selections	152
Watching a trailer	152
Recommending a video	153
Renting or purchasing a video	153
Managing your library	154
Checking or changing settings	154
Some useful things to know	156
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	156
How long is the rental period of a video?	156
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	156
How do I remove my HTC Watch account from my device?	156
Accounts and sync	157
About online accounts	157
Synchronizing with a Google Account	158
Adding more Google Accounts	158
Forgot your Google Account password?	159
Adding a social network account	159
Managing your online accounts	160
Changing general sync settings	160
Synchronizing an account manually	160
Changing account settings	161
Removing an account	161
People	163
About the People app	163
Your contacts list	164
Filtering your contacts list	165
Setting up your profile	165
What you can see on your profile	166
Adding a new contact	166
Searching for contacts	167
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	168
Merging contact information	169
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	169
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	170
Manually merging contact information	170
Breaking the link	171
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	171
Importing contacts from the storage card	171
Contact information and conversations	172
Editing a contact’s information	173
Deleting contacts	173
Sending contact information as a vCard	173
Sending multiple contact cards	174
Contact groups	175
Creating a group	175
Editing a contact group	176
Sending a message or email to a group	177
Rearranging your contact groups	177
Rearranging the members of a contact group	178
Deleting groups	178
Adding People widgets	179
Setting the default communication method	180
Changing the default communication method	180
Getting in touch with a contact	180
Adding group members to a People widget	181
Social	182
Facebook for HTC Sense	182
Twitter for HTC Sense	184
Using Friend Stream	184
Updating your status	185
Checking notifications from your social networks	186
Viewing your lists of friends and social groups	186
About the Friend Stream widget	187
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream	187
Posting a message on a friend's Facebook wall	187
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	188
Sharing your location with your Facebook friends	188
Tweeting in Friend Stream	189
Searching for Twitter users to follow	190
Unfollowing a Twitter user	191
Sending a direct message	191
Chatting in Google Talk	192
Chatting with a friend	192
Chatting by voice or video	193
Accepting a chat invitation	194
Changing your online status and picture	194
Adding and managing friends	195
Changing settings or signing out	196
Email	197
Gmail	197
Using Gmail	197
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	198
Sending a new message	198
Replying to or forwarding an email message	199
Getting help	200
Mail	200
About the Mail app	200
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	200
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	201
Checking your Mail inbox	203
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	203
Switching between different views of your inbox	204
Refreshing an email account	205
Sorting email messages	205
Quickly browsing your inbox	206
Managing email messages	206
Deleting an email message	206
Selecting several email messages	206
Moving several email messages to another folder	207
Moving an email message after reading	207
Deleting all messages	207
Switching to other mail folders	207
Sending an email message	207
Resuming a draft email message	209
Managing the recipient list	210
Reading and replying to an email message	210
Where are my unread emails?	211
Saving an email in the Tasks app	211
Setting the priority for an email message	212
Searching and filtering emails	212
Searching emails from a contact	213
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	213
Flagging an email	213
Setting your Out of the office status	213
Sending a meeting request	214
Changing email account settings	214
Deleting an email account	215
Calendar	216
About Calendar	216
Creating an event	217
Changing Calendar views	218
Using month view	219
Using day and agenda views	219
Using week view	219
Managing Calendar events	220
Viewing an event	220
Editing an event	221
Deleting an event	221
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	221
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	222
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	222
Showing or hiding calendars	223
Changing Calendar settings	224
Reminder settings	224
Calendar view settings	224
About the Calendar widget	225
Maps and location	226
Location settings	226
Turning on location services	226
Google Maps	227
About Google Maps	227
Getting around maps	227
Searching for a location	229
Clearing the map	229
Searching for a place of interest near you	230
Getting directions	230
Getting help	232
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	232
Opening and joining Latitude	232
VZ Navigator	233
Using VZ Navigator	233
Android Market and other apps	234
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	234
Finding and installing an app	234
Opening an installed app	235
Uninstalling an app	236
Getting help	236
Using the Clock	237
About the HTC Clock widget	237
Changing the location on the Clock widget	237
Using the Clock app	238
Using Desk Clock	238
Using World Clock	238
Setting your home city	238
Setting the time zone, date, and time	239
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	239
Setting an alarm	240
Deleting an alarm	240
Changing alarm sound settings	241
Checking Weather	242
Adding a city to the Weather screen	243
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	243
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	243
Changing Weather options	243
About the Weather widget	244
Reading news feeds	245
Subscribing to news channels	245
Adding a keyword	246
Adding people to follow	246
Reading a story	246
Changing update schedule and content settings	247
About the News widget	248
Working on documents	248
Viewing a document	248
Creating a document	249
Editing a document	249
Exercising with Endomondo	250
Setting up Endomondo	250
Adding friends	251
Tracking and sharing your workout	252
Viewing your past workouts	253
Changing Endomondo settings	253
Watching videos on YouTube	254
Searching for videos	255
Clearing the search history	255
Sharing a video link	255
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	255
Recording your voice	256
Sharing a voice clip	257
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	257
Sharing games and apps	257
Productivity	259
Completing tasks	259
Not signed in to your Exchange ActiveSync account?	260
Viewing the unified task list	261
Filtering tasks	261
Creating and managing lists	261
Showing or hiding lists	261
Renaming a list	262
Deleting a list	262
Creating a task	262
Managing tasks	263
Marking a task complete	264
Sorting tasks	264
Editing a task	264
Deleting a task	264
Postponing a task	265
Moving a task to another list	265
Changing Tasks settings	265
Scanning codes	266
Setting up the Scan app	266
Scanning a code	267
No information after scanning a code?	268
View previously scanned codes	268
Changing Scan settings	269
HTC Sync	271
About HTC Sync	271
Installing HTC Sync	272
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Rhyme	272
Getting to know the workspace	273
Setting up synchronization	274
Music sync options	274
Gallery sync options	275
Calendar sync options	276
People sync options	276
Bookmarks sync options	277
Documents sync options	278
Synchronizing HTC Rhyme	279
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Rhyme	280
Synchronizing another device with your computer	280
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	281
Keyboard	282
Using the onscreen keyboard	282
Selecting a keyboard layout	282
Entering text	283
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	284
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	284
Entering words with predictive text	285
Setting a second language for the keyboard	285
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	286
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	286
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	287
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	287
Entering text by speaking	288
Setting the voice input language	288
Entering text by tracing	289