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176 Internet connections Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering) No Internet connection available for your computer? No problem. Use the Internet connection of HTC Vivid to connect to the Internet. § Requires an AT&T appropriate data plan with tethering. § You need your SIM card inserted on HTC Vivid to use the data connection. § To use HTC Vivid as a modem, you need to install HTC Sync on your computer first. 1. Make sure the data connection on HTC Vivid is turned on. 2. Connect HTC Vivid to the computer using the provided USB cable. 3. On the Choose a connection type screen, select USB tethering, and then tap Done. Data tethering requires an appropriate DataPro data plan. Devices connected to your Mobile Hotspot use data from your DataPro plan. Overage charges apply if the included monthly data allowance is exceeded. Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot You can also use HTC Vivid to provide a mobile broadband connection wirelessly for up to 8 other devices. Create a hotspot and share your connection. 1. To create a portable hotspot, tap > Wi-Fi Hotspot. 2. Tap Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to turn on the functionality. You can also rename your hotspot (SSID), choose the type of Security and set the password so others cannot connect to your connection without authorization. Mobile Hotspot requires an appropriate DataPro data plan. Devices connected to your Mobile Hotspot use data from your DataPro plan. Overage charges apply if the included monthly data allowance is exceeded. The number of devices you can connect depends on your device. Performance may vary depending on the number of devices connected and other factors. If you do not use a password, others will be able to use your mobile hotspot connection.

Section	Page
Getting started	8
Inside the box	8
HTC Vivid	8
Front panel	8
Top panel	9
Left and right panels	9
Back panel	9
Back cover	10
Removing the back cover	10
Replacing the back cover	11
SIM card	12
Inserting the SIM card	12
Removing the SIM card	12
Storage card	13
Inserting the storage card	13
Removing the storage card	13
Unmounting the storage card	13
Battery	14
Inserting the battery	14
Removing the battery	14
Charging the battery	15
Switching the power on or off	15
Switching the power on	15
Switching the power off	16
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
Extended Home screen	18
Using Leap view	19
Basics	20
Adjusting the volume	20
Adjusting the ringer volume	20
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	20
Adjusting the media volume	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
Opening an app from the lock screen	22
Status and notifications	22
Status icons	22
Notification icons	23
Notification LED	24
Notifications panel	25
Switching between recently opened apps	25
Using Quick Settings	26
Closing the Notifications panel	26
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
Selecting text	29
Copying and pasting text	29
Searching or translating text	29
Sharing text	30
Printing	30
Personalizing	31
Making HTC Vivid truly yours	31
Personalizing HTC Vivid with scenes	31
Using a preset scene	31
Creating a new scene	31
Renaming a scene	32
Deleting scenes	32
Changing your wallpaper	32
Applying a new skin	33
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	33
Adding a widget to your Home screen	33
Changing the settings of a widget	34
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	35
Adding folders on your Home screen	35
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	35
Renaming a folder	35
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	36
Moving a widget or icon	36
Removing a widget or icon	36
Rearranging the Home screen	37
Using sound sets	37
Choosing a preset sound set	37
Creating a sound set	38
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	38
Deleting sound sets	38
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	39
Adding a tab back	39
Customizing the lock screen	40
Phone calls	41
Different ways of making calls	41
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	41
What is Smart dial?	42
Using Speed dial	42
Assigning a speed dial key	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
Answering a call	43
Rejecting a call	44
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	44
HTC Caller ID	44
What can I do during a call?	44
Putting a call on hold	44
Switching between calls	45
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	45
Muting the microphone during a call	45
Ending a call	45
Setting up a conference call	46
Internet calls	46
Adding an Internet calling account	46
Making an Internet call	47
Using Call history	47
Checking a missed call	47
Checking calls in the Call History	47
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	48
Clearing the Call History list	48
Using Home dialing	48
Turning off Home dialing	49
Call services	49
Turning Airplane mode on or off	50
Messages	51
Opening Messages	51
Sending a text message (SMS)	51
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	52
Why isn't the contact's email address showing up when I enter a contact name?	53
Creating a slideshow	53
Resuming a draft message	54
Viewing and replying to a message	54
Replying to another phone number of the contact	55
Forwarding a message	55
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	56
Push messages	56
Opening and reading a new push message	56
Viewing all your push messages	56
Managing message conversations	57
Protecting a message from deletion	57
Copying a text message to your SIM card	57
Deleting a single message	57
Deleting several messages within a conversation	57
Deleting a conversation	58
Deleting several conversations	58
Setting message options	58
Search and Web browser	60
Searching HTC Vivid and the Web	60
Setting search options	60
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Vivid	60
Quickly looking up information on the Web	61
Translating words to other languages	61
Using the web browser	61
Going to a webpage	62
Changing the screen orientation	62
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	62
Selecting a link on a webpage	62
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	62
Opening a new browser window	63
Switching between browser windows	63
Downloading from the Web	63
Downloading apps from the Web	64
Viewing your downloads	64
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	64
Bookmarking a webpage	64
Opening a bookmark	64
Editing a bookmark	64
Viewing a previously visited page	65
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	65
Viewing a page that you often visit	65
Clearing the list of most visited pages	65
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	65
Setting browser options	65
Setting your home page	65
Browsing full versions of all websites	66
Choosing when to show Adobe Flash content	66
Camera	67
Camera basics	67
Viewfinder screen	67
Zooming	68
Auto focusing	68
Using the front camera	68
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	73
Gallery	73
About the Gallery app	73
Selecting an album	73
Viewing photos and videos	74
Zooming in or out on a photo	74
Viewing photos as a slideshow	75
Watching a video	75
Editing your photos	75
Rotating a photo	75
Cropping a photo	75
Adding effects	76
Trimming a video	76
Sending your photos and videos	77
Sending photos or videos by email	77
Sending a photo or video by MMS	77
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	78
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	78
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	78
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	79
Sharing photos on Picasa	79
Sharing videos on YouTube	79
Viewing photos in your social networks	80
Viewing photos on Facebook	80
Viewing photos on Flickr	80
Commenting on photos in your social networks	80
Music	81
Listening to music	81
Playing music from the Lock screen	81
Browsing albums in landscape view	82
About the Music widget	82
Browsing music in the library	83
Creating a playlist	83
Playing the songs in a playlist	83
Managing playlists	84
Deleting playlists	84
Setting a song as a ringtone	84
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	85
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	85
Sharing music using Bluetooth	85
Finding music videos on YouTube	86
Updating album covers	86
Connected Media	87
Sharing media on your home network	87
HTC services	89
HTC Watch	89
About HTC Watch	89
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	89
The Watch app	90
Browsing the video store selections	90
Watching a trailer	90
Recommending a video	91
Renting or purchasing a video	91
Managing your library	91
Checking or changing settings	92
Some useful things to know	92
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	92
How long is the rental period of a video?	92
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	92
How do I remove my HTC Watch account from my device?	92
HTCSense.com	93
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	93
Signing up from HTC Vivid	93
Signing up from your computer	93
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	93
Turning on Phone finder	93
Using HTCSense.com	94
Making HTC Vivid ring	94
Forwarding calls and messages	94
Locating HTC Vivid	94
Locking HTC Vivid	95
Erasing the contents of HTC Vivid	95
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	95
Accounts and sync	96
About online accounts	96
Synchronizing with a Google Account	96
Adding more Google Accounts	96
Forgot your Google Account password?	97
Adding a social network account	97
Managing your online accounts	97
Changing general sync settings	97
Synchronizing an account manually	98
Changing account settings	98
Removing an account	98
People	99
Transferring contacts from your old phone	99
About the People app	100
Your contacts list	101
Filtering your contacts list	101
Setting up your profile	102
What you can see on 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
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	105
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	105
Manually merging contact information	106
Breaking the link	106
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	106
Importing contacts from the storage card	106
Contact information and conversations	106
Editing a contact’s information	107
Deleting contacts	107
Sending contact information as a vCard	108
Sending multiple contact cards	108
Contact groups	109
Creating a group	109
Editing a contact group	109
Sending a message or email to a group	110
Rearranging your contact groups	110
Rearranging the members of a contact group	110
Deleting groups	110
Adding People widgets	111
Setting the default communication method	111
Changing the default communication method	111
Getting in touch with a contact	112
Adding group members to a People widget	112
Social	113
Facebook for HTC Sense	113
Twitter for HTC Sense	114
Using Friend Stream	115
Updating your status	115
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	116
Checking notifications from your social networks	117
Sharing your location with your Facebook friends	117
About the Friend Stream widget	118
Chatting in Google Talk	118
Chatting with a friend	118
Accepting a chat invitation	118
Changing your online status and picture	119
Adding and managing friends	119
Changing settings or signing out	120
Email	121
Gmail	121
Using Gmail	121
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	121
Sending a new message	121
Replying to or forwarding an email message	122
Getting help	122
Mail	122
About the Mail app	122
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	123
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	123
Checking your Mail inbox	124
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	124
Switching between different views of your inbox	124
Refreshing an email account	125
Sorting email messages	125
Quickly browsing your inbox	125
Managing email messages	125
Deleting an email message	125
Selecting several email messages	126
Moving several email messages to another folder	126
Moving an email message after reading	126
Deleting all messages	126
Switching to other mail folders	126
Sending an email message	126
Resuming a draft email message	128
Reading and replying to an email message	128
Setting the priority for an email message	128
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	128
Flagging an email	128
Setting your Out of the office status	128
Sending a meeting request	129
Changing email account settings	129
Deleting an email account	129
Calendar	130
About Calendar	130
Creating an event	130
Changing Calendar views	131
Using month view	131
Using day and agenda views	131
Using week view	132
Managing Calendar events	132
Viewing an event	132
Editing an event	132
Deleting an event	132
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	133
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	133
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	133
Showing or hiding calendars	134
Changing Calendar settings	134
Reminder settings	134
Calendar view settings	134
About the Calendar widget	135
Maps and location	136
Location settings	136
Turning on location services	136
HTC Footprints	136
Recording favorite places with HTC Footprints	136
Adding a location as a footprint	136
Revisiting a footprint	137
Editing or deleting a footprint	137
Sharing your footprints	137
Deleting multiple footprints	137
Exporting your footprints	137
Importing footprints	137
Car Panel	138
Using Car Panel	138
Automatically connecting to a Bluetooth car kit or headset	138
Google Maps	138
About Google Maps	138
Getting around maps	139
Searching for a location	140
Clearing the map	140
Searching for a place of interest near you	140
Getting directions	141
Getting help	142
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	142
Opening and joining Latitude	142
Android Market and other apps	143
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	143
Finding and installing an app	143
Opening an installed app	144
Uninstalling an app	144
Getting help	144
Using the Clock	145
About the HTC Clock widget	145
Changing the location on the Clock widget	145
Using the Clock app	145
Using Desk Clock	146
Using World Clock	146
Setting your home city	146
Setting the time zone, date, and time	146
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	146
Setting an alarm	147
Deleting an alarm	147
Changing alarm sound settings	147
Checking Weather	148
Adding a city to the Weather screen	148
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	148
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	149
Changing Weather options	149
About the Weather widget	149
Reading news feeds	149
Subscribing to news channels	149
Adding a keyword	150
Adding people to follow	150
Reading a story	150
Changing update schedule and content settings	151
About the News widget	151
Keeping track of your stocks	152
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	152
Changing update schedule and color settings	153
Working on documents	153
Viewing a document	153
Creating a document	153
Editing a document	154
Watching videos on YouTube	154
Searching for videos	154
Clearing the search history	155
Sharing a video link	155
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	155
Listening to FM Radio	155
Tuning in to an FM station	156
Closing or turning off FM Radio	156
Recording your voice	156
Sharing a voice clip	157
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	157
Sharing games and apps	157
HTC Sync	158
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
Music sync options	160
Gallery sync options	160
Calendar sync options	161
People sync options	161
Bookmarks sync options	162
Documents sync options	162
Synchronizing HTC Vivid	163
Synchronizing another device with your computer	163
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	163
Keyboard	164
Using the onscreen keyboard	164
Selecting a keyboard layout	164
Entering text	164
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	165
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	165
Entering words with predictive text	165
Setting a second language for the keyboard	166
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	166
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	166
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	166
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	167
Entering text by speaking	167
Setting the voice input language	167
Entering text by tracing	168
Editing text	168
Selecting text	168
Copying and pasting text	169
Adjusting input settings	169
Internet connections	171
Data connection	171
Checking the data connection you're using	171
Turning the data connection on or off	171
Adding a new access point	171
Enabling data roaming	172
Wi-Fi	173
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	173
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network with EAP-TLS security	173
Checking the wireless network status	174
Connecting to another Wi‑Fi network	174
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	174
Setting up secure credential storage	174
Adding a VPN connection	175
Connecting to a VPN	175
Disconnecting from a VPN	175
Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering)	176
Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot	176