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144 Camera Changing camera settings Open the menu panel to access and change camera settings. To open it, just press MENU. Scroll through the menu panel and choose the settings that you want. Some camera features are not available when you're using the front camera, such as auto focusing, zooming, using flash, and face detection. Switch camera Self-timer (photo mode only) Image adjustments White balance Resolution/Video quality ISO (photo mode only) Review duration Widescreen (photo mode only) Geo-tag photos (photo mode only) Mirror mode (front camera only) Auto focus Face detection (photo mode only) Shutter sound Grid (photo mode only) Record with audio (video mode only) Reset to default Lets you switch between using your phone's main camera or front camera. If you need to take a group photo or your own photo, you can set a time delay before your camera automatically takes the photo. Slide your finger across each of the slider bars to adjust the exposure, contrast, saturation, and sharpness. White balance enables the camera to capture colors more accurately by adjusting to your current lighting environment. White balance settings include: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Daylight, and Cloudy. Choose a photo or video resolution to use. You can choose an ISO level or set it back to Auto. Higher ISO numbers are better for taking pictures in low light conditions. Set the time for a captured photo or video to be displayed on the Review screen before the camera changes back to the Viewfinder screen. When this check box is selected (default), photo resolutions available for selection are in 5:3 ratio and you can use the entire Viewfinder screen to frame your subject. When not selected, photo resolutions available for selection are in standard 4:3 ratio. Select this check box when you want to store GPS location in your captured photos. Select this check box if you want to show the mirror image on the viewfinder screen. This option enables or disables centered auto focus. Auto focus is enabled by default. This option allows the camera to automatically recognize faces and adjust the focus when you take people photos. Face detection will be turned off if you disable auto focus. Select or clear this check box, depending on whether you want the camera to play a sound when you press the shutter release or record button. Select this check box when you want to display a grid on the Viewfinder screen so you can easily frame and center your subject before taking the photo. Select or clear the check box, depending on whether you want to record audio when capturing videos. Change the camera back to default settings.

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Back cover	9
SIM card	10
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Entering your PIN	14
Finger gestures	14
Getting started	15
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Home screen	15
Status and notifications	17
Notifications panel	19
Connecting your phone to a computer	20
Searching your phone and the Web	22
Adjusting the volume	24
Sleep mode	25
Personalizing	26
Making your phone truly yours	26
Personalizing your phone with scenes	26
Changing your wallpaper	27
Applying a new skin	28
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	28
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	30
Adding folders on your Home screen	30
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	31
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Changing your ringtones and alarms	32
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	34
Phone calls	35
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Receiving calls	38
HTC Caller ID	39
Using in-call options	39
Using Call history	42
Call services	43
Turning Airplane mode on or off	44
People	45
About People	45
Setting up My contact card	46
Ways of getting contacts into your phone	46
Merging contact information	48
Your contacts list	50
Contact information and conversations	52
Contact groups	54
People widget	56
Keyboard	57
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Entering words with predictive text	59
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Editing text	61
Adjusting touch input settings	62
Messages	64
About Messages	64
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Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	66
Resuming a draft message	67
Viewing and replying to a message	67
Managing message conversations	70
Setting message options	71
Accounts and sync	73
Synchronizing with online accounts	73
Synchronizing with your computer	76
Social	83
Facebook for HTC Sense	83
Facebook for Android	84
What’s the difference between Facebook for Android and Facebook for HTC Sense?	85
Tweeting on your phone	85
Friend Stream	88
Chatting in Google Talk	91
Email	93
Using Gmail	93
Using Mail	99
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About Calendar	107
Creating calendar events	107
Changing calendar views	109
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Calendar event reminders	112
Displaying and synchronizing calendars	113
Changing Calendar settings	114
About the Calendar widget	114
Clock and Weather	115
About the HTC Clock widget	115
About the Clock app	115
Using Desk Clock	116
Using World Clock	117
Setting the alarm clock	118
Checking weather	120
About the Weather widget	121
Internet connections	122
Data connection	122
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Adding connection widgets	124
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	125
Using your phone as a modem (tethering)	126
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Camera	140
Camera basics	140
Taking a photo	141
Recording video	142
Adding effects	143
After capturing	143
Changing camera settings	144
Photos, videos, and music	145
Browsing your Gallery	145
Listening to music	153
Sharing media on your home network	159
HTCSense.com	161
About HTCSense.com	161
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Finding and installing apps from Android Market	192
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Security	195
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	195
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Settings on your phone	197
Changing display settings	198
Changing sound settings	200
Changing the phone language	201
Optimizing your phone’s battery life	201
Managing memory	202
Checking information about your phone	203
Update and reset	204
Updating the phone software	204
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Camera

Changing camera settings

Open the menu panel to access and change camera settings. To open it, just press

MENU.

Scroll through the menu panel and choose the settings that you want.

Some camera features are not available when you’re using the front camera, such as auto

focusing, zooming, using flash, and face detection.

Switch camera

Lets you switch between using your phone’s main camera or

front camera.

Self-timer

(photo mode only)

If you need to take a group photo or your own photo, you can set

a time delay before your camera automatically takes the photo.

Image adjustments

Slide your finger across each of the slider bars to adjust the

exposure, contrast, saturation, and sharpness.

White balance

White balance enables the camera to capture colors more

accurately by adjusting to your current lighting environment.

White balance settings include: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent,

Daylight, and Cloudy.

Resolution/Video quality

Choose a photo or video resolution to use.

ISO (photo mode only)

You can choose an ISO level or set it back to

Auto

. Higher ISO

numbers are better for taking pictures in low light conditions.

Review duration

Set the time for a captured photo or video to be displayed on the

Review screen before the camera changes back to the Viewfinder

screen.

Widescreen

(photo mode only)

When this check box is selected (default), photo resolutions

available for selection are in 5:² ratio and you can use the entire

Viewfinder screen to frame your subject. When not selected,

photo resolutions available for selection are in standard 4:² ratio.

Geo-tag photos

(photo mode only)

Select this check box when you want to store GPS location in

your captured photos.

Mirror mode

(front camera only)

Select this check box if you want to show the mirror image on the

viewfinder screen.

Auto focus

This option enables or disables centered auto focus. Auto focus is

enabled by default.

Face detection

(photo mode only)

This option allows the camera to automatically recognize

faces and adjust the focus when you take people photos. Face

detection will be turned off if you disable auto focus.

Shutter sound

Select or clear this check box, depending on whether you want

the camera to play a sound when you press the shutter release or

record button.

Grid (photo mode only)

Select this check box when you want to display a grid on the

Viewfinder screen so you can easily frame and center your

subject before taking the photo.

Record with audio

(video mode only)

Select or clear the check box, depending on whether you want to

record audio when capturing videos.

Reset to default

Change the camera back to default settings.