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4 Contents People About the Contacts app 88 Your contacts list 89 Setting up your contact card 90 Importing contacts from your SIM card 90 Adding a new contact 90 Searching for contacts 91 Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 91 Merging contact information 92 Backing up your contacts to the storage card 93 Contact information and conversations 93 Sending contact information as a vCard 94 Contact groups 95 Social Facebook for HTC Sense 97 Using Friend Stream 98 Chatting in Google Talk 101 Email Gmail 103 Mail 104 Calendar About Calendar 112 Creating an event 112 Changing Calendar views 113 Managing Calendar events 114 Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 115 Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 115 Showing or hiding calendars 116 Changing Calendar settings 116 About the Calendar widget 117 Maps and location Turning on location services 118 About Google Maps 118 Getting around maps 119 Searching for a location 120 Searching for a place of interest near you 120 Getting directions 121 Getting help 122 Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) 122 Android Market and other apps Finding and installing apps from Android Market 123 Using the Clock 125 Checking Weather 128 Working on documents 129 Watching videos on YouTube 130

Section	Page
Getting started	8
Inside the box	8
myTouch 4G Slide	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
Removing the battery thin film	14
Removing the battery	14
Inserting the battery	15
Charging the battery	16
Switching the power on or off	17
Switching the power on	17
Switching the power off	17
Setting up myTouch 4G Slide for the first time	17
Finger gestures	17
Ways of getting contacts into myTouch 4G Slide	18
Home screen	19
Extended Home screen	19
Using Leap view	20
Basics	21
Adjusting the volume	21
Adjusting the ringer volume	21
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	21
Adjusting the media volume	21
Adjusting the volume via settings	21
Sleep mode	22
Switching to Sleep mode	22
Waking up from Sleep mode	22
Unlocking the screen	22
Opening an app from the lock screen	23
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	23
Status and notifications	23
Status icons	23
Notification icons	24
Notification LED	25
Notifications panel	26
Switching between recently opened apps	26
Using Quick Settings	27
Closing the Notifications panel	27
Connecting myTouch 4G Slide to a computer	28
Copying files to or from the storage card	28
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	29
Selecting text	29
Copying and pasting text	29
Searching or translating text	30
Sharing text	30
Printing	30
Personalizing	32
Making myTouch 4G Slide truly yours	32
Changing your wallpaper	32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	32
Adding a widget to your Home screen	32
Changing the settings of a widget	33
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	34
Adding items to the application dock	34
Adding folders on your Home screen	34
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	34
Renaming a folder	35
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	35
Moving a widget or icon	35
Removing a widget or icon	35
Rearranging the Home screen	36
Changing your ringtone and notification sounds	36
Phone calls	37
Different ways of making calls	37
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	37
Using Speed dial	38
Assigning a speed dial key	38
Calling a phone number in a text message	38
Calling a phone number in an email	38
Making an emergency call	39
Receiving calls	39
Answering a call	39
Deferring a call	40
Rejecting a call	40
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	40
HTC Caller ID	40
What can I do during a call?	41
Putting a call on hold	41
Switching between calls	41
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	41
Muting the microphone during a call	41
Ending a call	42
Setting up a conference call	42
Wi-Fi Calling	43
Turning on Wi-Fi Calling	43
Changing Wi-Fi Calling settings	43
Turning off Wi-Fi Calling	43
Internet calls	44
Adding an Internet calling account	44
Making an Internet call	44
Using Call log	45
Checking a missed call	45
Checking calls in Call log	45
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call log	45
Clearing Call log	45
Using Home dialing	46
Turning off Home dialing	46
Call services	46
Turning Airplane mode on or off	47
Messages	48
Opening Messages	48
Sending a text message (SMS)	48
Sending a picture message (MMS)	49
Resuming a draft message	50
Viewing and replying to a message	51
Replying to another phone number of the contact	52
Forwarding a message	52
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	53
Managing message conversations	53
Protecting a message from deletion	53
Copying a message to your SIM card	53
Deleting a single message	53
Deleting several messages within a conversation	54
Deleting a conversation	54
Deleting several conversations	54
Setting message options	55
Search and Web browser	56
Searching myTouch 4G Slide and the Web	56
Setting search options	56
Performing searches on the Web and myTouch 4G Slide	56
Using the web browser	57
Going to a webpage	57
Changing the screen orientation	57
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	57
Selecting a link on a webpage	58
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	58
Opening a new browser window	58
Switching between browser windows	59
Downloading from the Web	59
Downloading apps from the Web	60
Viewing your downloads	60
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	60
Bookmarking a webpage	60
Opening a bookmark	60
Editing a bookmark	60
Viewing a previously visited page	61
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	61
Viewing a page that you often visit	61
Clearing the list of most visited pages	61
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	61
Setting browser options	61
Setting your home page	61
Browsing full versions of all websites	62
Choosing when to show Flash content	62
Camera	63
Camera basics	63
Viewfinder screen	63
Zooming	64
Auto focusing	64
Adding effects	64
Using the front camera	64
Taking a photo	65
Recording video	65
After capturing	66
Using camera scenes	66
Taking a panoramic photo	67
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo	68
Taking continuous camera shots	68
Changing camera settings	68
Photos, videos, and music	70
Gallery	70
About the Gallery app	70
Selecting an album	70
Viewing photos	71
Zooming in or out on a photo	71
Viewing photos as a slideshow	72
Watching a video	72
Editing your photos	72
Rotating a photo	72
Cropping a photo	72
Adding effects	73
Trimming a video	73
Sending your photos and videos	74
Sending photos or videos by email	74
Sending a photo or video by MMS	74
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	75
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	75
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	75
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	76
Sharing photos on Picasa	76
Sharing videos on YouTube	76
Viewing photos in your social networks and online albums	77
Viewing photos on Facebook	77
Viewing photos on Flickr	77
Commenting on photos in your social networks	77
Viewing photos on Picasa	78
Music	79
Listening to music	79
Playing music from the Lock screen	79
Browsing music in the library	80
Creating a playlist	80
Setting a song as a ringtone	81
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	81
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	81
Sharing music using Bluetooth	82
Finding music videos on YouTube	82
Updating album covers	82
Connected Media	83
Sharing media on your home network	83
Accounts and sync	85
About online accounts	85
Synchronizing with a Google Account	85
Adding more Google Accounts	85
Forgot your Google Account password?	86
Adding a social network account	86
Managing your online accounts	86
Changing general sync settings	86
Synchronizing an account manually	87
Changing account settings	87
Removing an account	87
People	88
About the Contacts app	88
Your contacts list	89
Filtering your contacts list	89
Setting up your contact card	90
Importing contacts from your SIM card	90
Adding a new contact	90
Searching for contacts	91
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	91
Merging contact information	92
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	92
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	92
Manually merging contact information	92
Breaking the link	93
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	93
Contact information and conversations	93
Editing a contact’s information	94
Deleting contacts	94
Sending contact information as a vCard	94
Contact groups	95
Creating a group	95
Editing a contact group	95
Sending a message to a group	96
Deleting a group	96
Social	97
Facebook for HTC Sense	97
Using Friend Stream	98
Updating your status	98
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	99
Checking notifications from your social networks	100
Sharing your location with your Facebook friends	100
About the Friend Stream widget	100
Chatting in Google Talk	101
Chatting with a friend	101
Accepting a chat invitation	101
Changing your online status and picture	101
Adding and managing friends	102
Changing settings or signing out	102
Email	103
Gmail	103
Using Gmail	103
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	103
Sending a new message	103
Replying to or forwarding an email message	104
Getting help	104
Mail	104
About the Mail app	104
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	105
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	105
Checking your Mail inbox	106
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	106
Switching between different views of your inbox	106
Refreshing an email account	107
Sorting email messages	107
Quickly browsing your inbox	107
Managing email messages	107
Deleting an email message	107
Selecting several email messages	108
Moving several email messages to another folder	108
Moving an email message after reading	108
Deleting all messages	108
Switching to other mail folders	108
Sending an email message	108
Resuming a draft email message	110
Reading and replying to an email message	110
Setting the priority for an email message	110
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	110
Flagging an email	110
Setting your Out of the office status	110
Sending a meeting request	111
Changing email account settings	111
Deleting an email account	111
Calendar	112
About Calendar	112
Creating an event	112
Changing Calendar views	113
Using month view	113
Using day and agenda views	113
Using week view	114
Managing Calendar events	114
Viewing an event	114
Editing an event	114
Deleting an event	114
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	115
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	115
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	115
Showing or hiding calendars	116
Changing Calendar settings	116
Reminder settings	116
Calendar view settings	116
About the Calendar widget	117
Maps and location	118
Turning on location services	118
About Google Maps	118
Getting around maps	119
Searching for a location	120
Clearing the map	120
Searching for a place of interest near you	120
Getting directions	121
Getting help	122
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	122
Opening and joining Latitude	122
Android Market and other apps	123
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	123
Finding and installing an app	123
Opening an installed app	124
Uninstalling an app	124
Getting help	124
Using the Clock	125
About the HTC Clock widget	125
Changing the location on the Clock widget	125
Using the Clock app	125
Using Desk Clock	126
Using World Clock	126
Setting your home city	126
Setting the time zone, date, and time	126
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	126
Setting an alarm	127
Deleting an alarm	127
Changing alarm sound settings	127
Checking Weather	128
Adding a city to the Weather screen	128
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	128
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	128
Changing Weather options	129
About the Weather widget	129
Working on documents	129
Viewing a document	129
Editing a document	129
Watching videos on YouTube	130
Searching for videos	130
Clearing the search history	130
Sharing a video link	131
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	131
Listening to FM Radio	131
Tuning in to an FM station	132
Closing or turning off FM Radio	132
Using Flashlight	133
Sharing games and apps	133
T‑Mobile apps	134
T‑Mobile My Account	134
T‑Mobile My Device	134
T-Mobile TV	135
Keyboard	136
Using the QWERTY keyboard	136
Using the QWERTY keyboard keys	137
Adjusting the QWERTY keyboard settings	138
Using Swype	138
Entering text using Swype	138
Entering text by typing	139
Adjusting Swype settings	139
Using the onscreen keyboard	139
Switching to the onscreen keyboard	139
Selecting a keyboard layout	140
Entering text	140
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	141
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	141
Entering words with predictive text	141
Setting a second language for the keyboard	142
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	142
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	142
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	142
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	143
Entering text by speaking	143
Setting the voice input language	143
Entering text by tracing	144
Editing text	144
Selecting text	144
Copying and pasting text	145
Adjusting input settings	145
Internet connections	147
Data connection	147
Turning the data connection on or off	147
Enabling data roaming	147
Wi-Fi	148
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	148
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security	148
Checking the wireless network status	149
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network	149
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	149
Setting up secure credential storage	149
Adding a VPN connection	150
Connecting to a VPN	150
Disconnecting from a VPN	150
Using myTouch 4G Slide as a modem (USB tethering)	151
Connecting myTouch 4G Slide to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through)	151
Using myTouch 4G Slide as a wireless router	152
Bluetooth	153
Bluetooth basics	153
Turning Bluetooth on or off	153
Changing the device name	153
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	153
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	154
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	154
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	154
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	155
Sending information using Bluetooth	155
Where sent information is saved	156
Receiving information using Bluetooth	157
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen	157
Security	158
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	158
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	158
Protecting myTouch 4G Slide with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password	158
Changing your screen lock	159
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	159
Settings	160
Settings on myTouch 4G Slide	160
Changing display settings	161
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	161
Turning automatic screen rotation off	162
Recalibrating the G-sensor	162
Keeping the screen on while charging myTouch 4G Slide	162
Switching animation effects on or off	162
Changing sound settings	163
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	163
Enabling or disabling audible selection	163
Lowering the ring volume automatically	163
Making myTouch 4G Slide ring louder with Pocket mode	163
Switching to speakerphone automatically	164
Changing the language	164
Optimizing battery life	164
Switching to GSM network mode	164
Checking the power usage of applications	164
Managing memory	165
Checking how much phone memory is available for use	165
Checking the available storage card space	165
Clearing application cache and data	165
Uninstalling third-party applications	165
Moving applications to or from the storage card	165
Stopping running applications using Task Manager	166
Checking information about myTouch 4G Slide	166
Update and reset	167
Software updates	167
Installing an update	167
Checking for updates manually	167
Restarting myTouch 4G Slide	168
Resetting myTouch 4G Slide	168
Performing a factory reset via settings	168
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons	168
Trademarks and copyrights	169