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157 Update and reset Update and reset Updating the HTC Vivid software HTC Vivid can check and notify you if there's a new software update available. You can then download and install the software update using Wi-Fi. You can also manually check if there's an available software update. Depending on the type of update, the update may erase all your personal data and customized settings, and also remove any applications you've installed. Make sure that you've backed up the information and files you want to keep. Checking for AT&T updates manually Use your phone's data connection to manually check for and download AT&T updates for your phone. A data connection must be active before checking for AT&T updates. 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap AT&T Software Update > Check for updates. Restarting HTC Vivid If HTC Vivid is running slower than normal, an application is not performing properly, or HTC Vivid becomes unresponsive, try restarting HTC Vivid and see if that helps solve the problem. 1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on. 2. Unlock the display. 3. Press and hold the POWER button, and then tap Restart. 4. When asked to confirm, tap Restart. If these steps don't work, you can remove and replace the battery, and then turn HTC Vivid on to restart it.

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
Removing the battery film	14
Removing the battery	14
Inserting the battery	15
Charging the battery	16
Switching the power on or off	16
Switching the power on	16
Switching the power off	16
Entering your PIN	17
Finger gestures	17
Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time	18
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Vivid	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 earpiece volume for calls	20
Adjusting the media volume	20
Sleep mode	20
Switching to Sleep mode	20
Waking up from Sleep mode	21
Unlocking the screen	21
Opening an app from the lock screen	21
Status icons	21
Notifications	22
Notification LED	22
Notification icons	23
Notifications panel	23
Switching between recently opened apps	24
Using Quick Settings	24
Where apps, data, and files are stored	25
Connecting your phone to a computer	26
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card	26
Transferring contacts from your old phone	27
Copying and sharing text	28
Selecting text	28
Copying and pasting text	28
Sharing text	28
Printing	29
Printing a photo	29
Adding a printer	29
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 apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	34
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	35
Moving a widget or icon	35
Removing a widget or icon	35
Personalizing the launch bar	35
Grouping apps into a folder	36
Renaming a folder	36
Removing items from a folder	36
Rearranging the Home screen	37
Removing a Home screen panel	37
Adding back a Home screen panel	37
Personalizing with sound sets	38
Choosing a preset sound set	38
Creating a sound set	38
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	38
Deleting sound sets	39
Rearranging application tabs	39
Customizing the lock screen style	40
Phone calls	41
Making a call with Smart dial	41
Using Speed dial	41
Assigning a speed dial key	41
Calling a phone number in a text message	42
Calling a phone number in an email	42
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	42
Making an emergency call	42
Receiving calls	42
Answering a call	42
Rejecting a call	43
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	43
Look who's calling	43
What can I do during a call?	43
Putting a call on hold	43
Switching between calls	44
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	44
Muting the microphone during a call	44
Ending a call	44
Setting up a conference call	45
Internet calls	45
Adding an Internet calling account	45
Making an Internet call	46
Call history	46
Returning a missed call	46
Checking calls in the Call History	46
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	46
Clearing the Call History list	47
Home dialing	47
Changing the default country code for Home dialing	47
Turning off Home dialing	47
Call services	47
Messages	48
About the Messages app	48
Sending a text message (SMS)	48
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	49
Creating a slideshow	49
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	49
Resuming a draft message	50
Checking your messages	50
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	50
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	50
Replying to a message	51
Replying to another phone number of the contact	51
Forwarding a message	51
WAP push messages	52
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	52
Viewing all your WAP push messages	52
Managing message conversations	52
Locking a message	52
Copying a text message to your SIM card	52
Deleting a single message	52
Deleting several messages within a conversation	53
Deleting a conversation	53
Deleting several conversations	53
Backing up your text messages	53
Importing text messages	53
Setting message options	54
Search and Web browser	55
Searching HTC Vivid and the Web	55
Setting search options	55
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Vivid	55
Browsing the Web	55
Opening a new browser window	56
Switching between browser windows	56
Viewing the full version of a website	57
Private browsing	57
Downloading files and apps	57
Viewing your downloads	57
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	58
Bookmarking a webpage	58
Opening a bookmark	58
Editing a bookmark	58
Viewing a previously visited page	58
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	58
Viewing a page that you often visit	59
Clearing the list of most visited pages	59
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	59
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	59
Setting browser options	60
Setting your homepage	60
Choosing when to show Adobe Flash content	60
Camera	61
Camera basics	61
Before capturing	61
Zooming	61
Auto focusing	61
Switching between the front and rear camera	62
Choosing an effect	62
Setting the resolution	62
Choosing a flash mode	62
Taking a photo	62
Recording video	63
Camera scenes	63
Improving people shots	63
Taking a panoramic photo	63
Taking continuous camera shots	65
Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo	65
Changing camera settings	65
Photos, videos, and music	66
Gallery	66
About the Gallery app	66
Viewing photos and videos	66
Starting a photo slideshow	66
Watching a video	67
Editing your photos and videos	67
Rotating a photo	67
Cropping a photo	67
Adding photo effects	68
Trimming a video	68
Viewing photos in your social networks	69
Sending your photos and videos	69
Sending photos or videos by email	69
Sending a photo or video by MMS	69
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	70
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	70
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	70
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	70
Sharing photos on Picasa	71
Sharing videos on YouTube	71
Music	72
Browsing music in the library	72
Listening to music	72
Finding music videos on YouTube	72
Updating album covers	72
Playing music from the Lock screen	73
Creating a playlist	73
Playing the songs in a playlist	74
Managing playlists	74
Deleting playlists	74
Setting a song as a ringtone	74
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	75
Sharing music using Bluetooth	75
Connected Media	76
Sharing media on your home network	76
HTC services	77
HTC Watch	77
About HTC Watch	77
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	77
Watching movies and TV shows	78
Renting or purchasing a video	78
Managing your downloads	79
Changing settings	79
Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account	79
Switching to a video store in another region	79
Deleting your HTC Watch account	79
Top questions on HTC Watch	80
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	80
How long is the rental period of a video?	80
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	80
Accounts and sync	81
What online accounts can you sync with?	81
Syncing with a Google Account	81
Adding more Google Accounts	81
Forgot your Google Account password?	81
Adding a social network account	82
Managing your online accounts	82
Changing sync settings	82
Syncing an account manually	82
Managing synced account settings	82
Removing an account	82
People	83
About the People app	83
Your contacts list	83
Filtering your contacts list	84
Setting up your profile	84
What you can see on your profile	84
Importing contacts from your SIM card	84
Adding a new contact	85
Setting contact search options	85
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	85
Merging contact information	86
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	86
Manually merging contact information	86
Breaking the link	86
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	86
Importing contacts from the storage card	87
Contact information and conversations	87
Editing a contact’s information	87
Deleting contacts	88
Sending contact information	88
Sending multiple contact cards	88
Contact groups	89
Creating a group	89
Editing a contact group	89
Sending a message or email to a group	89
Rearranging your contact groups	90
Rearranging the members of a contact group	90
Deleting groups	90
Adding People widgets	90
Setting the default communication method	90
Getting in touch with a contact	91
Social	92
Facebook for HTC Sense	92
Twitter for HTC Sense	92
About Friend Stream	92
Checking notifications from your social networks	93
Updating your status in Friend Stream	93
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream	93
Posting a message on a friend's Facebook wall	93
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	94
Checking in to a place	94
Tweeting in Friend Stream	94
Searching for Twitter users to follow	94
Unfollowing a Twitter user	95
Sending a direct message	95
Replying to or retweeting a tweet	95
Using Facebook chat	95
Chatting in Google Talk	96
Using Google+	96
Email	97
Gmail	97
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	97
Sending an email message in Gmail	97
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	98
Getting help	98
Mail	98
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	98
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	99
Checking your Mail inbox	99
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	100
Switching between different views of your inbox	100
Manually refreshing an email account	100
Sorting email messages	101
Sending an email message	101
Resuming a draft email message	101
Reading and replying to an email message	101
Where are my unread email messages?	102
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	102
Searching and filtering email messages	102
Searching for emails from a contact	102
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	103
Flagging an email	103
Setting your Out of the office status	103
Sending a meeting request	103
Managing email messages	103
Moving email messages to another folder	103
Deleting email messages	103
Switching to other mail folders	103
Changing email account settings	104
Calendar	105
About Calendar	105
Creating an event	105
Calendar views	106
Month view	106
Day and agenda views	106
Week view	106
Managing Calendar events	106
Editing an event	106
Deleting an event	107
Sharing an event	107
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	107
Setting reminders for your events	107
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	108
Showing or hiding calendars	108
Changing Calendar settings	108
Maps and location	109
Location settings	109
Turning on location services	109
HTC Footprints	109
Recording favorite places with HTC Footprints	109
Adding a location as a footprint	109
Revisiting a footprint	110
Editing or deleting a footprint	110
Sharing your footprints	110
Deleting multiple footprints	110
Exporting your footprints	110
Importing footprints	110
Google Maps	111
About Google Maps	111
Getting around maps	111
Searching for a location	111
Clearing the map	112
Checking the details of a location	112
Searching for a place of interest near you	112
Getting directions	113
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	113
Opening and joining Latitude	113
Getting help	113
Google Play and other apps	114
Getting apps from Google Play	114
Finding and installing an app	114
Uninstalling an app	114
Getting help	115
Using the Clock	115
About the HTC Clock widget	115
Changing the location on the Clock widget	115
About the Clock app	115
World Clock settings	116
Setting your home city	116
Setting the date and time manually	116
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	116
Setting an alarm	116
Deleting an alarm	116
Checking Weather	117
Adding a city to the Weather screen	117
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	117
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	117
Reading news feeds	118
Subscribing to news channels	118
Adding a keyword	118
Reading a story	118
Changing update schedule and content settings	118
Keeping track of your stocks	119
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	119
Watching videos on YouTube	120
Searching for videos	120
Clearing the search history	120
Sharing a video link	120
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	120
Listening to FM Radio	121
Tuning in to an FM station	121
Closing or turning off FM Radio	121
Sharing games and apps	121
Productivity	122
Working on documents	122
Viewing a document	122
Creating a document	122
Editing a document	122
Recording your voice	123
Sharing a voice clip	123
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	123
Taking notes	123
Creating a notebook	123
Manually syncing notes	124
Composing a note	124
Creating a drawing	124
Reviewing a note	125
Playing an audio recording in Notes	125
Sharing a note	125
Completing tasks	126
Viewing the unified task list	126
Filtering tasks	126
Creating a task list	126
Managing task lists	126
Creating a task	127
Managing tasks	127
Changing Tasks settings	127
HTC Sync	128
About HTC Sync	128
Installing HTC Sync	128
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Vivid	129
Syncing songs and playlists	129
Syncing photos and videos	129
Syncing your calendar events	130
Syncing your contacts	130
Syncing your web bookmarks	131
Syncing documents and email attachments	131
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Vivid	132
Syncing another device with your computer	132
Keyboard	133
Using the onscreen keyboard	133
Selecting a keyboard layout	133
Entering text	133
Choosing multiple keyboard languages	134
Changing the keyboard language	134
Entering words with predictive text	134
Setting a second language for the keyboard	134
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	135
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	135
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	135
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	135
Entering text by speaking	136
Entering text by tracing	136
Turning on trace input	136
Internet connections	137
Data connection	137
Checking the data connection you're using	137
Turning the data connection on or off	137
Adding a new access point	137
Enabling data roaming	138
Wi-Fi	138
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	138
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network using enhanced security	139
Checking the wireless network status	139
Connecting to a different Wi‑Fi network	139
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	139
Adding a VPN connection	140
Connecting to a VPN	140
Disconnecting from a VPN	140
Using HTC Vivid as a modem (USB tethering)	141
Sharing your data connection using Mobile Hotspot	141
Connecting to the Internet through a computer	142
Bluetooth	143
Bluetooth basics	143
Turning Bluetooth on or off	143
Changing the device name	143
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	143
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	144
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	144
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	144
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	145
Sending information using Bluetooth	145
Where sent information is saved	146
Receiving information using Bluetooth	146
Security	148
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	148
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	148
Protecting HTC Vivid with a screen lock	148
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	149
Encrypting data on HTC Vivid	149
Settings	151
Changing display settings	151
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	151
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	151
Turning automatic screen rotation off	151
Recalibrating the G-sensor	151
Keeping the screen on while charging	152
Changing sound settings	152
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	152

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Updating the HTC Vivid software

HTC Vivid can check and notify you if there’s a new software update available. You

can then download and install the software update using Wi-Fi. You can also manually

check if there's an available software update.

Depending on the type of update, the update may erase all your personal data and

customized settings, and also remove any applications you’ve installed. Make sure that

you’ve backed up the information and files you want to keep.

Checking for AT&T updates manually

Use your phone’s data connection to manually check for and download AT&T updates

for your phone.

A data connection must be active before checking for AT&T updates.

From the Home screen, press

, and then tap

Settings

Tap

AT&T Software Update

Check for updates

Restarting HTC Vivid

If HTC Vivid is running slower than normal, an application is not performing properly,

or HTC Vivid becomes unresponsive, try restarting HTC Vivid and see if that helps

solve the problem.

If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on.

Unlock the display.

Press and hold the POWER button, and then tap

Restart

When asked to confirm, tap

Restart

If these steps don't work, you can remove and replace the battery, and then turn

HTC Vivid on to restart it.

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