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Phone Basics 
Your phone  is packed with features that simplify your life and expand your ability to stay 
connected to the people and information that are important to you. The topics in this section will 
introduce the basic functions and features of your phone.  
Your  Phone’ s Layout  
Turn Your Phone  On and Off 
Turn Your Screen On and Off  
Touchscreen Navigation 
Your Home Screen  
Status and Notifications  
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Your Phone ’s Layout  
The illustrations below outline your phone’ s basic layout . 
Front  panel  
 
 Power Button  lets you turn the phone  on or off, turn the screen on or off, restart the 
phone, or switch your phone  to airplane mode. 
  Earpiece  lets you hear the caller and automated prompts.  
  Proximity sensor  automatically switches the display screen off when you hold the 
phone  near your face during a call. When activated, the proximity sensor does not affect 
the  phone’ s 3G, 4G, or Wi -Fi connection.  
Important :  If you want to use a screen protector, please don’ t cover and block the proximity 
sensor. You can purchase the  dedicated screen protector for your  phone that 
already has a small opening for the sensor.  
  Back Key  lets you return to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, 
the Notifications panel, or onscreen keyboard.  
  Microphone  allows other callers to hear you clearly when you are speaking to them.   
						

							 
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 
Home Key  lets you di splay the main Home screen. When in standby mode, touch and 
hold to open the recently used applications window.  
  Recent Apps  Key lets you select and return to recently opened apps.  
  Camera  Key opens the Camera app.  
  Touchscreen  lets you view and control all the features of your phone . 
  Volume Button  allows you to adjust the ringer or media volume or adjust the voice 
volume during a call.  
  Front Indicator Light (LED)  shows your phone’ s status or pending notifications at a 
glance.  
  Front Camera  allows you to take photos and videos or start a video call.  
Back panel  
 
 Top Panel Cover  covers the microSD card slot.  
  Kickstand  holds the phone  sideways on a desk top so you can view photos and videos 
hands -free.  
  Speaker  lets you hear the different ringers and sounds. The speaker also lets you hear 
the caller ’s voice in speakerphone mode.   
						

							 
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 
Charger/Accessory  Jack allows you to connect the phone  charger or the USB cable 
(included).   
CAUTION!  Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone . 
  Flash  helps illuminate subjects in low -light environments when the camera is focusing 
and capturing a photo or video.  
  Camera Lens  lets you take pictures and videos.  
  3.5 mm Headset Jack  allows you to plug in either a stereo headset or an optional 
headset for convenient, hands -free conversations.  
CAUTION!  Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone . 
Kickstand  
Enjoy your photos and videos hands -free with the  kickstand. Just flip the kickstand  and then 
place the phone  on a level and stable surface.  
 
When you need to charge the phone, such as when you’ re in the middle of a full-length movie , 
you can turn your phone  to  access the charger/accessory jack . 
 
CAUTION!  When you ’re using the kickstand  and charging the  phone battery at the same 
time, do not apply excessive force on top of the phone  to prevent the kickstand 
from retracting . 
Turn Your  Phone On and Off  
The instructions below explain how to turn your phone on and off , or how to restart the phone. 
Turn Your Phone On  
  Press and hold  .  
						

							 
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Turn Your Phone Off  
1. Press and hold   to open the  Power options menu.  
Note :  When the screen is locked and you press  , it will only turn off the screen and 
not the  phone. You will need to unlock the screen first before you press and hold 
  to turn the  phone off. See  Turn Your Screen On and Off  for details.  
2.  Touch  Power off  to turn the  phone off.  
Restart Your Phone  
Restarting the phone  will close all running apps and will clear all temporary files in the phone’ s 
memory. Make sure to save your work before restarting the phone.  
1.  Press  and hold   for  about two seconds.  
2.  On the Power options menu, touch  Restart. 
3.  In the Restart phone confirmation box,  touch Restart . 
Note :  If the phone hangs and the touchscreen does not respond, press  and hold   for 
about 10 seconds to restart the  phone. 
Turn Your Screen  On and Off 
Your phone allows you to quickly turn the screen off when not in use and to turn it back on and 
unlock it when you need it.  
Turn the Screen Off When Not in Use  
 To quickly turn the screen off, press  . Pressing   agai n or receiving an 
incoming call will turn on your phone  screen and show the lock screen. 
To save battery power, the phone  automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of 
time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the 
phone’ s screen is off.  
Note :  For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see  Screen 
Timeout .  
Turn the Screen On  and Unlock It 
Below are steps for  how to unlock your phone’ s screen. 
1.  To turn the screen on,  press   .  
2.  Flick  the ring up to unlock  the screen.   
						

							 
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Your Phone’s  Lock Screen  
Aside from protecting the  phone’s screen from unwanted  touches and presses , the lock screen 
also displays  important information,  updates, and messages at a glance, and  provides  shortcut 
icons to your  favorite applications.  
Unlock the Screen  
Customize the Lock Screen 
Unlock the Screen 
Unlock the screen to receive an incoming call or to access your phone.  
1.  When the screen is off, press   to show the lock screen.  
2.  Do any of the following:  
   Flick  the ring up to unlock the screen. When you have an incoming call,  flicking the 
ring up answers the call.  
   Drag a shortcut icon, a photo, or a message to the ring to unlock the screen and 
launch  the related application.  
  
						

							 
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Note :  If you have set up a screen lock, you will be prompted to draw the pattern or enter 
the password or PIN. See  Security-Screen Lock . 
Customize the Lock Screen 
You can customize the lock screen style and change the shortcuts that  appear on the lock 
screen.  
1.  Slide down the Notifications panel, and then  touch  >  Personalize.  
2.  On the Display tab, touch  Lock screen style.  
3.  Slide your finger left or right to choose a lock screen style.  
4.  Touch  the lock screen style to see a preview. If you want to further customize it, t ouch 
Settings . 
5.  Touch  Apply . 
Tip:   The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same apps as the ones on your Home 
screen’ s launch bar. To change them, you’ ll have to replace the apps on the launch 
bar.  
Touchscreen  Navigation 
Your phone’ s touchscreen lets you control actions through a variety of touch gestures .  
						

							 
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Touch  
When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select  items onscreen such as application 
and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger . 
 
Touch  and Hold  
To open the available options for an item (for example,  a contact or link in a Web page),  touch 
and hold the item.  
 
Swipe  or Slide  
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.   
 
Drag  
To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. 
While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.  
Flick 
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quick 
strokes. This finger gestur e is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts  
						

							 
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or message list.
 
 
Rotate  
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to 
landscape by turning the phone  sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone  sideways 
to bring up a bigger keyboard. See HTC Sense Input Keyboard  for more details. 
 
Note :  The Auto -rotate screen  option  in   ( Settings)  > Display & gestures  needs to be 
selected for the screen orientation to automatically change.  
Pinch and Spread  
“Pinch” the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom  out , or “spread” the screen to zoom 
in when viewing a picture or  a Web page. (Move fingers inward to zoom out and outward to 
zoom in.)  
  
Two -finger Scrolling  
In some applications  that have sorting, like Mail or People, you can use two  fingers to scroll the 
screen. The screen displays the  sorting order, and you can easily scroll to the information you  
						

							 
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want.
 
 
Press and Flick 
On the Home screen, you can easily move a widget or icon from one screen to another. Press 
and hold the widget or icon with one finger, and flic k the screen to the new location with another 
finger.  
 
Your Home Screen  
The Home screen is the starting point for your phone’ s applications, functions, and menus. You 
can customize your H ome screen by adding application icons, shortcut s, folders, widgets, and 
more.  Your  Home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left or right to 
display additional screens.