HTC EVO 4G User Manual

 
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Home Screen Basics
 
Extended Screens  
Customize the Home Screen 
Launch Bar, Apps, and Folders  
Home Screen Basics 
Your phone allows you to rearrange the order of your home screens and even remove extended 
screens at any time. 
Rearrang e the Home Screen  
Reorder your extended screens in any way that fits how you use them. For example, move the 
screens with frequently used widgets, shortcuts, and folders closer to the Home screen.  
1.  Pinch the Home screen to display...

 
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Remove a Home Screen Panel  
Remove any unwanted screens to make your phone less cluttered.  
1.  Pinch the Home screen to display thumbnail images of all the screens.  
2.  Touch and hold the thumbnail of the screen you want to remove. Your phone  vibrates. 
Don ’t lift your finger just yet.  
3.  Drag the thumbnail to Remove  at the top of the screen.  
Note :  You can add back a Home screen panel . 
Extended Screen s 
In addition to the H ome screen, your p hone has six extended...

 
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Customize the Home Screen  
Learn how to add, move, or remove items from the Home screen.  
Add Widgets on Your Home Screen  
Widgets put at-a -glance important information and media  content up front on your Home screen. 
Some widgets are already added to your Home screen for your convenience. You can add more 
from the available selections of widgets.  
1.  Touch  and hold on an empty space on your Home screen.  
2.  On the Widgets tab, you can:  
   Slide left or right to browse...

 
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Move, Remove, or Edit  Items on Your Home Screen or Extended Screens  
1. Touch and hold the item you want to move,  remove, or edit . 
 
2.  Do one of the following:  
   To move the item, drag it to a new area and then release it.  
   To remove the item, drag it to the Remove  button and then release it.  
   You can change the settings of some of the widgets (for example, you can change 
the city that is displayed on the weather clock widget).  To edit a widget, drag it to...

 
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1.
 Touch and hold the app you want to replace, and then drag it out of the launch bar.  
 
2.  Touch   to go to the All apps screen.  
3.  Touch and hold an app, and then drag it to the empty slot on the launch bar.  
You can also place shortcuts to settings or information on the launch bar. Add a shortcut first to 
the Home screen, and then drag it to the launch bar.  
Group Apps in a Folder 
Find your apps even easier by grouping  them into folders. 
1.  Touch  and hold an app,...

 
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3.
 Touch  , and then select one or more apps that you want to add to the folder.  
4.  Touch  Add. 
Switch to Recent Apps  
Use the Recent Apps key to view your recently opened apps.  
1.  Touch   . 
2.  Slide your finger left or  right to see recently -opened apps . 
 
3.  Touch an app to open it.  
Status and Notifications  
The status bar and notification panel make it easy to see your phone’ s connection, alert you of 
new messages, and  much more. 
Status Bar  
Notifications...

 
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Status Icons 
 
Icon Description 
 Signal strength  (More bars =  stronger signal)  
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service  
 Phone  is “roaming” off the Nationwide Sprint Network  
 Connected to a Wi-Fi network  
 Sprint 4G  LTE  Network is available  
 Sprint 4G LTE  Network available and active (with icon animation)  
 Sprint 3G Network is available 
 Sprint 3G Network  available and active (with icon animation)  
 Sprint 3G Network is currently  unavailable  
 
Phone’s location feature is on and...

 
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Notification Icons 
 
Icon Description 
 New text or multimedia message 
 New voicemail 
 New Gmail message  
 New Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync  or POP3/IMAP email message  
 Problem with text or multimedia message delivery  
 New instant message from Google Talk 
 Upcoming event 
 Music is playing 
 General notification (for example, sync error)  
 Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks are available  
 Sprint Hotspot is on 
 Data synchronizing –  connected to HTC Sync  
 New...

 
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 Storage card is blank 
 Downloaded Google Play app installed successfully  
 
Notifications Panel 
When you get a new notification, you can open the Notifications panel to see the message, 
reminder, or event notification.  The Notifications panel lets you quickly switch between recently 
opened apps, and also lets you easily turn on settings such as 4G,  Wi -Fi , and Bluetooth.   
Open the Notifications Panel  
To open the Notifications panel,  touch and hold the status bar, and...

 
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adapter or a computer). 
Solid red Battery is charging. 
Flashing red Battery is low. (Power is below 14%.) 
Flashing green You have a pending notification (for example, a new message or a 
missed call). 
 
Note:  The indicators are listed in order of priority. For example, if your phone  is connected 
to the AC adapter and the battery is charging, the LED will be solid red an d will not 
switch to a flashing green light  even if there is a pending notification.  
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