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Tips and Tricks

From the Today Screen more

Switch between the different tabs of TouchFLO 3D
Slide your finger across the face of the touch screen left-to-right or right-to-left, or tap and hold on the current tab at the bottom of the screen and drag your finger across the icons on the screen

Return to the Home tab of TouchFLO 3D
Press the End Call Button once from any application or tab

Customize the Today screen, including the background image
Settings Tab > All Settings > Personal Tab > Today

Customize the Home tab’s background image
Access the Settings Tab in TouchFLO 3D and tap Wallpaper

Open or select items
Tap on the icon using your finger or stylus

Return to the Today Screen
Press the End Call Button in any application.

Access the Notification screen
Tap anywhere on the Notification area next to the Start button at the top of the screen (data indicator, signal bars, speaker, battery, etc)

Dismiss notifications (alarm, reminders, new message indicator, etc)
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Messaging more

Access Messaging
Select the Mail or Messages Tab in TouchFLO 3D

Open selected message
Tap on the message

Compose a new message
Select the Messages or Email Tab, tap the New Message icon in Text Messages or New Email icon in email.

Reply to a message
For email, open the message and tap Reply at the bottom of the screen, or tap Menu > Reply. For SMS, open the message, enter text and tap Send.

Reply to All  
From within the message select Menu > Reply All.
In the Thread list, Highlight the message and tap Menu>Reply All.

Forward a message
From within the message select Menu > Forward.
In the Thread list, Highlight the message and Tap Menu>Forward.

View text messages  
Select the Messages tab in TouchFLO 3D

Switch between messages in TouchFLO 3D
Quickly swipe your finger upwards or downwards on the message to flip through  messages

Switch between emails in TouchFLO 3D
Quickly swipe your finger upwards or downwards on the e-mail to flip through e-mails

Switch between email accounts in TouchFLO 3D
Tap the account icon on the right side of the email screen.

Quickly add common phrases to an outgoing message
From within the message, tap Menu > My Text and tap a desired phrase

Check spelling for outgoing messages
From within the message tap Menu > Spell Check  

Check voice mail messages  
Tap the New Voicemail icon from the Status bar on the Home screen or press Phone at the bottom of the screen and hold the 1 key on the keypad.

Set the message priority for an email
While composing the message, tap Menu > Message Options and select the priority from the drop down menu.

Store attachments on the Storage rather than on the device   
Select the Mail tab.
Select Menu>Accounts>Accounts>Menu>Options.
On the Storage tab, select "When available, use this storage card to store attachments" check box.

Always include the original message when replying to messages
Select the Mail tab.
Select Menu>Accounts>Accounts>Menu>Options.
On the Message tab, select "When replying to e-mail, include body" check box Was this helpful? Yes | No

Browser more

Open the default web browser (Opera)
Slide to the Internet tab of TouchFLO 3D and tap the picture of the Earth in the middle of the screen.

Browse to Web address
Type in Web address in the address bar that appears at top of screen.

Set a homepage
In Opera, navigate to the desired page and then tap Menu icon (in the lower right corner) and then Settings > Start Page. Select Use Current and tap either the X or checkmark in the lower portion of the screen to save and close.
In Internet Explorer, browse to the desired homepage and tap Menu > Tools > Options > General (tab) -- then to use the displayed page as the homepage, tap Use Current

Rotate the screen to landscape view
Turn the phone to landscape

Zoom in to a webpage in Opera
Double tap the area you want to zoom in on or slide your finger along the magnification sensor below the screen.

Zoom out of a webpage in Opera
Double tap the area you want to zoom out on or slide your finger along the magnification sensor below the screen.

View different parts of the webpage
Tap and hold your finger on the touch screen and drag the page
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Calendar and Contacts more

Access the Calendar
Tap the Calendar tab in TouchFLO 3D

Access addresses and phone numbers from Contacts
Select the People Tab and tap All People.

View or edit a calendar appointment
From within the Calendar, tap the specific calendar entry, then Menu > Edit to modify it

Add a new calendar entry
From within the Calendar tap Menu > New

Delete an appointment
From within the Calendar, highlight the specific calendar entry then tap Menu > Delete Appointment

Move between days
Tap the up and down arrows beside the date.

Add a picture or assign a ringtone to a New contact
Access People > All People. Tap Menu > New Contact and enter the contact information (there will be areas to select a custom picture or ringtone). Tap OK to save.

Create a contact from Call History
Access Call History by going to Phone > Menu > Call History from within the Phone application. Tap the New Contact button to the right of the phone number and select Yes, Create a New Contact. Was this helpful? Yes | No

Typing more

Access onscreen keyboard
While in a text entry field, tap the keyboard icon at bottom of screen.

Change the type of the onscreen keyboard being used
Tap the arrow icon next to the keyboard icon and select the desired keyboard

Type a single uppercase letter
On either the onscreen and slide out keyboard, tap/press Shift and then the corresponding key.

Type all uppercase letters
On the onscreen keyboard, tap Shift. On the slide out keyboard, tap Shift twice to enter CAPS mode

Enter a number or a symbol
On the onscreen keyboard, tap the 12# button. On the slide out keyboard, press the FN button and the corresponding key

Enable or disable T9 predictive text
On the onscreen keyboard, tap the XT9/ABC button to switch between modes. Was this helpful? Yes | No

General Tips more

Change the sleep and backlight settings
Settings Tab > All Settings > System > Power. On the Advanced tab of the Power settings screen, you can specify when your device turns off (to conserve battery power). Note: Changing these settings will impact the length of time that the screen stays on while on a call.

Switch to/from sleep mode
Tap the Power button (located on the top of the device) once, or remove the stylus from the device to wake it up

Add or remove cities in the Weather tab of TouchFLO 3D
Tap Menu > Add Location or Remove Location.
Note: Add Location will only be available if there is room for more cities, this application will support up to 10 cities at a time.

Switch between cities in the Weather tab of TouchFLO 3D
Quickly swipe your finger upwards or downwards on the current weather to switch cities

Change font size to see more/less content on the screen
Settings Tab > All Settings > System tab > Screen > Text Size tab; use the onscreen slider to adjust the text size.

Close running applications
Tap the Quick Menu icon in the upper right of the Today screen and tap the X next to the application you want to close

Access the Camera
Select the Photos and Videos Tab and tap the Camera or Video Recorder icon, or select Start >All  Programs > Camera

Switch between Camera capture modes
Tap the center of the screen while in the Camera application to access the capture mode menu

Preview pictures in the Photos and Videos tab in TouchFLO 3D
Swipe your finger upwards/downwards on the image to switch between the different pictures in the device memory

View a picture in full screen
From the Photos and Videos Tab  tap the picture you want to see full size

Zoom in/out of a picture in the HTC Photo Album
While viewing a picture full screen, use the magnification sensor below the screen.

Adjust the size of the clock on the Home tab
Quickly swipe your finger upwards on the face of the clock to shrink the clock -- swipe downwards to make the clock larger

Adjust the time, time zone, or alarm clock settings
Tap on the clock from the Home tab
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Phone more

Change the sleep and backlight settings
Settings Tab > All Settings > System > Power. On the Advanced tab of the Power settings screen, you can specify when your device turns off (to conserve battery power). Note: Changing these settings will impact the length of time that the screen stays on while on a call.

Switch to/from sleep mode
Tap the Power button (located on the top of the device) once, or remove the stylus from the device to wake it up

Add or remove cities in the Weather tab of TouchFLO 3D
Tap Menu > Add Location or Remove Location.
Note: Add Location will only be available if there is room for more cities, this application will support up to 10 cities at a time.

Switch between cities in the Weather tab of TouchFLO 3D
Quickly swipe your finger upwards or downwards on the current weather to switch cities

Change font size to see more/less content on the screen
Settings Tab > All Settings > System tab > Screen > Text Size tab; use the onscreen slider to adjust the text size.

Close running applications
Tap the Quick Menu icon in the upper right of the Today screen and tap the X next to the application you want to close

Access the Camera
Select the Photos and Videos Tab and tap the Camera or Video Recorder icon, or select Start >All  Programs > Camera

Switch between Camera capture modes
Tap the center of the screen while in the Camera application to access the capture mode menu

Preview pictures in the Photos and Videos tab in TouchFLO 3D
Swipe your finger upwards/downwards on the image to switch between the different pictures in the device memory

View a picture in full screen
From the Photos and Videos Tab tap the picture you want to see full size

Zoom in/out of a picture in the HTC Photo Album
While viewing a picture full screen, use the magnification sensor below the screen.

Adjust the size of the clock on the Home tab
Quickly swipe your finger upwards on the face of the clock to shrink the clock -- swipe downwards to make the clock larger

Adjust the time, time zone, or alarm clock settings
Tap on the clock from the Home tab Was this helpful? Yes | No