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Your T-Mobile myTouch 4G
User guide
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Before you do anything else, please read this Charge the battery The battery in your phone hasn’t been charged yet. While your phone is charging, it’s important that you do not remove the battery pack. Doing so can damage your phone. Also, please don’t try to take your phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.) Choose a rate plan wisely Your phone can use up a lot of Internet bandwidth really quickly. Before you use your phone, we strongly recommend that you talk to T-Mobile a
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Conventions used in this guide In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information: This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens on your phone when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides information that may only be applicable to some situations. This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure, or lets you know of an option that you may find helpf
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Contents Basics Inside the box ...............................................................................................................................8 Your phone ....................................................................................................................................8 Back cover.................................................................................................................................... 10 SIM card.........................................
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Contents 5 Contacts About Contacts..........................................................................................................................36 Setting up My contact card...................................................................................................36 Ways of getting contacts into your phone.....................................................................37 Merging contact information.....................................................................
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6 Contents About the Calendar widget...................................................................................................83 Clock and Weather About the Clock app............................................................................................................... 84 Using Desk Clock...................................................................................................................... 84 Using World Clock..................................................
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Contents 7 Maps and location Turning on location services............................................................................................... 123 Google Maps ............................................................................................................................. 123 More apps Watching videos on YouTube............................................................................................130 Reading news feeds .............................................
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8 Basics Basics Inside the box You will find the following inside the box: T-Mobile myTouch 4G phone Battery (preinstalled) ™ microSD card (preinstalled) USB cable 3.5mm stereo headset Power adapter Quick start guide Safety and regulatory guide Your phone Front panel 1 Notification LED 11 1 2 Proximity sensor 10 3 MENU 4 HOME 2 5 Microphone 6 GENIUS button 9 7 BACK 8 Trackpad 3 8 9 Touch screen 7 10 Earpiece 11 Second camera 6 4 5
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Basics 9 Left and right panels 1 VOLUME UP 2 VOLUME DOWN 3 Dock contacts 1 4 USB connector 5 CAMERA 2 3 5 4 Back panel 1 LED flashlight 2 5 megapixel camera 1 3 Speaker 4 Back cover 2 3 4 Top panel 1 POWER 2 2 3.5mm headset jack 1
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10 Basics Back cover Removing the back cover Remove the bottom cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and storage card slot. 1. With the phone switched off, hold your phone securely with the front facing down. 2. With your finger, lift up the back cover from the small opening at the back of the phone to remove it. Replacing the back cover 1. Secure the top part of the back cover first by aligning into the two openings located at the back of the phone (right below the c
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Basics 11 2. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out, push the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot. Removing the SIM card 1. Take the back cover off. See "Removing the back cover" to find out how. 2. If the battery is installed, remove the battery. See "Removing the battery" to find out how. 3. Push the SIM card out from the back of the slot, and then slide the SIM card out. Storage card Use the microSD card to store your photos, videos, a
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12 Basics 3. Slide the storage card out from its slot. Removing the storage card while the phone is on When you need to remove the storage card while the phone is on, unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card. 1. On the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings. 2. Scroll down the screen, and then tap SD & phone storage. 3. Tap Unmount SD card. 4. Remove the storage card by following the steps in "Removing the storage card". Batter
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Basics 13 Inserting the battery 1. Remove the back cover. See "Removing the back cover" to find out how. 2. Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place. Charging the battery The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before you turn on and start using your phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full charge/discharge cycles. Do not remove the battery from the phone while you are char
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14 Basics Switching your phone on or off Switching your phone on Press the POWER button. Easy. When you turn on the phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up. See the Getting started chapter for details. Switching your phone off 1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock the screen by sliding down the bar on the lock screen. See "Unlocking the screen" in the Getting started chapter for details. 2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few se
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Getting started 15 Getting started Setting up your phone for the first time When you turn on your phone for the first time, your phone guides you to set up your Home screen with widgets and shortcuts and add email, Mobile Web Cam, and social network accounts. You can follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup, or skip the setup and do it at another time. Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running with your phone in no time. Some features that need to
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16 Getting started Press HOME to return to the main Home screen (that is, the center home screen). Need more? You can add 2 more screens to your Home screen for a total of 7 screens. To add 2 more screens, press HOME > MENU, tap Settings > Personalize, and then select the Home screen pages check box. Using Leap view To jump straight to the screen that you want, press HOME while on the main Home screen or pinch the screen to show the Leap view. It reveals all five (or seven) Home scr
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Getting started 17 HSPA+ connected Speakerphone on HSPA+ in use Wired microphone headset connected Roaming Wired headset connected No signal Bluetooth is on No SIM card installed Connected to a Bluetooth device Connected to a Wi-Fi network Airplane mode Data synchronizing GPS is on Alarm is set Notification icons A busy life means a busy phone. Notification icons on the status bar make it easy for you to keep on top of your messages, calendar events and alarms. Here’s what each one means:
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18 Getting started Bluetooth pairing request Storage card is safe to remove or storage card is being prepared Phone software update available No storage card installed on the phone Faves event notification Storage card is low on free space Song is playing General notification FM Radio app in use More (not displayed) notifications Voice recording is on Car dock app in use Compass needs orientation Wi-Fi calling ready Notification LED The notification LED shows a: Solid green light when th
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Getting started 19 Opening the Notifications panel Press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel. If you have several notifications, you can scroll down the screen to see them all. You can also open the Notifications panel on the Home screen by pressing MENU and then tapping Notifications. Switching between recently-opened apps On the Notifications panel, you can easily access up to eight apps you just recently opened. 1. Press and hold t
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20 Getting started Connecting your phone to a computer Whenever you connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable, the Connect to PC screen opens and lets you choose the type of USB connection. Select one of the following choices, and then tap Done: Before you can use USB tethering, you need to install the HTC driver first on your computer. You can find the HTC driver in the microSD card that is installed on your phone. To install the driver on your computer, just connec
