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How to Backup and Wipe your Phone

You’ve may have been wondering, “How do I Backup and Wipe my phone?” Weather you have a new phone or selling your device, you should backup and wipe your phone. You will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!

Backup
First off, conect your device to your computer via USB. Then mount your device as a disk drive and move the data on the phone/SD card to a folder on the computer. People running 2.2 will be able to backup app data to the SD card as well.

Wipe


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [Settings]


When looking at your Settings menu, select [Privacy]


Once in the Privacy menu, select [Factory Data Reset]


A prompt will come up, if you’ve done everything right select [Reset Phone]

Now your device is reset to the factory settings! The device will restart itself and reboot to the setup page.

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How to Update an App

Apps are always updating. You should always keep your apps up to date for new features or bug fixes. You will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!



Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, pull down the notification bar


Once the notification bar menu is down, select [Updates Available]


You will see the My Apps menu come up, select the app you wish to update (I’m using Google Maps)



On the next two screens you will select [Update] and then [OK]


A prompt will then pop up to overwrite the existing app, select [OK]

Now your app is fully updated! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to disable the Touch Tones

You may have been wondering, “How do I disable the Touch Tones when the screen/keyboard are touched?” From using this feature, it just helps you get use to the keys and some people like to disable it. You will find out how to change it in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [Settings]


When looking at your Settings menu, select [Sound & Display]



Once in the Sound & Display menu, select [Audible Touch Tones] and [Audible Seletion] (This turns it on/off)

Your Touch Tones is now disabled! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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What Version of Android OS is on Your Phone

You’ve may have been wondering, “What version of Android OS is on my phone?” Most people know what OS build they have but if you don’t you will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!

Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [Settings]


When looking at your Settings menu, select [About Phone]


Once in the About Phone menu, select [Software Information]


On this screen you will see all the software information

Now you know what OS of Android you are running! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to Format Your SD Card

You’ve may have been wondering, “How do I Format My SD Card?” I know many people have SD cards in there phone for extra storage. You will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [Settings]


When looking at your Settings menu, select [SD & Phone Storage]


Once in the SD & Phone Storage menu, select [Format SD Card]



On the next two screens you will select [Format SD Card] and then [Erase Everything]

Now your SD card is formatted! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to Add Music to your Phone

You’ve may have been wondering, “How do I Add Music to my Phone?” I know tons of people that use there phone as an MP3 player because it beats lugging different devices around You will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!


Take your phone and plug it into usb port on computer


A menu will appear on the phone, select [Disk Drive] then [OK]

Now you can move music files to your phone and enjoy your tunes on the go.

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Adding a Picture to a Contact

If you happen to own a HTC Aria, you may have been wondering, “How do I add a Picture to a Contact?” This lets you know who’s calling you instead of giving you just a call screen. You will find out how to add them in our step by step walk through!


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [All Programs]


When looking at your All Programs menu, select [People]


Once in the People menu, select a contact that you’d like to edit and select [Edit]


Select [Camera] and the album you want to add the picture from


Select the picture you want, edit it and select [Save]

Your new Contact Picture is now set! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to Uninstall an Application

You’ve may have been wondering, “How do I Uninstall an App?” Maybe your just looking get rid of some unused Apps. You will find out how to do this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, press the [Menu] soft key, then select [Settings]


When looking at your Settings menu, select [Application]


Once in the Application menu, select [Manage Applications]


You will then select your desired App you want to uninstall, and select [Uninstall] then [OK]

The App is now uninstalled! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to get Better Battery Life

You’ve may have been wondering, “How do I get Better Battery Life out of my Android?” I know from using some Androids that there are a ton of things running all the time. You will find out how to solve this in our step by step walk through using the HTC Aria!


Looking at the homescreen on your HTC Aria, select [Market]


The Market will open up, select [Search]


Search for the App you are looking for (I’m using Advanced Task Killer)



Select [Install] and [OK] on the next screen


You can now kill unused apps to save some battery life.

Your App is now installed! To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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How to Install and Start Up an Internet Radio App

Don’t feel like listening to your personal music library. Well the new craze is Internet Radio like Pandora or Slacker. These will let you listen to your favorite band and you can always find new a new band or song. This how to will show you step by step on Installing and Starting Up an Internet Radio App using the HTC Aria!


Looking at the homescreen on the HTC Aria, select [Market]


The Market will open up, select [Search]


Search for the App you are looking for (I’m using Pandora)



Select [Install] and [OK] on the next screen


Once your App is installed you can start using it

Start up the App and you will be prompted to Login or Create a Account

Now you can enjoy some your favorite tunes or some new ones. To get to the homescreen you can either hit the [Home] button on your screen or Repeat hitting the [Back] button till you are back at the homescreen.

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