HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L Your HTC Phone User guide
6 Unboxing HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L Unboxing SIM card HTC Phone uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text messages. Inserting the SIM card 1. Hold the phone face up and the top panel facing you. 2. Insert the tip of the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole next to the SIM card tray slot. 3.
Unboxing HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 7 Removing the SIM card Make sure to switch off HTC Phone before removing your SIM card. 1. Hold the phone face up and the top panel facing you. 2. Insert the tip of the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole next to the SIM card tray slot. 3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects. 4. Pull the SIM card tray out, and remove the SIM card.
Unboxing HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 8 Charging the battery Before you turn on and start using HTC Phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Only the power adapter and USB cable provided in the box must be used to charge the battery. 1. Insert the small end of the USB cable into the USB connector. 2. Insert the other end of the USB cable into the power adapter. 3. Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
Unboxing HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 9 Want some quick guidance on your phone? Learning the basics with Quick Tips After your phone starts, you'll see a transparent overlay of Quick Tips on some screens (such as the Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC Phone. The tips for a screen won't display again after you've closed them. To view the Quick Tips again, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap About > Help > Show all quick tips.
10 Setting up your phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L Setting up your phone Setting up HTC Phone for the first time When you switch on HTC Phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. Walk through the on-device setup to choose your Internet connection, sign in to your online accounts, and more. Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees. Don’t worry.
Setting up your phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 11 § Check your friends’ status updates and posts on the Home screen when using the Feeds view. § View events and reminders in Calendar. Posting an update on your social network You can easily post a status update from the Home screen. 1. From the Feeds view, tap , and then choose a social network. If the icon doesn't show, scroll to the top and pull down the screen. 2.
12 Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L Your first week with your new phone Basics Touch gestures Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen, open apps, scroll through lists, and more. Tap Tap the screen with your finger when you want to select onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 13 Swipe or slide Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages, scroll through documents, and more. Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, don't release your finger until you have reached the target position.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 14 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 flick the screen to the new location with another finger. Pinch and spread In some apps, like Gallery, Messages, Mail, or the web browser, spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or text.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 15 Two-finger swipe In some apps that have sorting, like Mail or People, swipe up or down using two fingers to scroll the screen. The screen displays the sorting order, and you can easily scroll to the information you want. Three-finger swipe Swipe up using three fingers to share content such as photos, videos, and music from HTC Phone to your TV or speakers.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 16 Motion gestures Use motion gestures to mute, lower the ringtone volume, and more. Flip to silence When a call comes in you can turn HTC Phone over to mute it. Pick up to lower volume In a business meeting or restaurant, pick HTC Phone up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 17 Rotate HTC Phone for a better view For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn HTC Phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. Sleep mode Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Phone into a low power state while the display is off.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 18 Unlocking the screen You can: § Drag the lock icon or clock up. § Swipe up from an empty space on the lock screen. If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC Phone unlocks. If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can snooze or dismiss the event or alarm right from the lock screen. Just drag or up.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 19 Switching between recently opened apps When you're multitasking and using different apps on HTC Phone, you can easily switch between the apps you've recently opened. Double-tap to see recently-opened apps. § To switch back to an app, just tap it. § To remove an app from the list, drag it up.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 20 Home screen feeds Checking feeds on your Home screen Stay in touch with friends or get the latest about your interests right on your Home screen. Set up which social networks, news sources, and more will appear. HTC Phone refreshes the stream every time you return to the Home screen. § Tap a tile to view more details or to comment on a post or status update.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 21 Choosing your default Home screen Do you like browsing feeds most of the time? Or do you like interacting with apps more? You can personalize to go straight to the Feeds view or the All apps view. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Personalize. 2. Tap Home screen. 3. Choose if you want to go to the apps list or Home screen feeds when pressing .
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 22 Notifications panel Notification icons inform you of new messages, calendar events, alarms, and activities in progress such as files downloading. When you see notification icons, open the Notifications panel to check out details of the notifications that you've received. You can also quickly access settings from the Notifications panel. 1. To open the Notifications panel, slide down from the top of the screen.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 23 Working with text Selecting, copying, and pasting text In apps such as the web browser and Mail, you can select and copy text, and then paste or share it. 1. Press and hold on a word. 2. Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to select. You can use the magnifier to zoom in while selecting your text.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 24 The HTC Sense keyboard Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense™ keyboard. § Turn on the Trace keyboard so you can type words by just sliding your finger from one letter to another. See Using the Trace keyboard on page 26. § You can type words by just speaking. See Entering text by speaking on page 27. § Word prediction also saves typing time.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 25 Selecting a keyboard layout Choose a keyboard layout that suits your typing style. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Language & keyboard. 2. Tap HTC Sense Input > Keyboard selection. 3. Tap Keyboard types, and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 26 Adding words and phrases to the word prediction dictionary Add frequently-used names, acronyms, and even phrases to the word prediction dictionary to easily find them in the suggestion list. Type even faster when you create text shortcuts to words and phrases. Instead of typing Talk to you later, save a few keystrokes by adding the ttyl shortcut.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 27 Entering text by speaking No time to type? Try speaking the words to enter them. 1. Tap an area where you want to enter text. 2. On the onscreen keyboard, press and hold . 3. When you see the microphone image, speak out the words you want to type. To set the voice input language, tap the language bar above the microphone image. You can choose one or more languages.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 28 Optimizing battery life with power saver mode Turning power saver mode on helps to increase battery life. It reduces the usage of phone features that drain the battery such as the CPU and display. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open. If you want to choose which phone features to conserve power for, tap the Power saver notification first before you turn power saver mode on.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 29 § Use automatic brightness (the default), or manually lower the brightness. § Set the screen timeout to a shorter time. § Don't use a live wallpaper for your Home screen. Animation effects are nice to show off to other people but they drain your battery. Changing your wallpaper to a plain, black background can also help a little. The less color is displayed, the less battery is used.
Your first week with your new phone HT HT C C C C ON F ON ID FI EN DE T I NT AL IA L 30 § Choose widgets wisely. Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not important from your Home screen. § In Play Store, tap > Settings, and then clear Auto-add widgets to avoid automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you've installed new apps. Also clear Auto-update apps if you're fine with updating apps from Play Store manually.
