HTC Desire 555 User manual

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HTC Desire∏555

User Guide

Contents

Features you'll enjoy

What's new and special with Camera 16

The best from HTC and Google Photos 18

Sound 18

Truly personal 19

Boost+ 21

Android 7.0 Nougat 22

What's different with the onscreen keyboard 22

Software and app updates 24

Unboxing

HTC Desire 555 overview 25

nano SIM card 27

Storage card 29

Charging the battery 31

Switching the power on or off 32

Phone setup and transfer

Setting up HTC Desire 555 for the first time 33

Ways of transferring content from your previous phone 34

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Transferring content from an Android phone 34

Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 35

Other ways of getting contacts and other content 36

Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 37

Setting a screen lock 38

Setting up Smart Lock 39

Turning the lock screen off 40

Software and app updates 40

Installing a software update 42

Installing an application update 42

Installing app updates from Google Play 43

Getting apps from Google Play 44

Downloading apps from the web 46

Uninstalling an app 47

Your first week with your new phone

HTC Sense Home 48

Sleep mode 49

Unlocking the screen 49

Motion gestures 51

Touch gestures 53

Getting to know your settings 58

Using Quick Settings 59

Capturing your phone's screen 60

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Travel mode 61

Restarting HTC Desire 555 (Soft reset) 61

Notifications 62

Selecting, copying, and pasting text 64

Entering text 65

How can I type faster? 66

Getting help and troubleshooting 69

Personalizing

Ringtones, notification sounds, and alarms 70

What is HTC Themes? 70

Choosing a Home screen layout 75

Setting your Home wallpaper 76

Adding or removing a widget panel 77

Changing your main Home screen 78

Launch bar 79

Adding Home screen widgets 80

Adding Home screen shortcuts 81

Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 82

Moving a Home screen item 82

Removing a Home screen item 83

Managing apps

Arranging apps 84

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Controlling app permissions 86

Setting default apps 86

Setting up app links 87

Disabling an app 87

Taking photos and videos

Camera screen 88

Choosing a capture mode 90

Taking a photo 92

Setting the photo quality and size 93

Tips for capturing better photos 93

Recording video 95

Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 96

Taking continuous camera shots 96

Using HDR 97

Selfies 98

Taking a panoramic photo 101

Google Photos

What you can do on Google Photos 103

Viewing photos and videos 104

Editing your photos 104

Trimming a video 105

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Web search

Getting instant information with the Google app 106

Screen search 109

Searching HTC Desire 555 and the Web 111

Power and storage management

About Boost+ 113

Tips for extending battery life 118

Using power saver mode 121

Extreme power saving mode 121

Displaying the battery percentage 122

Checking battery usage 122

Checking battery history 123

Battery optimization for apps 123

Types of storage 124

Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 125

Setting up your storage card as internal storage 126

Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 127

Moving an app to or from the storage card 128

Viewing and managing files on the storage 128

Copying files between HTC Desire 555 and your computer 129

Freeing up storage space 130

Unmounting the storage card 131

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Sync, backup, and reset

Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 133

Syncing your accounts 133

Removing an account 134

Ways of backing up files, data, and settings 135

Using Android Backup Service 136

Backing up contacts and messages 138

Restoring from your previous HTC phone 141

About HTC Sync Manager 142

Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer 144

Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone 145

Restarting HTC Desire 555 (Soft reset) 145

Resetting network settings 146

Resetting HTC Desire 555 (Hard reset) 147

HTC BlinkFeed

What is HTC BlinkFeed? 148

Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 149

Restaurant recommendations 150

Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 151

Customizing the Highlights feed 153

Playing videos on HTC BlinkFeed 153

Posting to your social networks 154

Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 154

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Phone calls

Making a call with Smart dial 155

Making a call with your voice 155

Dialing an extension number 156

Returning a missed call 156

Speed dial 157

Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 157

Receiving calls 158

Emergency call 159

What can I do during a call? 159

Setting up a conference call 161

Call History 161

Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 163

Home dialing 163

Messages

Sending a text message (SMS) 165

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 166

Sending a group message 167

Resuming a draft message 168

Replying to a message 168

Forwarding a message 169

Moving messages to the secure box 170

Blocking unwanted messages 171

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Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 171

Deleting messages and conversations 172

People

Your contacts list 174

Setting up your profile 176

Adding a new contact 176

Editing a contact’s information 178

Getting in touch with a contact 178

Importing or copying contacts 179

Merging contact information 180

Sending contact information 181

Contact groups 183

Private contacts 185

Checking your mail 186

Sending an email message 188

Reading and replying to an email message 189

Managing email messages 190

Searching email messages 191

Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 192

Adding an email account 193

What is Smart Sync? 194

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Other apps

Using the Clock 195

Setting the date and time manually 195

Setting an alarm 195

Checking Weather 196

Changing the city on the weather clock 197

Turning on location services from the weather clock 197

Recording voice clips 198

Listening to FM Radio 198

Google apps 199

Internet connections

Turning the data connection on or off 201

Managing your data usage 201

Wi-Fi connection 204

Connecting to VPN 205

Installing a digital certificate 207

Using HTC Desire 555 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 208

Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 209

Wireless sharing

What is HTC Connect? 210

Using HTC Connect to share your media 211

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