HTC HTC Desire X User manual

Your HTC Desire X

User guide

Contents

Unboxing

HTC Desire X 8

Back cover 9

SIM card 10

Storage card 11

Battery 12

Switching the power on or off 13

Setting up HTC Desire X for the first time 14

Want some quick guidance on using your phone? 14

Your first week with your new phone

Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire X 16

Home screen 17

Touch gestures 18

Motion gestures 22

Sleep mode 24

Getting contacts into HTC Desire X 25

Making your first call 26

Sending your first text message 26

Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC Desire X 27

Copying and sharing text 27

Capturing the HTC Desire X screen 28

Switching between recently opened apps 28

Can't find the Menu button? 28

Notifications 29

Getting to know your settings 30

Getting the battery to last longer 30

Updating the HTC Desire X software 32

Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 32

Camera

Camera basics 34

Taking a photo 35

Recording video 35

Taking continuous camera shots 36

Camera scenes 36

Improving portrait shots 36

Using HDR 36

Taking a panoramic photo 37

Taking a group shot 38

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Shooting in low light 38

Changing camera and video settings 38

Personalizing

Making HTC Desire X truly yours 39

Personalizing HTC Desire X with scenes 39

Changing your wallpaper 40

Applying a new skin 40

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 41

Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 42

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 42

Personalizing the launch bar 43

Grouping apps into a folder 43

Personalizing with sound sets 44

Rearranging application tabs 45

Phone calls

Making a call with Smart dial 46

Using Speed dial 46

Calling a phone number in a text message 47

Calling a phone number in an email 47

Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 47

Making an emergency call 47

Receiving calls 48

What can I do during a call? 49

Setting up a conference call 51

Internet calls 51

Call history 52

Home dialing 53

Call services 53

Messages

About the Messages app 54

Sending a text message (SMS) 54

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 54

Resuming a draft message 56

Checking your messages 56

Replying to a message 57

Forwarding a message 57

WAP push messages 58

Managing message conversations 58

Backing up your text messages 59

Setting message options 60

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Desire X and the Web 61

Browsing the Web 61

Private browsing 63

Adding and managing your bookmarks 63

Saving web content for later 64

Viewing your browsing history 64

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Downloading files and apps 65

Setting browser options 66

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 67

Music 73

Accounts and sync

Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 78

Adding one or more Google Accounts 78

Managing your online accounts 79

People

About the People app 80

Your contacts list 80

Setting up your profile 81

Adding a new contact 82

Importing or copying contacts 82

Merging contact information 83

Contact information and conversations 83

Contact groups 84

Adding People widgets 86

Sending contact information 86

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 87

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 88

About Friend Stream 88

Updating your status in Friend Stream 88

Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 89

Chatting in Google Talk 90

Using Google+ 90

Gmail 91

Mail 92

Calendar

About Calendar 99

Creating an event 99

Viewing the Calendar 99

Managing Calendar events 100

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 101

Setting reminders for your events 102

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 102

Showing or hiding calendars 102

Changing Calendar settings 102

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Online storage and services

Dropbox 103

SkyDrive 107

HTC Car

On the road with HTC Car 110

Playing music in HTC Car 110

Finding your way with HTC Car 111

Staying connected to your contacts 112

Changing HTC Car settings 112

Travel and maps

Location settings 113

Locations 113

Google Maps 122

Essential apps

Using the Clock 126

Checking Weather 128

Working on documents 129

Keeping track of your tasks 130

Google Play and other apps

Getting apps from Google Play 134

Watching videos on YouTube 135

Listening to FM Radio 136

Recording voice clips 136

Sharing games and apps 137

Your phone and computer

Where apps, data, and files are stored 138

Connecting HTC Desire X to a computer 138

Copying files to or from the storage card 139

HTC Sync Manager basics 139

Playing music in HTC Sync Manager 142

Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager 143

Setting up HTC Sync Manager to recognize HTC Desire X 144

Setting up HTC Desire X to sync with your computer 144

Syncing HTC Desire X and your computer 148

Importing music from a CD with HTC Sync Manager 148

Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering 149

Connecting to the Internet through a computer 150

Internet connections

Data connection 151

Wi-Fi 152

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 153

Using HTC Desire X as a wireless router 154

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 156

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 156

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 157

Sending information using Bluetooth 158

Receiving information using Bluetooth 159

Settings and security

Turning Airplane mode on or off 161

Changing display settings 161

Changing sound settings 162

Changing the display language 163

More ways to extend battery life 164

Backing up settings to Google 164

Accessibility settings 164

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 165

Protecting HTC Desire X with a screen lock 165

Encrypting data on HTC Desire X 166

Checking information about HTC Desire X 167

Managing memory 167

Other essentials

Status icons 169

Using the onscreen keyboard 170

Entering words with predictive text 171

Entering text by speaking 172

Restarting HTC Desire X 173

Resetting HTC Desire X 173

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

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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

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 helpful.

This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain

task or to get a feature to work properly.

This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be

careful about to prevent potential problems.

7 Conventions used in this guide

Unboxing

HTC Desire X

1. BACK

2. HOME

3. RECENT APPS (can be configured in

Settings to open the Menu)

4. VOLUME

5. Proximity sensor

6. Notification LED

7. Earpiece

8. POWER

9. 3.5mm headset jack

10. USB connector

§If you want to use a screen protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity

sensor or earpiece.

§You need to insert and use a storage card to store your photos, videos, music, and

other files.

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Back cover

Removing the back cover

1. Securely hold HTC Desire X facing down.

2. With your finger, open the back cover from the top corner.

Replacing the back cover

1. Insert HTC Desire X into the bottom part of the back cover first.

2. Press the sides and the top part of the back cover against HTC Desire X to lock

the cover into place.

You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.

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SIM card

The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and memory for storing

phonebook contacts and/or text messages.

Inserting the SIM card

If you have a microSIM card, take care when inserting or removing the microSIM

adapter. Do not directly insert your microSIM into HTC Desire X.

1. Take the back cover off.

2. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out,

insert the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot.

Removing the SIM card

Make sure to switch off HTC Desire X before removing your SIM card.

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Slide the SIM card out from the SIM card slot.

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