HTC HTC One User manual
Your HTC One
User guide
Contents
Unboxing
SIM card 6
Charging the battery 8
Switching the power on or off 8
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 9
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Phone for the first time 10
Home screen 10
Your social networks 10
Getting to know your settings 11
Your first week with your new phone
Basics 12
Home screen feeds 20
Notifications 21
Working with text 23
Battery 27
Camera
Camera basics 31
Taking a photo 32
Recording video 32
Taking continuous camera shots 33
Camera scenes 33
Improving portrait shots 33
Taking a self portrait 34
Taking a panoramic photo 34
Using HDR 35
Recording videos in slow motion 35
Personalizing
Making HTC Phone truly yours 36
Changing your wallpaper 36
Adding a widget to your Home screen 36
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 38
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 38
Personalizing the launch bar 39
Grouping apps into a folder 39
Rearranging the Home screen 40
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds 41
Rearranging application tabs 41
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Customizing the lock screen style 41
Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 42
Securing HTC Phone with a personal touch 42
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 43
Returning a missed call 43
Using Speed dial 44
Calling a phone number in a text message 44
Calling a phone number in an email 44
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 44
Making an emergency call 45
Receiving calls 45
What can I do during a call? 46
Setting up a conference call 48
Checking calls in the Call History 48
Changing ringtone settings 49
Home dialing 50
Messages
Sending a text message (SMS) 51
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 51
Sending a group message 52
Resuming a draft message 53
Replying to a message 54
Saving a text message in the Tasks app 54
Forwarding a message 55
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 55
Moving messages to the secure box 56
Blocking unwanted messages 56
WAP push messages 57
Copying a text message to your SIM card 57
Deleting messages and conversations 57
Search and web browser
Searching HTC Phone and the Web 59
Getting instant information with Google Now 60
Browsing the Web 61
Bookmarking a webpage 63
Using your browsing history 64
Clearing your browsing history 65
Storage
Phone storage 66
Dropbox integration 68
Email
Gmail 73
Mail 74
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Internet connections
Data connection 79
Managing your data usage 79
Wi‑Fi 81
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 83
Using HTC Phone as a wireless router 84
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 85
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 86
Wi‑Fi printing 86
Wireless sharing
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 88
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 89
Where sent information is saved 89
Receiving files using Bluetooth 90
Sharing content with NFC 91
Settings and security
Turning Airplane mode on or off 92
Keeping the screen on while charging 92
Turning automatic screen rotation off 92
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 93
Adjusting the screen brightness manually 93
Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 93
Changing the display language 94
Accessibility settings 94
Working with certificates 94
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 95
Protecting HTC Phone with a screen lock 95
Checking your phone's HTC Sense version 96
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.
5 Conventions used in this guide
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. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects.
4. Pull the SIM card tray out, and place the SIM card (contacts facing down) into
the tray.
5. Insert the SIM card tray back into the slot.
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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.
When removing the SIM card, make sure that you insert the empty SIM card tray back
into the slot.
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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.
As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging if it overheats.
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button.
When you turn on HTC Phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
Switching the power off
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock the
screen.
2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.
3. Tap Power off on the options menu.
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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.
Exploring HTC Phone
Tips & Help lets you get the most out of HTC Phone in seconds.
§Ever have the feeling that you're not getting the most out of your phone?
Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Tips & Help to learn how. The
topics range from intro to advanced and the Tips & Help feed on the Home
screen even recommends topics that you might like.
§Need to know how to do something right away? Just type in some keywords
and get clear, up-to-date answers right on HTC Phone.
To open Tips & Help from the Home screen, tap > Tips & Help.
If you haven't downloaded Tips & Help content yet, or if there's updated content
available, just tap the download link to get it.
To change the sync settings of Tips & Help, tap > Update settings.
Searching Tips & Help
1. In Tips & Help, tap , and then enter the words you want to search for.
2. Tap a search result to jump straight to that item.
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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. You
can enable or disable them in Settings later on.
Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Phone your own.
§After you've turned on and set up HTC Phone, you'll see the Feeds view as the
main Home screen. Customize it to show posts from your social networks,
headlines from your favorite news media, and more. For details, see Checking
feeds on your Home screen on page 20.
§You can change the apps on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen.
See Personalizing the launch bar on page 39.
§Swipe left and you’ll discover another Home screen panel for adding your
favorite apps, widgets, and more so they’re just a tap away. And if you need
more Home screen panels, you can add more. For details, see Personalizing on
page 36.
Press to return to the main Home screen.
Your social networks
When you sign in to your social network accounts and authorize HTC Sense to access
them, you can:
§Post status updates from the Home screen when using the Feeds view.
§See your contacts and their status updates in People.
§See photos in Gallery or on the Home screen.
10 Setting up your phone
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