Page 1: User Guide
User Guide HTC Desire® 510 Please Note Some content in this user guide doesn’t apply to To activate your device, please visit CREDO devices. This includes: credomobile.com/activate. For CREDO Sprint customer service phone numbers, customer service, please call 800-411-0848. support and account information...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Get Started Your Phone at a Glance Charge Your Phone Activate Your Phone Complete the Setup Application Set Up Voicemail Transfer Content to Your New Phone Transfer Content from an Android Phone Transfer Content from an iPhone Transfer Content From Your Old Phone Using Bluetooth Transfer Content Between Your Phone and Computer Ways of Transferring Contacts and Other Content into Your Phone Restore Your Backup From Your Online Storage to Your New Phone Your Home Screen Sprint Account Information and Help Sprint Account Passwords Manage Your Account Sprint Support Services Phone Basics Your Phone’s Layout Turn Your Phone On and Off Turn Your Screen On and Off Your Phone’s Lock Screen Unlock the Screen Customize the Lock Screen Notification Widget Disable the Lock Screen Onscreen Navigation Buttons Touchscreen Navigation Motion Gestures Working with Phone Apps and Settings Open an App Get to Know Your Settings...
Page 4 Using Quick Settings HTC BlinkFeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen Turn HTC BlinkFeed On or Off Add Content to HTC BlinkFeed Customize the Highlights Feed Save Articles for Later Post to Your Social Networks Remove Content From HTC BlinkFeed Customize the Home Screen Change the Wallpaper Customize the Launch Bar Change Your Main Home Screen Organize Your Widget Panels Work with Widgets and App Shortcuts Status Bar and Notifications Panel Status Bar Notifications Panel Capture the Phone Screen Enter Text HTC Sense Keyboard Enter Text by Typing on the HTC Sense Keyboard Enter Text with Word Prediction on the HTC Sense Keyboard Enter Text with the HTC Sense Keyboard Using the Trace Keyboard Enter Text by Speaking on the HTC Sense Keyboard Swype Keyboard Edit Text Phone Calls HD™ Voice Make Phone Calls Call Using Smart Dial Dial an Extension Number Return a Missed Call Call From Call History Call From People Call Using a Speed Dial Number Call a Number in a Text Message, Email Message, or Calendar Event Call Emergency Numbers...
Page 5 Make International Calls Set Up Speed Dial Receive Phone Calls In-call Options 3-way Calling End a Call Call Services Caller ID Call Waiting Call Forwarding Call History Open Call History Save a Number From Call History Prepend a Number From Call History Block a Caller Erase Call History Change Ringtone Settings Visual Voicemail Set Up Visual Voicemail Review Visual Voicemail Voicemail (Traditional) Voicemail Notification Set Up Voicemail Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages Internet Calls Add an Internet Calling Account Make an Internet Call Wi-Fi Calling Set Up and Enable Wi-Fi Calling Make a Call Using Wi-Fi Calling Turn Off Wi-Fi Calling Contacts Your Contacts List Find People Set Up Your Profile Add Entries to the People App Get in Touch with a Contact...
Page 6 Manage People Entries Edit a People Entry Delete an Entry Delete Multiple Entries Import or Copy Contacts Merge Entries in People Accept Contact Link Suggestions Manually Merge Entries Break the Link Send Contact Information Contact Groups Create a Group Send a Message or Email to a Group Edit a Contact Group Manage Your Contact Groups Back Up and Restore Your Contacts Private Contacts Accounts and Messaging Gmail Create a Google Account Sign In to Your Google Account View Your Gmail Inbox Send a New Gmail Message Reply To or Forward an Email Message Add a Gmail Account Get Help with Gmail Email Add an Email Account Check Your Mail Inbox Organize Your Inbox Send an Email Message Read and Reply to an Email Message Save an Image in an Email Message Manage Email Messages Search Email Messages Work with Exchange ActiveSync Email Delete an Email Account...
Page 7 Use Smart Sync Change the Email Account Settings Text Messaging and MMS Send a Text Message (SMS) Send a Multimedia Message (MMS) Send a Group Message Save and Resume Composing a Draft Message Read and Reply to a Message Receive Text Messages From Contacts Using an iPhone View and Save an Attachment from a Multimedia Message Help Protect Your Messages Block Unwanted Messages Delete Messages and Conversations Back Up and Restore Your Text Messages Text and Multimedia Message Options Social Networking Accounts Facebook Twitter Google+ YouTube Apps and Entertainment Get Apps Get Apps from Google Play Sprint Zone Download Apps from the Web Uninstall an App Navigation Google Maps Scout Music Listen to Music Create and Work with Playlists Add a Song to the Queue Update Album Covers and Artist Photos Set a Song as a Ringtone Search for Lyrics, Music Videos, and More Google Play Music...
Page 8 Sprint Music Plus Google Play Movies & TV Sprint TV & Movies Connect to Your Home Entertainment System Kid Mode Web and Data Data Services General Information – Sprint Spark LTE and 3G Networks Sprint Spark LTE Data Connection Status and Indicators Launch a Web Connection Turn the Data Connection On or Off Schedule When to Turn Data Connection Off Enable Data Roaming Manage Your Data Usage Wi-Fi Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless Network Prevent Notifications from Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks Connect to a Wi-Fi Network via WPS Disconnect from a Wireless Network Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Add a VPN Connection Connect to a VPN Disconnect From a VPN Search for Information Perform Searches on the Web and Your Phone Search the Web with Your Voice Set Search Options Get Instant Information with Google Now Browse the Web Open the Browser Use Browser Tabs Save Web Content For Later Add and Manage Your Bookmarks Browsing History Private Browsing Set Browser Options Use Google Chrome to Browse the Web...
Page 9 Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Share Internet Connection via USB Tethering Camera and Video Get Started with the Camera Take a Photo Capture Better Photos Record a Video Take Continuous Camera Shots Take a Selfie Improve Portrait Shots Take a Panoramic Photo Use HDR Record Slow Motion Videos Save Your Settings as a Camera Mode Change Camera and Video Settings Access Photos and Videos View Photos and Videos Organized by Time View Photos and Videos by Album View Photos by Location Edit Your Photos Watch and Trim Videos Tools and Calendar Calendar View the Calendar Schedule or Edit an Event Choose Which Calendar to Show Share an Event (vCalendar) Accept or Decline a Meeting Invitation Dismiss or Snooze Reminders Calculator Clock & Alarm Set the Date and Time Manually Set an Alarm Check the Weather Online Storage Google Drive Dropbox...
Page 10 Voice Recorder HTC Sync Manager Install HTC Sync Manager on a Windows Computer Transfer iPhone Content to Your HTC Phone Get Help File Manager Switch Between Storage Types Search for Files Organize Your Files Bluetooth Connect a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit Reconnect a Headset or Car Kit Disconnect From a Bluetooth Device Send Information Using Bluetooth Where Sent Information is Saved Receive Files Using Bluetooth Use Bluetooth FTP Server microSD Card Insert the microSD Card Remove the microSD Card Check the microSD Card Memory Erase the microSD Card HTC Dot View Change the HTC Dot View Wallpaper Select Which Notifications to Display Update Your Phone Prepare for a Phone Update Update the Operating System Update Your Profile Update Your PRL HTC Guide Settings Wireless & Networks Settings Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Settings Wi-Fi Calling Settings Bluetooth Settings viii...
Page 11 Mobile Data Settings Media Output Settings More Wireless & Network Settings Personalize Settings Customize the Home and Lock Screen Settings Ringtone Notification Sound Alarm Accounts & Sync Add Your Social Networks, Email Accounts, and More Add an Exchange ActiveSync Account Add Email Accounts Add One or More Google Accounts Manage Your Online Accounts Location Settings Location Setting Google’s Location Reporting Security Settings Screen Lock Settings Kid Mode Lock Screen and Password Settings Allow Installation of Third-Party Programs Work with Certificates Accessibility Settings Navigate Your Phone with TalkBack Backup and Reset Backup Reset Your Phone Get Content From Another Phone Display Settings Auto-rotate Screen Font Style Font Size Brightness Screen Timeout (Sleep) Daydream Calibrate the Screen...
Page 12 Sound Settings General Sound Settings - Sound Profile and Vibrate General Sound Settings - Volumes Do Not Disturb Mode Incoming Calls - Ringtone Incoming Calls - Other Options Notifications and Alarms System Sound Settings Call Settings Voicemail Settings Hearing Aids TTY Mode DDTM Mode Other CDMA Call Settings Internet Call Settings Other Call Settings Apps Settings Uninstall Third-party Apps Clear Application Cache and Data Storage Settings Types of Storage Copy Files To or From Your Phone Make More Storage Space Encrypt Data on Your Phone Power Settings Optimize Battery Life with Power Saver Mode Use Extreme Power Saving Mode Check Battery Usage Check Battery History Display the Battery Percentage Battery Saving Tips Language & Keyboard Settings Change the Phone Language Spell Checker Keyboard and Input Methods - Google Voice Typing Keyboard and Input Methods - HTC Sense Input Keyboard and Input Methods - Swype...
Page 13 Speech Settings Date & Time Settings Printing Activate This Device System Updates About Your Phone Important Information Radio Frequency Exposure Operating Instructions Important Note on Recoverable Data Proprietary Notices Index...
Page 14: Get Started
Get Started This section gives you all the information you need to set up your phone and Sprint service the first time. Your Phone at a Glance The following illustrations outline your phone’s primary external features, keys, and buttons. Front Panel Get Started...
Page 15: Charge Your Phone
Back Panel Charge Your Phone Your phone’s battery should have enough charge for the device to turn on and find a signal, run the setup application, set up voicemail, and make a call. You must fully charge the battery to begin setting up your phone. 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the AC adapter. 2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the Charger/Accessory Jack on the bottom panel of your phone. Get Started...
Page 16: Activate Your Phone
3. Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet. Fully charging a battery may take up to three hours. Note: Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with your phone to charge the battery. When the battery power is too low, make sure to use the power adapter to charge, not the USB cable connection with your computer. Note: As a safety precaution, the battery may stop charging to avoid overheating. Note: When you’re using the Internet and charging the battery, your phone may become warmer. This is normal. Note: To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you finish charging. Activate Your Phone Follow the instructions below to activate your phone if it has not already been activated. Depending on your account or how and where you purchased your phone, it may be ready to use or you may need to activate it on your Sprint account. If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it is probably activated and ready to use. If you received your phone in the mail and it is for a new Sprint account or a new line of service, it is designed to activate automatically. When you turn the phone on for the first time and start the setup application, you should see a Hands Free Activation screen, which may be followed by a PRL Update screen and a Firmware Update screen. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue. If you received your phone in the mail and you are activating a new phone for an existing number on your account (you’re swapping phones), you can activate on your computer online or directly on your phone. Activate on your computer: Go to sprint.com/activate and complete the online instructions to activate your phone Activate on your phone: Get Started...
Page 17: Complete The Setup Application
Touch NEXT or SKIP to skip any of the screens. 2. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete each section. For each topic, you will have the option to skip it and continue to the next screen. Hands Free Activation. See Activate Your Phone. ® Connect to Wi-Fi. Connect to a Wi-Fi network. For more information, see Wi-Fi. ™ Got Google? Sign in to your Google Account. If you don’t have a Google Account, see Create a Google Account. Note: You do not need to sign up for a Google Account to use your phone. However, to download apps from the Google Play™ Store or chat in Google+™ Hangouts™, you must link your phone to a Google Account. HTC Account. Sign in using your Google or HTC account to set up your new phone from a previous backup or by using the HTC Get Started service. Fast and easy setup. Use the HTC Get Started service to set up your accounts and personalize your new phone from your computer. If you use the HTC Get Started service, your phone will show you the URL of the HTC Get Started site and a pair code. On your computer’s Web browser, just go to the URL and enter the pair code to start your Web setup. To find out more about HTC Get Started and HTC Account, see the Help and FAQ on the HTC Get Started site: start.htcsense.com. Get Started...
Page 18: Set Up Voicemail
Transfer or restore. If you want to transfer content from an old phone to your new HTC phone, choose Get content from old phone and touch NEXT. See Transfer Content to Your New Phone. Or if you want to restore your apps and settings from a backup you’ve created in your online storage, select Restore from HTC Backup, and touch NEXT. See Restore Your Backup From Your Online Storage to Your New Phone. Accounts & sync. Set up your email and social network accounts including Google, ® ® ® Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync , Mail, HTC Account, Facebook, LinkedIn , Outlook.com, and Instagram. For more information, see Accounts & Sync. Personalize & secure. Give your new phone a name or set up a screen lock to help secure your phone. HTC Backup. This screen shows apps, social accounts, contacts, and more that you’ve backed up to your online storage. For more information, see Backup. Tell HTC. Choose whether to allow HTC to collect anonymous data in the background ...
Page 19: Transfer Content To Your New Phone
® Bluetooth , or direct USB connection. Transfer Content from an Android Phone On your old Android™ phone, download the HTC Transfer Tool and use it to transfer your content to your new HTC phone. The types of locally stored content on your old phone that the tool can transfer include contacts, messages, calendar events, Web bookmarks, music, photos, and videos. Some settings can also be transferred. Note: You need Android version 2.2 or later to use the HTC Transfer Tool on your old phone. Note: If your old phone has Android version 2.1 or an earlier version, you need to use Bluetooth transfer. For details, see Transfer Content From Your Old Phone Using Bluetooth. 1. If you’re setting up your new HTC phone for the first time, select Get content from old phone and touch NEXT. – or – With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Get content from another phone. 2. Choose whether to transfer from an old HTC Android phone or other Android phone. 3. Touch Full transfer, and then touch NEXT. 4. Follow the steps shown on your new phone to download and install the HTC Transfer Tool from Google Play to your old phone, install it, and open the tool. 5. When you see a PIN on your old phone, make sure the same PIN also appears on your new ...
Page 20: Transfer Content From An Iphone
Note: If the PIN code doesn’t appear, this may mean that your old phone is unable to connect to your new phone. If this happens, touch Try another transfer method on your new phone to use Bluetooth for transferring contacts from your old phone. 6. On your old phone, choose the types of content you want to transfer, and then touch START or TRANSFER. 7. Wait for the transfer to finish. 8. Touch DONE on both phones. Transfer Content from an iPhone ® If you have an iPhone , it’s fast and easy to transfer your contacts, messages, and other content when you use HTC Sync Manager. For details, see Transfer iPhone Content to Your HTC Phone. If you only need to migrate your contacts, you can also use Bluetooth transfer. For details, see Transfer Content From Your Old Phone Using Bluetooth. Transfer Content From Your Old Phone Using Bluetooth Use Bluetooth to transfer contacts from an iPhone, a phone that has Android version 2.1 (or earlier version), or other types of phones. Get Started...
Page 21: Transfer Content Between Your Phone And Computer
3. On your old phone, turn Bluetooth on and set it to discoverable mode. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions on your old and new phones to pair them and start the data transfer. Transfer Content Between Your Phone and Computer There are two ways you can transfer content to or from your computer. Connect your phone to your computer. Your computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive, and you can copy your media between them. Download and use the HTC Sync Manager software on your computer. You can set it up to automatically get music, photos, and videos off your phone to your computer. You can also sync playlists from your computer to the phone. If you have an iPhone, you can even connect it and transfer the camera roll (photos and videos) to your computer. Then reconnect your phone and copy them over. For details, see HTC Sync Manager. Tired of keeping copies of your media in several places? Use online storage services to put your media in one place so you can manage them anywhere — on your computer, phone, and other mobile devices.
Page 22: Ways Of Transferring Contacts And Other Content Into Your Phone
Ways of Transferring Contacts and Other Content into Your Phone There are different ways you can individually add contacts and other content to your new HTC phone. Sync with your computer. Use HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts, documents, playlists, ® ® and more between your phone and a computer running a Windows or Mac OS operating ® system. You can also use it to transfer iTunes backup that contains contacts, messages, and other content from an iPhone to your computer, and then to your HTC phone. For details, see HTC Sync Manager. Google Account. Google contacts are imported to your phone after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from your phone. Social network accounts. Log in to your favorite social networks to sync contact information from them. Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Your phone syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft ...
Page 23: Your Home Screen
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your backup and to continue setting up your phone. 4. Slide open the Notifications panel to check if there's any notification to finish setting up your phone. Your free apps that you’ve previously downloaded from Google Play will be restored in the background, and you can track the progress via a notification in the status bar. To restore paid apps, you need to download and install them from Google Play. Your apps will appear on the Apps screen as they are installed. The Apps and Home screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of your apps have been installed. You may continue using your phone while apps are being restored. Your Home Screen ® After you’ve turned on and set up your phone, you’ll see HTC BlinkFeed Customize HTC BlinkFeed to show posts from your social networks, headlines from your favorite news media, and more. For details, see HTC BlinkFeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen. Swipe left and you’ll discover widget panels for adding your favorite widgets, apps, and more so they’re just a touch away. And if you need more room for your stuff, you can add more widget panels. For details, see Customize the Home Screen. You can change the apps on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen. See Customize the Launch Bar. Tip: While you’re in another screen or app, touch to return to the last Home screen you visited. Sprint Account Information and Help Find out about account passwords and information about managing your account and finding help. Sprint Account Passwords You will need to create passwords to help protect access to your personal account information, your voicemail account, and your data services account. As a Sprint customer, you enjoy unlimited access to all your information.
Page 24: Manage Your Account
Voicemail Password You’ll create your voicemail password when you set up your voicemail. See Set Up Voicemail for more information on your voicemail password. Data Services Password With your Sprint phone, you may elect to set up an optional data services password to control access and authorize purchases. For more information, or to change your passwords, sign on to sprint.com/mysprint or call Sprint Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727. Manage Your Account Manage your Sprint account from your computer, your Sprint phone, or any other phone. Online: sprint.com/mysprint Access your account information. Check your minutes used (depending on your Sprint service plan). View and pay your bill. Enroll in Sprint online billing and automatic payment. Purchase accessories. Shop for the latest Sprint phones. View available Sprint service plans and options. Learn more about data services and other products like games, ringtones, screen savers, and more. From Your Sprint Phone 1. Touch > . (If your screen is locked, press the Power Button to turn on the display and ...
Page 25: Sprint Support Services
Sprint Support Services Sprint 411 and Sprint Operator Services let you easily access information and calling assistance from your Sprint phone. Sprint 411 Sprint 411 gives you access to a variety of services and information, including residential, business, and government listings; movie listings or show times; driving directions, restaurant reservations, and major local event information. You can get up to three pieces of information per call, and the operator can automatically connect your call at no additional charge. There is a per-call charge to use Sprint 411, and you will be billed for airtime. Touch > , and then touch Sprint Operator Services Sprint Operator Services provides assistance when you place collect calls or when you place calls billed to a local telephone calling card or third party. Touch > , and then touch For more information or to see the latest in products and services, visit us online at sprint.com/mysprint. Get Started...
Page 26: Phone Basics
Phone Basics Your phone is packed with features that simplify your life and expand your ability to stay connected to the people and information that are important to you. The topics in this section will introduce the basic functions and features of your phone. Your Phone’s Layout The illustrations below outline your phone’s basic layout. Front Panel Speaker lets you hear sounds when you’re playing music, watching videos, and listening to different ringers and sounds on your phone. The speaker is also the earpiece that lets you hear the caller and automated prompts. Phone Basics...
Page 27: Back Panel
Volume Button allows you to adjust the ringer or media volume or adjust the voice volume during a call. Charger/Accessory Jack allows you to connect the phone charger or the USB cable (included). CAUTION! Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone. Microphone transmits your voice for phone calls or records your voice or ambient sounds for voice recordings and videos. Touchscreen lets you view and control all the features of your phone. Proximity Sensor turns off the screen automatically when you place the phone near your face. Important: If you want to use a case protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity sensor. Purchase a screen protector designed for your phone. Front Camera allows you to take photos and videos or start a video call. Power Button lets you turn the phone on or off, turn the screen on or off, restart the phone, or switch your phone to airplane mode. Back Panel Phone Basics...
Page 28: Turn Your Phone On And Off
Microphone transmits your voice for conference calls. Camera allows you to take photos and videos. Speaker the back speaker lets you hear sounds when you’re playing music or during conference calls. Back Cover Notch lets you remove the back cover and access the battery compartment and SIM and microSD™ card slots. SIM and microSD Card Slots holds the preinstalled Sprint SIM card and allows installation of a microSD card for additional storage. See microSD Card. 3.5 mm Headset Jack allows you to plug in either a stereo headset or an optional headset for convenient, hands-free conversations. CAUTION! Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone. Turn Your Phone On and Off The instructions below explain how to turn your phone on and off, or how to restart the phone. Turn Your Phone On Press and hold the Power Button ( ) at the top of the phone. You will feel or hear the phone vibrate when it has been turned on. The first time you turn on your ...
Page 29: Turn Your Screen On And Off
To turn the screen off, quickly press the Power Button. Pressing the Power Button again or receiving an incoming call will turn on your phone screen and show the lock screen. To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone’s screen is off. Note: For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see Screen Timeout (Sleep). Turn the Screen On and Unlock It Press the Power Button to turn the screen on. Your Phone’s Lock Screen Aside from protecting the phone’s screen from unwanted touches and presses, the lock screen also displays important information, updates, and messages at a glance, and provides shortcuts to your favorite applications. Unlock the Screen Unlock the screen to receive an incoming call or to access your phone. 1. When the screen is off, press the Power Button to show the lock screen. 2. You can either: Swipe up to unlock the screen, swipe right to go directly to HTC BlinkFeed, or swipe left to go to the Home widget panel. Phone Basics...
Page 30: Customize The Lock Screen
You can also press and hold the lock icon ( ), and then drag it up, right, or left. Flick a shortcut icon up to directly launch the app. If you have set up a screen lock, you’ll be asked to provide your credentials before your phone unlocks. See Screen Lock Settings. Tip: 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. Customize the Lock Screen You can customize the lock screen. Add a Widget on the Lock Screen Choose from our selection of lock screen widgets. Note: Before you can add a widget on the lock screen, you must select the Enable lock screen widgets option in Settings > Security. 1. On the lock screen, pull from the right edge of the touchscreen until you see a icon. 2. Touch 3. Touch a widget that you want to add to the lock screen. Move or Delete a Lock Screen Widget 1. ...
Page 31: Notification Widget
Change Lock Screen Shortcuts To change apps (or other shortcuts) on the lock screen, change the ones on the launch bar. To find out how, see Customize the Launch Bar. Notification Widget On the lock screen, you can see notifications such as missed calls, text messages, calendar events, and more. 1. Drag down from the clock to expand the widget. 2. If there is more than one missed call, text, or email, touch to view the next notification. 3. Touch a notification to go directly to its app. You can change which notifications appear on the widget in Security settings. See Security Settings. Disable the Lock Screen You can disable the lock screen so you don’t have to unlock your phone every time you wake it up. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Touch Screen lock > No lock screen. To enable the lock screen again, touch > Settings > Security > Screen lock > Lock screen. Onscreen Navigation Buttons Your phone has onscreen navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen which rotate when you change the orientation. The onscreen navigation buttons do not show up when the screen is off. ...
Page 32: Touchscreen Navigation
Touchscreen Navigation Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen, open apps, scroll through lists, and more. Important: When the TalkBack option in the Accessibility settings is turned on and the Explore by touch setting is selected, the regular touch gestures are replaced by the TalkBack gestures. For details, see Navigate Your Phone with TalkBack. Touch Touch the screen with your finger when you want to select onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons. After you’ve scrolled down a long list or screen (in Settings and apps such as Mail and People), touch the status bar to jump straight to the top of your screen. Touch and Hold To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link in a Web page), touch and hold the item. Phone Basics...
Page 33 Swipe or Slide Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other widget panels, scroll through documents, and more. Drag To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position. Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quick strokes. This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list. Phone Basics...
Page 34 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. Zoom In or Out In some apps, like Gallery, Messages, Mail, or the Web browser, slide two fingers apart to zoom in when viewing a picture or text. Phone Basics...
Page 35: Motion Gestures
Slide two fingers together to zoom out of the picture or text. Two-finger Swipe Swipe down from the status bar using two fingers to access Quick Settings. Motion Gestures Use motion gestures to rotate the screen, mute, lower the ringtone volume, and more. Flip to Mute When a call comes in, you can turn your phone over to mute it. Phone Basics...
Page 36 In Settings, touch Sound > Flip to mute to set your phone to: Mute once. Mute only once after you flipped the phone. The phone will ring again when there are subsequent incoming calls. Mute always. After flipping the phone to mute a call, keep it always muted for all incoming calls. Pick Up to Lower Volume In a business meeting or restaurant, pick your phone up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume. You can turn this feature on or off. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, touch > Sound, and then select or clear Quiet ring on pickup. Flip for Speaker During a call, you can turn your phone over to enable speakerphone mode. Phone Basics...
Page 37 You can turn this feature on or off. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, touch > Sound, and then select or clear Flip for speaker. Set Volume to Automatically Increase While in Your Pocket or Bag You can set your phone to recognize when it’s in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments. You can turn this feature on or off. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, touch > Sound, and then select or clear Pocket mode. Rotate Your Phone for a Better View For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. See HTC Sense Keyboard for more details. Phone Basics...
Page 38: Working With Phone Apps And Settings
To turn this feature off: With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, touch > Display, and then clear the Auto rotate screen option. Note: The TalkBack accessibility feature works best if you turn off auto-rotate. For details, see Navigate Your Phone with TalkBack. Working with Phone Apps and Settings Quickly open your favorite apps even when the phone screen is locked and easily change your phone settings to make it truly yours. Open an App There are several options for opening an app from the Home screen. Touch an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen. Touch to go to the Apps screen, and then touch the app you want to use. On the Apps screen, touch , and then enter the name of the app you’re looking for. Open an App or Folder from the Lock Screen On the lock screen, drag an app or folder icon up to unlock the screen and directly go to the app or folder. If you’ve set up a screen lock, you’ll be asked to provide your credentials first before your phone ...
Page 39: Switch Between Recently Opened Apps
Switch Between Recently Opened Apps When you’re multitasking and using different apps on your phone, you can easily switch between the apps you’ve recently opened. Touch to see recently-opened apps. To switch back to an app, just touch it. To remove an app from the list, drag it up. To clear the recent apps list, touch Refresh Content In some apps, you can easily refresh content that’s synced or downloaded from the Web with a simple finger gesture. 1. While viewing content such as weather, stocks, or Mail inbox, scroll to the top of the screen. Phone Basics...
Page 40 2. Pull down the screen with your finger, and then release to refresh. Arrange Apps on the Apps Screen Personalize the Apps screen to your liking. You can rearrange the apps and change the layout. 1. From HTC BlinkFeed or any widget panel, touch 2. Touch and then choose how to arrange apps, such as alphabetically. If you want to group apps into folders or rearrange them, select Custom. Move Apps and Folders 1. On the Apps screen, touch > Custom. 2. Touch > Rearrange apps. 3. Touch and hold an app or folder, and then do one of the following: Drag the app to another position on the same page. Wait until you see the occupying icon move away before releasing your finger. Drag the app to the or arrow to move it to another page. 4. When you’re done moving apps and folders, touch Group Apps into Folders 1. ...
Page 41: Get To Know Your Settings
4. To add more apps, drag each app over to the folder. 5. To name the folder, open the folder, touch its title bar, and then enter a folder name. 6. When you’re done grouping apps and folders, touch Remove Apps from a Folder 1. On the Apps screen, touch > Custom. 2. Touch > Rearrange apps. 3. Touch the folder to open it. 4. Touch and hold an app, and then drag it out to the Apps screen. Wait until you see the occupying icon move away before releasing your finger. 5. When you’re done removing apps, touch Hide or Show Apps on the Apps Screen 1. On the Apps screen, touch > Hide/Unhide apps. 2. Select the apps you want to hide, or clear their check boxes to unhide them. 3. Touch DONE. Get to Know Your Settings Change the ringtone, set up a Wi-Fi connection, add your accounts, and more in Settings.
Page 42: Using Quick Settings
For more information, see Settings. Using Quick Settings In the Quick Settings panel, easily turn settings such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on or off. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. To turn a setting on or off, just touch its tile. 3. To change the options for a setting, touch and hold its tile. Or touch Tip: You can also touch to switch to Quick Settings from the Notifications panel. Customize Quick Settings Aside from the default tiles, there are several other tiles available in Quick Settings. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch and do one of the following: In the Quick Settings list, touch and hold next to the item you want to move and drag it to rearrange the list. Under Hidden items, touch and hold and drag it up to make it available in Quick Settings. Phone Basics...
Page 43: Htc Blinkfeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen
Note: There is a limit to the number of tiles that can be shown in Quick Settings. You may need to remove an existing item to make space for another one. To remove an item, drag it below Hidden items. HTC BlinkFeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen Stay in touch with friends or get the latest about your interests right on HTC BlinkFeed. Set up which social networks, news sources, and other information will appear. Swipe up or down to browse stories on HTC BlinkFeed. Touch a tile to view more details or to comment on a post or status update. While viewing a news article, swipe left or right to see more stories. While in HTC BlinkFeed, you can touch either or , or touch the status bar to scroll to the top. Scroll to the top and pull down on the screen to manually refresh the stream. Swipe right on HTC BlinkFeed to open the slideout menu to choose the type or add your custom topics to display. Tip: You’ll see the clock widget on HTC BlinkFeed if you’ve set HTC BlinkFeed as the main Home screen. Phone Basics...
Page 44: Turn Htc Blinkfeed On Or Off
Turn HTC BlinkFeed On or Off You can turn HTC BlinkFeed on or off. Touch or swipe right to go to HTC BlinkFeed. Slide two fingers together, and then touch While HTC BlinkFeed is selected, touch REMOVE. To add it back, swipe right, and then touch the button that has BLINKFEED. Add Content to HTC BlinkFeed Personalize HTC BlinkFeed to show articles and status updates from your favorite news sources, categories, editions, and apps. Select Feeds Discover stories and articles on HTC BlinkFeed based on your interests, favorite categories, and popular news channels or websites. 1. Touch or swipe right to go to HTC BlinkFeed. 2. Swipe right to open the slideout menu. 3. Touch > Add content. 4. Choose a category. Or, if it’s your first time to add content on HTC BlinkFeed, touch the Get automatic recommendations from BlinkFeed tile. Sign in to get recommendations.
Page 45: Customize The Highlights Feed
Search and Add Topics of Interest You can search for and select topics of interest to display them on HTC BlinkFeed. 1. Touch or swipe right to go to HTC BlinkFeed. 2. Swipe right to open the slideout menu. 3. Touch the box that says Search for content, and then enter the topic you’re looking for. 4. Touch a result, and then touch to add it under Custom topics. Subscribe to Multiple Regional Editions By default, HTC BlinkFeed display feeds and information available for your current location. You can show one or more editions of your choice on HTC BlinkFeed. 1. Touch or swipe right to go to HTC BlinkFeed. 2. Swipe right to open the slideout menu. 3. Touch > Add content. 4. Touch , and then select a locale or region. 5. Select the feed sources to add.
Page 46: Save Articles For Later
On HTC BlinkFeed, touch and hold the tile of the article you want to bookmark, and then touch Read later. You’ll find the reading list in the slideout menu. Post to Your Social Networks You can easily post a status update from HTC BlinkFeed. 1. Touch or swipe right to go to HTC BlinkFeed. 2. Swipe right to open the slideout menu. 3. Touch > Compose, and then choose a social network. 4. Compose your status update and post it on your social network. Remove Content From HTC BlinkFeed Whether it’s a tile or an entire feed, you can remove content you don’t want to see on HTC BlinkFeed. To remove a tile, touch and hold the tile you want to remove, and then touch Remove. To remove a feed source, in the slideout menu, touch > Remove content, select one or more items, and then touch REMOVE. To unsubscribe to a localized edition, in the slideout menu, touch > Remove content. On the Remove content screen, touch > Remove editions, select one or more items, and then touch ...
Page 47: Customize The Home Screen
Customize the Home Screen Your phone allows you to change the wallpaper, add or remove widget panels, change your main Home screen, and add shortcuts, folders, and widgets at any time. Change the Wallpaper Choose from the available wallpapers, or use any photo you’ve taken with the camera. 1. Touch and hold an empty space on a widget panel. 2. In the pop-up menu, touch Home screen wallpaper. 3. Choose from where you want to select a wallpaper. To use a wallpaper stored on your phone, touch HTC wallpapers or Live wallpapers. To use a photo you captured with the camera, touch Gallery, choose and crop a photo, and then touch DONE. Touch Computer photos to use the HTC Get Started service to choose a photo from your computer. Touch ID wallpapers to select a wallpaper from a downloaded Sprint ID pack. Touch Photos to select a wallpaper from photos stored in Google Photos app. Customize the Launch Bar The launch bar on your Home screen gives you one-touch access to commonly used apps and other shortcuts. You can replace the apps on the launch bar with other apps that you often use. 1. Touch and hold the app you want to replace, and then drag it out to .
Page 48: Change Your Main Home Screen
2. Touch to go to the Apps screen. 3. Touch and hold an app, and then drag it to the empty slot on the launch bar. Tip: You can also group apps on the launch bar into a folder. Tip: The apps or shortcuts you see on the lock screen are the same as the ones in the launch bar. Change Your Main Home Screen Set HTC BlinkFeed or a widget panel as your main Home screen. 1. Touch and hold an empty space on a widget panel. 2. In the pop-up menu, touch Manage home screen pages. 3. Swipe left or right until you see the panel that you want to use as your main Home screen. 4. Touch SET AS HOME. 5. Touch Note: Touching from an app will first return you to the last panel you were in. Just touch again to go to your main Home screen. Organize Your Widget Panels Organize your widget panels depending on your need. Add or Remove a Widget Panel Note: You won’t be able to add a new widget panel if you’ve already reached the maximum limit.
Page 49: Work With Widgets And App Shortcuts
1. On HTC BlinkFeed or any widget panel, slide two fingers together to customize the Home screen. 2. Touch and hold a widget panel thumbnail, and then drag it left or right to the position you want. 3. Touch Work with Widgets and App Shortcuts Add widgets and app shortcuts to the Home screen. Add Widgets on Your Home Screen Widgets make at-a-glance important information and media content easily available. Choose from a selection of widgets and add the most useful ones to your Home screen. 1. Touch and hold an empty space on a widget panel. 2. In the pop-up menu, touch Add apps and widgets. 3. Touch > Widgets. 4. Scroll through the widgets or touch to search for specific widgets. Some widgets are available in different styles and sizes. 5. Touch and hold a widget, and then drag it to a widget panel you want to add it to. You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings such as Bluetooth and GPS.
Page 50: Status Bar And Notifications Panel
4. Scroll through the apps or shortcuts, or touch to search for one. 5. Touch and hold an app or shortcut icon, and then drag it to a widget panel where you want to add Note: To add an app from the Apps screen, touch and hold an app and drag it to a widget panel. Move or Remove Items on Your Home Screen 1. Touch and hold the widget or app shortcut you want to move or remove. 2. To move the item to another position on the same panel, just drag it to a new area and then release it. 3. To move the item to another Home screen panel, flick left or right to rotate the screen to another widget panel, and then release it. 4. To remove the item, drag it to , and when the item turns red, release it. Status Bar and Notifications Panel The status bar and notifications panel make it easy to see your phone’s connection, alert you of new messages, and much more. Status Bar The status bar at the top of the Home screen provides phone and service status information on the right side and notification alerts on the left. To view notification alerts, touch and hold the status bar and drag it down. Phone Basics...
Page 51 Status Icons Icon Description Signal strength (more bars = stronger signal) No service Connected to a Wi-Fi network Sprint Spark™ enhanced LTE network (data service) is available and active 3G (data service) is available and active (icon animates) Phone’s location feature is on and available for location-based services such as GPS navigation Phone’s location feature off* Phone microphone muted Phone speaker muted Vibrate mode Shows current battery charge level (icon shown is fully charged) Bluetooth on Connected to Bluetooth device Airplane mode Alarm set Wired microphone headset connected Wired headset connected *Important: Turning off a location service means no applications on your phone will collect your location data through that location service. However, third party applications may collect — and your Phone Basics...
Page 52 Notification Icons Icon Description Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is on New text or multimedia message New voicemail New Gmail message New Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or POP3/IMAP email message Upcoming event Music is playing Power saver mode is on General notification (for example, sync error) Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks are available Data synchronizing – connected to HTC Sync More (undisplayed) notifications Missed call Call in progress Uploading data (animated) Downloading data (animated) Waiting to upload Phone Basics...
Page 53: Notifications Panel
Icon Description Phone connected to computer via USB cable Downloaded Google Play app installed successfully Notifications Panel 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. Slide down from the top of the screen to open the notifications panel. If you have several notifications, scroll down the screen to see them all. 2. On the Notifications panel: You can expand certain notifications to see more information, such as email previews and calendar events. Spread with your two fingers to expand a notification, or pinch to collapse it. You’ll see icons in some notifications that allow you to take immediate actions. For example, when you have a missed call, touch the available icons to return the call or reply with a text message. Touch the notification icon to open the corresponding app. To dismiss just one notification in the list, drag it left or right. Phone Basics...
Page 54: Capture The Phone Screen
to dismiss all notifications and close the Notifications panel. Capture the Phone Screen Capture the phone screen to show off your high game score, write a blog post about your phone’s features, or post a status update about a song you’re playing. Press and hold the Power Button and the Volume Down Button at the same time. The image is saved in the Screenshots album in Gallery. Tip: To share the image immediately after capturing, wait until you see the icon in the status bar. Slide the Notifications panel open, and touch under the Screenshot notification. If you don’t see , touch and hold the screenshot notification and then slide down on the screen. Enter Text You can type on your phone using one of the available touchscreen keyboards. HTC Sense Keyboard ® Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense keyboard. Word prediction also saves typing time. As you type, you’ll see word suggestions that you can choose from. You can even add words, phrases, and shortcuts to the word prediction dictionary. For details, see Enter Text with Word Prediction on the HTC Sense Keyboard. You can type words by just speaking. For details, see Enter Text by Speaking on the HTC Sense Keyboard. Turn on the Trace keyboard so you can type words by just sliding your finger from one letter to another. For details, see Enter Text with the HTC Sense Keyboard Using the Trace Keyboard. ...
Page 55: Enter Text By Typing On The Htc Sense Keyboard
And since everyone has their own typing style, you can calibrate the keyboard in Settings > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input > Advanced > Calibration tool so it learns how you type. Enter Text by Typing on the HTC Sense Keyboard The onscreen keyboard becomes available when you touch a text field in an app. Enter letters and numbers, change the keyboard layout or language, and more. Touch the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers, as well as punctuation marks and symbols. Touch to enter an uppercase letter. Touch twice to turn on caps lock. Touch and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented letters. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them. Swipe right to show number and symbol keys. To return to the main keyboard, swipe left. On supported apps, turn the phone sideways to show a larger Standard keyboard that lets you type easily using two thumbs. Touch to close the onscreen keyboard. Tips: To open the keyboard settings, touch and hold the comma key until you see above the key. Or go to Settings > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input.
Page 56: Enter Text With Word Prediction On The Htc Sense Keyboard
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard. 2. Touch HTC Sense Input > Keyboard selection, and then choose the languages you want. 3. To change the keyboard language, do any of the following: Swipe left on the onscreen keyboard (not available if you’re using trace keyboard). Touch the language key (for example, ) until you see the language you want to use. Touch and hold the language key, and then drag your finger to the keyboard language you want to use Enter Text with Word Prediction on the HTC Sense Keyboard The onscreen keyboard has predictive text to help you type quickly and accurately. Predictive text input is enabled by default, and word suggestions are displayed as you type. To enter a word in predictive mode, do any of the following: Touch the space bar to insert the highlighted word in the suggestion list. Touch a word from the suggestion list. Touch the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices. Tip: If you’ve accidentally chosen a wrong word from the suggestion list, you can always go back ...
Page 57: Enter Text With The Htc Sense Keyboard Using The Trace Keyboard
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input. 2. Touch Personal dictionary. To edit a word, phrase, or shortcut, touch the item in the list. To delete items from the dictionary, touch > Delete. Select the words you want to remove, and then touch DELETE. Enter Text with the HTC Sense Keyboard Using the Trace Keyboard Instead of touching the keys on the onscreen keyboard, you can “trace” to type words. Note: You need to turn on Trace keyboard in Settings > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input. 1. Touch an area where you want to enter text. 2. Slide your finger from one letter to the next to enter a word. Phone Basics...
Page 58: Enter Text By Speaking On The Htc Sense Keyboard
3. Lift your finger when the word is completed. If the word that appears after you traced isn't the one you want, you can: Touch a word from the suggestion list. Touch the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices. Enter Text by Speaking on the HTC Sense Keyboard Try speaking the words to enter them in most text fields that let you use the touch input keyboard. 1. Touch an area where you want to enter text. 2. On the onscreen keyboard, touch and hold 3. When you see the microphone image, speak out the words you want to type. Tip: To set the voice input language, touch the language bar above the microphone image. You can choose one or more languages. Available languages depend on the voice input languages supported by Google. 4. If a word doesn’t match what you’ve spoken and it’s underlined, touch the underlined word to delete it or to see more choices. 5. Enter punctuation marks by saying the name (for example, say “comma”). Swype Keyboard ® Enter text by sliding on or touching the keys on the Swype keyboard, or by speaking. Switch to the Swype Keyboard You can change your phone’s text input method to Swype from the default HTC Sense keyboard. To ...
Page 59: Edit Text
Enter Text by Typing on the Swype Keyboard or by Speaking Instead of using the Swype slide method, you can enter text by touching the keys on the Swype keyboard or by speaking. Touch the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers, as well as punctuation marks and symbols. Touch to enter an uppercase letter. Touch twice to turn on caps lock. Touch and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented letters. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them. Touch and hold and select: to enter numbers to select, copy, and paste text to insert a smiley Touch to enter text by speaking. Touch and hold the space bar to change the keyboard language. Edit Text In HTC apps such as Internet and Mail, you can select and copy text, and then paste or share it. Phone Basics...
Page 60 Select, Copy, and Paste Text 1. Touch and hold on a word. 2. Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to select. Tip: You can use the magnifier to zoom in while selecting your text. To turn on the magnifier, with two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. Touch > Accessibility, and then select the Show magnifier option. You’ll see the magnifier when you touch one of the text selection anchors. 3. After you have selected the text you want to copy, touch Copy. The selected text is then copied to the clipboard. 4. In a text entry field (for example while composing an email), touch and hold at the point where you want to paste the text. 5. Touch Paste. Tip: To copy the address of a linked webpage, touch and hold the link, and then touch Copy link URL. Share Text 1. After you have selected the text you want to share, touch Share. 2. Choose where to paste and share the selected text, such as in an email message or social network status update. Phone Basics...
Page 61: Phone Calls
Phone Calls Your phone’s calling features let you enjoy clear phone calls across the country. HD™ Voice Your phone is also HD Voice enabled, which means you can enjoy unparalleled voice quality in areas with HD Voice service. Experience the crystal clear difference of HD Voice from Sprint on calls between Sprint customers each using an HD Voice enabled phone while in areas with available HD Voice service. Note: HD Voice service is available in select markets. Visit sprint.com/coverage for more information. Make Phone Calls There are several convenient ways to place calls from your phone. Call Using Smart Dial You can either dial a number directly, or use Smart dial to quickly place a call. Smart dial searches and calls a stored/synced contact or a number from your call history. 1. Touch > to display the phone’s dialer screen. 2. Enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact’s name to see the top matching contact. 3. If there are a number of matches found (for example, 3 MATCHES), touch the number to see all the matches. Phone Calls...
Page 62: Dial An Extension Number
4. Touch the contact you want to call. To check other phone numbers associated with the contact, touch beside the contact name. If the phone number has an extension, touch after connecting to the main line and then dial the extension number. 5. To hang up, touch END CALL. Change the Phone Dialer Layout Switch between a large or standard dial keypad. 1. Touch > to display the phone’s dialer screen. 2. Touch > Large dial pad or Standard dial pad. Dial an Extension Number To skip voice prompts when dialing an extension number, do one of the following. After dialing the main number, touch and hold . The letter p is added to the number you are dialing. Enter the extension number, and then touch . You will be connected to the mainline and then to the extension number.
Page 63: Return A Missed Call
After dialing the main number, touch and hold . The letter w is added to the number you are dialing. Enter the extension number, and then touch . After connecting to the main line, touch SEND to dial the extension number. Tip: You can save phone numbers with an extension in the People app. Return a Missed Call You’ll see this icon in the status bar when you missed a call. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open to check who the caller is. 2. To return the call, spread your two fingers on the missed call notification to expand it, and then touch CALL BACK. Tip: You can also touch the notification to display call history and then touch the entry to call it. 3. If you have multiple missed calls, touch the missed calls notification to open the CALL HISTORY tab. Call From Call History You can directly call numbers stored in your Call history. 1. Touch > 2. Swipe right to display the CALL HISTORY tab. 3. Touch an entry to place a call. Note: You cannot make calls from Call history to entries identified as No ID or Restricted. Tip: Touch and hold an entry in the Call history list to open the options menu where you can select to view the contact information (if number is stored in People), edit the number before you call, send a ...
Page 64: Call Using A Speed Dial Number
1. Touch > > People. 2. Touch the contact you want to call to open the contact details screen. 3. Touch a phone number to place a call. For additional information, see Contacts. Call Using a Speed Dial Number Speed dial numbers let you dial numbers by touching and holding a single number on the Phone keypad. 1. Touch > to display the phone dialer’s screen. 2. Touch and hold the speed dial key on the Phone keypad. The display confirms that you have dialed the number when it shows “Dialing” on the upper right side of the screen. See Set Up Speed Dial for information on assigning speed dial numbers. Call a Number in a Text Message, Email Message, or Calendar Event While viewing a text message, email, or a Calendar event that has a phone number in it, you can just touch the phone number to place a call. For additional information, see Text Messaging and MMS, Email, and Calendar.
Page 65: Make International Calls
Enhanced 9-1-1 (E 9-1-1) Information This phone features an embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) chip necessary for utilizing E 9- 1-1 emergency location services where available. When you place an emergency 9-1-1 call, the GPS feature of your phone seeks information to calculate your approximate location. Depending on several variables, including availability and access to satellite signals, it may take up to 30 seconds or more to determine and report your approximate location. Important: Always report your location to the 9-1-1 operator when placing an emergency call. Some designated emergency call takers, known as Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), may not be equipped to receive GPS location information from your phone. Make International Calls When placing international calls, plus code dialing automatically adds the international dialing code for your location (for example, 011 for international calls made from the U.S.). Note: Make sure the North American dialing option is enabled under Settings > Call > Plus code dialing. Note: To call someone in your contacts list, the stored phone number needs to have a “+” sign followed by the country code, area code, and phone number. 1. Touch > 2. Enter the first few letters of a contact name, and then touch a contact to call. If you don’t have the number stored, touch and hold the zero key until a “+” sign appears. Then enter the country code, area code, and phone number, and touch CALL. The Phone dialer automatically adds your international dialing code to the number. Note: The Phone dialer dials as is and doesn’t automatically add your international access code when you dial a phone number that has a “+1” in front or when there’s no plus sign in front of the number. Important: International calls may incur additional fees. Contact Sprint customer service for details. Change the International Dialing Code By default, the international dialing code is set to 011. When you’re traveling in another country, you ...
Page 66: Set Up Speed Dial
Set Up Speed Dial Your phone can store up to eight phone numbers in speed dial locations. (The number 1 is reserved for Sprint voicemail access.) To assign a speed dial number to a contact: 1. Touch > > People, and then touch a contact. 2. Touch > Set speed dial. 3. Touch Not assigned under Number to select the contact’s number that you want to assign to the speed dial key. 4. Touch Not assigned under Location and then select a speed dial location. 5. Touch SAVE. Note: If you assign a number to an already assigned speed dial location, the new phone number will automatically replace the previous speed dial assignment. Receive Phone Calls When you receive a phone call from a contact, the Incoming call screen appears. Note: Your phone will automatically adjust the ringtone volume when you use the polite ringer and pocket mode features. Note: If your phone is off, all calls automatically go to voicemail. Answer or Reject an Incoming Call ...
Page 67: In-Call Options
Note: If your phone is already facing down, it will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls. In-call Options Touching the menu icon ( ) during a call displays a list of available in-call features. Add call to initiate a three-way call. Flash to accept another incoming call and put the first caller on hold. Touch Flash again to talk to the first caller. People to display your contacts list. Open contact card to display the caller’s contact information. Note: When the phone is completing a call, only People and Flash are available. You can also touch to mute the microphone. Touch the button again to unmute. To turn the speakerphone on or off, touch . You can adjust the speaker volume by pressing the Volume button. Warning: Because of higher volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear during speakerphone use. 3-way Calling With 3-Way Calling, you can talk to two people at the same time. When using this feature, the normal airtime rates will be charged for each of the two calls. 1. Touch > 2. Dial a number and touch CALL. 3. Once you have established the connection, touch > Add call, and dial the second number. (This puts the first caller on hold and dials the second number.) Tip: You can add a call even if the first call was an incoming call. 4. ...
Page 68: End A Call
End a Call There are a couple of options for ending a phone call. On the call screen, touch END CALL. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then touch If the phone number of the person who called is not in your contacts list, you can choose to save the number to your contacts list after you hang up. Call Services Your phone provides many useful features and options to help you make the most of your calling experience. Caller ID Caller ID identifies a caller before you answer the phone by displaying the number of the incoming call. If you do not want your number displayed when you make a call, follow these steps. 1. Touch > 2. Touch 3. Enter a phone number. 4. Touch CALL. To permanently block your number, call Sprint Customer Service. Call Waiting When you’re on a call, Call Waiting alerts you to incoming calls by sounding two beeps. Your phone’s screen informs you that another call is coming in and displays the caller’s phone number (if it is available and you are in digital mode). To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call: Touch > Flash. (This puts the first caller on hold and answers the second call.) To switch back to the first caller: ...
Page 69: Call Forwarding
Note: For those calls where you don’t want to be interrupted, you can temporarily disable Call Waiting by touching before placing your call. Call Waiting is automatically reactivated once you end the call. Call Forwarding Call Forwarding lets you forward all your incoming calls to another phone number – even when your phone is turned off. You can continue to make calls from your phone when you have activated Call Forwarding. Note: Depending on your plan, you may be charged a higher rate for calls you have forwarded. To activate Call Forwarding: 1. Touch > 2. Touch 3. Enter the area code and phone number to which you want your calls forwarded. 4. Touch CALL. (You will hear a tone to confirm the activation of Call Forwarding.) To deactivate Call Forwarding: 1. Touch > 2. Touch 3. Touch CALL. (You will see a message and hear a tone to confirm the deactivation.) Call History Call history lists all recent incoming, outgoing, and missed calls. Call history makes redialing a number fast and easy. It is continually updated as your phone automatically adds new numbers to the beginning of the list. Note: Call history records only calls that occur while the phone is turned on. If a call is received while ...
Page 70: Save A Number From Call History
1. Touch > 2. Swipe to view the CALL HISTORY tab. Each entry contains the phone number (if it is available) and the contact name (if the number is in People). 3. Do any of the following: Touch a name or number in the list to call. See Call From Call History. Touch and hold a name or number in the list to display the options menu. Touch a contact photo to find more ways of getting in touch with the contact. Touch to display only a particular type of call such as missed calls or outgoing calls. Save a Number From Call History If the phone number of a person who called is not in People, you can choose to save the number after you hang up. 1. Touch > > CALL HISTORY tab. 2. Touch next to the new number and choose whether to create a new contact or save the number to an existing contact. Note: You cannot save phone numbers already in People or from calls identified as No ID or Restricted. Prepend a Number From Call History If you need to make a call from the Call history and you are outside your local area code, you can add ...
Page 71: Erase Call History
1. Touch > > CALL HISTORY tab. 2. Touch and hold the contact or phone number you want to block, and then touch Block contact > OK. Note: To remove a caller from your blocked list, on the CALL HISTORY tab, touch > Blocked contacts. Touch and hold a contact, and then touch Unblock contacts. Erase Call History If the Call history becomes long, you can delete an entry or the entire Call history list. 1. Touch > > CALL HISTORY tab. 2. Do either of the following: To delete a Call history entry, touch and hold the entry, and then touch Delete from call history. To erase the entire Call history list, touch > Remove call history. Touch > Select all, and then touch DELETE. Change Ringtone Settings You can change how your phone alerts you when you receive calls.
Page 72: Visual Voicemail
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound. 2. Select the Pocket mode option. Visual Voicemail Visual Voicemail gives you a quick and easy way to access your voicemail. Now you can find exactly the message you are looking for without having to listen to every voicemail message first. This new feature periodically goes out to your voicemail, and gathers the caller information from all of the current voicemails. It then populates a list with the caller name and number, along with the length of time and priority level of the voicemail message. Set Up Visual Voicemail Your phone automatically transfers all unanswered calls to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. You should set up your Sprint voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated. Note: To set up your traditional voicemail box, see Set Up Voicemail. 1. Touch > > Voicemail. 2. Touch Personalize now and follow the voice prompts to: Create a password (part of standard voicemail). Record your name announcement. Record your greeting. 3. When prompted to enter information, use the onscreen dialpad to enter your numeric responses. Important: Voicemail Password – Sprint strongly recommends that you create a password when setting up your voicemail to help protect against unauthorized access. Without a password, anyone who has access to your phone is able to access your voicemail messages. 4. ...
Page 73 1. Touch > > Voicemail. 2. Touch a message. 3. While reviewing a voicemail message, you can: Touch to play or to pause the voicemail. Touch or to turn the speakerphone on or off during playback. If the speakerphone feature was enabled in Settings, the speakerphone will always be automatically enabled during voicemail playback. Touch and drag the timeline to scrub through the message to different points. Touch to call the person who left the voicemail message. Touch to share the voicemail message. Touch to delete the current voicemail message. Touch to reply to the message. You can choose to reply via a text or audio message. Touch > Archive to save the message. Touch > Help to learn more about this application. Phone Calls...
Page 74: Voicemail (Traditional)
Voicemail (Traditional) In addition to Visual Voicemail, your phone and Sprint service always offer traditional voicemail service accessed through the Phone application. Voicemail Notification There are several ways your phone alerts you to a new message. By sounding the assigned ringer type. By displaying in the Notifications area of the status bar when a single new unheard voicemail message is received. Note: Your phone accepts messages even when it is turned off. However, your phone notifies you of new messages only when it is turned on and you are in a Sprint service area. Set Up Voicemail Your phone automatically transfers all unanswered calls to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. You should set up your Sprint voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated. Always use a password to help protect against unauthorized access. 1. Touch > 2. Touch and hold to dial your voicemail number. 3. Follow the system prompts to: Create your password. Record your name announcement. Record your greeting. Important: Voicemail Password – Sprint strongly recommends that you create a password when setting up your voicemail to help protect against unauthorized access. Without a password, anyone who has access to your phone is able to access your voicemail messages. Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages You can review your messages directly from your wireless phone (using either traditional voicemail ...
Page 75: Internet Calls
Use Traditional Voicemail to Access Your Messages 1. Touch > 2. Touch and hold to dial your voicemail number. 3. Follow the voice prompts to listen to and manage your voicemail messages. Use Another Phone to Access Your Messages 1. Dial your wireless phone number. 2. When your voicemail answers, press the asterisk key (*) on the phone. 3. Enter your password. Tip: When you call voicemail from another phone, you first hear the header information (date, time, and sender information) for the message. To skip directly to the message, touch during the header. Note: Depending on your plan, you may be charged for airtime minutes when you are accessing your voicemail from your wireless phone. Internet Calls When you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network, you can make and receive calls through an Internet calling account. Note: Before you add an Internet calling account, make sure that you’ve registered with an Internet calling service that supports voice calls over Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Internet calls to phone numbers may incur additional fees.
Page 76: Make An Internet Call
6. To set your phone to receive Internet calls on your added account, select the Receive incoming calls option. Make an Internet Call Make an Internet call to either your contact’s Internet calling account or phone number. Internet calling account In People, touch a contact who has an Internet calling account, and then touch Internet call. In Call History, touch an Internet call log. Phone number. First, enable Internet calling for your outgoing calls. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Call. Touch Use Internet calling, and then select either For all calls when data network is available or Ask for each call. Wi-Fi Calling Wi-Fi calling gives you the ability to make and receive phone calls and send and receive text messages over a wireless network. Because Wi-Fi Calling uses a wireless connection, your calls, texts, and data activity won't count against your limits on your Sprint plan. Wi-Fi Calling also ...
Page 77: Make A Call Using Wi-Fi Calling
2. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 3. Touch the Wi-Fi Calling ON/OFF switch and then touch PROCEED in the dialog box. 4. Read the Wi-Fi Calling information and touch Accept. 5. Read the Sprint Customer Acknowledgement of 9-1-1 Service and Limitations and touch Next. 6. Select Accept, enter your name in the box, and then touch Next. 7. Select the wireless network you want to use for Wi-Fi Calling. 8. Select the Wi-Fi Calling and Locate me options, and then touch OK. 9. Enter your address to register for 9-1-1 emergency calling over Wi-Fi and touch OK. You can now make and receive phone calls and send and receive text messages over Wi-Fi. Tip: To check if Wi-Fi Calling is enabled, swipe down from the status bar. Touch the Wi-Fi Calling ready notification to update your profile address or change the Wi-Fi Calling settings. Make a Call Using Wi-Fi Calling Call your contacts using Wi-Fi Calling. 1. Touch > to display the phone’s dialer screen. 2. Enter the phone number of the contact, and then touch 3. To hang up, touch Turn Off Wi-Fi Calling Turn Wi-Fi Calling off when you don't need it.
Page 78: Contacts
Contacts The People application lets you easily manage your communications with contacts through phone, messaging, email, and social networks. And, if you have the same contacts from different sources, you can merge their contact information so you won’t have duplicate entries. Your Contacts List The People app lists all contacts stored on your phone and from the online accounts you’re logged in 1. Touch > > People. Tip: You can also access People through the Phone app. Touch > and then swipe left until you reach the PEOPLE tab. 2. You can: View your profile and edit your contact information. Create, edit, find, or send contacts. Touch a contact photo to find ways to quickly connect with the contact. See when a contact has sent you new messages. Tip: To sort your contacts by their first or last name, touch > Settings > Sort contacts by. Contacts...
Page 79: Find People
Filter Your Contacts List When your contacts list gets long, you can choose which contact accounts to show. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch on the top bar. 2. Select the online accounts that contain the contacts you want to display. 3. Touch Find People Search for contacts stored on your phone, your company directory if you have an Exchange ActiveSync account, or social networks you’ve signed into. 1. Touch > > People. 2. On the PEOPLE tab, you can: Find people in your contacts list. Touch , and then enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search people box. Find people on your company directory. Touch , enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search people box, and then touch Search contacts in your Company Directory. Search for people you know on your social networks. Touch > Settings > Find people you know on, and then select the social networks you’re signed in to. The People app then ...
Page 80: Add Entries To The People App
6. Touch SAVE. When you touch the added contact on your contacts list, you’ll see the contact information and your exchange of messages and calls. Depending on the information that you’ve added to the contact (such as an email address), you’ll also be able to see the contact’s social network updates, events, and photos. Tip: ICE - In Case of Emergency To make it easier for emergency personnel to identify important contacts, you can list your local emergency contacts under “ICE” in your phone’s People list. For example, if your mother is your primary emergency contact, list her as “ICE-Mom” in your Contacts. To list more than one emergency contact, use “ICE1-___,” “ICE2-___,” etc. Add an Extension Number to a Contact Number While creating a new contact in People, you can add an extension number to their number so you can skip the voice prompts when calling. Note: You must use the HTC Sense Keyboard to find these keys. 1. After entering the number of the main line, do one of the following: Touch to insert a pause before the extension number is dialed automatically. To make the pause longer, touch again. Touch to be prompted to confirm the extension number. 2. Enter the extension number. Contacts...
Page 81: Get In Touch With A Contact
Get in Touch with a Contact Choose the best way to connect with your contacts. 1. Touch > > People. 2. Touch a contact’s photo (not the name), and then choose how you want to get in touch with that contact. Tip: For more ways of getting in touch with your contact, touch an icon below the contact photo. Manage People Entries Make sure your contacts’ information are up to date. You can edit or delete an entry in People. Edit a People Entry You can add another phone number, email address, or assign a photo to a contact in People. Note: Facebook and Twitter contacts cannot be edited. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch and hold the contact, and then touch Edit contact. 2. Enter the new information. 3. Touch SAVE. Contacts...
Page 82: Delete An Entry
Delete an Entry Follow these steps to delete an entry in your contacts list. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch and hold the contact, and then touch Delete contact. 2. Touch OK to confirm. Delete Multiple Entries Clean up your contacts list by deleting entries that you no longer need. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch > Delete contacts. 2. Select the entries you want to delete, and then touch DELETE. Import or Copy Contacts It’s easy to import or copy contacts from your online accounts and save them directly to your phone. Import a Contact from an Exchange ActiveSync Account 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch and enter the contact’s name or email address in the search box. 2. Touch Search contacts in your Company Directory. 3. ...
Page 83: Accept Contact Link Suggestions
contacts to combine. Combining the same contacts avoids duplicated entries in your contacts list. Accept Contact Link Suggestions When your phone finds contacts that can be merged, you’ll see a link notification when you open the People app. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch the Contact link suggestion notification when available. You’ll see a list of suggested contacts to merge. 2. Navigate to the contact you want to merge. 3. Touch to merge. Otherwise, touch to ignore the contact link suggestion. Note: If you don’t want to receive contact link suggestions, on the PEOPLE tab, touch > Settings. Clear the Suggest contact link option. Manually Merge Entries You can merge your entries manually and choose the accounts to link the contact. 1. On the PEOPLE tab, touch the name of the contact (not the icon or photo) you want to link. 2. Touch > Link. 3. You can: Under Suggest links, touch to link the contact to an account. Under Add contact, touch one of the options to link to another contact. 4. Touch DONE to save the change. Break the Link When contact information has changed, you can choose to break the contact’s link from another ...
Page 84: Send Contact Information
Send Contact Information Quickly share your contact card or People entries on your phone. 1. Touch > > People. 2. Do any of the following: To send someone’s contact information, touch and hold the name of the contact (not the icon or photo), and then touch Send contact as vCard. To send your contact information, touch and hold My profile, and then touch Send my profile. 3. Choose how you want to send the vCard. 4. Select the type of information you want to send. 5. Touch SEND. Send Multiple People Entries 1. Touch > > People. 2. Touch > Send contacts. 3. Select the contacts whose contact information you want to share. 4. ...
Page 85: Create A Group
contacts you dial or get calls from the most. Your phone also syncs with groups you’ve created in your Google Account. Create a Group Create a group for your sporting buddies or family members so you can easily send them a message or email. 1. Touch > > People. 2. On the GROUPS tab, touch 3. Enter a name for the group. 4. Touch > Add contact to group. 5. Select the contacts you want to add, and then touch SAVE. 6. When your group is complete, touch SAVE. Send a Message or Email to a Group Easily send a message or email to all members of the group. 1. Touch > > People. 2. On the GROUPS tab, touch the group you want to send a message or email to. 3. ...
Page 86: Manage Your Contact Groups
Touch the group name to change the name. You can only change the name for groups that you have created. Touch > Add contact to group to add more members. To rearrange the group members, drag at the end of the contact’s name to its new position. Select the check box next to any contacts you want to remove from the group. 4. Touch SAVE. Manage Your Contact Groups Put your favorite group at the top of the groups’ list or delete groups that you don’t need. 1. Touch > > People. 2. On the GROUPS tab, touch > Edit groups. 3. You can: Rearrange the contact groups. Drag at the end of the group name to its new position. Select the contact groups you want to remove. 4. Touch SAVE. Back Up and Restore Your Contacts Make sure you don’t lose your contacts by backing them up to your phone’s storage or microSD card ...
Page 87: Private Contacts
Restore Contacts Note: You can only restore contacts that were backed up using the Export to phone storage feature. 1. Touch > > People. 2. Touch > Manage contacts. 3. Touch Import/Export contacts > Import from phone storage or Import from SD card. 4. If you have more than one account set up, touch the type for the imported contacts. 5. If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then touch OK. 6. Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then touch OK. Private Contacts If you don't want to show a contact's name and photo on the lock screen when you have an incoming call, add the contact to your private contacts list. Add a Contact to the Private Contacts List 1. ...
Page 88: Accounts And Messaging
Accounts and Messaging With Sprint service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to share information through many different channels and accounts. Gmail You will need a Google Account to access several phone features such as Gmail, Google Maps™, and Google Play. Before you are able to access Google applications, you must enter your account information. These applications sync between your phone and your online Google Account. Create a Google Account If you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online or using your phone. Note: You can also create and sign into your Google Account or Gmail through your phone’s Setup application. Note: Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your phone, such as Google Play, you do not need to use Gmail as the default account for your phone. Create a Google Account Online 1. From a computer, launch a Web browser and navigate to google.com. 2. On the main page, click Sign in > Create an account. 3. Follow the onscreen prompts to create your free account. 4. Look for an email from Google in the email box you provided, and respond to the email to confirm and activate your new account. Create a Google Account Using Your Phone 1. ...
Page 89: Sign In To Your Google Account
Note: When setting up a new Google Account, either on your phone or online, you will be prompted to add a secondary email address. Enter a second Gmail address or any other email address from which you currently send and receive email. This address is used to authenticate your account should you ever encounter problems or forget your password. It is strongly encouraged for Android users so you can regain access to Google services and purchases on your phone. 7. Select whether you want to receive news and offers from Google Play, and touch . 8. Enter a secondary email address to help you recover your password if you ever lose it and then select a security question. Touch . 9. On the Finish account screen, touch I accept. 10. Enter the text you see on the screen, and then touch . 11. Select whether you want to join Google+ or touch Not now to proceed. 12. After your phone connects with the Google servers, select the items you would like to sync with your phone, and then touch . Your phone will synchronize the selected items. Sign In to Your Google Account If you have a Google Account but have not yet signed in with your phone, follow these instructions to sign in to your Google Account. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch > Google > Existing.
Page 90 2. Do any of the following from your Inbox. Touch an email message (not the sender image or letter tile) to read, forward, or reply to the message. Touch an inbox category (for example, Primary) at the top bar to switch to your other other Gmail account or to display drafts, sent messages, or other email labels and categories. Touch the sender image or letter tile to select one or more messages or conversations. You can then touch the onscreen buttons at the top bar to archive, delete, or mark the selected messages or conversations. Accounts and Messaging...
Page 91: Send A New Gmail Message
Tip: Get help in using Gmail by touching > Help. Send a New Gmail Message Create and send an email message from your Gmail Account. 1. Touch > > Gmail. 2. In the inbox of the Gmail account you want to use, touch 3. Fill in one or more recipients. Note: If you want to send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc) of the email to other recipients, touch > Add Cc/Bcc. 4. Enter the email subject, and then compose your email. 5. If you want to attach a photo, video, or file, touch > Attach file, select the source of the attachment, and then select the file to attach. 6. Touch to send. Note: While composing the message, touch twice to save it as a draft. To discard the message, touch > Discard. Reply To or Forward an Email Message Use your Gmail Account to reply to or forward email messages.
Page 92: Add A Gmail Account
Add a Gmail Account If you have two or more Gmail accounts, you can add them on your phone and easily switch between accounts in Gmail. To add another Gmail account, see Add One or More Google Accounts. Get Help with Gmail Find out more how to use Gmail. In the Gmail inbox, touch > Help. Email Use the Mail application to send and receive email from your webmail or other emails accounts using POP3 or IMAP. You can also access your Exchange ActiveSync email and other features on your phone. Mail allows you to stay connected 24 hours a day anywhere. Add an Email Account Set up email accounts such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account or an account from a Web- based email service or email provider. Important: If you’re adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or a POP3/IMAP email account, ask your network administrator or email service provider for additional email settings that you may need. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Select an email account type from the list of email providers. Otherwise, if you’ve already added an email account during the setup process, touch > Add account. Tip: You can also set up an email account from the Accounts & sync menu. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync > 3. ...
Page 93: Check Your Mail Inbox
Check Your Mail Inbox When you open the Mail application, it displays the inbox of one of your email accounts that you’ve set up on your phone. 1. Touch > > Mail. The inbox of one of your email accounts appears. 2. Do any of the following: Touch an email message to read. To switch between email accounts or view email messages from all your accounts, touch . To display email messages in another mail folder, touch > Folder, and then touch the folder you want to view. To refresh the inbox, pull down the screen. To change an email account’s settings, select the account and then touch > Settings. Organize Your Inbox Organize your email messages into tabs and quickly find the messages you want. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to use. Accounts and Messaging...
Page 94: Send An Email Message
3. In the inbox, touch > Edit tabs. 4. Select the tabs you want to add to the inbox. 5. To arrange the tabs, drag , and then move the tab to its new location. 6. Touch DONE. 7. Swipe to the added tab to check your email messages. Send an Email Message Send an email message to your contacts using an email account in Mail. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to use. 3. Touch 4. Fill in one or more recipients. Tip: If you want to send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc) of the email to other recipients, touch > Show Cc/Bcc. 5. Enter the subject, and then compose your message. 6. Do any of the following: Add an attachment. Touch and then choose what you want to attach. Set the priority for an important message. Touch ...
Page 95: Read And Reply To An Email Message
Read and Reply to an Email Message Read email messages and reply them promptly in the Mail app. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to use. 3. In the email account inbox, touch the email you want to read. Note: If you want to read a particular message inside an email conversation, touch to expand the conversation, and then touch the email message. 4. Touch REPLY or REPLY ALL. Tip: Touch for more actions for the email. Quickly Reply to an Email Message You can quickly respond to a new email message from the Home screen or lock screen. 1. When you receive a new email message notification, slide the Notifications panel down. 2. On the email preview, touch REPLY ALL or FORWARD. Note: If you have several notifications and you don't see the email options, expand the email preview by sliding two fingers apart on the notification. 3. Compose you reply message and touch Save an Image in an Email Message While viewing an email message, touch and hold an embedded image, and then touch Save image. ...
Page 96: Search Email Messages
Move Email Messages to Another Folder 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to use. 3. Select the email messages you want to move. Tip: To select all, select one email message first, and then touch > Select all. 4. Touch MOVE TO and then select a folder. Delete Email Messages 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to use. 3. Select the email messages you want to delete. Tip: To select all, select one email message first, and then touch > Select all. 4. Touch DELETE > OK. Search Email Messages If you have a long list of email messages on your inbox, you can easily search for that important email.
Page 97: Work With Exchange Activesync Email
3. Touch and hold an email message from a contact. 4. Touch Show all mail from sender. A list of email messages from that contact appears. Work with Exchange ActiveSync Email Enjoy the powerful email features of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right on your phone. Flag important email messages, set your out of the office reply, or send invites to your next team meeting while you’re on the go. Flag Email Messages 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync email account. 3. While viewing your Exchange ActiveSync email inbox, touch the flag icon that appears on the right of an email message or conversation. The icon turns red after you flagged the email or conversation. Tip: To flag an email message inside a conversation, touch to expand the conversation, and then touch the flag icon of the email message. Set Your Out of Office Status You can set your Out of Office status and auto-reply message right from your phone. 1. Touch > ...
Page 98: Delete An Email Account
3. Touch > New meeting invitation. 4. Enter the meeting details. 5. Touch SAVE. Or touch SEND if you’ve invited people to the meeting. Delete an Email Account Delete an email account from your phone if you want to discontinue using that account. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account that you want to delete. 3. Touch > Settings > Delete account. 4. Touch OK to confirm. Use Smart Sync Smart Sync automatically extends the sync time the longer the Mail app is inactive. Set your email account to Smart Sync when you don’t need to check new email messages frequently. Smart Sync helps save battery power. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account where you want to use Smart Sync. 3. Touch > Settings > Sync, Send & Receive. 4. ...
Page 99 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. Switch to the email account you want to change. 3. Touch > Settings, and choose from these options: Account settings: Change the email account settings such as the name, email address, password, and description. General settings Mail body font size: Set the font size when reading email messages. Use signature: Select to append a signature to your outgoing email messages. Signature: Set the signature for outgoing email messages. Set as default account: Select to use the current email account as the default account to send email messages. Attachment cache: Select where to cache email attachments. Ask before deleting: Select to display a confirmation box when deleting email messages. ...
Page 100: Text Messaging And Mms
Message format (Exchange ActiveSync email only): Set email messages to display in HTML or plain text format. Include file attachment (Exchange ActiveSync email only): Set the size of email attachments that will be automatically downloaded with email messages. Reply with original text: Select to include the original email text when replying. Delete mail on server (POP email only): Select to remove mail from the server when you delete it on your phone. Always bcc me: Select to always send yourself a copy of all email messages that you send. Notification settings Email notifications: Select to turn on email notifications on your phone. Play notification sound: Set the phone to play a sound when a new email message arrives. Notification sound: Select the sound to play when a new email message arrives. ...
Page 101: Send A Multimedia Message (Mms)
4. Touch the “Add text” box and then start composing your message. 5. Touch to send, or touch to save the message as a draft. Note: There is a limit on the number of characters for a single text message (displayed above ). If you exceed the limit, your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message. Note: Your text message automatically becomes a multimedia message if you enter an email address as the recipient, add a message subject, attach an item, or compose a very long message. Send a Multimedia Message (MMS) When you need to add a little more to a text message, you can send a multimedia message (MMS) with pictures, voice recordings, audio or video files, contact cards (vCard), or appointments (vCalendar). 1. Touch > 2. Touch 3. Enter a contact name, mobile number, or email address in the To field. Tip: If only phone numbers are showing up when you’re entering a contact name, touch , and then touch > Show Email. 4. To add a subject line, touch > Add subject to add a subject line to your message. 5. Touch the “Add text” box, and then start composing your message. 6. Touch and then select an attachment type.
Page 102: Send A Group Message
7. Select or browse for the attachment to attach. 8. After adding an attachment, touch to see options for replacing, viewing or removing your attachment. 9. Touch to send, or touch to save the message as a draft. Note: Depending on the resolution of your photo or video attachments, they may be displayed as cropped thumbnails in your multimedia message. Create a Slideshow You can create an MMS message with multiple slides, each containing a photo, video, or audio, and text. 1. After you’ve added either a photo, video, or audio in the multimedia message you’re composing, touch > Slide. 2. Choose where you want to insert the next slide. 3. Right after adding a slide, do one of the following: Touch , and then choose to add a photo or a video. Touch > Audio to add music or a voice recording to a slide. Touch Add text, and then enter your caption. Touch to see options for replacing, viewing, or removing your attachment. 4. Touch > Preview. Touch once on the preview screen to see playback controls. 5. ...
Page 103: Save And Resume Composing A Draft Message
3. Touch , select multiple recipients, and then touch DONE. You can also swipe to the GROUP tab and select a contact group. 4. To send a group SMS, make sure that Send as individual messages is selected. Clear this option to send your message as a group MMS. Group SMS. Your message will be sent to the recipients as a text message and each message sent will be charged to your allocated text message plan. Replies of your recipients are sorted separately. Group MMS. Similar to a group chat, sending a group MMS lets your recipients join the conversation you’ve started. Your phone also organizes message replies in a single conversation thread. If this is your first time to send a group MMS, you may need to enter your mobile phone number. 5. Touch the “Add text” box, and then start composing your message. 6. Touch to send, or touch to save the message as a draft. Group MMS FAQs Why can’t my recipients see or join the group MMS I sent to them? Check whether your recipients have enabled Group messaging on their mobile devices. Some ...
Page 104 the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see Text and Multimedia Message Options. A new message icon ( ) also appears in the status bar. 1. To open and read the message, you can: Open the Notifications panel, and then touch the new message. Touch > , and then touch the message. 2. While reading the message, you can: Reply with a text message. Touch the “Add text” box, enter your reply message, and then touch Reply with a multimedia message. Touch the “Add text” box, enter your reply message, touch to choose an attachment for your message, and then touch Call or save a phone number contained in the message. Touch the phone number, and then choose whether to dial the number or add it to your contacts. ...
Page 105: Receive Text Messages From Contacts Using An Iphone
Forward a Message 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, touch a contact (or phone number) to display the exchange of messages with that contact. 3. Touch the message, and then touch Forward. Receive Text Messages From Contacts Using an iPhone If you have just migrated your contacts from an iPhone to your new HTC phone, your contacts may still be texting you through iMessage and not through SMS or MMS. To receive text messages from your contacts who are using an iPhone, you must unregister the phone number you used on your old iPhone from your Apple support profile. Or, if you still have your old iPhone, turn off the service in iMessage settings. View and Save an Attachment from a Multimedia Message When you receive a multimedia message, you can view and save files that are attached to it. If there’s a media attachment such as a photo or video in a received message, touch it to view the content. To save the attachment, touch and hold the multimedia message, and then choose to save the type of attachment from the options menu.
Page 106: Help Protect Your Messages
Help Protect Your Messages You can move private text messages to the Secure box. You will need to enter a password to read messages in the Secure box. Important: The Secure box does not encrypt messages. Important: Message stored on your SIM card cannot be moved to the secure box. Move Messages to the Secure Box 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, touch a contact (or phone number) to display the exchange of messages with that contact. 3. Touch > Move to secure box. 4. Select the messages, and then touch MOVE. Note: To move all the messages from a contact, on the Messages screen, touch and hold the contact and touch Move to secure box. To read messages in the Secure box, on the Messages screen, touch > Secure. If it is your first time to use the Secure box, set a password. To remove messages or contacts from the Secure box, touch and hold the contact (or phone number) and touch Move to general box. Protect a Message from Deletion You can lock a message so that it will not be deleted even if you delete the other messages in the ...
Page 107: Delete Messages And Conversations
1. Touch > 2. Do any of the following: On the Messages screen, touch and hold a contact (or phone number) and touch Block contact. To block multiple contacts, touch > Block contacts, select the contacts, and touch Move. When the contact sends you messages, you will not see them in the Messages screen or receive notifications and calls. To read messages in the block box, on the Messages screen, touch > Block. Note: To remove messages or contacts from the block box, touch and hold the contact (or phone number) and touch Unblock. Note: To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts, clear the Save block message option in the Messages settings. Delete Messages and Conversations Tidy up your messages list by deleting old messages and conversations. 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, do any of the following: Delete a message. Open the conversation thread with a contact, touch the message, and then touch Delete message. To delete multiple messages within a conversation, touch > Delete messages > Delete by selection, and then select the messages to delete. ...
Page 108 Back Up Text Messages 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, touch > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up. 3. Touch OK > Back up SMS. 4. Choose whether you want to protect the backup file with a password. 5. Enter a name for your backup file, and then touch OK. Back Up Text Messages Using Mail Important: You need to set up your email account in Mail. 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, touch > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up. 3. Touch OK > Back up SMS via mail. 4. ...
Page 109: Text And Multimedia Message Options
Text and Multimedia Message Options You can set how your phone notifies you when you receive a new text or multimedia message, or set other messaging options. 1. Touch > 2. On the Messages screen, touch > Settings. You can set the following options: Notifications: Received messages Received notification: Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a new text or multimedia message arrives. Play notification sound: If you want the phone to ring when a new message arrives, select this option. Notification sound: Select a ringtone that is specific to new text and multimedia messages. Note that the ringtone briefly plays when selected. Vibrate: Select this option if you want the phone to vibrate when a new text or multimedia message arrives. Notification preview: Select to display the sender and message preview on the lock screen and status bar. Notifications: Sent messages ...
Page 110 SMS characters: Select this option to correctly display special accented characters in SMS messages. Multimedia messages (MMS): MMS settings Auto-retrieve: Select this option to automatically retrieve all your multimedia messages completely. When selected, the multimedia message header plus the message body and attachments will automatically download to your phone. If you clear this check box, only the multimedia message header will be retrieved and shown in your Messages screen. Roaming auto-retrieve: Select this option to automatically retrieve all your multimedia messages completely while roaming. Data roaming charges will apply. Priority setting: Set the priority for outgoing MMS messages. Maximum message size: Set the maximum file size of a multimedia message. The multimedia message will not be sent out if it exceeds the file size set here. Attachment storage: Select the storage where you want to save multimedia message attachments. This is disabled for phones with no storage card. Connection settings: View various connection settings such as the connection name and server address. Multimedia messages (MMS): Group Messaging: Select to turn group MMS on or off. When you enable this, you will need to enter your phone number for group MMS.
Page 111: Social Networking Accounts
Color scheme: Touch to change the message bubble color and texture. Background: Touch to set a custom background image. Restore defaults: Touch to return to the default settings. General: Font size: Set the font size for message threads. General: Callback number Callback number for SMS: Select if you want to enable and send the callback number for SMS. Callback number: Touch to change the callback number. Social Networking Accounts Stay in touch on the go with all your social networking accounts. Post updates on Facebook, and Twitter, chat on Google+ Hangouts, see what everyone’s talking about from YouTube, and more. Facebook Sign in to your Facebook account from the Accounts & sync settings or the Facebook app. See your Facebook friends’ statuses in People or in HTC BlinkFeed. You can also see your Facebook friends’ photos in Gallery. For more information, see HTC BlinkFeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen. Twitter Sign in to your Twitter account from the Accounts & sync settings, and you can see your Twitter contacts’ latest tweets in People or in HTC BlinkFeed. See HTC BlinkFeed - Your Dynamic Home Screen. Accounts and Messaging...
Page 112: Google
Google+ With Google+ you can check your friends’ updates, post updates of your own, and chat with friends in your Google+ circles. To open Google+, touch > > Google+. To learn what you can do and get help in Google+, touch > Help. YouTube Check out the latest video sensations using the YouTube app. Watch YouTube Videos 1. Touch > > YouTube. 2. Browse or search for a video. 3. Touch the one you want to watch. 4. While watching a video, you can: Turn the phone sideways to watch the video in full screen. Touch the video screen to pause, resume playback, or drag the slider to jump to a different part of the video. Scroll down the video information panel to see the description, related videos, or comments from other viewers. Browse other videos by minimizing the video screen. Touch or drag the video screen down to minimize. To close the video thumbnail, swipe it left or right. Tip: If you want to watch the video at a later time, touch next to the video title, and then touch Add to > Watch later. You can access the video again from your account profile’s Watch later list. 5. ...
Page 113 Tip: Touch to enter it in the search box. New suggestions appear and you can enter more text or touch beside a subsequent suggestion to quickly refine your search. 3. If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, touch the item. 4. To show results which were just recently posted. Touch All time, and then select a time period you want. 5. Scroll through the results and touch a video to watch it. Share a Video Link 1. In the YouTube app, touch a video or search for a video and then touch it. 2. Touch the video screen, and then touch 3. Choose how you want to share the video link from the available options. Create Video Playlists Organize your favorite videos into playlists and watch them in the YouTube app. Note: Make sure that you're signed in to your Google Account. 1. Touch > > YouTube. 2. Browse or search for a video. 3. Touch next to the video title, and then touch Add to > New playlist. 4. Enter the playlist name, and then touch OK. Tip: If you don't want to share the video playlist, select Private before you touch OK.
Page 114: Apps And Entertainment
Apps and Entertainment You can access all your phone’s apps in the Apps screen. Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time. Get Apps You can find and install apps from Google Play or from the Web. Important: Sprint’s policies often do not apply to third-party applications. Third-party applications may access your personal information or require Sprint to disclose your customer information to the third-party application provider. To find out how a third-party application will collect, access, use, or disclose your personal information, check the application provider’s policies, which can usually be found on their website. If you aren’t comfortable with the third-party application’s policies, don’t use the application. Get Apps from Google Play Google Play is the place to go to find new apps for your phone. Choose from a wide variety of free and paid apps ranging from productivity apps and games to books, magazines, movies, and music. When you find an app you want, you can easily download and install it on your phone. Note: A payment service is required to purchase a paid app. You will be asked to confirm method of payment when you purchase an app. Create a Google Wallet Account You must have a Google Wallet account associated with your Google Account to purchase items from the Google Play Store app. Do one of the following: On your computer, go to google.com/wallet to create a Google Wallet account. The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Google Play, you’re prompted to enter your billing information to set up a Google Wallet account. Warning: When you’ve used Google Wallet once to purchase an application from the Google Play Store app, the phone remembers your password, so you don’t need to enter it the next time. For this ...
Page 115: Sprint Zone
Find and Install an Application When you install apps from Google Play and use them on your phone, they may require access to your personal information (such as your location, contact data, and more) or access to certain functions or settings of your phone. Download and install only apps that you trust. Important: Be cautious when downloading apps that have access to functions or a significant amount of your data on your phone. You’re responsible for the results of using downloaded apps. 1. Touch > > Play Store. 2. Browse or search for an app. 3. When you find the app that you like, touch it and read its description and user reviews. 4. To download or purchase the app, touch INSTALL (for free apps) or the price button (for paid apps). 5. Touch ACCEPT. Tip: Apps sometimes get updated with improvements or bug fixes. To automatically download updates, after installing, touch > Auto-update. Or if you downloaded an app when connected to a Wi-Fi network, touch OK when asked to auto-update apps when on Wi-Fi. To open the installed app, touch OPEN or find the app in the Apps screen. Restore Apps from Google Play Upgraded to a new phone, replaced a lost one, or performed a factory reset? Restore apps that were downloaded previously. 1. Touch > > Play Store. 2. ...
Page 116: Download Apps From The Web
1. Touch > > Sprint Zone > Apps. 2. Scroll through the app categories at the top of the screen and then touch an app to download and install it from Google Play. Download Apps from the Web You can download apps directly from websites. Important: Apps downloaded from websites can be from unknown sources. To help protect your phone and your personal data, we strongly recommend that you download from Google Play. 1. Open your Web browser, and then go to the website where you can download the app you want. 2. Follow the website’s download instructions for the app. 3. Before you can install the downloaded app, make sure that you’ve set your phone to allow installation of third-party apps in Settings > Security > Unknown sources. Important: After installing the app, go back to Settings > Security and make sure to clear the Unknown sources option. Uninstall an App If you no longer need an app that you’ve downloaded and installed, you can uninstall it. Note: Most of the preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled. 1. Touch > 2. Touch and hold the app you want to remove, and then drag it to Note: If you purchased an app in Play Store, you can uninstall it for a refund within a limited time. To know more about the refund policy for paid apps, refer to the Google Play help. Navigation Your phone offers a number of location-based navigation programs to help you figure out where you ...
Page 117 interest or an address on a map, or view locations at street level. Note: To find your location with Google Maps, you need to enable location sources. For more information on location services, see Location Settings. Note: The Google Maps application does not cover every country or city. Get Around Maps When you open Google Maps, you can easily find your location on the map or check out nearby places by panning and zooming in and out on the map. 1. Touch > > Maps. 2. Touch to show your current location. The blue marker or shows your location on the map. 3. Touch to turn Compass mode on. In Compass mode, the map orients itself depending on the direction you’re facing. To exit Compass mode, touch 4. If you want to see more information overlaid on the map, touch , and then touch a map view such as Traffic or Public transit to toggle the view on and off. Navigate the Map Navigate the map using finger gestures. Slide your finger on any direction to pan. Double-tap the map or slide two fingers apart over an area to zoom in. To zoom in while holding the phone with one hand, double-tap with your thumb and hold the second tap, and then drag your thumb down. Double-tap the map with two fingers or slide two fingers together over an area to zoom out. To zoom out while holding the phone with one hand, double-tap with your thumb and hold the ...
Page 118 3. Touch the Enter key on the keyboard or touch a suggested search item. The first location on the search appears with a place marker and its info sheet displays at the bottom of the screen. All other search results are indicated by a red dot or a smart map icon. 4. If there is more than one search result, touch to view the search results list. 5. Touch the info sheet to check the address, get directions, see the location in Street View (if available), and more. 6. To check the next or previous location on the search, swipe the info sheet left or right. To clear the map and search another location, swipe down the info sheet (if it’s expanded), and then touch Get Directions Get detailed directions to your destination. Google Maps provides travel directions by car, public transit, bike, or foot. 1. Touch > > Maps. 2. Touch 3. Choose how you want to get to your destination. 4. Use your current location as starting point, or touch My location to enter your starting point or select a location from your search history. Apps and Entertainment...
Page 119: Scout
5. Touch Choose destination, and then enter or select your destination. Note: If you’re taking public transit, touch to set the date and time of travel, or touch Options to set your route preferences. 6. Touch a route or transit option to view the directions on the map. You’ll also see the travel duration on the info sheet at the bottom of the screen. 7. Touch the info sheet to view the directions in a list. When you’re finished viewing or following the directions, touch to reset the map. Your destination is automatically saved in the Google Maps history. Get Help with Google Maps Get help and more information about Maps. In Google Maps, touch > Help. The Web browser opens and takes you to the Google Maps help site. Scout Scout™ by Telenav is a daily personal navigator that helps you get where you’re going. It lets you see and hear turn-by-turn directions and it can provide important, personalized information about traffic and alternate routes. Note: To find your location, you need to enable location sources. To learn how, see Location Settings. Install the Scout App on Your Phone Before you use Scout on your phone, you must download and install the app from the Google Play Store app. 1. Touch > ...
Page 120: Music
5. When the download has completed, touch OPEN. To open the app from the Home screen, touch > Scout. Music Your phone lets you discover, download, and listen to your favorite music through a variety of music apps. Choose the Music or Play Music app to enjoy music on your phone. Listen to Music Enjoy your favorite songs on your phone using the Music application. Note: When you open the Music app for the first time, you’ll be asked if you would like to automatically download related content, such as album covers and artist photos, to your phone. 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Swipe to the different tabs to browse by category. 3. Touch a song to play. 4. Touch the onscreen icons to control music playback, repeat songs and more. Touch and drag your finger across the progress bar to jump to any part of the song. Touch to turn shuffle on or off. (Shuffle is off when button is gray.) Apps and Entertainment...
Page 121: Create And Work With Playlists
Touch to cycle through the repeat modes: repeat all songs, repeat current song, and don’t repeat. ® Touch to play your music on a DLNA compliant TV or audio system or stereo Bluetooth device. Touch to minimize the Now playing screen to continue browsing your music collection. Press the Volume Up or Volume Down Button to adjust the playback volume. Note: When you’re listening to music and the screen display turns off, press the Power Button to turn the screen back on and control the music playback directly on the lock screen. Tip: You can also control music playback right from the Notifications panel. Create and Work with Playlists Personalize your music experience by creating music playlists. Make a playlist containing just your favorite songs or create one to match your mood for the day. Create Playlists You can make as many playlists as you like on your phone. 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Swipe to the PLAYLISTS tab. 3. Touch and then enter a playlist name. 4. ...
Page 122: Add A Song To The Queue
Play the Songs in a Playlist 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Swipe to the PLAYLISTS tab. 3. Touch a playlist, and then touch the song you want to play first. The song starts playing on the NOW PLAYING tab. Delete Your Playlists Follow these steps to delete playlists that you no longer use. Note: The Recently played and the Recently added playlists can’t be deleted. 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Swipe to the PLAYLISTS tab. 3. Touch and hold the playlist you want to delete, and then touch Delete playlist. 4. To remove several playlists, touch > Delete playlists. Add a Song to the Queue While playing a song, you can also browse other tracks stored on your phone. Add a song or an ...
Page 123: Set A Song As A Ringtone
1. Touch > > Music. 2. Swipe to the ARTISTS or ALBUMS tab. 3. Touch > Update artist photos or Update album art. If you want your phone to automatically check and update your music collection, touch on the Music app’s main screen, and then touch Settings. Select Album art and Artist photos. Set a Song as a Ringtone Pick a song from your Music library and set it as your ringtone or as ringtone for a favorite contact. Set a Song as a Ringtone Pick a song from your Music library and set it as your ringtone or as ringtone for a favorite contact. 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Play the song that you want to set as a ringtone. 3. Touch > Set as ringtone. 4. ...
Page 124: Search For Lyrics, Music Videos, And More
2. Drag the trim sliders to the part where you want the ringtone to begin and end. For a more precise trimming, touch the left or right arrow buttons. Time markers indicate where you are on the song. 3. When you’re done trimming, touch SET AS. 4. Choose whether to set your trimmed song as your Phone ringtone or Contact ringtone. Note: You can see your new ringtone in the phone settings. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound > Ringtone. Search for Lyrics, Music Videos, and More Take your music entertainment to a whole new level with lyrics, music videos, artists' information, and visualizations. View Song Lyrics Sing along with your favorite music tracks. Your phone gives your music an extra kick with song lyrics and cool music visualizations. Note: To save on data usage, you might want to connect to a Wi-Fi network when updating your album covers and artist photos. In Music settings, select Wi-Fi only. 1. Touch > > Music. 2. Browse to the song you want to play and touch it. 3. Swipe to the VISUALIZER tab to view the lyrics. Song lyrics appear onscreen if content has been successfully downloaded.
Page 125: Google Play Music
Tip: Want a different visual for your music? Touch > Scene and select a scene. If you want the scene to change for every song, select Random. 4. Touch the screen to display the lyrics in full screen. 5. To jump to another part of the song, touch the screen to make the progress bar appear. Touch and drag your finger across the progress bar, or touch and hold or Find Music Videos on YouTube It’s easy to find music videos of the song you’re listening to on YouTube. On the NOW PLAYING tab, touch > Search > YouTube. Google Play Music Listen to your music collection anywhere you are with the Google Play Music app. All your music is stored online, so no need to worry about syncing or storage space. To open Google Play Music, touch > > Play Music. Learn more about Google Play Music at play.google.com. Sprint Music Plus Use Sprint Music Plus to find and play music tracks, ringtones, and ringback tones. Sprint Music Plus features a music player, manager, and store in one app. Install the Sprint Music Plus App Before you use Sprint Music Plus on your phone, you must download and install the app from ...
Page 126: Google Play Movies & Tv
Google Play Movies & TV Stream movies you’ve purchased on Google Play using Google Play Movies & TV app. You can stream instantly or download the movie or TV show on your phone so you can watch it whenever you’re free. Google Play Movies & TV app also gives quick access to your personal videos, including those you’ve captured on your phone. To open Google Play Movies & TV, touch > > Play Movies & TV. Learn more about Google Play Movies & TV at play.google.com/about/movies. Sprint TV & Movies With Sprint TV & Movies, you can watch live TV and access movies and other on demand entertainment on the go. Install the Sprint TV & Movies App on Your Phone Before you use Sprint Music Plus on your phone, you must download and install the app from the Google Play Store app. 1. Touch > > Sprint TV & Movies. 2. ...
Page 127: Connect To Your Home Entertainment System
Tip: For quick access, touch a featured item in the center of the screen or select a live channel from the bottom bar. Note: Coverage not available everywhere. Content and lineup subject to change. Select channels also available for casual usage. Go to sprintchannels.mobitv.com for more information. Connect to Your Home Entertainment System Share your videos, music, and even streaming media to external devices through DLNA, A2DP (Bluetooth), or other supported wireless display connection. Note: Some devices may need to be paired before you can share to them. Share Media on DLNA Devices Share photos, videos, and movies with your friends on a big screen. Simply connect your phone to your home network and instantly share photos, videos, movies, and music. Note: If you’ll be using a DLNA compliant TV or audio system, refer to its documentation on how to connect it to your home network. 1. Connect your phone to your home network via Wi-Fi. 2. Open the Gallery or Music app. 3. Locate the media stored on your phone that you want to share, and then touch it. 4. Touch 5. Choose the device on your network where you want to play the media. 6. Once connected to the device on your network, touch the onscreen controls to control playback, adjust the volume, and more. Note: For more information about DLNA, visit dlna.org. Kid Mode ® Switch to Kid Mode and help prevent your kids from wandering off to inappropriate Web sites or ...
Page 128 Create a Child Profile 1. Touch > > Kid Mode. The first time you use Kid Mode, you need to create or sign in to your account. 2. Touch the default name at the top of the screen, and then touch Add Child. 3. Fill out the information on the screen and then touch Save. Switch to Kid Mode 1. Touch > > Kid Mode. 2. On the Zoodles main screen, touch the profile that you created for your child. 3. Touch the icons to access games and apps, play recorded storybook readings, and more. Set Child-Accessible Apps in Kid Mode When in Kid Mode, you can choose which apps on your phone your child will have access to. 1. On the Zoodles main screen, touch Parent Dashboard. Tip: You can also go to Parent Dashboard from Settings > Security > Kid Mode. 2. ...
Page 129: Web And Data
Web and Data The following topics address your phone’s data connections, the built-in Web browser, and connections to your computer. Additional data-related features can be found in Accounts and Messaging, Apps and Entertainment, and Tools and Calendar. Data Services General Information – Sprint Spark LTE and 3G Networks The following topics will help you learn the basics of using your data services, including managing your user name, launching a data connection, and navigating the Web with your phone. Important: Certain data services requests may require additional time to process. While your phone is loading the requested service, the touchscreen may appear unresponsive when in fact they are functioning properly. Allow the phone some time to process your data usage request. Sprint Spark LTE The Sprint Spark enhanced LTE network provides your phone with wireless Internet access over greater distances than Wi-Fi and delivers data transfer rates of up to 60 Mbps. To connect your phone to Sprint Spark, you must be in an area covered by the Sprint Spark enhanced LTE network. For more information about the availability of Sprint Spark in your location, visit sprint.com/coverage. Note: The availability and range of the network depends on a number of factors including your distance to the base station, and infrastructure and other objects through which the signal passes. Set Your Network Options 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch Mobile data > Network mode. 3. ...
Page 130: Data Connection Status And Indicators
Data Connection Status and Indicators Your phone displays the current status of your data connection through indicators at the top of the screen. The following symbols are used: Icon Description Network (full signal): The number of bars indicate the strength of the signal. More bars mean a better signal. Sprint Spark (data service): Your phone is connected to the Sprint Spark enhanced LTE network (data service) 3G (data service): Your phone is connected to the 3G network. When the icon animates, your phone is transferring or receiving data. Launch a Web Connection Launching a Web connection is as simple as opening the browser on your phone. Touch > . Your data connection starts and you see the home page. You can change the default home page. See Set Browser Options. Touch > > Mail or Messages. Open a message with a Web page link and then touch it. Turn the Data Connection On or Off Turn your data connection off to optimize the phone’s battery life and your data usage. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. ...
Page 131: Enable Data Roaming
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Touch Power > Sleep mode. 3. To manually change the settings, clear Learn sleep time automatically if it's selected. 4. Choose the start and end time when data connection is disabled. 5. Touch the Sleep mode ON/OFF switch to turn it on. The data connection resumes when you switch the screen back on. Enable Data Roaming Connect to Sprint’s partner networks and access data services when you’re out of Sprint’s coverage area. You may set your roaming and network mode options through the settings menu. Important: Using data services while roaming will incur you additional charges. Call Sprint for data roaming rates before you enable data roaming. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Mobile data > Roaming > Automatic. 2. Select Domestic Voice and Domestic Data. Touch OK when prompted. 3. Select International Voice, and then select International Data. Touch OK when prompted. Note: Make sure to select the Data roaming sound option so you’ll hear alerts every time your phone tries to connect to a roaming network. Manually Set the Network Mode Follow these steps if you need to change the network mode while roaming.
Page 132: Manage Your Data Usage
Manage Your Data Usage If you’re on a limited data allowance, it’s important to keep track of the activities and apps that usually send and receive data, such as browsing the Web, syncing online accounts, and sending email or sharing status updates. Here are some other examples: Streaming Web videos and music Tuning in to Internet radio Playing online games Downloading apps, maps, and files Refreshing apps to update info and feeds Uploading and backing up your files to your online storage account Using your phone as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering To help you save on data usage, connect to a Wi-Fi network whenever possible and set your online accounts and emails to sync less frequently. Keep Track of Your Data Usage Note: Data usage measured by your phone may differ from, and be less than, your actual data usage. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More > Data usage. 3. On the MOBILE tab, select Limit mobile data usage to automatically disable your data connection when you reach the set limit. Then, drag the upper LIMIT line to set your monthly ...
Page 133: Wi-Fi
View the Data Usage of Apps 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More > Data usage. 3. On the MOBILE tab, drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you’ve used during a particular time interval. 4. Scroll down the screen to see a list of apps and their data usage info. 5. Touch an app to see more details. Wi-Fi To use your phone’s Wi-Fi, you need access to a wireless access point or “hotspot.” Note: The availability and range of the Wi-Fi signal depen Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless Network It’s quick and easy to turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the WI-FI tile to turn Wi-Fi on. 3. Touch below the WI-FI tile to see a list of detected Wi-Fi networks. Note: If the wireless network that you want is not listed, touch > Add network to manually add it. 4. ...
Page 134: Connect To A Wi-Fi Network Via Wps
3. Touch below the WI-FI tile and check the list of detected Wi-Fi. 4. Touch and hold an unsecured Wi-Fi network you want stop being notified about, and touch Block network notification. 5. To unblock an unsecured Wi-Fi network, touch and hold the network name and touch Unblock network notification. Connect to a Wi-Fi Network via WPS If you’re using a Wi-Fi router with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can connect your phone easily. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. If Wi-Fi connection is off, touch the WI-FI tile to turn it on. 3. Touch below the WI-FI tile and check the list of detected Wi-Fi. 4. Touch > WPS Push, and then press the WPS button on your Wi-Fi router. Note: To use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN method, touch > WPS Pin Entry. Disconnect from a Wireless Network Quickly disconnect from a wireless network your phone is connected to.
Page 135: Add A Vpn Connection
Install security certificates Enter your login credentials Download and install a required VPN app on your phone Contact your network administrator for details. Also, your phone must first establish a Wi-Fi or data connection before you can start a VPN connection. For information about setting up and using these connections on your phone, see Data Services General Information – Sprint Spark LTE and 3G Networks. Add a VPN Connection You must first set a lock screen PIN or password before you can use credential storage and set up the VPN. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More > VPN. 3. Touch > Add VPN profile. 4. Enter the VPN settings and set them up according to the security details your network administrator gave you. 5. Touch SAVE. Connect to a VPN After you’ve added a VPN connection, you are now ready to connect and access that network. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More > VPN. 3. Touch the VPN that you want to connect to. 4. ...
Page 136: Search For Information
1. Slide the Notifications panel open. 2. Touch the VPN connection, and then touch Disconnect. Search for Information Start your search by entering a keyword or by using Google Voice Search™. Note: Some apps, such as People or Mail, have their own search function, which you can use to search only within those apps. Perform Searches on the Web and Your Phone You can search for information on your phone and on the Web. 1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. Tip: If you’ve already set up a Google Account on your phone, you will be given the option to sign in to Google Now™. To sign in to Google Now at a later time, touch 2. In the search box, enter what you want to search for. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google Web search are shown. To search for the information exclusively on your phone, swipe your finger up the screen, and then touch Search Phone. 3. If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, touch the item to open it in its compatible app. Search the Web with Your Voice Use Google Voice Search to find information on the Web just by speaking to your phone.
Page 137: Get Instant Information With Google Now
1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. 2. Touch > Settings and set the options you want. 3. To get help or provide feedback, touch > Help & feedback. Tip: You can also access the settings when viewing the search results. Pull down the screen to show the hidden menu button, and then touch > Settings. Get Instant Information with Google Now Google Now delivers quick and up-to-date information that matters to you — all without the search. Depending on your location, time of day, and previous Google searches, Google Now displays information cards that include: The day’s weather and the weather forecast for upcoming days. The traffic conditions on your way to work or your commute back home. The directions and travel time to your next appointment. The next train or bus arriving at your platform or bus stop. Your favorite team’s score and stats while you enjoy the game. Time or location-based reminders that you’ve set. Set Up Google Now Before setting up Google Now, make sure that you’re signed in to your Google Account, you’ve ...
Page 138 Change Card Settings You can easily customize the settings of Google Now cards to suit your information needs. For example, you can change the weather units in the Weather card or your transportation mode in the Traffic card. 1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. 2. Do any of the following: To change a card setting, such as the weather unit on the Weather card, touch , and then touch the arrow buttons when available. To change specific card information such as your work address and sports teams or stocks you follow, scroll to the bottom of the screen, touch , and then touch the information you want to change. Dismiss or Hide Cards 1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. 2. Do any of the following: To dismiss a card, swipe it left or right. To keep the card from appearing on the Google search screen, scroll to the bottom of the screen and then touch on the card you want to hide, and then touch No. Set Reminders in Google Now Setting reminders in Google Now is an easy way to keep tab of things to do. You can set time or ...
Page 139: Browse The Web
Tip: To see a list of all your reminders, scroll to the bottom of the Google search screen, and then touch . Refresh Google Now Refresh Google Now to update the information cards or show relevant cards for information that you’ve just added on your phone, like an upcoming event in Calendar. 1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. 2. Pull down the screen with your finger, and then release to refresh. Turn Off Google Now 1. Touch > > Google. Or swipe up from the navigation buttons. 2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and then touch > Settings. 3. Touch the ON/OFF switch next to Google Now, and then touch Turn off. Browse the Web A fully-optimized Web browser with all the advanced features will let you enjoy Internet browsing on your phone. Note: Additional browser options, such as Google Chrome™, may also be available on your phone. Open the Browser Follow these steps to launch your phone’s Web browser. 1. Touch > ...
Page 140: Use Browser Tabs
Maximize Your Browsing Space To hide the status bar when browsing, touch > Settings > General, and then select Fullscreen. While browsing a webpage, touch > Desktop View to display the full desktop version of the webpage. Find Text In a Web Page 1. While viewing a Web page touch > Find in page. 2. Enter the search item. As you enter characters, matching characters will be highlighted. 3. Touch the left or right arrow to go to the previous or next matching item. Use Browser Tabs Open multiple browser tabs to make it easier for you to switch from one website to another. 1. While viewing a Web page, touch > . Repeat the same to open new browser tabs. 2. To switch among browser tabs, touch and swipe to the webpage you want to view. Touch the browser tab to display the webpage in full screen. ...
Page 141: Save Web Content For Later
Save Web Content For Later Save Web pages to read later, even without an Internet connection. You can also add some video clips on webpages to the Watch list so you can quickly find and watch them whenever you like. Note: Your phone saves webpage text and images only. You will need Internet connection to open linked pages and play video clips. 1. Touch > 2. While viewing a Web page, touch > 3. Touch Reading list or Watch list. Note: When the webpage you’re adding to the Watch list has one or more video clips, you’ll be asked to choose which videos you want to add. To view a saved webpage or video clip, touch > Saved. Swipe to the READING LIST or WATCH LIST, and then touch a webpage or video you want to view. Add and Manage Your Bookmarks Add your favorite webpages as bookmarks so you can access them quickly. Bookmark a Web Page 1. Touch > 2. While viewing a Web page, touch > > Bookmarks.
Page 142: Browsing History
Browsing History Your phone keeps a record of webpages you’ve visited. Note: If you don’t want your phone to keep your browsing history, browse using an incognito tab. See Private Browsing for details. Check your Browsing History 1. While viewing a Web page, touch > History. 2. Swipe to the HISTORY or MOST VISITED tab. 3. Navigate to the webpage that you want to view, and then touch it. Clear Your Browsing History 1. While viewing a Web page, touch > Settings > Privacy & security > Clear history. 2. Touch OK. All webpage entries in the HISTORY and MOST VISITED tabs are deleted. Tip: If you want to select which webpage entry to delete, go to the HISTORY or MOST VISITED tab, touch and hold the webpage entry, and then touch Remove from history or Remove from most visited. Note: Only the browsing history stored by the Internet app is deleted. Browsing history stored by other browsers on your phone will remain unaffected. Private Browsing You can use incognito tabs to browse the Web with more privacy. Browser cookies are not shared ...
Page 143: Use Google Chrome To Browse The Web
Use Google Chrome to Browse the Web You can also use Google Chrome to surf the Web. Google Chrome features unlimited tabs, incognito tabs, and can sync tabs across your devices when you sign in to your Google Account. To open Google Chrome, touch > > Chrome. To learn what you can do and get help on how to use Google Chrome, touch > Help & feedback. Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot allows you to turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot. When this feature is turned on, you can share your phone's mobile data services via Wi-Fi with other Wi-Fi enabled devices. The feature works best when used in conjunction with 4G data services (although 3G service can also be used). Important: Use of the Hotspot feature requires an additional subscription. Sign on to your account at sprint.com/mysprint or access your account via Sprint Zone (touch > > Sprint Zone) to learn more. Note: Turning on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on will disable your phone's connection to other Wi-Fi networks. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More. 3. Touch Mobile network sharing > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot > OK. 4. ...
Page 144: Share Internet Connection Via Usb Tethering
Share Internet Connection via USB Tethering Use the data connection of your phone to connect another device to the Internet through tethering a USB cable. Note: To make sure that the USB drivers for HTC Desire 510 are up-to-date, install the latest version of HTC Sync Manager on your computer. Note: You may need to have USB tethering added to your data plan. Contact Sprint for details. Note: Make sure that mobile data is turned on. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Under Wireless & networks, touch More. 3. Touch Mobile network sharing > USB network setting > USB tethering. Tip: If you often switch between USB tethering and Internet pass-through, select Smart network sharing to automatically turn on the connection type you need whenever you connect your phone with your computer. 4. Connect your phone to your computer using the provided USB cable. The next time your phone connects to a computer, it will remember your settings. Web and Data...
Page 145: Camera And Video
Camera and Video Take great photos and videos with the camera, and make them more memorable by applying a variety of effects and scenes. Get Started with the Camera Capture photos quickly with your phone. Just directly launch the camera from the lock screen, even if your phone is password protected. 1. When your display is off, press the Power Button. 2. Drag up so you can start taking photos and videos. Tip: From the Home screen, you can also touch to launch the camera. 3. Touch to see all controls on the Viewfinder screen. You can use the controls to switch capture modes, add filters, and more. Camera and Video...
Page 146 Control What it does See a collection of camera scenes when taking photos and videos. Choose an ISO level or set it back to Auto. Higher ISO works best in low light conditions. Adjust the exposure settings. Higher exposure settings capture more light for your photos or videos. Select a white balance setting that matches your current lighting environment. Apply photo or video filters. Modify basic and advanced camera settings. Choose a Capture Mode Your phone gives you a variety of capture modes to enjoy. On the Viewfinder screen, touch , and then select a capture mode to use. Zooming Before taking a photo or video, slide two fingers apart to zoom in or together to zoom out. When you’re recording video, you can freely zoom in or out while recording. Apply a Filter Use the available filters to make your photos and videos look like they’ve been taken through special lenses. Note: Some camera modes may not support filters. 1. On the Viewfinder screen, touch to show the camera options. 2. Touch , and then choose one of the available filters. Use the Volume Buttons for Taking Photos and Videos If you feel much comfortable with using push-buttons when taking photos and videos, you can set ...
Page 147: Take A Photo
Close the Camera App To give you a full view of the Viewfinder screen, your phone replaces , , and with small dots. Touch a dot to show these buttons again, and then touch or to close the Camera app and return to the Home screen or the previous screen. Take a Photo Whether it’s moving or not, clearly capture any moment with your phone’s camera. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Camera mode. 3. Point the camera at what you want to capture. The camera adjusts the focus automatically as you move it. 4. When you’re ready to take the shot, touch Tip: You can also touch anywhere on the screen to take a photo if you selected Touch to capture in > > Camera options. Capture Better Photos Here are some tips on how to improve the quality of your photos on your phone. Camera and Video...
Page 148: Record A Video
If you are using the default settings and the photo still appears too dark, switch to Night scene, but use a tripod or place your phone on a level surface. If there are parts of the image that are in shadows and others are in highlights, use HDR mode to capture three shots of different exposures and combine them into one shot. Keep your phone steady or place it on a level surface when using HDR. When taking a panorama shot, consider the whole scene and focus on an object that has a neutral tone to help keep the exposure balanced in the composite image. If your subject is lit from the back, use Backlight scene to highlight the foreground and keep some details of the background. In Camera settings, touch Grid to help frame the subject better or improve the composition. If taking photos under fluorescent or incandescent bulbs and the subject appears to be off-color, touch > and then choose a white balance setting. Check the image on the Viewfinder and select the option that displays the closest color to the natural color of the subject. In Camera settings, you can touch Image adjustments and adjust the exposure, contrast, and others before taking the photo. After capturing the photo, you can continue to edit the contrast, brightness, and others in the Gallery app. Record a Video Capture high-definition video clips that you can later share or create into movies. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Video mode. 3. When you’re ready to start recording, touch 4. Change focus to a different subject or area by just touching it on the Viewfinder screen. 5. ...
Page 149: Take Continuous Camera Shots
Set the Video Resolution 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Video mode. 3. On the Viewfinder screen, touch . 4. Touch > Video Quality, and then choose a video resolution. Take Continuous Camera Shots Take photos of moving subjects. Whether it’s your kid’s football game or a car race, you can capture the action. Note: Make sure that you’re in Auto scene to use this feature. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Camera mode. 3. On the Viewfinder screen, just touch and hold . The camera takes up to 20 consecutive shots of your subject. 4. After taking the shots, do any of the following: To keep just one photo, select the photo that you like the most, and then touch BEST SHOT. To save the photos as a batch, touch Tip: To get creative with your photos, open and edit them in the Gallery app. Additional editing features are available for a batch of continuous shots, such as Sequence Shot, Always Smile, and Object Removal. Take a Selfie It's easy to take a selfie.
Page 150: Improve Portrait Shots
Improve Portrait Shots If you’d like your family or friends to look their best in your photos, make sure to use the portrait scene. It smoothens the skin in your shots. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Camera or Selfie mode. 3. On the Viewfinder screen, touch . 4. Touch > 5. When you’re ready to take the photo, touch Take a Panoramic Photo Get a wider shot of landscapes in one sweep. Note: Some camera features are not available when you’re in this mode, such as zooming. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. On the Viewfinder screen, touch . 3. Touch , and then touch 4. When you're ready to take the shot, touch 5. Pan left or right in either landscape or portrait view. Hold your phone as smoothly as you can to automatically capture frames. You can also touch to stop capturing anytime. 6. The camera stitches the frames into a single photo. Use HDR When shooting portraits against a bright background, use HDR, short for High Dynamic Range, to ...
Page 151: Record Slow Motion Videos
3. On the Viewfinder screen, touch . 4. Touch , and then touch 5. Touch Record Slow Motion Videos Relive high speed action bit by bit and add a touch of suspense to your videos. Note: Audio is recorded when you're in this scene, but will be turned on only when video is played in normal speed. 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to Video mode. 3. On the Viewfinder screen, touch to show the camera options. 4. Touch beside the menu button, and then touch . 5. Touch to start recording. 6. To stop recording, touch Save Your Settings as a Camera Mode Save a scene or custom settings as a new camera mode so you can conveniently use it anytime you need it. 1. ...
Page 152: Change Camera And Video Settings
Modify a Customized Camera Mode 1. Open Camera from the lock screen or Home screen. 2. Switch to the camera mode that you've created. 3. Modify the scene or settings. 4. When done, touch > Save custom camera. 5. Touch Yes to save changes to the existing mode. Tip: To delete a custom camera mode, touch . Touch and hold a camera mode you've created, and then drag it to to delete it. Change Camera and Video Settings Change basic settings or an additional advanced settings menu is available for camera and video. 1. On the Viewfinder screen, touch > 2. As well as changing basic camera and video settings, you can also: Change the review duration to set how long a captured photo or video will be displayed on the Review screen before the camera changes back to the Viewfinder screen. Automatically take a shot when your subject smiles (photo mode only). Geo-tag photos to store GPS location in your captured photos (photo mode only). ...
Page 153: View Photos And Videos By Album
1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. On the Gallery app’s main screen, swipe to the TIMELINE tab. You'll see a video highlight and thumbnails for every time period. 3. Scale the time period by sliding two fingers together or apart or touching . You can choose between event, day, month, and year. 4. Touch a time period to see all related photos and videos. 5. Touch a photo or video to see it in full screen. View Photos and Videos by Album You can choose to view your photos and videos grouped together in albums. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the ALBUMS tab. 3. Touch a tile to open an album. 4. Touch a photo or video to see it in full screen. View Photo Highlights Easily see all your favorite photos in one place. Gallery automatically groups all your most viewed or shared photos (your highlights) in one album. You can also manually add photos to this album. To view these favorite photos, open the Highlights album. To manually add a photo, find and view the photo in full screen, touch the photo, and then touch ...
Page 154: View Photos By Location
Note: To move or copy a single photo or video, open an album and then touch and hold the photo or video. Choose whether to move or copy the photo or video and then select the destination album or create a new album. Show or Hide Albums Have too many albums cluttering your Gallery? You can choose to show or hide albums. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the ALBUMS tab. 3. Touch > Show/hide albums and choose which albums you’d like to show or hide. Rename an Album If you have created albums to organize photos, you can rename these albums. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the ALBUMS tab. 3. Touch and hold the album you want to rename. 4. Touch Rename. Note: Some albums, like Camera shots and Highlights, cannot be renamed. View Photos by Location Using Map view, you can view photos according to location. ...
Page 155: Edit Your Photos
Add Location Information To be more specific about your photos, you can add names of points of interests (POI) to your photos, too. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the LOCATIONS tab. 3. Touch a tile to open it. 4. Swipe to the PLACES tab. 5. Touch Tap to edit location > Add a new place. ® 6. Touch a point of interest to add a Foursquare POI or touch New place to manually enter a new name. 7. Touch SAVE. Change Location Information To be more specific about your photos, you can add names of points of interests (POI) to your photos, too. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. ...
Page 156: Watch And Trim Videos
3. Do any of the following: Touch to apply a special effect to the photo. Touch to apply a filter to the photo. Touch to add a decorative frame to the photo. Touch to rotate, crop, flip, or straighten the photo. 4. Touch DONE. Note: Except for when applying rotation, edited photos are saved as copies of the original. Add Custom Filter to Photos Note: Filters can only be applied to photos that are stored locally. 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Open the photo you want in full screen, touch it, and then touch 3. Touch . 4. Scroll to the available effects and then touch CUSTOM. You'll find CUSTOM at the end of the predefined filters bar. 5. On the Custom Effects screen you can: Make changes to the filter by adjusting the controls on exposure, saturation, white balance, and more. ...
Page 157 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the TIMELINE or ALBUMS tab. 3. When you see the video you want, touch it to play in full screen. 4. Touch the onscreen controls to pause or resume playback, adjust the volume, and more. Tip: Touch to share the video on your home network. 5. To trim the video, touch > Edit. 6. Drag the two trim sliders to the part where you want the video to begin and end. 7. Touch to preview your trimmed video. 8. Touch SAVE. The trimmed video is saved as a new file. The original video remains unedited. Save a Photo From a Video 1. Touch > > Gallery. 2. Swipe to the TIMELINE or ALBUMS tab. 3. When you see the video you want, touch it to play in full screen. 4. While watching the video, touch to capture a still shot. You can also pause the playback and drag the slider to the image you want before touching ...
Page 158: Tools And Calendar
Tools and Calendar Learn how to use many of your phone’s productivity-enhancing features. Calendar Use the Calendar app to schedule your events, meetings, and appointments. If you’ve signed into your online accounts, related events will also appear in Calendar. View the Calendar Open the Calendar app. 1. Touch > > Calendar. 2. Touch , and then choose a calendar view. Tip: In any calendar view, return to the current date by touching Month View In month view, you will see markers on days that have events. Upcoming events for the day are also shown at the bottom of the screen. Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous months. Touch a day to view the events for that day. Touch and hold a day to see more options. Day and Agenda Views Day view shows your day’s schedule and weather forecast for the next few days, while agenda view gives a quick glance of all your day’s events. Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous days. Touch an event to view its details. If the event is a contact’s birthday or anniversary, touch it to send a greeting. ...
Page 159: Schedule Or Edit An Event
Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous weeks. Touch an event (shown as colored blocks) to view its details. Schedule or Edit an Event You can create or edit events on your phone, and also sync events with your Google or Exchange ActiveSync calendars. Note: Editing events is not supported for all accounts. 1. Touch > > Calendar. 2. On any Calendar view, do one of the following: Create an event. Touch . Touch , and then select the calendar you will add the event Edit an event. View an event, and then touch 3. Enter and set the event details. 4. To invite from your Google or Exchange ActiveSync account, touch 5. Touch SAVE. Or if you’ve invited people to the event, touch SEND or SEND UPDATE. Check Your Schedule for an Event Avoid juggling multiple meetings at the same time. In Calendar, you can check your appointments to ...
Page 160: Share An Event (Vcalendar)
3. Select or clear an account you wish to show or hide. If you have multiple calendars under an online account, touch to select the items to include. Note: Calendars are synced on your phone, even if they are hidden. Calendar Events Not Showing? If you can’t find events from your email accounts or social networks in Calendar, check whether the Calendar sync is turned on in Settings. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch an account type. If multiple accounts are supported (such as Exchange ActiveSync), touch the account you want to sync. 3. Select Calendar, and then touch > Sync now. Share an Event (vCalendar) You can share a calendar event as a vCalendar using Bluetooth or by sending it as a file attachment with your email or message. 1. Touch > > Calendar. 2. Do one of the following: While viewing an event, touch > Share via. In day, agenda or week view, touch and hold an event and then touch Share via.
Page 161: Dismiss Or Snooze Reminders
If you need to cancel an accepted meeting invitation or propose a new time, view the event details in Calendar, and then touch RESPONSE. Dismiss or Snooze Reminders If you have set at least one reminder for an event, the upcoming event icon will appear in the notifications area of the status bar to remind you. 1. Open the Notifications panel. 2. If the notification shows that there are multiple reminders, touch it to see all the reminders. You can then choose to snooze or dismiss them. 3. If you see a single event notification, spread your two fingers on the notification to expand it. You can then: Touch SNOOZE or DISMISS. Or drag the notification left or right to dismiss it. Touch SEND MAIL to send a quick response to the meeting attendees. Tip: To edit the preset quick responses or add your own, open Calendar, and then touch > Settings > Quick response. If you don’t want to dismiss or snooze the calendar reminders, touch from the Notifications panel to keep them pending in the notifications area of the status bar. Calculator Your phone comes with a built-in calculator. 1. Touch > > Calculator. 2. Enter numbers or formulas using the onscreen keys. 3. Do any of the following: Turn your phone sideways to switch to a scientific calculator, and then enter numbers or ...
Page 162: Clock & Alarm
Clock & Alarm Get more from the Clock app than just the regular date and time. Use your phone as a world clock to see the date and time in cities across the globe. You can also set alarms or track your time using the stopwatch or timer. Set the Date and Time Manually You can change your date and time. 1. Touch the clock on your Home screen panel, if available. Or touch > > Clock. 2. On the WORLD CLOCK tab, touch > Local time settings. 3. Clear Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone, and then set the time zone, date, and time as required. Tip: To display military time, choose the Use 24-hour format option. Set an Alarm You can set up one or more alarms. 1. Touch the clock on your Home screen panel, if available. Or touch > ...
Page 163: Online Storage
1. Touch > > Weather. You’ll see the weather from different cities, including where you are. 2. Touch a city to view weather information. 3. Swipe to the HOURLY and FORECAST tabs to view the forecasts in your selected location. 4. To check the weather in other cities, touch , and then select the city you want. 5. To add more cities, touch and then enter the location. Your settings in the Weather app also control the weather information that is shown in the Clock and Calendar apps. Online Storage Free up some of your phone’s memory by storing photos, videos, documents, and more on your online storage. Google Drive Store your photos, documents, and other files on Google Drive to access them on your phone, your computer, and your other mobile devices. On HTC Desire 510, just use your Google Account to sign in to your Google Drive storage. You can then: Use Gallery to upload your captured photos to Google Drive. Share a link to your Google Drive files by email. View and edit Office documents that are stored in Google Drive. After creating new Office documents, you can also save them to Google Drive. View PDFs that are stored in Google Drive. You can also export Office documents as PDFs to Google Drive. Check your available Google Drive storage space in Settings. Back up HTC Desire 510 to Google Drive, so you can easily restore your backup to another HTC ...
Page 164 Activate the Additional Google Drive Storage Use up to 65GB of free Google Drive storage. In addition to the default storage that you get from Google Drive, HTC Desire 510 features an additional 50GB of online storage free for two years. Sign in to your Google Account on your HTC phone (and not from your computer or other non-HTC phones) to claim this offer. 1. If you see the promotional Google Drive offer on HTC BlinkFeed, just touch the tile. Or open the Drive app. (If this app is not preloaded on your phone, you can download it from Google Play.) 2. On the screen that shows the additional storage offer, touch Redeem. The additional storage will then be added to your account. 3. Follow the onscreen prompts to learn the things you can do with Google Drive. Tip: If you don’t see the screen for redeeming the offer, touch > Product Tour in the Drive app to access it. Tip: View the offer details to know up to when you can redeem the offer. Note: Additional terms and requirements may apply (including a subscription fee) after your two- year trial expires. For details, refer to the terms and conditions on the Google Drive support site http://support.google.com. Check Your Google Drive Storage Space In Settings, you can check your available Google Drive storage space. Note: Before your Google Drive storage info appears in Settings, you need to access your Google Drive from an HTC app first, such as signing in to Google Drive from the Mail app when sharing a file link. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Storage. 2. Under Online storage, you’ll see your Google Drive storage space.
Page 165 Share Links to Documents or Files in Google Drive No more attaching large files to your email. Using the Mail app, you can easily share links to documents or other files in your Google Drive by email. 1. Touch > > Mail. 2. If you have several email accounts, switch to an email account you want to use. 3. Create a new email message and fill in your recipients, or reply to an email. 4. Touch 5. Touch Document, and then choose whether to share PDFs or Office documents. Or touch File to choose any file type. 6. On the HTC files screen, touch Drive. If you don't see this screen, touch first. 7. In your Google Drive storage, open the folder that contains the files that you want. 8. Select the files you want to share, and then touch OK. You’ll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message. 9. Touch to send your email. Shared links are not accessible by your recipients automatically. Once your recipients receive the link, they can request access, and then you’ll receive an email that notifies you to give them access. Or, before sharing, you can first use the Drive app to add the recipients you will share your Google Drive link with. Give People Access Through the Drive App Using the Drive app, add the people you want to share your Google Drive link with. You can also set ...
Page 166 View or edit a folder. View, edit, or comment on a file. 6. Touch Add. 7. Add more people, and when done, touch or press Work with Documents that are Stored in Google Drive ® With POLARIS Office 5, view PDFs and edit Office documents that are stored in your Google Drive. You can also create Office documents in this app, save them to Google Drive, and even export them as PDFs to Google Drive. 1. Touch > > POLARIS Office 5. 2. Touch to see your documents by file type. Documents listed under your Google Account are the files that are stored in your Google Drive storage. If necessary, touch next to your account to see the file list. 3. Touch a PDF document to view it, or touch an Office document to edit it. 4. After making changes to an Office document, touch the icon on the top left to open a selection menu. 5. ...
Page 167: Dropbox
8. Touch a folder where to save the document, and then touch 9. Enter a file name, and then touch Tip: To find out more about using POLARIS Office 5, touch > Help. Dropbox If you’re a Dropbox™ user, you can download and install the Dropbox app from Google Play to continue using your online storage. You still get to enjoy Dropbox integration with HTC apps. You can: Access your Dropbox photos and videos from Gallery. Upload photos and videos to your Dropbox storage. Use the Mail app to share links to documents or files in your Dropbox storage by email. Restore a previous backup from your Dropbox storage to your phone. Access your Dropbox account on the Dropbox website (dropbox.com/account/bonus) to check details about any previous bonus storage space (such as the expiration). You can also refer to dropbox.com/help/333 for more information. Note: Dropbox is a third-party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation. Check Your Dropbox Storage Space You can check how much storage space you still have in your Dropbox before you upload more content. Note: Before your Dropbox storage info appears in Settings, you need to access your Dropbox from an HTC app first (such as Gallery) and allow HTC Sense to access your Dropbox. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Storage. 2. Under Online storage, you’ll see your available Dropbox storage. Unlink Your Phone From Dropbox You can remotely unlink your phone from your Dropbox, if you lost your phone or you no longer need ...
Page 168: Voice Recorder
> > Voice Recorder. 2. Hold the microphone near the sound source. 3. Touch to start recording a voice clip. Note: Voice Recorder can run in the background while you do other things on your phone, except when you open other applications that also use audio functions. 4. Touch to stop recording. 5. To play back the voice clip, touch Tip: To see your recorded voice clips, touch . Touch and hold a voice clip to see options for sharing, setting it as a ringtone, and more. HTC Sync Manager With HTC Sync Manager, enjoy the same media whether you’re at your computer or on the move. Use it also to store your same contacts, important documents, and other data on both your phone and your computer. HTC Sync Manager supports a computer running a Windows or Mac OS operating system. Here are the things you can do with HTC Sync Manager. View and manage media on your computer Browse and manage music, photos, and videos that are on your computer and your phone. ® ® Import iTunes and Windows Media...
Page 169: Install Htc Sync Manager On A Windows Computer
Import all music, photos, and videos from your HTC phone to your computer. Copy selected music, photos, or videos from your computer to your phone. Import documents from your computer to your phone. Back up and restore. Back up your HTC phone to your computer so you can easily restore your backup to the same phone or to another phone. Sync playlists and data. Sync music playlists and data such as contacts, calendar, and Web bookmarks between your phone and your computer. Install HTC Sync Manager on a Windows Computer Follow the steps below to install HTC Sync Manager on your computer. Important: You need to have administrator rights if you’re installing HTC Sync Manager on ® Windows Vista or later versions. Important: If you have problem with installing HTC Sync Manager, close all your running programs and reinstall. If the problem persists, temporarily disable your anti-virus program and try installing again. 1. Download the HTC Sync Manager installer from htc.com/hsm. 2. Launch the installer and follow the onscreen instructions. 3. Connect your phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable. HTC Sync Manager ...
Page 170: Get Help
3. Click the Get Started button. 4. If you haven’t used iTunes to back up your iPhone content to your computer, please do so before proceeding. 5. Select your iPhone backup file, and then click OK. 6. Select the types of content you want to transfer to your HTC phone. You can choose whether to replace the content on your HTC phone with the iPhone content. 7. Click Start. Wait for HTC Sync Manager to finish transferring content. 8. When done, slide open the Notifications panel on your HTC phone, and then touch 9. Choose which apps you were using on iPhone you want to find in Google Play and download to your HTC phone. Get Help To find out more about using HTC Sync Manager, download the user guide PDF from the HTC support site (htc.com/hsm). Or open the Help that comes with the software. Tip: On Windows, click in HTC Sync Manager, and then click Help. File Manager Use the File Manager app to browse and organize your files and folders on your phone storage and storage card. Switch Between Storage Types Select an available storage on your phone that you want to manage. 1. Touch > > File Manager. 2. Touch ...
Page 171: Organize Your Files
1. Touch > > File Manager. 2. Touch > Search. 3. In the search box, enter a few characters of the filename and then touch . Matching filenames from the root and subfolders are then displayed. 4. Touch a file to open it. Organize Your Files Use the File Manager app to sort, copy, move, or delete your files and documents. Sort Your Files 1. Touch > > File Manager. 2. Touch > Sort, and then choose a sorting option. Copy or Move Your Files 1. Touch > > File Manager. 2. Browse for the file or folder you want to copy or move. 3. ...
Page 172: Bluetooth
Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range communications technology that allows you to connect wirelessly to a number of Bluetooth devices, such as headsets and hands-free car kits, and Bluetooth-enabled handhelds, computers, printers, and wireless phones. The Bluetooth communication range is usually approximately 30 feet. Connect a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit You can listen to music over a Bluetooth stereo headset, or have hands-free conversations using a compatible Bluetooth headset or car kit. Important: For you to listen to music with your headset, the headset must support the A2DP Bluetooth profile. Note: Before you connect your headset, make it discoverable so your phone can find it. Refer to your headset manual for details. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BLUETOOTH tile to turn Bluetooth on. 3. Touch below the BLUETOOTH tile to open the Bluetooth screen. 4. If you don’t see your headset listed, touch Scan for devices to refresh the list. 5. When you see the name of your headset in the Available Devices section, touch the name. Your phone pairs with the headset and the headset connection status is displayed in the Paired Devices section. Note: If automatic pairing fails, enter the passcode supplied with your headset. The pairing and connection status is displayed below the hands-free headset or car kit name in the Bluetooth phones section. When the Bluetooth headset or car kit is connected to your phone, the Bluetooth connected icon is displayed in the status bar. Reconnect a Headset or Car Kit Normally, you can easily reconnect your headset by switching on Bluetooth on your phone, and then ...
Page 173: Disconnect From A Bluetooth Device
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BLUETOOTH tile to turn Bluetooth on. 3. Touch below the BLUETOOTH tile to open the Bluetooth screen. 4. Touch the headset’s name in the Paired Devices section. 5. If prompted to enter a passcode, try 0000 or 1234, or consult the headset/car kit documentation to find the passcode. If you still cannot reconnect to the headset or car kit, follow the instructions in Disconnect From a Bluetooth Device, and then follow the steps in Connect a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit. Disconnect From a Bluetooth Device If you do not need to use Bluetooth at any given point, you can disconnect and unpair your phone from a Bluetooth device. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BLUETOOTH tile to turn Bluetooth on. 3. Touch below the BLUETOOTH tile to open the Bluetooth screen. 4. In the Paired Devices section, touch next to the device to unpair. 5. Touch Unpair. Note: Touch the name of the device to reconnect it. Send Information Using Bluetooth You can use Bluetooth to transfer information between your phone and another Bluetooth-enabled device such as a phone or notebook computer. The first time you transfer information between your phone and another phone, you need to enter or confirm a security passcode. After that, your phone ...
Page 174: Where Sent Information Is Saved
Contact 1. From the People application, touch a contact to view the contact’s details. 2. Touch and touch Send contact. 3. Touch Send contact via, and then touch Bluetooth. 4. Touch SEND. Calendar In Day, Agenda, or Week view, touch and hold the event, and then appointment or event touch Share via > Bluetooth. Photos or videos 1. In Gallery, select a photo and view it in full screen. 2. Touch the photo and touch > More > Bluetooth. Captured photo or After capturing, on the Camera preview screen, touch > More > video Bluetooth. (Note that you must have first set a review duration in Camera settings.) Music track Browse to the music track you want to share, and then touch > Share > Share file > Bluetooth. Voice recording On the main Voice Recorder screen, touch > Share > Bluetooth. Browser On a webpage you want to share, touch ...
Page 175: Receive Files Using Bluetooth
On Windows 8, the path may be: C:\Users\[your username]\Documents If you send a file to another device, the saved location may depend on the file type. For example, if you send an image file to another wireless phone, it may be saved in a folder named “Images.” Receive Files Using Bluetooth Your phone lets you receive various files with Bluetooth, including photos, music tracks, contact info, calendar events, and documents such as PDFs. Important: Refer to the other device’s documentation for instructions on sending information over Bluetooth. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BLUETOOTH tile to turn Bluetooth on. 3. Touch below the BLUETOOTH tile to open the Bluetooth screen. 4. Touch your phone’s Bluetooth name near the top of the screen to make your phone visible to nearby Bluetooth devices. 5. On the sending device, send one or more files to your phone. 6. If asked, accept the pairing request on your phone and on the sending device. You may also be prompted to enter the same passcode or confirm the auto-generated passcode on both devices. You’ll then get a Bluetooth authorization request. 7. Touch PAIR. 8. When your phone receives a file transfer request notification, slide the Notifications panel down, touch the incoming file notification, and then touch ACCEPT. 9. When a file is transferred, a download notification is displayed. Slide the Notifications panel down, and then touch the relevant notification to view the file. Tip: You can also touch > Show received files to view files received via Bluetooth. When you open a received file, what happens next depends on the file type: ...
Page 176: Use Bluetooth Ftp Server
Use Bluetooth FTP Server Bluetooth FTP Server allows other devices with Bluetooth FTP profiles to view, access, copy, and delete files from your phone storage. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BLUETOOTH tile to turn Bluetooth on. 3. Touch below the BLUETOOTH tile to open the Bluetooth screen. 4. Touch > Advanced, and then select the FTP Server option. 5. Pair your phone with the other Bluetooth device that you will allow access to your phone’s storage. For more information about Bluetooth pairing, see Connect a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit. 6. When the other device attempts to access your phone’s storage, a Bluetooth Authorization Request appears on the screen. Touch ACCEPT. The contents of your phone’s storage appear on the other device’s screen. microSD Card You can install a microSD card (sold separately) into your phone so you can store more images, videos, music, documents, and voice data. Important: Make sure your battery is fully charged before using the microSD card. Your data may become damaged or unusable if the battery runs out while using the microSD card. Important: You can easily damage the microSD card by improper operation. Please be careful when inserting, removing, or handling the microSD card. Insert the microSD Card Here are the steps for inserting the microSD card. 1. Turn off the phone. 2. ...
Page 177 Remove the battery by lifting it from the notch at the bottom of the battery compartment. 4. With its golden contacts facing down, fully insert the microSD card into the slot. 5. Replace the battery and back cover. Insert the battery (with its exposed copper contacts first) into the battery compartment. Tools and Calendar...
Page 178 Align the back cover with the top part of the back panel first, and then firmly press the back cover until it clicks in place. Run your finger around the back cover and press the sides to ensure a tight fit. 6. Turn on the phone. Tools and Calendar...
Page 179: Remove The Microsd Card
Remove the microSD Card Here are the steps for removing the microSD card. 1. Turn off the phone. 2. Hold the phone face down. 3. Remove the back cover and battery (if installed). See Insert the microSD Card for details. 4. Slide the microSD card out of the slot. 5. Reinstall the battery and back cover. See Insert the microSD Card for details. Check the microSD Card Memory Determine how much space you have left on your microSD card by checking its memory. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Storage. 2. Check the total and available memory space under the SD card section. Erase the microSD Card Erasing the microSD card removes all files stored on it. Note: When you erase the microSD card, the files CANNOT be retrieved. To help prevent the loss of important data, please check the contents before you erase the card. Tools and Calendar...
Page 180: Htc Dot View
> Storage. 2. Under SD card, touch Unmount SD card, and then touch OK. 3. Touch Erase SD card > ERASE SD CARD. Note: If you’ve set up a screen lock, you’ll be asked to enter the screen lock before you can proceed. 4. Touch Erase everything. HTC Dot View If you bought the HTC Dot View™ case designed for HTC Desire 510, use its app to personalize what's seen through the case. Choose your wallpaper, types of notifications to display, and more. Note: The HTC Dot View app is available in Google Play. Make sure to install the latest app update. Change the HTC Dot View Wallpaper Choose a preset wallpaper, or create your own dotted wallpaper from a photo. 1. Touch > > HTC Dot View. 2. Touch Theme. 3. Choose a preset pattern as your wallpaper. – or – To create your own wallpaper, touch ...
Page 181: Select Which Notifications To Display
Select Which Notifications to Display Alerts for clock alarms, timers, and calendar events will automatically display through the HTC Dot View case. You can choose whether to display or hide Mail, Messages, and phone call notifications. 1. Touch > > HTC Dot View. 2. In the HTC Dot View app, touch Notification settings. 3. Choose which notifications you want to show or hide. Tip: For more details on using HTC Dot View, see the Get started guide that comes with the case. Update Your Phone From time to time, updates may become available for your phone. You can download and apply updates through the Settings > System updates menu. Tools and Calendar...
Page 182: Prepare For A Phone Update
Prepare for a Phone Update You can update your phone’s software using the System updates settings. Updating your phone firmware will erase all user data from your phone. You must back up all critical information before updating your phone firmware. Note: Updating your phone firmware may not permanently erase all data from your phone, including personal information. Back Up All Data Prior to Update To back up your Gmail information: 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Do any of the following: Turn on the Auto-sync option. When Auto-sync is on, Gmail email, Calendar, and Contacts automatically synchronize whenever a change is made. Touch Google, select the Google Account you want to back up, and then select the items you want to synchronize. To back up your Exchange ActiveSync information: 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch Exchange ActiveSync, select the account you want to synchronize, and then touch > Sync now.
Page 183: Update The Operating System
Update the Operating System This option allows you to update the phone’s operating system (OS) via an over-the-air connection. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > System updates. 2. Touch HTC software update > CHECK NOW. Note: If you want to conserve data usage, you can select the Update over Wi-Fi only option before you touch Check now. 3. Follow onscreen instructions to download and install any available updates. Update Your Profile This option allows you to automatically update your online user profile information. If you choose to change your user name and select a new one online, you must then update the user name on your phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > System updates. 2. Touch Update profile and follow onscreen instructions. Note: If your data services or account syncing ever seems to go out unexpectedly, use this feature to reconnect with the network. Update Your PRL This option allows you to automatically download and update the PRL (preferred roaming list).
Page 184: Settings
Settings The following topics provide an overview of items you can change using your phone’s Settings menus. Wireless & Networks Settings This group of settings lets you control your phone’s wireless network settings (3G and 4G LTE), Wi- Fi settings, Bluetooth, and more. Airplane Mode When you enable Airplane (flight) mode, all wireless radios on your phone are turned off, including the call function, data services, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. You can still use many of your phone’s features, such as Gallery, Camera, and Music, when you are on an airplane or in any other area where making or receiving calls or data is prohibited. When you disable Airplane mode, the call function is turned back on and the previous state of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is restored. Note: You can manually turn Bluetooth and Wi-Fi back on after enabling Airplane mode. Note: If USB tethering is turned on, enabling Airplane mode turns it off. You need to manually turn USB tethering on after you disable Airplane mode. Do any of the following to turn Airplane mode on or off: Press and hold the Power Button, and then touch Airplane mode. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. Touch the AIRPLANE MODE tile to turn airplane mode on or off. When enabled, the Airplane mode icon is displayed in the status bar. Wi-Fi Settings Your phone lets you take advantage of Wi-Fi hotspots for high-speed data access using available computer networks. For details on your phone’s Wi-Fi features and settings, see Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Calling Settings Set up and enable Wi-Fi Calling on your phone. For details, see Wi-Fi Calling. Settings...
Page 185: Bluetooth Settings
This menu lets you turn your data connection on or off, set roaming options, and more. For details on mobile networks, see Data Services General Information – Sprint Spark LTE and 3G Networks and Enable Data Roaming. Media Output Settings Select the device where you want to play content. More Wireless & Network Settings Additional options that let you view your data usage and set up VPN. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch and then under Wireless & networks, touch More and select an option. Data usage: Check how much data usage have you been using or check the data usage of certain apps. See Manage Your Data Usage. Default SMS app: Set the default SMS app to use on your phone. VPN: Configure your Virtual Private Network (VPN) settings so you can connect to your company’s intranet sites. See Virtual Private Networks (VPN). Mobile network sharing: Use these settings to turn Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot on or off, or enable USB tethering. See Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot or Share Internet Connection via USB Tethering. HTC Mini+: Configure and manage your phone's connection with the HTC Mini+ (sold separately). Settings...
Page 186: Personalize Settings
Personalize Settings Use the Personalize menu to customize your phone’s display, add items to the Home screen, or change the sound settings. Customize the Home and Lock Screen Settings Using the phone’s Personalize home screen menus, you can set the following settings. Customize the wallpaper of your Home screen by choosing from a collection of wallpapers or from your own photos. See Customize the Home Screen. Add apps and widgets to the widget panels. See Work with Widgets and App Shortcuts. Manage additional home screen panels. Change the phone's theme. Ringtone Use the Ringtone settings menu to select a phone ringtone or to make your own music as ringtone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch > Personalize > Ringtone. 3. Do any of the following: Select a ringtone from the list and touch APPLY. Add a ringtone from your music. Touch , touch a music track, touch OK, and then touch APPLY. Note: To learn how to trim an MP3 song and save it as a ringtone, see Set a Song as a Ringtone. Notification Sound The Notification sound menu lets you select your phone’s notification sound. 1. ...
Page 187: Alarm
Alarm Touch this option to select an alarm sound. For details on how to set an alarm, see Set an Alarm. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch > Personalize > Alarm. 3. Select a sound and touch APPLY. Accounts & Sync The Accounts & sync settings menu lets you add and manage all your email, social networking, online storage, and HTC account. Add Your Social Networks, Email Accounts, and More Add your favorite social networks, email accounts, and online storages on your phone so you are connected anywhere you go. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch > Accounts & sync. 3. Touch 4. Touch an account type. You can set up these accounts on your phone: Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Google, HTC Account, Instagram for HTC Sense, LinkedIn for HTC Sense, Mail, Outlook.com, Scribble, and Twitter. 5. Enter your account information and follow screen instructions to proceed. Depending on the account type, you may need to enter an email address or user address, ...
Page 188: Add Email Accounts
Add Email Accounts Use the Accounts & sync menu to add new email accounts on your phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch > Accounts & sync. 3. Touch > Mail, and then enter your email address and password. 4. Touch NEXT to continue with regular setup, or touch MANUAL SETUP if your account requires additional customization. 5. Enter an account name and your name, and then touch FINISH SETUP. You can also use the Mail app to set up additional email accounts. For more information, see Add an Email Account. Add One or More Google Accounts Sign in to your Google Account to see your Gmail, contacts, and calendars, and to use Google apps on your phone. See Create a Google Account. Forgot Your Google Account Password? If you have forgotten your Google Account password, you can try to recover it by going to the Google website. 1. On your phone or computer, open your Web browser 2. ...
Page 189: Location Settings
Remove an Account You can remove an account from your phone. Removing an account does not remove accounts and information from the online service itself. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch the account that you want to remove. 3. Touch > Remove. 4. Touch REMOVE ACCOUNT to confirm. Important: Some personal data may be retained by the third-party app after you have removed the account from your phone. Sync All Your Accounts Automatically 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch the Auto-sync ON/OFF switch to turn automatic sync on or off. Change Synced Data or Settings for an Account 1. ...
Page 190: Google's Location Reporting
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Location. 2. Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn location services on and off. 3. Under Location sources, select the location mode you want. For example, for a better estimate of your location, choose High accuracy. To save battery power, choose Battery saving. When you turn the Location setting feature on, the phone displays the icon on the status bar. When you turn Location setting off, the phone displays the icon. Important: Turning off a location service means no applications on your phone will collect your location data through that location service. However, third party applications may collect — and your phone may continue to provide — location data through other services, including through Wi-Fi and signal triangulation. Google’s Location Reporting Select this option if you want to allow Google to collect anonymous location data or to allow certain apps to determine your location. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Location. 2. Touch Google Location Reporting. 3. Touch Location Reporting and Location History to turn these settings on or off. Security Settings Use the Security settings to help increase your phone security, privacy, and more. Screen Lock Settings You can increase the security of your phone by creating a screen lock. When enabled, you will be ...
Page 191 Use Face Unlock 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Touch Screen lock > Face Unlock. 3. Touch Set it up > Continue and follow the screen instructions. 4. Choose a backup lock to use in case the phone doesn’t recognize you. 5. Touch Lock phone after, and then specify the idle time before the screen is locked. You’ll be asked to unlock the screen every time your phone is turned on or when it’s idle for a certain period of time. To further improve security: Touch Improve face matching in the Security screen to train your phone to recognize your face in different situations, such as when you’re wearing glasses or sporting a beard. Select Liveness check on the Security screen. You’ll be asked to blink to unlock the screen. Use a Screen Unlock Pattern 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Touch Screen lock > Pattern. 3. ...
Page 192: Kid Mode
If you fail to enter the correct PIN after five attempts, you will be prompted to wait for 30 seconds before you can try again. Use a Screen Unlock Password 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Touch Screen lock > Password. 3. Enter a password and touch CONTINUE. 4. Enter your password again to confirm and touch OK. If you fail to enter the correct password after five attempts, you will be prompted to wait for 30 seconds before you can try again. Kid Mode Use these settings to change or adjust Kid Mode. For more information, see Kid Mode. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security > Kid Mode. Lock Screen and Password Settings Increase your privacy by selecting what type of information you want to display on the lock screen. You can also choose to make passwords invisible as you enter them on your phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Do any of the following: Touch Notification settings and select which notifications appear on the lock screen. ...
Page 193: Work With Certificates
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 2. Select the Unknown sources option. Important: After installing the app, go back to Settings > Security and make sure to clear the Unknown sources option. This can help protect your phone from installing other insecure apps from the Web. Work with Certificates Use client and Certificate Authority (CA) digital certificates to enable your phone to access VPN or secured Wi-Fi networks, and also to provide authentication to online servers. You can get a certificate from your system administrator or download it from sites that require authentication. Note: Some apps such as your browser or email client let you install certificates directly in the app. See the app’s help for details. Install a Digital Certificate Note: You must set a lock screen PIN or password before installing a digital certificate. 1. Save the certificate file in the root folder on your phone. 2. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Security. 3. Touch Install from storage. 4. If you have more than one certificate in the root folder, select the certificate you want to install. 5. Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK. Accessibility Settings Use these settings when you’ve downloaded and installed an accessibility tool, such as a screen reader that provides voice feedback. You can turn accessibility functions or services on or off. 1. ...
Page 194: Navigate Your Phone With Talkback
Touch & hold delay: Set the delay when touching and holding items on the screen. Navigate Your Phone with TalkBack Use TalkBack if you need to navigate your phone by spoken feedback. When you touch the screen, your phone vibrates and gives you an audible response so you know what you are touching. Turn TalkBack On 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Touch Accessibility > TalkBack. 3. Touch the ON/OFF switch. 4. Read the TalkBack disclaimer and then touch OK. You’ll be prompted to enable Explore by touch, which provides an audible description of what you’re touching on the screen. A short tutorial explaining how to use TalkBack will begin playing after you turn on TalkBack. Note: TalkBack works best if you turn off auto-rotate and turn on Explore by touch. Use TalkBack Gestures When TalkBack is turned on and the Explore by touch setting is selected, the regular touch gestures are replaced by the TalkBack gestures. Note: HTC gestures such as 3-finger swiping may not be available when TalkBack gestures are enabled. To open an item: 1. Drag your finger on the screen to find and select the item. 2. Double-tap anywhere on the screen to open the item. Settings...
Page 195 To move an item: 1. Drag your finger on the screen to find the item. 2. Double-tap anywhere on the screen, but don’t lift your finger on the second tap. 3. Drag the item to a new spot and then lift your finger. To scroll through a screen: Use two fingers to swipe up, down, left or right. To unlock the lock screen: Use two fingers to swipe up from the bottom of the screen. To open the Notifications panel: Use two fingers to swipe down from the top of the screen. Assign TalkBack Shortcuts TalkBack has customizable gestures that you can use to open the Notifications panel, view recent apps, access TalkBack controls, and more. Important: The steps below are described using the regular gestures. Use the corresponding TalkBack gestures if you already have TalkBack turned on. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Touch Accessibility > TalkBack. 3. Touch > Settings > Manage gestures. 4. Touch any of the gestures under Shortcut gestures, and then select an action. Use TalkBack Context Menus TalkBack has context menus for controlling continuous reading and global TalkBack controls. These menus can be accessed using TalkBack shortcut gestures. 1. Turn TalkBack on. 2. ...
Page 196: Backup And Reset
3. Touch and hold anywhere on the screen. 4. Drag your finger around the screen to explore the options. Note: To cancel an action, drag your finger to your starting position. Change the TalkBack Reading Speed Important: The steps below are described using the regular gestures. Use the corresponding TalkBack gestures if you already have TalkBack turned on. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Touch Accessibility > Text-to-speech output > Speech rate. 3. Select a speech rate. Tip: You can test the speech rate by touching Listen to an example. Change the TalkBack Language Settings 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch 2. Touch Accessibility. 3. Do one of the following: Select a different language: Touch Text-to-speech output > Google Text-to-speech Engine > Language. ...
Page 197 Backup Options HTC Backup. Use the built-in HTC Backup to back up your accounts, apps, settings, and more to the cloud so that it will be easier to restore them on your phone (after a factory reset) or on a newer phone. HTC Sync Manager. Use HTC Sync Manager to import music, photos, and videos to your computer. You can also sync locally stored contacts, calendar events, bookmarks, documents, and playlists to your computer. Likewise, HTC Sync Manager is a good alternative if you don’t want to back up your accounts, settings, and other personal content to the cloud. You can use it to create backups of your phone on your computer. For details, see HTC Sync Manager. Other backup options. Separately back up other data and file types if they’re not supported in HTC Backup and HTC Sync Manager. In some apps, you can back up data to the storage on the phone so you can easily restore them after a factory reset. Messages. Back up your text messages to the storage on the phone, or save them as an email attachment. See Back Up and Restore Your Text Messages. Contacts. Save contacts and other personal data to your online accounts so you can just sync them when switching to another phone. If you have locally stored contacts in the People app, export them to the storage on the phone. See Back Up and Restore Your Contacts. Files. Manually copy and paste files by connecting your phone to your computer as a disk drive. You can also upload files to online storage and services. Other data. If you added new words to your personal dictionary in the onscreen keyboard, back up the dictionary to the storage or save it as an email attachment. See Enter Text with Word Prediction on the HTC Sense Keyboard. Check the other apps to see if they support exporting data to the storage. Note: If you’re backing up data to the storage, don’t choose to erase the storage when you do a factory reset. Use HTC Backup Save the time and frustration of restoring your content when you do a factory reset or you lose, ...
Page 198 5. On the Cloud storage screen, touch the Google Drive option that has your Google Account name under it, and then touch OK. 6. If you used your HTC Account or Facebook account, sign in to your Google Account to access your Google Drive. 7. When prompted, touch OK to allow HTC Backup to access your Google Drive. 8. To do a daily backup, make sure the Automatic backup switch is on. You can also touch Back up now to manually back up your phone anytime. You’ll see the most recent backup date and time under Backup history. Restore Your Backup to Your Phone From Google Drive If you backed up your phone to Google Drive before, you can restore your backup to your phone, or to a new HTC phone. Note: Depending on the amount of content, doing a manual backup through data connection may incur additional data costs and take a long time. Using a Wi-Fi connection is recommended. Note: To restore paid apps, you need to download and install them from Google Play. 1. When you turn on a new HTC phone for the first time or after a factory reset, choose to restore content, and then select Restore from HTC Backup on the Set up phone screen. 2. Make sure to sign in using the same account that you used to back up your phone before. Your backup history will then be displayed. 3. Select a backup, and then touch NEXT. Settings...
Page 199: Reset Your Phone
4. If you used your HTC Account or Facebook account to backup your phone, sign in to your Google Account to access your Google Drive. 5. When prompted, allow HTC Backup to access your Google Drive. 6. After your settings have been restored, touch NEXT to continue setting up your phone. Your free apps that you’ve previously downloaded from Google Play will be restored in the background, and you can track the progress via a notification in the status bar. The Apps and Home screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of your apps have been installed. You may continue using your phone while apps are being restored. Tip: You can also go to Settings, and then touch Backup & reset > Restore from HTC Backup. Just make sure that you’ve already signed in to the same account that you used to back up your phone before. Restoring a backup will overwrite the current data and settings on your phone. Reset Your Phone If your phone has a persistent problem that cannot be solved, you can perform a factory reset (also called a hard reset or master reset). A factory reset reverts the phone back to its initial state — the state before you turned on the phone for the first time. The following will be removed from the phone when you do a factory reset: Your Google Account All accounts you’ve added in Settings > Accounts & sync and the data associated with these accounts Personal data that you’ve created or synced to the phone such as your profile, contacts, messages, email, calendar events, and more System and application data and settings Downloaded apps Files such as your music, photos, videos, and documents will also be deleted if you select the Erase...
Page 200: Get Content From Another Phone
3. To delete media and other data on your storage card (if you installed one), touch Erase SD card. 4. Touch OK. Once the phone has reset, it will run through the Hands Free Activation and update processes again. When finished, you will see the Welcome screen and Setup application. See Complete the Setup Application to start over. Reset Your Phone Using the Phone Keys If you can’t turn your phone on or access Settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on your phone. Important: The Fast boot option in Settings > Power must not be selected. 1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the Volume Down Button, and then press and hold the Power Button. 2. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the Power and Volume Down Buttons. 3. Press Volume Down to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the Power Button. Note: A factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone, including personal information. Get Content From Another Phone These options let you transfer content from a previous device to your new phone.
Page 201: Font Style
Note: Not all application screens support automatic rotation. The screen orientation automatically changes to landscape mode when you turn the phone sideways. Note: The TalkBack accessibility feature works best if you turn off auto-rotate. For details, see Navigate Your Phone with TalkBack. Font Style Change the font style of your phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Display. 2. Touch Font style and then select the font style to use. Tip: To install more fonts to your phone, touch GET FONTS ONLINE. Font Size You can adjust the text size for your viewing comfort. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Display. 2. Touch Font size and then select the font size. Brightness By default, the screen brightness automatically adjusts depending on the surrounding lighting conditions. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open Quick Settings. 2. Touch the BRIGHTNESS tile repeatedly to select the brightness intensity. 3. To further adjust the brightness intensity, touch below the BRIGHTNESS tile. 4. Drag the slider to adjust the brightness. 5. Touch OK. Set the Maximum Brightness Level You can set the maximum brightness level for your phone screen.
Page 202: Screen Timeout (Sleep)
3. Clear the Automatic brightness option. 4. Drag the slider to adjust the maximum brightness level. Screen Timeout (Sleep) After a period of inactivity, the phone screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle time before the screen turns off. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Display. 2. Touch Screen timeout, and then touch the time before the screen turns off. Note: Extended screen timeout periods reduce the battery’s talk and standby times. Tip: To turn off and lock the screen quickly, press the Power Button. Daydream Select your phone’s screensaver when it’s idle or docked. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Display. 2. Touch Daydream, and then select a screensaver. 3. Touch Calibrate the Screen Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to the way you hold the phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Display > G-Sensor calibration. 2. Place the phone on a flat surface, and then touch CALIBRATE. 3. After the recalibration process, touch OK. Sound Settings The Sound settings menu lets you control your phone’s audio, from ringtones and alerts to touch ...
Page 203: General Sound Settings - Sound Profile And Vibrate
General Sound Settings - Sound Profile and Vibrate Use the following settings for such features as silent mode, vibrate, and overall phone volume. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound > Sound profile. 2. Select Normal, Vibrate, or Silent. 3. To set your phone to always vibrate for calls in addition to any ringer settings, select the Vibrate option below Volumes. Note: If you selected Vibrate as your sound profile (step 2), your phone will vibrate for all notifications and incoming calls. 4. Touch General Sound Settings - Volumes You can separately adjust your phone’s multimedia, ringtone and notifications, and alarm volumes. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound > Volumes. 2. Drag the volume sliders on the screen to adjust the ringtone and notifications, music and videos, and alarm volumes. 3. Touch DONE. Note: You can adjust the ringer volume in standby mode (or the earpiece volume during a call) by pressing the Volume button. Do Not Disturb Mode Use Do not disturb mode to reject calls, and silence audible alerts and notifications, while still having ...
Page 204 Allow Incoming Calls to Bypass Do Not Disturb Mode Add important contacts to an exceptions list so that you can still receive their calls even when Do not disturb mode is on. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound. 2. Touch the Do not disturb. 3. Touch Do not disturb exceptions and then touch 4. Choose whether to select contacts or groups to add to the exceptions list, or to manually add a phone number that’s not available in your contact info. Tip: To remove contacts or numbers from the exceptions list, touch > Remove contact. 5. Select the checkbox to allow incoming calls from contacts on the exceptions list. Set a Do Not Disturb Schedule You can schedule when you want Do not disturb to turn on. For example, you can set it to turn on during a weekly meeting. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound.
Page 205: Incoming Calls - Ringtone
The schedule will be listed on the Do not disturb schedule screen. Note: Calendar events that have Do not disturb enabled will also be listed on the Do not disturb schedule screen. Incoming Calls - Ringtone You can select and assign ringtones for your incoming calls. Your phone provides a variety of ringtones that you can set as the default ringtone of your phone. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound > Ringtone. 2. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch APPLY. The ringtone briefly plays when selected. Note: To set a sound file as ringtone, see Set a Song as a Ringtone. Incoming Calls - Other Options Enable Quiet ring on pickup so your phone lowers the ringtone volume the moment you pick it up to answer a call. When your phone is in your bag or pocket, enable Pocket mode so the phone rings louder when you have an incoming call. Touch the Flip to mute option to mute the phone just by flipping it over. You can choose to enable or disable the Quiet ring on pickup or Pocket mode incoming call features. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound. 2. ...
Page 206: Notifications And Alarms
Notifications and Alarms Use the Notifications and Alarms settings to choose your notification and alarm sounds. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound > Notification sound or Alarm. 2. Choose the sound you want to use, and then touch APPLY. System Sound Settings The System sound settings menu lets you select whether you hear tones when touching numbers on the dialpad, selecting onscreen options, and more. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Sound. 2. Select or customize options under the System menu. Keypad touch tones: Select the short tones to use. Touch sounds: Play sounds when making an onscreen selection. Screen lock sounds: Play sounds when locking or unlocking the screen. Pull-to-refresh sounds: Play sounds when pulling the screen down to refresh content. Vibrate on touch: Vibrate when touching soft keys and during certain other instances. Emergency tone: Set behavior when an emergency call is placed. Call Settings Your phone’s Call settings menu lets you configure your voicemail options and a number of ...
Page 207: Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids Select the Hearing aids option to enable hearing aid compatibility that amplifies your phone’s in-call volume. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Call. 2. Select the Hearing aids option. TTY Mode A TTY (teletypewriter, also known as a TDD or Text Telephone) is a telecommunications phone that allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech or language disabilities, to communicate by telephone. Your phone is compatible with select TTY phones. Please check with the manufacturer of your TTY phone to ensure that it supports digital wireless transmission. Your phone and TTY phone will connect using a special cable that plugs into your phone’s headset jack. If this cable was not provided with your TTY phone, contact your TTY phone manufacturer to purchase the connector cable. When establishing your Sprint service, please call Sprint Customer Service using the state Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) by first dialing . Then provide the state TRS with this number: 866-727-4889. To turn TTY Mode on or off: 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Call >TTY mode. 2. Touch TTY Full, TTY HCO, or TTY VCO. Touch TTY Off to turn TTY mode off. Note: When enabled, TTY mode may impair the audio quality of non-TTY phones connected to the headset jack.
Page 208: Other Cdma Call Settings
Other CDMA Call Settings Select these options to enhance voice privacy, prepend numbers automatically, or use plus code dialing. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Call. 2. Select or customize these options. Voice Privacy: Select to enable enhanced privacy mode. Automatic prepend: Select to automatically add “1” for long distance calls. Plus code dialing: Touch to set plus code dialing. See Make International Calls for details. Internet Call Settings Use these options to set up your Internet calling account. See Internet Calls. Other Call Settings Select these options depending on your call preferences. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Call. 2. Select or clear these options. Declined calls: Select to enable text message and reminder options for declined calls. Save to People: Select to add unknown numbers to the People list after the call.
Page 209: Clear Application Cache And Data
1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Apps. 2. On any of the tabs, touch the application you want to uninstall. 3. On the App info screen, touch Uninstall. 4. Touch OK to confirm. Note: You cannot uninstall programs that are preinstalled on the phone. Clear Application Cache and Data Free up storage space and phone memory by deleting application cache and data. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Apps. 2. Browse to the app you want to clear and then touch it. Tip: Touch to sort the apps list. 3. In the App info screen, touch Clear data or Clear cache. Storage Settings The storage settings menu lets you view and manage the phone storage. Types of Storage Your phone has the following storage types for your apps, data, and files. Phone storage. This storage combines both the internal storage, where apps, email, data, and text messages are stored, and the file storage, where photos, videos, and music files are kept. When you are running out of phone storage, you can free up space by uninstalling apps, changing download settings, or moving files to your computer or to an online storage service. ...
Page 210: Copy Files To Or From Your Phone
3. Copy the files from your computer to your phone, or vice versa. 4. After copying the files, disconnect the phone from the computer. Make More Storage Space As you use your phone, you’ll accumulate data and fill its storage capacity over time. Here are some tips on how to increase storage space. Run the Storage Wizard Free up space in the phone storage by uninstalling apps and deleting files you no longer need. In Settings, touch Storage > Make more space. Store Files in Google Drive Photos, email attachments, and other documents can be stored in Google Drive and accessed anywhere you are. You can set the Camera app to automatically upload photos to Google Drive. See Google Drive for details. Note: Google Drive is a third-party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation. Manage Photos and Videos Set the Camera app to automatically upload to a photo-sharing site or online storage. You can retrieve them from the photo-sharing site or online storage when needed. Note: Using data services while uploading photos and videos may be costly. You may want to connect to Wi-Fi or disable auto upload of camera shots if you have a limited data plan. After taking continuous camera shots, keep only the best shot and discard the rest. After editing a photo or trimming a video, the original file is kept. You can delete original files or move them to online storage or to your computer. ...
Page 211: Encrypt Data On Your Phone
Back Up Apps Data Keep only the most recent data from apps on your phone. You can back up calendars, contacts, and bookmarks or export text messages, and personal dictionaries. See Backup. Disable Some Apps Apps, even if not used often, may be running in the background and downloading data into the phone storage. If the app cannot be removed, you can disable it. In Settings, touch Apps, slide to the ALL tab and select the app that you want to disable. Touch Disable. Encrypt Data on Your Phone On the phone storage, you can encrypt data such as your accounts, settings, downloaded apps and their data, media, and other files. On a storage card, you can only encrypt files. Set a lock screen PIN or password before start encryption. Fully charge the battery and keep your phone connected to the power adapter during encryption. This process takes may take about an hour or so. You cannot undo encryption on the phone storage. If you want to return to an unencrypted phone, you must perform a factory reset. Once you enable storage card encryption, only new files added after encryption will be encrypted. Files already on the card will not be encrypted. Also, storage card encryption doesn't reformat or erase your card. Encrypted files on the storage card can only be opened by the phone that encrypted them. How to Encrypt Data on Your Phone 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Storage. 2. Touch Phone storage encryption. Or, touch Encrypt SD card content. 3. ...
Page 212: Optimize Battery Life With Power Saver Mode
Optimize Battery Life with Power Saver Mode Power saver mode helps to increase battery life. It reduces the usage of phone features that drain the battery such as the display and data connection. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open the Quick Settings panel. 2. Touch below the SAVER tile to choose which phone features to conserve power for. Note: If Data connection is selected, your phone automatically disconnects from the mobile network after 15 minutes when the screen is off and the data connection is idle (no download activity, streaming, or data usage). It reconnects and then disconnects periodically when the data connection is idle to save battery power. Note: Keep in mind though that the Sleep mode option for the data connection in Settings > Power, when enabled, overrides power saver mode. 3. Touch the ON/OFF switch next to Power saver to turn Power saver mode on or off. Use Extreme Power Saving Mode In times when you don't need to use much of your phone, turn Extreme power saving mode on to extend battery life longer. In this mode, standby time can last longer than usual, and you can only use the most basic functions such as phone calls, text messaging, and email. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar to open the Quick Settings panel. 2. Touch the EXT SAVER tile to turn the mode on. Or to set when to automatically switch this mode on, touch below the tile.
Page 213: Check Battery History
Check Battery History Check how long you’ve been using the phone since the last charge. You can also see a chart that shows how long the screen has been on, and how long you’ve been using connections like the mobile network or Wi-Fi. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Power > History. 2. If you’ve used the phone for a long time since the last charge, swipe left or right to scale the graph that details battery usage over time. You can also slide your fingers together or apart to scale the graph. Display the Battery Percentage You can check the percentage of remaining battery power right from the status bar. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Power. 2. Select Show battery level. Battery Saving Tips How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use your phone. The power management features of your phone helps increase battery life. In times when you need to extend the battery life more, try out some of these tips. Check Power Usage Monitoring your battery usage helps you identify what’s using the most power so you can choose what to do about it. For details, see Check Battery Usage. Manage Your Connections Turn off wireless connections you’re not using. To turn on or off connections such as ...
Page 214 Turn on Airplane mode when you don’t need any wireless connections and you don’t want to receive calls or messages. For details, see Airplane Mode. Manage Your Display Lowering the brightness, letting the display sleep when not in use, and keeping it simple helps save battery power. 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. Set the Web browser to auto dim the screen while webpages load. Open the Internet app, and then touch > Settings > Accessibility > Dim screen during page loading. For more details, see Display Settings. Manage Your Apps Install the latest software and application updates. Updates sometimes include battery performance improvements. Uninstall or disable apps that you never use. Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even when you’re not using them. If there are apps that you don’t need anymore, uninstall them. See Uninstall Third-party Apps. If an app came preloaded and can’t be uninstalled, disabling the app can still prevent it from continuously running or syncing data. In Settings > Apps, swipe to the ALL tab, touch the app, and then touch Disable. Limit Background Data and Sync Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps syncing data in the ...
Page 215: Language & Keyboard Settings
Choose widgets wisely. Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not important from your Home screen. In Play Store, touch > Settings, and then clear Auto-add widgets to avoid automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you’ve installed new apps. Also touch Auto-update apps > Do not auto-update apps if you’re fine with updating apps from Play Store manually. More Battery Saving Tips To squeeze in a little bit more battery power, try these tips. Tone down the ringtone and media volume. Minimize the use of vibration or sound feedback. In Settings, touch Sound and choose which ones you don’t need and can disable. Check your apps’ settings as you may find more options to optimize the battery. Language & Keyboard Settings Your phone’s Language & keyboard settings let you select a language for the phones screens and menus, as well as manage a personal user dictionary. Change the Phone Language Changing the language adjusts the keyboard layout, date and time formatting, and more. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard. 2. ...
Page 216: Keyboard And Input Methods - Htc Sense Input
With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard > Google voice typing. Keyboard and Input Methods - HTC Sense Input The Language & keyboard settings let you select a preferred input method, control keyboard settings, and more. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input. 2. Change any of these settings. Keyboard selection: Add or remove languages from the touch input language list. Keyboard types: Select the keyboard layout to use. Bilingual prediction: Activate word prediction for a second language. Enable or disable keyboard settings including sound and vibration feedback, show or hide ...
Page 217: Printing
With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard > Swype. Speech Settings Use these settings to adjust your Google Voice Search preferences or select your default text-to- speech output. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Language & keyboard. 2. Change any of these settings. Voice Search: Touch to change the default voice search language, speech output, and more Text-to-speech output: Touch to select the text-to-speech engine, set the speech speed, or listen to speech synthesis demo. Date & Time Settings By default, your phone automatically uses the network-provided date, time zone, and time. However, you can set the date, time zone, and time manually if you need to. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Date & time. 2. Clear the Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone options. 3. ...
Page 218: Activate This Device
System Updates From time to time, system software updates for your phone may be available. Your phone can automatically check and notify you if an update is available. You can download and install the update to your phone. Depending on the type of update, the update may erase all your personal data and customized settings, and it could also remove any programs you have installed. Make sure that you have backed up the information and files you want to keep. Note: Checking and downloading system software updates require data access that will count towards your monthly data allowance. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > System updates. 2. Touch any of these available settings: Update profile: Update your online user profile information. See Update Your Profile for details. Update PRL: Update the Preferred Roaming List (PRL). See Update Your PRL for details. UICC Unlock: Unlock the UICC and use a UICC card from other service providers. For more information about UICC unlock, contact Sprint. HTC software update: Update the phone’s operating system. See Update the Operating System for details. About Your Phone The About menu lets you access important phone information and view legal and safety information. 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > About. 2. Scroll through the list and select options to view or customize information. Settings...
Page 219 Hardware and software version: Displays the phone hardware and software version. Software updates: Check if there are is a new software update available for your phone. Tell HTC and error reporting: Send error, preference, and usage reports to HTC. Help: Enable quick tips to appear on the screen. Network: Check the operator, signal strength, mobile network type, and more. Phone identity: Check the phone’s name, model number, IMEI, SIM ID, MEID current user name, and number. Software information: View software related information such as the Android, HTC Sense, and software versions. Legal information: View HTC legal information, privacy alert, Google legal information and open source licenses. Settings...
Page 220: Important Information
Important Information See the following topics for important information. Radio Frequency Exposure Operating Instructions This device was tested for compliance with the applicable FCC and Industry Canada specific absorption rate (SAR) limits for radio frequency (RF) exposure during typical body-worn operations. To ensure that RF exposure levels remain at or below the tested levels, use a belt-clip, holster, or similar accessory that maintains a minimum separation distance of 1.0 cm between your body and the device, with either the front or back of the device facing towards your body. Such accessories should not contain any metallic components. Body-worn accessories that do not meet these specifications may not ensure compliance with applicable SAR limits and their use should be avoided. Important Note on Recoverable Data Files and other data that have been deleted, cleared, removed, or erased from your device may still be recoverable by third-party data recovery software. Even a factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone, including personal information. Important Information...
Page 221: Proprietary Notices
Proprietary Notices ©2014 HTC Corporation. All rights reserved. HTC, the HTC logo, HTC Desire, HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Dot View, HTC Sense, VideoPic, and all other HTC product and service names referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of HTC Corporation and its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Portions of this document ©2014 Sprint. All rights reserved. Sprint, Sprint Spark and the logos are trademarks of Sprint. The HD Voice logo is a trademark of the GSMA Ltd. Google, Android, Android Beam, Gmail, Google+, Google Chrome, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Now, Google Play, Google Voice Search, Google Wallet, Hangouts, and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc. Microsoft, Windows, ActiveSync, Windows Media, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. ® The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. ® Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance, Inc. Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc. Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc., and is used under license. DLNA is a trademark or registered trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Apple, iPhone, iTunes, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. Polaris Office is a trademark of Infraware, Inc. Swype is a trademark or registered trademark of Nuance Communications. LinkedIn is a registered trademark or trademark of LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Kid Mode and Zoodles are trademarks of Inquisitive Minds, Inc. Instagram is a trademark of Instagram, LLC. microSD is a registered trademark of SD-3C, LLC. ® foursquare is a trademark of Foursquare Labs, Inc. (“Foursquare”) in the U.S. and other countries. LTE is a trademark of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) registered for the benefit of its members. Proprietary Notices...
Page 222 All other trademarks and service marks mentioned herein, including company names, product names, service names and logos, are the property of their respective owners and their use herein does not indicate an affiliation with, association with, or endorsement of or by HTC Corporation. Not all marks listed necessarily appear in this User Guide. HTC software and apps can be used with materials that you own or are lawfully authorized to use and/or duplicate. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of copyrighted material may be a violation of copyright law in the United States and/or other countries/ regions. Violation of U.S. and international copyright laws may subject you to significant civil and/or criminal penalties. HTC Corporation shall not be held responsible for any damages or losses (direct or indirect) that you may incur as a result of using these software and apps. Screen images contained herein are simulated. HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. HTC also reserves the right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of HTC. Proprietary Notices...
Page 223: Index
Index Browser 126 Browser Options 129 3-way Calling 54 Browser Tabs 127 Browsing History 129 About Your Phone 205 Access Photos and Videos 139 Calculator 148 Accessibility Settings 180 Calendar 145 Accounts View 145 Add 174 Calibrate the Screen 189 Accounts and Sync 174 Call Activate 205 End 55 Activate Your Phone 3 Call Forwarding 56 Add Contacts 67 Call From Call History 50 Airplane Mode 171 Call From People 50 Alarm 174 Call History 56 Android Phone Save Number 57 Transfer Content 6 Call Services 55 App Shortcuts 36 Call Settings 193 Apps Settings 195 Call Waiting 55 Articles Caller ID 55 Save 33 Camera Attachment Save Settings 138 View 92 Start 132...
Page 224 Data Connection 117 Facebook 98 Schedule 117 File Manager 157 Turn On or Off 117 Files Data Services General Information 116 Organize 158 Data Usage 119 Find People 66 Date and Time Settings 204 Font Size 188 Daydream 189 Font Style 188 DDTM Mode 194 Delete Conversations 94 Display Settings 187 Get Apps 101 Do Not Disturb Mode 190 Get Help 157 Download Apps 103 Gmail 75 Draft Help 79 Save and Resume 90 Gmail Account Dropbox 154 Add 79 Dynamic Home Screen 30 Gmail Inbox 76 Gmail Message Send 78 Edit a People Entry 68 Google Account Edit Photos 142 Create 75 Edit Text 46 Sign In 76 Email 79 Google Accounts Attachment 82 Add One or More 175 Read and Reply 82...
Page 225 HTC BlinkFeed Add Content 31 Mail Inbox 80 Remove Content 33 Main Home Screen 35 Turn On or Off 31 Make Phone Calls 48 HTC Dot View 167 Manage Your Account 11 HTC Dot View Wallpaper 167 Media Output Settings 172 HTC Guide 170 Meeting Invitation 147 HTC Sense Input 203 Merge Entries 69 HTC Sense Keyboard 41 Messages Enter Text 45 Read and Reply 90 Type 42 Messaging Word Prediction 43 Security 93 HTC Sync Manager 155-156 Messaging Options 96 microSD Card 163 Check Capacity 166 Import or Copy Contacts 69 Erase Contents 166 Improve Portrait Shots 137 Insert 163 In-call Options 54 Remove 166 Inbox Mobile Data Settings 172 Organize 80 Motion Gestures 22 Incoming Calls Multimedia Message Other Options 192 Send 88...
Page 226 People Screenshot 41 Manage 68 Search Email 83 Personalize Settings 173 Search for Files 157 Phone Apps and Settings 25 Search for Information 123 Phone Layout 13 Search Options 123 Playlists 108 Searches 123 Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 130 Security Settings 177 Power Saver Mode 199 Select Notifications 168 Power Settings 198 Send Contact Information 71 Prepend a Number 57 Send Information Using Bluetooth 160 Printing 204 Set an Alarm 149 Private Browsing 129 Set Song as Ringtone 110 Private Contacts 74 Set the Date and Time Manually 149 Profile 66 Set Up Voicemail 5 Settings Learn 28 Setup Application 4 Quick Settings 29 Slow Motion Videos 138 Smart Dial 48 Smart Sync 85 Radio Frequency Exposure Operating Social Networking Accounts 98 Instructions 207 Social Networks Post 33 Receive Files Using Bluetooth 162 Sort by Album 140 Receive Phone Calls 53 Sort by Location 141...
Page 227 Voicemail Settings 193 Volumes 190 Take a Photo 134 Take Picture of Yourself 136 Add 122 TalkBack 181 Connect 122 Text Message Disconnect 122 Send 87 Text Messages Back Up and Restore 94 Wallpaper 34 Text Messages From an iPhone 92 Weather 149 Text Messaging 87 Third-party Apps Voice Search 123 Uninstall 195 Wi-Fi 120 Third-Party Programs 179 Disconnect 121 Touchscreen Navigation 19 Unsecure Networks 120 Trace Keyboard 44 Wi-Fi Calling 63 Transfer Between Phone and Computer 8 Enable 63 Transfer Contacts 9 Make a Call 64 Transfer Content from an iPhone 7 Set Up 63 Transfer Content to Your Phone 6 Turn Off 64 Transfer from Another Phone 187 Wi-Fi Calling Settings 171 Transfer iPhone Content 156 Wi-Fi Settings 171 Trim Videos 143 Widget Panels 35 TTY Mode 194 Widgets 36 Turn Phone On or Off 15...

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