HTC 10 User manual

User guide.

Contents
What's new
Android 7.0 Nougat 17
Unboxing and setup
HTC 10 19
Back panel 20
Card tray 21
nano SIM card 22
Storage card 26
Charging the battery 28
Switching the power on or off 29
Setting up HTC 10 for the first time 30
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 31
Fingerprint scanner 32
Your first week with your new phone
HTC Sense Home 35
Sleep mode 36
Lock screen 36
Motion gestures 37
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Touch gestures 41
Getting to know your settings 46
Using Quick Settings 47
Capturing your phone's screen 49
Travel mode 50
Restarting HTC 10 (Soft reset) 50
Notifications 51
Motion Launch 55
Selecting, copying, and pasting text 61
Entering text 61
How can I type faster? 63
Using VZ Navigator 65
Getting help and troubleshooting 65
Updates
Software and app updates 67
Installing a software update 68
Installing an application update 69
Installing app updates from Google Play 69
Home screen layout and fonts
Adding or removing a widget panel 71
Changing your main Home screen 72
Setting your Home wallpaper 73
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Changing the default font size 73
Widgets and shortcuts
Launch bar 74
Adding Home screen widgets 75
Adding Home screen shortcuts 76
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 77
Moving a Home screen item 77
Removing a Home screen item 78
What is the HTC Sense Home widget? 79
Sound preferences
Changing your ringtone 83
Changing your notification sound 83
Setting the default volume 84
HTC BoomSound for speakers 84
HTC BoomSound for headphones 84
Personal audio profile 85
Taking photos and videos
Camera screen 87
Choosing a capture mode 89
Taking a photo 91
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Tips for capturing better photos 93
Recording video 94
Selfies 96
Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 100
Taking continuous camera shots 100
Using HDR 101
Taking a panoramic photo 101
Advanced camera features
Recording videos in slow motion 103
Using Zoe camera 104
Recording a Hyperlapse video 104
Choosing a scene 105
Manually adjusting camera settings 106
Taking a RAW photo 107
How does the Camera app capture RAW photos? 107
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 109
Dialing an extension number 110
Speed dial 110
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 111
Receiving calls 111
Emergency call 112
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What can I do during a call 112
Setting up a three-way call 113
Call History 114
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 115
Advanced Calling 116
Upgrading to Advanced Calling 116
Global Ready 116
Using Assisted dialing 117
Messages
Sending a text or multimedia message via Message+ 119
Sending a text message (SMS) 119
How do I add a signature in my text messages? 122
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 122
Sending a group message 123
Forwarding a message 124
Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 124
Deleting messages and conversations 125
Contacts
Your contacts list 127
Adding a new contact 129
Editing a contact’s information 131
Getting in touch with a contact 131
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Importing or copying contacts 132
Merging contact information 134
Sending contact information 135
Contact groups 136
Private contacts 138
Battery
Tips for extending battery life 139
Extreme power saving mode 142
Displaying the battery percentage 142
Checking battery usage 143
Checking battery history 143
Battery optimization for apps 144
Storage
Freeing up storage space 145
Types of storage 146
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 147
Setting up your storage card as internal storage 148
Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 149
Moving an app to or from the storage card 150
Copying or moving files between the phone storage and storage card 151
Copying files between HTC 10 and your computer 152
Unmounting the storage card 153
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Backup and reset
Ways of backing up files, data, and settings 154
Verizon Cloud 155
Using Android Backup Service 155
Backing up contacts and messages 157
Resetting network settings 160
Resetting HTC 10 (Hard reset) 161
Transfer
Ways of transferring content from your previous phone 162
Transferring content from an Android phone 163
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 164
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 165
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 166
Installing and removing apps
Getting apps from Google Play 167
Downloading apps from the web 169
Uninstalling an app 170
Managing apps
Arranging apps 171
Multi-tasking 173
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Controlling app permissions 175
Setting default apps 175
Setting up app links 176
Disabling an app 176
HTC BlinkFeed
What is HTC BlinkFeed? 177
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 178
Restaurant recommendations 179
Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 180
Customizing the Highlights feed 182
Playing videos on HTC BlinkFeed 182
Posting to your social networks 183
Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 183
Themes
What is HTC Themes? 184
Downloading themes or individual elements 184
Creating your own theme 185
Finding your themes 186
Editing your theme 186
Deleting a theme 187
Choosing a Home screen layout 188
Using stickers as app shortcuts 189
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Multiple wallpapers 190
Time-based wallpaper 191
Lock screen wallpaper 191
HTC Ice View
Viewing app notifications from HTC Ice View 193
Choosing which notifications to display on the phone case 194
Launching the camera from your phone case 194
Controlling music playback from the phone case 196
Handling phone calls 196
Turning some functions on or off from HTC Ice View 197
Weather and clock
Checking Weather 198
Changing the city on the weather clock 199
Turning on location services from the weather clock 199
Using the Clock 200
Setting the date and time manually 200
Setting an alarm 200
Google Photos
What you can do on Google Photos 202
Viewing photos and videos 203
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