HTC 10 User manual

User guide
HTC 10™

Contents
What's new
Android 8.0 11
Unboxing and setup
HTC 10 13
Back panel 14
Card tray 14
nano SIM card 15
Storage card 17
Charging the battery 19
Switching the power on or off 19
Setting up HTC 10 for the first time 20
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 21
Fingerprint scanner 21
Your first week with your new phone
HTC Sense Home 24
Sleep mode 24
Lock screen 25
Motion gestures 25
Touch gestures 27
Getting to know your settings 30
Using Quick Settings 31
Capturing your phone's screen 32
Travel mode 32
Restarting HTC 10 (Soft reset) 32
Notifications 33
Turning icon badges on or off 35
Motion Launch 35
Selecting, copying, and pasting text 38
Entering text 38
How can I type faster? 39
Getting help and troubleshooting 41
Updates
Software and app updates 42
Installing a software update 43
Installing an application update 43
Installing app updates from Google Play Store 43
Home screen layout and fonts
Adding or removing a widget panel 45
Changing your main Home screen 45
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Setting your Home screen wallpaper 46
Changing the default font size 46
Widgets and shortcuts
Launch bar 47
Adding Home screen widgets 47
Adding Home screen shortcuts 48
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 48
Moving a Home screen item 49
Removing a Home screen item 49
Sound preferences
Changing your ringtone 50
Changing your notification sound 50
Setting the default volume 50
HTC BoomSound for speakers 51
HTC BoomSound for headphones 51
Personal audio profile 51
Taking photos and videos
HTC Camera 53
Choosing a capture mode 54
Taking a photo 55
Setting the photo quality and size 56
Tips for capturing better photos 56
Recording video 57
Selfies 58
Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 60
Taking continuous camera shots 61
Using HDR 61
Taking a panoramic photo 61
Advanced camera features
Recording videos in slow motion 62
Using Zoe camera 62
Recording a Hyperlapse video 63
Choosing a scene 63
Manually adjusting camera settings 63
Taking a RAW photo 64
How does the Camera app capture RAW photos? 64
Google Photos
What you can do on Google Photos 66
Viewing photos and videos 66
Editing your photos 66
Enhancing RAW photos 67
Trimming a video 67
Changing the playback speed of a slow motion video 67
Editing a Hyperlapse video 68
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Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 70
Dialing an extension number 70
Speed dial 71
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 71
Receiving calls 71
Emergency call 72
What can I do during a call? 72
Setting up a conference call 73
Call History 74
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 74
Home dialing 75
SMS and MMS
Sending a text message (SMS) 76
How do I add a signature in my text messages? 77
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 77
Sending a group message 78
Forwarding a message 79
Moving messages to the secure box 79
Blocking unwanted messages 79
Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 80
Deleting messages and conversations 80
Contacts
Your contacts list 81
Adding a new contact 82
Editing a contact’s information 83
Getting in touch with a contact 84
Importing or copying contacts 84
Merging contact information 85
Sending contact information 86
Contact groups 86
Private contacts 87
Battery
Tips for extending battery life 89
Using power saver mode 91
Extreme power saving mode 91
Displaying the battery percentage 91
Checking battery usage 91
Checking battery history 92
Battery optimization for apps 92
Storage
Freeing up storage space 93
Types of storage 94
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 94
Setting up your storage card as internal storage 95
Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 95
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Moving an app to or from the storage card 96
Copying or moving files between the phone storage and storage card 96
Copying files between HTC 10 and your computer 97
Unmounting the storage card 98
Backup and reset
Ways of backing up files, data, and settings 99
Backing up HTC 10 100
Backing up contacts and messages 101
Resetting network settings 103
Resetting HTC 10 (Hard reset) 103
Transfer
Ways of transferring content from your previous phone 104
Transferring content from an Android phone 104
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 105
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 105
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 106
Installing and removing apps
Getting apps from Google Play Store 107
Downloading apps from the web 108
Uninstalling an app 108
Working with apps
Accessing your apps 109
Arranging apps 109
App shortcuts 110
Switching between recently opened apps 111
Working with two apps at the same time 111
Using picture-in-picture 112
Controlling app permissions 113
Setting default apps 113
Setting up app links 113
Disabling an app 114
HTC Ice View
Viewing app notifications from HTC Ice View 115
Choosing which notifications to display on the phone case 116
Launching the camera from your phone case 116
Controlling music playback from the phone case 117
Handling phone calls 117
Turning some functions on or off from HTC Ice View 118
HTC apps
HTC BlinkFeed 119
HTC Themes 119
Boost+ 119
Mail 119
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Weather 119
Clock 119
Voice Recorder 120
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 121
Managing your data usage 121
Wi-Fi connection 123
Connecting to VPN 124
Installing a digital certificate 125
Using HTC 10 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 126
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 127
Wireless sharing
What is HTC Connect? 128
Turning Bluetooth on or off 128
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 128
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 129
Receiving files using Bluetooth 129
Using NFC 130
Common settings
Do not disturb mode 132
Location settings 134
Airplane mode 135
Automatic screen rotation 135
Setting when to turn off the screen 135
Screen brightness 136
Night mode 136
Adjusting the display size 136
Touch sounds and vibration 137
Changing the display language 137
Glove mode 138
Security settings
Assigning a PIN to a nano SIM card 139
Setting a screen lock 139
Setting up Smart Lock 140
Turning the lock screen off 141
Accessibility settings
Accessibility features 142
Accessibility settings 143
Turning Magnification gestures on or off 143
TalkBack 143
Teletypewriter (TTY) mode 146
Trademarks and copyrights
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Index
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About this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information:
This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens when you choose
to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides information that may only be applicable
to some situations.
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know of an option that you may find helpful.
This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain task or to
get a feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be careful
about to prevent potential problems.
Some apps may not be available in all regions or with your mobile operator.
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Important RF Notice
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.
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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 mobile device, including personal information.
10 Important note on recoverable data