HTC 8XT User manual

Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.

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With Sprint As You Go you can free yourself from long-term contracts
and enjoy more wireless flexibility.
Some limitations apply, depending on your service plan and device.
Data roaming may not be enabled and certain applications that are
preinstalled on your device may not be available or operational. Also, to
purchase other subscription-based third-party content from application
stores (such as the Windows® Phone Store), you will need to provide
them with credit card information.
For more information, visit sprint.com/asyougo.
Special note for Sprint As You Go customers

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Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the
basics of getting started with Sprint and your HTC® 8XT.
ReadyNow – For more help in getting up and running with your
new phone, take advantage of exclusive Ready Now resources
at sprint.com/readynow. You can even schedule a one-on-one
appointment at a Sprint Store near you.
For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/support.
There, you’ll find guides, tutorials, and more to help you get the
most out of your phone.
Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.

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Your HTC 8XT
Volume
Button
Camera
Button
Flash Camera Lens
Headset Jack
Power Button
Back
Key
Search
Key
Earpiece
Touchscreen
Front Camera
Start Key
Charger/Accessory Jack

Using This Guide
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Using This Guide
This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new
HTC 8XT. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you
need quickly and easily.
Get Ready − page 6 − Find out what
you need to do before you use your
phone the first time, including charging
the battery and activating Sprint service
on your phone.
Windows® Basics − page 9 − Learn
some basics about how to move around
on your phone, use the Start screen, and
enter text. If you’re familiar with Windows
Phones, you can probably skip these
pages (although a refresher course never
hurt anyone).
Use Your Phone − page 12 − Take
advantage of your phone’s features
and Sprint services, from the basics
(Making Calls) to the more advanced
(using Windows Phone Store, connecting
through Wi-Fi®, and more).
Tools & Resources − page 30 − Find
useful tips for your phone and discover
resources and other helpful Sprint
information. For additional information
including the full User Guide, videos,
tutorials, and community forums, visit
sprint.com/support.

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Get Your Phone Ready
Charge the Battery
1. Insert the small end of the USB cable into the
charger/accessory jack on the bottom of your
phone.
2. Insert the larger end of the USB cable into the
AC adapter.
3. Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet.
Note: Charging may take up to three hours.
Turn the Phone On
• Press and hold the power button on the top of
the phone.
Unlock the Screen
• Drag or flick the lock screen toward the top of
the screen.
Turn the Screen On and Off
• To quickly turn the display screen off, press
the power button on the top of the phone.
• To turn the screen on and display the unlock
screen, press the power button.
Turn the Phone Off
• Press and hold the power button until a portion
of the lock screen with the slide down to power
off message appears. Drag or flick the lock
screen toward the bottom of the screen.
Before you start: Visit sprint.com/readynow to
learn about transferring contacts, calendars,
and more from your old phone.

Get Ready
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Activate Your Phone
Activate Your Phone
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 a new Sprint account or a new
phone number, your phone is designed
to activate automatically when you first
turn it on. You will see a Setting up
connections screen at startup. Follow
the onscreen instructions to continue.
To confirm your activation, make a
phone call.
If you received your phone in the mail
and it is going to be activated on an
existing number (you’re swapping
phones), go to sprint.com/activate and
follow the instructions. When you have
finished, make a phone call to confirm
your activation.
If your phone is still not activated or you do not
have access to the Internet, contact Sprint
Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727 for
assistance.

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Set Up Your Phone
Set Up Your Phone
When you turn on your phone for the first time,
you’ll be asked to set some options. Just follow
the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and
running with your phone in no time.
1. If your phone is activated when you first turn it
on, you will see a “Setting up connections”
screen followed by a “Success!” message.
Touch next at the bottom right, and then touch
get started to begin.
2. Choose a language and then touch next.
3. Read the Windows Phone Terms of Use. If you
agree, touch accept.
4. Follow the prompts to select Windows Phone
settings and choose a country and time zone.
5. You’ll be prompted to sign in with a Microsoft
account. Touch sign in to sign in with your user
name and password, create one to sign up for
a new account, or sign in later to skip it.
6. Read the Secure your phone message and
touch next.
7. Touch Next and you’re all set.
Note: You do not need to complete every step in
the setup application now. You can set up your
accounts later if you prefer.

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Windows Basics
Flick: Flicking is similar to swiping, but with
lighter, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is
always used in a vertical motion, such as when
flicking through contacts or a message list.
Pinch: “Pinch” the screen using your thumb and
forefinger to zoom out or zoom in when viewing
a photo or a Web page. (Move fingers inward to
zoom out and outward to zoom in.)
Rotate: 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
onscreen keyboard.
Windows Phone Basics: Getting Around
Move Around Your Phone’s Menus
and Screens
Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control everything
through various types of touches, or gestures.
Touch: To select items such as Start screen tiles,
apps, or settings, press onscreen buttons, or type
using the onscreen keyboard, touch lightly with
your finger.
Touch and hold: To display the available options
for an item (for example, a link in a Web page),
touch and hold the item.
Swipe or slide: To swipe or slide (for example, to
clear the lock screen), quickly drag your finger
vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Drag: To drag an item (for example, to move a
Start screen tile), press and hold your finger with
some pressure before you start to move it.

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Buttons and Keys
Buttons
The bottom front of your phone contains a Start
button and two static keys that let you perform
specific functions.
• Touch Start ( ) to display the Start screen from
any other screen. Touch and hold for Speech,
your phone’s voice recognition feature.
• Touch Back ( ) to return to the previous screen.
• Touch Search ( ) to launch a Bing® search
or a context-sensitive search.
• Search becomes find – Search is your
one-button gateway to all kinds of answers.
Want to find a contact? Touch from People.
Looking for an email message? Touch in
email. Use it in Maps, Email, wherever.
Search
Key
Start Key
Back
Key

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Windows Basics
Your Start Screen
Your Start Screen
Your phone’s Start screen contains Windows
Phone Live Tiles that continuously update and
show the information that matters to you, like your
photo album, number of new messages, Xbox
LIVE updates, and more.
• To scroll through the Start
screen, swipe your finger up
or down. To display the Start
screen from any other
screen, just touch Start ( ).
• To access a list of all the
applications on your phone,
slide the Start screen to
the left.
Customizing Your Start Screen
You can pin all sorts of things to your Start
screen, including apps, websites, map locations,
and even contacts.
• To pin most items to the Start screen, touch and
hold the item until a menu appears, and then
touch pin to start. For others, touch in the
app bar at the bottom.
• To move a tile on the Start screen, touch and
hold it, drag it to the location you want, release
it, and touch it again.
• To remove a tile, touch and hold it and then
touch .
• To resize a tile, touch and hold it and then touch
the arrow. When you have the size you want,
touch the tile again to save it.

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Make a Phone Call
1. Touch > .
2. Touch to display the dialpad, and then dial
the number you want to call. (The number will
appear above the keypad as you enter it.)
3. Touch call to place the call.
Answer an Incoming Call
• If the display is on, touch answer.
• If the display is off, the display will turn on
showing the Lock screen. Slide the screen up
and touch answer to answer the call.
Use Your Phone: Make and Answer Calls
Reject an Incoming Call
• If the display is on, touch ignore to reject the call
and send it to voicemail.
• If the display is off, the display will turn on
showing the Lock screen. Slide the screen up
and touch ignore to reject the call and send it to
voicemail.
Mute the Ringer on a Call
• To mute the ringer, do any of the following:
• Press the volume up or down button.
• Press the power button.
• Place the phone face down on a level surface.

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Use Your Phone
Voicemail
Set Up Your Voicemail
All unanswered calls are automatically transferred
to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or
turned off. You should set up your voicemail and
personal greeting as soon as your phone is
activated:
1. Touch > .
2. Touch to connect to your voicemail box.
3. Follow the voice prompts to create your
password and record your name and greeting.
Sprint strongly recommends setting and using a
voicemail password. Without a password, anyone
who has access to your phone can access your
messages.
Retrieve Your Voicemail
1. Touch > .
2. Touch to connect to your voicemail box.
From any other phone:
1. Dial your wireless phone number.
2. When your voicemail answers, press *.
3. Enter your password.

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People
Viewing the People Hub (Contacts)
When you set up your email or Facebook
accounts, your contacts are imported
automatically into your People Hub. You’ll be able
to see contacts from your Microsoft account,
Facebook, and other email accounts such as
Gmail™ and Outlook®. Of course you can always
add contacts by hand as well.
• To view the People Hub, touch the People tile on
the Start screen. The People Hub flows across
three screens: all, what’s new, and together.
• all shows a list of contacts from all the
accounts you have synced.
• what’s new shows recent updates from your
social networking accounts. (You must be
signed into an account to receive updates.)
• together shows tiles for your Rooms and
Groups. Rooms allow you to chat and share
with family and friends. Groups allow you to
stay current with folks you want to follow.
Touch to add a new Room or Group.
Adding a New Account From the
People Hub
The People Hub makes it easy to add new
accounts. For example, to sign into your Facebook
account from the People Hub:
1. Touch the People tile on the Start screen.
2. From the what’s new screen, touch >
settings > add an account.
3. Touch Facebook, enter the email account and
password you use with your Facebook account,
and then touch sign in. You’ll begin seeing
Facebook updates in what’s new and your
Facebook friends will be listed in all.

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Use Your Phone
Save a Phone Number
1. Touch > > .
2. Enter a phone number using the onscreen
keypad and t
ouch save at the bottom of the
screen.
3. Touch or a contact name to save the number
to an existing contact. Touch the number type to
select a type, for example, mobile or work, and
then touch (Save).
– or –
Touch to create a new entry. If prompted,
select an account for the contact, for example,
Outlook or Google. Touch the number type to
select a type, and then touch .
Add a New Entry to People
1. Touch the People tile on the Start screen.
2. On the all screen, touch to enter a new
contact. If prompted, select an account for the
contact, for example, Outlook or Google.
3. Touch name, phone, email, etc., to enter the
information you want to store.
4. After each type of information you enter, touch
. When you’re finished entering all the
information, touch .
Merging Different Contact Types
With all those different accounts, there will
probably be duplicate entries. The People app
makes it easy to link multiple entries into one.
1. Touch the People tile on the Start screen.
2. On the all screen, touch a name.
3. Touch , and then touch a suggested link (if
available) or touch choose a contact and
touch a name to link the entries.

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Messaging
Send a Text Message
1. Touch > (Messaging).
2. Touch to begin a new message.
3. Enter a contact name, phone number, or email
address in the To: field at the top of the screen.
4. Touch type a message and then start composing
your message.
5. When you are finished, touch .
Send a Multimedia Message
1. Touch > (Messaging).
2. Touch to begin a new message.
3. Enter a contact name, phone number, or email
address in the To: field at the top of the screen.
4. Touch type a message and then start composing
your message.
5. Touch .
6. Touch a media type:
• picture - Select a photo from the available
folders or touch on the albums page to
launch the camera and take a photo to attach.
• video - Select a video from the available
folders to attach.
• my location - If prompted, touch allow to allow
messaging to access and use your location.
• voice note - Your voice note will begin
recording as soon as you select the media
type. Touch done when you have finished
recording your message.
• contact - Select a contact from your contact list.
7. When you are finished, touch .
Note: For information on taking photos and videos
with your phone, see “Camera & Video” on page 21.

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Use Your Phone
Tip: To call the sender of a message, touch
the number shown in the message and then
touch call, or touch the contact name and then
touch call mobile.
Be a hero. Don't drive distracted.
sprint.com/focusondriving
Access Messages
When you receive a new message, your phone
plays an alert sound and briefly displays a
message bar at the top of the screen. Your
messages are collected in ongoing conversations
with any given contact, so when you view a
message, you can scroll through the entire history
of your messages with that person.
To display your messages:
1. Touch > . (You can also touch the
notification to go directly to the conversation.)
2. From the threads screen, touch the conversation
you want to view.
3. To reply, touch the type a text message box,
enter your reply, and touch .

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Email+Accounts
You can link multiple email and social networking
accounts to your HTC 8XT, including your
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and Facebook
accounts. You’ve probably already set up your
Microsoft account (Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live),
but if not, you can configure it and any other
email accounts through the email+accounts
settings page.
Set Up a Microsoft Account
1. Slide the Start screen to the left and touch
Settings > email+accounts.
2. Touch add an account > Outlook or Hotmail.
3. Enter the Email address and password and
touch sign in. The application will complete the
account setup process for you and place an
Outlook or Hotmail tile on the Start screen.
Note: Although you do not need a Microsoft account
to use your phone, signing in with a Microsoft
account is required to get apps through the Store or
to use certain features such as Xbox LIVE.
Note: If you have multiple Microsoft accounts and
you want to use your Xbox LIVE account on your
phone, make sure you sign in with that specific
Microsoft account.
Set Up Another Email Account
1. Slide the Start screen to the left and touch
Settings > email+accounts.
2. Touch add an account and select an account type.
• Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!® Mail, or Google to
set up those specific email account types.
• other account to set up another type of POP or
IMAP email account.

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Use Your Phone
3. Enter the Email address and password and
touch sign in. The application will retrieve
settings and complete the account setup
process for you.
Advanced Email Setup
Note: For Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
accounts, contact your company’s Exchange
Server administrator for required account settings.
1. If you need to enter specific server settings or
other advanced setup features, touch advanced
setup in step 2 above.
2. Enter the Email address and password and
touch Next.
3. Touch Exchange ActiveSync and enter the
User name, Domain, and Server information for
the account. You’ll need to get the necessary
information from your Exchange Server
administrator.
– or –
Touch Internet email and enter the Incoming
email server, Account type, User name, and
Outgoing email server information.
4. Touch sign in to sign in to the account.
Access Email Messages
Once you have set up email accounts, you’ll see
tiles for each account on your Start screen.
Whenever new mail comes in, you’ll see the
number of new messages for an account on its tile.
• Touch and touch an email tile to view your
inbox. (If you’ve removed the tile from the Start
screen, slide the Start screen to the left and then
touch the account name.) To view only unread
messages, touch unread at the top of the inbox.

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Email+Accounts
Send an Email Message
1. Touch and touch an email til e.
2. Touch to begin a new message.
3. Enter a contact name or email address in the To:
field at the top of the screen, or touch to
search for and select a contact.
4. Enter a subject and a message.
• To attach a photo, touch , and select a photo
from the available folders (or touch
and take
a new photo to attach).
5. Touch
to send the message.
Social Networking Accounts
You can link your favorite social networking
accounts to your HTC 8XT.
1. Slide the Start screen to the left and touch
settings > email+accounts.
2. Touch add an account and then touch
Facebook, Twitter®, or LinkedIn®.
3. If prompted, touch connect to allow your social
networking account to link with your Microsoft
account.
4. Enter the Email address and password and
touch sign in, Authorize App, or Ok, I’ll allow it.
Additional Social Networking Accounts
If you want to add other social networking
accounts, you may need to download them
from the Windows Phone Store.
1. Touch >
( Store).
2. Browse or search for the app you want to
download, for example Tumblr or Skype.
3. Touch the app and then touch Install. Follow the
prompts to download and install the app.