HTC 8XT User manual

HTC® 8XT
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
Your phone 9
Back cover 10
microSIM card 11
Storage card 13
Battery 15
Switching the power on or off 16
Setting up your phone
Activate your phone 17
Setting up your phone for the first time 17
Account setup 17
Getting contacts into your phone 18
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy 19
Start screen 20
Touch gestures 21
Motion gestures 23
Adjusting the volume 24
Sleep mode 25
Lock screen 25
Changing the ringtone 26
Changing the theme 27
Taking a screenshot 28
Switching between apps 28
Windows Store 29
Using speech on your phone 29
Camera
Camera basics 31
Taking a photo 32
Recording video 33
After capturing 33
Phone calls
Making a call 34
Receiving calls 35
What can I do during a call? 35
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Starting a three-way call 36
Call history 36
Turning airplane mode on or off 37
People
Keeping in touch 38
Importing contacts from your SIM card 38
Adding a new contact 38
How do I add an extension number to a contact number? 39
Jumping to a section in the contacts list 39
Filtering your contacts list 39
Merging contact profiles 40
Searching, editing or deleting 40
Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time 41
Organizing your contacts into groups 43
What is the Me tile? 44
Posting to social networks 45
Filtering social updates 46
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 47
Entering words with predictive text 48
Changing the keyboard language 48
Messaging
Texting and chatting in one place 49
Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message 50
Viewing and replying to a message 51
Managing conversations 52
Email
Adding your Microsoft account 53
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 53
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account 54
Checking email 55
Sending email 56
Managing email messages 57
Changing email account settings 57
Photos, videos, and music
Photos 58
Music + Videos 60
Sync and Backup
Keeping things in sync 62
Backing up your files 62
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Internet connections
Data connection 63
Wi‑Fi 64
Using your phone as a mobile hotspot 65
Search and Web browser
Ways you can search the Web 66
Searching for information 66
Scanning codes, tags, and text 67
Opening and navigating web pages 69
Music search 70
Maps and location
Location services 71
Maps 71
Local Scout 75
Calendar
What you can do in Calendar 76
Creating a calendar appointment 76
Creating a new to-do task 77
Displaying and syncing calendars 78
More apps
What can I do in the HTC hub? 79
What's in the Office hub? 84
Creating and sharing notes 84
Xbox LIVE in the Games hub 86
Bluetooth and NFC
Connecting a Bluetooth accessory 87
Disconnecting a Bluetooth accessory 87
Unpairing 88
Sharing content with NFC 88
Turning NFC on and off 88
Using NFC 89
Settings
Attentive phone features 90
Turning Battery Saver on 90
Changing display settings 91
Changing sound settings 91
Changing the phone language and region format 92
Managing apps and storage 92
Accessibility enhancements 94
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Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 95
Protecting your phone with a password 95
Making your phone safe for kids 96
Setting up Kid's Corner 96
Launching Kid's Corner 96
Closing and disabling Kid's Corner 97
Update and reset
How to get and install updates 98
Preparing for a software update 98
Installing an update 99
Factory reset 99
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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Conventions used in this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important
information:
This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens
when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides
information that may only be applicable to some situations.
This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure,
or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.
This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain
task or to get a feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be
careful about to prevent potential problems.
6 Conventions used in this guide

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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Other helpful resources
For health, safety, and regulatory information, please read the Safety and regulatory
guide that’s included in the box.
In addition to this user guide, you can find help information, FAQs, and more in
www.htc.com/support.
To learn a lot more about using Windows®Phone, open Help+Tips on your phone. Or
use your web browser and go to windowsphone.com.
Certain Windows Phone features or Microsoft®services may not be available in
some countries or regions.
8 Other helpful resources

Unboxing
Your phone
1. BACK
2. START
3. USB connector
4. SEARCH
5. CAMERA
6. VOLUME
7. Proximity sensor
8. Notification LED
9. Earpiece and speaker
10. POWER
11. 3.5mm headset jack
12. Front camera
If you want to use a screen protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity
sensor. You can purchase the dedicated screen protector for your phone that
already has a small opening for the sensor.
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
Remove the back cover to access the SIM card and microSD™card slots.
Make sure to switch off your phone before removing the back cover.
1. Hold your phone securely with the back panel facing you.
2. Push the back cover up until it disengages from the phone.
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