HTC DESIRE 526 User manual

Contents
Features you'll enjoy
Personalization 15
Imaging 16
Sound 18
Android 5.1 18
Unboxing
HTC Desire 526 20
Back cover 21
Battery 23
nano UIM card 27
Storage card 30
Switching the power on or off 32
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 32
Phone setup and transfer
Setting up HTC Desire 526 for the first time 33
Transferring content from an Android phone 34
Ways of transferring content from an iPhone 35
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 36
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Other ways of getting contacts and other content 37
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 38
Using Quick Settings 39
Getting to know your settings 41
Updating your phone's software 42
Getting apps from Google Play 45
Downloading apps from the web 47
Uninstalling an app 48
Your first week with your new phone
Basics 49
HTC Sense Home widget 66
Lock screen 70
Notifications 74
Working with text 76
HTC Help 83
Personalizing
Making HTC Desire 526 truly yours 84
Ringtones, notification sounds, and alarms 85
Home wallpaper 85
Changing the display font 86
Launch bar 87
Adding Home screen widgets 88
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Adding Home screen shortcuts 89
Editing Home screen panels 90
Changing your main Home screen 92
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 93
Arranging apps 94
Downloading themes 95
Bookmarking themes 96
Creating your own theme from scratch 97
Mixing and matching themes 98
Finding your themes 99
Sharing themes 100
Deleting a theme 100
HTC BlinkFeed
What is HTC BlinkFeed? 101
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 102
Restaurant recommendations 103
Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 104
Customizing the Highlights feed 106
Saving articles for later 106
Posting to your social networks 107
Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 107
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Camera
Camera basics 108
Selfies and people shots 115
Panoramic shots 118
Other camera features 119
Camera settings 120
Gallery
Viewing photos and videos in Gallery 121
Adding photos or videos to an album 125
Copying or moving photos or videos between albums 126
Tagging photos and videos 126
Searching for photos and videos 128
Trimming a video 129
Saving a photo from a video 129
Photo Editor
Basics 130
Creative effects 134
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 144
Making a call with your voice 145
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Dialing an extension number 145
Returning a missed call 146
Speed dial 146
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 146
Making an emergency call 147
Receiving calls 147
What can I do during a call 148
Setting up a three-way call 149
Call History 149
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 151
Advanced Calling 151
Upgrading to Advanced Calling 152
Global Ready 152
Using Assisted dialing 152
Messages
Verizon Messages 155
HTC Messages 156
Entertainment
HTC Music 162
HTC Connect 168
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Power and storage management
Battery 175
Phone storage 180
File Manager 183
Sync, backup, and reset
Online sync 185
Backup 187
HTC Sync Manager 192
Reset 196
People
Your contacts list 198
Setting up your profile 200
Adding a new contact 200
Editing a contact’s information 202
Getting in touch with a contact 202
Importing or copying contacts 203
Merging contact information 205
Sending contact information 206
Contact groups 207
Private contacts 209
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Calendar and Email
Viewing the Calendar 210
Scheduling or editing an event 212
Choosing which calendars to show 213
Sharing an event 214
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 214
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 215
Checking your mail 216
Sending an email message 217
Reading and replying to an email message 218
Managing email messages 220
Searching email messages 221
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 222
Adding an email account 223
What is Smart Sync? 224
Google Search and apps
Google Now 225
Google Search 228
Google Chrome 230
Google Drive 233
Google Maps 236
YouTube 240
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Other apps
VZ Navigator 242
HTC Car 243
Scribble 246
Clock 250
Weather 251
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 252
Managing your data usage 252
Wi-Fi connection 255
Connecting to VPN 256
Using HTC Desire 526 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 258
Wireless sharing
Turning Bluetooth on or off 260
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 260
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 262
Receiving files using Bluetooth 262
Settings and security
Turning location services on or off 264
Do not disturb mode 264
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Airplane mode 267
Scheduling when to turn data connection off 267
Automatic screen rotation 268
Setting when to turn off the screen 268
Screen brightness 269
Touch sounds and vibration 269
Changing the display language 270
Installing a digital certificate 271
Pinning the current screen 272
Disabling an app 273
Assigning a PIN to a nano UIM card 273
Accessibility features 274
Accessibility settings 275
Turning Magnification gestures on or off 275
Navigating HTC Desire 526 with TalkBack 276
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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