HTC Desire 555 User manual

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HTC Desire∏555
User Guide

Contents
Features you'll enjoy
What's new and special with Camera 16
The best from HTC and Google Photos 18
Sound 18
Truly personal 19
Boost+ 21
Android 7.0 Nougat 22
What's different with the onscreen keyboard 22
Software and app updates 24
Unboxing
HTC Desire 555 overview 25
nano SIM card 27
Storage card 29
Charging the battery 31
Switching the power on or off 32
Phone setup and transfer
Setting up HTC Desire 555 for the first time 33
Ways of transferring content from your previous phone 34
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Transferring content from an Android phone 34
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 35
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 36
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 37
Setting a screen lock 38
Setting up Smart Lock 39
Turning the lock screen off 40
Software and app updates 40
Installing a software update 42
Installing an application update 42
Installing app updates from Google Play 43
Getting apps from Google Play 44
Downloading apps from the web 46
Uninstalling an app 47
Your first week with your new phone
HTC Sense Home 48
Sleep mode 49
Unlocking the screen 49
Motion gestures 51
Touch gestures 53
Getting to know your settings 58
Using Quick Settings 59
Capturing your phone's screen 60
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Travel mode 61
Restarting HTC Desire 555 (Soft reset) 61
Notifications 62
Selecting, copying, and pasting text 64
Entering text 65
How can I type faster? 66
Getting help and troubleshooting 69
Personalizing
Ringtones, notification sounds, and alarms 70
What is HTC Themes? 70
Choosing a Home screen layout 75
Setting your Home wallpaper 76
Adding or removing a widget panel 77
Changing your main Home screen 78
Launch bar 79
Adding Home screen widgets 80
Adding Home screen shortcuts 81
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 82
Moving a Home screen item 82
Removing a Home screen item 83
Managing apps
Arranging apps 84
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Controlling app permissions 86
Setting default apps 86
Setting up app links 87
Disabling an app 87
Taking photos and videos
Camera screen 88
Choosing a capture mode 90
Taking a photo 92
Setting the photo quality and size 93
Tips for capturing better photos 93
Recording video 95
Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 96
Taking continuous camera shots 96
Using HDR 97
Selfies 98
Taking a panoramic photo 101
Google Photos
What you can do on Google Photos 103
Viewing photos and videos 104
Editing your photos 104
Trimming a video 105
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Web search
Getting instant information with the Google app 106
Screen search 109
Searching HTC Desire 555 and the Web 111
Power and storage management
About Boost+ 113
Tips for extending battery life 118
Using power saver mode 121
Extreme power saving mode 121
Displaying the battery percentage 122
Checking battery usage 122
Checking battery history 123
Battery optimization for apps 123
Types of storage 124
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 125
Setting up your storage card as internal storage 126
Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 127
Moving an app to or from the storage card 128
Viewing and managing files on the storage 128
Copying files between HTC Desire 555 and your computer 129
Freeing up storage space 130
Unmounting the storage card 131
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Sync, backup, and reset
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 133
Syncing your accounts 133
Removing an account 134
Ways of backing up files, data, and settings 135
Using Android Backup Service 136
Backing up contacts and messages 138
Restoring from your previous HTC phone 141
About HTC Sync Manager 142
Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer 144
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone 145
Restarting HTC Desire 555 (Soft reset) 145
Resetting network settings 146
Resetting HTC Desire 555 (Hard reset) 147
HTC BlinkFeed
What is HTC BlinkFeed? 148
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 149
Restaurant recommendations 150
Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 151
Customizing the Highlights feed 153
Playing videos on HTC BlinkFeed 153
Posting to your social networks 154
Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 154
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Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 155
Making a call with your voice 155
Dialing an extension number 156
Returning a missed call 156
Speed dial 157
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 157
Receiving calls 158
Emergency call 159
What can I do during a call? 159
Setting up a conference call 161
Call History 161
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 163
Home dialing 163
Messages
Sending a text message (SMS) 165
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 166
Sending a group message 167
Resuming a draft message 168
Replying to a message 168
Forwarding a message 169
Moving messages to the secure box 170
Blocking unwanted messages 171
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Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 171
Deleting messages and conversations 172
People
Your contacts list 174
Setting up your profile 176
Adding a new contact 176
Editing a contact’s information 178
Getting in touch with a contact 178
Importing or copying contacts 179
Merging contact information 180
Sending contact information 181
Contact groups 183
Private contacts 185
Email
Checking your mail 186
Sending an email message 188
Reading and replying to an email message 189
Managing email messages 190
Searching email messages 191
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 192
Adding an email account 193
What is Smart Sync? 194
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Other apps
Using the Clock 195
Setting the date and time manually 195
Setting an alarm 195
Checking Weather 196
Changing the city on the weather clock 197
Turning on location services from the weather clock 197
Recording voice clips 198
Listening to FM Radio 198
Google apps 199
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 201
Managing your data usage 201
Wi-Fi connection 204
Connecting to VPN 205
Installing a digital certificate 207
Using HTC Desire 555 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 208
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 209
Wireless sharing
What is HTC Connect? 210
Using HTC Connect to share your media 211
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