HTC Desire 626 User manual

Contents
Features you'll enjoy
Personalization 15
Imaging 16
Sound 18
Android 5.1 18
Unboxing
HTC Desire 626 20
Your Verizon Wireless SIM card 21
Storage card 25
Charging the battery 27
Switching the power on or off 28
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 29
Phone setup and transfer
Setting up HTC Desire 626 for the first time 30
Transferring content from an Android phone 31
Ways of transferring content from an iPhone 32
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 33
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 34
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Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 35
Using Quick Settings 36
Getting to know your settings 38
Updating your phone's software 39
Getting apps from Google Play 42
Downloading apps from the web 44
Uninstalling an app 45
Your first week with your new phone
Basics 46
HTC Sense Home widget 63
Lock screen 67
Notifications 71
Working with text 73
HTC Help 80
Personalizing
Making HTC Desire 626 truly yours 81
Ringtones, notification sounds, and alarms 82
Home wallpaper 82
Changing the display font 83
Launch bar 84
Adding Home screen widgets 85
Adding Home screen shortcuts 86
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Editing Home screen panels 87
Changing your main Home screen 89
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 90
Arranging apps 91
Downloading themes 92
Bookmarking themes 93
Creating your own theme from scratch 94
Mixing and matching themes 95
Finding your themes 96
Sharing themes 97
Deleting a theme 97
HTC BlinkFeed
What is HTC BlinkFeed? 98
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 99
Restaurant recommendations 100
Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 101
Customizing the Highlights feed 103
Saving articles for later 103
Posting to your social networks 104
Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 104
Camera
Camera basics 105
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Selfies and people shots 112
Panoramic shots 115
Other camera features 116
Camera settings 117
Gallery
Viewing photos and videos in Gallery 118
Adding photos or videos to an album 122
Copying or moving photos or videos between albums 123
Tagging photos and videos 123
Searching for photos and videos 125
Trimming a video 126
Saving a photo from a video 126
Viewing a Zoe in Gallery 127
Photo Editor
Basics 128
Creative effects 132
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 142
Making a call with your voice 143
Dialing an extension number 143
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Returning a missed call 144
Speed dial 144
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 144
Making an emergency call 145
Receiving calls 145
What can I do during a call 146
Setting up a three-way call 147
Call History 147
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 149
Advanced Calling 149
Upgrading to Advanced Calling 150
Global Ready 150
Using Assisted dialing 150
Messages
Verizon Messages 153
HTC Messages 154
Entertainment
HTC Music 160
HTC Connect 166
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Power and storage management
Battery 173
Phone storage 178
File Manager 181
Sync, backup, and reset
Online sync 183
Backup 185
HTC Sync Manager 190
Reset 194
People
Your contacts list 196
Setting up your profile 198
Adding a new contact 198
Editing a contact’s information 200
Getting in touch with a contact 200
Importing or copying contacts 201
Merging contact information 203
Sending contact information 204
Contact groups 205
Private contacts 207
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Calendar and Email
Viewing the Calendar 208
Scheduling or editing an event 210
Choosing which calendars to show 211
Sharing an event 212
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 212
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 213
Checking your mail 214
Sending an email message 215
Reading and replying to an email message 216
Managing email messages 218
Searching email messages 219
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 220
Adding an email account 221
What is Smart Sync? 222
Google Search and apps
Google Now 223
Google Search 226
Google Chrome 228
Google Drive 231
Google Maps 234
YouTube 238
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Other apps
VZ Navigator 240
HTC Car 241
Scribble 244
Clock 248
Weather 249
Internet connections
Data connection 250
Managing your data usage 251
Wi-Fi connection 253
Wi-Fi Enhanced Connectivity 255
Connecting to VPN 256
Using HTC Desire 626 as Mobile 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
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Do not disturb mode 264
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 SIM card 273
Accessibility features 274
Accessibility settings 275
Turning Magnification gestures on or off 275
Navigating HTC Desire 626 with TalkBack 276
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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