HTC Desire 816G User manual

HTC Desire 816G dual sim
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
HTC Desire 816G dual sim 8
Dual nano SIM cards 9
Storage card 10
Battery 12
Switching the power on or off 13
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 816G dual sim for the first time 14
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 14
Installing an update 15
Checking for updates manually 15
Your first week with your new phone
Basics 16
Working with text 23
Battery 28
HTC BlinkFeed
Your dynamic Home screen 31
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 31
Selecting feeds 32
Reading articles in HTC BlinkFeed 33
Deleting tiles on HTC BlinkFeed 33
Posting to your social networks 34
Personalizing
Home wallpaper 35
Launch bar 35
Adding a widget to your Home screen 36
Adding Home screen shortcuts 36
Editing Home screen panels 37
Changing your main Home screen 38
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 39
Arranging apps 39
Adding a widget on the lock screen 40
Turning the lock screen off 41
Phone calls
Making a call 42
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Calling a speed dial number 42
Making an emergency call 43
Answering or rejecting a call 43
What can I do during a call? 43
Setting up a conference call 45
Checking calls in the Call History 45
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 46
Messages
Sending a text or multimedia message via Android Messages 47
Storage and files
Types of storage 48
Copying files to or from HTC Desire 816G dual sim 48
File Manager 48
Backup and reset
Backup 50
Reset 51
Search and web browser
Getting instant information with Google Now 53
Searching HTC Desire 816G dual sim and the Web 54
Browsing the Web 55
Bookmarking a webpage 56
Clearing your browsing history 56
Contacts
Your contacts list 57
Setting up your personal contact information 57
Adding a new contact 58
Editing a contact’s information 58
Getting in touch with a contact 58
Importing contacts from your SIM card 58
Importing contacts from the storage 59
Sending contact information 59
Contact groups 59
Email
Adding an email account 60
Checking your mail 61
Sending an email message 61
Reading and replying to an email message 62
Searching email messages 62
Viewing your Gmail Inbox 63
Sending an email message in Gmail 63
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail 64
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Camera
Using Android Camera 65
Gallery and Video Highlights
Viewing photos and videos in Gallery 66
Editing photos 66
Viewing and editing Video Highlights 66
Music
Listening to music 68
Creating music playlists 68
Adding a song to the queue 69
Travel and maps
Turning location services on or off 70
About Google Maps 70
Getting around maps 70
Searching for a location 71
Getting directions 72
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 74
Downloading apps from the web 75
Uninstalling an app 76
Using the Clock app 76
Viewing the Calendar 77
Watching videos on YouTube 78
Creating video playlists 78
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 79
Wi-Fi 79
Managing your data usage 80
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 82
Using HTC Desire 816G dual sim as a Wi-Fi hotspot 83
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 84
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 85
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 85
Settings and security
Managing your nano SIM cards 86
Choosing which nano SIM card to connect to the 3G network 86
Assigning a PIN to a nano SIM card 86
Protecting HTC Desire 816G dual sim with a screen lock 87
Turning Airplane mode on or off 88
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Adding and syncing an account 88
Removing an account 88
Turning automatic screen rotation off 88
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 89
Adjusting the screen brightness manually 89
Changing the display language 89
Working with certificates 90
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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About 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.
Some apps may not be available in all regions or with your mobile operator.
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Safety precautions:
a) Use a wireless hands-free system (headphone, headset) with a low power
Bluetooth emitter.
b) Make sure the cell phone has a low SAR.
c) Keep your calls short or send a text message (SMS) instead. This advice
applies especially to children, adolescents and pregnant women.
d) Use cell-phone when the signal quality is good.
e) People having active medical implants should preferably keep the cell
phone at least 15 cm away from the implant.

Important note on recoverable data
Files and other data that have been deleted, cleared, removed, or erased from
your device may still be recoverable by third-party data recovery software.
Even a factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone,
including personal information.
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Unboxing
HTC Desire 816G dual sim
1. Notification LED
2. POWER
3. VOLUME buttons
4. USB connector
5. Dual speakers
6. Slot cover
7. 3.5mm headset jack
8. Proximity sensor
9. Front camera
You need a data plan to use your operator's network for data services. Check with
your operator for details.
§If you want to use a case or screen protector, don’t cover and block the proximity
sensor. Purchase a case or screen protector designed for HTC Desire 816G dual
sim.
§Avoid connecting third-party headsets or accessories with metallic charms that
dangle near the headset jack. Using these may affect signal reception.
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Dual nano SIM cards
HTC Desire 816G dual sim has two nano SIM card slots. Slot 1 supports 3G/GSM. Slot 2
supports GSM.
Use a standard nano SIM card only. Inserting a modified card that is thicker than the
standard nano SIM card may cause the card to not fit properly or damage the card
slot.
Inserting nano SIM cards
1. Make sure HTC Desire 816G dual sim is turned off.
2. Open the slot cover with your thumb or finger.
3. Insert the 3G/GSM nano SIM cards into the two upper slots.
When inserting the cards while the phone is facing down, make sure their gold
contacts are facing up and cut-off corner facing in. Then push the cards all the
way in until they click in place.
4. To close the slot cover, slide the plastic hinge into the side and press the cover
until it clicks into place.
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Removing a nano SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 816G dual sim before removing the card.
1. Open the slot cover with your thumb or finger.
2. Press the card to eject it from its slot.
3. To close the slot cover, slide the plastic hinge into the side and press the cover
until it clicks into place.
Storage card
Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music. When you need to free up
phone storage space, you can also move certain apps to the storage card, if the apps
support this feature.
The storage card is optional and sold separately.
§Moving apps to the storage card doesn't back up the apps. If you do a factory
reset, your phone loses the apps. You'll need to reinstall them.
§When you remove the storage card and insert it in another phone, the apps on the
storage card won't be installed automatically to the other phone. You'll need to
reinstall them.
Inserting the storage card
1. Open the slot cover with your thumb or finger.
2. With HTC Desire 816G dual sim down, insert a microSD™into the bottom slot,
with its gold contacts facing up and its cut-off corner facing in.
3. To close the slot cover, slide the plastic hinge into the side and press the cover
until it clicks into place.
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Unmounting the storage card
When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire 816G dual sim is on,
unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the
storage card.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Storage.
2. Tap Unmount SD card.
Removing the storage card
1. Open the slot cover with your thumb or finger.
2. Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.
3. To close the slot cover, slide the plastic hinge into the side and press the cover
until it clicks into place.
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Battery
Charging the battery
Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire 816G dual sim, it is recommended that
you charge the battery.
§If the battery has been discharged for several days, you may need to charge
HTC Desire 816G dual sim for several minutes before powering it on.
§Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 816G dual sim
to charge the battery. When the battery power is too low, make sure to use the
power adapter to charge, not the USB cable connection with your computer.
1. Insert the small end of the USB cable into the USB connector.
2. Insert the other end of the USB cable into the power adapter.
3. Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
§As a safety precaution, the battery may stop charging to avoid overheating.
§We recommend you check the temperature of the battery while you're charging.
Also, avoid charging the battery in hot environments.
§When you're using the Internet and charging the battery, HTC Desire 816G dual
sim may become warmer. This is normal.
§To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you
finish charging.
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Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button until HTC Desire 816G dual sim vibrates.
When you turn on HTC Desire 816G dual sim for the first time, you’ll need to set it
up.
Switching the power off
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock the
screen.
2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.
3. Tap Power off on the options menu.
4. Tap OK.
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Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 816G dual sim for the
first time
When you switch on HTC Desire 816G dual sim for the first time, you’ll be asked to set
it up.
Walk through the on-device setup to choose your Internet connection and more. You
can also sign in to your Google®account.
Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services
and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees. To avoid incurring
these fees, disable these features under Settings.
Transferring contacts from your old phone
through Bluetooth
Use Bluetooth®to transfer contacts from another HTC phone, an iPhone, or other
types of phones.
1. If you're setting up HTC Desire 816G dual sim for the first time, tap Transfer my
stuff.
Or go to Settings, and then tap Get content from another phone.
2. Choose whether to transfer from an Android™phone, iPhone, or other phone
types.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions on HTC Desire 816G dual sim to turn on
Bluetooth on your old phone and pair the two phones.
4. On HTC Desire 816G dual sim, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap
Pairing request.
5. When you see the passkey, tap Pair on both phones.
6. After data has been transferred, tap Done.
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Installing an update
Updates to the system software are periodically available. When Internet connection
is on and there's a new software update available, you will receive a notification.
If you don't want to download the update using your data connection, go to
Settings > About Phone > System updates and tap Update over Wi-Fi only.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap the system update notification.
2. Tap Download.
3. When download is complete, choose to install the update now or install at a
later time.
After updating, HTC Desire 816G dual sim will restart.
Checking for updates manually
1. Go to Settings, and then tap About phone
2. Tap System updates > Check now. HTC Desire 816G dual sim checks if updates
are available.
If you don't have Internet connection, you'll be prompted to turn on mobile data or
connect to a Wi-Fi®network. Once connected, tap Check now to check for updates.
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Your first week with your
new phone
Basics
Onscreen navigation buttons
HTC Desire 816G dual sim has onscreen navigation buttons at the bottom of the
screen which rotate when you change the orientation.
Goes to the previous screen.
Goes to the home screen.
Shows thumbnails of the most recently used apps.
Swipe up from any of the navigation buttons to access Google search.
Touch gestures
Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen, open apps, scroll through lists,
and more.
Tap
Tap the screen with your finger when you want to select
onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or press
onscreen buttons.
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Press and hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a text
message), just press and hold the item.
Swipe or slide
Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the
screen to go to other Home screen, read the next e-mail, and
more.
Drag
Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start
to drag. While dragging, don't release your finger until you
have reached the target position.
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Flick
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that
you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker
strokes, such as when moving right and left on the
Home screen, or flicking through a contacts or
message list.
Slide with two fingers
In some apps, like Gallery or the web
browser, slide two fingers apart to zoom
in when viewing a picture or text.
Slide two fingers together to zoom out of the picture or
text.
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Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 816G dual sim into a low
power state while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when
HTC Desire 816G dual sim is in your bag.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode.
HTC Desire 816G dual sim also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s left idle
for a while.
You can change the time before HTC Desire 816G dual sim sleeps in the Settings >
Display.
Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC Desire 816G dual sim up manually, press the POWER button. You may
need to unlock the screen.
HTC Desire 816G dual sim automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.
Unlocking the screen
§Swipe up to unlock the screen, swipe right to go directly to HTC BlinkFeed™, or
swipe left to go to the Home widget panel.
§You can also press and hold the lock icon, and then drag it up, right, or left.
If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before
HTC Desire 816G dual sim unlocks.
If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can snooze or dismiss the event or
alarm right from the lock screen.
Opening an app
§Tap an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen.
§To see the Apps screen, tap . Then tap the app you want to use.
§In the Apps screen, tap and enter the name of the app you're looking for.
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Switching between recently opened apps
You can easily access apps you've just recently opened.
1. Tap the button.
2. Slide your finger up or down to see recently-opened apps.
§To remove an app from the list, drag it left or
right.
§To switch back to an app, just tap it.
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