HTC Desire XC User manual

Your HTC Desire XC dual sim
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
HTC Desire XC 8
Back cover 9
UIM and SIM cards 11
Storage card 12
Battery 13
Switching the power on or off 15
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 16
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire XC for the first time 17
Home screen 17
Getting contacts into HTC Desire XC 18
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 18
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC Desire XC 19
Getting to know your settings 19
Updating the HTC Desire XC software 20
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire XC 21
Touch gestures 22
Motion gestures 26
Sleep mode 28
Unlocking the screen 29
Making your first call 29
Sending your first text message 30
The HTC Sense keyboard 30
Notifications 30
Copying and sharing text 32
Capturing the HTC Desire XC screen 33
Switching between recently opened apps 33
Can't find the Menu button? 33
Checking battery usage 34
Camera
Camera basics 35
Taking a photo 36
Recording video 36
Taking continuous camera shots 37
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Camera scenes 37
Improving portrait shots 37
Using HDR 37
Taking a panoramic photo 38
Taking a group shot 39
Changing camera and video settings 39
Personalizing
Making HTC Desire XC truly yours 40
Personalizing HTC Desire XC with scenes 40
Changing your wallpaper 41
Applying a new skin 42
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 42
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 43
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 44
Personalizing the launch bar 44
Grouping apps into a folder 45
Rearranging application tabs 46
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 47
Returning a missed call 47
Using Speed dial 48
Calling a phone number in a text message 48
Calling a phone number in an email 48
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 48
Making an emergency call 49
Receiving calls 49
What can I do during a call? 50
Setting up a conference call 51
Call history 52
Home dialing 53
Call services 54
Messages
About the Messages app 55
Sending a text message (SMS) 55
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 56
Resuming a draft message 57
Checking your messages 57
Replying to a message 58
Forwarding a message 59
WAP push messages 59
Managing message conversations 60
Backing up your text messages 61
Setting message options 62
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Desire XC and the Web 63
Getting instant information with Google Now 64
Browsing the Web 66
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Private browsing 68
Adding and managing your bookmarks 68
Saving web content for later 69
Viewing your browsing history 69
Downloading files and apps 70
Setting browser options 71
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 72
Music 79
Wireless display 85
Storage
Types of storage 87
Copying files to or from HTC Desire XC 88
Checking how much storage is available 88
Making more storage space 88
Encrypting data on HTC Desire XC 89
Sync, backup, and reset
Sync 91
Backup 93
Reset 94
HTC Sync Manager
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 96
Installing on a Windows computer 97
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone 97
Copying or removing media on your phone 98
Syncing data between your phone and your computer 98
Syncing music, photos, and videos from your phone to your computer 100
Syncing playlists between your phone and your computer 100
Syncing documents from your computer to your phone 101
Getting help 101
People
About the People app 102
Your contacts list 102
Setting up your profile 103
Adding a new contact 103
Importing or copying contacts 104
Merging contact information 105
Contact information and conversations 106
Contact groups 107
Adding People widgets 109
Sending contact information 109
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 110
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Social
Facebook 111
About Friend Stream 111
Updating your status in Friend Stream 111
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 112
Tweeting in Friend Stream 113
Sharing LinkedIn updates in Friend Stream 114
Email
Gmail 115
Mail 116
Calendar
About Calendar 123
Creating an event 123
Viewing the Calendar 124
Managing Calendar events 125
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 126
Setting reminders for your events 126
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 126
Showing or hiding calendars 127
Changing Calendar settings 127
Online storage and services
Dropbox 128
SkyDrive 132
HTC Car
On the road with HTC Car 135
Playing music in HTC Car 135
Finding your way with HTC Car 136
Staying connected to your contacts 137
Changing HTC Car settings 137
Travel and maps
Location settings 138
Locations 138
Google Maps 145
Essential apps
Using the Clock 149
Checking Weather 151
Working on documents 152
Keeping track of your tasks 153
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 157
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Watching videos on YouTube 158
Listening to FM Radio 159
Recording voice clips 160
Sharing games and apps 161
Internet connections
Data connection 162
Managing your data usage 163
Wi‑Fi 164
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 166
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 168
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 168
Using HTC Desire XC as a wireless router 169
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 170
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 171
Where sent information is saved 171
Receiving files using Bluetooth 172
Settings and security
Optimizing battery life with power saver mode 173
Getting the battery to last longer 173
Turning Airplane mode on or off 175
Changing display settings 175
Changing sound settings 176
Changing the display language 177
Accessibility settings 177
Protecting your UIM and SIM cards 178
Protecting HTC Desire XC with a screen lock 178
Checking your phone's HTC Sense version 179
Managing your mobile networks 179
Other essentials
Using the onscreen keyboard 180
Entering words with predictive text 181
Entering text by speaking 182
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.
7 Conventions used in this guide
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.

Unboxing
HTC Desire XC
1. BACK
2. HOME
3. RECENT APPS
4. VOLUME
5. Proximity sensor
6. POWER
7. Notification LED
8. 3.5mm headset jack
9. USB connector
§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 HTC Desire XC that
already has a small opening for the sensor.
§HTC Desire XC gives you built-in phone storage so that you can immediately take
photos and videos or copy files right out of the box. To maximize storage for more
media and files, you need to purchase and insert a storage card.
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
1. Securely hold HTC Desire XC facing down.
2. With your thumb or finger, open the back cover from the small opening at the
bottom of HTC Desire XC.
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Replacing the back cover
1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire XC.
2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover down to lock the cover
into place.
You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.
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UIM and SIM cards
HTC Desire XC has two card slots that allow you to insert a CDMA UIM card and GSM
SIM card. Both CDMA and GSM connections can be active at the same time, and you
can choose which one to use when placing your call.
Inserting the UIM and SIM cards
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Insert your CDMA UIM card into the slot on the left side and your GSM SIM card
into the slot on the right side. When inserting, make sure the card’s gold
contacts are facing down and its cut-off corner facing out.
SIM CARD
UIM CARD
Removing the UIM and SIM cards
Make sure to switch off HTC Desire XC before removing your UIM and SIM cards.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Slide the UIM and SIM cards out from their slots.
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Storage card
Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music.
Inserting the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Insert the microSD™card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing
down and push it into place.
Unmounting the storage card
When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire XC is on, unmount the
storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap Storage > Unmount SD card.
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Removing the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Slide the storage card out from its slot.
Battery
Removing the battery
Before using HTC Desire XC for the first time, you need to remove the protective
thin film from the battery.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. With your thumb or finger, lift the battery from the battery compartment.
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Inserting the battery
Please use only original batteries that came in the box or replacements that we
recommend.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Insert the battery (with its exposed copper contacts first) into the battery
compartment.
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Charging the battery
Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire XC, it is recommended that you charge
the battery.
§The battery is already installed in HTC Desire XC when shipped. A thin film is
inserted between the battery and the compartment. You need to remove this film
before you can charge the battery.
§Only the power adapter and USB cable provided in the box must be used to
charge the battery.
§Do not remove the battery from HTC Desire XC while you are charging it using the
power or car adapter.
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 stops charging if it overheats.
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button.
When you turn on HTC Desire XC for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
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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.
Want some quick guidance on your phone?
Learning the basics with Quick Tips
After your phone starts, you'll see a transparent overlay of Quick Tips on some
screens (such as the Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC Desire XC. The
tips for a screen won't display again after you've closed them.
To view the Quick Tips again, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap >
About > Help > Show all quick tips.
Exploring HTC Desire XC
Tips & Help lets you get the most out of HTC Desire XC in seconds.
§Need to know how to do something right away? Just type in some keywords
and get clear, up-to-date answers right on HTC Desire XC.
§Ever have the feeling that you're not getting the most out of your phone?
Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Tips & Help to learn how. The
topics range from intro to advanced and the Tips & Help widget even
recommends topics that you might like.
To open Tips & Help from the Home screen, tap > Tips & Help.
If you haven't downloaded Tips & Help content yet, or if there's updated content
available, just tap the download link to get it.
To change the sync settings of Tips & Help, tap > Update settings.
Searching Tips & Help
1. In Tips & Help, tap , and then enter the words you want to search for.
2. Tap a search result to jump straight to that item.
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Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire XC for the first time
When you switch on HTC Desire XC for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up.
Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time.
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. Don’t worry. You
can enable or disable them in Settings later on.
When HTC Desire XC has started, you'll see Quick Tips on some screens (such as the
Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC Desire XC. The tips for a screen won't
display again after you've closed them.
To view the Quick Tips again, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap >
About > Help > Show all quick tips.
Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Desire XC your own. You can add your
favorite applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets so they’re always just a tap away.
To find out how, see Personalizing on page 40.
Extended Home screen
As you start to do more things with HTC Desire XC, you might find that one Home
screen is not enough. No problem.
Slide your finger horizontally to the left or right on the screen and you’ll discover more
space for adding icons, widgets, and more.
Press to return to the main Home screen.
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Getting contacts into HTC Desire XC
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Desire XC.
Sync with your
computer
Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync Manager to sync HTC Desire XC with your
computer's Microsoft®Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows®
Contacts.
Gmail™Google®contacts are imported to HTC Desire XC after you sign
in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google
contacts right from HTC Desire XC.
Social network
accounts
Log in to your favorite social networks to import contact
information from them.
Phone contacts You can create and store contacts directly in HTC Desire XC.
UIM and SIM card Copy all your UIM and SIM contacts to HTC Desire XC.
Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync®
HTC Desire XC syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
Transfer Use the Transfer app to transfer contacts and other data from
your old phone to HTC Desire XC through Bluetooth®.
Transferring contacts from your old phone
through Bluetooth
Depending on the capabilities of your old phone, the Transfer app may be able to
transfer not only contacts but also other data such as calendar events and text
messages to HTC Desire XC.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Transfer.
2. Tap Next to begin.
3. Choose your old phone's name and model.
4. On your old phone, turn Bluetooth on and set it to discoverable mode.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions on your old phone and HTC Desire XC to pair
them.
6. Choose the types of data to transfer:
§If you selected Contacts and Calendar, you can choose whether to transfer
them to the phone or to an account you're signed into (such as Exchange
ActiveSync).
§If you're transferring data from the HTC One series (or newer phones), you
can also select SMS, Bookmark, and Task. These data types can only be
transferred locally to HTC Desire XC.
7. Wait for the data transfer to finish.
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Getting photos, videos, and music on or off
HTC Desire XC
There are two ways you can transfer your media.
§Connect HTC Desire XC to your computer. Your computer will recognize it just
like any removable USB drive, and you can copy your media between them.
§Download and use our HTC Sync Manager software. You can easily set it up to
sync folders containing media and playlists on your computer with
HTC Desire XC. HTC Sync Manager can also automatically get photos and
videos off HTC Desire XC to your computer. For details, see HTC Sync Manager
on page 96.
Tired of transferring your media every time you change to a new phone? Use online
storage services to put your media in one place so you can access them anywhere —
on your computer, HTC Desire XC, and other mobile devices.
Check first what online storage accounts are available on HTC Desire XC and sign in
to the one you want to use. To sign in to an account, slide the Notifications panel
open, and then tap > Accounts & sync > . Use the Gallery app to access media
in your online storage.
Getting to know your settings
Want to change the ringtone, set up a Wi‑Fi®connection or make the screen brighter?
Do this and more in Settings.
Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . Here are some of the basic
settings you can change:
§Tap the On/Off switch next to an item such as Wi-Fi to turn it on or off. Tap the
item itself to configure its settings.
§Tap Sound to set a ringtone, choose a sound profile, and configure incoming call
sound settings.
§Tap Display, gestures & buttons (or Display & buttons) to change the screen
brightness or set how long the screen is idle before going to sleep.
§Tap Security to secure HTC Desire XC, for example with a screen lock.
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Updating the HTC Desire XC software
HTC Desire XC can check and notify you if there’s a new update available. You can
also manually check if there's an available update.
You might want to use Wi‑Fi or your computer's Internet connection to download
software updates to save on data usage. You can set this option in Settings >
About > Software updates > .
Installing a software update
When the Internet connection is on and there's a new software update available, the
update notification icon appears in the status bar.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap the system update notification.
2. If you want to avoid additional data charges, select Use Wi-Fi or cable only.
3. Tap OK.
4. When download is complete, select Install now, and then tap OK.
Wait for the update to finish. HTC Desire XC restarts automatically.
Installing an application update
When the Internet connection is on and there's an available update for one of your
apps, the update notification icon appears in the status bar.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap the update notification.
The Updates screen opens with the list of application updates to be installed.
2. Tap an item to view its details, and then tap .
3. When you're done reviewing the updates, tap Install. You'll be asked to restart
HTC Desire XC if needed.
Checking for updates manually
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap About > Software updates > Check now.
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