HTC Exodus 1 User manual

User guide
HTC EXODUS 1

Contents
What's special with HTC EXODUS 1
Secure enclave 10
Zion wallet 10
Social Key Recovery 10
Pressure-sensitive buttons 11
Edge Sense 2 11
Dual cameras 12
Immersive sound 14
Unboxing and setup
HTC EXODUS 1 overview 15
Inserting the nano SIM and microSD cards 17
Using the protective case 20
Charging the battery 21
Switching the power on or off 21
Setting up your phone for the first time 22
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 23
Setting up Face Unlock 24
Fingerprint scanner 25
Choosing which nano SIM card to use for your data connection 26
Managing your nano SIM cards with Dual network manager 26
Water and dust resistant 27
Zion wallet
What you can do with Zion 29
Setting up your wallet for the first time 29
Setting up Social Key Recovery 30
Recovering your wallet 31
Sending cryptocurrency or tokens 33
Requesting and receiving payments 34
Viewing your collectibles 34
Settings 34
Helping a friend set up Social Key Recovery 35
Pressure-sensitive buttons and Edge Sense
Do's and don'ts with pressure-sensitive buttons 36
What is Edge Sense? 37
Setting up Edge Sense for the first time 38
Do's and don'ts with Edge Sense 39
Taking camera shots using Edge Sense 40
Enabling the squeeze and hold gesture 40
Changing the actions assigned to squeeze gestures 41
Typing with your voice with Edge Sense 41
Assigning another voice assistant app to Edge Sense 42
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Adjusting the squeeze force level 42
Squeezing to perform actions in your apps 42
Squeezing to unlock your phone with Face Unlock 44
Edge Sense double-tap gesture 44
Edge Sense holding gesture 45
Turning Edge Sense on or off 46
Opening Edge Launcher 47
Adding apps, quick settings, and contacts 48
Adjusting the Edge Launcher position 49
Basics
Navigation Bar 50
Using One-handed mode 52
Ways to capture screenshots 52
HTC Sense Home 53
Sleep mode 54
Lock screen 54
Getting to know your settings 55
Using Quick Settings 55
Restarting HTC EXODUS 1 (Soft reset) 56
Motion gestures 57
Motion Launch 58
Notifications 61
Selecting, copying, and pasting text 63
Entering text 64
Getting help and troubleshooting 66
Updates
Software and app updates 67
Installing a software update 68
Installing an application update 68
Installing app updates from Google Play Store 68
Home screen layout and fonts
Adding or removing a widget panel 70
Changing your main Home screen 70
Setting your Home screen wallpaper 71
Changing the default font size 71
Launch bar 72
Adding Home screen widgets 72
Adding Home screen shortcuts 73
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 73
Moving a Home screen item 74
Removing a Home screen item 74
Themes
What is HTC Themes? 75
Downloading themes or individual elements 75
Creating your own theme 75
Finding your themes 76
Editing your theme 77
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Deleting a theme 77
Choosing a Home screen layout 78
Using stickers as app icons 78
Multiple wallpapers 79
Time-based wallpaper 80
Lock screen wallpaper 80
Sound
Tuning your HTC USonic earphones 81
HTC BoomSound for speakers 82
Changing your ringtone 82
Changing your notification sound 83
Setting the default volume 83
Taking photos and videos
HTC Camera 84
Choosing a capture mode 85
Zooming 87
Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 88
Taking a photo 89
Taking continuous camera shots 89
Taking photos with the self-timer 90
Tips for capturing better photos 90
Selfies 91
Using HDR Boost 92
Taking photos in Bokeh mode 93
Recording video with Sonic Zoom 94
Recording video in 3D Audio or high resolution audio 96
Adding stickers to your shots 97
Advanced camera features
Choosing a scene 98
Manually adjusting camera settings 98
Taking a RAW photo 99
How does the Camera app capture RAW photos? 99
Taking a panoramic photo 100
Taking a panoramic selfie 100
Taking a super wide-angle panoramic selfie 102
Recording videos in slow motion 103
Recording a Hyperlapse video 103
Google Photos
What you can do on Google Photos 104
Viewing photos and videos 104
Editing your photos 105
Enhancing RAW photos 105
Trimming a video 105
Changing the playback speed of a slow motion video 106
Editing a Hyperlapse video 106
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Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 108
Dialing an extension number 108
Keeping your phone number private 109
Speed dial 109
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 109
Receiving calls 109
Emergency call 110
What can I do during a call? 110
Setting up a conference call 111
Call History 112
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 112
Home dialing 113
SMS and MMS
Sending a text message (SMS) 114
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 115
Sending a group message 116
Forwarding a message 117
Moving messages to the secure box 117
Blocking unwanted messages 117
Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 118
Deleting messages and conversations 118
Contacts
Your contacts list 119
Adding a new contact 120
Editing a contact’s information 121
Getting in touch with a contact 122
Importing or copying contacts 122
Merging contact information 123
Sending contact information 124
Contact groups 124
Private contacts 125
Battery
Tips for extending battery life 127
Using power saver mode 129
Extreme power saving mode 129
Displaying the battery percentage 129
Checking battery usage 129
Checking battery history 130
Battery optimization for apps 130
Storage
Freeing up storage space 131
Types of storage 132
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 132
Setting up your storage card as internal storage 133
Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 133
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Moving an app to or from the storage card 134
Copying or moving files between the phone storage and storage card 134
Copying files between HTC EXODUS 1 and your computer 135
Unmounting the storage card 136
Transfer
Ways of getting content from your previous phone 137
Transferring content from an Android phone 137
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 138
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 138
Backup and reset
Backing up HTC EXODUS 1 139
Backing up contacts and messages 140
Resetting network settings 142
Resetting HTC EXODUS 1 (Hard reset) 142
Installing and removing apps
Getting apps from Google Play Store 143
Downloading apps from the web 144
Uninstalling an app 144
Working with apps
Accessing your apps 145
Arranging apps 145
App shortcuts 146
Switching between recently opened apps 147
Working with two apps at the same time 147
Using picture-in-picture 148
Controlling app permissions 149
Setting default apps 149
Setting up app links 149
Disabling an app 150
HTC apps
HTC Screen Capture Tool 151
Boost+ 153
HTC BlinkFeed 156
HTC Sense Companion 159
Mail 161
Clock 164
Weather 166
Voice Recorder 166
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 168
Managing your data usage 168
Wi-Fi connection 170
Connecting to VPN 171
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Installing a digital certificate 173
Using HTC EXODUS 1 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 173
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 174
Wireless sharing
Using HTC Connect to share your media 175
Turning Bluetooth on or off 176
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 176
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 177
Receiving files using Bluetooth 177
Using NFC 178
Common settings
Do not disturb mode 180
Location settings 182
Smart display 182
Screen rotate mode 183
Airplane mode 184
Setting when to turn off the screen 184
Screen brightness 185
Night mode 185
Adjusting the display size 185
Touch sounds and vibration 186
Changing the display language 186
Glove mode 187
Travel mode 187
Security settings
Assigning a PIN to a nano SIM card 188
Setting a screen lock 189
Setting up Smart Lock 189
Turning the lock screen off 190
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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About this guide
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Information contained in this guide may have changed. For the most up-to-date information,
including the latest version of this guide, go to EXODUS Support.
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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 mobile device, including personal information.
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What's special with
HTC EXODUS 1
Secure enclave
The secure enclave is a locked area of HTC EXODUS 1 hidden from Android and untrusted apps.
This secure enclave will hold the keys to your crypto, whether currencies, tokens, or non-fungible
tokens (NFTs).
Zion wallet
Zion allows you to conduct crypto transactions, view and manage your crypto collectibles, and
manage your crypto life while maintaining ownership of your keys.
With your Zion wallet, store, send, and request bitcoin, ether, litecoin, ERC-20
tokens, and ERC-721 collectibles.
To learn more, see What you can do with Zion on page 29.
Social Key Recovery
Social Key Recovery is an optional feature that allows your trusted contacts to help you recover your
wallet.
When enabling Social Key Recovery, three to five contacts of your choice can
download an app that allows them to send you recovery data. Your recovery
data is spread out among multiple contacts, and heavily encrypted by the app
on your contact's phone. At least three contacts are needed to recover your
wallet.
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