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
We use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information:
This is a note. It provides detailed information for setup, common questions, and what to do in
specific situations.
This is a tip. It will give you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure 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 is a warning. Take note to avoid potential problems or prevent damage to your hardware.
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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Pressure-sensitive buttons
HTC EXODUS 1 represents a total rethink of what's possible when it comes to interacting with your
phone.
§Unlike conventional mechanical buttons, the pressure-sensitive buttons on HTC EXODUS 1
give the sensation of touch. You'll experience vibration feedback when you press on the
POWER and VOLUME buttons.
With this new design, there comes certain changes to how you use these buttons. For details,
see Do's and don'ts with pressure-sensitive buttons on page 36.
§Enjoy the next generation of Edge Sense. For an overview of its new features, see Edge Sense
2on page 11.
Edge Sense 2
Edge Sense on HTC EXODUS 1 has expanded with more gestures.
New features include the following:
Double-tap
Double-tap on either side for easy one-handed use. You get a smaller, adjustable screen that puts
everything in thumb's reach. Or you can set double-tap as your Back key, set it to display a floating
navigation bar, or assign it to another action that you want.
Hold
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A simple hold can keep your screen the way you want it even when lying down. No more annoying
and unnecessary screen rotations or dimming. It's the most useful feature you never knew you were
missing
Squeeze to turn accessibility service on or off
Not only does squeeze help you get things done faster, it also helps people around the world use
Accessibility TalkBack more easily.
See What is Edge Sense? on page 37 for more details on what you can do with Edge Sense. Before
you start using Edge Sense, see Do's and don'ts with Edge Sense on page 39 for some important
reminders.
Dual cameras
HTC EXODUS 1 has dual cameras at the front and back. Capture outstanding quality photos and
videos.
Autofocus
With the main camera, enjoy unprecedented levels of details and clarity in just about any condition
and even when your subject is on the move. There's also laser focus so you can focus accurately
especially when the lights are down.
Zoom
HTC EXODUS 1 features 2x optical zoom in Photo mode. Use up to 10x digital zoom for taking
photos and 4x digital zoom for recording videos. .
One-touch auto zoom lets you zoom smoothly on the scene and sound for the best video production
just like on a movie set.
For more details, see Zooming on page 87.
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Portraits
Capture awesome portraits with HTC EXODUS 1.
§Bokeh mode – With dual cameras at the front and back, you can adjust the depth-of-field in
your photographs just like a professional. Blur the background in real-time before you take
the shot, or adjust it yourself after the photo is taken.
§Stickers – Spice up your photos and videos by adding funny effects and playful AR stickers in
real-time. See Adding stickers to your shots on page 97.
§Beauty Mode – Before taking your photo selfie, use Beauty Mode to apply real-time touch-
ups such as skin smoothening, facial slimming, and more. See Using Beauty Mode when
taking photo selfies on page 91.
§Instant selfie shots – Stand still, and the camera instantly captures your selfie. See Taking
selfies automatically on page 91.
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HDR Boost 2
Whether you're using the main or front camera, get smoother, crisper, and more detailed photos
and videos with less noise when the lights are down or glaring with the improved HDR Boost 2. See
Using HDR Boost on page 92.
Sonic Zoom
Sonic Zoom is an improved version of Acoustic Focus that was available in HTC U11. Sonic Zoom
features Audio Boost, which amplifies all the voices and sounds to the max without zooming in the
video. See Recording video with Sonic Zoom on page 94.
Immersive sound
Discover audio bliss on HTC EXODUS 1 through its earphones and speakers.
HTC USonic with Active Noise Cancellation
Experience music tuned to your ears. When you plug in the HTC USonic earphones to
HTC EXODUS 1, they will scan your ears and determine the audio output level that best suits you.
The earphones also incorporate Active Noise Cancellation which reduces background noise so you
hear music and videos clearly.
See Tuning your HTC USonic earphones on page 81 for details.
The HTC USonic earphones can only be used with HTC EXODUS 1 and other compatible HTC
phones supporting HTC USonic.
HTC BoomSound for speakers
Hear what you've been missing. HTC BoomSound™gives you a rich, authentic sound experience,
whether you’re listening to music, watching a video, or playing a game. See HTC BoomSound for
speakers on page 82.
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Unboxing and setup
HTC EXODUS 1 overview
After taking HTC EXODUS 1 out of the box, familiarize yourself with the location of the card tray,
controls, and sensors.
Dual SIM card support varies by phone model, region, and country.
1. Notification LED
2. Proximity and light sensor
3. Microphones
4. VOLUME UP button
5. VOLUME DOWN button
6. POWER button
7. HTC BoomSound Hi-Fi edition speakers
8. USB Type-C™connector
9. Edge Sense area
10. nano SIM and storage card tray
11. Dual front cameras
You need a 4G/LTE™plan to use your operator's 4G/LTE network for voice calls and data services.
Check with your operator for details.
HTC EXODUS 1 uses pressure-sensitive buttons. For details, see Do's and don'ts with pressure-
sensitive buttons on page 36.
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§Before use, check all the items in the box and make sure there's no damage to any of the items.
§Use the case if it's provided in the box or purchase one that's designed for HTC EXODUS 1 to
help protect your phone from accidental bumps and scratches. Also make sure the case doesn't
block the Edge Sense area.
§If you want to use a screen protector, don’t cover and block the proximity and light sensor.
Purchase a screen protector designed for HTC EXODUS 1.
§Don’t disassemble any part of the phone. Don’t try to open the phone or remove the battery by
force. This may damage the phone or its electronics and will invalidate the warranty.
§Please read the safety and usage guidelines in the Safety and regulatory guide that’s included in
the box.
Back panel
1. Dual cameras
2. Dual LED flash
3. Fingerprint scanner
4. Microphone
5. Laser autofocus
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Inserting the nano SIM and microSD cards
§Use a standard nano SIM card. A modified card that is thicker than the standard nano SIM card
will not fit properly on the tray and may damage the card slot.
§The microSD™card is optional and sold separately.
1. Hold the phone face up.
2. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool that came with your phone—or a small bent paperclip—
into the tray eject hole.
When inserting the eject tool into the tray eject hole to remove the card tray, do not obstruct
the tray to avoid damaging the eject mechanism inside the slot.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the tray ejects, and then pull the tray out.
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4. Do the following to place your nano SIM and microSD cards into the tray:
§Single SIM model:
With the gold contacts facing down, place your nano SIM and microSD cards into the
SIM and SD holders of the tray. Make sure to align the cut-off corner of the nano SIM
card to the notch on the holder.
§Dual SIM model:
With the gold contacts facing down, place two nano SIM cards into the SIM 1 and SIM 2
holders of the tray. Make sure to align the cut-off corners to the notches on the holders.
Both SIM 1 and SIM 2 cards can be
4G LTE cards. To find out how to
set the preferred card for your
mobile data connection, see
Managing your nano SIM cards
with Dual network manager on
page 26.
When you need to use a microSD card, remove your second nano SIM card and then
place the microSD card on the SIM 2/SD holder. You cannot have both the second
nano SIM card and the microSD card inserted at the same time.
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5. When reinserting the tray, make sure it is facing up so that your cards don't fall out. With the
outer card holder between your fingers, steadily slide the tray all the way into the slot.
6. Make sure the tray is fully inserted and doesn't protrude from the slot.
Follow the same procedure above to eject the tray and remove your cards. Before ejecting the tray,
make sure to unmount your microSD card first. See Unmounting the storage card on page 136.
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Using the protective case
Use the case that’s provided in the box to help protect your phone from accidental bumps and
scratches.
Place the phone into the protective case, top side first. Then press the four corners until the case
clicks into place.
To remove the case, take it off from the bottom corner.
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