HTC HTC One X User manual

Your HTC One X
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
HTC One X 8
SIM card 9
Charging the battery 10
Switching the power on or off 10
Setting up HTC One X for the first time 11
Your first week with your new phone
Home screen 12
Finger gestures 13
Sleep mode 13
Getting contacts into HTC One X 15
Making your first call 15
Sending your first text message 16
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One X 16
Copying and sharing text 17
Capturing the HTC One X screen 18
Switching between recently opened apps 18
Notifications 18
Getting to know your settings 20
Getting the battery to last longer 20
Updating the HTC One X software 20
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 21
Camera
Camera basics 22
Taking a photo 23
Recording video 23
Taking continuous camera shots 24
Camera scenes 24
Improving portrait shots 24
Taking a group shot 25
Taking a panoramic photo 25
Using HDR 25
Shooting in low light 26
Recording videos in slow motion 26
Improving video stability 26
Changing camera and video settings 27
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Personalizing
Making HTC One X truly yours 28
Personalizing HTC One X with scenes 28
Changing your wallpaper 29
Applying a new skin 30
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 30
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 31
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 32
Personalizing the launch bar 33
Grouping apps into a folder 33
Rearranging the Home screen 35
Personalizing with sound sets 36
Rearranging application tabs 37
Customizing the lock screen style 37
Securing HTC One X with a personal touch 38
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 39
Using Speed dial 39
Calling a phone number in a text message 40
Calling a phone number in an email 40
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 40
Making an emergency call 40
Receiving calls 40
What can I do during a call? 42
Setting up a conference call 43
Internet calls 43
Call history 44
Home dialing 45
Call services 46
Messages
About the Messages app 47
Sending a text message (SMS) 47
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 47
Resuming a draft message 49
Checking your messages 49
Replying to a message 50
Forwarding a message 50
WAP push messages 51
Managing message conversations 51
Backing up your text messages 52
Setting message options 53
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC One X and the Web 54
Browsing the Web 54
Private browsing 56
Adding and managing your bookmarks 56
Saving web content for later 57
Viewing your browsing history 57
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Downloading files and apps 58
Setting browser options 59
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 60
Music 67
Movie Editor 71
Wireless Display 72
Accounts and sync
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 73
Adding one or more Google Accounts 73
Managing your online accounts 74
Contacts
About the Contacts app 75
Your contacts list 75
Setting up your profile 76
Adding a new contact 77
Importing or copying contacts 77
Merging contact information 78
Contact information and conversations 79
Contact groups 80
Adding Contacts widgets 81
Sending contact information 82
Backing up your contacts 82
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 84
Twitter for HTC Sense 84
Chatting in Google Talk 84
Using Google+ 85
Email
Gmail 86
Mail 87
Calendar
About Calendar 94
Creating an event 94
Viewing the Calendar 94
Managing Calendar events 95
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 96
Setting reminders for your events 97
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 97
Showing or hiding calendars 97
Changing Calendar settings 97
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Online storage and services
Dropbox 98
HTC Watch 102
HTC Car
On the road with HTC Car 105
Playing music in HTC Car 105
Finding your way with HTC Car 106
Staying connected to your contacts 107
Changing HTC Car settings 107
Travel and maps
Location settings 108
Google Maps 108
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 112
Watching videos on YouTube 113
Using the Clock 114
Taking notes 116
Completing tasks 118
Sharing games and apps 121
Your phone and computer
Where apps, data, and files are stored 122
Connecting your phone to a computer 122
Copying files to or from the phone storage 123
HTC Sync Manager basics 123
Playing music in HTC Sync Manager 127
Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager 128
Setting up HTC Sync Manager to recognize HTC One X 129
Setting up HTC One X to sync with your computer 129
Syncing HTC One X and your computer 133
Ripping music from a CD with HTC Sync Manager 133
Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering 134
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 134
Internet connections
Data connection 135
Wi-Fi 136
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 137
Using HTC One X as a wireless router 138
Bluetooth and NFC
Bluetooth basics 140
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 140
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 141
Sending information using Bluetooth 142
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Receiving information using Bluetooth 143
Sharing content with Android Beam 144
Settings and security
Turning Airplane mode on or off 145
Changing display settings 145
Changing sound settings 146
Changing the display language 147
Checking battery usage 148
Backing up settings to Google 148
Accessibility settings 148
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 148
Protecting HTC One X with a screen lock 149
Encrypting data on HTC One X 150
Checking information about HTC One X 151
Choosing which app opens when you tap a data item 151
Managing memory 151
Other essentials
Status icons 154
Printing 155
Using the onscreen keyboard 156
Entering words with predictive text 157
Entering text by speaking 159
Entering text by tracing 159
Restarting HTC One X 160
Resetting HTC One X 160
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.
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Unboxing
HTC One X
1. BACK
2. HOME
3. RECENT APPS
4. VOLUME
5. Proximity sensor
6. Front camera
7. POWER
8. Notification LED
9. 3.5mm headset jack
10. 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 One X that
already has a small opening for the sensor.
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SIM card
HTC One X uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone number,
service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text messages.
Inserting the SIM card
1. To eject the SIM card tray, insert a small bent paperclip or the SIM eject tool into
the small hole next to the tray. You should insert it at an angle.
2. Pull the SIM card tray out, and place the SIM card into the tray.
3. Insert the SIM card tray into its slot.
Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC One X before removing your SIM card.
1. To eject the SIM card tray, insert a small bent paperclip or the SIM eject tool into
the small hole next to the tray. You should insert it at an angle.
2. Pull the SIM card tray out.
3. Take the SIM card from the SIM card tray.
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Charging the battery
Before you turn on and start using HTC One X, it is recommended that you charge the
battery.
Only the power adapter and USB cable provided in the box must be used to charge
the battery.
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. Easy.
When you turn on HTC One X 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.
Setting up HTC One X for the first time
When you switch on HTC One X 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 One X has started, you'll see Quick Tips on some screens (such as the
Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC One X. 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.
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Your first week with your
new phone
Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC One X 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 28.
Extended Home screen
As you start to do more things with HTC One X, 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.
Using Leap view
§To jump straight to the screen that you want, press or pinch the screen to
show the Leap view. It reveals all Home screens as thumbnails. Just tap the one
you want and you’ll leap right there.
§In Leap view, if there's space to add a new screen, you can tap Add panel to do
so. An empty Home screen appears and you can start customizing from there.
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Finger gestures
Tap When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen
such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons,
simply tap them with your finger.
Press and
hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or
link in a webpage), simply press and hold the item.
Swipe or
slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or
horizontally across the screen.
Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to
drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have
reached the target position.
Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe
your finger in light, quicker strokes, such as when flicking the contacts
or message list.
Rotate For most screens, you can automatically change the screen
orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC One X
sideways. When entering text, you can turn HTC One X sideways to
bring up a bigger keyboard.
Pinch In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, you can “pinch” the
screen using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to
zoom in or zoom out when viewing a picture or a webpage.
Two-finger
scrolling
In some apps that have sorting, like Mail or Contacts, you can use two
fingers to scroll the screen. The screen displays the sorting order, and
you can easily scroll to the information you want.
Press and
flick
On the Home screen, you can easily move a widget or icon from one
screen to another. Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger,
and flick the screen to the new location with another finger.
Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC One X into a low power state while
the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC One X is in your
bag. You’ll still receive messages and calls though, and missed calls and messages
appear on the lock screen.
To prevent missed calls or messages from appearing on the lock screen, slide the
Notifications panel open, and then tap > Privacy.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode.
HTC One X also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s idle for a while.
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Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC One X up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the
screen.
HTC One X automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.
Unlocking the screen
Pull the ring up to unlock the screen.
If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before
HTC One X unlocks.
If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can drag or to the ring to
snooze or dismiss the event or alarm.
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen
§On the lock screen, drag an app or folder icon to the ring to unlock the screen
and directly go to the app or folder.
The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same ones on your Home screen's launch
bar. To change the lock screen shortcuts, replace the apps or folders on the launch
bar.
§When there's a notification or info shown on the lock screen such as a missed
call or new message, you can drag it to the ring to directly go to its app.
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Getting contacts into HTC One X
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC One X. You can sync HTC One X
with contacts from your Google®Account, computer, Facebook®, and more.
HTC Sync
Manager
Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync Manager to sync HTC One X with your
computer's Microsoft®Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows®
Contacts.
Gmail™Google contacts are imported to HTC One X after you sign in to
your Google Account. You can also create more Google
contacts right from HTC One X.
Facebook Log in to your Facebook account to import your Facebook
friends' contact information.
Phone contacts You can choose to create and store contacts directly in
HTC One X or transfer existing ones from your old phone.
SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC One X.
Microsoft
Exchange
ActiveSync®
HTC One X syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
AT&T Ready2Go On your computer's browser, enter the URL and code provided
by AT&T Ready2Go so you can import your contacts.
Importing contacts with AT&T Ready2Go
Easily import contacts to HTC One X through AT&T Ready2Go. You can also change
your wallpaper, install free apps, and more.
1. From the Home screen, tap > AT&T Ready2Go.
2. Tap Get Started. You’ll see a URL and code.
3. On your computer’s browser, go to the webpage.
4. Enter your information, and then select the setup you want.
5. Save your profile to update your device.
Making your first call
1. On the Home screen, tap .
2. Enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact’s name.
3. From the list, tap a contact to call.
4. To hang up, tap End Call.
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Sending your first text message
1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages.
2. Tap .
3. Tap , and then select the contacts you want to send the message to.
4. Tap the box that says Add text, and then enter your message.
5. Tap to insert a smiley or add quick text.
6. Tap Send.
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off
HTC One X
There are different ways you can transfer your media.
§Connect HTC One X to your computer, and select the Disk drive mode. Your
computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive, and you can copy
your media between them.
§Connect HTC One X to your computer, and select the Media sync option. This
will sync photos, videos, music and other supported files between HTC One X
and a multimedia app on your computer such as Windows Media®Player.
§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 One X.
HTC Sync Manager can also automatically get photos and videos off HTC One X
to your computer.
Download and install HTC Sync Manager, when available, from our website. Or in
the meantime, download and use the latest version of HTC Sync to sync your
media and data.
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Copying and sharing text
In apps such as the web browser and Mail, you can select and copy text, and then
paste or share it.
Selecting text
1. Press and hold on a word.
2. Drag the start and end markers to highlight the surrounding text you want to
select.
To copy the address of a linked webpage, press and hold the link, and then tap
Copy link URL.
Copying and pasting text
1. After you have selected the text you want to copy, tap Copy.
The selected text is then copied to the clipboard.
2. In a text entry field (for example while composing an email), press and hold at
the point where you want to paste the text.
3. Tap Paste.
Sharing text
1. After you have selected the text you want to share, tap Share.
2. Choose where to paste and share the selected text, such as in an email message
or social network status update.
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Capturing the HTC One X screen
Want to show off your high game score, write a blog post about HTC One X features,
or post a status update on Facebook about a song you're playing? It's easy to take a
picture of the screen and share it from Gallery.
Press and hold POWER and then press . The screen is saved in the Camera shots
album in Gallery.
Switching between recently opened apps
You can easily access apps you've just recently opened.
1. Press .
2. Slide your finger left or right to see recently-opened apps.
3. Tap an app to open it.
Notifications
Notification LED
The notification LED shows a:
§Solid green light when HTC One X is connected to the power adapter or a
computer and the battery is fully charged.
§Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.
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§Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.
§Flashing orange light when the battery level reaches very low.
Notification icons
Notification icons on the status bar make it easy for you to keep on top of your
messages, calendar events, and alarms.
Notifications panel
When you get a new notification, you can open the Notifications panel to see what
event notification or new information you've received. The Notifications panel also lets
you quickly access settings.
1. To open the Notifications panel, press and hold the status bar, then slide your
finger downward.
If you have several notifications, scroll down the screen to see them all.
2. To close the Notifications panel, press and hold the bottom bar of the panel,
then slide your finger up. Or just press .
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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 (or Display & gestures) to change the screen brightness or set how
long the screen is idle before going to sleep.
§Tap Security to set a screen or SIM card lock.
Getting the battery to last longer
How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use
HTC One X. The features and accessories you use can affect battery life.
You can get the battery to last longer by following a few simple tips:
§Turn off the display when you're not using it
§Lower the volume
§Close battery-intensive programs, such as the Camera, when you're done using
them
§Make sure apps are closed and not continuously running in the background
Updating the HTC One X software
HTC One X can check and notify you if there’s a new software update available. You
can then download and install the software update using the Wi-Fi or data
connection. You can also manually check if there's an available software update.
Depending on the type of update, the update may erase all your personal data and
customized settings, and also remove any applications you’ve installed. Make sure that
you’ve backed up the information and files you want to keep.
You might want to use Wi-Fi to download software updates to avoid extra data
fees.
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