HTC One X10 User manual

User guide
HTC One X10

Contents
Features you'll enjoy
What's special with Camera 9
The best from HTC and Google Photos 10
What's different with the onscreen keyboard 10
Sound 11
Truly personal 12
Boost+ 13
Android 6.0 Marshmallow 13
Software and app updates 14
Unboxing
HTC One X10 overview 15
Slots with card trays 16
nano SIM card 17
Storage card 19
Charging the battery 22
Switching the power on or off 23
Choosing which nano SIM card to connect to the 4G LTE network 23
Managing your nano SIM cards with Dual network manager 23
Phone setup and transfer
Setting up HTC One X10 for the first time 24
Restoring from your previous HTC phone 24
Transferring content from an Android phone 25
Ways of transferring content from an iPhone 26
Transferring iPhone content through iCloud 26
Other ways of getting contacts and other content 26
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 27
Using Quick Settings 28
Getting to know your settings 28
Setting a screen lock 29
Setting up Smart Lock 29
Turning the lock screen off 29
Fingerprint scanner 30
Updating your phone's software 31
Getting apps from Google Play 33
Downloading apps from the web 34
Uninstalling an app 34
Your first week with your new phone
HTC Sense Home 35
Sleep mode 35
Unlocking the screen 36
Motion gestures 36
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Touch gestures 37
Opening an app 41
Sharing content 41
Switching between recently opened apps 41
Refreshing content 42
Capturing your phone's screen 42
Travel mode 42
What is the HTC Sense Home widget? 43
Notifications 45
Selecting, copying, and pasting text 47
Entering text 47
How can I type faster? 48
Getting help and troubleshooting 50
Personalizing
Ringtones, notification sounds, and alarms 51
What is HTC Themes? 51
Choosing a Home screen layout 54
Setting your Home wallpaper 54
Multiple wallpapers 55
Time-based wallpaper 55
Lock screen wallpaper 56
Adding or removing a widget panel 56
Arranging widget panels 56
Changing your main Home screen 57
Launch bar 57
Adding Home screen widgets 58
Adding Home screen shortcuts 58
Using stickers as app shortcuts 59
Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar 59
Moving a Home screen item 60
Removing a Home screen item 60
Arranging apps 60
Taking photos and videos
Camera screen 62
Choosing a capture mode 63
Taking a photo 64
Tips for capturing better photos 65
Recording video 66
Selfies 67
Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos 68
Taking continuous camera shots 69
Using HDR 69
Taking a panoramic selfie 69
Taking a super wide-angle panoramic selfie 71
Taking a panoramic photo 72
Using Zoe camera 72
Recording a Hyperlapse video 72
Choosing a scene 73
Manually adjusting camera settings 73
Taking a RAW photo 74
How does the Camera app capture RAW photos? 74
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Google Photos
What you can do on Google Photos 75
Viewing photos and videos 75
Editing your photos 76
Enhancing RAW photos 76
Trimming a video 76
Editing a Hyperlapse video 77
Power and storage management
Tips for extending battery life 78
Using power saver mode 80
Extreme power saving mode 80
Displaying the battery percentage 80
Checking battery usage 80
Checking battery history 81
Battery optimization for apps 81
Freeing up storage space 82
Types of storage 82
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? 83
Setting up your storage card as internal storage 84
Moving apps and data between the phone storage and storage card 84
Moving an app to the storage card 85
Copying files between the phone storage and storage card 85
Copying files between HTC One X10 and your computer 86
Unmounting the storage card 87
About Boost+ 87
Sync, backup, and reset
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 91
Syncing your accounts 91
Removing an account 92
Ways of backing up files, data, and settings 92
Using Android Backup Service 93
Backing up contacts and messages 94
About HTC Sync Manager 96
Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer 97
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone 97
Restarting HTC One X10 (Soft reset) 98
Resetting network settings 98
Resetting HTC One X10 (Hard reset) 98
HTC BlinkFeed
What is HTC BlinkFeed? 100
Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off 101
Restaurant recommendations 101
Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed 102
Customizing the Highlights feed 103
Playing videos on HTC BlinkFeed 103
Posting to your social networks 104
Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed 104
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Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 105
Making a call with your voice 105
Dialing an extension number 106
Returning a missed call 106
Speed dial 106
Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event 106
Receiving calls 107
Emergency call 107
What can I do during a call? 107
Setting up a conference call 108
Call History 109
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 109
Home dialing 110
Messages
Sending a text message (SMS) 111
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 111
Sending a group message 112
Resuming a draft message 112
Replying to a message 113
Forwarding a message 113
Moving messages to the secure box 113
Blocking unwanted messages 114
Copying a text message to the nano SIM card 114
Deleting messages and conversations 115
People
Your contacts list 116
Setting up your profile 117
Adding a new contact 117
Editing a contact’s information 118
Getting in touch with a contact 118
Importing or copying contacts 119
Merging contact information 120
Sending contact information 120
Contact groups 121
Private contacts 122
Email
Checking your mail 123
Sending an email message 124
Reading and replying to an email message 124
Managing email messages 125
Searching email messages 125
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email 126
Adding an email account 127
What is Smart Sync? 127
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Other apps
Using the Clock 128
Checking Weather 129
Recording voice clips 129
Listening to FM Radio 129
Internet connections
Turning the data connection on or off 131
Managing your data usage 131
Wi-Fi connection 133
Connecting to VPN 134
Using HTC One X10 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 135
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 136
Wireless sharing
What is HTC Connect? 137
Using HTC Connect to share your media 138
Streaming music to AirPlay speakers or Apple TV 139
Streaming music to Blackfire compliant speakers 139
Streaming music to speakers powered by the Qualcomm AllPlay smart media platform 140
Turning Bluetooth on or off 140
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 141
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 141
Receiving files using Bluetooth 142
Settings and security
HTC BoomSound profile 143
Turning location services on or off 143
Do not disturb mode 143
Controlling app permissions 145
Setting default apps 145
Setting up app links 146
Disabling an app 146
Touch sounds and vibration 146
Setting when to turn off the screen 147
Changing the display language 147
Airplane mode 148
Screen brightness 148
Automatic screen rotation 148
Installing a digital certificate 149
Assigning a PIN to a nano SIM card 149
Accessibility features 150
Accessibility settings 150
Turning Magnification gestures on or off 151
Navigating HTC One X10 with TalkBack 151
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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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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Features you'll enjoy
What's special with Camera
Enjoy taking great camera shots on HTC One X10. The Camera app has a simple interface, neatly
organized to make it faster for you to switch modes and change your settings.
Lean and clean camera interface
The camera interface groups related capture modes together—such as photo capture modes—so that
you can quickly find the mode you want, and puts modes and their settings side by side for easy
access.
Without having to open the slideout menu, you can easily switch back to Photo or Video mode from
other modes by tapping or below the shutter button. You can also just tap to quickly
switch between the front and main camera.
See Taking photos and videos on page 62.
Two ways to adjust exposure
Tap the screen, and then drag your
finger up or down to manually
adjust the exposure. Or turn on the
Touch autoexposure option in the
camera settings so you can simply
tap the screen to automatically set
the exposure.
See Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos on page 68.
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Selfies
§Live Makeup – Before taking your selfie, use Live Makeup to smoothen your skin. See
Applying skin touch-ups with Live Makeup on page 67.
§Instant selfie shots – Flash a smile, and the camera instantly captures your smiling face. Or,
just say "Cheese!" See Taking selfies automatically on page 67 and Taking selfies with voice
commands on page 67.
§Enjoy taking wide-angle selfies with family or friends and with a panoramic scenery behind
you. See Taking a panoramic selfie on page 69.
Pro level capabilities
Pro mode gives you professional level control over your photography. Capture RAW photos and take
full control over your camera settings. See Taking a RAW photo on page 74 and Manually adjusting
camera settings on page 73.
The camera captures RAW photos in DNG format. The RAW file provides more image information
for post processing in the Google Photos™app or a graphics program on your computer.
Hyperlapse
Hyperlapse lets you speed up the action up to 12 times, and select sections of the video to change its
speed. See Recording a Hyperlapse video on page 72.
The best from HTC and Google Photos
To give you the best experience from HTC and Google®apps yet still provide optimal storage out of
the box, HTC is starting to minimize preloading duplicate apps. By focusing on the best, HTC One
X10 gives you an even better imaging experience through the HTC Camera app and Google Photos.
With Google Photos, manage your photos and videos, back them up to your cloud storage, and enjoy
all of its cool features. For details, see What you can do on Google Photos on page 75.
What's different with the onscreen keyboard
HTC is using TouchPal as the onscreen keyboard for HTC One X10 due to its popularity and
extensive features.
Here are some of the features you'll enjoy with the TouchPal keyboard:
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§Download keyboard themes to personalize the keyboard background.
§Choose from a variety of emoji art to add fun to your messages and social updates.
§Back up and sync your personal dictionaries as well as input patterns and data to TouchPal
Cloud.
§Keyboard is resizable. You can also reposition the keyboard.
§When you’re typing in landscape, you can split the keyboard so it’s easier and faster for you to
type with just your thumbs.
To learn the basics of using the keyboard, see Entering text on page 47.
Sound
Plug in headphones and discover audio bliss on HTC One X10. Easily connect wireless speakers to
your phone.
HTC BoomSound
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 profile
on page 143.
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HTC Connect
Simply swipe up the screen with three fingers to stream music or video from HTC One X10 to your
speakers or TV. Control the volume and playback with your phone! You can even enjoy your favorite
music on multiple speakers. See What is HTC Connect? on page 137.
Truly personal
Designed with you in mind, HTC One X10 is filled with innovations that help it to adapt to your life.
Themes
Make HTC One X10 more personal by customizing how it looks with your own photos and then mix
and match with different sets of icons, sounds, color schemes, and more.
More wallpaper types, such as Multiple wallpapers and Apps screen wallpapers, are also in store!
See What is HTC Themes? on page 51 for more details.
Freestyle home screen
If you want to take designing your Home screen to the next level, try the Freestyle home screen
layout for zero-grid limitations and fun stickers to replace your app icons.
The HTC Sense Home widget
The HTC Sense™Home widget adapts to your needs at home, at
work, and on the go. See What is the HTC Sense Home widget?
on page 43.
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HTC BlinkFeed
Get your favorite topics, news, social media, and more
conveniently delivered to one place on your phone. Even get
suggestions for places to eat! You can also play embedded videos
right on HTC BlinkFeed™. See What is HTC BlinkFeed? on page
100.
Boost+
Use the Boost+ app to help you optimize your phone's performance by allocating resources,
removing junk files, stopping irregular app activities, and uninstalling the apps you don't use.
You can also set this app to help extend battery life while you're playing your favorite game on HTC
One X10.
See About Boost+ on page 87.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Android™6.0 Marshmallow brings new features that make your mobile life more convenient.
Manage phone memory
Use Memory in Settings to monitor the average memory use and performance of HTC One X10. You
can also use this setting to check which apps use the most memory.
Major change to how you use storage cards
If you have an existing storage card with media and other files, use it as removable storage so you
can insert the card and access your files on any Android phone.
If you have a brand new storage card, you can use the card to expand the internal storage. See
Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage? on page 83 and Setting up your
storage card as internal storage on page 84.
Network settings reset
Quickly reset all network settings when HTC One X10 has a hard time connecting to the mobile data
or Wi-Fi®network or Bluetooth®device. See Resetting network settings on page 98.
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Google settings
Easily manage settings for Google apps and features on HTC One X10. Tap Google in Settings and
change your preferences.
Smarter app linking
Android 6.0 Marshmallow automatically opens the correct app for links that you tap in a text or
email message or website. With smarter app linking, there's no more guessing which app can handle
the links you tap.
In Settings, you can change the default apps to link to. For details, see Setting default apps on page
145 and Setting up app links on page 146.
App permissions
To help protect your phone and privacy, Android 6.0 Marshmallow has improved the way apps are
given access to certain data or features, such as contacts or the microphone. For details, see
Controlling app permissions on page 145.
Software and app updates
On HTC One X10, get software updates for the latest performance enhancements, bug fixes, and
security improvements as soon as they're available.
Also download and install the latest updates of HTC and other apps from Google Play™to enjoy the
new and improved features. Some HTC apps that are not preloaded in certain phones can also be
downloaded from Google Play.
The information in this guide may not be most up-to-date if there are more recent software or
app updates available.
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Unboxing
HTC One X10 overview
After taking HTC One X10 out of the box, familiarize yourself first with the location of the card slots
and the different button controls.
Dual SIM card support varies by phone model, region, and country.
1. POWER
2. VOLUME buttons
3. Earpiece
4. 3.5mm headset jack
5. Notification LED
6. Proximity sensor
7. Front camera
8. Card slots and eject hole
9. BACK
10. HOME
11. USB connector
12. Speaker
13. RECENT APPS
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.
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§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 One X10.
§Avoid liquid or dust from entering the microphone hole to prevent damage to the microphone.
§Avoid connecting third-party headsets or accessories with metallic charms that dangle near the
headset jack. Using these may affect signal reception.
§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.
Back panel
1. Fingerprint scanner
2. Flash
3. Main camera
Slots with card trays
When inserting the eject tool into the tray eject hole to remove the card tray, make sure not to press
on the tray to avoid damaging the eject mechanism inside the slot.
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Also, if you want to use a protective case, make sure to buy a case that's designed for HTC One X10
and that doesn't block the tray.
nano SIM card
On HTC One X10, use a standard nano SIM card. 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 the nano SIM card
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.
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 card into the tray:
§Single SIM model: With your nano SIM card's gold contacts facing down, place the card
into the SIM holder of the tray. Make sure to align the cutoff corner to the notch on the
holder.
Place your microSD™card into the SD holder of the tray. See Inserting the microSD
card on page 20.
§Dual SIM model: With the gold contacts facing down, place your nano SIM cards into
the SIM 1 and SIM 2 holders of the tray. Make sure to align the cutoff corners to the
notches on the holders.
§By default, SIM 1 will connect to the 4G LTE/3G network, and SIM 2 will connect to 3G/2G. To
find out how to set the preferred card for connecting to 4G LTE, see Managing your nano SIM
cards with Dual network manager on page 23.
§SIM 2 and SD are labeled on the same holder in the tray. Either place your second nano SIM
card or a microSD card into this holder. Both cards can’t be 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. Slide the
tray all the way into the slot.
Dual SIM model:
6. Press on the cover that's attached to the tray to close it tightly.
Removing the nano SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC One X10 before removing the card.
1. Hold the phone face up.
2. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool or a small bent paperclip into the tray eject hole.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the card tray ejects.
4. Pull the tray out, and then remove the nano SIM card.
5. To reinsert the tray, center it first in the slot, and then slide it all the way in.
6. Press on the cover that's attached to the tray to close it tightly.
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.
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Inserting the microSD card
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.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the tray ejects, and then pull the tray out.
Dual SIM model: SIM 2 and SD are labeled on the same holder in the tray. Remove your
second nano SIM card when you want to use your microSD card. Both cards can’t be inserted
at the same time.
4. Place your microSD card—gold contacts facing down and narrow side facing in—into the SD
holder of the tray.
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