HTC One XL User manual

Your HTC One XL
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
HTC One XL 9
SIM card 10
Charging the battery 12
Switching the power on or off 12
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 13
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC One XL for the first time 14
Home screen 14
Getting contacts into HTC One XL 15
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 16
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One XL 16
Getting to know your settings 17
Updating the HTC One XL software 17
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy on HTC One XL 19
Touch gestures 20
Motion gestures 24
Sleep mode 25
Unlocking the screen 26
Making your first call 26
Sending your first text message 27
The HTC Sense keyboard 27
Notifications 27
Copying and sharing text 30
Capturing the HTC One XL screen 31
Switching between recently opened apps 31
Can't find the Menu button? 31
Checking battery usage 32
Camera
Camera basics 33
Taking a photo 34
Recording video 34
Keeping the camera on standby 35
Taking continuous camera shots 35
Camera scenes 36
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Improving portrait shots 36
Taking a group shot 36
Taking a panoramic photo 36
Using HDR 37
Recording videos in slow motion 37
Improving video stability 37
Changing camera and video settings 38
Personalizing
Making HTC One XL truly yours 39
Personalizing HTC One XL with scenes 39
Changing your wallpaper 40
Applying a new skin 41
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 41
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 42
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 43
Personalizing the launch bar 44
Grouping apps into a folder 44
Rearranging the Home screen 46
Personalizing with sound sets 47
Rearranging application tabs 48
Customizing the lock screen style 48
Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 49
Securing HTC One XL with a personal touch 49
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 50
Returning a missed call 50
Using Speed dial 51
Calling a phone number in a text message 51
Calling a phone number in an email 51
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 51
Making an emergency call 52
Receiving calls 52
What can I do during a call? 53
Setting up a conference call 55
Call history 55
Internet calls 56
Home dialing 57
Call settings 57
Messages
About the Messages app 58
Sending a text message (SMS) 58
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 59
Resuming a draft message 60
Checking your messages 60
Replying to a message 61
Forwarding a message 62
WAP push messages 63
Managing message conversations 63
Backing up your text messages 64
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Setting message options 65
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC One XL and the Web 66
Getting instant information with Google Now 67
Browsing the Web 69
Private browsing 71
Adding and managing your bookmarks 71
Saving web content for later 72
Viewing your browsing history 73
Downloading files and apps 73
Setting browser options 74
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 75
Music 83
Movie Editor 88
Wireless display 89
Storage
Types of storage 92
Copying files to or from the phone storage 93
Checking how much storage is available 93
Making more storage space 93
Encrypting data on HTC One XL 94
Sync, backup, and reset
Sync 96
Backup 98
Reset 99
HTC Sync Manager
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 101
Installing on a Windows computer 102
The HTC Sync Manager main screen 102
Importing media to HTC Sync Manager 102
Importing music, videos, and playlists from other applications 103
Playing music in HTC Sync Manager 103
Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager 104
Deleting an album from HTC Sync Manager 105
Syncing music with the computer 105
Syncing photos and videos with the computer 106
Syncing documents with the computer 106
Syncing your contacts with the computer 107
Syncing your calendar events 107
Syncing your web bookmarks with the computer 108
Quickly transferring media from HTC Sync Manager to HTC One XL 108
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People
About the People app 109
Your contacts list 109
Setting up your profile 110
Adding a new contact 110
Importing or copying contacts 111
Merging contact information 112
Contact information and conversations 113
Contact groups 114
Adding People widgets 115
Sending contact information 116
Backing up your contacts 117
Social
Facebook 118
Twitter for HTC Sense 118
LinkedIn for HTC Sense 118
About Friend Stream 119
Updating your status in Friend Stream 119
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 119
Tweeting in Friend Stream 120
Sharing LinkedIn updates in Friend Stream 121
Email
Gmail 122
Mail 123
Calendar
About Calendar 130
Creating an event 130
Viewing the Calendar 131
Managing Calendar events 132
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 133
Setting reminders for your events 133
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 134
Showing or hiding calendars 134
Changing Calendar settings 135
Online storage and services
Dropbox 136
SkyDrive 140
HTC Watch 143
HTC Car
On the road with HTC Car 146
Playing music in HTC Car 146
Listening to Internet radio with TuneIn 147
Finding your way with HTC Car 147
Staying connected to your contacts 148
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Changing HTC Car settings 148
Travel and maps
Location settings 149
Locations 149
Google Maps 155
Essential apps
Using the Clock 160
Checking Weather 162
Viewing a PDF 163
Working on documents 163
Taking notes 165
Keeping track of your tasks 167
Keeping track of your stocks 171
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 172
Uninstalling an app 173
Watching videos on YouTube 173
Listening to FM Radio 175
Recording voice clips 176
Sharing games and apps 176
Internet connections
Data connection 177
Managing your data usage 178
Wi‑Fi 179
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 181
Using HTC One XL as a wireless router 182
Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering 183
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 183
Bluetooth and NFC
Bluetooth basics 185
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 185
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 186
Sending information using Bluetooth 187
Receiving information using Bluetooth 188
Sharing content with Android Beam 189
Settings and security
Optimizing battery life with power saver mode 191
Getting the battery to last longer 191
Turning Airplane mode on or off 194
Changing display settings 194
Changing sound settings 195
Changing the display language 196
Accessibility settings 196
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Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 197
Protecting HTC One XL with a screen lock 197
Checking information about HTC One XL 198
Other essentials
Using the onscreen keyboard 199
Entering words with predictive text 200
Entering text by tracing 201
Entering text by speaking 201
Printing 202
Stopping running applications using Task Manager 203
Status icons 203
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 XL
1. BACK
2. HOME
3. RECENT APPS (can be configured in
Settings to open the Menu)
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 XL that
already has a small opening for the sensor.
§Check with your mobile operator if voice calls and data services are supported
under their 4G/LTE network.
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SIM card
HTC One XL 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. Hold HTC One XL face down and the top panel facing you.
2. Insert the tip of the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole
next to the SIM card tray slot. You should insert it at an angle.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects.
4. Pull the SIM card tray out, and place the SIM card (contacts facing down) into
the tray.
5. Insert the SIM card tray into its slot.
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Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC One XL before removing your SIM card.
1. Hold HTC One XL face down and the top panel facing you.
2. Insert the tip of the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole
next to the SIM card tray slot. You should insert it at an angle.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects.
4. Pull the SIM card tray out.
5. 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 XL, 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.
When you turn on HTC One XL 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 One XL. 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 One XL
Tips & Help lets you get the most out of HTC One XL 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 One XL.
§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 One XL for the first time
When you switch on HTC One XL for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up.
Walk through the on-device setup to choose your Internet connection, sign in to your
online accounts, and more.
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.
Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC One XL 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 39.
Extended Home screen
As you start to do more things with HTC One XL, you might find that one Home
screen is not enough. No problem.
Swipe your finger 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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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.
Getting contacts into HTC One XL
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC One XL.
Sync with your
computer
Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync Manager to sync HTC One XL with your
computer's Microsoft®Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows®
Contacts.
Gmail™Google®contacts are imported to HTC One XL after you sign in
to your Google Account. You can also create more Google
contacts right from HTC One XL.
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 One XL.
SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC One XL.
Microsoft
Exchange
ActiveSync®
HTC One XL 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 One XL through Bluetooth®.
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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 One XL.
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 One XL 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 One XL.
7. Wait for the data transfer to finish.
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off
HTC One XL
There are two ways you can transfer your media.
§Connect HTC One XL 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 One XL.
HTC Sync Manager can also automatically get photos and videos off HTC One
XL to your computer. For details, see HTC Sync Manager on page 101.
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 One XL, and other mobile devices.
Check first what online storage accounts are available on HTC One XL 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.
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Getting to know your settings
Want to change the ringtone, set up a Wi‑Fi®connection or make HTC One XL more
secure? 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 Personalize to change the wallpaper or apply a scene to HTC One XL.
§Tap Security to secure HTC One XL, for example with a screen lock.
Updating the HTC One XL software
HTC One XL 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 don't want to download the update using your data connection, select
Use Wi-Fi or cable only.
3. Tap Download.
4. When download is complete, select Install now, and then tap OK.
Wait for the update to finish. HTC One XL restarts automatically.
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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 One XL 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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Your first week with your
new phone
Features you'll enjoy on HTC One XL
HTC One XL gives you an amazing camera, great sound experience, and more.
Capture every moment as it happens
§Activate Camera instantly. Launch it from the lock screen and take your shots
with no delay.
And when Camera goes into sleep mode, just press POWER to use it right away.
§With VideoPic, you can snap a picture while you're shooting video. See Taking a
photo while recording a video on page 35.
You can also capture a photo from a previously recorded video. See Taking a
photo while watching a video on page 76.
§Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots or more. See
Taking continuous camera shots on page 35.
§By just tapping the screen (or shutter button), take three shots of your subject
at different exposures and combine them into a nice, evenly exposed photo. See
Using HDR on page 37.
§In Gallery, use Map view to see photos grouped by location, or Events view to
see photos and videos grouped by date taken. For details, see Viewing photos
and videos on page 75.
Immerse in music
§Our HTC Music app keeps all your music sources and services in one place. See
About the Music app on page 83.
§Beats Audio™integration gives you a rich, authentic sound experience, whether
you’re listening to music, watching a YouTube®video, or playing a game. To find
out more, see Making your music sound better on page 84.
HD entertainment on the go
§Rent or buy movies and shows. Choose from our wide collection of titles in HTC
Watch™. See About HTC Watch on page 143.
§Use HTC Media Link HD to wirelessly share your media from HTC One XL to
your HD TV. See Sharing on a big screen on page 89.
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Dropbox integration with HTC Sense
Always have access to your photos, videos, and documents anywhere by storing them
in Dropbox. When you sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC One XL, you can
even get an additional 23 GB of free Dropbox storage for two years. To find out how,
see Using Dropbox on HTC One XL on page 136.
The 23 GB offer is available only if Dropbox is preloaded. If it's not preloaded, you
can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps
such as Gallery and Mail.
HTC Car
With the HTC Car app, keep yourself entertained while finding your way on the road.
You can use turn-by-turn navigation, browse maps, take calls, and listen to music or
Internet radio. To find out more, see HTC Car on page 146.
Rich and seamless browsing experience
Enjoy HTML5 content on the go. And no more panning left and right. The web
browser's text reflow automatically adjusts text to the width of your screen. To find
out more about using the web browser, see Browsing the Web on page 69.
You can also keep a copy of what you're browsing so you can read it later even
without an Internet connection. See Saving web content for later on page 72.
Smart dial
The phone dialer’s Smart dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call.
Just enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact name. See Making a
call with Smart dial on page 50.
Touch gestures
Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen, open apps, scroll through lists,
and more.
Tap
Tap the screen with your finger when you want to select
onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or press
onscreen buttons.
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