HTC Windows Phone 8S User manual

Windows® Phone 8S by HTC
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
Your phone 8
Bottom cover 9
SIM card 10
Storage card 11
Battery 13
Switching the power on or off 14
Setting up your phone
Entering your PIN 15
Setting up your phone for the first time 15
Account setup 15
Getting contacts into your phone 16
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy 17
Start screen 18
Touch gestures 19
Motion gestures 21
Adjusting the volume 22
Sleep mode 23
Lock screen 23
Changing the ringtone 24
Changing the theme 25
Taking a screenshot 25
Switching between apps 25
Windows Store 26
Using speech on your phone 26
Camera
Camera basics 28
Taking a photo 29
Recording video 29
After capturing 30
Phone calls
Making a call 31
Receiving calls 32
What can I do during a call? 32
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Starting a conference call 33
Call history 34
Turning airplane mode on or off 35
People
Keeping in touch 36
Importing contacts from your SIM card 36
Adding a new contact 36
Jumping to a section in the contacts list 37
Filtering your contacts list 37
Merging contact profiles 37
Searching, editing or deleting 38
Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time 39
Organizing your contacts into groups 40
What is the Me tile? 42
Posting to social networks 42
Filtering social updates 43
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 44
Entering words with predictive text 45
Changing the keyboard language 45
Messaging
Texting and chatting in one place 46
Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message 47
Viewing and replying to a message 48
Managing conversations 49
Email
Adding your Microsoft account 50
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 50
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account 51
Checking email 52
Sending email 53
Managing email messages 54
Changing email account settings 54
Photos, videos, and music
Photos 55
Music + Videos 57
Storage
Types of storage 58
Freeing up phone storage 58
Checking phone and SD card storage 59
Keeping tabs on phone storage 59
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Sync and Backup
Keeping things in sync 60
Backing up your files 60
Internet connections
Data connection 61
Wi-Fi 62
Using your phone as a mobile hotspot 64
Search and Web browser
Ways you can search the Web 65
Searching for information 65
Scanning codes, tags, and text 66
Opening and navigating web pages 68
Music search 69
Maps and location
Location services 70
Maps 70
Local Scout 74
Calendar
What you can do in Calendar 76
Creating a calendar appointment 76
Creating a new to-do task 77
Displaying and syncing calendars 78
More apps
What can I do in the HTC hub? 79
What's in the Office hub? 84
Xbox LIVE in the Games hub 85
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth accessory 87
Disconnecting a Bluetooth accessory 87
Unpairing 88
Settings
Attentive phone features 89
Turning Battery Saver on 89
Changing display settings 90
Changing sound settings 90
Changing the language 91
Accessibility settings 91
Managing apps 91
Checking phone info 92
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Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 93
Protecting your phone with a password 93
Making your phone safe for kids 94
Setting up Kid's Corner 94
Launching Kid's Corner 94
Closing and disabling Kid's Corner 95
Update and reset
How to get and install updates 96
Preparing for a software update 96
Installing an update 97
Factory reset 97
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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Other helpful resources
For health, safety, and regulatory information, please read the Safety and regulatory
guide that’s included in the box.
In addition to this user guide, you can find help information, FAQs, and more in
www.htc.com/support.
To learn a lot more about using Windows®Phone, open Help+Tips on your phone. Or
use your web browser and go to windowsphone.com.
Certain Windows Phone features or Microsoft®services may not be available in
some countries or regions.
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Unboxing
Your phone
1. BACK
2. USB connector
3. START
4. SEARCH
5. Camera button
6. VOLUME
7. Proximity sensor
8. Notification LED
9. POWER
10. 3.5mm headset jack
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 your phone that
already has a small opening for the sensor.
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Bottom cover
Removing the bottom cover
Remove the bottom cover to access the SIM card slot and storage card slot.
1. Securely hold your phone with the front facing down.
2. With your thumbs, push the bottom cover out to remove it.
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Replacing the bottom cover
Antennas are placed underneath the cover. To get the best signal for calls and data
connection, be sure to secure the cover tightly.
1. Align the teeth underneath the bottom cover with the notches on the side of the
phone.
2. Press down on the bottom cover with your thumbs, and then push it until it
locks into place.
You’ll hear a click when the bottom cover is locked in place.
SIM card
The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and memory for storing
phonebook contacts and/or text messages.
Inserting the SIM card
1. Take the bottom cover off.
2. Insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing up and its cut-off corner facing
in.
3. Push the SIM card until it clicks into place.
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