HTC Windows Phone 8X by HTC User manual

Windows® Phone 8X by HTC®
User guide
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Contents
Unboxing
Your phone 8
SIM card 9
Battery 11
Switching the power on or off 12
Setting up your phone
Entering your PIN 13
Setting up your phone for the first time 13
Account setup 13
Getting contacts into your phone 14
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy 15
Start screen 16
Touch gestures 17
Motion gestures 19
Adjusting the volume 20
Sleep mode 21
Lock screen 21
Changing the ringtone 22
Changing the theme 23
Taking a screenshot 23
Switching between apps 23
Windows Store 24
Using speech on your phone 24
Camera
Camera basics 26
Taking a photo 27
Recording video 28
After capturing 28
Phone calls
Making a call 29
Receiving calls 30
What can I do during a call? 30
Starting a conference call 31
Call history 32
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Turning airplane mode on or off 33
People
Keeping in touch 34
Importing contacts from your SIM card 34
Adding a new contact 34
Jumping to a section in the contacts list 35
Filtering your contacts list 35
Merging contact profiles 35
Searching, editing or deleting 36
Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time 37
Organizing your contacts into groups 38
What is the Me tile? 40
Posting to social networks 40
Filtering social updates 41
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 42
Entering words with predictive text 43
Changing the keyboard language 43
Messaging
Texting and chatting in one place 44
Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message 45
Viewing and replying to a message 46
Managing conversations 47
Email
Adding your Microsoft account 48
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 48
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account 49
Checking email 49
Sending email 50
Managing email messages 51
Changing email account settings 52
Photos, videos, and music
Photos 53
Music + Videos 55
Sync and Backup
Keeping things in sync 56
Backing up your files 56
Internet connections
Data connection 57
Wi-Fi 58
Using your phone as a mobile hotspot 59
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Search and Web browser
Ways you can search the Web 61
Searching for information 61
Scanning codes, tags, and text 62
Opening and navigating web pages 64
Music search 65
Maps and location
Location services 66
Maps 66
Local Scout 69
Calendar
What you can do in Calendar 71
Creating a calendar appointment 71
Creating a new to-do task 72
Displaying and syncing calendars 73
More apps
What can I do in the HTC hub? 74
What's in the Office hub? 79
Xbox LIVE in the Games hub 80
Bluetooth and NFC
Connecting a Bluetooth accessory 81
Disconnecting a Bluetooth accessory 81
Unpairing 82
Sharing content with NFC 82
Turning NFC on and off 82
Using NFC 83
Settings
Attentive phone features 84
Turning Battery Saver on 84
Changing display settings 85
Changing sound settings 85
Changing the language 86
Managing apps and storage 86
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 88
Protecting your phone with a password 88
Making your phone safe for kids 89
Setting up Kid's Corner 89
Launching Kid's Corner 89
Closing and disabling Kid's Corner 90
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Update and reset
How to get and install updates 91
Preparing for a software update 91
Installing an update 92
Factory reset 92
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.
6 Conventions used in this guide

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.
7 Other helpful resources

Unboxing
Your phone
1. BACK
2. USB connector
3. START
4. SEARCH
5. Camera button
6. VOLUME
7. Notification LED
8. Proximity sensor
9. POWER
10. 3.5mm headset jack
11. Front camera
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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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. Insert the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole next to
the SIM card tray.
2. Pull the SIM card tray out, and place the SIM card (contacts facing down) into
the tray.
3. Insert the SIM card tray into its slot.
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Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off your phone before removing your SIM card.
1. Insert the SIM eject tool (or a small bent paperclip) into the small hole next to
the SIM card tray.
2. Pull the SIM card tray out and remove the SIM card.
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