HTC Desire 310 User Guide
HTC Desire 310
User guide
2 Contents
Contents
Unboxing
HTC Desire 310 7
Back cover 8
SIM card 9
Storage card 10
Battery 11
Switching the power on or off 14
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 310 for the first time 15
Installing an update 15
Checking for updates manually 15
Your first week with your new phone
Basics 16
HTC BlinkFeed 22
Working with text 25
Battery 29
Camera
Using Android Camera 31
Gallery and Video Highlights
Viewing photos and videos in Gallery 32
Editing photos 32
Viewing and editing Video Highlights 32
Personalizing
Making HTC Desire 310 truly yours 34
Changing your wallpaper 34
Personalizing the launch bar 35
Adding a widget to your Home screen 35
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 36
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 37
Grouping apps into a folder 38
Adding a Home screen panel 39
Changing your main Home screen 39
Adding a widget on the lock screen 39
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Phone calls
Making a call 40
Calling a speed dial number 40
Making an emergency call 41
Answering or rejecting a call 41
What can I do during a call? 41
Setting up a conference call 42
Checking calls in the Call History 43
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes 43
Messages
Sending a text or multimedia message via Android Messaging 44
People
Your contacts list 45
Setting up your personal contact information 45
Adding a new contact 46
Editing a contact’s information 46
Getting in touch with a contact 46
Importing contacts from your SIM card 46
Importing contacts from the storage 47
Sending contact information 47
Contact groups 47
Search and web browser
Searching HTC Desire 310 and the Web 48
Getting instant information with Google Now 49
Browsing the Web 50
Bookmarking a webpage 51
Clearing your browsing history 51
Email
Adding an email account 52
Checking your mail 53
Sending an email message 53
Reading and replying to an email message 54
Searching email messages 54
Viewing your Gmail Inbox 55
Sending an email message in Gmail 55
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail 56
Music
Listening to music 57
Creating music playlists 57
Adding a song to the queue 58
Travel and maps
Turning location services on or off 59
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About Google Maps 59
Getting around maps 59
Searching for a location 60
Exploring places and activities near you 62
Getting directions 62
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 63
Downloading apps from the web 64
Uninstalling an app 64
Using the Clock app 65
Viewing the Calendar 65
Watching videos on YouTube 66
Internet connections
Data connection 68
Managing your data usage 69
Wi-Fi 70
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 71
Using HTC Desire 310 as a Wi-Fi hotspot 72
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 73
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 74
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 74
Storage
Types of storage 75
Copying files to or from HTC Desire 310 75
Encrypting data on HTC Desire 310 75
Backup and reset
Backup 77
Reset 77
Settings and security
Adding and syncing an account 79
Removing an account 79
Turning Airplane mode on or off 79
Turning automatic screen rotation off 80
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 80
Adjusting the screen brightness manually 80
Changing the display language 80
Working with certificates 81
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 81
Protecting HTC Desire 310 with a screen lock 82
Navigating HTC Desire 310 with TalkBack 82
Trademarks and copyrights
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Index
6 Conventions used in this guide
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 Desire 310
1. POWER
2. Volume controls
3. Front camera
4. Earpiece
5. 3.5mm headset jack
6. USB connector
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
1. Securely hold HTC Desire 310 facing down.
2. With your thumb or finger, open the back cover from the small opening at the
bottom of HTC Desire 310.
Replacing the back cover
1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 310.
2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover down to lock the cover
into place.
You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.
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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
Inserting a smaller size SIM (such as a micro SIM with an adapter or a modified SIM)
may cause the card to not fit properly or damage the card slot.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Remove the battery.
3. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out,
insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot.
4. Push the SIM card into place.
Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 310 before removing your SIM card.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Slide the SIM card out from the SIM card slot.
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Storage card
Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music.
Inserting the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Make sure to remove the battery first before inserting the microSD™ card.
3. Insert the microSD card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing
down and push it all the way in.
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Removing the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Make sure to remove the battery first before removing the microSD card.
3. Slide the microSD card out from its slot.
Battery
Removing the battery
1. Take the back cover off.
2. With your thumb or finger, lift the battery from the battery compartment.
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Inserting the battery
Please use only original batteries that came in the box or replacements that we
recommend.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Insert the battery (with its exposed copper contacts first) into the battery
compartment.
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Charging the battery
Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire 310, it is recommended that you charge
the battery.
§ Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 310 to charge
the battery. When the battery power is too low, make sure to use the power
adapter to charge, not the USB cable connection with your computer.
§ Do not remove the battery from HTC Desire 310 while you are charging it using the
power or car adapter.
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 may stop charging to avoid overheating.
§ When you're using the Internet and charging the battery, HTC Desire 310 may
become warmer. This is normal.
§ To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you
finish charging.
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Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press and hold the POWER button until the screen turns on.
When you turn on HTC Desire 310 for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
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.
4. Tap OK.
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Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 310 for the first time
When you switch on HTC Desire 310 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
Google® account, 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. To avoid incurring
these fees, disable these features under Settings.
Installing an update
When Internet connection is on and there's a new software update available, you will
receive a notification.
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
Update over Wi-Fi only.
3. Tap Download.
4. When download is complete, select Install now, and then tap OK.
After updating, HTC Desire 310 will restart.
Checking for updates manually
1. Go to Settings, and then tap About phone
2. Tap Software updates > Check now. HTC Desire 310 checks if updates are
available.
If you don't have Internet connection, you'll be prompted to turn on mobile data or
connect to a Wi-Fi® network. Once connected, tap Check now to check for updates.
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Your first week with your new phone
Basics
Onscreen navigation buttons
HTC Desire 310 has onscreen navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen which
rotate when you change the orientation.
Goes to the previous screen.
Goes to the home screen.
Shows thumbnails of the most recently used apps.
Swipe up from any of the navigation buttons to access Google search.
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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Press and hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a text
message), just press and hold the item.
Swipe or slide
Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the
screen to go to other Home screen, read the next e-mail, and
more.
Drag
Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start
to drag. While dragging, don't release your finger until you
have reached the target position.
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Flick
Slide with two fingers
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that
you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker
strokes, such as when moving right and left on the
Home screen, or flicking through a contacts or
message list.
In some apps, like Gallery or the web
browser, slide two fingers apart to zoom
in when viewing a picture or text.
Slide two fingers together to zoom out of the picture or
text.
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Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 310 into a low power state
while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Desire 310 is
in your bag.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode.
HTC Desire 310 also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s left idle for a while.
You can change the time before HTC Desire 310 sleeps in the Settings > Display.
Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC Desire 310 up manually, press the POWER button. You may need to
unlock the screen.
HTC Desire 310 automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.
Unlocking HTC Desire 310
If you're using the default screen lock, you need to unlock HTC Desire 310 before you
can open HTC BlinkFeed™, app shortcuts on the widget panels, and more.
To unlock, press and hold the lock icon, and then drag it to any direction.
Opening an app
§ Tap an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen.
§ To see the Apps screen, tap . Then tap the app you want to use.
§ In the Apps screen, tap and enter the name of the app you're looking for.
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Switching between recently opened apps
You can easily access apps you've just recently opened.
1. Tap the button.
2. Slide your finger up or down to see recently-opened apps.
§ To remove an app from the list, drag it left or
right.
§ To switch back to an app, just tap it.
Using Quick Settings
Tap the tiles in Quick Settings to easily turn on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, and more. You'll also
find a few shortcuts, such as for viewing your profile in the People app.
1. Swipe down from the status bar to open the Notifications panel.
2. Tap to switch to Quick Settings.
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Notifications panel
Notification icons inform you of new messages, calendar events, alarms, and activities
in progress such as files downloading. When you see notification icons, open the
Notifications panel to check out details of the notifications that you've received.
1. To open the Notifications panel, slide down from the top of the screen.
If you have several notifications, scroll down the screen to see them all.
To quickly access the Notifications panel from Quick settings, tap
.
2. On the Notifications panel:
§ You can expand certain notifications to see more information, such as email
previews and calendar events. Slide two fingers apart to expand a
notification. To collapse it, slide two fingers together.
§ You'll see icons in some notifications that allow you to take immediate
actions. For example, when you have a missed call, tap the available icons
to return the call or reply with a text message.
§ Tap the notification icon on the left to open the corresponding app.
§ To dismiss just one notification in the list, drag it left or right.
3. To close the Notifications panel, slide up from the bottom bar of the panel or
press .
You can also tap to dismiss all notifications and close the Notifications
panel.
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Capturing the HTC Desire 310 screen
Want to show off your high game score, write a blog post about HTC Desire 310
features, or post a status update about a song you're playing? It's easy to take a
picture of the screen and share it from Gallery.
Simultaneously press and hold POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons. The screen is
saved in the Screenshot album in Gallery.
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds
1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Audio profiles > .
3. Tap Phone ringtone or Default notification sound to change the ringtone and
notification sound.
HTC BlinkFeed
Your dynamic Home screen
Stay in touch with friends or get the latest about your interests right on HTC
BlinkFeed. Set up which social networks, news sources, and more will appear.
§ Tap a tile to view the content or to comment on a post or status update.
§ Scroll to the top and pull down on the screen to manually refresh the stream.
While on HTC BlinkFeed, you can press the button or button to scroll to the
top.
§ On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu to choose the type of
feeds to display. Select Highlights to see a mix of articles from selected feeds
and your favorite news sources.
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Turning HTC BlinkFeed on or off
1. On HTC BlinkFeed or any widget panel, slide two fingers together to customize
the Home screen.
2. Tap BlinkFeed on/off to show or hide the Feeds panel.
Selecting feeds
Get updated with the most relevant content and posts with just a swipe. Choose
which feeds to display on HTC BlinkFeed. You can select popular news channels and
websites or choose a category like Entertainment. You can also show posts from
friends in social networks.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap > Topics and services.
The first time you try to select content, you'll be asked if you want to sign in to your
social network account to automatically select content based on your interests.
3. Swipe left or right to choose from the different types of feeds you can display
on HTC BlinkFeed. You can select news media sources, social networks, and
more.
Content from feeds that have just been added may take a few minutes to appear
on HTC BlinkFeed.
Customizing the Highlights feed
When you select topics and services for HTC BlinkFeed, the top trending articles from
the selected sources, recent status updates, and more are shown. If you want to
temporarily show fewer items in your Highlights feed, you can filter out some of your
selected topics and services.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap > Settings.
3. Tap Choose Highlights topics.
4. Select the news sources and topics you want to appear in the Highlights feed.
Adding or removing locales
Want to keep up to date on current events in more than one locale? You can add
several locales.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap > Topics and services.
3. On the Featured headlines or Categories tab, tap > Add editions (or Remove
editions).
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Adding topics of your interest
Looking for a more specific topic? Search for and select topics of your interest to
display them on HTC BlinkFeed.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap > Topics and services.
3. Swipe to the Custom topics tab, tap and enter the topic you're looking for.
4. Tap a result, and then tap to add it to the Custom topics tab.
Reading articles in HTC BlinkFeed
1. While on HTC BlinkFeed, swipe up or down to find an article you want to read.
2. Tap the tile to view the article.
If related articles are found, you can scroll down to the end to see the links.
Saving articles for later
Don't have time to read that potentially interesting article? You can bookmark articles
to your reading list.
Do one of the following:
§ While viewing an article, tap .
§ On the Feeds panel, press and hold the tile of the article you want to bookmark.
Then tap Read later.
You'll find the reading list in the slideout menu.
Deleting tiles on HTC BlinkFeed
Want to get rid of a tile? Now you can easily remove any tile on HTC BlinkFeed.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, press and hold the tile you want to remove.
2. Tap Remove.
Posting to your social networks
You can easily post a status update from the Home screen.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap > Compose, and then choose a social network.
3. Compose your status update and post it on your social network.
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Working with text
Selecting, copying, and pasting text
In apps such as the web browser and Email, you can select and copy text, and then
paste or share it.
1. Press and hold on a word.
2. Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to
select.
3. After you have selected the text you want to copy, tap > Copy (or tap ).
The selected text is then copied to the clipboard.
4. In a text entry field (for example while composing an email), press and hold at
the point where you want to paste the text.
5. Tap Paste.
To copy the address of a linked webpage, press and hold the link, and then tap
Copy link URL (or Copy link address).
Sharing text
1. After you have selected the text you want to share, tap > Share (or tap ).
2. Choose where to paste and share the selected text, such as in an email message
or social network status update.
The HTC Sense keyboard
Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense™ keyboard.
§ Word prediction also saves typing time. As you type, you'll see word
suggestions that you can choose from. You can even add words, phrases, and
shortcuts to the word prediction dictionary. See Entering text with word
prediction on page 27.
§ You can type words by just speaking. See Entering text by speaking on page
29.
§ Turn on the Trace keyboard so you can type words by just sliding your finger
from one letter to another. See Using the Trace keyboard on page 28.
§ Just swipe right to access the numeric and symbol keyboard. Or swipe left to
switch between languages.
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§ The keys have secondary numbers, punctuation symbols, or other characters
that you can insert without having to switch to the numeric and symbol
keyboard.
For example, just press and hold a key on the first row to insert a number.
§ Choose from a wide selection of emoji.
§ Show or hide navigational arrow keys on the keyboard. If you enable the arrow
keys in Settings, they'll only appear on the portrait keyboard.
Entering text
The onscreen keyboard becomes available when you tap a text field in an app. Enter
letters and numbers, change the keyboard layout or language, and more.
Tap the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers, as well as
punctuation marks and symbols.
§ Tap to enter an uppercase letter. Tap twice to turn on caps lock.
§ Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols,
or accented letters. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated
with them.
§ Swipe right to show number and symbol keys. To return to the main keyboard,
swipe left.
§ Press to close the onscreen keyboard.
To open the keyboard settings, press and hold the comma key if you see above
the key. Or go to Settings > Language & input and tap beside HTC Sense Input.
Selecting a keyboard layout
Choose a keyboard layout that suits your typing style.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Language & input.
2. Tap beside HTC Sense Input.
3. Tap Keyboard selection > Keyboard types.
4. Select the keyboard layout that you want to use.
Choosing and switching between keyboard languages
If multiple keyboard languages are available on HTC Desire 310, you can choose which
languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Language & input.
2. Tap beside HTC Sense Input.
3. Tap Keyboard selection, and then choose the languages you want.
To change the keyboard language, do any of the following:
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§ Swipe left on the onscreen keyboard (not available if you're using trace
keyboard).
§ Tap the language key (for example, ) until you see the keyboard language
you want to use.
§ Press and hold the language key, and then drag your finger to the keyboard
language you want to use.
Entering text with word prediction
Ever started typing something you weren't sure how to spell? With word prediction,
you'll see suggested words displayed just above the keyboard.
Word prediction and next word prediction are enabled by default.
To enter text in word prediction mode, do any of the following:
§ Tap the space bar to insert a highlighted word in the suggestion list.
§ Tap a word from the suggestion list.
§ Tap the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices.
If you've accidentally chosen a wrong word from the suggestion list, you can
always go back and change it by tapping the word and selecting another
suggestion.
Setting a second language for word prediction
You can set the word prediction to be bilingual. As you type, you’ll get word
suggestions in the languages that you’ve selected.
Bilingual prediction is available only when you're using a Latin-based keyboard.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Language & input.
2. Tap beside HTC Sense Input.
3. Tap Keyboard selection > Bilingual prediction, and then choose the language
you want.
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