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HTC Desire 600c User Manual

HTC Desire 600c dual sim
User guide
2 Contents
Contents
Unboxing
HTC Desire 600c 7 Back cover 8 microUIM and microSIM cards 9 Storage card 10 Battery 11 Switching the power on or off 13 Want some quick guidance on your phone? 14
Setting up your phone
Setting up your new phone for the first time 15 Transferring content from an Android phone 16 Transferring content from an iPhone 17 Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 17 Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 600c 18 Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 18 Home screen 19 Getting to know your settings 19 Updating your phone's software 19
Your first week with your new phone
Camera and Gallery
Personalizing
3 Contents
Phone calls
Messages
Search and web browser
Entertainment
4 Contents
Storage
Sync, backup, and reset
People
Email
Travel and maps
Google Play and other apps
Internet connections
5 Contents
Wireless sharing
Settings and security
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
6 Conventions used in this guide
Safety precautions:
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.
a) Use a wireless hands-free system (headphone, headset) with a low power
Bluetooth emitter.
b) Make sure the cell phone has a low SAR. c) Keep your calls short or send a text message (SMS) instead. This advice
applies especially to children, adolescents and pregnant women.
d) Use cell-phone when the signal quality is good. e) People having active medical implants should preferably keep the cell
phone at least 15 cm away from the implant.
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Unboxing
HTC Desire 600c
1. BACK
2. USB connector
3. HOME
4. Dual speakers
5. VOLUME buttons
6. Proximity sensor
7. Front camera
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 HTC Desire 600c that already has a small opening for the sensor.
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
1. Securely hold HTC Desire 600c.
2. To open the cover, press on the back cover and lift the cover open from the
bottom left corner first, and then from the bottom right corner.
3. Remove the cover from the bottom.
Replacing the back cover
1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 600c.
2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC Desire 600c
to lock the cover into place.
You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.
UIM 1
SIM 2
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microUIM and microSIM cards
HTC Desire 600c has microUIM and microSIM slots. Use a CDMA microUIM in the primary slot to place calls, send text or multimedia messages, and use the data connection. In the second slot, you can use a GSM microSIM card for calling and sending text as well as multimedia messages.
§ Both slots can be active at the same time. When you have a call on one card, you can accept an incoming call from the other card.
§ You can use a dual-mode card in the primary slot. A dual-mode card allows you to connect to either your mobile operator's CDMA network or a GSM roaming partner network.
Inserting the UIM and SIM cards
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Insert your CDMA UIM card into the slot on the left side and your GSM SIM card
into the slot on the right side. When inserting, make sure the card’s gold contacts are facing down and its cut-off corner facing in.
Removing the microUIM and microSIM cards
Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 600c before removing your microUIM and microSIM cards.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Press the microUIM or microSIM card to eject it from its slot.
microSD
UIM 1
SIM 2
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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. Insert the microSD™ card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing
down and push it into place.
Unmounting the storage card
When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire 600c is on, unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap Storage > Unmount SD card.
microSD
UIM 1
SIM 2
microSD
UIM 1
SIM 2
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Removing the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Slide the storage 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.
microSD
UIM 1
SIM 2
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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 600c, it is recommended that you charge the battery.
§ Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 600c 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 600c 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 stops charging if it overheats.
§ When you're using the Internet and charging the battery, HTC Desire 600c may
become warmer. This is normal.
§ To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you finish charging.
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button.
When you turn on HTC Desire 600c 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. If your screen is
protected with a lock screen, you need to unlock it.
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?
Exploring HTC Desire 600c
Tips & Help lets you get the most out of HTC Desire 600c in seconds.
§ 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 feed on the Home screen even recommends topics that you might like.
§ Need to know how to do something right away? Just type in some keywords and get clear, up-to-date answers right on HTC Desire 600c.
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 your new phone for the first time
When you switch on your new phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. Walk through the on-device setup to choose your Internet connection, select how you want to set up your new phone, and more.
§ Select Set up from scratch to set up your accounts and personalize your new phone from your computer using the HTC Get Started service.
Your phone shows you the URL of the HTC Get Started site and a pair code. On your computer's web browser, just go to the URL and enter the pair code to start your web setup. You need an HTC Account to save your accounts and settings on the Web and download them to your phone.
§ If you already finished the HTC Get Started setup before turning on your new phone, just download your web setup. Choose to import content, and then select Apply HTC Get Started setup.
§ If you have content from an old phone, you can choose to do a direct phone-to­phone transfer.
§ To make it easier for you to back up and restore content from HTC Desire 600c to another HTC phone in the future, select Back up phone daily.
§ To find out more about HTC Get Started and HTC Account, see the Help and FAQ on the HTC Get Started site (www.htcsense.com/help/).
§ If you transferred content such as wallpaper and ringtone from an old phone, using HTC Get Started to personalize and download the same content types from the Web will change your settings on your new phone.
§ 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 data fees, disable these features under Settings.
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Transferring content from an Android phone
On your old Android™ phone, download the HTC Transfer Tool and use it to transfer your content to your new HTC phone. The types of locally stored content on your old phone that the tool can transfer include contacts, messages, calendar events, web bookmarks, music, photos, and videos. Some settings can also be transferred.
§ You need Android version 2.3 or later to use the HTC Transfer Tool on your old phone.
§ If your old phone has Android version 2.2 or an earlier version, you need to use Bluetooth® transfer. For details, see Transferring contacts from your old phone
through Bluetooth on page 17.
1. Do one of the following:
§ If you're setting up your new HTC phone for the first time, choose to
transfer content, and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen.
§ Go to Settings, and then tap Transfer content.
2. Choose whether to transfer from an old HTC Android phone or other Android
phone.
3. Tap Full transfer.
4. Follow the steps shown on your new phone to download the HTC Transfer Tool
from Google Play™ to your old phone, install it, and open the tool.
5. When you see a PIN on your old phone, make sure the same PIN also appears
on your new phone before you continue.
If the PIN code doesn't appear, this may mean that your old phone is unable to connect to your new phone. If this happens, tap Unable to establish a connection on your new phone to use Bluetooth for transferring contacts from your old phone.
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6. On your old phone, choose the types of content you want to transfer, and then tap Start.
7. Wait for the transfer to finish.
8. Tap Done on both phones.
Transferring content from an iPhone
If you have an iPhone®, it's fast and easy to transfer your contacts, messages, and other content when you use HTC Sync Manager.
To find out how, see Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 107.
If you only need to migrate your contacts, you can also use Bluetooth transfer. For details, see Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth on page
17.
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth
Use Bluetooth to transfer contacts from an iPhone, a phone that has Android version
2.2 (or earlier version), or other types of phones. Depending on the capabilities of your old phone, you may be able to transfer not only contacts but also other data such as calendar events and text messages to your new HTC phone.
Use HTC Sync Manager to transfer more types of content from an iPhone.
1. Do one of the following:
§ If you're setting up your new phone for the first time, choose to transfer
content, and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen.
§ Go to Settings, and then tap Transfer content.
2. Choose whether to transfer from an Android phone, iPhone, or other phone types. If you chose to transfer from an Android phone, tap Quick transfer.
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 and new phones to pair them and
start the data transfer.
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Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 600c
Aside from the HTC Transfer Tool, there are other ways you can add contacts and other content to HTC Desire 600c.
Sync with your computer
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Gmail
Social network accounts
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
Phone contacts You can create contacts locally on HTC Desire 600c, if you don't
SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Desire 600c.
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Use HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts, documents, playlists, and more between HTC Desire 600c and your computer running a Windows® or Mac OS® operating system.
You can also use it to transfer contacts, messages, and other content from an iPhone to your computer, and then to your HTC Desire 600c.
Google® contacts are imported to HTC Desire 600c after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC Desire 600c.
Log in to your favorite social networks to sync contact information from them.
HTC Desire 600c syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange
prefer to store them on your online accounts.
ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer
There are two ways you can transfer your media from or to your computer.
§ Connect HTC Desire 600c 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 the HTC Sync Manager software on your computer. You can set it up to automatically get music, photos, and videos off HTC Desire 600c to your computer. You can also sync playlists from your computer to the phone.
If you have an iPhone, you can even connect it and transfer the camera roll (photos and videos) to your computer. Then reconnect HTC Desire 600c and copy them over.
Tired of keeping copies of your media in several places? Use online storage services to put your media in one place so you can manage them anywhere — on your computer, HTC Desire 600c, and other mobile devices.
Check first what online storage accounts are available on HTC Desire 600c and sign in to the one you want to use. To sign in to an account, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap in your online storage.
> Accounts & sync > . Use the Gallery app to access media
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Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Desire 600c your own.
§ After you've turned on and set up HTC Desire 600c, you'll see the Feeds view as the main Home screen. Customize it to show posts from your social networks, headlines from your favorite news media, and more. For details, see Checking
feeds on your Home screen on page 31.
§ You can change the apps on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen. See Personalizing the launch bar on page 58.
§ Swipe left and you’ll discover another Home screen panel for adding your favorite apps, widgets, and more so they’re just a tap away. And if you need more Home screen panels, you can add more. For details, see Personalizing on page 55.
Press to return to the main Home screen.
Getting to know your settings
Want to change the ringtone, set up a Wi‑Fi® connection or make HTC Desire 600c 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 Home screen wallpaper, lock screen style, and
more.
§ Tap Security to secure HTC Desire 600c, for example with a screen lock.
Updating your phone's software
HTC Desire 600c can check and notify you if there’s a new update available. You can also manually check if there's an available update.
Installing a software update
When 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 Update over Wi-Fi only.
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3. Tap Download.
4. When download is complete, select Install now, and then tap OK.
After updating, HTC Desire 600c will restart.
Installing an application update
When Internet connection is on and there's an available update for your HTC or mobile operator 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 Desire 600c if needed.
Checking for updates manually
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap About > Software updates. HTC Desire 600c 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
About your phone
Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire 600c
HTC Desire 600c gives you options for quick and easy setup. Transferring your old phone's content such as your contacts, messages, and media can be done right from HTC Desire 600c.
On this phone, enjoy taking shots with the camera, checking personalized content with HTC BlinkFeed™, and more.
Easy phone setup and transfer
§ With our HTC Get Started service, you can set up and personalize HTC Desire 600c from your computer, and just download your settings to HTC Desire 600c. See Setting up your new phone for the first time on page 15.
§ Easily transfer your contacts, messages, music, photos, videos, and more from an Android phone to HTC Desire 600c. See Transferring content from an
Android phone on page 16.
By using HTC Sync Manager, you can even migrate content from an iPhone. See
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 107.
§ Back up HTC Desire 600c to the cloud so it'll be a lot easier to restore your content to a new phone next time. See Using HTC Backup on page 103.
Live Home screen
With HTC BlinkFeed, personalize your Home screen with the information and updates that matter most to you. See a variety of content such as feeds about news and your interests, social network updates, HTC Desire 600c tips, and more. The content is constantly refreshed when you're connected to the Internet. See Checking feeds on
your Home screen on page 31.
New way to share memories
Create highlight videos without editing or share your photos to friends and family on the fly.
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§ Show off the excitement of your event. Video Highlights automatically selects the highlights of an event from your photos to create a half-minute show with a musical theme. See Viewing the highlights of an event on page 49.
§ HTC Share brings together your best photos, regular photos, and a highlight video so that you can easily share your memories with friends and family. See
Sharing memories through HTC Share on page 53.
Outstanding camera features
§ With VideoPic, you can snap a picture while you're shooting video. See Taking a
photo while recording a video (VideoPic) on page 45.
§ Switch to Sweep panorama mode and pan the camera to capture a wide-angle view of the scenery. See Taking a panoramic photo on page 46.
§ Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots (or more) of a subject in motion. See Taking continuous camera shots on page 45.
§ By just tapping the shutter button, take three shots of your subject at different exposures and combine them into a nice, evenly exposed photo. Use either the main or front camera to capture HDR photos. See Using HDR on page 46.
Immerse in music
§ Built-in high quality Beats Audio™ gives you a rich, authentic sound experience, whether you’re listening to music, watching a video, or playing a game. To find out more, see Making your music sound better on page 87.
§ In our HTC Music app, you'll see a visual animation while you're playing a song. And if lyrics are available, they'll show onscreen.
Dropbox integration with HTC Sense
Use Dropbox to access your photos, videos, and documents from HTC Desire 600c, your computer, and other mobile devices. When you sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 600c, you may be eligible to get an additional 23 GB of free Dropbox storage for two years. To find out how, see Using Dropbox on
HTC Desire 600c on page 94.
§ The 23 GB offer is available only on HTC phones that use HTC Sense™ 4.0 or later and have Dropbox preinstalled.
§ On HTC phones that don't have Dropbox preloaded, you can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps such as Gallery and Mail.
§ Additional terms and requirements may apply (including a subscription fee) after your two year trial ends.
§ Dropbox is a third-party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation.
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Basics
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.
§ After you've scrolled down a long list or screen (in apps such as Mail and People), tap the status bar to jump straight to the top of your screen.
Press and hold
Swipe or slide
To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link in a webpage), just press and hold the item.
Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages, scroll through documents, and more.
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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.
Flick
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.
Press and flick
On the Home screen, you can easily move a widget or icon from one screen to another.
Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger, and flick the screen to the new location with another finger.
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Pinch and spread
Pinch the screen to zoom out of the picture or text.
In some apps, like Gallery, Messages, Mail, or the web browser, spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or text.
Two-finger swipe
In some apps that have sorting, like Mail or People, swipe up or down using two fingers to scroll the screen. The screen displays the sorting order, and you can easily scroll to the information you want.
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Three-finger gesture
§ Swipe up using three fingers to share content such as photos, videos, and music from HTC Desire 600c to your TV or speakers.
§ While using the HTC Car app, tap the screen with three fingers to activate the voice command mode.
§ HTC gestures is enabled by default, which makes the three-finger gesture work
only when sharing content or using HTC apps.
§ You need to hook up the HTC Media Link HD (sold separately) to your HDMI TV to share content.
Can't use multi-finger gestures in your apps?
That's because HTC gestures is enabled by default. This makes the three­finger gesture exclusive for sharing content or for use with HTC apps. You won't be able to use multi-finger gestures (gestures that use three fingers or more) for other purposes.
To use multi-finger gestures in games or musical instrument apps, clear the
HTC gestures option in Settings > Display, gestures & buttons (or Display & buttons).
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Motion gestures
Use motion gestures to mute, lower the ringtone volume, and more.
Flip to silence
When a call comes in you can turn HTC Desire 600c over to mute it.
Pick up to lower volume
In a business meeting or restaurant, pick HTC Desire 600c up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume.
Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag
On a noisy street and can't hear HTC Desire 600c ringing in your bag?
You can set HTC Desire 600c to recognize when it's in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments.
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Rotate HTC Desire 600c for a better view
For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Desire 600c sideways.
When entering text, you can turn HTC Desire 600c sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
Sleep mode
Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 600c into a low power state while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Desire 600c 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 600c also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s left idle for a while.
You can change the time before HTC Desire 600c sleeps in the Display, gestures &
buttons (or Display & buttons) settings.
Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake HTC Desire 600c up manually, press the POWER button. If your screen is protected with a lock screen, you need to unlock it.
HTC Desire 600c automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.
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Unlocking the screen
You can:
§ Drag the lock icon or clock up.
§ Swipe up from an empty space on the lock screen.
If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC Desire 600c unlocks.
If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can snooze or dismiss the event or alarm right from the lock screen. Just drag or up.
Opening an app
§ Tap an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen.
§ To see more apps, tap . Then tap the app you want to use.
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen
§ On the lock screen, drag an app or folder icon up to unlock the screen and directly go to the app or folder.
The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same ones on your Home screen's launch bar. To change the lock screen shortcuts, replace the apps or folders on the launch bar.
§ When there's a notification or info shown on the lock screen such as a missed call or new message, you can drag it up to directly go to its app.
If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC Desire 600c opens the app or folder.
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Switching between recently opened apps
When you're multitasking and using different apps on HTC Desire 600c, you can easily switch between the apps you've recently opened.
Double-tap to see recently-opened apps.
§ To switch back to an app, just tap it.
§ To remove an app from the list, drag it up.
Refreshing content
In some apps, you can easily refresh content that's synced or downloaded from the Web with a simple finger gesture.
1. While viewing content such as weather, stocks, or Mail inbox, scroll to the top of
the screen.
2. Pull down with your finger, and then release to refresh.
Capturing the HTC Desire 600c screen
Want to show off your high game score, write a blog post about HTC Desire 600c 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.
Press and hold POWER and then press . The screen is saved in the Screenshots album in Gallery.
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