HTC One M8 for Windows User Manual
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Contents
Features you'll enjoy
HTC Dot View 16
Cortana 16
Live Tiles 16
HTC BoomSound 17
HTC BlinkFeed 17
HTC Camera 17
Unboxing
HTC One 19
Your Verizon Wireless nano SIM card 21
Setting up your phone
Entering your PIN 25
Setting up your phone for the first time 25
Account setup 26
Getting contacts into your phone 27
My Verizon Mobile 28
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Your first week with your new phone
Switching the power on or off 29
Touch gestures 30
Motion gestures 34
Start screen 36
Opening your apps from the Apps list 39
Action Center 41
Adjusting the volume 42
Sleep mode 43
Lock screen 44
Changing the ringtone 46
Changing the theme 47
Adding a Start screen wallpaper 47
Taking a screenshot 48
Switching between apps 48
Windows Phone Store 49
Using speech on your phone 49
Charging the battery 51
Turning Battery Saver on 52
Using the onscreen keyboard 53
Entering words with Word Flow 54
Changing the keyboard language 56
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Cortana
Cortana, your new personal assistant 58
Getting started with Cortana 58
Favorite places 60
Finding out what song is playing 60
Keeping track of your interests 61
Setting a reminder 61
Setting quiet hours 62
Changing Cortana settings 63
HTC BlinkFeed
About HTC BlinkFeed 64
Search and Web browser
Ways you can search the Web 68
Searching for information 69
Scanning codes, tags, and text 70
Opening and navigating web pages 73
Music search 75
Maps and location
Location services 77
Maps 78
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Local Scout 84
People
Keeping in touch 86
Importing contacts from your SIM card 87
Adding a new contact 87
How do I add an extension number to a contact number? 88
Jumping to a section in the contacts list 89
Filtering your contacts list 89
Merging contact profiles 90
Searching, editing or deleting 91
Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time 93
Organizing your contacts into groups 96
What is the Me card? 98
Posting to social networks 99
Filtering social updates 100
Phone calls
Making a call 102
Receiving calls 104
What can I do during a call? 105
Starting a three-way call 106
Call history 107
Global Ready 108
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Changing the network your phone connects to 109
Messaging
Sending a text message 110
Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message 111
Viewing and replying to a message 112
Forwarding a message 113
Deleting a message 113
Deleting a whole conversation 113
Email
Adding a Microsoft account 114
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 115
Adding a Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 account 116
Checking email 117
Sending email 119
Managing email messages 120
Changing email account settings 121
Camera
Camera basics 123
Taking a photo 126
Taking continuous shots 129
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Using HDR 130
Taking a panoramic photo 130
Recording video 131
Photos and Videos
About the Photos hub 133
Adding a photo to your favorites 133
Sharing 134
Creating a Zoe in Video Highlights 134
HTC Photo Edit 136
Productivity
What you can do in Calendar 139
Creating a calendar appointment 139
Creating a new to-do task 142
Displaying and syncing calendars 142
What's in the Office hub? 143
Creating and sharing notes 146
Entertainment
HTC Sense TV 149
Xbox Media 154
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Storage
Types of storage 157
Storage card 158
Checking phone and SD card storage 160
Freeing up phone storage 161
OneDrive 162
Connectivity
Data connection 163
Managing your data usage 164
Wi-Fi 167
Wi-Fi Sense 169
Using your phone as a mobile hotspot 170
Connecting a Bluetooth accessory 171
Disconnecting a Bluetooth accessory 172
Unpairing 173
Sharing content with NFC 174
Turning NFC on and off 174
Using NFC 175
Adding a VPN connection 176
Settings
Navigation bar 177
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Turning airplane mode on or off 177
Attentive phone features 178
Changing display settings 179
Changing sound settings 180
Turning HTC BoomSound on and off 181
Managing apps and storage 181
Security
Assigning a PIN to help protect your SIM card 184
Setting a password to help protect your phone 185
Making your phone safer for kids 186
Setting up Kid's Corner 186
Launching Kid's Corner 187
Closing and disabling Kid's Corner 187
Sync and Backup
Windows Phone app 189
Backing up your files 191
Backing up your contacts 192
Setting up Backup Assistant Plus 192
Update and reset
How to get and install updates 193
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Preparing for a software update 194
Installing an update 195
Factory reset 195
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION 11
IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Please be advised that many services and applications offered through this
unique device are provided by various device manufacturers, operating
system, software and application developers (e.g. Google®, Motorola®,
Microsoft®, BlackBerry®). If you use, link to or download such a service, or
an application such as a non-Verizon Wireless location based GPS-type
service, chat room, marketplace or social network from this device, you
should carefully review the terms of such service or application. If you use
any of these non-Verizon Wireless services or applications, personal
information you submit may be read, collected, or used by the service or
application provider and/or other users of those forums.
Verizon Wireless is not responsible for your use of those applications or
information you choose to submit or share with others. Specific terms and
conditions, terms of use, and privacy policies apply to those applications
and services. Please review carefully any and all terms and conditions
applicable to those applications and services including those related to any
location-based services for any particular privacy policies, risks or waivers.
Your Verizon Wireless Customer Agreement Terms and Conditions and
certain other specifically identified terms govern your use of any
Verizon Wireless products and services.
12 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.
Important RF Notice 13
Important RF Notice
This device was tested for compliance with the applicable FCC and
Industry Canada specific absorption rate (SAR) limits for radio
frequency (RF) exposure during typical body-worn operations. To
ensure that RF exposure levels remain at or below the tested levels,
use a belt-clip, holster, or similar accessory that maintains a
minimum separation distance of 1.0 cm between your body and the
device, with either the front or back of the device facing towards
your body. Such accessories should not contain any metallic
components. Body-worn accessories that do not meet these
specifications may not ensure compliance with applicable SAR limits
and their use should be avoided.
14 Important note on recoverable data
Important note on recoverable data
Files and other data that have been deleted, cleared, removed, or
erased from your device may still be recoverable by third-party data
recovery software. Even a factory reset may not permanently erase
all data from your phone, including personal information.
Other helpful resources 15
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®, go to
windowsphone.com.
Certain Windows Phone features or Microsoft services may not be
available in some countries or regions.
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Features you'll enjoy
HTC Dot View
Bring back the nostalgic days of yesteryear to your notification system in
HTC One with HTC Dot View™. HTC Dot View makes it easy to see if you
have missed calls, text messages, and more—all while helping to protect
HTC One.
See http://www.htc.com/us/accessories/htc-dot-view/ for more
information.
Cortana
Meet Cortana®, your personal virtual assistant. Cortana learns and adapts to
how you use your HTC One. Cortana keeps notes of things you like and
things you've asked about. You can also tell Cortana to set up reminders,
add events to your calendar, dial a contact's phone number, and more. See
Cortana on page 58.
Live Tiles
Live Tiles turn your Start screen into a dynamic screen that frequently
updates to show you what's new regarding things and people that matter
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to you. Pin your favorite people, music albums, apps, and more to your
Start screen. To find out more, see Start screen on page 36.
HTC BoomSound
Hear what you've been missing. HTC BoomSound™ 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 Turning HTC BoomSound
on and off on page 181.
HTC BlinkFeed
With HTC BlinkFeed™, display information from various sources that matter
most to you in one convenient app. See a variety of content such as feeds
about news and your interests, social network updates, and more. The
content refreshes periodically when you're connected to the Internet. See
HTC BlinkFeed on page 64.
HTC Camera
Take great photos and videos with the camera, and make them more
memorable by applying a variety of filters and scenes.
§ The Duo Camera on HTC One takes photos with added depth and
makes it possible to add special effects to your photos afterwards.
§ With VideoPic®, you can snap a picture while you're shooting video.
See Taking a photo while recording a video — VideoPic on page
132.
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§ Switch to Sweep panorama and pan the camera to capture a wide-
angle view of the scenery. See Taking a panoramic photo on page
130.
§ Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots
(or more) of a subject in motion. See Taking continuous shots on
page 129.
§ By just tapping the shutter button, take multiple shots of your
subject at different exposures and combine them into a nice, evenly
exposed photo. See Using HDR on page 130.
To find out how to do these and more, see Camera on page 123.
Unboxing
HTC One
Front panel
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1. Dual speakers
2. SIM Card Slot
3. USB/Charging Port
4. 3.5mm headset jack
5. VOLUME
6. microSD™ card slot
7. Proximity sensor
8. Front camera
9. Power/Lock Key & IR Sensor
10. Notification Light
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You need a 4G/LTE™ plan to use the 4G/LTE network of
Verizon Wireless
for voice calls and data services. Check with
Verizon Wireless for details.
If you want to use a case or screen protector, please don’t cover
and block the proximity sensor. Purchase a case or screen
protector designed for HTC One.
Back panel
1. Duo Camera
2. Flash
Your Verizon Wireless nano SIM card
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Use your
and email messages and surf the Web while traveling outside of the U.S. in
supported destinations.
Verizon Wireless nano SIM card to make and receive calls, text,
Your nano SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card stores your
phone number and other important information. Do not bend or
scratch your nano SIM card. Avoid exposing it to static electricity,
water or dirt. If your nano SIM card is lost or damaged while in the
U.S., please dial *611 from your Verizon Wireless device or
1-800-922-0204 from any phone to speak with a Customer
Service Representative. From outside of the U.S., please refer to
the Verizon Wireless Global Support Guide, welcome letter and
calling card that came with your device. This will enable you to
make calls toll free from landlines in most countries where we offer
Global Phone service.
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nano SIM card
HTC One uses a nano SIM card.
Use a standard nano SIM card only. Inserting a modified card that is thicker
than the standard nano SIM card may cause the card to not fit properly or
damage the card slot.
Inserting a nano SIM card
1. Hold the phone face up.
2. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the tray eject hole next to
the nano SIM card slot.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the card tray ejects.
4. Pull the card tray out.
5. Place the nano SIM card (contacts facing down) into the tray.
6. Insert the card tray back into the slot.
Removing a nano SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC One before removing the card.
1. Hold the phone face up and the top panel facing you.
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2. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the tray eject hole next to
the nano SIM card slot.
3. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the card tray ejects.
4. Pull the card tray out, and remove the nano SIM card.
5. Make sure that you insert the empty card tray back into the slot.
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Setting up your phone
Entering your PIN
If you've assigned a PIN (personal identification number) to your nano SIM
card, enter it when asked, and then tap enter.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times, the nano SIM card is
blocked. If this happens, you can unblock it with the PUK (PIN
Unlocking Key) code by calling Verizon Wireless customer service.
Setting up your phone for the first time
When you switch on your phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it
up. Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no
time.
On the Keep your life in sync screen, be sure to sign in with your Microsoft
account so you can use services such as Windows® Store, OneDrive™, and
more. If you don't have a Microsoft account, tap create one and follow the
onscreen instructions. See Adding a Microsoft account on page 114.
You can also create a Microsoft account from your computer by
going to signup.live.com.
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Account setup
Set up your online accounts so you can send and receive email, and more.
Depending on the type of email account that you set up, other items such
as contacts, calendar, or other information can appear on your phone as
well. And when you sign in to your social networking accounts, you'll also
get your friends' status updates and see the pictures they've posted.
Setting up an account
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > email+accounts.
3. Tap add an account, and then tap the type of account you want to
set up.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your account.
Syncing an account
If you're not seeing your most recent email messages or status updates in
an account, you can manually sync the account to download them.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > email+accounts.
3. Press and hold the account whose information you want to
download, and then tap sync.
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Deleting an account
§ Removing an account does not remove accounts and information
from the online service itself.
§ Your primary Microsoft account cannot be deleted. You'll need to
do a factory reset to remove it.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > email+accounts.
3. Press and hold the account you want to delete, and then tap delete.
Some personal data may be retained by the third-party app after
you have removed the account from your phone.
Getting contacts into your phone
There are several ways you can add contacts to your phone.
Online accounts Log in to your online accounts to import contact
information.
Phone contacts Create and store contacts directly in your phone.
Exchange ActiveSync®Sync your work contacts with ActiveSync.
Bluetooth
®
Receive contacts via Bluetooth from another
phone.
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Backup AssistantSMPlus Use this service to download stored contacts to
your phone or to back up your contacts to the
Backup Assistant Plus server.
My Verizon Mobile
Use My Verizon Mobile to access your Verizon Wireless account right on
your phone.
You can view your call, messaging, and data usage, check and pay your bill,
update your plan, buy accessories, and more.
1. Swipe to the App List.
2. Tap My Verizon Mobile.
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Your first week with your new phone
Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button.
When you turn on your phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it
up.
Switching the power off
1. Press and hold the POWER button until you see the message,
slide down to power off.
2. Swipe your finger down the screen.
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Phone not responding?
Restart your phone if it doesn't respond when you touch the screen
or press the buttons.
Press and hold the POWER button for at least 12 seconds. Your
phone turns off and then turns back on.
Touch gestures
Use touch gestures to get around your phone.
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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