HTC One SV LTE User Guide

Your HTC One SV

User guide

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Contents

Unboxing

HTC One SV 9 Back cover 10 SIM card 10 Storage card 12 Battery 13 Switching the power on or off 15 Setting up HTC One SV for the first time 16 Want some quick guidance on using your phone? 16

Your first week with your new phone

Features you'll enjoy on HTC One SV 18 Home screen 19 Touch gestures 21 Motion gestures 26 Sleep mode 28 Getting contacts into HTC One SV 29 Making your first call 30 Sending your first text message 30 Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One SV 30 Copying and sharing text 31 Capturing the HTC One SV screen 32 Switching between recently opened apps 32 Can't find the Menu button? 32 Notifications 33 Getting to know your settings 34 Getting the battery to last longer 35 Updating the HTC One SV software 37

Camera

Camera basics 38 Taking a photo 39 Recording video 39 Taking continuous camera shots 40 Camera scenes 40 Improving portrait shots 40 Taking a group shot 41 Taking a panoramic photo 41 Using HDR 41 Shooting in low light 42

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Recording videos in slow motion 42 Improving video stability 42 Changing camera and video settings 43

Personalizing

Making HTC One SV truly yours 44 Personalizing HTC One SV with scenes 44 Changing your wallpaper 45 Applying a new skin 46 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 46 Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 47 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 48 Personalizing the launch bar 49 Grouping apps into a folder 49 Rearranging the Home screen 50 Personalizing with sound sets 51 Rearranging application tabs 52 Customizing the lock screen style 53 Securing HTC One SV with a personal touch 53

Phone calls

Making a call with Smart dial 54 Using Speed dial 54 Calling a phone number in a text message 55 Calling a phone number in an email 55 Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 55 Making an emergency call 55 Receiving calls 56 What can I do during a call? 57 Setting up a conference call 59 Internet calls 59 Call history 60 Home dialing 61 Call services 61

Messages

About the Messages app 62 Sending a text message (SMS) 62 Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 62 Resuming a draft message 64 Checking your messages 64 Replying to a message 65 Forwarding a message 65 WAP push messages 66 Managing message conversations 66 Backing up your text messages 67 Setting message options 68

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC One SV and the Web 69 Browsing the Web 69

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Private browsing 71 Adding and managing your bookmarks 71 Saving web content for later 72 Viewing your browsing history 72 Downloading files and apps 73 Setting browser options 74

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 75 Music 82 Movie Editor 87 Wireless Display 88

Accounts and sync

Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more 90 Adding one or more Google Accounts 90 Managing your online accounts 91

People

About the People app 92 Your contacts list 92 Setting up your profile 93 Adding a new contact 93 Importing or copying contacts 94 Merging contact information 95 Contact information and conversations 96 Contact groups 97 Adding People widgets 98 Sending contact information 99 Backing up your contacts 99 Backing up your contacts to the storage card 100

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 101 Twitter for HTC Sense 101 About Friend Stream 101 Updating your status in Friend Stream 102 Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 102 Tweeting in Friend Stream 103 Chatting in Google Talk 104 Using Google+ 104

Gmail 105 Mail 106

Calendar

About Calendar 113 Creating an event 113

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Viewing the Calendar 113 Managing Calendar events 114 Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 115 Setting reminders for your events 116 Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 116 Showing or hiding calendars 116 Changing Calendar settings 116

Online storage and services

Dropbox 117 SkyDrive 121 HTC Watch 124

HTC Car

On the road with HTC Car 127 Playing music in HTC Car 127 Finding your way with HTC Car 128 Staying connected to your contacts 129 Changing HTC Car settings 129

Travel and maps

Location settings 130 Locations 130 Google Maps 139

Essential apps

Using the Clock 144 Checking Weather 146 Viewing a PDF 147 Working on documents 147 Taking notes 149 Keeping track of your tasks 151 Keeping track of your stocks 155

Google Play and other apps

Getting apps from Google Play 156 Watching videos on YouTube 157 Listening to FM Radio 158 Recording voice clips 159 Sharing games and apps 159

Your phone and computer

Where apps, data, and files are stored 160 Connecting HTC One SV to a computer 160 Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 161 Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering 161 Connecting to the Internet through a computer 162

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HTC Sync Manager

Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager 163 Installing on a Windows computer 164 The HTC Sync Manager main screen 164 Importing media to HTC Sync Manager 165 Importing music, videos, and playlists from other applications 165 Playing music in HTC Sync Manager 166 Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager 166 Deleting an album from HTC Sync Manager 167 Syncing music with the computer 167 Syncing photos and videos with the computer 168 Syncing documents with the computer 168 Syncing your contacts with the computer 169 Syncing your calendar events with the computer 169 Syncing your web bookmarks with the computer 170 Quickly transferring media from HTC Sync Manager to HTC One SV 171

Internet connections

Data connection 172 Wi-Fi 173 Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 174 Using HTC One SV as a wireless router 175

Bluetooth and NFC

Bluetooth basics 177 Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 177 Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 178 Sending information using Bluetooth 179 Receiving information using Bluetooth 180 Sharing content with Android Beam 181

Settings and security

Checking battery usage 183 Turning Airplane mode on or off 183 Changing display settings 183 Changing sound settings 185 Changing the display language 186 Backing up settings to Google 186 Accessibility settings 186 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 186 Protecting HTC One SV with a screen lock 187 Encrypting data on HTC One SV 188 Checking information about HTC One SV 189 Managing memory 189

Other essentials

Status icons 192 Printing 193 Using the onscreen keyboard 194 Entering words with predictive text 196

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Entering text by speaking 197 Entering text by tracing 198 Restarting HTC One SV 198 Resetting HTC One SV 199

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

8 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 One SV

1. BACK

2. HOME

3. USB connector

4. RECENT APPS (can be configured in

Settings to open the Menu)

5. VOLUME

6. Notification LED

7. Front camera

8. Proximity sensor

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 One SV that already has a small opening for the sensor.

§ HTC One SV gives you built-in phone storage so that you can immediately take photos and videos or copy files right out of the box. To maximize storage for more media and files, you need to purchase and insert a storage card.

§ Check with your mobile operator if voice calls and data services are supported under their 4G/LTE network.

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Back cover

Removing the back cover

1. Securely hold HTC One SV.

2. With your finger, open the back cover from the bottom. Gently detach the back

cover from the bottom and sides to remove it.

Replacing the back cover

1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC One SV.

2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC One SV to

lock the cover into place. You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.

SIM card

HTC One SV uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text messages.

Inserting the SIM card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Remove the battery.

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3. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing in,

insert the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot.

4. Push the SIM card in until it clicks into place.

Removing the SIM card

Make sure to switch off HTC One SV before removing your SIM card.

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Push the SIM card in to eject it from its slot, and remove it.

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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 until it clicks into place.

Unmounting the storage card

When you need to remove the storage card while HTC One SV 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 storage card.

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Removing the storage card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.

3. Slide the storage card out from its slot.

Battery

Removing the battery

Before using HTC One SV for the first time, you need to remove the protective thin film from 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 One SV, it is recommended that you charge the battery.

§ The battery is already installed in HTC One SV when shipped. A thin film is inserted between the battery and the compartment. You need to remove this film before you can charge the battery.

§ Only the power adapter and USB cable provided in the box must be used to charge the battery.

§ Do not remove the battery from HTC One SV 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.

Switching the power on or off

Switching the power on

Press the POWER button.

When you turn on HTC One SV 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, then unlock the

screen.

2. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

3. Tap Power off on the options menu.

Setting up HTC One SV for the first time

When you switch on HTC One SV 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.

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. Don’t worry. You can enable or disable them in Settings later on.

When HTC One SV has started, you'll see Quick Tips on some screens (such as the Home screen) that will guide you in using HTC One SV. The tips for a screen won't display again after you've closed them.

To view the Quick Tips again, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > About > Help > Show all quick tips.

Want some quick guidance on using your phone?

Show Me helps you get the most out of HTC One SV in seconds.

§ Need to know how to do something right away? Just type in some keywords and get clear, up-to-date answers right on HTC One SV.

§ Ever have the feeling that you're not getting the most out of your phone? Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Show Me to learn how. The topics range from intro to advanced and the Show Me widget even recommends topics that you might like.

To open Show Me from the Home screen, tap > Show Me.

If you haven't downloaded Show Me content yet, or if there's updated content available, just tap the download link to get it.

To change the sync settings of Show Me, tap

> Update settings.

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Searching Show Me

1. In Show Me, 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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Features you'll enjoy on HTC One SV

HTC One SV gives you an amazing camera, great sound experience, and more.

Capture every moment as it happens

Launch the camera from the lock screen and take your shots instantly with no delay. Here are some of the great camera features you can use:

§ With VideoPic, you can snap a picture while you're shooting video. See Taking a

photo while recording a video on page 40.

You can also capture a photo from a previously recorded video. See Taking a

photo while watching a video on page 76.

§ With a single press of the shutter button, take three shots of your subject at different exposures and combine them into a nice, evenly exposed photo. See

Using HDR on page 41.

§ Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots or more. See

Taking continuous camera shots on page 40.

Beats By Dr. Dre Audio™

Beats Audio™ integration gives you a rich, authentic sound experience, whether you’re listening to music, watching a YouTube® video, or playing a game. To find out more, see Making your music sound better on page 83.

Dropbox integration with HTC Sense

Always have access to your photos, videos, and documents anywhere by storing them in Dropbox. When you sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC One SV, you can even get an additional 23 GB of free Dropbox storage for two years. To find out how, see Using Dropbox on HTC One SV on page 117.

If the Dropbox app is not preloaded, you can download it from Google Play.

HTC Car

With the HTC Car app, keep yourself entertained while finding your way on the road. You can use turn-by-turn navigation, browse maps, take calls, and listen to music or Internet radio. To find out more, see HTC Car on page 127.

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Rich and seamless browsing experience

Enjoy HTML5 and Flash® content on the go. And no more panning left and right. The web browser's text reflow automatically adjusts text to the width of your screen. To find out more about using the web browser, see Browsing the Web on page 69.

You can also keep a copy of what you're browsing so you can read it later even without an Internet connection. See Saving web content for later on page 72.

Smart dial

The phone dialer’s Smart dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call. Just enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact name. See Making a

call with Smart dial on page 54.

Home screen

Your Home screen is where you make HTC One SV your own. You can add your favorite applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets so they’re always just a tap away. To find out how, see Personalizing on page 44.

Extended Home screen

As you start to do more things with HTC One SV, you might find that one Home screen is not enough. No problem.

Slide your finger horizontally to the left or right on the screen and you’ll discover more space for adding icons, widgets, and more.

Press to return to the main Home screen.

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Using Leap view

§ To jump straight to the screen that you want, press or pinch the screen to show the Leap view. It reveals all Home screens as thumbnails. Just tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there.

§ In Leap view, if there's space to add a new screen, you can tap Add Panel to do so. An empty Home screen appears and you can start customizing from there.

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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.

Press and hold

To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link in a webpage), just press and hold the item.

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Swipe or slide

Drag

Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages, scroll through documents, and more.

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

Press and 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.

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.

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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.

Three-finger swipe

Swipe up using three fingers to share content such as photos, videos, and music from HTC One SV to your TV or speakers.

HTC gestures is enabled by default, making the three-finger gesture exclusive for sharing content. You also won't be able to use multi-finger gestures (gestures that use three fingers or more) in apps such as games or musical instrument apps.

To use multi-finger gestures in such apps, clear the HTC gestures option in Settings > Display, gestures & buttons. This disables content sharing.

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Motion gestures

Use motion gestures to mute HTC One SV, turn on the speakerphone, and more.

Flip to silence / flip for speakerphone

When a call comes in you can turn HTC One SV over to mute it.

While in a call, turn HTC One SV over to turn the speakerphone on for hands-free conversations or for conference calling.

Pick up to lower volume

In a business meeting or restaurant, pick HTC One SV up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume.

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Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag

On a noisy street and can't hear HTC One SV ringing in your bag?

You can set HTC One SV to recognize when it's in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments.

Rotate HTC One SV for a better view

For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC One SV sideways.

When entering text, you can turn HTC One SV sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.

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Sleep mode

Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC One SV into a low power state while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC One SV is in your bag. You’ll still receive messages and calls though, and missed calls and messages appear on the lock screen.

To prevent missed calls or messages from appearing on the lock screen, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Privacy.

Switching to Sleep mode

Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode. HTC One SV also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s left idle for a while.

You can change the time before HTC One SV sleeps in the Display, gestures &

buttons settings.

Waking up from Sleep mode

To wake HTC One SV up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the screen.

HTC One SV automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.

Unlocking the screen

Pull the ring up to unlock the screen.

If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC One SV unlocks.

If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can drag or to the ring to snooze or dismiss the event or alarm.

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Opening an app or folder from the lock screen

§ On the lock screen, drag an app or folder icon to the ring 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 to the ring to directly go to its app.

Getting contacts into HTC One SV

There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC One SV.

Sync with your computer

™

Gmail

Social network accounts

Phone contacts You can create and store contacts directly in HTC One SV. SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC One SV. Microsoft

Exchange ActiveSync

Transfer Use the Transfer app to transfer contacts and other data from

Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and then use HTC Sync Manager to sync HTC One SV with your computer's Microsoft® Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows Contacts.

Google® contacts are imported to HTC One SV after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC One SV.

HTC One SV syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace.

your old phone to HTC One SV through Bluetooth®.

Transferring contacts from your old phone

Easily transfer contacts from your old phone to HTC One SV through Bluetooth. Depending on your old phone’s model, you may also transfer other types of data such as calendar events and text messages to HTC One SV.

1. From the Home screen, tap > Transfer.

2. Tap Next to begin.

3. Choose your old phone's name and model.

4. On your old phone, turn Bluetooth on, set it to discoverable mode, and then

follow the instructions on the screen.

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Making your first call

1. On the Home screen, tap .

2. Enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact’s name.

3. From the list, tap a contact to call.

4. To hang up, tap End Call.

Sending your first text message

1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages.

2. Tap .

3. Tap , and then select the contacts you want to send the message to.

4. Tap the box that says Add text, and then enter your message.

5. Tap to insert a smiley or add quick text.

6. Tap Send.

Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One SV

There are two ways you can transfer your media.

§ Connect HTC One SV to your computer, and select the Disk drive mode. Your computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive, and you can copy your media between them.

§ Download and use our HTC Sync Manager software. You can easily set it up to sync folders containing media and playlists on your computer with HTC One SV. HTC Sync Manager can also automatically get photos and videos off HTC One SV to your computer.

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