HTC Windows Phone 8S Quick Start Guide

Keeping in touch (cont.)

Quick guide

For the complete user guide and other helpful resources,
go to www.htc.com/support. Please also read the Safety
and regulatory guide that’s included in the box.

For additional information about your phone, go to
windowsphone.com.

Note: Certain Microsoft services/features may not be
available in your country or region.

Create new contacts

It’s easy to quickly create a contact from a phone number.
Just tap the number in your call history, then tap . Or, to
start from scratch, tap in the People Hub contact list.

If you save a contact to your Microsoft account, it’ll be
synced to the cloud automatically. That way, your contacts
are backed up if you lose your phone, and you can see them
from anywhere you sign in to Hotmail or Outlook.com.

Rooms and Groups

Rooms and Groups are a great
way to stay in touch with the
people who matter most to you.
With Rooms, you send a text
message inviting family and
friends to join, and when they
accept, you’ll be able to chat with
the whole room and privately
share a calendar, photos, and
notes with them.

With Groups, you just add some
contacts, and then you can see
updates from Facebook and
Twitter, new messages, and
missed calls, just from those folks,
all in one place. Plus, you can send them group texts and
emails. No need to invite them—a Group is just for you!

Your phone comes with a “Best friends” group and a
“Family Room” to get you started—you’ll see their Tiles
when you go to People and flick to together. Tap one to
set it up.

To create a new Room or Group:

1 Tap People, flick to together, then tap .

2 Tap either Room or Group and follow the instructions.

Taking and sharing photos

There are piles of apps to make the photos you take on
your phone look vintage, fancy, panoramic, silly, or just
black and white. With Lenses, you don’t have to dig to find
your camera apps—you can get to them right from the
Camera by tapping .

Here are a few more tips for your inner shutterbug:

• Press the Camera button to
bring up the Camera from
anywhere.

• Add pictures to your
Favorites album to create
a slideshow in your Photos
Tile.

• Press the Camera button
halfway to focus the
Camera.

• Tag faces in the photos you
share. Look for Who’s this?
and then type the person’s
name.

Keeping things in sync

It’s easy to get your photos, videos, music, documents,
and more from your computer to your phone (and vice
versa).

If you have a Windows 8 PC:

• Plug your phone into your computer with the cable,
and the Windows Phone app will install automatically.

If you have a Windows 7 PC:

• Plug your phone into your computer with the cable.
A link will appear to install the Windows Phone app.

If you have a Mac:

• Get the Windows Phone app from the Mac App
Store.

To learn more about finding the right app, go to
WindowsPhone.com.

Back up your stuff

When you sign in with your Microsoft account on your
Windows Phone, you can turn on the service that lets you
automatically save things to an online service known as
the cloud. When you set up backups on your phone, you
can:

• Automatically upload your photos and videos to
SkyDrive so you can see them from anywhere you
can access the web.

• Sync your SMS and MMS messages to Hotmail so you
have a backup, just in case.

• Create backups of your phone’s settings, including
the list of apps you’ve installed, your theme color,
Internet Explorer favorites, accounts, and more.

You can fine-tune your backup
options in Settings > backup. For
example, you can automatically
upload your photos and videos
at a high resolution, or manually
back up your settings any time
you choose.

Family friendly

Kid’s Corner gives you a way to share apps, videos, games,
and music with your child without worrying that they
might accidentally buy something, delete something
important, or send email to your boss.

To set it up, tap Kid’s Corner and follow the instructions.
Once it’s set up, your child gets to Kid’s Corner by swiping
left from your lock screen. There’s a whole separate Start
screen, where kids can choose the theme, arrange their
own Tiles, and play anything you’ve shared with them. To
leave Kid’s Corner, press the phone’s POWER button.

Search and do with Bing

No matter where you are on the phone, you can always
search with Bing by pressing .

Just type whatever you’re looking for in the search box,
then tap on the onscreen keyboard. Bing will show you
not only the web results, but also local results (including
maps, ratings, and directions) and images.

Plus, there are even more ways to search than with words.

• Tap to see places to eat,
drink, shop, and visit nearby.

• Tap to identify songs and
get them at the Windows
Phone Store.

• Tap to scan barcodes,
QR Codes, Microsoft Tags,
books, magazines, and more
to get more information or
translations.

And you can always tap to say
what you’re looking for and spare
your fingers the typing.

Note: Some web search features may not be available in certain

countries.

Do even more

When you go to WindowsPhone.com and click My Phone,
you can find and get apps and games at the Windows
Phone Store on the web and then easily add them to your
phone. You can also set up Find My Phone, where you can
ring, lock, erase, or find your phone on a map, all for free.

Explore more at WindowsPhone.com.

Disclaimer

Data plan required. Location services must be enabled and Wi-Fi
required for some features and services. Carrier fees apply. Some
features and services may vary by area, phone, carrier, plan, and
version of Windows Phone software. Some apps and services sold
separately.

Your Windows® Phone 8S

by HTC

Before you do anything else,
please read this

Charge the battery

Your phone hasn’t been charged yet. Please use the supplied power
adapter to do a full charge before using it. Also, please don’t try to
take your phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.)

Choose a rate plan wisely

Your phone can use up a lot of Internet bandwidth really quickly.
Before you use your phone, we strongly recommend that you talk to
your mobile operator about data rates.

Using data services while roaming will be costly. Check with
your mobile operator for data roaming rates before you use data
roaming.

Know about privacy laws

Some countries have strict laws about how and when you can
record phone conversations. It’s a good idea to find out what the
laws are where you live before you use your phone’s recording
feature.

And finally, a few important words from our legal team
(LIMITATION OF DAMAGES)

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event
shall HTC or its affiliates be liable to you, any user, or third party for
any indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages
of any kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not
limited to, injury, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of business
opportunity, loss of data, and/or loss of profits, regardless of the
foreseeability thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates have been
advised of the possibility of such damages. And in no event shall the
total liability of HTC or its affiliates exceed the amount received from
you, regardless of the legal theory under which the cause of action
is brought. The foregoing does not affect any statutory rights which
may not be disclaimed.

Get to know your phone

3.5mm

headset

jack

Touch

screen

BACK

Notification LED

STA RT

USB

connector

POWER

Proximity
sensor

Volume
control

CAMERA

SEARCH

Setting up your phone

Inserting the SIM card

1 Securely hold the phone

with the front facing down,
and then push the bottom
cover out to remove it.

2 With the SIM card’s gold

contacts facing up and its
cut-off corner facing in,
insert the SIM card into the
SIM card slot.

Inserting the microSD card

Insert the microSD card into
the storage card slot with its
gold contacts facing down,
and then push it into place.

Replacing the bottom cover

1 Align the teeth underneath

the bottom cover with the
notches on the side of the
phone.

2 Push the bottom cover

until it locks into place.

Charging the battery

1 Connect the phone to the AC adapter using the USB

sync cable.

2 Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet to start

charging.

Sign in to your phone

You need to sign in with a Microsoft account to do all
kinds of things on your phone. Use it to:

• Download apps, music, and
games from the Windows
Phone Store.

• Create backups of your
phone settings to guard
against mishaps.

• Play Xbox games.

• Use Find My Phone to ring,

lock, or erase your phone, or
find it on a map.

• Get your Facebook, Twitter,
and LinkedIn feeds on your
People Hub.

• Automatically upload your
photos and videos to SkyDrive.

• Listen to music using an Xbox Music Pass1.

A Microsoft account is the email address and password
you use to sign in to Hotmail, Xbox, Windows, Messenger,
SkyDrive, and more.

If you’re not sure whether you already have one, or if you
have more than one and need to choose between them,
go to WindowsPhone.com to learn more.

1

Xbox Music Pass is a monthly music subscription service.
Some Windows Phone Store content may not be available
via Xbox Music Pass and may vary over time.

Making it yours

Pin just about anything you want to your Start screen:
apps, songs, map locations, favorite websites, OneNote
notes, photo albums, and a lot more.

When you pin a contact to Start, you’ll get their Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn updates right from that Tile, plus see
when they’ve called or sent you any messages. And it’s
like speed dial: calling them—or texting them or emailing
them—is just a tap away.

• To pin most things to Start,
tap and hold the item until
the menu appears, or tap

, then tap pin to start. For

others, you can just tap .

• To move, remove, or resize
a Tile, just tap and hold it,
then arrange it however
you’d like.

Choose your color

Choose a theme color and it’ll
show up all around your phone:
on Start, in your App list, in
Messaging, and more. You can
also make your background either white or black.

1 On Start, flick left to the App list, then tap Settings.

2 Tap theme, then tap the Accent color box or

Background box to choose your look.

Pick ringtones and sounds

You can assign ringtones to people and choose sounds for
alerts. Pick just the right chirps, jingles, rings, or songs to
suit your tastes.

To change a ringtone for a contact:

1 On Start, tap the People tile, then flick to All.

2 Tap the contact you want to change, then tap .

3 Tap ringtone, then tap the ringtone you want to assign.

To change any other ringtone or alert:

1 On Start, flick left to the

App list, then tap Settings >
ringtones + sounds.

2 Tap the type of ringtone or

alert you want to change, then
choose the sound you want to
use.

You can also create your own
ringtones. For more information,
go to WindowsPhone.com.

See what’s new, at a glance

You don’t even have to unlock your phone to get a picture
of what’s happening in your day. And you get to choose
what you want to see, including:

• Phone calls and voicemails

• Text messages

• Email messages

• Upcoming calendar appointments

• Game notifications

• Notifications from some of the apps you get in the

Store

You can also pick the image that greets you when you
turn on your phone. Pick one you like best, or show an
image from Bing. If you’re playing music, we can also show
you a picture of the artist.

To choose what you’d like to see on your lock screen:

1 On Start, flick to the App list,

then tap Settings.

2 Tap lock screen.

Keeping in touch

Get your contacts on your phone

Adding your email accounts and social networks—
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn—is the easiest way to
get your contacts set up on your phone. You’ll see your
friends’ updates in the People Hub, you can browse their
albums in the Photos Hub, and your friends’ Tiles will show
what they’re up to. Plus, you’ll see when anyone replies to
something you’ve posted on your Me Tile.

To set up an account:

1 On Start, flick left to the App

list, then tap Settings.

2 Tap email + accounts.

Getting your contacts from your
old phone is also easy. With
your old SIM card in your new
phone, go to Settings, flick left to

applications, tap people > import
SIM contacts.

If you need help getting other
sorts of contacts on your phone,
go to WindowsPhone.com.

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