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Contents
Unboxing
Your phone 14 SIM card 15
Setting up your phone
Setting up your phone for the first time 18 Account setup 18 Getting contacts into your phone 20
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy 21 Switching the power on or off 22 Touch gestures 23 Motion gestures 27 Start screen 29 Opening your apps from the Apps list 32 Action Center 34 Adjusting the volume 35 Sleep mode 36 Lock screen 37
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Changing the ringtone 39 Changing the theme 39 Adding a Start screen wallpaper 40 Taking a screenshot 40 Switching between apps 40 Windows Phone Store 41 Using the onscreen keyboard 41 Entering words with Word Flow 43 Changing the keyboard language 44 Charging the battery 46 Turning Battery Saver on 47 Using speech on your phone 48
Cortana
Cortana, your new personal assistant 50 Getting started with Cortana 50 Favorite places 52 Finding out what song is playing 52 Keeping track of your interests 53 Setting a reminder 53 Setting quiet hours 54 Changing Cortana settings 55
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Camera
Camera basics 56 Taking a photo 58 Recording video 59 After capturing 60
Phone calls
Making a call 61 Receiving calls 63 What can I do during a call? 64 Starting a three-way call 65 Call history 65 Global Ready 67 Changing the network your phone connects to 67
People
Keeping in touch 68 Importing contacts from your SIM card 69 Adding a new contact 69 Adding an extension number to a contact number 70 Jumping to a section in the contacts list 71 Filtering your contacts list 71 Merging contact profiles 71
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Searching, editing or deleting 72 Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time 75 Organizing your contacts into groups 77 What is the Me card? 80 Posting to social networks 81 Filtering social updates 82
Messaging
Sending a text message 84 Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message 85 Viewing and replying to a message 86 Forwarding a message 87 Deleting a message 87 Deleting a whole conversation 88
Email
Adding a Microsoft account 89 Adding a POP3/IMAP email account 90 Adding a Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 account 91 Checking email 92 Sending email 94 Managing email messages 95 Changing email account settings 96
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Photos and Videos
About the Photos hub 98 Adding a photo to your favorites 98 Sharing 99 Using Photo Enhancer 99
Productivity
What you can do in Calendar 101 Creating a calendar appointment 101 Creating a new to-do task 103 Displaying and syncing calendars 104 What's in the Office hub? 105 Creating and sharing notes 107
Entertainment
Xbox Video 110 Xbox Music 111 Xbox Games 111
Sync and Backup
Windows Phone app 113 Backing up your files 115
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Internet connections
Data connection 117 Wi-Fi 118 Using your phone as a mobile hotspot 121 Managing your data usage 122
Search and Web browser
Maps and location
More apps
Bluetooth and NFC
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Settings
Navigation bar 158 Turning airplane mode on or off 158 Attentive phone features 159 Changing display settings 160 Changing sound settings 161 Making your music sound better 162 Managing apps and storage 162
Security
Update and reset
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Trademarks and copyrights
Index
10 Conventions
Conventions
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.
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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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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.
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
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permanently erase all data from your phone, including personal information.
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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Unboxing

Your phone

1. BACK
2. USB connector
3. START
4. SEARCH
5. Camera button
6. VOLUME
7. Tray eject hole
8. SIM card tray
9. Notification LED
10. POWER
11. Proximity sensor
12. 3.5mm headset jack
13. Front camera
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If you want to use a screen protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity sensor. Purchase a screen protector designed for your phone.

SIM card

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

Your Verizon Wireless micro SIM card

Use your Verizon Wireless micro SIM card to make and receive calls, text, and email messages and surf the Web while traveling outside of the U.S. in supported destinations.
Your micro SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card stores your phone number and other important information. Do not bend or scratch your micro SIM card. Avoid exposing it to static electricity, water or dirt. If your micro 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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Inserting the SIM card

1. With the phone facing up, insert the tip of the SIM removal tool into
the small hole next to the SIM card tray slot.
2. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects.
3. Pull the SIM card tray out, and place the SIM card (contacts facing
down) into the tray.
4. Insert the SIM card tray back into the slot.
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Removing the SIM card

Make sure to switch off your phone before removing your SIM card.
1. With the phone facing up, insert the tip of the SIM removal tool into
the small hole next to the SIM card tray slot.
2. Push the tip all the way into the hole until the SIM card tray ejects.
3. Pull the SIM card tray out and remove the SIM card.
When removing the SIM card, make sure that you insert the empty SIM card tray back into the slot.
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Setting up your phone

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 89.
You can also create a Microsoft account from your computer by going to signup.live.com.

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.
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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.

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.
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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 Bluetooth
®
®
Sync your work contacts with ActiveSync.
Receive contacts via Bluetooth from another phone.
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Features you'll enjoy

Keep up to date with your family and friends, and share what's going on in your life. Hear what you've been missing in your music. And more.
Make your phone as unique as you are
Personalize your Start screen with what's important and unique to you. Create live tiles for your favorite people, music albums, apps, and more, and pin them all to your Start screen. To find out more, see Start screen on page 29.
Capture every moment
Here are some of the great camera features you can use:
§ With the ultra-wide angle front camera, you can take a picture of yourself and more of the beautiful landscape behind you. Or take a close up shot with family or friends.
§ Quickly launch your camera with the dedicated CAMERA button, even when your phone is in sleep mode.
§ Use your camera in a wide variety of environments, even in low light conditions.
To find out how to do these and more, see Camera on page 56.
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Beats By Dr. Dre Audio
Beats Audio™ integration 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 162.
OneDrive integration
Always have access to your photos, videos, and documents anywhere by storing them in OneDrive. See Sharing on page 99.

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 slide down
to power off message.
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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Press and hold
Press and hold an item to view available options (for example, additional keys on the keyboard).
Swipe or slide
Swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen when you need to scroll through a long list or see other screens in a hub.
Drag
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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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Slide with two fingers
Slide two fingers together to zoom out of the picture or text.
In some apps, such as Photos or Internet Explorer, slide two fingers apart to zoom in when viewing a picture or text.
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Motion gestures

Use motion gestures to mute the ringer and more.
Flip to silence
When a call comes in you can turn your phone over to mute it.
Pick up to lower volume
In a business meeting or restaurant, pick your phone 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 your phone ringing in your bag?
You can set your phone to automatically detect when it's in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments.
Rotate your phone for a better view
For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning your phone sideways.
When entering text, you can turn your phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
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Start screen

Up front on the Start screen, you'll see Live Tiles that continuously update and show what’s most personal to you. You’ll see your photo album, how many new text and email messages you have, and more.
§ Simply swipe your finger up or down to scroll through the tiles.
§ Swipe your finger left to access apps.
§ To return to the Start screen from any screen, press .

Rearranging and resizing tiles

1. Press and hold the tile you want to move until it floats.
2. Tap the arrow in the lower right corner to resize the tile.
3. Drag the tile where you want it to go.
4. When you're done moving tiles, press or .
Before rearranging the Start screen you can save the layout in case you want to restore its current state. Go to Settings > backup > apps+settings. Tap the Settings backup On/Off switch, and then tap back up now.
View more tiles
Want to see more tiles but do less scrolling? You can add a third column of tiles on the Start screen.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
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2. Tap All settings > start+theme.
3. Set the Show more Tiles option to On.

Pinning items to the Start screen

You can pin just about anything you want to the Start screen: apps, pictures, songs, favorite websites, documents, and even contacts.
For example, when you pin a contact to the Start screen, you’ll get all of that person’s updates—feeds, email, text messages, and call notifications— right from that tile.
1. To pin something, press and hold it until a menu appears.
2. Tap pin to start.

Unpinning a tile

1. Press and hold the tile you want to remove.
2. Tap .

Live Folders

Create Live Folders by grouping related or similar tiles together to make it easier to find what you need on your Start screen.
1. Press and hold a tile and drag it over another tile.
2. Release your finger when you see the lower tile turn into a grid.
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Naming Live Folders

1. Tap a Live Folder to expand it.
2. Press and hold the bar above the Live Folder tiles.
3. Enter a name for the Live Folder and tap .
4. When you're done, press or .

Removing tiles from Live Folders

1. Tap a Live Folder to expand it.
2. Press and hold a tile in the Live Folder and drag it above the top
bar or below the bottom bar.
3. Release your finger when you have positioned the tile where you
want it.
4. When you're done, press
or .
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Opening your apps from the Apps list

The App list is where you'll find all of the apps you've installed on Windows Phone 8X.
1. On the Start screen, swipe left.
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2. Swipe up and down the screen to see your apps.
3. Tap the app name or tile to open the app.

Finding your apps faster

Have a lot of apps on your Windows Phone 8X? Search or skip through the app list.
While viewing the App list, try one of the following:
§ Tap
, and then enter the name of the app. As you type, search
results will show on your screen.
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§ If you see letter tiles in your app list, tap a letter tile to see all of the alphabet tiles. Then tap a letter to quickly jump to the corresponding section in the app list.

Action Center

With a simple swipe, you can see all of your notifications—even from the lock screen.
Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger. You'll see all of your notifications, quick actions, and a shortcut to settings.
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Hiding notifications from the lock screen

If you want to prevent people from seeing or erasing your notifications, you can hide notifications from the lock screen.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > notifications+actions.
3. Tap the checkbox next to Show notifications in action center when my phone is locked.

Notifications and quick actions

Change what you can see and do in the Action Center.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > notifications+actions.
3. Tap a quick action item to replace it with another one.
4. Tap an app to choose what kinds of notifications you will allow.

Adjusting the volume

1. Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to make the
volume bar appear.
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2. Tap to view the volume control panel.
3. Try one of the following:
§ Drag the volume sliders to set the volume.
§ Tap the icons to the left of the volume sliders to mute or
unmute.
§ Tap
to toggle the vibration on or off.

Sleep mode

Sleep mode saves battery power by putting your phone into a low power state while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when your phone is in your bag or pocket. You’ll still receive messages and calls though.

Switching to Sleep mode

Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode. Your phone also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it’s idle for a while.
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Waking up from Sleep mode

To wake your phone up manually, press the POWER button. You’ll need to unlock the screen.
Your phone automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.

Lock screen

Unlocking the screen

Swipe your finger up to unlock the screen or answer an incoming call.
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If you've set up a password in the settings, you'll need to enter it to unlock the screen.

Changing your lock screen wallpaper

Browse the collection of preset wallpapers or choose from photos that you've taken with the camera.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > lock screen.
3. Tap the Background box and then choose photo.
4. Tap change photo and select a photo from your albums or tap
to take a new photo.
5. If the photo you selected is bigger than the allowable wallpaper
size, crop the photo. To crop, drag the photo and position the part that you want to be
your wallpaper inside the crop box. You can also zoom in and out. Then tap
.

Customizing your lock screen notifications

Get a quick glance of important notifications right on your lock screen.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > lock screen.
3. Choose an app for detailed status.
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4. Choose up to five apps for quick status.
5. When you're done, press or .

Changing the ringtone

Choose from the preset ringtones.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > ringtones+sounds.
3. Tap the Ringtone box.
4. To listen to a ringtone, tap .
5. Tap the ringtone you want to use.

Changing the theme

Keep your Start screen feeling fresh by changing the screen's background and accent colors. The accent color you choose will appear in various places, like the tiles on the Start screen, app icons, on web links, in messages, and more.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > start+theme.
3. Choose the background and accent colors that you like by tapping
their respective boxes.
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Adding a Start screen wallpaper

Want something more personal than color blocks? Use any photo or image on Windows Phone 8X as a background image for your Start screen tiles.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > start+theme.
3. Tap choose photo.
4. Find the photo you want to use, then tap it.
5. Pan across the photo and zoom in or out to select the part of the
photo you want to use.
6. When you're done, tap .

Taking a screenshot

See something on your screen that you want to save or share? It's easy to take a picture of the screen.
Press POWER and VOLUME UP at the same time. The screen is saved in the Screenshots album in the Photos app.

Switching between apps

Your phone can remember apps you've used most recently, and there's an easy way to switch between them.
1. Press and hold
2. Swipe left or right across the screen, and then tap the one you want
to use.
to see what apps you've used recently.
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You won't see recently used apps if you've closed apps by tapping
or turned off the phone.

Windows Phone Store

In Windows Phone Store, it’s easy to download and purchase apps that fit your needs. A wide collection of free and paid apps is available, from everyday apps, powerful business apps, to fun games.
From the Start screen, swipe to the left and tap Store to start shopping.

Using the onscreen keyboard

When you start an app or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard becomes available.
Tap anywhere onscreen where you can type and the keyboard appears automatically.
After you've finished using the keyboard, press to close it.
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Turning caps lock on

Press and hold or double-tap the shift key . Tap it again to turn caps lock off.

Entering numbers and symbols

1. Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard. You'll find
numbers, common punctuation marks, and symbols on the keyboard.
2. To use more symbols, tap
3. Some of the symbol keys can bring up even more symbols. Press
and hold a key to see more.
.

Moving the cursor

1. To place the cursor in the middle of the text you've already entered,
tap near the text you want to change.
2. When the cursor appears, drag the cursor where you want it.
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Entering words with Word Flow

The Word Flow keyboard has predictive text to help you type quickly and accurately. Word Flow is enabled by default, and word suggestions are displayed as you type.
1. Start typing the word you want to write. As you type, you'll see
suggestions above the keyboard.
2. Swipe left and right on the word suggestions to see all of the suggestions.
3. Tap a word to enter it.
§ Auto-correct suggestions are highlighted in bold. Tap the space key to accept the auto-correct suggestion.
§ You can change any word you've entered by tapping it and selecting another word from the word suggestions.
§ To add a new word to the Word Flow dictionary, tap the word and then tap word suggestion with the "+" sign next to it.

Shape Writing

Tired of hunt-and-peck typing? Glide your finger across keys to write words instead.
1. Make sure you're using the Word Flow keyboard and not a third
party keyboard.
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2. Touch the first letter in the word you want to write.
3. Glide your finger across the keyboard to consecutive letters in the
word you want to write.
4. Release your finger when you've finished writing the word.
The word you wrote will appear on the screen. And you can start Shape Writing the next word without needing to tap the space key.

Changing the keyboard language

You can choose between a variety of languages, layouts, and regions for your keyboard. Your phone can provide word suggestions and spelling corrections based on the language you choose.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
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2. Tap All settings > keyboard.
3. Tap add keyboards.
4. Select the languages you'd like to be able to use from the onscreen
keyboard. The next time you use the keyboard, you'll see the language key .
The language key will look different depending on the keyboard.
5. When you're done, tap .
6. While using the onscreen keyboard, tap the language key to
switch between the languages you've selected.
You can also press and hold the language key to see all of the available keyboard choices.
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Charging the battery

Before you turn on and start using Windows Phone 8X, it is recommended that you charge the battery.
Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with Windows Phone 8X 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.
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.
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When you charge the battery and the phone is on, the charging battery icon is displayed in the status bar. After the battery has been fully charged, the charging battery icon turns to a full battery icon .
§ As a safety precaution, the battery may stop charging to avoid overheating.
§ When you're using the Internet or charging the battery, Windows Phone 8X may become warmer. This is normal.
§ To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you finish charging.

Turning Battery Saver on

When you turn Battery Saver on, your phone automatically turns off some services and features that use battery in the background.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > battery saver.
3. Select a battery saver option:
§ When battery is under 20%. Battery Saver automatically turns
on whenever battery power drops to 20%.
§ Always. Battery Saver is always on regardless of the battery
power.
4. Tap the Now until next charge switch to turn on Battery Saver
instantly until the next time you recharge.
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5. Press to save your settings.

Using speech on your phone

Make a call, send a text, or find a place by simply using your voice.
§ The speech feature may not be available in some countries, regions, or languages.
§ Cortana® must be turned off to use speech.
1. Press and hold .
If this is your first time using the speech feature, the screen will display some examples of things you can say. After reading the examples, tap accept.
2. Say an instruction, for example:
§ To call someone in your contact list, you can say Call Jennifer Singer, mobile.
§ To open an app such as Calendar, say Open Calendar.
§ To search for something on the Web such as pizza parlors,
you can say Find pizza parlors.
§ If you need help, say What can I say? to view or listen to the various types of voice instructions you can use.
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Turning on more speech commands

You can turn on additional speech commands in the settings, such as saving and dialing speed dial numbers. You can also set your phone to read aloud text messages and allow you to dictate your reply message without typing.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > ease of access.
3. Tap the Speech for phone accessibility On/Off switch to turn on
additional speech commands for phone calls. You'll be able to use these commands:
Save speed dial Call
number
Turn call forwarding on/off
To assign a speed dial number To call a speed dial number To turn call forwarding on or off
4. Press to return to the settings list.
5. Tap speech.
6. To make your phone read text messages to you, tap the Read aloud incoming text messages box. Choose whether you want your
phone to read text messages all the time, or only when you're using a Bluetooth or wired headset.
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Cortana

Cortana, your new personal assistant

Have you ever wished you had someone to help you remember things and suggest stuff you might like? Cortana is just like that, except she lives in your Windows Phone 8X. And she does a whole lot more.
Cortana can help you make calls, send messages, mark down important dates, and more.
And the more you use Windows Phone 8X, the more Cortana will know about the things you like. She'll start suggesting things that could be of interest to you like an upcoming concert or a movie.
She'll even tell you a joke or two.
§ To use Cortana, Windows Phone 8X must be connected to the Internet.
§ Cortana is not supported in all regions or languages.

Getting started with Cortana

You may have turned on Cortana when you set up your phone. If you didn't, you can get started with Cortana right from the Start screen.
1. On the App List, tap . Cortana.
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2. Cortana introduces herself and asks for permission to be your personal assistant. Tap sure.
3. Type the name you want Cortana to call you. After you've verified the name and read the tip on using Cortana, the main screen appears.
§ Tap ask me anything and enter a question or search query, or tap to use speech.
§ Tap see more to get more suggestions on what you can ask Cortana.
§ Tap
to let Cortana search for
music you're listening to.
§ Tap to access the Cortana notebook, which holds your interests, reminders, music searches, and more.
After you've set up, you can access Cortana in these ways:
§ Press .
§ Tap Cortana on the App List. This will take you straight to your
interests.
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§ If the screen is locked or you're in some application, press and hold .
To disable the press and hold option, go to Settings > Speech and clear the Allow speech above lock check box.

Favorite places

You can add your favorite places to Cortana. If you're worried about traffic, Cortana can remind you when to leave to get to your destination on time. And, if you add your favorite places to Maps, they will be synced between Maps and Cortana.
1. To add a favorite place, in Cortana tap
2. Enter a place name or address, and then tap .
3. In the search results, tap the place or address that you want.
4. Select what type of address it is, and type a nickname to make it
easy to search or set location reminders.
5. Tap .
> places > .

Finding out what song is playing

Cortana can help you figure out what the song is you're listening to.
1. In Cortana, tap . Cortana listens to the song.
2. If Cortana recognizes the song, the album, artist, and song title will
appear on the screen and you can tap the song to purchase it online.
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Songs that Cortana recognizes can be found in the Notebook. Tap > music searches.

Keeping track of your interests

Cortana can keep track of things that are important to you, such as your favorite sports teams, the weather, news headlines, traffic, and more. You can also add topics to your interests.
1. In Cortana, tap > interests > .
2. Tap a category, and then select a suggested topic if available, or
type what you're looking for in the search box and tap the result you want.
3. Tap an item in the interests list to set notifications, pin an interest
to the Start screen, and more.

Setting a reminder

Cortana can remind you of appointments, to call someone, or to pick up your dry cleaning.
1. To add a reminder, press and hold
you want to be reminded of. For example, say Remind me to pick up milk today after work.
2. When the reminder appears on the screen, you can tap any part of
the reminder to edit it.
3. Tap remind to create the reminder.
and then tell Cortana what
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You can also add a reminder in the Notebook. Tap > remind me, and then tap .
To edit, delete, or mark a reminder as completed, tap > remind me.

Setting quiet hours

Cortana can turn on quiet hours when you don't want to be disturbed by phone calls, notifications, or messages. When you enable quiet hours, notifications will be silent and phone calls will go to voicemail unless you told Cortana to allow calls from people in your inner circle.
1. In Cortana, tap
2. Tap the Automatic rules On/Off switch and then select Turn on during these times or Turn on when I have a calendar event marked Busy to set the times you want quiet hours to turn on.
To manually turn on quiet hours, tap the Right now On/Off switch.
3. Under Breakthrough rules, set whose calls or texts will be allowed
to bypass quiet hours.
> quiet hours.
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Adding people to your inner circle

When quiet hours is turned on, Cortana won't let calls or messages bother you. However, you can add important people to your inner circle so they can always get in touch with you.
1. In Cortana tap > inner circle.
2. Tap someone in the list or tap to search for the contact you
want to add.
If you want, give the contact nicknames to make it easy to call that person.
3. Tap done.

Changing Cortana settings

In Settings, you can turn Cortana on and off, set the name that Cortana will call you, connect to Facebook, and more.
To change settings, in Cortana tap
> settings.
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Camera

Camera basics

Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos with the camera.
§ From the Start screen, swipe left and then tap Camera to open the
Camera app.
§ Or press the CAMERA button.
Did you know you can open the Camera app even if the display is off or locked? Just press and hold the CAMERA button.

Viewfinder screen

You’ll find the following onscreen controls on the Viewfinder screen:
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Photo mode
Burst photo mode
Video mode
Front/Main camera mode
Flash mode
Video light
Camera lenses
Go to the camera roll
You can change any of the options at the left side of the viewfinder. To do so, tap and then tap any of the boxes under Show these settings in the viewfinder.
Flash and video light are not available when:
§ You're using the front camera.
§ The battery power is too low.
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Zooming

Before taking a photo or video, you can zoom in or out of your subject. Slide two fingers apart to zoom in or together to zoom out.

Changing settings

1. Tap > photo settings or video settings to choose settings such
as resolution.
2. To save your settings, tap save after you make the change.
To find more camera settings swipe left from the Start screen and then tap Settings. Then swipe to the applications list and tap photos+camera.

Taking a photo

1. Open the Camera app.
2. Tap for single photo mode or for burst photo mode.
3. Choose your camera settings:
§ Tap
§ Tap
§ Tap
§ Tap
to set the camera to auto flash, flash on, or flash off. to switch to the ultra wide angle front camera for a
group shot of you and your friends.
to select or download lenses. > photo settings to choose the resolution and more.
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4. Hold your phone steady, either vertically (portrait view) or
horizontally (landscape view).
5. Before taking the photo, you can zoom in and out.
6. To take the photo, tap any point on the screen to focus there and
take the photo or tap to use autofocus.
You can also press the CAMERA button halfway down to focus, and then press the button all the way down to take the photo. The camera will auto focus on what's in the center of the screen.
The photo will be saved in the Camera Roll album of the Photos hub.

Recording video

You can record videos in either portrait or landscape orientation. For the best viewing experience of your videos, the most ideal way is to capture them in landscape.
1. Open the Camera app.
2. Tap
3. Choose your video recording settings:
4. Before recording, you can zoom in and out.
to switch to video mode.
§ Tap
§ Tap to switch to the ultra wide angle front camera.
§ Tap to select or download lenses.
§ Tap > video settings to choose the resolution and more.
to set the video light to be on or off during the
recording.
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5. Tap to start recording. A video duration counter appears on the screen.
6. To stop recording, tap .
You can also press the CAMERA button to start and stop recording.
The video will be saved in the Camera Roll album of the Photos hub.

After capturing

After taking a photo or video, you can view it and others you've captured without leaving the Camera app. You can also choose what to do with a photo or video, such as upload it to OneDrive or share it on a social network.
1. While on the Viewfinder screen, tap
You'll see the photo or video you last captured.
2. If it's a photo, slide two fingers apart or together if you want to zoom in and out of a photo.
If it's a video, tap the play icon to view the recording.
3. Tap
4. To continue capturing, swipe your finger left until you're back on
to see options of what you can do with your photo or video.
the Viewfinder screen.
or swipe right.

Phone calls

Making a call

1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap to open the keypad.
3. Enter the number you want to call and then tap call.
To hang up, tap end call.
If you're ready to hang up but the Phone dialer screen isn't displayed anymore, tap the notification at the top of the screen, and then tap end call.

Making an emergency call

1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap to open the keypad.
3. Dial the emergency number for your locale and then tap call.
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If you enabled your password but forgot it, you can still make an emergency call without entering the password by tapping emergency call on the lock screen and then dialing the local emergency number.

Making an international call

1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap to open the keypad.
3. Press and hold the 0 key until the + sign appears.
The plus sign (+) shows that you're making an international call (instead of entering the international access number for the country you're in).
4. Enter the following on the keypad:
§ Country or region code
§ Area code (without the 0 at the beginning)
§ Phone number
5. Tap call.
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Receiving calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming call screen appears.

Answering a call

§ Tap answer.
§ Or if the display is off and wakes up when you get a call, swipe up
from the bottom to unlock the screen first and then tap answer.

Rejecting a call

§ Tap ignore.
§ Or if the display is off and wakes up when you get a call, swipe up
from the bottom to unlock the screen first and then tap ignore.

Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call

Do one of the following:
§ Place your phone face down on a level surface.
If your phone is already facing down, it will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls.
§ Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button.
§ Press the POWER button to silence the ringer and turn the display
off.
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What can I do during a call?

When a call is in progress, use the onscreen buttons to turn the speaker on, put the call on hold, and more.

Turning the speaker on during a call

To decrease potential damage to your hearing, do not hold your phone against your ear when the speaker is on.
On the call screen, tap speaker. To turn the speaker off, just tap speaker again.

Switching between calls

If you’re already in a call and accept another call, you can choose to switch between the two calls.
1. When you receive another call, tap answer to accept the second
call and put the first call on hold.
2. To switch between the calls, tap the bar at the top of the screen.
3. To end the current call and return to the other call, tap end call.
You'll get disconnected from both calls when you tap end call. Don't worry. You'll receive a call back from the first caller you want to talk to.
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Muting the microphone during a call

On the call screen, tap mute. To turn the microphone back on, tap mute again.

Starting a three-way call

Three-way conference calling with your friends, family, or co-workers is easy. Make the first call (or accept a call), and then dial another contact to add it to the conference.
1. Make a call to the first conference call participant.
2. When connected, tap add call, and then call the second participant.
The first participant is then put on hold.
3. When connected to the second participant, tap merge calls.
4. Tap end call to end the conference call.

Call history

Access the call history to check missed calls, your dialed numbers, and received calls.

Checking calls in the call history

1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. In the history list, you can:
§ Press and hold a number or contact name and delete it.
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§ Tap next to a number or contact name to go to the profile
list where you can choose to return the call, send a text message, save the number (if it's not yet stored in your contacts), and more.

Adding a new phone number from the call history to your contacts

1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap next to the phone number that you want to save and then
3. Tap to create a new contact.
4. If you have more than one account set up on your phone, tap the
5. Edit the number if you need to and select the phone number type.
6. Add the contact name and other information and then tap .
.
tap
account you want to create the contact in.
You can also save a phone number from the call history to an existing contact.

Clearing the call history

1. To remove an item in the call history list, press and hold the number or name, and then tap delete.
2. To remove several items, tap > select calls, select which calls
you want to delete, and then tap
.
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3. To clear the entire history, tap > select calls > > select all, and
then tap .

Global Ready

Your phone offers you reliable, consistent voice service at home and abroad.
Use one phone and one number for voice coverage in more than 205 countries. Get one bill for both domestic and international calls.
In order to get the full benefits of Global Phone service you must subscribe to a Global Phone calling plan. Go to verizonwireless.com/global for rates, countries, coverage limitations and features.

Changing the network your phone connects to

By default, your phone is set to Global mode. It automatically searches for the appropriate network in your location (CDMA or GSM) and then connects to it.
When roaming in countries outside of North America where both CDMA and GSM networks are used, you can choose what network to connect to.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > cellular+SIM.
3. Tap SIM settings.
4. Tap the Mode selection box, and then select LTE and CDMA or LTE, GSM, or UMTS.
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People

Keeping in touch

The People hub is more than just your address book. It's also where you can keep up with your social networks and stay in touch with the people you care about most.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Swipe left or right across the screen to access your contacts list
and see what's happening with your contacts.
Contacts Your contacts list. Just tap a contact to call, text,
What's New Here's where you can check out your contacts'
Rooms and Groups
or view that person's updates and pictures.
latest updates, all handily rolled together from your various social network accounts.
Here's where you can create private Rooms to chat and share photos, videos, calendars, and more. You can also create Groups to make it easier to follow your friends' status updates, send group text messages, and more.
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Importing contacts from your SIM card

When you import contacts from your SIM card, they're automatically synced to your Microsoft account. They won't be deleted from the SIM card. If you haven't set up a Microsoft account, your contacts are saved to your phone.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Tap
3. Under Save contacts to, select the account you want to import the
4. To import all of the contacts tap import.
> settings > import from SIM.
contact to, and then tap next.
To select individual contacts to import, tap clear, select which contacts you want to import, and then tap import.

Adding a new contact

1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. In the contacts list, tap
3. If you have more than one account set up on your phone, tap the
account you want to create the contact in.
4. Enter your name, phone, and email information. You can also add additional phone numbers and email addresses,
change the ringtone for the contact, and more.
5. Tap add photo to assign a picture or use the camera to take a picture of your contact.
.
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6. When you're done, tap to save the new contact.

Adding an extension number to a contact number

You can add an extension number to a phone number that you've saved for a contact so you don't have to dial the extension number every time you call.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. In the contacts list, tap the contact whose information you want to
change.
3. Tap .
4. If this is a linked contact (someone with multiple accounts that
show up as one entry in your contacts list), tap the account that has the number you want to edit.
5. Select a number you want to add an extension number to.
6. At the end of the number, press and hold
Depending on the duration of the automated voice prompts or the telephone system of the contact you're calling, you may have to enter multiple commas to extend the pause time before the phone dials the extension number.
Enter the extension number.
7.
8. When you're done, tap
.
, and then tap .
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Jumping to a section in the contacts list

1. In the contacts list, tap a letter tile to display all the alphabet tiles.
2. Tap a letter to quickly jump to the section that has contact names
beginning with that letter.

Filtering your contacts list

You can filter the list to show contacts only from the accounts you choose.
1. In People, tap > settings.
2. Tap filter contact list.
3. Select the accounts from which you want to show contacts, and
then tap .
To only display contacts with phone numbers, turn on Hide contacts without phone numbers.

Merging contact profiles

In People, you might have two or more versions of the same contact. This is usually because you have the contact's profile on different social network or email accounts. In most cases, your phone will combine contact profiles automatically. For those that are not combined, you can link them manually.
1. Tap a contact that has one or more duplicate entries in the contacts list.
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2. Tap .
3. You can:
§ Under suggested links (if available), tap the one that you
want to link to the contact.
§ Tap choose a contact and then tap one that's a duplicate
entry.

Unlinking contact profiles

1. In the contacts list, tap the contact that has linked profiles.
2. Tap the link icon that shows the number of links .
3. Under linked profiles, tap the one that you want to unlink.
4. Tap unlink.

Searching, editing or deleting

Searching for a contact

If your contacts list is especially long, searching is probably the quickest way to find a contact.
1. In the contacts list, tap .
2. In the search bar, enter the first few letters of the first or last name
of the contact you're looking for. Matching contacts are then displayed.
3. Tap the contact to view the person's contact information.

Editing a contact's information

Contacts from Facebook, Twitter™, or LinkedIn® cannot be edited. But you can add information, and then save it to a different account (such as your Microsoft account).
1. In the contacts list, tap the contact whose information you want to change.
2. Tap
3. If this is a linked contact (someone with multiple accounts that
4. Edit or add new information for the contact.
.
show up as one entry in your contacts list), tap the account you want to edit.
After entering new information for an item, remember to tap apply the changes.
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Deleting a contact

§ Deleting a contact may delete the contact information from both your phone and from the online service where it's stored.
§ You may not be able to delete contacts from your social network accounts.
1. In the contacts list, press and hold the contact you want to delete.
2. Tap delete.
3. If the contact is a linked contact (someone with multiple accounts),
choose which account to remove the contact from.
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Sharing with a group of contacts in real-time

Rooms are places where you can have a group chat and share photos, videos, calendars, and more.

Creating a new room

Only contacts with Windows Phone 8 or later can participate in a room. When you create a room, you are the owner of the room. All other room members are guests.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. On the Rooms and Groups screen, tap > Room.
3. Enter a name for the room and tap .
4. Tap and then choose a contact to invite to the room. Repeat to
invite more contacts to the room. Invitations to the room are sent by text message.
5. When you're done, tap
Press and hold a room tile on the Rooms and Groups screen to pin it to the Start screen.

Inviting contacts to a room

.
1. Tap the room you want to invite contacts to.
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You can't invite people unless you are the owner of the room.
2. Tap > .
3. Tap the contact you want to invite.
4. To invite another contact, tap .
5. When you're done, tap
.
The person you invited will receive a text message with a link to join your room.

Rearranging room tiles

Mix things up a bit. You can rearrange the room member tiles any way you like.
1. Tap the room you want to change.
2. Press and hold a contact until the tile floats.
3. Drag the tile to a new location.
4. When you're done, press
.
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Managing a room

You can only manage a room you created.
1. Tap the room you want to manage.
2. Tap .
3. You can change the name of the room, delete the room, and more.

Leaving a room

1. Tap the room you want to leave.
You can't leave a room if you are the owner.
2. Tap > leave room > leave.

Organizing your contacts into groups

Groups help you to filter your social networks. Groups also make it easier to send out the same email and text message to more than one contact. When you create a group, it shows up on the Rooms and Groups screen.
Tap a group and you'll see the group members and their social networking updates, along with options for group email, texting, and chat.
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Creating a new group

1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. On the Rooms and Groups screen, tap > Group.
3. Enter a group name and tap .
4. Tap and then choose a contact to add to the group.
Repeat to add more contacts to the group.
5. Tap to save the group.
Press and hold a group tile on the Rooms and Groups screen to pin it to the Start screen.

Adding contacts to a group

1. Tap the group you want to add contacts to.
2. Tap > .
3. Tap the contact you want to add.

Removing a contact from a group

1. Tap the group you want to remove a contact from.
2. Tap
3. Tap remove from group.
and select the contact you want to remove.
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Changing a member's contact preference

If a contact has more than one email address or phone number, you can select the email address or phone number to use when sending a group email or text message.
1. Tap the group with the member whose contact preference you
want to change.
2. Tap
3. Tap the Phone number box or Email address box to change the
4. When you're done, tap
5. Tap to return to the group screen.
and then tap the contact.
information.
.

Rearranging group tiles

Don't want to view group members in alphabetical order? You can arrange the group member tiles any way you like.
1. Tap the group you want to change.
2. Press and hold a contact until the tile floats.
3. Drag the tile to a new location.
4. When you're done, press
.

Renaming a group

1. Tap the group you want to rename.
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2. Tap > rename.
3. Enter a new name for the group.
4. When you're done, tap .

Deleting a group

1. Tap the group you want to delete.
2. Tap > delete.

What is the Me card?

The Me card is your one-stop shop for social networking.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Tap your profile picture.
Here are some things you can do:
§ Post a new message on your social networks.
§ Check in to you let your friends know where you are.
§ See and comment on social network posts.
§ Like social network posts.
§ Reply to or retweet updates on Twitter.
§ Update your profile picture.
§ Pin your Me card to the Start screen.
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Posting to social networks

You can post messages to your social networks and comment or like other people's posts. You can also check in to share your location with friends.
Go to Settings > email + accounts to check what types of social network accounts can be set up on your phone.

Posting a message

1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Tap your profile picture.
3. Tap post an update.
4. Choose the social network account you want to post to, and then
type your message.
5. Tap .

Commenting on a post

1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Swipe left or right to go to What's New so you can see recent posts
from your contacts.
3. When you see a post you want to comment on or like, tap
.
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Checking in

When you check in to a place, you share your location with your contacts by posting it on one or more of your social networks. You can find nearby locations, or you can add one yourself.
1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile.
2. Tap your profile picture.
3. Tap check in.
4. Choose the social network account you want to check in with.
5. Tap a place in the list to check in from there. Or search for nearby
places, if available.
6. Enter a message if you want, and then tap or to check in.

Filtering social updates

Flooded with updates? Try viewing posts from one social network at a time. Or you can hide the updates from one or more of your social networks.
§ In People, swipe to What's New. Tap the accounts listed next to showing, and then tap the account you want to view posts from.
§ Or select Hide posts from the contacts I've filtered. Posts from the social networks you've filtered out of your contacts
list will no longer be visible.
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You can also create a group to only see updates from contacts in that group.
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Messaging

Sending a text message

With the Messaging app, it's easy to send text or multimedia messages.
1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap .
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3. Tap , enter a phone number or choose a contact.
Repeat to add more recipients, and their names will be added automatically in the To box.
4. Tap the box that says type a text message, and then enter your
text.
5. Tap to send it.
When adding recipients, you can also:
§ Tap
§ Begin typing a person's name in the To box, and then tap a
, and then select a contact group. The Group text option (if
turned on in the app's settings) can help keep replies in one thread when you're texting with a group of people. Replies are sent as multimedia messages instead of text messages.
matching contact name.

Sharing pictures, videos, and more in a message

You can send a multimedia message by attaching a picture, a video, and more to a text message.
Before sending multimedia messages, make sure that this service is included on your data plan.
1. On the Start screen, tap .
2. Tap to create a new message.
3. In the To box, fill in the recipient's name or mobile phone number.
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4. Tap and then choose an attachment type. To remove an attachment, press and hold the attachment and tap remove.
5. Enter your message using the onscreen keyboard or tap to use voice recognition.
You need to have a speech language installed before you can use voice recognition. Swipe down from the top and tap All settings >
speech.
6. Tap to send.

Viewing and replying to a message

When you receive a new message, you'll hear a notification sound (if set) and see the message briefly display at the top of the screen.
1. To open and read the message, you can:
§ Tap the notification at the top of the screen.
§ Or open the Messaging app to access and read the message.
2. Enter your reply, and then tap
If the contact has more than one phone number, you can tap > switch number to choose another one.
.
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Copying and pasting a message

You can copy a previous message and paste it into the new message you're composing.
1. In the threads list, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the
exchange of messages with that contact.
2. Press and hold the message you want to copy, and then tap copy.
3. Tap the text box where you're composing your new message.
4. To paste the copied message, tap .

Forwarding a message

1. In the threads list, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the
exchange of messages with that contact.
2. Press and hold the message you want to forward, and then tap forward.
3. Fill in the recipient.
4. Tap
to send.

Deleting a message

1. In the threads list, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the
exchange of messages with that contact.
2. Press and hold the message you want to delete, and then tap delete.
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Deleting a whole conversation

In the threads list, press and hold a contact (or phone number) whose messages you want to delete, and then tap delete.
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Email

Adding a Microsoft account

When you first set up your phone, you're asked to sign in with your Microsoft account. If you didn't sign in then or if you have more than one Microsoft account, go to Settings to set up your primary Microsoft account or additional accounts.
1. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger.
2. Tap All settings > email+accounts.
3. Tap add an account.
4. Do one of the following:
§ To add your primary account that you will use for email and
other Microsoft services on your phone, tap Microsoft account.
§ To set up additional email accounts, tap Outlook.com > connect.
5. Enter your email address and password, and then tap sign in.
Your Microsoft account email, contacts, calendar, photos, and feeds will be synced to your phone.
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§ The first Microsoft account that you set up can't be deleted from your phone.
§ If you set up additional Microsoft accounts, photos from these accounts won't be synced to your phone.

Adding a POP3/IMAP email 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.
4. Choose the type of email account that you want. If you don't see it in the account list, tap other account.
5. Enter your email address and password.
§ If you're adding your Google Account, you can choose to sync email messages only or sync your Google contacts and calendar as well.
§ If you're setting up other POP3 or IMAP accounts, your phone can only sync email from those accounts.
6. Tap sign in.
Your phone then looks for your account settings, completes the setup, and syncs information from your account.
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If your phone can't find your account settings, go to the advanced setup to enter the incoming and outgoing server and other settings manually. You'll need to get these information from your email provider.

Adding a Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 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.
4. Tap Exchange.
5. Enter your email address and password, and then tap sign in.
If your account settings are found, wait for your phone to finish syncing with your work email, contacts, and calendar.
If your account settings can't be found, follow the onscreen instructions to enter your Exchange ActiveSync account settings manually. Ask your Exchange Server administrator for these settings.
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Checking email

After you've set up your email accounts, a new tile for each account will be added to the Start screen.
1. To open an email account, tap its tile on the Start screen.
If you don’t see the tile, swipe left from the Start screen, and then tap your email account in the apps list.
2. In the all email list, scroll up or down to skim through your email
messages. Email messages are neatly grouped into conversations. If there
were back and forth replies to an email, tapping that email expands and shows its series of messages.
3. Tap an email message to open and read it.
If you have a long email list, you can also swipe left or right to skim through unread, flagged, or urgent email only.

Replying or forwarding email

1. Open and read the email message.
2. Tap
3. Choose whether to reply only to the sender, reply to all, or forward
.
the email.
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Linking inboxes as one

To check your email from all your accounts just in one place without having to switch to different accounts, you can link your inboxes as one.
1. Tap > link inboxes.
2. Under other inboxes, tap one or more email accounts that you want
to combine to your unified inbox. The default name for your unified inbox is Linked inbox.
Tap rename linked inbox if you want to change the name of your unified inbox.
3. Press to return to your inbox. You'll now see just one inbox
containing all your email from your different accounts.
Next time you want to check your email, tap
on the Start screen or in
the apps list.
Unlinking an inbox
1. Tap
> linked inboxes.
2. Under this inbox, tap the email account you want to remove from
the unified inbox.
3. Tap unlink.
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Sending email

1. Open the email account that you want to use for sending your
email.
2. Tap .
3. Fill in one or more recipients. In the To field, you can:
§ Tap
§ Start typing a person's name or email address. If there are
4. Enter the subject and compose your message.
5. To attach a picture, tap
6. When you're ready to send your email, tap .
§ When entering several email addresses manually, separate them with a semicolon.
§ To send a carbon copy (cc) or blind carbon copy (bcc), tap >
show cc & bcc and add other recipients.

Setting the priority for an email message

You can set the priority for an email message before sending it.
to choose a contact. Tap it again to add more.
matches found from your stored contacts as you type, they will be listed. Tap the one that you want.
.
1. While composing the message, tap
> priority.
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2. Select the priority for the message.

Saving or discarding the email

1. While composing your email, tap .
2. Choose whether to save your email as a draft or delete it.

Resuming an email draft

1. While in the email list, tap > folders > drafts.
2. Tap the draft email to edit it.
3. Send the email.

Managing email messages

Deleting, moving, flagging, or marking several email messages

1. Tap .
2. To quickly select all email messages in a conversation, select the
top one (the one that shows the subject and number of messages). Or to select individual email messages, tap their respective check
boxes.
3. Choose what you want to do with the selected messages.
§ Tap
§ Tap
to delete. to move them to another mail folder.
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§ Tap and choose whether to flag or mark the messages as read or unread.
You can also just tap on the far left of an email to select the email first. Check boxes will then appear and you can select more email messages.

Deleting, moving, flagging, or marking one email

1. Press and hold a conversation or a single message.
2. On the options menu, choose what you want to do with the whole
conversation or the single message.

Switching to another mail folder

1. Tap > folders.
2. Tap show all folders to see all the available mail folders.
3. Tap the mail folder whose email messages you want to view.

Changing email account settings

1. On the Start screen, tap the email account that you want.
2. Tap
3. Tap sync settings to choose how often to download items or
> settings.
change the items that you want to sync.
4. Choose if you want a signature to appear in your sent email.
5. Tap .
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Photos and Videos

About the Photos hub

In the Photos hub, you can view the photos and videos you captured with Windows Phone 8X or flip through online albums.
1. On the App List, tap Photos.
2. Swipe left or right across the screen to browse your photos or just
see your favorites.

Adding a photo to your favorites

1. On the App List, tap Photos.
2. While viewing a photo, tap
.
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Sharing

Share photos or videos with your friends and loved ones. You can send photos and videos in a multimedia message or email. You can also upload photos or videos to your online accounts.
Make sure you've signed in to your online accounts before uploading.
1. In the Photos hub, find and open the photo or video you want to
share.
2. Tap .
3. Choose how to send it or where you want to share it.

Using Photo Enhancer

Photos need a bit of touch-up? Improve photos taken in poor lighting conditions with one tap. Or apply special effects to give your photos a unique touch.
1. Swipe to the App List.
2. Tap Photo Enhancer.
3. Tap choose picture.
4. Open the album where the photo you want to edit is located, and
then tap the photo.
5. To see what's available, swipe left or right across the thumbnails of
the various effects.
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6. Tap an effect to apply it to your photo.
7. Tap to save.
The enhanced photo will be saved in another album called Saved Pictures.
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