HTC 8S - Manuals

Replacing the bottom cover Antennas are placed underneath the cover. To get the best signal for calls and dataconnection, be sure to secure the cover tightly. 1. Align the teeth underneath the bottom cover with the notches on the side of thephone. 2. Press down on the bottom cover with your thumbs, ...

Removing the SIM card Make sure to switch off your phone before removing your SIM card. 1. Take the bottom cover off. 2. Press the SIM card in to eject it from its slot. 3. Slide the SIM card out from its slot. Storage card Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, music, and more. Inserting ...

Unmounting the storage card When you need to remove the storage card while your phone is on, unmount thestorage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > phone storage . 3. Tap SD card > remove SD ca...

Battery Your phone uses a rechargeable, non-removable battery. How long the battery canlast before it needs recharging depends on how you use your phone. The features andaccessories you use can affect battery life. For example, leaving your Bluetooth ® connection always on uses more power. Long phon...

Switching the power on or off Switching the power on Press the POWER button. Easy. When you turn on your phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up. Switching the power off 1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on, then unlock thescreen. 2. Press and hold the POWER...

Setting up your phone Entering your PIN Some SIM cards come with a PIN (personal identification number) set by your mobileoperator. If you’re asked for a PIN, enter it and then tap enter . If you enter the wrong PIN three times, the SIM card is blocked. If this happens, youcan unblock it with the PU...

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. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > email+accounts . 3. Press and hold the account whose information you want to dow...

Your first week with your new phone 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...

Start screen Up front on the Start screen, you'll see live tiles that continuously update and showwhat’s most personal to you. You’ll see your photo album, how many new text andemail messages you have, and more. § Simply swipe your finger up or down to scroll through the tiles. § Swipe your finger l...

Touch gestures Use touch gestures to get around your phone. Tap Tap the screen with your finger when you want to selectonscreen items such as application and settings icons, or pressonscreen buttons. Press and hold Press and hold an item to view available options (forexample, additional keys on the ...

Pinch the screen to zoom out of the picture or text. Motion gestures Use motion gestures to mute the ringer and more. Flip to silence When a call comes in you can turn yourphone over to mute it. Pick up to lower volume In a business meeting or restaurant, pickyour phone up when a call comes in tolow...

Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag On a noisy street and can't hear your phone ringing inyour bag? You can set your phone to automatically detect when it'sin your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume sothat you can hear it in noisy environments. Rotate your phone for...

Sleep mode Sleep mode saves battery power by putting your phone into a low power state whilethe display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when your phone is in yourbag or pocket. You’ll still receive messages and calls though. Switching to Sleep mode Briefly press the POWER button to t...

Changing your lock screen wallpaper Browse the collection of preset wallpapers or choose from photos that you've takenwith the camera. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > lock screen . 3. Tap the Background box and then choose photo . 4. Tap change photo and select a phot...

Changing the theme Feeling a little blue? You can change the screen's background and accent colors tomatch your mood. The accent color you choose will appear in various places, like thetiles on the Start screen, app icons, on web links, in messages, and more. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the lef...

Windows Store In Windows Store, it’s easy to download and purchase apps that fit your needs. Awide collection of free and paid apps is available, from everyday apps, powerfulbusiness apps, to fun games. You can also purchase songs. From the Start screen, slide to the left and tap Store to start shop...

Camera Camera basics Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos with thecamera. § From the Start screen, slide 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 ...

After capturing After taking a photo or video, you can view it and others you've captured withoutleaving the Camera app. You can also choose what to do with a photo or video, suchas upload it to SkyDrive or share it on a social network. 1. While on the Viewfinder screen, tap . Or slide your finger o...

Phone calls Making a call Some SIM cards come with a PIN (personal identification number) set by yourmobile operator. If you’re asked for a PIN, enter it and then tap Enter . If you enter the wrong PIN three times, your SIM card is blocked. Don't worry. Just contact yourmobile operator and ask for t...

4. Enter the following on the keypad: § Country or region code § Area code (without the 0 at the beginning) § Phone number 5. Tap call . 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 g...

Putting a call on hold On the call screen, tap hold . To resume the call, tap hold again. Switching between calls If you’re already in a call and accept another call, you can choose to switch betweenthe two calls. 1. When you receive another call, tap answer to accept the second call and put the fir...

5. When connected, tap merge calls . 6. To have a private conversation with someone in the call, tap private , and then tap the person's name or number. § Tap merge calls to merge the other people back and continue the conference call. § Or to end the private conversation, tap end call . To end the ...

Turning airplane mode on or off In many countries, you are required by law to turn off wireless devices while on boardan aircraft. A quick way to turn off wireless functions is to switch your phone toairplane mode.When you enable airplane mode, all wireless radios are turned off, including the callf...

People Keeping in touch The People hub is more than just your address book. It's also where you can keep upwith your social networks and stay in touch with the people you care about most. 1. On the Start screen, tap the People tile. 2. Slide left and right across the screen to access your contacts l...

5. Tap add photo to assign a picture or use the camera to take a picture of your contact. 6. When you're done, tap to save the new contact. Jumping to a section in the contacts list 1. In the all contacts list, tap a letter tile to display all the alphabet tiles. 2. Tap a letter to quickly jump to t...

Searching, editing or deleting Searching for a contact If your contacts list is especially long, search is probably the quickest way to find acontact. 1. In the all contacts list, tap . 2. In the search bar, enter the first few letters of the first or last name of thecontact you're looking for. Matc...

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 can participate in a room. When you create aroom, you are the owner of the room. All other room members ...

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. § Add or remove guests. § Delete the room. 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 ...

What is the Me tile? The Me tile is a shortcut to your profile. You can access your profile either from the Start screen or the People hub. It's your one-stop shop for social networking. § On the Start screen, tap the Me tile. § On the Start screen, tap the People tile. Tap your profile picture. Her...

3. When you see a post you want to comment on or like, tap . 4. Tap the box that says add a comment , type your comment, and then tap . To like a post, tap (or tap to unlike). Checking in When you check in to a place, you share your location with your contacts by postingit on one or more of your soc...

Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboard When you start an app or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreenkeyboard 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. Turning ca...

Moving the cursor To place the cursor in the middle of the text you've already entered, press and holdnear the text you want to change until a cursor appears, and then drag your finger tomove the cursor exactly where you want it. Entering words with predictive text The onscreen keyboard has predicti...

Messaging Texting and chatting in one place With the Messaging app, you can both text and chat in one place. Whether your friends and family are on their mobile phone or at their computer, youcan send them text messages or Microsoft Messenger instant messages. You can also start a Facebook chat. § T...

5. Tap the box that says type a message , and then enter your text. 6. Tap to send it. When adding recipients, you can also: § Tap , and then select a contact group. The Group text option in the app's settings is turned on by default and can help keep replies in one thread whenyou're texting with a ...

4. Tap to do the following: Attach a picture Tap picture , and then choose an existing photo or tap to take a photo and attach it. The picture is automatically resized when you attach it to a textmessage. Attach a video Tap video , and then choose an existing video. Attach your location Tap my locat...

Why can't I reply to my friend using Facebook or Messenger onthe same thread? If you're friends with someone on Facebook or Messenger, you may haveseveral different contact profiles for the same person. Their phone number,Facebook, and Messenger info may be stored as different contacts on yourphone....

Email Adding your 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 toSettings to set up your primary Microsoft account or additional accounts. 1. On the Start screen, ...

Checking email After you've set up your email accounts, a new tile for each account will be added tothe Start screen. 1. To open an email account, tap its tile on the Start screen. If you don’t see the tile, slide left from the Start screen, and then tap your emailaccount in the apps list. 2. In the...

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 to choose a contact. Tap it again to add more. § Start typing a person's name or email address. If there are matches foundfrom your stored ...

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 (theone that shows the subject and number of messages). Or to select individual email messages, tap their respective check boxe...

Photos, videos, and music Photos About the Photos hub On the Photos hub, you can view the photos and videos you captured with thecamera, flip through online albums, or catch up with your friends' latest snapshots. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Photos . 3. Slide left or right acro...

Storage Types of storage Want to know where you can store your apps, data, and files? Your phone uses these storage types: Phonestorage Phone storage is where apps, email, data, and text messages arestored. It can also be used to store photos, videos, and music files. When you are running out of pho...

§ Save files from the Office hub such as Word, Excel ® , or PowerPoint ® documents to your SkyDrive and then delete them from your phone. See What's in the Office hub? on page 84. § Use the Windows Phone app to save files such as music and podcastsdownloaded from the Xbox Music Store or photos and v...

Sync and Backup Keeping things in sync It's easy to get your photos, videos, music, documents, and more from your computerto your phone (and vice versa). If you have a... Do this... Windows 8 PC Plug your phone into your computer with the cable, and the Windows Phone app will install automatically. ...

Internet connections Data connection When you turn on your phone for the first time, it will be automatically set up to useyour mobile operator's data connection (if the SIM card is inserted). Turning the data connection on or off Turning your data connection off can help save battery life and save ...

Using your phone as a mobile hotspot Want to share your Internet connection with your laptop or another device? You canturn your phone into a mobile hotspot by sharing your cellular data connection overWi-Fi. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices can then use your shared data connection toconnect to the Inter...

Search and Web browser Ways you can search the Web Just press to search the Web using Bing ® . Besides typing what you want to search, you can do much more with Bing: § Search the Web by voice. To find out more, see Using speech on your phone on page 26. § Use Bing Vision to scan QR codes, text, and...

Under the web results, you can scroll up or down to see different kinds of results, such as news, related searches, apps, products, flight status, and more. The types ofresults displayed will depend on what you've entered and searched for. Scanning codes, tags, and text Want to scan and search for s...

Opening and navigating web pages Internet Explorer Mobile makes it quick and easy to surf the Web on the go. By usingtabs, you can open multiple web pages and switch between them quite easily. Opening a web page 1. On the Start screen, tap . 2. Tap the address bar, and then enter a web address. As y...

Music search Songs you hear on the radio, or when you're out and about, don't need to be amystery anymore. You can search for music that's playing to find out more about it,such as the song title, artist, album, and ways to listen to or buy it. § Bing Music can only recognize recorded music. Music f...

Maps and location Location services Turning on location services You can choose to turn on location services to allow apps to use your locationinformation and provide you with a richer experience. For example, your GPS locationcan be stored on the photos that you take with the Camera app. You can al...

What are pushpins? Pushpins are handy for remembering places you want to visit, getting directions, orsharing location info. They're automatically shown on the map when you search forplaces. You can also manually add a pushpin. When you tap a pushpin for a store, restaurant, or other point of intere...

Local Scout About Local Scout New to the area or just looking for something new to do? Local Scout can help youfind nearby restaurants, shops, and things to do. You can get relevant info about thedifferent places to help you decide where to go. Local Scout may not be available in some countries or r...

Calendar What you can do in Calendar Never miss an important date again. You can sync your existing calendars from youremail accounts to your phone and see them in the Calendar app. You can also addnew appointments, create your to-do list, and respond to invitations that people sendyou. § After you'...

Quickly creating an appointment on a time slot If you don't need too much detail on your appointment, you can quickly create anappointment by just selecting a time slot and typing a subject right on the calendar. 1. In the Calendar app, go to day view. 2. Tap a time slot, enter a subject, and then t...

5. To set a reminder, turn Reminder on, and then choose a date and time. 6. Tap to save. If you've set a due date, you'll see your to-do task in that date's agenda view. You'll also see your to-do task in the day view of your set reminder date and time. Displaying and syncing calendars You can choos...

More apps What can I do in the HTC hub? In the HTC hub, you can check weather forecasts, stock updates, and the latest news. Checking weather Shirt or sweater? Check the local weather in the HTC hub before you head out. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap HTC . You'll see the weather i...

Adding a city 1. On the HTC hub weather screen, scroll down the list to check what cities havealready been added. 2. Tap . 3. Enter the name of a city or country. As you type, matching locations are shown. 4. Tap the city that you want to add. Changing the order of cities 1. On the HTC hub weather s...

3. Flick left to go to the stocks list. 4. If there's a long list, swipe your finger up or down to browse through the stocksthat you're following. 5. Tap an item to see a stock's trade information and price chart for the currentday. 6. Tap another period if you want to check the stock’s past trade i...

Adding a stock quote or stock market index 1. While viewing stocks, tap . 2. Enter a stock quote or market index that you want, and then tap . Matched results will be listed. 3. Tap the stock quote or market index you want to add. Changing the stock list order 1. While viewing stocks, tap > edit ...

4. To subscribe and add a news channel, tap . 5. You can: § Tap a category, and then select one or more channels to subscribe to. Afteryou've finished selecting, press twice to return to the list of subscribed channels. § Or tap to search for a specific keyword or a feed URL. Select one or more chan...

What's in the Office hub? Microsoft Office Mobile includes mobile versions of Microsoft Office applications.You'll find them in the Office hub. You can also use the Office hub to access and editdocuments that are stored online. 1. On the Start screen, tap . 2. Slide left or right across the screen t...

Adding a SharePoint site You can connect to a SharePoint site to access documents on it. If you're trying to connect to your company's SharePoint site, be sure to connect toyour company's Wi-Fi network first. 1. On the Start screen, tap . 2. Slide left to the places list. 3. Tap . 4. Enter the Share...

Downloading and installing Xbox Extras Customize your avatar on the go with Xbox ® Extras. You can download this app for free. 1. On the Games hub, slide left or right to go to xbox . 2. Tap your gamertag and then tap avatar . Your phone then searches Store for the Xbox Extras app. 3. Follow the ons...

Bluetooth Connecting a Bluetooth accessory You can connect a variety of Bluetooth accessories such as headsets, car kits, orspeakers to your phone. § To listen to music, use an accessory such as a Bluetooth stereo headset thatsupports the A2DP profile. § Before connecting, make sure to set the acces...

Unpairing If you no longer want to use a connected accessory with your phone, you can unpairand remove it from your phone. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > Bluetooth . 3. Press and hold the name of the accessory, and then tap delete . 88 Bluetooth

Settings Attentive phone features When your phone rings or during a call, it can sense and automatically respond toyour actions or environment. You can go to the settings to find out what smartfeatures your phone has in store for you. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > a...

Changing display settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > brightness . 3. Tap the Automatically adjust On/Off switch to turn it off. 4. Select the Level of brightness to use. Setting the time delay before the screen turns off A...

Changing the language The first time you set up your phone, it prompts you to choose a language. You canchange the language setting at any time. Changing the language adjusts the keyboardlayout, date and time formatting, and more. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > langu...

Uninstalling an app If you're running out of phone storage, free up some space by removing apps you nolonger use. Uninstalling an app also removes any information the app contained. Please removeapps with care. Most preinstalled apps cannot be uninstalled. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. ...

Security Protecting your SIM card with a PIN Add another layer of security by assigning a PIN (personal identification number) toyour SIM card. Make sure you have the default SIM PIN provided by your mobile operator beforecontinuing. 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings . 3. Fl...

3. Slide to the left of the lock screen. The Kid's Corner lock screen displays. 4. Swipe your finger up the lock screen. You can now let your kids play with yourphone. Closing and disabling Kid's Corner Close and disable Kid's Corner if you no longer need it. 1. From the Kid's Corner screen, briefly...

Update and reset How to get and install updates From time to time, software updates may be available. Your phone can check andnotify you if there’s a new update. Setting update notification and downloading option You can set your phone to notify you when new updates are available for your phone.You ...

Installing an update When you see the notification about an available software update, you can updateyour phone right away. Or you can dismiss the notification and update some othertime. Your phone will remind you again in a few days. Have you prepared your phone for the update? If you haven't, plea...

Performing a factory reset using phone buttons If you can’t turn your phone on or access settings, you can still perform a factory resetby using the phone's buttons. 1. Turn the power off. 2. Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then briefly press the POWERbutton. Release the VOLUME DOWN butto...

Index Symbols 3G - access point 62 - roaming 62 - turning on or off 61 A Access point 62 Airplane mode 35 Appointment - creating 76 Apps - settings 91 - switching between apps 25 - uninstalling 92 B Battery 13 Battery Saver 89 Bing Search 65 Bluetooth 87 Browser 68 C Calendar 76 Call history 34 Came...