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Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen

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68 Personalizing Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen Place apps you often use on your Home screen. You can also add shortcuts to frequently used settings, bookmarked webpages, and more. 1. Go to Settings, and then tap Personalize. 2. Tap Customize home screen. 3. Tap > Apps or Shortcuts. You can: § Swipe to browse through the apps or shortcuts. § Tap to search for specific apps or shortcuts. 4. Press and hold and then drag an app or a shortcut to a home screen thumbnail where you want to add it. To add an app from the All apps view, press and hold an app and drag it to . Drop the app on an empty space in the Home screen. Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen Moving a widget or icon You can easily move a widget or icon from one Home screen panel to another. 1. Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger. 2. With another finger, flick left or right to rotate the screen to another Home screen panel.

Section	Page
Unboxing	10
HTC Desire 601	10
Back cover	11
Removing the back cover	11
Replacing the back cover	11
micro SIM card	12
Inserting the micro SIM card	12
Removing the micro SIM card	12
Storage card	13
Inserting the storage card	13
Unmounting the storage card	13
Removing the storage card	13
Battery	14
Removing the battery	14
Inserting the battery	14
Charging the battery	15
Switching the power on or off	15
Switching the power on	15
Switching the power off	16
Phone setup and transfer	17
Setting up your new phone for the first time	17
Transferring content from an Android phone	18
Transferring content from an iPhone	19
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth	19
Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 601	20
Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer	20
Home screen	21
Getting to know your settings	21
Updating your phone's software	22
Installing a software update	22
Installing an application update	22
Checking for updates manually	22
Getting apps from Google Play	23
Finding and installing an app	23
Restoring apps from Google Play	23
Downloading apps from the web	24
Uninstalling an app	24
Your first week with your new phone	25
About your phone	25
Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire 601	25
Basics	27
Touch gestures	27
Can't use multi-finger gestures in your apps?	31
Motion gestures	31
Sleep mode	32
Switching to Sleep mode	32
Waking up from Sleep mode	32
Unlocking the screen	33
Opening an app	33
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen	33
Switching between recently opened apps	34
Refreshing content	34
Using Quick Settings	34
Miss having a Menu button?	34
Capturing your phone's screen	35
HTC BlinkFeed	35
Checking feeds on your Home screen	35
Your social networks	36
Posting an update on your social network	36
Where is the header?	36
Selecting feeds	37
Can I subscribe to a different news source or channel?	37
Notifications	37
Notification LED	37
Notifications panel	39
Working with text	40
Selecting, copying, and pasting text	40
Sharing text	40
The HTC Sense keyboard	40
Entering text	41
Selecting a keyboard layout	41
Choosing and switching between keyboard languages	42
Entering text with word prediction	42
Setting a second language for word prediction	42
Adding words and phrases to the word prediction dictionary	43
Editing or deleting words and phrases in the word prediction dictionary	43
Using the Trace keyboard	43
Entering text by speaking	44
Battery	44
Checking battery usage	44
Displaying the battery percentage	44
Checking battery history	45
Getting the battery to last longer	45
Using power saver mode	47
Camera	48
Camera basics	48
Zooming	48
Switching between the front and main camera	48
Choosing an effect	49
Setting the resolution	49
Choosing a flash mode	49
Taking a photo	49
Recording video	49
Taking a photo while recording a video (VideoPic)	50
Taking continuous camera shots	50
Camera scenes	51
Improving portrait shots	51
Taking a self portrait	51
Taking HTC Zoe photos	51
What is HTC Zoe?	52
Taking a panoramic photo	52
Using HDR	53
Recording videos in slow motion	53
Gallery	54
Viewing photos and videos in Gallery	54
Viewing photos and videos by event	54
Viewing photos by location	54
Watching and trimming a video	55
Viewing photo highlights	55
Saving a photo from a video	56
Organizing your photos and videos	56
Showing or hiding albums	56
Copying or moving a photo or video to another album	56
Renaming an album	56
Working with event photos	57
Editing your photos	57
Drawing over a photo	57
Adding custom photo effects	58
Sharing or saving a frame from an HTC Zoe photo	59
Viewing photos in your social networks	59
Adding an online service	59
Changing the video playback speed	60
Viewing and editing Video Highlights	60
Creating an action sequence shot	61
Editing a group shot	62
Removing unwanted objects in a photo	62
Sending your photos and videos	63
Sharing your photos on social networks	63
Sharing memories through HTC Share	64
Managing collections in HTC Share	65
Personalizing	66
Making HTC Desire 601 truly yours	66
Changing your wallpaper	66
Adding a widget to your Home screen	66
Changing the settings of a widget	67
Resizing a widget	67
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	68
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	68
Moving a widget or icon	68
Removing a widget or icon	69
Personalizing the launch bar	69
Grouping apps into a folder	69
Renaming a folder	70
Removing items from a folder	70
Adding a Home screen panel	70
Changing the sounds for your ringtone, notifications, and alarm	71
Rearranging application tabs	71
Customizing the lock screen style	71
Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen	72
Setting up a face unlock on your phone	72
Phone calls	73
Making a call with Smart dial	73
Changing the Phone dialer layout	73
Dialing an extension number	74
Returning a missed call	74
Using Speed dial	74
Assigning a speed dial key	74
Calling a phone number in a text message	75
Calling a phone number in an email	75
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	75
Making an emergency call	75
Receiving calls	76
Answering or rejecting a call	76
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	76
Look who's calling	76
Viewing a task reminder while on a call	76
What can I do during a call?	77
Putting a call on hold	77
Switching between calls	77
Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call	77
Muting the microphone during a call	77
Ending a call	77
Setting up a conference call	78
Checking calls in the Call History	78
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	78
Clearing the Call History list	79
Blocking a caller	79
Changing ringtone settings	79
Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes	79
Lowering the ring volume automatically	79
Making HTC Desire 601 ring louder in your pocket or bag	79
Home dialing	80
Changing the default country code for Home dialing	80
Turning off Home dialing	80
Messages	81
Sending a text message (SMS)	81
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	81
Creating a slideshow	82
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	82
Sending a group message	82
Top questions on group MMS	83
Resuming a draft message	83
Replying to a message	84
Replying to a contact's other phone number	84
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	85
Forwarding a message	85
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	85
Moving messages to the secure box	86
Blocking unwanted messages	86
WAP push messages	87
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	87
Viewing all your WAP push messages	87
Copying a text message to your micro SIM card	88
Deleting messages and conversations	88
How do I protect a message from being deleted?	88
Search and web browser	89
Getting instant information with Google Now	89
Setting up Google Now	89
Changing card settings	90
Refreshing Google Now	90
Turning off Google Now	90
Searching HTC Desire 601 and the Web	90
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Desire 601	91
Searching the Web with your voice	91
Setting search options	91
Browsing the Web	91
Switching to Read mode	92
Maximizing your browsing space	92
Using browser tabs	93
Saving web content for later	93
Setting browser options	94
Bookmarking a webpage	94
Not seeing your bookmark?	95
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	95
Using your browsing history	95
Clearing your browsing history	96
Private browsing	96
Fun and entertainment	97
Listening to music	97
Creating and working with playlists	98
Playing the songs in a playlist	98
Deleting playlists	98
Adding a song to the queue	99
Updating album covers and artist photos	99
Setting a song as a ringtone	99
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	100
Searching for lyrics, music videos, and more	100
Viewing song lyrics	100
Looking up related music info	101
Finding music videos on YouTube	101
Listening to FM Radio	101
Watching videos on YouTube	101
Preloading videos	102
Sharing on a big screen	102
About HTC Media Link HD	103
Sharing your media on DLNA devices	103
Taking notes	104
Composing a note	104
Inserting an illustration in a note	105
Grouping notes into a notebook	105
Sharing a note	105
Storage	106
Phone storage	106
Types of storage	106
Copying files to or from HTC Desire 601	106
Making more storage space	107
Encrypting data on HTC Desire 601	108
Dropbox integration	108
Using Dropbox on HTC Desire 601	108
About the additional free Dropbox storage offer	109
Setting up your Dropbox account	109
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox	110
Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery	110
Auto uploading camera shots	110
Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery	110
Sharing the link to your Dropbox	111
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email	111
Keeping your documents in Dropbox	111
Saving an Office document to Dropbox	111
Editing an Office document in Dropbox	112
Saving a PDF document to Dropbox	112
Checking your Dropbox storage space	113
Unlinking HTC Desire 601 from Dropbox	113
Sync, backup, and reset	114
Online sync	114
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more	114
Adding one or more Google Accounts	114
Forgot your Google Account password?	115
Syncing your accounts	115
Removing an account	115
Backup	116
Ways of backing up files, data, and settings	116
Using HTC Backup	117
Backing up HTC Desire 601	117
Restoring your backup to your phone	118
Backing up your text messages	119
Restoring text messages	119
Backing up text messages by email	119
Backing up your contacts	120
Restoring contacts	120
Backing up your personal dictionary	120
Importing your personal dictionary	120
Backing up or restoring tasks	120
HTC Sync Manager	121
About HTC Sync Manager	121
Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer	122
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone	122
Copying or removing media on your phone	123
Batch importing all music, photos, and videos from your phone	123
Importing documents from your computer to your phone automatically	124
Data and applications that HTC Sync Manager can sync with	124
Syncing data between your phone and your computer	124
Syncing playlists between your phone and your computer	125
Types of content HTC Sync Manager can back up and restore	126
Backing up your phone to your computer	126
Restoring your backup from your computer to your phone	126
HTC Sync Manager keeps opening automatically?	127
Checking for new HTC Sync Manager updates	127
Getting help	127
Reset	127
Restarting HTC Desire 601 (Soft reset)	127
HTC Desire 601 not responding?	127
Resetting HTC Desire 601 (Hard reset)	128
Performing a factory reset from settings	128
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons	128
People	129
Your contacts list	129
Filtering your contacts list	129
Finding people	130
Setting up your profile	130
Adding a new contact	131
How do I add an extension number to a contact number?	131
Editing a contact’s information	132
Getting in touch with a contact	132
Importing or copying contacts	132
Importing contacts from your micro SIM card	132
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	133
Copying contacts from one account to another	133
Merging contact information	133
Accepting contact link suggestions	133
Manually merging contact information	133
Breaking the link	134
Sending contact information	134
Sending multiple contact cards	134
Contact groups	134
Creating a group	134
Sending a message or email to a group	135
Editing a group	135
Managing your contact groups	135
Email	136
Gmail	136
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	136
Sending an email message in Gmail	137
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	137
Mail	138
Checking your mail	138
Organizing your inbox	138
Sending an email message	139
Resuming a draft email message	139
Reading and replying to an email message	139
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	140
Managing email messages	140
Sorting email messages	140
Moving email messages to another folder	140
Deleting email messages	140
Searching email messages	140
Searching for emails from a contact	141
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	141
Flagging an email	141
Setting your Out of the office status	141
Sending a meeting request	141
Adding an email account	142
What is Smart Sync?	142
Travel and maps	143
Location settings	143
Turning location services on or off	143
Google Maps	143
About Google Maps	143
Getting around maps	143
Searching for a location	144
Finding services near you	145
Checking the details of a location	146
Exploring places and activities near you	146
Getting directions	146
HTC Car	147
On the road with HTC Car	147
Playing music in HTC Car	147
Listening to Internet radio with TuneIn	148
Finding your way with HTC Car	148
Exploring what's around you	148
Finding places in HTC Car	148
Staying connected to your contacts	149
Handling incoming calls in HTC Car	149
Making phone calls in HTC Car	149
Customizing HTC Car	149
Other apps	150
Viewing the Calendar	150
Month view	150
Day and agenda views	150
Week view	150
Scheduling or editing an event	151
Checking your schedule for an event	151
Choosing which calendars to show	151
Why aren’t my calendar events showing up?	152
Sharing an event	152
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	152
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	153
Using the Clock	153
Setting the date and time manually	153
Setting an alarm	153
Checking Weather	154
Keeping track of your tasks	154
Creating a task	154
Managing tasks	155
Managing task lists	155
Recording voice clips	156
Switching to Kid Mode	156
How can I allow my child to access an app in Kid Mode?	157
Closing Kid Mode	157
Internet connections	158
Data connection	158
Turning the data connection on or off	158
Adding a new access point	158
Managing your data usage	159
Turning data roaming on or off	159
Keeping track of your data usage	159
Viewing the data usage of apps	160
Wi‑Fi	160
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	160
Preventing notifications from unsecured Wi-Fi networks	161
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network via WPS	161
Disconnecting from the current wireless network	161
Connecting to a different Wi‑Fi network	162
Logging into a public Wi‑Fi network automatically (WISPr)	162
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	162
Adding a VPN connection	163
Connecting to a VPN	163
Disconnecting from a VPN	163
Using HTC Desire 601 as a wireless router	164
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering	165
Connecting to the Internet through a computer	166
Wi‑Fi printing	166
Printing a photo	167
Adding a printer	167
Wireless sharing	168
Connecting a Bluetooth headset	168
Reconnecting a Bluetooth headset	168
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	169
Where sent information is saved	169
Receiving files using Bluetooth	170
Settings and security	171
Turning Airplane mode on or off	171
Turning automatic screen rotation off	171
Screen not rotating?	171
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	172
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	172
Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items	172
Changing the display language	172
Accessibility settings	172
Magnifying your phone's screen	173
Turning Magnification gestures on or off	173
Using Magnification gestures	173
Working with certificates	173
Installing a digital certificate	173
Assigning a PIN to help protect your SIM card	174
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	174
Setting a screen lock to help protect HTC Desire 601	174
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	175
Checking your phone's HTC Sense version	175
Navigating HTC Desire 601 with TalkBack	176
Turning TalkBack on	176
Using TalkBack gestures	176
Assigning TalkBack shortcuts	177
Using TalkBack context menus	177
Changing the TalkBack reading speed	177
TalkBack language settings	178
Trademarks and copyrights	179