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34 Your first week with your new phone § Don't use a live wallpaper for your Home screen. Animation effects are nice to show off to other people but they drain your battery. Changing your wallpaper to a plain, black background can also help a little. The less color is displayed, the less battery is used. § Set the web browser to auto dim the screen while webpages load. Open the Cricket Browser app, and then tap > Settings > Accessibility > Dim screen during page loading. For more details, see Changing display settings on page 171 and Personalizing on page 42. Manage your apps § Install the latest software and application updates. Updates sometimes include battery performance improvements. See Updating the HTC One SV software on page 35. § Uninstall or disable apps that you never use. Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even when you're not using them. If there are apps that you don't need anymore, uninstall them. If an app came preloaded and can't be uninstalled, disabling the app can still prevent it from continuously running or syncing data. In Settings, tap Apps > All tab, select the app, and then tap Disable. Limit background data and sync Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps syncing data in the background. It's recommended not to let apps sync data too often. Determine which apps can be set with longer sync times, or sync manually. § In Settings, tap Accounts & sync and check what types of data are being synced in your online accounts. When the battery is starting to run low, temporarily disable syncing some data. § If you have many email accounts, consider prolonging the sync time of some accounts. In the Mail app, select an account, tap > Settings > Sync, Send & Receive, and then adjust the settings under Sync schedule. § When you're not traveling from one place to another, sync weather updates of only your current location, rather than in all of your named cities. Open the Weather app, and then tap > Edit to remove unneeded cities. § Choose widgets wisely. Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not important from your Home screen. § In Play Store, tap > Settings, and then clear Auto-add widgets to avoid automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you've installed new apps. Also clear Auto-update apps if you're fine with updating apps from Play Store manually.

Section	Page
Unboxing	9
HTC One SV	9
Back cover	10
Removing the back cover	10
Replacing the back cover	10
SIM card	10
Inserting the SIM card	10
Removing the SIM card	11
Storage card	12
Inserting the storage card	12
Unmounting the storage card	12
Removing the storage card	13
Battery	13
Removing the battery	13
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
Setting up HTC One SV for the first time	16
Your first week with your new phone	17
Features you'll enjoy on HTC One SV	17
Home screen	18
Extended Home screen	18
Using Leap view	19
Touch gestures	20
Motion gestures	25
Sleep mode	27
Switching to Sleep mode	27
Waking up from Sleep mode	27
Unlocking the screen	27
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen	28
Getting contacts into HTC One SV	28
Transferring contacts from your old phone	28
Making your first call	29
Sending your first text message	29
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One SV	29
Copying and sharing text	30
Selecting text	30
Copying and pasting text	30
Sharing text	30
Capturing the HTC One SV screen	31
Switching between recently opened apps	31
Notifications	31
Notification LED	31
Notification icons	32
Notifications panel	32
Getting to know your settings	33
Getting the battery to last longer	33
Updating the HTC One SV software	35
Installing a software update	35
Installing an application update	35
Checking for updates manually	35
Camera	36
Camera basics	36
Zooming	36
Switching between the front and main camera	37
Choosing an effect	37
Setting the resolution	37
Choosing a flash mode	37
Taking a photo	37
Recording video	37
Taking a photo while recording a video	38
Taking continuous camera shots	38
Camera scenes	38
Improving portrait shots	38
Taking a group shot	39
Taking a panoramic photo	39
Using HDR	39
Shooting in low light	40
Recording videos in slow motion	40
Improving video stability	40
Changing camera and video settings	41
Personalizing	42
Making HTC One SV truly yours	42
Personalizing HTC One SV with scenes	42
Using a preset scene	42
Creating a new scene	42
Renaming a scene	43
Deleting scenes	43
Changing your wallpaper	43
Applying a new skin	44
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	44
Adding a widget to your Home screen	44
Changing the settings of a widget	45
Resizing a widget	45
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	45
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	46
Moving a widget or icon	46
Removing a widget or icon	46
Personalizing the launch bar	47
Grouping apps into a folder	47
Renaming a folder	48
Removing items from a folder	48
Rearranging the Home screen	48
Removing a Home screen panel	49
Adding back a Home screen panel	49
Personalizing with sound sets	49
Creating a sound set	49
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	49
Deleting sound sets	50
Rearranging application tabs	50
Customizing the lock screen style	51
Securing HTC One SV with a personal touch	51
Phone calls	52
Making a call with Smart dial	52
What is Smart dial?	52
Using Speed dial	52
Assigning a speed dial key	52
Calling a phone number in a text message	53
Calling a phone number in an email	53
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	53
Making an emergency call	53
Receiving calls	54
Answering a call	54
Rejecting a call	54
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	54
Look who's calling	55
Viewing a task reminder while on a call	55
What can I do during a call	55
Switching between calls	56
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	56
Muting the microphone during a call	56
Ending a call	56
Making international calls	57
Changing the international dialing code	57
Internet calls	57
Adding an Internet calling account	58
Making an Internet call	58
Call history	58
Returning a missed call	58
Checking calls in the Call History	59
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	59
Clearing the Call History list	59
Call settings	59
Messages	60
About the Messages app	60
Sending a text message (SMS)	60
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	60
Creating a slideshow	61
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	61
Resuming a draft message	62
Checking your messages	62
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	62
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	62
Replying to a message	63
Replying to another phone number of the contact	63
Forwarding a message	63
WAP push messages	64
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	64
Viewing all your WAP push messages	64
Managing message conversations	64
Locking a message	64
Copying a text message to your SIM card	64
Deleting a single message	64
Deleting several messages within a conversation	65
Deleting a conversation	65
Deleting several conversations	65
Backing up your text messages	65
Backing up text messages by email	66
Restoring text messages	66
Setting message options	66
Search and Web browser	67
Searching HTC One SV and the Web	67
Setting search options	67
Performing searches on the Web and HTC One SV	67
Browsing the Web	67
Switching to Read mode	68
Viewing the full version of a website	68
Opening or switching between browser tabs	68
Private browsing	69
Adding and managing your bookmarks	69
Bookmarking a webpage	69
Opening a bookmark	69
Editing a bookmark	69
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	70
Saving web content for later	70
Viewing items in your Reading list or Watch list	70
Viewing your browsing history	70
Clearing your browsing history	71
Viewing a page that you often visit	71
Clearing the list of most visited pages	71
Downloading files and apps	71
Viewing your downloads	71
Setting browser options	72
Setting your homepage	72
Choosing when to show content compatible with Adobe Flash	72
Photos, videos, and music	73
Gallery	73
About the Gallery app	73
Viewing photos and videos	73
Starting a photo slideshow	73
Watching a video	74
Taking a photo while watching a video	74
Editing your photos and videos	74
Rotating a photo	74
Cropping a photo	75
Adding photo effects	75
Adding custom photo effects	75
Trimming a video	76
Viewing photos in your social networks	77
Sending your photos and videos	77
Sending photos or videos by email	77
Sending a photo or video by MMS	77
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	78
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	78
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	78
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	78
Sharing photos on Picasa	79
Sharing videos on YouTube	79
Music	80
About the Music app	80
Browsing music	80
Making your music sound better	81
Listening to music	81
Finding music videos on YouTube	81
Updating album covers	81
Playing music from the Lock screen	82
Creating a playlist	82
Playing the songs in a playlist	82
Managing playlists	83
Deleting playlists	83
Adding a song to the queue	83
Setting a song as a ringtone	84
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	84
Sharing music using Bluetooth	84
Don't know what song they're playing?	85
Movie Editor	85
Creating a new slideshow with Movie Editor	85
Wireless Display	86
Sharing your media on a big screen	86
Accounts and sync	88
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more	88
Adding one or more Google Accounts	88
Forgot your Google Account password?	88
Managing your online accounts	89
Syncing all your accounts automatically	89
Syncing an account manually	89
Changing the synced data or settings for an account	89
Removing an account	89
People	90
About the People app	90
Your contacts list	90
Filtering your contacts list	90
Setting up your profile	91
Adding a new contact	91
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	91
Merging contact information	92
Accepting contact link suggestions	92
Manually merging contact information	92
Breaking the link	92
Contact information and conversations	92
Editing a contact’s information	93
Deleting contacts	93
Sending contact information	93
Sending multiple contact cards	94
Contact groups	94
Creating a group	94
Editing a contact group	94
Sending a message or email to a group	95
Rearranging your contact groups	95
Rearranging the members of a contact group	95
Deleting groups	95
Backing up your contacts	95
Restoring contacts	96
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	96
Restoring contacts	96
Social	97
Facebook for HTC Sense	97
Twitter for HTC Sense	97
About Friend Stream	97
Updating your status in Friend Stream	98
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream	98
Posting a message on a friend's Facebook wall	98
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	98
Checking in to a place	99
Tweeting in Friend Stream	99
Searching for Twitter users to follow	99
Unfollowing a Twitter user	99
Sending a direct message	99
Replying to or retweeting a tweet	100
Chatting in Google Talk	100
Using Google+	100
Email	101
Gmail	101
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	101
Sending an email message in Gmail	101
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	101
Getting help	102
Mail	102
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	102
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	102
Checking your Mail inbox	103
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	103
Organizing email messages	103
Manually refreshing an email account	104
Sorting email messages	104
Sending an email message	104
Resuming a draft email message	104
Reading and replying to an email message	105
Where are my unread email messages?	105
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	105
Searching email messages	105
Searching for emails from a contact	106
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	106
Flagging an email	106
Setting your Out of the office status	106
Sending a meeting request	106
Managing email messages	107
Moving email messages to another folder	107
Deleting email messages	107
Switching to other mail folders	107
Changing email account settings	107
Syncing email less frequently	107
Calendar	109
About Calendar	109
Creating an event	109
Viewing the Calendar	109
Month view	110
Day and agenda views	110
Week view	110
Managing Calendar events	110
Editing an event	110
Deleting an event	111
Sharing an event	111
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	111
Setting reminders for your events	112
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	112
Showing or hiding calendars	112
Changing Calendar settings	112
Online storage and services	113
Dropbox	113
Using Dropbox on HTC One SV	113
About the additional free Dropbox storage offer	113
Setting up your Dropbox account	114
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox	114
Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery	114
Auto uploading camera shots	114
Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery	115
Sharing the link to your Dropbox	115
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email	115
Keeping your documents in Dropbox	116
Saving an Office document to Dropbox	116
Editing an Office document in Dropbox	116
Saving a PDF document to Dropbox	116
Checking your Dropbox storage space	117
Unlinking HTC One SV from Dropbox	117
SkyDrive	117
About SkyDrive for HTC Sense	117
Signing in to SkyDrive	118
Uploading your photos to SkyDrive from Gallery	118
Sending the links to SkyDrive files by email	118
Keeping your documents in SkyDrive	119
Saving an Office document to SkyDrive	119
Editing an Office document in SkyDrive	119
Saving a PDF document to SkyDrive	119
HTC Watch	120
About HTC Watch	120
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	120
Renting or purchasing a video	120
Managing your downloads	121
Changing settings	121
Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account	121
Deleting your HTC Watch account	121
Top questions on HTC Watch	122
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	122
How long is the rental period of a video?	122
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	122
HTC Car	123
On the road with HTC Car	123
Playing music in HTC Car	123
Listening to Internet radio with TuneIn	124
Finding your way with HTC Car	124
Exploring what's around you	124
Getting directions in HTC Car	124
Staying connected to your contacts	124
Handling incoming calls in HTC Car	125
Making phone calls in HTC Car	125
Changing HTC Car settings	125
Travel and maps	126
Location settings	126
Turning on location services	126
Google Maps	126
About Google Maps	126
Getting around maps	127
Checking the details of a location	127
Searching for a location	127
Clearing the map	128
Searching for a place of interest near you	128
Getting directions	129
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	129
Opening and joining Latitude	129
Getting help	130
Essential apps	131
Using the Clock	131
About the HTC Clock widget	131
Changing the location on the Clock widget	131
About the Clock app	131
World Clock settings	132
Setting your home city	132
Setting the date and time manually	132
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	132
Setting an alarm	132
Deleting an alarm	132
Checking Weather	133
Adding a city to the Weather screen	133
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	133
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	133
Viewing a PDF	134
Working on documents	134
Viewing a document	134
Creating a document	134
Editing a document	134
Editing a presentation	135
Editing a worksheet	135
Taking notes	136
Creating a notebook	136
Moving notes	136
Composing a note	136
Creating a drawing	137
Importing a webpage to a note	137
Reviewing a note	137
Playing an audio recording in Notes	137
Sharing a note	138
Keeping track of your tasks	138
Creating a task	138
Linking a task to a contact	138
Linking a task to a location	139
Managing tasks	139
Viewing the unified task list	140
Filtering tasks	140
Creating a task list	140
Managing task lists	141
Backing up or restoring tasks	141
Changing Tasks settings	141
Keeping track of your stocks	142
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	142
Google Play and other apps	143
Getting apps from Google Play	143
Finding and installing an app	143
Uninstalling an app	143
Getting help	144
Watching videos on YouTube	144
Searching for videos	144
Saving a video for later	144
Preloading videos	145
Clearing the search history	145
Sharing a video link	145
Listening to FM Radio	145
Closing or turning off FM Radio	145
Recording voice clips	146
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	146
Sharing games and apps	146
Your phone and computer	147
Where apps, data, and files are stored	147
Connecting HTC One SV to a computer	147
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card	148
Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering	148
Connecting to the Internet through a computer	149
HTC Sync Manager	150
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager	150
What file formats are supported by HTC Sync Manager?	150
Installing on a Windows computer	151
The HTC Sync Manager main screen	151
Importing media to HTC Sync Manager	152
Importing music, videos, and playlists from other applications	152
Playing music in HTC Sync Manager	153
Creating a playlist in HTC Sync Manager	153
Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager	153
Editing your photos	154
Deleting an album from HTC Sync Manager	154
Syncing music with the computer	154
Syncing photos and videos with the computer	155
Syncing documents with the computer	155
Syncing your contacts with the computer	156
Syncing your calendar events with the computer	156
Syncing your web bookmarks with the computer	157
Quickly transferring media from HTC Sync Manager to HTC One SV	158
Internet connections	159
Data connection	159
Turning the data connection on or off	159
Enabling data roaming	159
Wi‑Fi	160
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	160
Disconnecting from the current wireless network	160
Connecting to a different Wi‑Fi network	161
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network using enhanced security	161
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	161
Adding a VPN connection	161
Connecting to a VPN	162
Disconnecting from a VPN	162
Using HTC One SV as a wireless router	162
Bluetooth and NFC	164
Bluetooth basics	164
Turning Bluetooth on or off	164
Changing the device name	164
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	164
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	165
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	165
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	165

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Don't use a live wallpaper for your Home screen. Animation effects are nice to

show off to other people but they drain your battery.

Changing your wallpaper to a plain, black background can also help a little. The

less color is displayed, the less battery is used.

Set the web browser to auto dim the screen while webpages load. Open the

Cricket Browser app, and then tap

Settings

Accessibility

Dim screen

during page loading

For more details, see

Changing display settings

on page 171 and

Personalizing

page 42.

Manage your apps

Install the latest software and application updates. Updates sometimes include

battery performance improvements. See

Updating the HTC One SV software

page 35.

Uninstall or disable apps that you never use.

Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even when you're not

using them. If there are apps that you don't need anymore, uninstall them.

If an app came preloaded and can't be uninstalled, disabling the app can still

prevent it from continuously running or syncing data. In Settings, tap

Apps

All

tab, select the app, and then tap

Disable

Limit background data and sync

Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps

syncing data in the background. It’s recommended not to let apps sync data too

often. Determine which apps can be set with longer sync times, or sync manually.

In Settings, tap

Accounts & sync

and check what types of data are being synced

in your online accounts. When the battery is starting to run low, temporarily

disable syncing some data.

If you have many email accounts, consider prolonging the sync time of some

accounts.

In the Mail app, select an account, tap

Settings

Sync, Send & Receive

, and

then adjust the settings under Sync schedule.

When you’re not traveling from one place to another, sync weather updates of

only your current location, rather than in all of your named cities. Open the

Weather app, and then tap

Edit

to remove unneeded cities.

Choose widgets wisely.

Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not

important from your Home screen.

In Play Store, tap

Settings

, and then clear

Auto-add widgets

to avoid

automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you've installed new apps.

Also clear

Auto-update apps

if you're fine with updating apps from Play Store

manually.

Your first week with your new phone