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139 Internet connections 3. Tap Portable hotspot & tethering. 4. Tap Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings. 5. Enter a router name or use the default router name. 6. Choose the type of security and set the password (key) for your wireless router. If you selected None in Security, you don't need to enter a password. The password is the key other people need to enter on their device so they can connect and use HTC One X as a wireless router. 7. Select the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot option to turn on the wireless router. HTC One X is ready to be used as a wireless router when you see bar. on the status

Section	Page
Unboxing	8
HTC One X	8
SIM card	9
Inserting the SIM card	9
Removing the SIM card	9
Charging the battery	10
Switching the power on or off	10
Switching the power on	10
Switching the power off	11
Setting up HTC One X for the first time	11
Your first week with your new phone	12
Home screen	12
Extended Home screen	12
Using Leap view	12
Finger gestures	13
Sleep mode	13
Switching to Sleep mode	13
Waking up from Sleep mode	14
Unlocking the screen	14
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen	14
Getting contacts into HTC One X	15
Importing contacts with AT&T Ready2Go	15
Making your first call	15
Sending your first text message	16
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One X	16
Copying and sharing text	17
Selecting text	17
Copying and pasting text	17
Sharing text	17
Capturing the HTC One X screen	18
Switching between recently opened apps	18
Notifications	18
Notification LED	18
Notification icons	19
Notifications panel	19
Getting to know your settings	20
Getting the battery to last longer	20
Updating the HTC One X software	20
Checking for AT&T updates manually	21
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager	21
Camera	22
Camera basics	22
Zooming	22
Switching between the front and main camera	23
Choosing an effect	23
Setting the resolution	23
Choosing a flash mode	23
Taking a photo	23
Recording video	23
Taking a photo while recording a video	24
Taking continuous camera shots	24
Camera scenes	24
Improving portrait shots	24
Taking a group shot	25
Taking a panoramic photo	25
Using HDR	25
Shooting in low light	26
Recording videos in slow motion	26
Improving video stability	26
Changing camera and video settings	27
Personalizing	28
Making HTC One X truly yours	28
Personalizing HTC One X with scenes	28
Using a preset scene	28
Creating a new scene	28
Renaming a scene	29
Deleting scenes	29
Changing your wallpaper	29
Applying a new skin	30
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	30
Adding a widget to your Home screen	30
Changing the settings of a widget	31
Resizing a widget	31
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	31
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	32
Moving a widget or icon	32
Removing a widget or icon	32
Personalizing the launch bar	33
Grouping apps into a folder	33
Renaming a folder	34
Removing items from a folder	34
Rearranging the Home screen	35
Removing a Home screen panel	35
Adding back a Home screen panel	35
Personalizing with sound sets	36
Creating a sound set	36
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	36
Deleting sound sets	36
Rearranging application tabs	37
Customizing the lock screen style	37
Securing HTC One X with a personal touch	38
Phone calls	39
Making a call with Smart dial	39
Using Speed dial	39
Assigning a speed dial key	39
Calling a phone number in a text message	40
Calling a phone number in an email	40
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	40
Making an emergency call	40
Receiving calls	40
Answering a call	40
Rejecting a call	41
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	41
Look who's calling	41
Viewing a task reminder while on a call	41
What can I do during a call?	42
Putting a call on hold	42
Switching between calls	42
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	42
Muting the microphone during a call	43
Ending a call	43
Setting up a conference call	43
Internet calls	43
Adding an Internet calling account	44
Making an Internet call	44
Call history	44
Returning a missed call	44
Checking calls in the Call History	45
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	45
Clearing the Call History list	45
Home dialing	45
Changing the default country code for Home dialing	45
Turning off Home dialing	46
Call services	46
Messages	47
About the Messages app	47
Sending a text message (SMS)	47
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	47
Creating a slideshow	48
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	48
Resuming a draft message	49
Checking your messages	49
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	49
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	49
Replying to a message	50
Replying to another phone number of the contact	50
Forwarding a message	50
WAP push messages	51
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	51
Viewing all your WAP push messages	51
Managing message conversations	51
Locking a message	51
Copying a text message to your SIM card	51
Deleting a single message	51
Deleting several messages within a conversation	52
Deleting a conversation	52
Deleting several conversations	52
Backing up your text messages	52
Backing up text messages via mail	53
Restoring text messages	53
Setting message options	53
Search and Web browser	54
Searching HTC One X and the Web	54
Setting search options	54
Performing searches on the Web and HTC One X	54
Browsing the Web	54
Switching to Reading mode	55
Viewing the full version of a website	55
Opening or switching between browser tabs	55
Private browsing	56
Adding and managing your bookmarks	56
Bookmarking a webpage	56
Opening a bookmark	56
Editing a bookmark	56
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	57
Saving web content for later	57
Viewing items in your Reading list or Watch list	57
Viewing your browsing history	57
Clearing your browsing history	58
Viewing a page that you often visit	58
Clearing the list of most visited pages	58
Downloading files and apps	58
Viewing your downloads	58
Setting browser options	59
Setting your homepage	59
Choosing when to show content compatible with Adobe Flash	59
Photos, videos, and music	60
Gallery	60
About the Gallery app	60
Viewing photos and videos	60
Starting a photo slideshow	60
Watching a video	61
Taking a photo while watching a video	61
Editing your photos and videos	61
Rotating a photo	61
Cropping a photo	62
Adding photo effects	62
Adding custom photo effects	62
Trimming a video	63
Viewing photos in your social networks	64
Sending your photos and videos	64
Sending photos or videos by email	64
Sending a photo or video by MMS	64
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	65
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	65
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	65
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	65
Sharing photos on Picasa	66
Sharing videos on YouTube	66
Music	67
Browsing music in the library	67
Listening to music	67
Finding music videos on YouTube	67
Updating album covers	67
Playing music from the Lock screen	68
Making your music sound better	68
Creating a playlist	68
Playing the songs in a playlist	69
Managing playlists	69
Deleting playlists	69
Setting a song as a ringtone	70
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	70
Sharing music using Bluetooth	70
Movie Editor	71
Creating a new slideshow with Movie Editor	71
Changing the soundtrack	71
Sharing your slideshow from Gallery	71
Wireless Display	72
Sharing your media on a big screen	72
Accounts and sync	73
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more	73
Adding one or more Google Accounts	73
Forgot your Google Account password?	73
Managing your online accounts	74
Syncing all your accounts automatically	74
Syncing an account manually	74
Changing the synced data or settings for an account	74
Removing an account	74
Contacts	75
About the Contacts app	75
Your contacts list	75
Filtering your contacts list	76
Setting contact search options	76
Setting up your profile	76
What you can see on your profile	76
Adding a new contact	77
Finding people you know on social networks	77
Sending social network requests to your contacts	77
Importing or copying contacts	77
Importing contacts from your SIM card	77
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	78
Copying contacts from one account to another	78
Merging contact information	78
Accepting contact link suggestions	78
Manually merging contact information	78
Breaking the link	79
Contact information and conversations	79
Editing a contact’s information	79
Deleting contacts	79
Contact groups	80
Creating a group	80
Editing a contact group	80
Sending a message or email to a group	80
Rearranging your contact groups	81
Deleting groups	81
Adding Contacts widgets	81
Setting the default communication method	81
Getting in touch with a contact	82
Sending contact information	82
Sending multiple contact cards	82
Backing up your contacts	82
Restoring contacts	83
Social	84
Facebook for HTC Sense	84
Twitter for HTC Sense	84
Chatting in Google Talk	84
Using Google+	85
Email	86
Gmail	86
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	86
Sending an email message in Gmail	86
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	86
Getting help	87
Mail	87
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	87
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	87
Checking your Mail inbox	88
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	88
Organizing email messages	88
Manually refreshing an email account	89
Sorting email messages	89
Sending an email message	89
Resuming a draft email message	89
Reading and replying to an email message	89
Where are my unread email messages?	90
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	90
Searching email messages	90
Searching for emails from a contact	91
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	91
Flagging an email	91
Setting your Out of the office status	91
Sending a meeting request	91
Managing email messages	92
Moving email messages to another folder	92
Deleting email messages	92
Switching to other mail folders	92
Changing email account settings	92
Syncing email less frequently	92
Calendar	94
About Calendar	94
Creating an event	94
Viewing the Calendar	94
Month view	95
Day and agenda views	95
Week view	95
Managing Calendar events	95
Editing an event	95
Deleting an event	96
Sharing an event	96
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	96
Setting reminders for your events	97
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	97
Showing or hiding calendars	97
Changing Calendar settings	97
Online storage and services	98
Dropbox	98
Using Dropbox on HTC One X	98
About the additional free Dropbox storage offer	98
Setting up your Dropbox account	99
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox	99
Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery	99
Auto uploading camera shots	99
Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery	100
Sharing the link to your Dropbox	100
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email	100
Keeping your documents in Dropbox	101
Saving an Office document to Dropbox	101
Editing an Office document in Dropbox	101
Saving a PDF document to Dropbox	101
Checking your Dropbox storage space	102
Unlinking HTC One X from Dropbox	102
HTC Watch	102
About HTC Watch	102
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	103
Renting or purchasing a video	103
Managing your downloads	103
Changing settings	103
Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account	104
Deleting your HTC Watch account	104
Top questions on HTC Watch	104
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	104
How long is the rental period of a video?	104
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	104
HTC Car	105
On the road with HTC Car	105
Playing music in HTC Car	105
Listening to Internet radio with TuneIn	106
Finding your way with HTC Car	106
Finding out where you are	106
Exploring what's around you	106
Getting directions in HTC Car	106
Staying connected to your contacts	107
Handling incoming calls in HTC Car	107
Making phone calls in HTC Car	107
Changing HTC Car settings	107
Travel and maps	108
Location settings	108
Turning on location services	108
Google Maps	108
About Google Maps	108
Getting around maps	109
Searching for a location	109
Clearing the map	109
Checking the details of a location	110
Searching for a place of interest near you	110
Getting directions	110
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	111
Opening and joining Latitude	111
Getting help	111
Google Play and other apps	112
Getting apps from Google Play	112
Finding and installing an app	112
Uninstalling an app	112
Getting help	113
Watching videos on YouTube	113
Searching for videos	113
Clearing the search history	113
Sharing a video link	113
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	113
Using the Clock	114
About the HTC Clock widget	114
Changing the location on the Clock widget	114
About the Clock app	114
World Clock settings	114
Setting your home city	114
Setting the date and time manually	115
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	115
Setting an alarm	115
Deleting an alarm	115
Taking notes	116
Creating a notebook	116
Moving notes	116
Composing a note	116
Creating a drawing	117
Importing a Web page to a note	117
Reviewing a note	117
Playing an audio recording in Notes	117
Sharing a note	118
Completing tasks	118
Creating a task	118
Linking a task to a contact	118
Linking a task to a location	119
Managing tasks	119
Viewing the unified task list	120
Filtering tasks	120
Creating a task list	120
Managing task lists	121
Backing up or restoring tasks	121
Changing Tasks settings	121
Sharing games and apps	121
Your phone and computer	122
Where apps, data, and files are stored	122
Connecting your phone to a computer	122
Copying files to or from the phone storage	123
HTC Sync Manager basics	123
Installing HTC Sync Manager	123
Installing on a Windows computer	124
Installing on a Mac computer	124
Getting started	125
The HTC Sync Manager main screen	125
Importing more media to the library	126
Adding new media to your library automatically	126
Checking for new software updates	126
What file formats are supported by HTC Sync Manager?	127
Playing music in HTC Sync Manager	127
Creating a playlist	127
Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager	128
Editing your photos	128
Setting up HTC Sync Manager to recognize HTC One X	129
Setting up HTC One X to sync with your computer	129
Syncing music	130
Syncing photos and videos	130
Syncing documents and email attachments	130
Syncing your contacts	131
Syncing your calendar events	131
Syncing your web bookmarks	132
Syncing HTC One X and your computer	133
Ripping music from a CD with HTC Sync Manager	133
Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering	134
Connecting to the Internet through a computer	134
Internet connections	135
Data connection	135
Checking the data connection you're using	135
Turning the data connection on or off	135
Adding a new access point	135
Enabling data roaming	136
Wi‑Fi	136
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	136
Disconnecting from the current wireless network	137
Connecting to a different Wi‑Fi network	137
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network with EAP-TLS security	137
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	137
Adding a VPN connection	138
Connecting to a VPN	138
Disconnecting from a VPN	138
Using HTC One X as a wireless router	138
Bluetooth and NFC	140
Bluetooth basics	140
Turning Bluetooth on or off	140
Changing the device name	140
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	140
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	141
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	141
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	141
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	142
Sending information using Bluetooth	142
Where sent information is saved	143
Receiving information using Bluetooth	143
Sharing content with Android Beam	144
Turning NFC and Android Beam on	144
Beaming content	144
Settings and security	145
Turning Airplane mode on or off	145
Changing display settings	145
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	145
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	145
Turning automatic screen rotation off	146
Recalibrating the G-sensor	146
Keeping the screen on while charging	146
Switching animation effects on or off	146
Changing sound settings	146
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	146
Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items	147
Lowering the ring volume automatically	147
Making HTC One X ring louder in your pocket or bag	147
Switching to speakerphone automatically	147
Changing the display language	147
Checking battery usage	148
Backing up settings to Google	148
Accessibility settings	148
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	148
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	149
Protecting HTC One X with a screen lock	149
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	150
Encrypting data on HTC One X	150
Checking information about HTC One X	151
Choosing which app opens when you tap a data item	151
Managing memory	151
Checking how much phone memory is available for use	151
Making more storage space (internal storage)	151