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More ways to extend battery life, Switching to GSM network mode, Checking battery usage

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169 Settings and security More ways to extend battery life Switching to GSM network mode Switch to using GSM network if you're not using a data connection to connect to the Internet. Connecting to GSM network mode consumes less battery power. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . 2. Tap Mobile network > Network Mode. 3. Tap GSM only. Checking battery usage 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . 2. Tap Power > Battery use. 3. To see more details, tap the graph or the features that are using the battery power. If you see buttons while viewing the Use details screen, you can tap them to adjust the settings that affect battery usage or to turn off the feature that's consuming battery. Backing up settings to Google You can choose to automatically back up some settings such as Wi-Fi and bookmarks to Google servers using your Google Account so you can restore them when needed. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . 2. Tap Privacy and select the Back up my settings option. Accessibility settings Use these settings when you've downloaded and installed an accessibility tool, such as a screen reader that provides voice feedback. You can turn accessibility functions or services on or off. 1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap . 2. Tap Accessibility and choose the settings you want.

Section	Page
Unboxing	8
HTC One S	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	10
Setting up HTC One S for the first time	11
Want some quick guidance on using your phone?	11
Searching Show Me	11
Your first week with your new phone	12
Features you'll enjoy on HTC One S	12
Home screen	13
Extended Home screen	13
Using Leap view	14
Finger gestures	14
Sleep mode	15
Switching to Sleep mode	15
Waking up from Sleep mode	15
Unlocking the screen	16
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen	16
Getting contacts into HTC One S	17
Transferring contacts from your old phone	17
Making your first call	17
Sending your first text message	18
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One S	18
Copying and sharing text	19
Selecting text	19
Copying and pasting text	19
Sharing text	19
Capturing the HTC One S screen	20
Switching between recently opened apps	20
Notifications	20
Notification LED	20
Notification icons	21
Notifications panel	21
Getting to know your settings	22
Getting the battery to last longer	22
Updating the HTC One S software	22
Installing an update	23
Checking for updates manually	23
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager	23
Camera	24
Camera basics	24
Zooming	24
Switching between the front and main camera	25
Choosing an effect	25
Setting the resolution	25
Choosing a flash mode	25
Taking a photo	25
Recording video	25
Taking a photo while recording a video	26
Taking continuous camera shots	26
Camera scenes	26
Improving portrait shots	26
Taking a group shot	27
Taking a panoramic photo	27
Using HDR	27
Shooting in low light	28
Recording videos in slow motion	28
Improving video stability	28
Changing camera and video settings	29
Personalizing	30
Making HTC One S truly yours	30
Personalizing HTC One S with scenes	30
Using a preset scene	30
Creating a new scene	30
Renaming a scene	31
Deleting scenes	31
Changing your wallpaper	31
Applying a new skin	32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	32
Adding a widget to your Home screen	32
Changing the settings of a widget	33
Resizing a widget	33
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	33
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	34
Moving a widget or icon	34
Removing a widget or icon	34
Personalizing the launch bar	35
Grouping apps into a folder	35
Renaming a folder	36
Removing items from a folder	36
Rearranging the Home screen	36
Removing a Home screen panel	37
Adding back a Home screen panel	37
Personalizing with sound sets	37
Creating a sound set	37
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	37
Deleting sound sets	38
Rearranging application tabs	38
Customizing the lock screen style	39
Securing HTC One S with a personal touch	39
Phone calls	40
Making a call with Smart dial	40
Using Speed dial	40
Assigning a speed dial key	40
Calling a phone number in a text message	41
Calling a phone number in an email	41
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	41
Making an emergency call	41
Receiving calls	41
Answering a call	41
Rejecting a call	42
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	42
Look who's calling	43
Viewing a task reminder while on a call	43
What can I do during a call?	43
Putting a call on hold	43
Switching between calls	44
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	44
Muting the microphone during a call	44
Ending a call	44
Setting up a conference call	45
Internet calls	45
Adding an Internet calling account	45
Making an Internet call	46
Call history	46
Returning a missed call	46
Checking calls in the Call History	46
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	46
Clearing the Call History list	47
Home dialing	47
Changing the default country code for Home dialing	47
Turning off Home dialing	47
Call services	47
Messages	48
About the Messages app	48
Sending a text message (SMS)	48
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	48
Creating a slideshow	49
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	49
Resuming a draft message	50
Checking your messages	50
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	50
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	50
Replying to a message	51
Replying to another phone number of the contact	51
Forwarding a message	51
WAP push messages	52
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	52
Viewing all your WAP push messages	52
Managing message conversations	52
Locking a message	52
Copying a text message to your SIM card	52
Deleting a single message	52
Deleting several messages within a conversation	53
Deleting a conversation	53
Deleting several conversations	53
Backing up your text messages	53
Backing up text messages via mail	54
Restoring text messages	54
Setting message options	54
Search and Web browser	55
Searching HTC One S and the Web	55
Setting search options	55
Performing searches on the Web and HTC One S	55
Browsing the Web	55
Switching to Reading mode	56
Viewing the full version of a website	56
Opening or switching between browser tabs	56
Private browsing	57
Adding and managing your bookmarks	57
Bookmarking a webpage	57
Opening a bookmark	57
Editing a bookmark	57
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	58
Saving web content for later	58
Viewing items in your Reading list or Watch list	58
Viewing your browsing history	58
Clearing your browsing history	59
Viewing a page that you often visit	59
Clearing the list of most visited pages	59
Downloading files and apps	59
Viewing your downloads	59
Setting browser options	60
Setting your homepage	60
Choosing when to show content compatible with Adobe Flash	60
Photos, videos, and music	61
Gallery	61
About the Gallery app	61
Viewing photos and videos	61
Starting a photo slideshow	61
Watching a video	62
Taking a photo while watching a video	62
Editing your photos and videos	62
Rotating a photo	62
Cropping a photo	63
Adding photo effects	63
Adding custom photo effects	63
Trimming a video	64
Viewing photos in your social networks	65
Sending your photos and videos	65
Sending photos or videos by email	65
Sending a photo or video by MMS	65
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	66
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	66
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	66
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	66
Sharing photos on Picasa	67
Sharing videos on YouTube	67
Music	68
Browsing music in the library	68
Listening to music	68
Finding music videos on YouTube	68
Updating album covers	68
Playing music from the Lock screen	69
Making your music sound better	69
Creating a playlist	69
Playing the songs in a playlist	70
Managing playlists	70
Deleting playlists	70
Setting a song as a ringtone	71
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	71
Sharing music using Bluetooth	71
Movie Editor	72
Creating a new slideshow with Movie Editor	72
Changing the soundtrack	72
Sharing your slideshow from Gallery	72
Wireless Display	73
Sharing your media on a big screen	73
Accounts and sync	74
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more	74
Adding one or more Google Accounts	74
Forgot your Google Account password?	74
Managing your online accounts	75
Syncing all your accounts automatically	75
Syncing an account manually	75
Changing the synced data or settings for an account	75
Removing an account	75
People	76
About the People app	76
Your contacts list	76
Filtering your contacts list	77
Setting contact search options	77
Setting up your profile	77
What you can see on your profile	77
Adding a new contact	78
Finding people you know on social networks	78
Sending social network requests to your contacts	78
Importing or copying contacts	78
Importing contacts from your SIM card	78
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	79
Copying contacts from one account to another	79
Merging contact information	79
Accepting contact link suggestions	79
Manually merging contact information	79
Breaking the link	80
Contact information and conversations	80
Editing a contact’s information	80
Deleting contacts	80
Contact groups	81
Creating a group	81
Editing a contact group	81
Sending a message or email to a group	81
Rearranging your contact groups	82
Deleting groups	82
Adding People widgets	82
Setting the default communication method	82
Getting in touch with a contact	83
Sending contact information	83
Sending multiple contact cards	83
Backing up your contacts	83
Restoring contacts	84
Social	85
Facebook for HTC Sense	85
Twitter for HTC Sense	85
About Friend Stream	85
Updating your status in Friend Stream	86
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream	86
Posting a message on a friend's Facebook wall	86
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	86
Checking in to a place	87
Tweeting in Friend Stream	87
Searching for Twitter users to follow	87
Unfollowing a Twitter user	87
Sending a direct message	87
Replying to or retweeting a tweet	88
Chatting in Google Talk	88
Using Google+	88
Email	89
Gmail	89
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	89
Sending an email message in Gmail	89
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	89
Getting help	90
Mail	90
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	90
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	90
Checking your Mail inbox	91
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	91
Organizing email messages	91
Manually refreshing an email account	92
Sorting email messages	92
Sending an email message	92
Resuming a draft email message	92
Reading and replying to an email message	93
Where are my unread email messages?	93
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	93
Searching email messages	94
Searching for emails from a contact	94
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	94
Flagging an email	94
Setting your Out of the office status	94
Sending a meeting request	94
Managing email messages	95
Moving email messages to another folder	95
Deleting email messages	95
Switching to other mail folders	95
Changing email account settings	95
Syncing email less frequently	95
Calendar	97
About Calendar	97
Creating an event	97
Viewing the Calendar	97
Month view	98
Day and agenda views	98
Week view	98
Managing Calendar events	98
Editing an event	98
Deleting an event	99
Sharing an event	99
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	99
Setting reminders for your events	100
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	100
Showing or hiding calendars	100
Changing Calendar settings	100
Online storage and services	101
Dropbox	101
Using Dropbox on HTC One S	101
About the additional free Dropbox storage offer	101
Setting up your Dropbox account	102
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox	102
Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery	102
Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery	102
Sharing the link to your Dropbox	103
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email	103
Keeping your documents in Dropbox	103
Saving an Office document to Dropbox	103
Editing an Office document in Dropbox	104
Saving a PDF document to Dropbox	104
Checking your Dropbox storage space	105
Unlinking HTC One S from Dropbox	105
SkyDrive	105
About SkyDrive for HTC Sense	105
Signing in to SkyDrive	106
Uploading your photos to SkyDrive from Gallery	106
Sending the links to SkyDrive files by email	106
Keeping your documents in SkyDrive	106
Saving an Office document to SkyDrive	106
Editing an Office document in SkyDrive	107
Saving a PDF document to SkyDrive	107
HTC Watch	107
About HTC Watch	107
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	108
Renting or purchasing a video	108
Managing your downloads	109
Changing settings	109
Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account	109
Deleting your HTC Watch account	109
Top questions on HTC Watch	110
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	110
How long is the rental period of a video?	110
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	110
HTC Car	111
On the road with HTC Car	111
Playing music in HTC Car	111
Listening to Internet radio in HTC Car	112
Finding your way with HTC Car	112
Finding out where you are	112
Exploring what's around you	112
Getting directions in HTC Car	113
Staying connected to your contacts	113
Handling incoming calls in HTC Car	113
Making phone calls in HTC Car	113
Changing HTC Car settings	113
Travel and maps	114
Location settings	114
Turning on location services	114
Locations	114
About Locations	114
Finding your location and what’s around you	114
Searching for a place of interest	115
Searching for an address	115
Choosing the map to search from	115
Viewing maps	116
Choosing which places of interest to show on the map	116
Pinning a location on the map	116
Changing the language of street names and places of interest	117
Recording favorite places with HTC Footprints	117
Adding a location as a footprint	117
Setting a footprint as your home location	117
Revisiting a footprint	118
Editing or deleting a footprint	118
Sharing your footprints	118
Deleting multiple footprints	118
Exporting your footprints	118
Importing footprints	119
Planning your trips	119
Creating a trip	119
Getting directions to your places of interest	119
Managing a trip	120
Deleting trips	120
Exporting your trips	120
Importing trips	120
Getting directions	121
Getting directions from your current location	121
Getting directions by setting a start and end location	121
Using turn-by-turn navigation	122
Setting navigation preferences	122
Turning off speed and safety camera alerts	122
Answering a call while using navigation	122
Managing Locations services	123
Downloading maps or purchasing services	123
Google Maps	123
About Google Maps	123
Getting around maps	124
Searching for a location	124
Clearing the map	124
Checking the details of a location	125
Searching for a place of interest near you	125
Getting directions	125
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	126
Opening and joining Latitude	126
Getting help	126
Essential apps	127
Using the Clock	127
About the HTC Clock widget	127
Changing the location on the Clock widget	127
About the Clock app	127
World Clock settings	128
Setting your home city	128
Setting the date and time manually	128
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	128
Setting an alarm	128
Deleting an alarm	128
Checking Weather	129
Adding a city to the Weather screen	129
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	129
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	129
Viewing a PDF	130
Working on documents	130
Viewing a document	130
Creating a document	130
Editing a document	131
Editing a presentation	131
Editing a worksheet	131
Taking notes	132
Creating a notebook	132
Moving notes	132
Composing a note	132
Creating a drawing	133
Importing a Web page to a note	133
Reviewing a note	134
Playing an audio recording in Notes	134
Sharing a note	134
Completing tasks	135
Creating a task	135
Linking a task to a contact	135
Linking a task to a location	135
Managing tasks	136
Viewing the unified task list	136
Filtering tasks	137
Creating a task list	137
Managing task lists	137
Backing up or restoring tasks	137
Changing Tasks settings	137
Keeping track of your stocks	138
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	138
Google Play and other apps	139
Getting apps from Google Play	139
Finding and installing an app	139
Uninstalling an app	139
Getting help	140
Watching videos on YouTube	140
Searching for videos	140
Clearing the search history	140
Sharing a video link	140
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	140
Listening to FM Radio	141
Tuning in to an FM station	141
Closing or turning off FM Radio	141
Recording voice clips	141
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	142
Sharing games and apps	142
Your phone and computer	143
Where apps, data, and files are stored	143
Connecting your phone to a computer	143
Copying files to or from the phone storage	144
HTC Sync Manager basics	144
Installing HTC Sync Manager	144
Installing on a Windows computer	145
Installing on a Mac computer	145
Getting started	146
The HTC Sync Manager main screen	146
Importing more media to the library	147
Adding new media to your library automatically	147
Checking for new software updates	147