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118 Travel and maps 4. Tap Get directions. 5. If driving or walking, tap Directions list to view the directions. If taking public transport, select a trip, tap Map view, and then tap Direction list. You can also tap the arrow buttons on the map to follow the directions. When you're finished viewing or following the directions, tap to reset the map. Your destination is automatically saved in the Google Maps history. Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) Google Latitude® user location service lets you and your friends share locations and status messages with each other. It also lets you get directions to your friends' locations, send your location details by email, and more. Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude, and then invite your friends to view your location or accept their invitations. Only friends that you have explicitly invited or accepted can see your location. Opening and joining Latitude 1. From the Home screen, tap > Maps. 2. While viewing a map, tap > Join Latitude. 3. After you've joined Latitude and closed the application, you can do any of the following to open it from the Home screen: § Tap > Latitude. § Open Maps, and then tap > Latitude. Getting help If you need help or have questions about Maps or Latitude, tap Help). > Help (or More >

Section	Page
Unboxing	8
HTC One VX	8
Back cover	9
Removing the back cover	9
Replacing the back cover	9
SIM card	10
Inserting the SIM card	10
Removing the SIM card	11
Storage card	11
Inserting the storage card	11
Removing the storage card	11
Unmounting the storage card	12
Battery	12
Charging the battery	12
Switching the power on or off	13
Switching the power on	13
Switching the power off	13
Setting up HTC One VX for the first time	13
Your first week with your new phone	14
Features you'll enjoy on HTC One VX	14
Home screen	15
Extended Home screen	15
Using Leap view	15
Touch gestures	16
Motion gestures	19
Sleep mode	20
Switching to Sleep mode	20
Waking up from Sleep mode	21
Unlocking the screen	21
Opening an app or folder from the lock screen	21
Getting contacts into HTC One VX	22
Importing contacts with AT&T Ready2Go	22
Making your first call	22
Sending your first text message	23
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC One VX	23
Copying and sharing text	24
Selecting text	24
Copying and pasting text	24
Sharing text	24
Capturing the HTC One VX screen	25
Switching between recently opened apps	25
Can't find the Menu button?	25
Notifications	26
Notification LED	26
Notification icons	26
Notifications panel	27
Getting to know your settings	27
Getting the battery to last longer	28
Updating the HTC One VX software	28
Checking for AT&T updates manually	28
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager	28
Camera	30
Camera basics	30
Zooming	30
Switching between the front and main camera	31
Choosing an effect	31
Setting the resolution	31
Choosing a flash mode	31
Taking a photo	31
Recording video	31
Taking a photo while recording a video	32
Taking continuous camera shots	32
Camera scenes	32
Improving portrait shots	32
Taking a group shot	33
Taking a panoramic photo	33
Using HDR	33
Shooting in low light	34
Recording videos in slow motion	34
Improving video stability	34
Changing camera and video settings	35
Personalizing	36
Making HTC One VX truly yours	36
Personalizing HTC One VX with scenes	36
Using a preset scene	36
Creating a new scene	36
Renaming a scene	37
Deleting scenes	37
Changing your wallpaper	37
Applying a new skin	38
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	38
Adding a widget to your Home screen	38
Changing the settings of a widget	39
Resizing a widget	39
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen	39
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	40
Moving a widget or icon	40
Removing a widget or icon	40
Personalizing the launch bar	41
Grouping apps into a folder	41
Renaming a folder	42
Removing items from a folder	42
Rearranging the Home screen	42
Removing a Home screen panel	43
Adding back a Home screen panel	43
Personalizing with sound sets	43
Creating a sound set	43
Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds	43
Deleting sound sets	44
Rearranging application tabs	44
Customizing the lock screen style	45
Securing HTC One VX with a personal touch	45
Phone calls	46
Making a call with Smart dial	46
Using Speed dial	46
Assigning a speed dial key	46
Calling a phone number in a text message	47
Calling a phone number in an email	47
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event	47
Making an emergency call	47
Receiving calls	48
Answering a call	48
Rejecting a call	48
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	48
Look who's calling	49
Viewing a task reminder while on a call	49
What can I do during a call?	49
Putting a call on hold	49
Switching between calls	50
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	50
Muting the microphone during a call	50
Ending a call	50
Setting up a conference call	51
Internet calls	51
Adding an Internet calling account	51
Making an Internet call	52
Call history	52
Returning a missed call	52
Checking calls in the Call History	52
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	52
Clearing the Call History list	53
Home dialing	53
Changing the default country code for Home dialing	53
Turning off Home dialing	53
Call services	53
Messages	54
About the Messages app	54
Sending a text message (SMS)	54
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	54
Creating a slideshow	55
Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?	55
Resuming a draft message	56
Checking your messages	56
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	56
Saving a text message in the Tasks app	56
Replying to a message	57
Replying to another phone number of the contact	57
Forwarding a message	57
WAP push messages	58
Opening and reading a new WAP push message	58
Viewing all your WAP push messages	58
Managing message conversations	58
Locking a message	58
Copying a text message to your SIM card	58
Deleting a single message	58
Deleting several messages within a conversation	59
Deleting a conversation	59
Deleting several conversations	59
Backing up your text messages	59
Backing up text messages by email	60
Restoring text messages	60
Setting message options	60
Search and Web browser	61
Searching HTC One VX and the Web	61
Setting search options	61
Performing searches on the Web and HTC One VX	61
Browsing the Web	61
Switching to Read mode	62
Viewing the full version of a website	62
Opening or switching between browser tabs	62
Private browsing	63
Adding and managing your bookmarks	63
Bookmarking a webpage	63
Opening a bookmark	63
Editing a bookmark	63
Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome	64
Saving web content for later	64
Viewing items in your Reading list or Watch list	64
Viewing your browsing history	65
Clearing your browsing history	65
Viewing a page that you often visit	65
Clearing the list of most visited pages	65
Downloading files and apps	65
Viewing your downloads	65
Setting browser options	66
Setting your homepage	66
Choosing when to show content compatible with Adobe Flash	66
Photos, videos, and music	67
Gallery	67
About the Gallery app	67
Viewing photos and videos	67
Starting a photo slideshow	67
Watching a video	68
Taking a photo while watching a video	68
Editing your photos and videos	68
Rotating a photo	68
Cropping a photo	69
Adding photo effects	69
Adding custom photo effects	69
Trimming a video	70
Viewing photos in your social networks	71
Sending your photos and videos	71
Sending photos or videos by email	71
Sending a photo or video by MMS	71
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	72
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	72
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	72
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	72
Sharing photos on Picasa	73
Sharing videos on YouTube	73
Music	74
Browsing music in the library	74
Listening to music	74
Finding music videos on YouTube	74
Updating album covers	74
Playing music from the Lock screen	75
Making your music sound better	75
Creating a playlist	75
Playing the songs in a playlist	76
Managing playlists	76
Deleting playlists	76
Setting a song as a ringtone	76
Trimming an MP3 ringtone	77
Sharing music using Bluetooth	77
Movie Editor	77
Creating a new slideshow with Movie Editor	77
Changing the soundtrack	78
Sharing your slideshow from Gallery	78
Wireless Display	79
Sharing your media on a big screen	79
Accounts and sync	80
Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more	80
Adding one or more Google Accounts	80
Forgot your Google Account password?	80
Managing your online accounts	81
Syncing all your accounts automatically	81
Syncing an account manually	81
Changing the synced data or settings for an account	81
Removing an account	81
Contacts	82
About the Contacts app	82
Your contacts list	82
Filtering your contacts list	83
Setting contact search options	83
Setting up your profile	83
What you can see on your profile	83
Adding a new contact	84
Finding people you know on social networks	84
Sending social network requests to your contacts	84
Importing or copying contacts	84
Importing contacts from your SIM card	84
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	85
Copying contacts from one account to another	85
Merging contact information	85
Accepting contact link suggestions	85
Manually merging contact information	85
Breaking the link	86
Contact information and conversations	86
Editing a contact’s information	86
Deleting contacts	86
Contact groups	87
Creating a group	87
Editing a contact group	87
Sending a message or email to a group	87
Rearranging your contact groups	88
Deleting groups	88
Adding People widgets	88
Setting the default communication method	88
Getting in touch with a contact	89
Sending contact information	89
Sending multiple contact cards	89
Backing up your contacts	89
Restoring contacts	90
Social	91
Facebook for HTC Sense	91
Twitter for HTC Sense	91
Chatting in Google Talk	91
Using Google+	92
Email	93
Gmail	93
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	93
Sending an email message in Gmail	93
Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail	93
Getting help	94
Mail	94
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	94
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	94
Checking your Mail inbox	95
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	95
Organizing email messages	95
Manually refreshing an email account	96
Sorting email messages	96
Sending an email message	96
Resuming a draft email message	96
Reading and replying to an email message	97
Where are my unread email messages?	97
Saving an email message in the Tasks app	97
Searching email messages	98
Searching for emails from a contact	98
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	98
Flagging an email	98
Setting your Out of the office status	98
Sending a meeting request	98
Managing email messages	99
Moving email messages to another folder	99
Deleting email messages	99
Switching to other mail folders	99
Changing email account settings	99
Syncing email less frequently	99
Calendar	101
About Calendar	101
Creating an event	101
Viewing the Calendar	101
Month view	102
Day and agenda views	102
Week view	102
Managing Calendar events	102
Editing an event	102
Deleting an event	103
Sharing an event	103
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation	103
Setting reminders for your events	104
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	104
Showing or hiding calendars	104
Changing Calendar settings	104
Online storage and services	105
Dropbox	105
Using Dropbox on HTC One VX	105
Setting up your Dropbox account	105
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox	105
Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery	105
Auto uploading camera shots	106
Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery	106
Sharing the link to your Dropbox	106
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email	107
Keeping your documents in Dropbox	107
Saving an Office document to Dropbox	107
Editing an Office document in Dropbox	107
Saving a PDF document to Dropbox	108
Checking your Dropbox storage space	108
Unlinking HTC One VX from Dropbox	108
HTC Watch	109
About HTC Watch	109
Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account	109
Renting or purchasing a video	109
Managing your downloads	110
Changing settings	110
Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account	110
Deleting your HTC Watch account	110
Top questions on HTC Watch	111
Why am I asked to sign in again to my account?	111
How long is the rental period of a video?	111
Why won't HTC Watch allow me to remove a device and add a new one?	111
HTC Car	112
On the road with HTC Car	112
Playing music in HTC Car	112
Listening to Internet radio with TuneIn	113
Finding your way with HTC Car	113
Finding out where you are	113
Exploring what's around you	113
Getting directions in HTC Car	113
Staying connected to your contacts	114
Handling incoming calls in HTC Car	114
Making phone calls in HTC Car	114
Changing HTC Car settings	114
Travel and maps	115
Location settings	115
Turning on location services	115
Google Maps	115
About Google Maps	115
Getting around maps	116
Searching for a location	116
Clearing the map	116
Checking the details of a location	117
Searching for a place of interest near you	117
Getting directions	117
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	118
Opening and joining Latitude	118
Getting help	118
Google Play and other apps	119
Getting apps from Google Play	119
Finding and installing an app	119
Uninstalling an app	119
Getting help	120
Using the Clock	120
About the HTC Clock widget	120
Changing the location on the Clock widget	120
About the Clock app	120
World Clock settings	120
Setting your home city	120
Setting the date and time manually	121
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	121
Setting an alarm	121
Deleting an alarm	121
Taking notes	122
Creating a notebook	122
Moving notes	122
Composing a note	122
Creating a drawing	123
Importing a webpage to a note	123
Reviewing a note	124
Playing an audio recording in Notes	124
Sharing a note	124
Completing tasks	125
Creating a task	125
Linking a task to a contact	125
Linking a task to a location	125
Managing tasks	126
Viewing the unified task list	126
Filtering tasks	127
Creating a task list	127
Managing task lists	127
Backing up or restoring tasks	127
Changing Tasks settings	127
Watching videos on YouTube	128
Searching for videos	128
Clearing the search history	128
Sharing a video link	128
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	128
Listening to FM Radio	129
Closing or turning off FM Radio	129
Sharing games and apps	129
Your phone and computer	130
Where apps, data, and files are stored	130
Connecting HTC One VX to a computer	130
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card	131
Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager	131
What file formats are supported by HTC Sync Manager?	132
Installing on a Windows computer	132
The HTC Sync Manager main screen	133
Importing media to HTC Sync Manager	133
Importing music, videos, and playlists from other applications	134
Playing music in HTC Sync Manager	134
Creating a playlist in HTC Sync Manager	134
Viewing photos and videos in HTC Sync Manager	135
Editing your photos	135
Deleting an album from HTC Sync Manager	136
Syncing music with the computer	136
Syncing photos and videos with the computer	136
Syncing documents with the computer	137
Syncing your contacts with the computer	137
Syncing your calendar events with the computer	138
Syncing your web bookmarks with the computer	139
Quickly transferring media from HTC Sync Manager to HTC One VX	139
Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering	140
Connecting to the Internet through a computer	140
Internet connections	141
Data connection	141
Checking the data connection you're using	141
Turning the data connection on or off	141
Adding a new access point	141
Enabling data roaming	142
Wi‑Fi	142
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	142
Disconnecting from the current wireless network	143
Connecting to a different Wi‑Fi network	143
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network using enhanced security	143
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	143
Adding a VPN connection	144
Connecting to a VPN	144
Disconnecting from a VPN	144
Using HTC One VX as a wireless router	144
Bluetooth and NFC	146
Bluetooth basics	146
Turning Bluetooth on or off	146
Changing the device name	146
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	146
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	147
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	147
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	147
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	148
Sending information using Bluetooth	148
Where sent information is saved	149
Receiving information using Bluetooth	149
Sharing content with Android Beam	150
Turning NFC and Android Beam on	150
Beaming content	151
Settings and security	152
Turning Airplane mode on or off	152
Changing display settings	152
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	152
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	152
Turning automatic screen rotation off	153
Recalibrating the G-sensor	153
Keeping the screen on while charging	153
Switching animation effects on or off	153
Changing sound settings	153
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	153
Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items	154
Lowering the ring volume automatically	154
Making HTC One VX ring louder in your pocket or bag	154
Switching to speakerphone automatically	154
Changing the display language	154
Checking battery usage	155
Backing up settings to Google	155
Accessibility settings	155
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	155
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	156
Protecting HTC One VX with a screen lock	156
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	157