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1. To create a new notebook tap gt New notebook on the Scribble main screen With a note opened tap NA and choose an option to share the note Attachment Attach a file to an email When opened in the Scribble app the recipient can edit the note Hyperlink Save the note using Google Drive online storage service and send a link The recipient can view the note on a web browser or edit it in the Scribble app Image Insert the note as JPG file Share it through email or on a social network Plain text Extract the text in a note and edit it before sharing You can also share notes as multiple image files On the Scribble main screen tap z gt Share gt Image and select the notes and notebooks you want to share 104 Storage Storage Phone storage Want to know what types of storage you can use for your apps data and files HTC Desire 601 has these storage types Phone This storage combines both the internal storage where apps email data storage and text messages are stored and the file storage where photos videos and music files are kept When you are running out of phone storage you can free up space by uninstalling apps changing download settings or moving files to your storage card your computer or an online storage service Storage Use a storage card for storing more files You can also set apps such as card Camera to store directly to the card USB When you plug in an
2. Tapa link to open it or press and hold a link to see more options Tap an email address to send a message to the email address Press and hold an image to save copy or set it as your wallpaper 5 Toreturn to the previous webpage you ve viewed tap and then tap lt or gt Want to read a Web article without distractions Read mode removes menus banners and backgrounds from a webpage XQ Read mode may not be available on certain webpages While viewing a webpage tap Ax before the URL address XQ To turn Read mode off tap 2 To hide the status bar when browsing tap gt Settings gt General and then select Fullscreen a While browsing a webpage tap gt Desktop View to display the full desktop version of the webpage 91 Search and web browser Open multiple browser tabs and quickly switch from one webpage to another Open the Internet app To add a browser tab tap E gt Repeat the same to open new browser tabs To switch among browser tabs tap and swipe to the webpage you want to view Tap the browser tab to display the webpage in full screen www _htc com www software htc sync m HTC Syne Manager Overview HTC Sync M NEW TAB To close a browser tab tap EI and then tap x Save webpages to read later even without an Internet connection You can also add some video clips on webpages to the Watch list so you can quickly find and watch them whenever you lik
3. The day s weather and the weather forecast for upcoming days The traffic conditions on your way to work or your commute back home The directions and travel time to your next appointment The next train or bus arriving at your platform or bus stop Your favorite team s score and stats while you enjoy the game Before setting up Google Now Make sure that you re signed in to your Google account Turn location services on and make sure that you have an Internet connection For more information on location services see Turning location services on or off on page 141 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 The subsequent screens show examples of Google Now information cards Tap Next until you reach the Get Google Now screen 3 Tap Yes I m in Google Now information cards will start to appear on the Google search screen 4 To see all available information cards tao Show more cards More information cards will appear on the Google search screen as you use HTC Desire 601 to search the Web create appointments and more 88 Search and web browser You can easily customize the settings of Google Now cards to suit your information needs For example you can change the weather units in the Weather card or your transportation mode in the Traffic card You can also specify the details on certain cards or keep a card from appearing on the Google search screen 1 Open the Google app Or swi
4. If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which storage you want to import documents to 3 Click Files gt SYNC SETTINGS 4 Select the Sync documents from the following locations on this computer option 5 Click Add and then choose the folder that contains the documents you want to import to your phone You can add several folders 6 Click ol if this is your first time to import To allow HTC Sync Manager to automatically import files and sync data next time click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects Set up HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts calendar events and web bookmarks between your phone and your Windows or Mac computer You can sync your phone with the following applications on your computer On Windows On Mac Outlook 2003 or later version Apple Contacts Apple Address Book Apple Calendar Apple iCal or Outlook 2011 for Mac Internet Explorer Firefox or Safari or Google Chrome Google Chrome Y If you ll be syncing with Firefox or Google Chrome close the browser first before syncing Syncing data between your phone and your computer 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 In HTC Sync Manager click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS 123 Sync backup and reset 3 Select the check boxes of the data types you want to sync 4 Click Settings on the different data types to customize sync se
5. Slide the Notifications panel open to check who the caller is 2 To return the call soread your two fingers on the missed call notification to expand it and then tap Call back If you have multiple missed calls tap the missed calls notification to open the Call History tab Using Speed dial Use Speed dial to call a phone number with a single tap For example if you assign a contact s number to the number 2 key you can just press and hold 2 to dial the number The number 1 key is generally reserved for your voicemail Press and hold this key to call voicemail and retrieve your voicemail messages 1 Open the Phone app 2 Tap gt Speed dial gt 9 You can also press and hold an unassigned key on the dialpad and then tap Yes Select a contact from the list 4 On the Speed dial screen choose the phone number of the contact to use and a speed dial key to assign 5 Tap Save 73 Phone calls Calling a phone number in a text message 1 Tap the phone number within the message 2 Tap Call To call the message sender tap the received message and then tap Call on the options menu Calling a phone number in an email 1 Tap the phone number in the email body 2 Tap Call Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 1 Open an event in Calendar 2 On the Event details screen tap the phone number 3 Tap Call Making an emergency call In some regions you can mak
6. When download is complete select Install now and then tap OK After updating HTC Desire 601 will restart When Internet connection is on and there s an available update for your HTC or mobile operator apps the update notification icon appears in the status bar 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap the update notification The Updates screen opens with the list of application updates to be installed 2 Tap an item to view its details and then tao lt 3 When you re done reviewing the updates tap Install You ll be asked to restart HTC Desire 601 if needed 1 Go to Settings and then tap About 2 Tap Software updates HTC Desire 601 checks if updates are available XQ If you don t have Internet connection you ll be prompted to turn on mobile data or connect to a Wi Fi network Once connected tap Check now to check for updates N 22 Phone setup and transfer Getting apps from Google Play Google Play is the place to go to find new apps for HTC Desire 601 Choose from a wide variety of free and paid apps ranging from productivity apps entertainment to games A Google Wallet payment service is required to purchase a paid app You will be asked to confirm method of payment when you purchase an app The name of the Play Store app may differ depending on your region The ability to purchase apps varies by region When you install apps and use them on HTC Desire 601 they may re
7. and then choose a video resolution Tap the flash icon to choose a flash mode When using Flash on or Auto flash mode the camera intelligently sets the best flash brightness for your photo Taking a photo 1 Open the Camera app 2 Just point the camera at what you want to capture The camera adjusts the focus automatically as you move it 3 When you re ready to take the photo tap amp You can also tap anywhere on the screen to take a photo if you turned on Touch to capture in gt Shutter option Recording video 1 Open the Camera app 2 When you re ready to start recording tap EM 48 Camera 3 While recording you can Freely zoom in or out Change focus to a different subject or area by just tapping it on the Viewfinder screen Tap the flash icon to turn the flash on or off 4 To stop recording tap F Make sure that you re in Normal scene to use this feature While you re recording video using the main camera tap MJ to capture a still shot of your subject Taking continuous camera shots Do you want to take photos of moving subjects Whether it s your kid s football game or a car race you can capture the action is Make sure that you re in Normal scene to use this feature 1 On the Viewfinder screen just press and hold R The camera takes up to 20 consecutive shots of your subject 2 After taking the shots do any of the following To keep just one ph
8. it will remember your settings Wi Fi printing Connect HTC Desire 601 to a supported printer via Wi Fi and print out documents email photos and more ie Both printer and HTC Desire 601 must be turned on and connected to the same local network Connect HTC Desire 601 to the local network using Wi Fi To learn how to connect the printer to a local network refer to your printer user guide 1 2 3 4 While in an app such as Mail or Calendar open the item you want to print Tap z gt Print or More gt Print On the Print screen tap the printer you want to use If there s more than one page to print set the page range that you want Tap Advanced to set the page size print layout and page orientation and choose if you want to print in color or black and white 5 Tap Print You can check the printing details by opening the Notifications panel and then tapping the item you re printing 164 Internet connections 1 While in Gallery open the photo you want to print Tap the photo Tap gt Print and then tap the printer you want to use A WN Tap Print You can check the printing details by opening the Notifications panel and then tapping the item you re printing If your printer does not show up in the list you must add it iz The printer must be in the same Wi Fi network that you are using 1 From the Print screen tap Add printer 2 Enter the IP address of the printer th
9. your phone and your computer 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which one you want to sync with your computer 3 Click Music gt SETTINGS and then select Sync selected playlist 4 Select the playlists you want to sync Click if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your playlists and other items next time click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects 124 Sync backup and reset Back up content from HTC Desire 601 to your computer so that you can easily restore them to the same phone or to a new phone HTC Sync Manager can back up the following Personalization settings Walloaper Data Contacts and calendar events that are stored on your phone Text messages Call history Web bookmarks Media and documents Camera photos and videos music Office documents and PDFs that are stored on your phone Backing up your phone to your computer When you do a backup of your HTC phone HTC Sync Manager names the backup file using the phone name 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 In HTC Sync Manager click Home gt TRANSFER amp BACKUP 3 Under Backup and restore Choose whether to include media content from your phone in the backup Choose whether to always back up your phone whenever you connect it to your co
10. 3 Select the contacts you want to add and then tap Save 4 When your group is complete tap Save You will be charged for each text message sent For example if you send a message to a group of five people you will be charged for five messages 1 On the Groups tab tap the group you want to send a message or email to 2 Goto the Group action tab 3 Choose if you want to send a group message or group email 1 On the Groups tab press and hold the group and then tap Edit group 2 Youcan Change the group name You can only change the name for groups that you have created Add more contacts to the group Tap gt Add contact to group Rearrange the group members Press and hold at the end of the contact s name and then drag it to its new position Select the contacts you want to remove from the group 3 Tap Save Managing your contact groups 1 On the Groups tab tap gt Edit groups 2 Youcan Rearrange the contact groups Press and hold at the end of the group name and then drag it to its new position Select the contact groups you want to remove 3 Tap Save 134 Email All your received email messages are delivered to your Inbox 1 Open the Gmail app 2 Do any of the following from your Inbox Tap an email message not the sender image or letter tile to read forward or reply the message Tap Primary or Inbox at the top bar to switch to your ot
11. 46 playing music 45 Change phone language 69 Clock alarm 757 setting date and time 757 Conference call 76 Contacts adding 129 copying contacts 79 150 copying from SIM card 130 importing contacts 79 150 137 transferring contacts 79 130 Continuous shooting 48 Copying files files to computer phone storage or storage card 704 Copying documents 722 media from computer to phone 727 media from phone to computer 727 text 38 Data connection access point names APN 56 data roaming 57 sharing 63 turning on or off 756 usage 157 Data transfer from Android phone 7 7 from iPhone and other phones 8 transferring contacts 79 Display G sensor 68 changing the time before the screen turns off 769 recalibrating G sensor 68 screen brightness 69 screen rotation 68 Sleep mode 37 DLNA 707 Driving See Car Dropbox about 706 auto upload camera shots 708 sending links 709 setting up 707 storage space 777 unlinking device 777 uploading 708 109 Email See Mail Exchange ActiveSync flagging an email 139 meeting request 7 39 Out of office 139 sending a meeting request 159 expanded storage 04 Face unlock 70 Factory reset 26 Feeds view about 34 selecting feeds 35 Files copying to computer phone storage or storage card 704 Finger gestures 26 Firmware See Software update FM Radio using 99 Folder grouping apps 67 gro
12. 68 Alarms setting 757 Android Market See Google Play Apps grouping into a folder 67 icons on Home screen 66 installing 22 23 non Google Play apps 23 on Home screen 66 restoring 22 uninstalling 23 updating 27 Backup about 774 backing up phone to computer 124 HTC Backup 7 5 HTC Sync Manager 779 media 08 options 7 4 restoring backed up apps 22 tasks 7 8 Battery charging 4 checking usage 42 installing 73 removing 13 saving battery power 43 Bluetooth connecting a Bluetooth headset 765 received file location 66 receiving information 67 Browser bookmarks 92 history 93 94 incognito tab 94 Reading list or Watch list 97 syncing with Google Chrome 93 tabs 97 using 89 viewing desktop version 90 Burst mode 48 Calendar creating an event 749 dual time zone 748 meeting conflicts 749 meeting invitations 750 reminders 757 sending quick response 757 views 748 Call history 76 Camera basics 46 47 continuous shooting 48 effects 47 flash 47 front camera 46 HDR 57 HTC Zoe 49 recording a video 47 scenes 49 self portrait 49 slow motion 57 standby 46 sweep panorama 50 taking a photo 47 taking photo while recording 48 video resolution 47 zooming 46 Capture screen 34 Car about 745 handling calls 747 HTC Car Kit 745 176 Index Internet radio 46 navigation
13. No thanks Then choose how you want to share it such as sending by email or posting to your social network Be sure to select Convert to a still image before sharing To save the cover photo or your selected frame on your phone tap t gt Save frame Viewing photos in your social networks Right in the Gallery app check what you and your friends have uploaded to your social networks or photo sharing sites Log on to your accounts and add them in Gallery before you start viewing online photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 On the Gallery app s main screen tao Y gt Friends 3 Tap a social network account or photo sharing site In social networks to comment on a photo press and hold a photo thumbnail and then tap Add comment 1 In the Gallery app s Albums view tap gt Add online service 2 Tap the social network or photo sharing service that you want to add To remove a network or photo sharing service on the Add online service screen tap a the service name and then tap gt Remove Removing an account does not remove accounts and information from the online service itself 58 Gallery Changing the video playback speed Want to add a cinematic flair to your videos by slowing down particular scenes You can vary the playback speed of selected sections of a slow motion video You can only change the video playback speed of videos captured using the slow motion scene in the Camera app 1 I
14. Viewfinder screen tap r 2 Under Photo capture mode tap Sweep panorama 3 When you re ready to take the shot tap R Directional arrows appear prompting you to pan left or right in landscape view or pan up or down in portrait view 4 Pan HTC Desire 601 as smoothly as you can to automatically capture frames You can also tap to stop capturing anytime The camera stitches the frames into a single photo 51 Camera Using HDR When shooting portraits against a bright background use the HDR High Dynamic Range scene to capture your subjects clearly HDR brings out the details of both the highlights and shadows even in high contrast lighting 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap r 2 To take an HDR photo under Photo capture mode tap HDR and then tap amp HDR works best when your subject is steady The camera takes multiple shots at different exposure levels and combines them into one enhanced photo Recording videos in slow motion Relive high speed action bit by bit and add a touch of suspense to your videos E Audio is not captured when you re in this mode 1 2 3 4 5 On the Viewfinder screen tap r Under Video capture mode tap Scene gt Slow motion video Frame your subject on the Viewfinder screen Tap to start recording To stop recording tap o After recording your slow motion video you can change the playback speed of selected sections when you edit the video
15. can also tap X to dismiss all notifications and close the Notifications panel 38 Your first week with your new phone Working with text In HTC apps such as Internet and Mail you can select and copy text and then paste or share it 1 Press and hold on a word 2 Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to select You can use the magnifier to zoom in while selecting your text To turn on the magnifier go to Settings gt Accessibility and then select the Show magnifier option You ll see the magnifier when you press and hold one of the text selection anchors a 3 After you have selected the text you want to copy tap Copy The selected text is then copied to the clipboard 4 Ina text entry field for example while composing an email press and hold at the point where you want to paste the text 5 Tap Paste To copy the address of a linked webpage in the Internet app press and hold the link and then tap Copy link URL Sharing text 1 After you have selected the text you want to share tap Share 2 Choose where to paste and share the selected text such as in an email message or social network status update Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense keyboard Turn on the Trace keyboard so you can type words by just sliding your finger from one letter to another See Using the Trace keyboard on page 41 You can type words by just spe
16. computer and more between HTC Desire 601 and your computer running a Windows or Mac OS operating system You can also use it to transfer contacts messages and other content from an iPhone to your computer and then to your HTC Desire 601 Gmail Google contacts are imported to HTC Desire 601 after you sign in to your Google Account You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC Desire 601 Social network Log in to your favorite social networks to sync contact accounts information from them Microsoft HTC Desire 601 syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace ActiveSync Phone contacts You can create contacts locally on HTC Desire 601 if you don t prefer to store them on your online accounts SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Desire 601 Transferring photos videos and music between your phone and computer There are two ways you can transfer your media from or to your computer Connect HTC Desire 601 to your computer Your computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive and you can copy your media between them Download and use the HTC Sync Manager software on your computer You can set it up to automatically get music photos and videos off HTC Desire 601 to your computer You can also sync playlists from your computer to the phone If you have an iPhone you can even connect it and transfer camera roll photos to
17. copying contacts 1 On the People tab tap gt Manage contacts 2 Tap Import Export contacts gt Import from SIM card 3 If you have a Google or Exchange ActiveSync account tap the type for the imported contacts 4 Select the contacts you want to import Tap Save 1 On the People tab enter the contact s name or email address in the search box 2 Tap Search contacts in your Company Directory 3 Tap the name of the contact you want copied to HTC Desire 601 4 Tap to import the contact 1 On the People tab tap E gt Manage contacts 2 Tap Copy contacts and then choose a contact type or online account to copy from Y Contacts from your social network accounts may not be copied 3 Select a contact type or account you want to save to Merging contact information Avoid duplicate entries by merging contact information from different sources such as your social network accounts into one contact When HTC Desire 601 finds contacts that can be merged you ll see a link notification when you open the People app 1 On the People tab tap the Link suggestion notification when available You ll see a list of suggested contacts to merge 2 Choose the contacts you want to merge If you don t want to receive contact link suggestions on the People tab tap gt Settings Clear the Suggest contact link option 1 On the People tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo you want to link
18. event as the destination Editing your photos Make your pictures even better Gallery has an array of editing tools that let you crop rotate apply and create photo effects and much more to your photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 3 Tap the photo and then tap Edit 4 Do any of the following Tap Effects to apply a special effect filter to the photo Tap Frames to add a decorative frame to the photo Tap Retouch to make a portrait shot even better with red eye removal skin smoothing and more Tap Tools to rotate crop and more 5 Tap gt Save Except for when applying rotation edited photos are saved as copies of the original Get more creative with your photos or call out an interesting part in a picture 1 Open the Gallery app Browse to the photo that you want to edit Tap the photo and then tap Edit Tap Tools gt Draw a eA WN Tap and then choose a pen stroke color and thickness 56 Gallery 6 Draw over the photo Tap the arrows to undo or redo strokes 7 Tap Done 8 Tap gt Save The edited photo is saved as a copy The original photo remains unedited Are the existing photo effects not exactly what you are looking for You can make your own photo effects in Gallery XQ You can only add effects to photos that are stored locally 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 3 Tap the pho
19. external USB storage device such as a USB flash storage drive or an SD card reader you can view photos and videos stored on the device right from Gallery and play songs stored on the device in Music You can also open PDFs and edit Office documents You need a special cable to connect HTC Desire 601 and a USB storage device HTC Desire 601 supports USB storage devices except portable hard drives up to 64 GB Online If you re using an online storage account that s accessible from HTC storage Desire 601 you can store your files to your online storage You can copy your music photos and other files to HTC Desire 601 Save and close your files before copying them from your computer to HTC Desire 601 or vice versa 1 Connect HTC Desire 601 to the computer using the supplied USB cable You ll see options for viewing or importing files on the computer screen 2 Choose to view files Copy the files from your computer to HTC Desire 601 or vice versa 4 After copying the files disconnect HTC Desire 601 from the computer 105 Storage As you use HTC Desire 601 you ll accumulate data and fill its storage capacity over time Here are some tips on how to increase storage space Run the storage wizard Free up space in the phone storage by uninstalling apps and deleting files you no longer want to keep In Settings tap Storage gt Make more space Store files in Dropbox Photos email attachments and other documents ca
20. in your Dropbox and save your changes 1 Open the Dropbox app 2 Open the folder that contains the document you want 3 Tap the document to open it XQ If you have more than one Office app installed select Polaris Office 4 To make changes tap 4 5 After editing the document tap or tap gt Save as Saving a PDF document to Dropbox You can open a PDF document on HTC Desire 601 and save it to your Dropbox 1 Open a PDF document such as one that s attached to an email Y If you have more than one PDF viewing app installed select PDF Viewer 2 Tap gt Save as 3 Enter a new filename 4 Tap Y gt Dropbox and then tap OK Your document will be saved to the PDFViewer folder in the root of your Dropbox folder To save the PDF to another Dropbox folder tap gt Share gt Dropbox Create or select a folder and then tap Upload 111 Storage You can check how much storage space you still have in your Dropbox before you upload more content Before your Dropbox storage info appears in Settings you need to access your Dropbox from an app first such as Gallery and allow HTC Sense to access your Dropbox Go to Settings and then tap Storage Under Online storage you ll see your available Dropbox storage You can remotely unlink HTC Desire 601 from your Dropbox if you lost your device 1 On your computer s web browser log in to the Dropbox website Cwww dropbox com 2 On the r
21. installed new apps Also tap Auto update apps gt Do not auto update apps if you re fine with updating apps from Play Store manually 45 Your first week with your new phone Other tips To squeeze ina little bit more battery power try these tips Tone down the ringtone and media volume Minimize the use of vibration or sound feedback In Settings tap Sound and choose which ones you don t need and can disable Check your apps settings as you may find more options to optimize the battery Power saver mode helps to increase battery life It reduces the usage of phone features that drain the battery such as the display and data connection 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 Tap the Power saver tile to turn power saver mode on or off If you want to choose which phone features to conserve power for tap first before you turn power saver mode on Y If power saver mode s Data connection option is selected HTC Desire 601 automatically disconnects from the mobile network after 15 minutes when the screen is off and the data connection is idle no download activity streaming or data usage It reconnects and then disconnects periodically when the data connection is idle to save battery power Keep in mind though that the Sleep mode option for the data connection in Settings gt Power when enabled overrides power saver mode 46 Camera Camera Camera basics Take g
22. keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them Swipe right to show number and symbol keys To return to the main keyboard swipe left Press to close the onscreen keyboard To open the keyboard settings press and hold the comma key Or go to Settings gt Language amp keyboard gt HTC Sense Input Selecting a keyboard layout Choose a keyboard layout that suits your typing style Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input gt Keyboard selection 3 Tap Keyboard types and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use ah i 40 Your first week with your new phone Choosing and switching between keyboard languages If multiple keyboard languages are available on HTC Desire 601 you can choose which languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Keyboard selection and then choose the languages you want To change the keyboard language do any of the following Swipe left on the onscreen keyboard not available if you re using trace keyboard Tap the language key for example Ex until you see the language you want to use Press and hold the language key and then drag your finger to the keyboard language you want to use Word prediction is enabled by default and word suggestions are displayed as you type Brillian Brilliant Brilliantly v
23. message in the Tasks app 83 Forwarding a message 83 Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 83 Moving messages to the secure box 84 Blocking unwanted messages 84 WAP push messages 85 Copying a text message to your micro SIM card 86 Deleting messages and conversations 86 Getting instant information with Google Now 87 Searching HTC Desire 601 and the Web 88 Browsing the Web 89 Bookmarking a webpage 92 Using your browsing history 93 Clearing your browsing history 94 Listening to music 95 Creating and working with playlists 96 Adding a song to the queue 97 Updating album covers and artist photos 97 Setting a song as a ringtone 97 Searching for lyrics music videos and more 98 Listening to FM Radio 99 Watching videos on YouTube 99 Sharing on a big screen 100 About HTC Media Link HD 101 Sharing your media on DLNA devices 101 Taking notes 102 Storage Phone storage 104 Dropbox integration 106 Online sync 12 Backup 114 HTC Sync Manager 19 Reset 125 Your contacts list 127 5 Contents Setting up your profile 128 Adding a new contact 129 Editing a contact s information 130 Getting in touch with a contact 130 Importing or copying contacts 130 Merging contact information 131 Sending contact information 132 Contact groups 132 Email Gmail 134 Mail 136 Location settings 141 Google Maps 141 HTC Car 145 Viewing the Calendar 148 Scheduling or editing an event 149 Choosing which calendars to show 149 Sh
24. photos to create a half minute show with a musical theme See Viewing the highlights of an event on page 58 Share your Video Highlights with friends and family through HTC Share See Sharing memories through HTC Share on page 62 Outstanding camera features With VideoPic you can snap a picture while you re shooting video See Taking a photo while recording a video VideoPic on page 48 Switch to Sweep panorama mode and pan the camera to capture a wide angle view of the scenery See Taking a panoramic photo on page 50 Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots or more of a subject in motion See Taking continuous camera shots on page 48 By just tapping the shutter button take three shots of your subject at different exposures and combine them into a nice evenly exposed photo See Using HDR on page 51 With Variable Speed Playback add a cinematic flair to your videos by slowing down particular scenes See Changing the video playback speed on page 58 Immerse in music In our HTC Music app you ll see a visual animation while you re playing a song And if lyrics are available they ll show onscreen Your phone s dual speakers make the audio loud while the built in amplifiers deliver rich and sharp sound With HTC BoomSound you ll hear fine details not only while you listen to music but also when you watch videos play games and the like HD entertainment on the go Use HTC Media Link HD to wirelessl
25. preset stations tap lt 3 To turn off FM Radio tap W Watching videos on YouTube Use the YouTube app to check out what s popular on the online video sharing website 1 Open the YouTube app 2 Browse or search for a video 100 Fun and entertainment 3 When you find the video that you like tap it 4 While watching a video you can Turn HTC Desire 601 sideways to watch the video in full screen Tap the video screen to pause or to resume playback or drag the slider to jump to a different part of the video Scroll down the video information panel to see the description related videos or comments from other viewers Want to watch the video at a later time instead Tap gt Add to gt Watch later You can access the video again from your account profile s Watch later list Tap the YouTube icon to return to the previous screen Preloading videos Set the YouTube app to preload videos so that you can watch them without interruptions Videos are preloaded when HTC Desire 601 is being charged and is connected to a Wi Fi network For more information about preloading videos refer to the YouTube help 1 Open the YouTube app 2 Tap E gt Settings gt Preloading 3 Select what type of videos to preload The videos are preloading when amp appears on Watch later screen or on the channel you subscribed to The icon changes to when the videos are ready Sharing on a big scre
26. s 43 160 meet up e Tap or press to save the message as a draft Y There is a limit on the number of characters for a single text message displayed above If you exceed the limit your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message Your text message automatically becomes a multimedia message if you enter an email address as the recipient add a message subject attach an item or compose a very long message Sending a multimedia message MMS NO OM KR WN Open the Messages app Tap Enter a contact name mobile number or email address in the To field To add a subject line tap t gt Add subject Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message Tap and then choose an attachment type Select or browse for the item to attach 80 Messages 8 After adding an attachment tap to see options for replacing viewing or removing your attachment 9 Tap or press lt to save the message as a draft Depending on the resolution of your photo or video attachments they may be displayed as cropped thumbnails in your multimedia message Creating a slideshow 1 After you ve added either a photo video or audio in the multimedia message you re composing tap gt Slide 2 Choose where you want to insert the next slide 3 Right after adding a slide do one of the following Tap and then choose to add a photo or
27. screen press and hold a contact or phone number and tap Block contact To block multiple contacts tap gt Block contacts select the contacts and tap Move When the contact sends you messages you will not see them in the Messages screen or receive notifications and calls To read messages in the block box on the Messages screen tap Y gt Block To remove messages or contacts from the block box press and hold the contact Cor phone number and tap Unblock To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts clear the Save block message option in the Messages settings 85 Messages WAP push messages WAP push messages contain a web link Often the link will be to download a file that you have requested from a service provider Open only links from sources that you trust When you receive a WAP push message a notification icon wy is displayed in the status bar 1 Open the Notifications panel and then tap the push message notification 2 Tap Visit website 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap gt Push messages XQ You can only see this option if you ve previously received WAP push messages 86 Messages Copying a text message to your micro SIM card 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the message and then tap Copy to SIM A SIM card icon hr is displayed Deleting messages and conve
28. the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tao Y gt Open contact Y If you have recently received or sent a message to the contact tap Y and select which phone number you want to reply to 3 On the Details tab tap FA next to the phone number you want to reply to 4 Tap the box that says Add text then enter your reply message 5 Tap af 83 Messages Saving a text message in the Tasks app Save a text message in your Tasks list so you can remind yourself when to reply 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact Tap the message you want to save and then tap Save as task Enter other details or change the task title Tap Save Forwarding a message On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to view the exchange of messages with that contact Tap a message and then tap Forward In the To field fill in one or more recipients Tap Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message If there s a media attachment such as a photo or video in a received message tap it to view the content To save the attachment tap the multimedia message and then choose to save from the options menu If the attachment is a contact vCard tap it to view the contact information then tap Save to add to your contacts If the attachment is an appointment or event vCalendar tap it to ch
29. the next few days while agenda view gives a quick glance of all your day s events a Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous days Tap an event to view its details If the event is a contact s birthday or anniversary tap it to send a greeting Need to see the event time in another time zone In Day view tap gt Select 2nd time zone gt Choose location and then enter the city name Week view displays a chart of the events of one week Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous weeks Tap an event shown as colored blocks to view its details 149 Other apps Scheduling or editing an event You can create or edit events on HTC Desire 601 and also sync events with your Google or Exchange ActiveSync calendars XQ Editing events is not supported for all accounts 1 Open the Calendar app 2 On any Calendar view do one of the following Create an event Tap Tao w and then select the calendar you will add the event to Edit an event View an event and then tap f 3 Enter and set the event details 4 To invite contacts from your Google or Exchange ActiveSync account tap a 5 Tap Save If you ve invited people to the event tap Send or Send update Avoid juggling multiple meetings at the same time In Calendar you can check your appointments to see if anew event would conflict with your schedule 1 When creating or
30. then tap Edit gt Retouch gt Always Smile You ll see circles around any faces detected in the photo Select one face at a time and drag it sideways with your finger to select the expression you want After making your changes tap Done Tap gt Save The edited photo is saved as a copy The original photo remains unedited Removing unwanted objects in a photo Is there a pedestrian or a passing car that ruins your otherwise perfect shot of a famous landmark Retouch the photo to remove unwanted people or objects You can use this feature when editing HTC Zoe photos This feature is only available for continuous shots that are saved as a batch Open the Gallery app Browse to the photo that you want to edit Tap the photo and then tap Edit gt Retouch gt Object Removal You ll see frames around areas in the photo where objects have been automatically removed To capture a precise moment in an HTC Zoe photo while viewing the HTC Zoe photo drag the slider on the progress bar until you see the image you want You can then remove unwanted objects 4 5 6 To retain an object tap x on its image on the film strip After making your changes tap Done Tap gt Save The edited photo is saved as a copy The original photo remains unedited Sending your photos and videos Send photos and videos to your computer or to another device via email MMS or Bluetooth 1 2 S 4 Open the
31. thread If this is your first time to send a group MMS you may need to enter your mobile phone number 5 Tap the box that says Add text then enter your message 6 Tap Top questions on group MMS Why can t my recipients see or join the group MMS sent to them Check whether your recipients have enabled Group messaging on their mobile devices Some devices or mobile operators may not support this feature How do receive or block group MMS In Message settings tap Multimedia messages MMS and then turn Group Messaging on or off Resuming a draft message Open a draft message right from the Messages screen edit the message and then tap Baat To see all draft messages in one place tap on the Messages screen and then tap Drafts 82 Messages Replying to a message 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message 3 Tap When a contact has multiple phone numbers stored on HTC Desire 601 you can select which phone number to reply to lt Charles Collins ACTIONS amp Mok 7 a x Email INFORMATION OPTIONS Ringtone Keep in mind that your response will be sent to the phone number of the latest message you ve received from this contact 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display
32. time before the screen turns off Adjusting the screen brightness manually 1 Go to Settings and then tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 2 Tap Brightness and then clear the Automatic brightness option 3 Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 1 Go to Settings and then tap Sound 2 Select the Touch sounds option Changing the display language Changing the language adjusts the keyboard layout date and time formatting and more 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap System language and then choose the language you want to use 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 Go to Settings and then tap Accessibility 2 Choose the settings you want 170 Settings and security Magnifying your phone s screen If you re visually impaired or would just like to get a closer view of what s on the screen use Magnification gestures to enlarge portions of your phone s screen Turning Magnification gestures on or off 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accessibility 2 Tap Magnification gestures and then tap the On Off switch to turn it on or off T Make sure that Magnifica
33. to be included in the highlight video Tap gt Select music to change the default soundtrack Tap gt Save to create a video file of the highlights The video will be saved in the Video Highlight folder Do not reproduce distribute or otherwise use copyrighted materials in connection with the Video Highlights feature unless you have secured the copyright owner s permission first Creating an action sequence shot Hop skip or jump Create a sequence shot to stitch a series of actions in one photo You can use this feature when editing HTC Zoe photos This feature is only available for continuous shots that are saved as a batch 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 3 Tap the photo and then tap Edit gt Retouch gt Sequence Shot You ll see frames that you can combine in one photo 4 Select the frames that you want to include in the sequence shot Tap Done 6 Tap gt Save The edited photo is saved as a copy The original photo remains unedited Editing a group shot Finding it difficult to choose a group shot with the most smiles and the fewest blinks Retouch a group shot so everyone looks their best in the photo You can use this feature when editing HTC Zoe photos This feature is only available for continuous shots that are saved as a batch 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 60 Gallery Tap the photo and
34. uploads your contacts to the selected social networks to help you find friends Aside from searching for a contact by name you can search using a contact s email address or company name On the People tab tap gt Settings gt Search contacts by and then choose a search criteria Setting up your profile Store your personal contact information to easily send it to other people 1 2 3 4 5 Do one of the following On the People tab tap My profile With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings Tap the Me tile or your contact name if you ve already signed in to your Google account and then tap Me or your contact name again Tap Edit my contact card Enter or edit your name and contact details Tap cor the current photo to change your contact photo Tap Save Aside from your contact details your profile also shows updates you ve posted on your social networks and your online photo albums a 129 People Adding a new contact 1 On the People tab tap 2 Tap the Name field and then enter the contact name Tap 4 if you want to separately enter the contact s first middle and last name Depending on the contact type you may also be able to add other info such as a name suffix for example Jr 3 Select the Contact type This determines which account the contact will sync with Some fields may not be available when you re adding co
35. words to your personal dictionary in the onscreen keyboard back up the dictionary to the storage or save it as an email attachment Check the other apps to see if they support exporting data to the storage 15 Sync backup and reset Save the time and frustration of re creating your personalized HTC Desire 601 experience when you do a factory reset or you lose damage or buy another phone On HTC Desire 601 use HTC Backup to do a daily backup to the cloud so you can easily restore your content and settings next time HTC Backup uses your Dropbox storage to keep your content and settings It can back up and restore the following Home screen These include your categories and headlines in HTC BlinkFeed settings widgets and Home screen layout Accounts and HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email passwords and social network accounts including Exchange ActiveSync Microsoft Hotmail Flickr Linkedln and POP IMAP Apps and settings These include your web bookmarks personal dictionary Wi Fi networks apps you ve installed grid size and sort order in the All apps view and over 150 other settings Backing up HTC Desire 601 Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your phone over Wi Fi You can turn it on by selecting Back up phone daily while doing the on device setup or enable it in Settings 1 Go to Settings and then tap Backup amp reset 2 Tap Backup account 3 Choose HTC Acc
36. you ve forgotten your screen lock pattern you have up to five attempts to try and unlock HTC Desire 601 If this fails you can unlock HTC Desire 601 by entering your Google Account user name and password 1 2 On the unlock screen enter your lock pattern After the fifth attempt when you re asked to wait for 30 seconds tap OK If the display goes off press the POWER button to turn the display back on and then unlock the screen Tap the Forgot pattern button when it appears Enter your Google Account name and password and then tap Sign in You ll then be asked to create a new screen lock pattern If you no longer want to do so tap None or press a Checking your phone s HTC Sense version You can view the HTC Sense version as well as other information about your phone 1 Go to Settings and then tap About 2 Tap Software information to view the HTC Sense version 173 Trademarks and copyrights Trademarks and copyrights 2013 HTC Corporation All Rights Reserved HTC the HTC logo HTC Desire HTC BlinkFeed HTC Sense HTC Zoe and VideoPic are trademarks or service marks of HTC Corporation Google Android Chrome Gmail Google Google Calendar Google Latitude Google Maps Google Now Google Play Google Talk Google Voice Search Google Wallet Picasa and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc Microsoft Internet Explorer Outlook Windows ActiveSync Windows Media and Windows Vista ar
37. you want to add to the inbox and then tap Done 4 Swipe to the added tab to check your email messages 1 Open the Mail app Switch to the email account that you want to use Tap Fill in one or more recipients A WN Want to loop in more recipients in a carbon copy Cc or blind carbon copy Bcc of the email message Tap 1 gt Show Cc Bcc 5 Enter the subject and then compose your message 6 Do any of the following Add an attachment Tap and then choose what you want to attach Set the priority for an important message Tap gt Set priority 7 Tap 9 To save the email as draft and send it later tap gt Save Or press lt Resuming a draft email message 1 In an email account inbox tap gt Folder gt Drafts 2 Tap the message 3 When you finish editing the message tao 1 Open the Mail app 2 Switch to the email account you want to use 3 In the email account inbox tap the email message or conversation you want to read XQ If you want to read a particular message inside an email conversation tap 7 to expand the conversation and then tap the email message 4 Tap Reply or Reply All Q Tap for more actions for the email 138 Email Saving an email message in the Tasks app Save an email message in your Tasks list so you can remind yourself when to reply 1 In an email account inbox press and hold the email message and then tap Save as task 2 Enter th
38. your computer Then reconnect HTC Desire 601 and copy them over Tired of keeping copies of your media in several places Use online storage services to put your media in one place so you can manage them anywhere on your computer HTC Desire 601 and other mobile devices Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync gt to check first what online storage accounts are available on HTC Desire 601 and sign in to the one you want to use Use the Gallery app to access media in your online storage 20 Phone setup and transfer Home screen Your Home screen is where you make HTC Desire 601 your own After you ve turned on and set up HTC the main Home screen Customize it to headlines from your favorite news medi feeds on your Home screen on page 34 You can change the apps on the launch Desire 601 you ll see the Feeds view as show posts from your social networks a and more For details see Checking bar at the bottom of the Home screen See Personalizing the launch bar on page 67 Swipe left and you ll discover another H ome screen panel for adding your favorite apps widgets and more so they re just a tap away And if you need more Home screen panels you can add page 64 more For details see Personalizing on Y Press Q to return to the Home screen you were last in Getting to know your settings Want to change the ringtone set up a Wi Fi connection or add your account
39. 2 Tap gt Link 3 You can Under Suggest links tap to link the contact to an account Under Add contact tap one of the options to link to another contact 1 On the People tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo whose link you want to break 2 Tap gt Link Under the Linked contacts section tap beside an account to break the link 4 Tap Done Sending contact information 1 On the People tab do one of the following To send Do this Someone s contact Press and hold the name of the contact not the icon information or photo and then tap Send contact as vCard Your contact Press and hold My profile and then tap Send my information profile 2 Choose how you want to send the vCard 3 Select the type of information you want to send 4 Tap Send 1 On the People tab tap gt Send contacts 2 Select the contacts whose contact information you want to share 3 Tap Send 4 Choose how you want to send the contact cards Contact groups Organize your friends family and colleagues into groups so you can quickly send a message or email to everyone in the group We ve also set up the Frequent group to automatically add the contacts you dial or get calls from the most HTC Desire 601 also syncs with groups you ve created in your Google Account 1 On the Groups tab tap 2 Enter aname for the group and then tap gt Add contact to group 133 People
40. 762 Keyboard dictionary 47 entering text 39 entering text by speaking 42 HTC Sense keyboard 38 layout 39 multi language keyboard 40 predictive text 40 shortcuts 47 speech recognition 42 Kid mode about 154 choosing apps 55 closing 755 Language system language 69 Location settings 747 Lock screen answering a call 74 dismissing an alarm 32 178 Index lock screen style 69 opening an app 32 rejecting acall 74 shortcuts 69 unlocking 32 Low battery 43 Low storage See Phone storage Lyrics 98 Mail attachments 1357 carbon copy blind copy cc bcc 157 deleting 138 draft 137 replying 137 searching 138 sending 1357 sorting 138 Mail folders moving email messages 738 Making calls calling 77 calling a number in a Calendar event 73 calling a number in a message 73 calling a number in an email 73 Maps Google Maps 741 Market See Google Play Master reset See Factory reset Meeting request 739 Messages block box 84 copying to the SIM card 86 deleting a conversation 86 draft message 79 81 forwarding 83 group SMS 80 locking 86 replying 82 saving as task 83 secure box 84 sending 79 microSD card copying files 704 MMS See Multimedia message Mobile data 56 Multimedia message attachment 79 group MMS 80 sending 79 Music adding a song to a queue 97 album covers 97 artist photos 97 listening 95 lyri
41. Gallery app Go to the photo album or group of photos that you want to send Tap Share and then choose how you want to send the photos and videos Select the photos or videos you want to send and then tap Next You can send several photos videos or both in an email message They are added as file attachments in your email 61 Gallery 5 If you selected an HTC Zoe photo you can choose to send it as a still image or video If you choose to send it as a still image the cover photo the shot that was captured when the shutter was pressed will be sent 6 Follow the onscreen instructions to finish sending your photos and videos From an HTC Zoe photo you can also share a frame other than the cover photo While viewing the HTC Zoe photo tap it to display the playback controls Drag the slider on the progress bar to the frame that you want tap Share and then choose how you want to send it Sharing your photos on social networks Use the Gallery app to share photos straight to your social networks te Log in to your social network account before you upload photos or videos Some social networks only allow you to upload photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Go to the photo album or group of photos that you want to share 3 Tap Share and choose which social network you want to upload to XQ Use HTC Share to provide your recipients with the total HTC Zoe experience including a highlight video and a collage of your best
42. HTC Backup to access Dropbox Your backup history will then be displayed 4 Select a backup and then tap Next Wait for your settings to be restored 6 Tap OK to continue restoring your previously installed apps Your apps will be restored in the background and you can track the progress viaa notification in the status bar Your apps will appear in the All apps view as they are installed The All apps and Home screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of your apps have been installed You may continue using your phone while apps are being restored Q You can also go to Settings and then tap Backup amp reset gt Restore from HTC Backup Before this make sure you ve already signed in to the same account that you used to back up your phone before Also if you ve started changing settings or data on your phone clear the App data and settings restore option before restoring your backup to avoid overwriting them 17 Sync backup and reset Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage or storage card You can easily restore backed up text messages after you ve deleted them from your message list E When there s a storage card inserted HTC Desire 601 will only back up and restore text messages from the storage card Remove your storage card if you want to use the phone storage for backing up or restoring messages 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap gt B
43. On the call screen tap End Call Slide the Notifications panel open then tap If the phone number of the person who called is not in your contacts list you can choose to save the number to your contacts list after you hang up 76 Phone calls Setting up a conference call Conference calling with your friends family or co workers is easy Make the first call Cor accept a call and then simply dial each subsequent call to add it to the conference Make sure your micro SIM card is enabled with conference calling service Contact your mobile operator for details 1 Make a call to the first conference call participant 2 When connected tap gt Add call and then dial the number of the second participant The first participant is put on hold When connected to the second participant tap 4 To add another participant tap U and then dial the number of the contact When connected tap p to add the participant to the conference call aun Ae W To talk to a person in the conference call in private tap and then select Private call To end the call with a participant tap and then tap Finish this call To end the conference call tap End Call Checking calls in the Call History Use Call History to check missed calls your dialed numbers and received calls 1 Open the Phone app 2 Swipe to view the Call History tab 3 Do one of the following Tap aname or number in the list t
44. Q If the icons don t show you can do either of the following While browsing the first page of feeds just pull down the screen While browsing succeeding pages pull down and hold the screen Wait for the icons to appear and then release your finger Get updated with the most relevant content and posts with just a swipe Choose which feeds to display on the Home screen You can select popular news channels and websites or choose a category like Entertainment You can also show posts from friends in social networks or information from apps such as Calendar 1 From the Feeds view tap 1 gt Topics and services 2 Select feeds from apps types of content and social networks that will display on the Home screen Swipe left or right for more choices Content from feeds that have just been added may take a few minutes to appear on the Home screen 36 Your first week with your new phone Can subscribe to a different news source or channel Feeds from news channels and web sites displayed on the Home screen are set by a local content guide To see a different list of news sources change the local content 1 From the Feeds view tap gt Settings 2 Tap Local content 3 Select the local content you want to use and tap Next 4 Select news sources and categories that you want Notifications The notification LED shows a Solid green light when HTC Desire 601 is connected to the power adapter or
45. Sync account or an account from a Web based email service or email provider T If you re adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or a POP3 IMAP email account ask your network administrator or email service provider for additional email settings that you may need 1 Open the Mail app 2 Tap gt Add account 3 Select an email account type from the list of email providers Otherwise tap Other POP3 IMAP 4 Enter the email address and password for your email account and then tap Next Some email accounts allow you to set the syne schedule By default HTC Desire 601 uses Smart Sync to save battery power See What is Smart Sync on page 140 5 Enter aname for your email account and then tap Finish setup What is Smart Sync Smart Sync automatically extends the sync time the longer the Mail app is inactive Set your email account to Smart Sync when you don t need to check new email messages frequently Smart Sync helps save battery power If you want to receive email messages as they arrive select another peak and off peak sync schedule in the email account s Sync Send amp Receive settings 141 Travel and maps Travel and maps Location settings In order to find your location on HTC Desire 601 you need to enable location sources 1 Go to Settings and then tap Location 2 Select or clear the location sources you want to turn on or off Turning off a location service means no applications o
46. Tap i to switch between Multitap and XT9 predictive modes when using the Phone keyboard layout To enter text in word prediction mode do any of the following Tap the space bar to insert a highlighted word in the suggestion list Tapa word from the suggestion list Tap the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices You can also see suggestions for the next word after you ve entered text To enable this option go to Settings gt Language amp keyboard gt HTC Sense Input Tap Advanced and then select Next word prediction Setting a second language for word prediction You can set the word prediction to be bilingual As you type you ll get word suggestions in the languages that you ve selected Bilingual prediction is available only when you re using a Latin based keyboard 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input gt Keyboard selection gt Bilingual prediction and then choose the language you want Al Your first week with your new phone Adding words and phrases to the word prediction dictionary Add frequently used names acronyms and even phrases to the word prediction dictionary to easily find them in the suggestion list Type even faster when you create text shortcuts to words and phrases Instead of typing Talk to you later save a few keystrokes by adding the ttyl shortcut In your message or email just type ttyl and then tap the spaceb
47. Y and then select the city you want 4 Toadd more cities tap and then enter the location Your settings in the Weather app also control the weather information that is shown in the Clock and Calendar Keeping track of your tasks Use the Tasks app to organize and track to do and task lists Create tasks on your phone or sync them with your Google and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts You can also see your tasks in Calendar 1 Open the Tasks app 2 To select the task account where you want to create the task tap V 3 Tap and then enter the task details Tasks created under My tasks can be linked to a contact tap or to a location tap 9 4 Tap Save 153 Other apps 1 Go to the list that contains the task 2 Inthe list of tasks you can Mark a task Tap the check box next to the task To view completed complete tasks tap gt View completed Sort tasks 1 Tap gt Sort 2 Select how you want to sort the tasks Edit a task 1 Tap the task that you want to edit and then tap Edit 2 Edit the task details and then tap Save Delete a task Press and hold the task that you want to delete and then tap Delete Postpone a task 1 Press and hold a task and then tap Postpone 2 Choose how long you want to postpone the task Move a task to You can only move the task to another list that is under the another list same account 1 Press and hold the task that you want to move and then ta
48. Your HTC Desire 601 User guide NTC 2 Contents Contents Unboxing HTC Desire 601 9 Back cover 10 micro SIM card 1 Storage card 12 Battery 13 Switching the power on or off 14 Want some quick guidance on your phone 15 Setting up your new phone for the first time 16 Transferring content from an Android phone 17 Transferring content from an iPhone 18 Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 18 Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 601 19 Transferring photos videos and music between your phone and computer 19 Home screen 20 Getting to know your settings 20 Updating your phone s software 21 Getting apps from Google Play 22 Downloading apps from the web 23 Uninstalling an app 23 About your phone 24 Basics 26 HTC BlinkFeed 34 Notifications 36 Working with text 38 Battery 42 Camera Camera basics 46 Taking a photo 47 Recording video 47 Taking continuous camera shots 48 Camera scenes 49 Improving portrait shots 49 Taking a self portrait 49 Taking HTC Zoe photos 49 3 Contents Taking a panoramic photo 50 Using HDR 51 Recording videos in slow motion 51 Viewing photos and videos in Gallery 52 Watching and trimming a video 53 Viewing photo highlights 53 Saving a photo from a video 54 Organizing your photos and videos 54 Editing your photos 55 Sharing or saving a frame from an HTC Zoe photo 57 Viewing photos in your social networks 57 Changing the video playback s
49. a computer and the battery is fully charged Flashing green light when you have a pending notification Solid orange light when the battery is being charged Flashing orange light when the battery level reaches very low 37 Your first week with your new phone Notification icons inform you of new messages calendar events alarms and activities in progress such as files downloading rma When you see notification icons open the Notifications panel to check out details of the notifications that you ve received You can also quickly access settings from the Notifications panel 1 To open the Notifications panel slide down from the top of the screen 17 41 m Weekly tean If you have several notifications scroll down the screen to see them all 2 On the Notifications panel You can expand certain notifications to see more information such as email previews and calendar events Slide two fingers apart to expand a notification To collapse it slide two fingers together You ll see icons in some notifications that allow you to take immediate actions For example when you have a missed call tap the available icons to return the call or reply with a text message Tap the notification icon on the left to open the corresponding app To dismiss just one notification in the list drag it left or right 3 To close the Notifications panel slide up from the bottom bar of the panel or press fi You
50. a video Tao gt Audio to add music or a voice recording to a slide Tap Add text and then enter your caption Tap to see options for replacing viewing or removing your attachment 4 Tap gt Preview Tap once on the preview screen to see playback controls 5 When finished tap or press to save the message as a draft Can t find your contacts email addresses in Messages 1 If only phone numbers are showing up when you re entering a contact name tap 2 2 Tap gt Show Email To always show email addresses in Message settings tap General gt Show email address Sending a group message Group messaging makes it easy to send a message to multiple contacts all at once You can choose to send a group SMS or group MMS F Group MMS may incur extra data fees 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap 81 Messages 3 Tap a and then select multiple recipients 4 To send a group SMS make sure that Send as individual messages is selected Clear this option to send your message as a group MMS Group Your message will be sent to the recipients as a text message and SMS you will be charged by your mobile operator for each message sent Replies of your recipients are sorted separately Group Similar to a group chat sending a group MMS lets your recipients MMS join the conversation you ve started HTC Desire 601 also organizes message replies in a single conversation
51. abling Airplane mode f USB tethering is turned on enabling Airplane mode turns it off You need to manually turn USB tethering on after you disable Airplane mode Do any of the following to turn Airplane mode on or off Press and hold POWER and then tap Airplane mode With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings Tap the Airplane mode tile to turn airplane mode on or off When enabled the Airolane mode icon is displayed in the status bar Turning automatic screen rotation off XQ Automatic rotation is not supported in all applications 1 Go to Settings and then tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 2 Clear the Auto rotate screen option Screen not rotating Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to the way you hold HTC Desire 601 1 Go to Settings and then tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 2 Tap G Sensor calibration Place HTC Desire 601 on a flat and level surface and then tap Calibrate 4 After the recalibration process tap OK 169 Settings and security Adjusting the time before the screen turns off After a period of inactivity the screen turns off to conserve battery power You can set the idle time before the screen turns off 1 Go to Settings and then tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 2 Tap Sleep and then tap the
52. ack up Restore SMS gt Back up gt Back up SMS 3 Enter aname for your backup file and then tap OK Restoring text messages You can only restore text messages that were exported using the Back up SMS feature 1 Open the Messages app Tap gt Back up Restore SMS gt Restore 2 3 Choose how you want to restore the messages and tap Next 4 Tap the backup file to import 5 Tap OK Backing up text messages by email E You need to set up your email account in the Mail app 1 On the Messages screen tap gt Back up Restore SMS 2 Tap Back up gt Back up SMS via mail The backup file is attached to an email Enter your email address 4 Compose your email message and then send it To restore your text messages to HTC Desire 601 open the email message with the backup file attachment from the Mail app Tap the attachment to download it first and then tap it again to open the backup file to import 18 Sync backup and reset 1 On the People tab tap 1 gt Manage contacts gt Import Export contacts 2 Choose whether to export your contacts to the storage card or phone storage 3 Select an account or type of contacts to export and then tap OK Restoring contacts You can only restore contacts that were backed up using the export option in the People app 1 On the People tab tap gt Manage contacts gt Import Export contacts 2 Choose whether to import contacts from the storage
53. aking See Entering text by speaking on page 42 g 39 Your first week with your new phone Word prediction also saves typing time As you type you ll see word suggestions that you can choose from You can even add words phrases and shortcuts to the word prediction dictionary See Entering text with word prediction on page 40 Just swipe right to access the numeric and symbol keyboard Or swipe left to switch between languages The keys have secondary numbers punctuation symbols or other characters that you can quickly insert without having to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard For example just press and hold a key on the first row to insert a number Choose from a selection of smileys and insert one right from the keyboard Show or hide navigational arrow keys on the keyboard If you enable the arrow keys in Settings they ll only appear on the portrait keyboard And since everyone has their own typing style you can go to Settings to calibrate the keyboard so it learns how you type The onscreen keyboard becomes available when you tap a text field in an app Enter letters and numbers change the keyboard layout or language and more Tap the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers as well as punctuation marks and symbols Tap to enter an uppercase letter Tap twice to turn on caps lock Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers symbols or accented letters Some
54. al for your music Tap and select a scene If you want the scene to change for every song select Random 4 To jump to another part of the song tap the screen to make the progress bar appear Press and drag your finger across the progress bar or press and hold PP or dd 5 To scroll through the lyrics tap Ze 6 To return to the Now playing screen press lt Y Not all languages are supported 99 Fun and entertainment SoundHound can find info about the song you re listening to While a song is playing tap gt Get info You can look up the lyrics learn about the artist s tour dates and more Finding music videos on YouTube It s easy to find music videos of the song you re listening to on YouTube On the Now playing screen tap gt Search gt YouTube Listening to FM Radio Listen to your favorite radio stations using the FM Radio app You need to connect a headset first to the audio jack of HTC Desire 601 to use FM Radio FM Radio uses the stereo headset as the FM radio antenna 1 Open the FM Radio app The first time you open FM Radio it scans for local FM stations that you can listen to 2 While you re listening to an FM station you can Tap PP or dq to go to the next or previous station Drag the slider to tune in to a frequency on the FM band To fine tune the radio frequency tap gt or lt q Tap B to mark a radio station as a favorite To see your other favorites and
55. ap gt Show on map Show on map is available when you ve enabled Geo tag photos in Camera Watching and trimming a video You can capture a snapshot while watching a video trim the video to remove unwanted scenes and more 1 In the Gallery app s Album or Events view go to the video that you want to watch 2 Tap the onscreen controls to play or pause the playback adjust the volume and more Tap gt Select player to share the video on your home network Tap to capture and save a still shot 4 Totrim the video tap gt Edit 5 Drag the two trim sliders to the part where you want the video to begin and end 6 Tap P to preview your trimmed video 7 Tap Save The trimmed video is saved as a new file The original video remains unedited Viewing photo highlights Easily see all your favorite photos in one place Gallery automatically groups all your most viewed or shared photos your highlights in one album You can also manually add photos to the album To view these favorite photos open the Highlight album To manually add a photo view the photo in full screen tap the photo and then tap amp 54 Gallery Saving a photo from a video It s easy to save a still shot from a video While you re watching a video in Gallery tap MM to capture a still shot You can also pause the playback and drag the slider to the image you want before tapping J Organizing your photos a
56. ar to enter the complete phrase 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary gt 4 Enter a word or phrase and then enter its text shortcut Be sure to remember this shortcut including the uppercase and lowercase letters you ve typed 5 Tap OK While you re entering text using the Standard keyboard layout tapping a suggested word that s not in the dictionary usually the first word shown in the suggestion list automatically stores it Editing or deleting words and phrases in the word prediction dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary To edit a word phrase or shortcut tap the item in the list To delete items from the dictionary tap gt Delete Select the words you want to remove and then tap Delete Instead of tapping the keys on the onscreen keyboard you can trace to type words You need to turn on the Trace keyboard in Settings gt Language amp keyboard gt HTC Sense Input 1 Slide your finger from one letter to the next to enter a word 2 Lift your finger when the word is completed The suggestion list will show possible matches 3 Youcan Tap the space bar to insert a highlighted word Tapa word from the suggestion list Tap the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices 42 Your first week with yo
57. aring an event 150 Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 150 Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 15 Using the Clock 15 Checking Weather 152 Keeping track of your tasks 152 Recording voice clips 154 Switching to Kid Mode 154 Data connection 56 Managing your data usage 57 Wi Fi 58 Connecting to a virtual private network VPN 60 Using HTC Desire 601 as a wireless router 62 Sharing your phone s Internet connection by USB tethering 63 Wi Fi printing 63 Connecting a Bluetooth headset 165 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 166 Where sent information is saved 166 Receiving files using Bluetooth 167 Turning Airplane mode on or off 168 Turning automatic screen rotation off 168 6 Contents Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 69 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 69 Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 69 Changing the display language 69 Accessibility settings 69 Magnifying your phone s screen 70 Working with certificates 70 Assigning a PIN to help protect your SIM card 171 Setting a screen lock to help protect HTC Desire 601 171 Checking your phone s HTC Sense version 172 7 Conventions used in this guide Conventions used in this guide In this user guide we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information Y This is a note A note often gives additional information such as what happens when you choose to do or not to do a certain action A note also provide
58. assword 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 Desire 601 as a wireless router 5 Select the Portable Wi Fi hotspot option to turn on the wireless router HTC Desire 601 is ready to be used as a wireless router when you see Qe on the status bar To help minimize security risks use the default security settings and set a strong and unique password 163 Internet connections Sharing your phone s Internet connection by USB tethering No Internet connection available for your computer No problem Use the data connection of HTC Desire 601 to connect to the Internet To make sure that the USB drivers for HTC Desire 601 are up to date install the latest version of HTC Sync Manager on your computer Make sure a SIM card with a data plan is inserted in HTC Desire 601 You may need to have USB tethering added to your data plan and it may incur additional cost Contact your mobile service provider for details Make sure that mobile data is turned on Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap Mobile network sharing gt USB network setting gt USB tethering or Mobile network sharing gt USB tethering Connect HTC Desire 601 to your computer using the provided USB cable The next time HTC Desire 601 connects to a computer
59. assword before you can use credential storage and set up the VPN A WN Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap VPN gt gt Add VPN profile Enter the VPN settings and set them up according to the security details your network administrator gave you Tap Save Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap VPN Tap the VPN that you want to connect to Enter your log in credentials and then tap Connect When you re connected the VPN connected icon SS appears in the notification area of the status bar You can then open the web browser to access resources such as your corporate network intranet 2 Slide the Notifications panel open Tap the VPN notification and then tap Disconnect 162 Internet connections Using HTC Desire 601 as a wireless router Share your data connection with other devices by turning HTC Desire 601 into a wireless router Make sure the data connection is turned on You must have an approved data plan associated with your account from your mobile service provider to use this service Devices connected to your Wi Fi Hotspot use data from your subscribed data plan Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap Mobile network sharing gt Portable Wi Fi hotspot settings Enter a router name or use the default router name A WN Choose the type of security and set the p
60. at you want to add and choose a port If you do not know the IP address of the printer ask for helo from your network administrator 3 Tap Next and then select the manufacturer and model of the printer 4 Tap Save The printer appears on the list and you can tap it to print your photo or document 165 Wireless sharing Wireless sharing Connecting a Bluetooth headset You can listen to music over a Bluetooth stereo headset or have hands free conversations using a compatible Bluetooth headset ie To listen to music with your headset the headset must support the A2DP Bluetooth profile Before you connect your headset make it discoverable so HTC Desire 601 can find it Refer to your headset manual for details With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth tile to turn it on Tap The Bluetooth screen opens If you don t see your headset listed tap and then tap Scan to refresh the list a KF WN When you see the name of your headset in the Available Devices section tap the name HTC Desire 601 pairs with the headset and the headset connection status is displayed in the Paired Devices section Y If automatic pairing fails enter the passcode supplied with your headset When the Bluetooth headset is connected to HTC Desire 601 the Bluetooth connected icon is displayed in the status bar Normally you can easily reconnect your h
61. availability and strength of a Wi Fi signal varies depending on objects the Wi Fi signal has to pass through such as buildings or a wall between rooms 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 Tap the Wi Fi tile to turn the Wi Fi connection on 159 Internet connections 3 Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed XQ If the wireless network that you want is not listed tap gt Add network to manually add it 4 Tap the Wi Fi network you want to connect to If you selected a secured network you ll be asked to enter the network key or password 5 Tap Connect You ll see the Wi Fi icon T in the status bar when connected The next time HTC Desire 601 connects to a previously accessed secured wireless network you won t be asked to enter the key or other security information again You can prevent getting notified about unsecured Wi Fi networks 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Wi Fi connection is off tap the Wi Fi tile to turn it on 3 Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed 4 Press and hold an unsecured Wi Fi network you want to stop being notified about and tap Block network notification 5 To unblock an unsecured Wi Fi network press and hold the network name and tap Unblock network notification If you re using a Wi Fi router with Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS you can connect HTC Desire 601 easily 1 Wit
62. ayer Browse and manage files on your phone Mac only Transfer content Easily transfer iPhone photos text messages contacts and more to your HTC phone Import all music photos and videos from your HTC phone to your computer Copy selected music photos or videos from your computer to your phone Import documents from your computer to your phone Back up and restore Back up your HTC phone to your computer so you can easily restore your backup to the same phone or to another phone Sync playlists and data Sync music playlists and data such as contacts calendar and web bookmarks between your phone and your computer 120 Sync backup and reset ie You need to have administrator rights if you re installing HTC Sync Manager on Windows Vista or later versions f you have problem in installing HTC Sync Manager close all your running programs and reinstall If the problem persists temporarily disable your anti virus program and try installing again 1 Download the HTC Sync Manager installer from the HTC support site htc com hsm 2 Launch the installer and follow the onscreen instructions 3 Connect your phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable HTC Sync Manager opens XQ If you disabled your anti virus program make sure to turn it back on after installing HTC Sync Manager With HTC Sync Manager easily transfer iPhone content such as contacts messages wallpaper camera phot
63. box com help 249 for full terms and conditions Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation To get your additional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years set up your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 601 and complete the getting started guide on the Dropbox website 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap gt Dropbox 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create or sign in to your account 4 Using your computer s web browser go to the Dropbox website www dropbox com log in to your account and complete the getting started guide 9 You can also open the Dropbox app to set up your account 108 Storage Use Gallery to upload your photos and videos to Dropbox You can then share the link to your Dropbox so that your friends can see your photos and videos Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap the album that contains the photos or videos you want to share 3 Tap Share gt Dropbox 4 Select the photos or videos you want to upload and then tap Next 5 Create or choose a folder in Dropbox and then tap Upload To view your uploads right from Gallery put them under the Photos folder in your Dropbox Or under Photos create a folder and upload them to this folder Auto uploading camera shots Your new camera shots will be uploaded automatically if you turned on the Camera Upload feature whe
64. card or phone storage 3 If you have more than one account set up tap the type for the imported contacts Backing up your personal dictionary You can back up new words you ve added to the predictive text dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary gt gt Back up to storage or Back up to email XQ The Back up to storage option only backs up to the storage card 4 When prompted tap OK Importing your personal dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard Tap HTC Sense Input Tap Personal dictionary gt gt Restore from storage A WN When prompted tap OK is You need to use a storage card to back up or restore tasks 1 Open the Tasks app 2 Go to the list that contains the tasks you want to back up 19 Sync backup and reset 3 Tap gt Import Export 4 Tap Export to SD card to back up your tasks or tap Import from SD card to restore tasks on your phone HTC Sync Manager HTC Sync Manager supports a computer running a Windows or Mac operating system Here are the things you can do with HTC Sync Manager View and manage media on your computer Show music photos and videos from your computer and manage them in HTC Sync Manager Import iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists from your computer to HTC Sync Manager Play music videos and playlists using the built in pl
65. ce If you send another file type to a Windows computer it is normally saved in the Bluetooth Exchange folder within your personal document folders On Windows XP the path may be C Documents and Settings your username My Documents Bluetooth Exchange On Windows Vista the path may be C Users your username Documents On Windows 7 the path may be C Users your username Documents Bluetooth Exchange Folder On Windows 8 the path may be C Users your username Documents If you send a file to another device the saved location may depend on the file type For example if you send an image file to another mobile phone it may be saved ina folder named Images 167 Wireless sharing Receiving files using Bluetooth HTC Desire 601 lets you receive various files with Bluetooth including photos music tracks contact info calendar events and documents such as PDFs Refer to the device s documentation for instructions on sending information over Bluetooth A WN u With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth tile to turn it on Tap The Bluetooth screen opens Tap the Bluetooth name of your device near the top of the screen to make HTC Desire 601 visible to nearby Bluetooth devices On the sending device send one or more files to HTC Desire 601 If asked accept t
66. cing you 2 With your other hand press your thumb on the back cover From the notch where the USB port is located use your finger to open a small gap along the bottom edge Then continue to lift open from the bottom edge To avoid damaging the VOLUME buttons don t press the buttons while replacing the back cover 1 Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 601 2 Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC Desire 601 to lock the cover into place You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place 1 Unboxing micro SIM card HTC Desire 601 uses a micro SIM card The micro SIM card contains your phone number service details and memory for storing phonebook contacts and or text messages Use a standard micro SIM only Inserting a smaller size SIM such as nano SIM with an adapter or a modified SIM may cause the card to not fit properly or damage the card slot 1 Take the back cover off 2 Remove the battery first before inserting the micro SIM 3 With the micro SIM card s gold contacts facing down and its cut off corner facing in insert the micro SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot ie Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 601 before removing your micro SIM card 1 Take the back cover off 2 Remove the battery 3 Push the micro SIM card in to eject it from its slot and remove it 12 Unboxing Storage card Use a storage card t
67. cs 98 playing music from the Lock screen 95 playlist 96 setting a song as ringtone 97 SoundHound 99 transferring from iPhone 720 Navigation See Car Notifications panel 37 Online accounts adding accounts 7 2 removing accounts 7 3 syncing manually 773 what can you sync with 772 Online storage See Dropbox about Pair a Bluetooth headset 65 People adding anew contact 129 contact groups 732 contact link suggestions 737 copying contacts 79 1350 137 editing contacts 130 filtering your contacts 727 groups 732 179 Index importing contacts 79 150 merging contact information 737 personal profile 128 sending contact information 732 transferring contacts 79 130 Phone calls blocking acall 77 call history 76 calling 77 calling a number in a Calendar event 73 calling a number in a message 73 calling a number in an email 73 conference call 76 emergency call 73 extension number 72 missed calls 72 muting the microphone 75 putting a call on hold 75 receiving calls 74 Smart Dial 77 speakerphone 75 speed dial 72 Phone information 772 Phone settings See Settings Phone storage copying files 704 types of storage 704 Phone updates 27 Photos custom effects 56 location 52 organizing 54 sharing photos 60 62 social networks 57 transferring from computer 79 transferring from iPhone 720 viewing photos and videos 52 viewing ph
68. cts you can also use Bluetooth transfer For details see Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth on page 18 Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth Use Bluetooth to transfer contacts from an iPhone a phone that has Android version 2 2 or earlier version or other types of phones Depending on the capabilities of your old phone you may be able to transfer not only contacts but also other data such as calendar events and text messages to your new HTC phone Q Use HTC Sync Manager to transfer more types of content from an iPhone 1 Do one of the following f you re setting up your new phone for the first time choose to transfer content and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen Go to Settings and then tap Transfer content 2 Choose whether to transfer from an Android phone iPhone or other phone types If you chose to transfer from an Android phone tap Quick transfer Choose your old phone s name and model 4 On your old phone turn Bluetooth on and set it to discoverable mode Follow the onscreen instructions on your old and new phones to pair them and start the data transfer 19 Phone setup and transfer Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 601 Aside from the HTC Transfer Tool there are other ways you can add contacts and other content to HTC Desire 601 Sync with your Use HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts documents playlists
69. e F HTC Desire 601 saves webpage text and images only You will need Internet connection to open linked pages and play video clips 1 While viewing a webpage tap E gt 2 Tap Reading list or Watch list XQ When the webpage you re adding to the Watch list has one or more video clips you ll be asked to choose which videos you want to add To view a saved webpage or video clip tap gt Saved Swipe to the Reading list or Watch list and then tap a webpage or video you want to view 92 Search and web browser Customize the web browser to suit your browsing style Set display privacy and security options when using the web browser From the browser screen tap z gt Settings Bookmarking a webpage Add your favorite webpages as bookmarks so you can access them quickly Bookmark a webpage in a normal browser screen and not when you re browsing incognito 1 While viewing a webpage tap E gt gt Bookmarks 2 On the Bookmark this page screen you can edit the bookmark name sync the bookmark with an online account or save the bookmark in a new category folder 3 Tap Done To view and open a bookmark tap gt Bookmarks Navigate to the bookmark you want to open and then tap it You can also add a bookmark directly to the Home screen While viewing a webpage tap gt gt Home screen 93 Search and web browser Not seeing your bookmark On the Bookmarks screen tap YW and select A
70. e browser and then go to the website where you can download the app you want 2 Follow the website s download instructions for the app Before you can install the downloaded app make sure that you ve set HTC Desire 601 to allow installation of third party apps in Settings gt Security gt Unknown sources After installing the app make sure to go back to Settings gt Security and clear the Unknown sources option Uninstalling an app If you no longer need an app that you ve downloaded and installed you can uninstall it e Most of the preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled From the All apps view press and hold the app you want to remove and then drag it to Uninstall Y If you purchased an app in Play Store you can uninstall it for a refund within a limited time To know more about the refund policy for paid apps refer to the Google Play help 24 Your first week with your new phone Your first week with your new phone About your phone Features you ll enjoy on HTC Desire 601 HTC Desire 601 gives you options for quick and easy setup Transferring your old phone s content such as your contacts messages and media can be done right from HTC Desire 601 On this phone enjoy taking shots with the camera checking personalized content with HTC BlinkFeed and more Easy phone setup and transfer With our HTC Get Started service you can set up and personalize HTC Desire 601 from your computer and just dow
71. e either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc Wi Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc LTE is a trademark of European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI registered for the benefit of its members microSD is a trademark of SD 3C LLC Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc and is used under license FLICKR is a trademark and or registered trademark of Yahoo Inc LinkedIn is a registered trademark or trademark of LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and or other countries DLNA is a trademark or registered trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance All rights reserved Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited Apple Finder iPhone iTunes iCal Mac Mac OS and Safari are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox Inc Soundhound is a registered trademark of Soundhound Inc Polaris Office is a trademark of Infraware Inc Kid Mode and Zoodles are trademarks of Inquisitive Minds Inc XTQ is a trademark or registered trademark of Nuance Communications Inc All other company product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks registered trad
72. e emergency calls from HTC Desire 601 even if you don t have a micro SIM card installed or your micro SIM card has been blocked is If you don t have a network signal you won t be able to make an emergency call 1 Open the Phone app 2 Dial the emergency number for your locale and then tap Call If you ve enabled but forgotten your lock password or lock pattern you can still 2 make emergency calls by tapping Emergency call on the screen 74 Phone calls Receiving calls When you receive a phone call from a contact the Incoming call screen appears HTC Desire 601 will automatically adjust the ringtone volume when you use the polite ringer and pocket mode features Do one of the following If the display is on when you get a call tap Answer or Decline If the display is locked when you get a call drag or upwards After declining a call you can send a text message to the caller or create a task to remind you to return the call Q You can also press the POWER button twice to reject a call Do one of the following Press the VOLUME DOWN or VOLUME UP button Press the POWER button Place HTC Desire 601 face down on a level surface AN If HTC Desire 601 is already facing down it will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls Every time you make a call or your friend gives you a ring you get to see your friend s latest social network status update right on the call screen You l
73. e last charge You can also see a chart that shows how long the screen has been on and how long you ve been using connections like the mobile network or Wi Fi 1 Go to Settings and then tap Power 2 Tap History 3 If you ve used HTC Desire 601 for a long time since the last charge swipe left or right to scale the graph that details battery usage over time You can also slide two fingers together or apart to scale the graph How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use HTC Desire 601 HTC Desire 601 power management helps to increase battery life In times when you need to extend the battery life more try out some of these tips Check your battery usage Monitoring your battery usage helps you identify what s using the most power so you can choose what to do about it For details see Checking battery usage on page 42 Manage your connections Turn off wireless connections you re not using To turn on or off connections such as mobile data Wi Fi or Bluetooth go to Settings and tap their On Off switches Turn GPS on only when a precise location is needed To prevent some apps from using GPS in the background keep the GPS satellites setting off Turn it on only when you need your precise location while using navigation or location based apps Go to Settings and tap Location to turn this setting on or off For more information on location services see Turning location serv
74. e task details and then tap Save The Mail app provides easy ways to sort move or delete your email messages Sorting email messages Customize how you sort your email messages In an email account inbox tap gt Sort and select from the sorting options To quickly scroll through the message list based on the sorting option you ve selected press and hold two fingers on any email message and then drag upward or downward a Moving email messages to another folder 1 Switch to the email account you want to use 2 Select the email messages you want to move XQ To select all select one email message first and then tap gt Select all 3 Tap Move to and then select a folder Deleting email messages 1 Switch to the email account you want to use 2 Select the email messages you want to delete XQ To select all select one email message first and then tap gt Select all 3 Tap Delete 1 Tap Q 2 Ifyou want to refine or filter your search tap check the search options and then tap OK For example you can focus the search on a part of an email or filter email messages that have attachments or tagged as high priority 139 Email 3 Inthe search box enter the words you want to search for 4 Tap a result to open the email message Searching for emails from a contact Do you remember the sender but can t find a particular email from him or her 1 Switch to the email account yo
75. eadset by switching on Bluetooth on HTC Desire 601 and then turning on the headset However you might have to connect manually if your headset has been used with another Bluetooth device ip Make sure that the headset is discoverable Refer to the headset manual for details 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth tile to turn it on 166 Wireless sharing 3 Tap The Bluetooth screen opens 4 Tap the headset s name in the Paired Devices section 5 If prompted to enter a passcode try 0000 or 1234 or consult the headset documentation to find the passcode If you still cannot reconnect to the headset follow the instructions in Unpairing from a Bluetooth device on page 166 and then follow the steps under Connecting a Bluetooth headset on page 165 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth tile to turn it on Tap The Bluetooth screen opens In the Paired devices section tap next to the device to unpair a WN Tap Unpair Where sent information is saved When you send information using Bluetooth the location where it s saved depends on the type of information and the receiving device If you send a calendar event or contact it is normally added directly to the corresponding application on the receiving devi
76. ector 2 Insert the other end of the USB cable into the power adapter 3 Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery As a safety precaution the battery may stop charging to avoid overheating When you re using the Internet and charging the battery HTC Desire 601 may become warmer This is normal To conserve energy unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you finish charging Switching the power on or off Switching the power on Press the POWER button until HTC Desire 601 vibrates XQ When you turn on HTC Desire 601 for the first time you ll need to set it up 15 Unboxing 1 If the display is off press the POWER button to turn it back on If you ve set up a lock screen you need to unlock it 2 Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds 3 Tap Power off on the options menu Want some quick guidance on your phone Tips amp Help lets you get the most out of HTC Desire 601 in seconds Ever have the feeling that you re not getting the most out of your phone Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Tips amp Help to learn how The topics range from intro to advanced and the Tips amp Help feed on the Home screen even recommends topics that you might like Need to know how to do something right away Just type in some keywords and get clear up to date answers right on HTC Desire 601 To open Tips amp Help from the Home scree
77. ed You can set whether the full screen player starts automatically or not in Music settings V Minimize the Now playing screen to continue browsing your music collection When you re listening to music and the screen display turns off oress POWER to turn the screen back on and control the music playback directly on the Lock screen 96 Fun and entertainment Creating and working with playlists Personalize your music experience by creating music playlists Make a playlist containing just your favorite songs or create one to match your mood for the day You can make as many playlists as you like 1 Open the Music app Tap Y and then select Playlists 2 3 Tap and then enter a playlist name 4 To add songs tap beside the title text box browse your music collection and then tap a song to add Repeat this step to add more songs 5 You can also Rearrange songs Press and hold next to the song title you want to move and then drag it to its new position Delete songs Select the songs you want to remove from the playlist Change playlist Type the new name of the playlist in the title text box name 6 Tap Save To edit a playlist you ve created tap WY on the Music app s main screen and then select Playlists Open a playlist and then tap gt Edit playlist 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap YW gt Playlists 3 Tapa playlist and then tap the song you want to play first When you tap a so
78. ed directions to your destination Google Maps provides travel directions by car public transit bike or foot 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap Y 3 Choose how you want to get to your destination 4 Use your current location as starting point or tap My location to enter your starting point or select a location from your search history 5 Tap Choose destination and then enter or select your destination If you re taking public transit tap to set the date and time of travel or tap Options to set your route preferences 145 Travel and maps 6 Tapa route or transit option to view the directions on the map You ll also see the travel duration on the info sheet at the bottom of the screen 7 Tap the info sheet to view the directions in a list When you re finished viewing or following the directions tap X to reset the map Your destination is automatically saved in the Google Maps history HTC Car Now when you drive you can easily use HTC Desire 601 to reach your destination keep you entertained and help you stay in touch with the people that matter to you Access music phone calls maps and more with HTC Car 1 HTC Car instantly launches when you mount HTC Desire 601 in HTC Car Kit 2 Swipe up or down to see what you can do in HTC Car When using HTC Car return to the main screen from any other screen by pressing When you remove HTC Desire 601 from HTC Car Kit HTC Car will automatically
79. editing an event tap Check calendar 2 Press and hold the event box and then drag it to an available time slot 3 Drag the top and bottom nodes to adjust the event s time duration You ll see a message if there are conflicts with other scheduled events 4 Tap Done to return to the event screen and then save your event Choosing which calendars to show 1 In any calendar view tap gt Accounts All calendars or Accounts Multi calendar 2 Select or clear an account you wish to show or hide If you have multiple calendars under an online account tap to select the items to include Calendars are synced on HTC Desire 601 even if they are hidden You can also show or hide tasks that you ve created on HTC Desire 601 150 Other apps Why aren t my calendar events showing up If you can t find events from your email accounts or social networks in Calendar check whether the Calendar sync is turned on in Settings 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap an account type If multiple accounts are supported such as Exchange ActiveSync tap the account you want to sync 3 Select Calendar and then tap gt Sync now Sharing an event You can share a calendar event as a vCalendar using Bluetooth or by sending it as a file attachment with your email or message 1 Do one of the following a While viewing an event tap gt Forward In day age
80. eeds to support the WISPr web portal Consult the Wi Fi provider for details With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings If Wi Fi connection is off tap the Wi Fi tile to turn it on Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed Tap gt Advanced Under WISPr settings select the Auto login option Tap WISPr account settings gt Add a new account NO Ww KR WN Tap each item onscreen to enter the service provider name your login name with the full domain name and password Tap gt Save 00 9 Turn Wi Fi on and then connect to the public Wi Fi network f you have access to several public Wi Fi networks you can add up to five sets of login credentials to the WISPr accounts list af In the WISPr accounts list press and hold an account to remove or edit it Connecting to a virtual private network VPN Add virtual private networks VPNs so you can connect and access resources inside a local network such as your corporate network Before you can connect to your organization s local network you may be asked to 161 Internet connections Install security certificates Enter your login credentials Download and install a required VPN app on HTC Desire 601 Contact your network administrator for details Also HTC Desire 601 must first establish a Wi Fi or data connection before you can start a VPN connection You must first set a lock screen PIN or p
81. elping to protect your important data from accidental deletion To learn more about Kid Mode visit www zoodles com 1 Open the Kid Mode app The first time you use Kid Mode you need to create or sign in to your Zoodles account 2 Onthe Zoodles main screen tap the profile that you created for your child 3 Tap the icons to access games and apps play recorded storybook readings and more 155 Other apps How can allow my child to access an app in Kid Mode When in Kid Mode you can choose which apps on HTC Desire 601 your child will have access to 1 Onthe Zoodles main screen tap Parent Dashboard XQ You can also go to Parent Dashboard from Settings gt Security gt Kid Mode 2 Confirm your action with your child lock setting either by drawing the letter Z on the screen or by entering the child s birth year 3 Under Basic Features tap Apps You ll see a list of apps installed on HTC Desire 601 4 Tap the check option beside the app that you want your child to be able to use in Zoodles Want to receive or block incoming calls while in Kid Mode Under Basic Features tap Settings and then select or clear the Allow incoming calls check option On the Zoodles main screen tap x and then confirm your action with your child lock setting either by drawing the letter Z on the screen or by entering the child s birth year 156 Internet connections Internet connections Data connection Whe
82. em for example a contact or link in a webpage just press and hold the item 27 Your first week with your new phone Swipe or slide Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages scroll through documents and more UU a Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag While dragging don t release your finger until you have reached the target position Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping except that you need to swipe your finger in light quicker strokes such as when moving right and left on the Home screen or flicking through a contacts or message list 28 Your first week with your new phone Press and flick On the Home screen you can easily move a widget or icon from one screen to another Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger and flick the screen to the new location with another finger Slide with two fingers In some apps like Gallery Messages Mail or the web browser slide two fingers apart to zoom in when viewing a picture or text Slide two fingers together to zoom out of the picture or text 29 Your first week with your new phone Two finger swipe Swipe down from the status bar using two fingers to access Quick settings n some apps that have sorting like Mail or People swipe up or down using two fingers to scroll the screen The screen dis
83. emarks or service marks of their respective owners Not all marks listed necessarily appear in this User Guide 174 Trademarks and copyrights The HTC Sync Manager software can be used with materials that you own or are lawfully authorized to use and or duplicate Unauthorized use and or duplication of copyrighted material may be a violation of copyright law in the United States and or other countries regions Violation of U S and international copyright laws may subject you to significant civil and or criminal penalties HTC Corporation shall not be held responsible for any damages or losses direct or indirect that you may incur as a result of using this software Screen images contained herein are simulated HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material The information is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice HTC also reserves the right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or storing ina retrieval system or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of HTC 175 Index Accounts social network accounts 35 syncing 7 2 Airplane mode
84. ems on HTC Desire 601 and suggestions from Google web search are shown To search for the information exclusively on HTC Desire 601 swipe your finger up the screen and then tap Search phone a 3 If what you re searching for is in the list of suggestions tap the item to open it in its compatible app Use Google Voice Search to find information on the Web by speaking to HTC Desire 601 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Tap amp and then say what you want to search for After speaking matching items from Google web search are shown 3 If what you re searching for is in the list tap the item to open it in its compatible app Otherwise tao amp to search again 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Settings to set the following options Voice Set the Google Voice Search language speech output and more Phone search Select which apps on HTC Desire 601 are included when doing a search Privacy amp accounts Manage your location history enable recent web searches to show or clear your search history Browsing the Web 1 Open the Internet app 2 Tap the URL box on top of the screen Y If the webpage is in fullscreen mode flick the screen down to show the URL box and other options 90 Search and web browser 3 Enter the webpage address or your search keywords 4 Onthe webpage you can
85. en Share what you re viewing on HTC Desire 601 onto a big screen TV f you have a home theater system that s DLNA compliant you can share your photos videos movies and music from HTC Desire 601 to your TV through your home Wi Fi network Don t have a DLNA setup at home Don t worry Just purchase the HTC Media Link HD and hook it up to your HDMI TV You can then wirelessly share what you re viewing or listening on HTC Desire 601 to your TV 101 Fun and entertainment About HTC Media Link HD You can plug in HTC Media Link HD to any TV with HDMI port and use it to display content wirelessly to your TV lt ES y E Y HTC Media Link HD is sold separately P Easy to set up and use With just a three finger swipe connect HTC Desire 601 to HTC Media Link HD and share on the big screen Multitask with dual screen display HTC Media Link HD gives you dual screen display when you re a Viewing a video in Gallery Playing music in the HTC Music app While you re playing media on the big screen you can multitask and do other things such as take calls browse the Web or send email on HTC Desire 601 Turns your TV into a digital photo frame Use the TV screen saver feature to store up to 30 photos from HTC Desire 601 on HTC Media Link HD and display them as a slideshow on your TV To find out more about setting up HTC Media Link HD and using it with HTC Desire 601 refer to the HTC Media Link HD user g
86. en select the collections you want to remove from HTC Share Your collections are only available for a limited time If you do not delete your photos during the allotted time they are automatically removed from the server a View how much storage is available for your account 64 Personalizing Personalizing Making HTC Desire 601 truly yours Make HTC Desire 601 look and sound just the way you want it Personalize it with a different wallpaper and ringtone and you can also choose notification sounds for events such as incoming text email and calendar reminders Changing your wallpaper Pick your favorite photo as your Home wallpaper Choose from the available wallpapers or use any photo you ve taken with the camera You can also use the HTC Get Started service to choose a photo from your computer as your wallpaper 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Wallpaper 3 Tap one of the following HTC wallpapers Choose a preset wallpaper and then tap Preview Live wallpapers Choose a preset animated wallpaper and then tap Preview If the animated walloaper you chose can be customized tap Settings Computer Use the HTC Get Started service to choose a photo from photos your computer and use it as a wallpaper on HTC Desire 601 Gallery Choose an existing photo and crop it 4 Tap Done or Apply Adding a widget to your Home screen Widgets make at a glance important informati
87. exit You can also manually close HTC Car by pressing from the main screen 1 In HTC Car tap Music 2 Do one of the following Tao Y to browse by category Tap Q to search your collection 3 Tap an album song or playlist to listen to it 146 Travel and maps Right from HTC Car enjoy listening to Internet radio stations with Tuneln 1 In HTC Car tap Internet Radio 2 Do one of the following Browse for available stations by category Tap Q to enter and search for stations by keyword such as artist name or topic 3 Tap a station to start listening to it To ensure smooth playback Tuneln preloads audio data buffering on HTC Desire 601 before playing your selected station To set the amount of audio to preload tap 8 and choose a buffer time HTC Car helps you to find your way to where you want to go Easily find nearby restaurants and more on your weekends HTC Car gives you the information you need so you won t get lost Exploring what s around you Feeling adventurous With just a few taps you can find interesting places around you quickly 1 In HTC Car tap Navigation 2 Do one of the following Tap a category Tap Q to enter your own search keywords Finding places in HTC Car 1 In HTC Car tap Navigation 2 Do one of the following Search for a new place I Tap Qe 2 Type what you are looking for and tap lt li Look up a previously searched Tap Previous place Get d
88. f the contact s name to see the top matching contact If there is more than one match you ll be told how many matches For example tap 2 8 MATCHES to see all 8 matches 3 Tap the contact you want to call Y To check other phone numbers associated with the contact tap E beside the contact name f the phone number has an extension tap after connecting to the main line and then dial the extension number 4 To hang up tap End Call Switch between the Smart dial keypad to find contacts with just a few taps and a full screen keypad that gives you more room to enter phone numbers 1 Open the Phone app 2 Tap gt Full screen keypad or Smart dial keypad 72 Phone calls Dialing an extension number To skip voice prompts when dialing an extension number do one of the following After dialing the main number press and hold The letter p is added to the number you are dialing Enter the extension number and then tap Call You will be connected to the mainline and then to the extension number After dialing the main number press and hold The letter w is added to the number you are dialing Enter the extension number and then tap Call After connecting to the main line tap Send to dial the extension number You can save phone numbers with an extension in the People app Returning a missed call You ll see the missed call icon in the status bar when you miss a call 1
89. f there are apps that you don t need anymore uninstall them f an app came preloaded and can t be uninstalled disabling the app can still prevent it from continuously running or syncing data In Settings gt Apps swipe to the All tab tap 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 amp 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 n the Mail app select an account tap gt Settings gt Sync Send amp 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 gt 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 gt Settings and then clear Auto add widgets to avoid automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you ve
90. f you re replying to the sender or you selected Reply all enter your reply message If you selected Forward specify the message recipients Tap Respond inline if you want to interleave your new message with the received email But this removes any attachments or formatting in the original email message 4 Tao gt to send The Mail app is where you read send and organize email messages from one or more email accounts that you ve set up on HTC Desire 601 1 Open the Mail app The inbox of one of your email accounts appears 2 Do any of the following Tap an email message to read To switch between email accounts tap the bar that shows the current email account and then tap another account To display email messages in another mail folder tap gt Folder and then tap the folder you want to view To view email messages from all your accounts tap the bar that shows the current email account and then tap All accounts Personal Mail RECENT FOLDERS All messages All draft items All outboxes Ben Carter Color swatches To change an email account s settings select the account and then tap gt Settings Organizing your inbox Do you have a big pile of email messages in your inbox Organize your email messages into tabs and quickly find the messages you want 1 Switch to the email account that you want to use 2 In the inbox tap gt Filters 3 Select the tabs
91. from the Notifications panel to keep them pending in the notifications area of the status bar Using the Clock Get more from the Clock app than just the regular date and time Use HTC Desire 601 as a world clock to see the date and time in cities across the globe You can also set alarms or track your time using the stopwatch or timer 1 Open the Clock app 2 Onthe World Clock tab tap gt Local time settings 3 Clear Automatic date amp time and Automatic time zone and then set the time zone date and time as required Y To display military time choose the Use 24 hour format option You can set up one or more alarms 1 Open the Clock app 2 Onthe Alarms tab select the check box of an alarm and then tap that alarm 3 Under Set alarm use the scroll wheels to set the alarm time 152 Other apps 4 Ifyou want the alarm for multiple days tap Repeat 5 Tap Done Q To turn off an alarm clear the check box of that alarm f you need to set more than three alarms tap Checking Weather Use the Weather app and widget to check the current weather and weather forecasts for the next few days In addition to your current location you can view weather forecasts for other cities around the globe 1 Open the Weather app You ll see the weather where you are 2 Swipe to the Hourly and Forecast tabs to view the forecasts in your current location To check the weather in other cities tap
92. ftware update 27 Sound audible selection 69 lowering ring volume automatically 77 Pocket mode 77 ringtone notifications and sounds 69 switching profiles 77 Speakerphone 75 Speed dial 72 Storage 704 Storage card copying files 704 Sweep panorama 50 Sync HTC Sync Manager 7 9 syncing data with computer 122 syncing playlists 123 Tasks about 752 creating a task 752 managing 753 managing lists 753 Tethering See USB Tethering Text message 79 Upgrade See Software update USB Tethering 763 Video Highlights 58 VideoPic 48 Videos editing 53 playback speed 58 recording 47 taking photo while recording 48 transferring from computer 79 watching 53 Voice input 42 Voice Recorder 54 Voice search amp 9 VPN adding a connection 67 connecting 67 disconnecting 767 Wallpaper changing 64 Watch list 97 Weather checking weather 752 Wi Fi connecting to another network 760 connecting via WPS 7 59 turning on 158 181 Index Widgets adding 64 changing settings 65 removing 67 resizing 65 Wireless display 700 Wireless router 62 Word prediction bilingual prediction 40 YouTube finding videos of songs 99 preloading 700 watching 99
93. g HTC Desire 601 ring louder in your pocket or bag To help avoid missing incoming calls when HTC Desire 601 is in your pocket or bag the pocket mode feature gradually increases the ring volume and vibrates when you receive a call 1 Go to Settings and then tap Sound 2 Select the Pocket mode option 78 Phone calls Home dialing When you re on a trip abroad it s easy to dial friends and family from home Your home country code is automatically added when you call your contacts while roaming But when manually entering a phone number to call you need to enter a plus sign and country code before the number Using a roaming service may incur additional charges Check with your mobile operator for rates before using a roaming service Changing the default country code for Home dialing 1 Go to Settings and then tap Call 2 Tap Home dialing settings 3 Select a country and then tap OK If you prefer to manually enter complete phone numbers to call while roaming you can turn off Home dialing 1 Go to Settings and then tap Call 2 Under Other settings clear the Home dialing option 79 Messages Messages Sending a text message SMS 4 A WN 5 Open the Messages app Tap Enter a contact name or mobile number in the To field Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message CE To Natasha White 2 Are you back from your trip Let
94. g on social networks searching and more In the Feeds view you can press either the Q button or button or tap the status bar to scroll to the top Tap WY to choose the type of feeds to display Select Highlights to see other contents such as upcoming events frequently viewed photos in Gallery and more You can manually set which feeds will appear as highlights by tapping next to Highlights and selecting your favorite news sources social networks and apps p Great Sundog drive withdessi Train forze isarand Pete Success sTo fos _ A poe The Ultimate Stages UEFA TON O EHO 35 Your first week with your new phone When you sign in to your social network accounts and authorize HTC Sense to access them you can Post status updates from the Home screen when using the Feeds view See your contacts and their status updates in People See photos in Gallery or on the Home screen Check your friends status updates and posts on the Home screen when using the Feeds view View events and reminders in Calendar Posting an update on your social network You can easily post a status update from the Home screen 1 From the Feeds view tap and then choose a social network 2 Compose your status update and post it on your social network Where is the header The header contains icons for posting on social networks searching feeds and more Highlights f
95. ge do a factory reset or upgrade to anew phone HTC Backup Use the built in HTC Backup to back up your accounts apps settings and more to the cloud so that it will be easier to restore them on HTC Desire 601 after a factory reset or newer phone For details see Using HTC Backup on page 115 HTC Sync Manager Use HTC Sync Manager to import music photos and videos to your computer You can also sync locally stored contacts calendar events bookmarks documents and playlists to your computer For details see About HTC Sync Manager on page 119 Other backup options Separately back up other data and file types if they re not supported in HTC Backup and HTC Sync Manager In some apps you can back up data to the storage on the phone so you can easily restore them after a factory reset If you re backing up data to the storage don t choose to erase the storage when you do a factory reset Messages Back up your text messages to the storage on the phone or save them as an email attachment Contacts Save contacts and other personal data to your online accounts so you can just sync them when switching to another phone If you have locally stored contacts in the People app export them to the storage on the phone Files Manually copy and paste files by connecting HTC Desire 601 to your computer as a disk drive Upload files to online storage and services Other data If you added new
96. h two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Wi Fi connection is off tap the Wi Fi tile to turn it on 3 Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed 4 Tap gt WPS Push and then press the WPS button on your Wi Fi router AQ To use the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS PIN method tap gt WPS Pin Entry 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Wi Fi connection is off tap the Wi Fi tile to turn it on 3 Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed 4 You can Tap the wireless network that HTC Desire 601 is connected to and then tap Disconnect If you want to remove the settings for this network press and hold the network name and then tap Forget network 160 Internet connections 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Wi Fi connection is off tap the Wi Fi tile to turn it on 3 Tap Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed XQ To manually scan for available Wi Fi networks tap gt Scan 4 Tap a Wi Fi network to connect to it You can set HTC Desire 601 to automatically log into a public Wi Fi network that you regularly use This saves you the trouble of going through the Wi Fi provider s web authentication every time you connect to their Wi Fi network Just add your login credentials to the WISPr Wireless Internet Service Provider roaming settings The access point of the Wi Fi network n
97. he pairing request on HTC Desire 601 and on the sending device You may also be prompted to enter the same passcode or confirm the auto generated passcode on both devices You ll then get a Bluetooth authorization request Tap Pair When HTC Desire 601 receives a file transfer request notification slide the Notifications panel down tap the incoming file notification and then tap Accept When a file is transferred a notification is displayed Slide the Notifications panel down and then tap the relevant notification When you open a received file what happens next depends on the file type Media files and documents are usually opened directly in a compatible app For example if you open a music track it starts playing in the Music app For a vCalendar file choose the calendar where you want to save the event and then tap Import The vCalendar is added to your Calendar events For a vCard contact file you can choose to import one several or all of those contacts to your contacts list 168 Settings and security Settings and security Turning Airplane mode on or off When you enable Airplane Flight mode all wireless radios on HTC Desire 601 are turned off including the call function data services Bluetooth and Wi Fi When you disable Airplane mode the call function is turned back on and the previous state of Bluetooth and Wi Fi is restored You can manually turn Bluetooth and Wi Fi back on after en
98. her Gmail account or to display drafts sent messages or other email labels Tap the sender image or letter tile to select one or more messages or conversations You can then tap the onscreen buttons at the top bar to archive delete or mark the selected messages or conversations a Y 4 gp wm _ Ben Carter Mars Color swatches Hi Jen Jim wants to have a decision on the color by COB Diana Mayer was Charity bazaar Join me next Saturday Jamie Mar 9 Meeting Jamie Mar 4 Google Calendar sen 22 Reminder Drop location for red blouse Tue Jan 22 2013 3 30pm 4 30pm _ Ben Carter Jan 22 Hey YOU Hey Jennifer Call me back Ben Carter an 16 Checking out the new club tonight Diana Mayer 12 20 2012 RFE Invitation eaten narty When 9 Get help in using Gmail by tapping i gt Help 1 In the inbox of the Gmail account you want to use tap 2 Fill in one or more recipients Want to loop in more recipients in a carbon copy Cc or blind carbon copy Bcc of the email message Tap gt Add Cc Bcc 3 Enter the email subject and then compose your message 4 Ifyou want to attach a photo or video tap and then tap the attachment type 5 Tao gt to send 1 In the Gmail inbox tap the email message or conversation 2 To reply to the sender tap or tap E and choose whether to Reply all or Forward 3 Do one of the following
99. ices on or off on page 141 If the Sleep mode option in Settings gt Power is enabled at low peak times your phone will turn off the data connection after the screen has been off for 15 minutes and there s no network activity no downloads streaming or data usage The data connection resumes when you switch the screen back on Manage your display Lowering the brightness letting the display sleep when not in use and keeping it simple helps save battery power Use automatic brightness the default or manually lower the brightness Set the screen timeout to a shorter time 44 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 Internet app and then tap gt Settings gt Accessibility gt Dim screen during page loading For more details see Settings and security on page 168 and Personalizing on page 64 Manage your apps Install the latest software and application updates Updates sometimes include battery performance improvements 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 I
100. ick the first and last items items Or drag your mouse over the range of items you want to select 3 Click one of these icons 0 Copy the selected media to your phone 0 Remove the selected media from your phone You can set HTC Sync Manager to batch import all media files from your phone to your computer automatically If you ve already done a batch import before HTC Sync Manager will check for new media and import new ones only 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which one you want to import from 3 To import all music click Music gt SETTINGS and then select Copy all music from phone 122 Sync backup and reset 4 Toimport all photos and videos click Gallery gt SETTINGS and then select Automatically import photos and videos from phone Select Delete photos and videos from phone after importing if you want to remove the photos and videos from your phone after the transfer 5 Click if this is your first time to batch import To allow HTC Sync Manager to automatically import files and sync data next time click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects Want to bring documents with you on your phone Set HTC Sync Manager to automatically import documents from a folder on your computer to your phone 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2
101. ight hand corner of any page on the website click Account Or click your account name and then click Settings 3 Click the Security tab 4 Under My devices click Unlink to the right of your Android device 5 Click Unlink phone a 112 Sync backup and reset Sync backup and reset Online sync You can sync contacts calendars and other information from your social networks email accounts and online services on HTC Desire 601 Depending on the account type signing in to your online accounts lets you sync updates between HTC Desire 601 and the Web 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap 3 Tap the account type you want to add 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your account information In Settings gt Accounts amp sync tap the Auto sync On Off switch to turn automatic sync of all your accounts Adding one or more Google Accounts Sign in to your Google Account to see your Gmail contacts and calendars and to use Google apps on HTC Desire 601 If you add more than one Google Account you can switch between accounts in apps such as Gmail and choose which account to back up your settings to 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap 3 Tap Google 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to sign in to an account or create a new account 113 Sync backup and reset Forgot your Google Account password If you have forgotten your Google Account pass
102. in Gallery 52 Gallery Gallery Viewing photos and videos in Gallery Reminisce about good times Use Gallery to view all your photos and videos You can also trim videos add photo frames and special effects and more 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tao YW to choose how you want to view your photos and videos such as by album event or location Browse to an album or a group of photos 4 Tap a photo or video to view it in full screen HTC Zoe photos appear as moving images when viewed in Gallery or in full screen mode View photos and videos based on when and where they were taken 1 Open the Gallery app 2 On the Gallery app s main screen tap WY gt Events Photos and videos that you captured using HTC Desire 601 are grouped by time and location 3 Tap atile to view all the photos and videos taken during a specific event Using the Map view you can view photos according to location F Only photos with geo tag info appear on the map 1 Open the Gallery app 2 On the Gallery app s main screen tap Y gt Locations 53 Gallery 3 Zoom out or pan across the map until a numerical location indicator appears The number in the location indicator shows how many photos were taken in that area 4 Tap the location indicator The photos taken in the same area are displayed Want to know where you took a particular photo While viewing the photo in full screen tao anywhere on the screen and then t
103. irections for an upcoming 1 Tap Appointments event in Calendar 2 Tap an upcoming appointment from the list 3 Tap an item to go to the map 147 Travel and maps Just because you re driving doesn t mean you have to be isolated from the rest of the world With HTC Car you can take calls make calls and get notifications Handling incoming calls in HTC Car When you receive an incoming call you can easily answer or decline Tap Answer or Decline Making phone calls in HTC Car Tap Dialer to open the diaload Tap People and then browse a category or search by entering a name To change the default behavior of HTC Car tap Settings To add more apps to HTC Car tap and select an app 148 Other apps Other apps Viewing the Calendar Use the Calendar app to view your events meetings and appointments If you ve signed into your online accounts related events will also appear in Calendar 1 Open the Calendar app 2 Tap YW and then choose a calendar view Q In any calendar view return to the current date by tapping the today button beside In month view you will see markers on days that have events Upcoming events for the day are also shown at the bottom of the screen Swipe left or right across the screen to view succeeding or previous months Tapa day to view the events for that day Press and hold a day to see more options Day view shows your day s schedule and weather forecast for
104. isa Pritts v TC Whil ng the y April Lin Y What Ben Carter Gi Anyp for Mer week Charles Collin Y RT hte A Di DID Y iana Mayer D E Tangerine Tango kinda like Ho 2 On your contacts list you can a View your profile and edit your contact information Create edit find or send contacts See status updates Tapa contact photo to find ways to quickly connect with the contact See a notification icon when a contact has sent you new messages 9 To sort your contacts by their first or last name tap t gt Settings gt Sort contact list When your contacts list gets long you can choose which contact accounts to show 1 On the People tab tap V 2 Choose the accounts that contain the contacts you want to display 3 Press Search for contacts stored on HTC Desire 601 your company directory if you have an Exchange ActiveSync account or social networks you ve signed into 1 Open the People app 2 On the People tab you can Find people in your contacts list Tap the Search people box and then enter the first few letters of the contact name Find people on your company directory Tap the Search people box enter the first few letters of the contact name and then tap Search contacts in your Company Directory Search for people you know on your social networks Tap E gt Settings gt Find people you know on and then select the social networks you re signed in to The People app then
105. ite contact 1 Open the Music app 2 Play the song that you want to set as a ringtone 3 Tap gt Set as ringtone 4 Tap Phone ringtone or Contact ringtone If you select Contact ringtone choose the contacts you want to associate the ringtone with 98 Fun and entertainment Use the Music app s ringtone trimmer if you want to set only a part of the song as ringtone 1 When you find the song that you want tap gt Set as ringtone gt Trim the ringtone 2 Drag the trim sliders a to the part where you want the ringtone to begin and end For a more precise trimming tap the left or right arrow buttons Time markers indicate where you are on the song When you re done trimming tap Set as 4 Choose whether to set your trimmed song as your Phone ringtone or Contact ringtone You can see your new ringtone in the phone settings Go to Settings gt Sound gt Ringtone Searching for lyrics music videos and more Love a song so much that you want to sing along HTC Desire 601 gives your music an extra kick with song lyrics and cool music visualizations To save on data usage you might want to connect to a Wi Fi network when downloading lyrics In Music settings select Wi Fi only 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap YW select a category and then tap a song to play 3 Tap fe to view the lyrics in full screen Song lyrics appear onscreen if content has been successfully downloaded Want a different visu
106. l also see a birthday reminder if your friend s birthday stored on your phone or online account will happen in a few days Did you promise to babysit for a friend this weekend If you associate a task with a due date to a contact you ll see a task reminder on the call screen when you re on a call with that friend Y If the contact has a recent status update you won t be able to see the task reminder 75 Phone calls What can I do during a call When a call is in progress you can turn the speakerphone on place the call on hold and more Putting a call on hold To put the call on hold tap gt Hold The status bar then displays the hold call icon To resume the call tap gt Unhold If you re already in a call and you accept another call you can switch between the two calls 1 When you receive another call tap Answer to accept the second call and put the first call on hold 2 To switch between the calls tap the person you want to talk to on the screen To decrease potential damage to your hearing do not hold HTC Desire 601 to your ear when the speakerphone is on On the call screen tap The speakerphone icon appears in the status bar To turn the speakerphone off tap 1 On the call screen tap w to toggle between turning the microphone on or off When the microphone is turned off the mute icon appears in the status bar Do one of the following to end the call
107. le operator before continuing Go to Settings and then tap Security 2 Tap Set up SIM card lock then select Lock SIM card 3 Enter the default SIM card PIN and then tap OK 4 To change the SIM card PIN tap Change SIM PIN If you enter the wrong PIN more times than the maximum number of attempts allowed your SIM card will become PUK locked You need a PUK code to restore access to HTC Desire 601 Contact your mobile operator for this code 1 On the Phone dialer screen enter the PUK code and then tap Next 2 Enter the new PIN you want to use and then tap Next 3 Enter the new PIN again and then tap OK Setting a screen lock to help protect HTC Desire 601 Help protect your personal information and help prevent others from using HTC Desire 601 without your permission Choose to set a screen lock pattern numeric PIN or other means of securing your phone You ll be asked to unlock the screen every time HTC Desire 601 is turned on or when it s idle for a certain period of time 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security 2 Tap Screen lock 3 Select a screen lock option and set up the screen lock 4 Tap Lock phone after then specify the idle time before the screen is locked You can also clear Make pattern visible or Make passwords visible if you don t want your screen lock to display as you enter it onscreen 172 Settings and security Forgot your screen lock pattern If
108. ll also be deleted if you select the Erase all data option Be sure to back up any data and files you want to keep before you do a factory reset A factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone including personal information Performing a factory reset from settings 1 Go to Settings and then tap Backup amp reset 2 Tap Reset phone 3 If you also want to delete media and other data on HTC Desire 601 select Erase all data To delete media and other data on your storage card tap Erase SD card 4 Tap OK Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons If you can t turn HTC Desire 601 on or access settings you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC Desire 601 1 Remove the battery wait for a few seconds then reinsert the battery 2 Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button and then press and hold the POWER button 3 Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons 4 Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET and then press the POWER button 127 People People Your contacts list The People app lists all contacts you ve stored on HTC Desire 601 and from online accounts you re logged in to Use the People app to easily manage communications with people that matter to you 1 Open the People app Phonebook a ese miggen AA Jennifer Singer My profile Al
109. ll bookmarks HTC Desire 601 will display all your bookmarks including those which are synced with an online account Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome Create bookmarks from your computer s Google Chrome browser and sync them on HTC Desire 601 For more information about Google Chrome visit htto support google com chrome F Using your Google Chrome desktop browser you need to sign in to your Google Account and set up Google Chrome sync Be sure that you are logged in to your Google Account every time you save Google Chrome bookmarks on your computer 4 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync Tap Google Tap your Google Account A WN Select the Internet option Using your browsing history HTC Desire 601 keeps a record of webpages you ve visited XQ If you don t want HTC Desire 601 to keep your browsing history browse using an incognito tab See Private browsing on page 94 1 While viewing a webpage tap i gt History 2 Swipe to the History or Most visited tab 3 Navigate to the webpage that you want to view and then tap it 94 Search and web browser Clearing your browsing history 1 While viewing a webpage tap E gt Settings gt Privacy amp security gt Clear history 2 Tap OK All webpage entries in the History and Most visited tabs are deleted Q If you want to delete a single webpage entry go to the History or Most visited tab press and h
110. minder or an alarm you can snooze or dismiss the event or alarm right from the lock screen Just drag or up Tap an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen To see more apps tap Then tap the app you want to use Opening an app or folder from the lock screen On the lock screen drag an app or folder icon up to unlock the screen and directly go to the app or folder The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same ones on your Home screen s launch bar To change the lock screen shortcuts replace the apps or folders on the launch bar When there s a notification or info shown on the lock screen such as a missed call or new message you can drag it up to directly go to its app If you ve set up a screen lock you ll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC Desire 601 opens the app or folder 33 Your first week with your new phone When you re multitasking and using different apps on HTC Desire 601 you can easily switch between the apps you ve recently opened Double tap to see recently opened apps To switch back to an app just tap it aa i To remove an app from the list drag it up Calendar Internet Calculator Voice Recorder Weather Phone Messages In some apps you can easily refresh content that s synced or downloaded from the Web with a simple finger gesture 1 While viewing content such as weather stocks or Mail inbox scroll to the top of the
111. mize home screen 3 Tap Add panel A new Home screen appears You can start adding widgets apps and shortcuts To remove a panel press and hold and then drag it to x 69 Personalizing Changing the sounds for your ringtone notifications and alarm Go to Settings and then tap Personalize Under Sound choose different sounds for your ringtone system notification and alarm Go to the Messages Mail Calendar and Tasks apps to choose sounds for new messages email calendar and task reminders respectively Want alarms to ring louder but notifications to be more discreet In Settings tap Sound gt Volumes and set the volume levels for each sound type Rearranging application tabs You can add to or rearrange the tabs in some apps to make it easy to get to the most important information 1 2 Open an app that has tabs Press and hold a tab until a screen for rearranging tabs appears You can Select the tabs you want to add Change the order of the tabs Press and hold next to a tab and then drag to the new position Tap Done Customizing the lock screen style Choose from our selection of lock screens Some lock screens are Customizable 1 2 3 4 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize Tap Lock screen style Swipe to choose a lock screen style Tap the lock screen style to see a preview If you want to further customize it tap Settings Tap Apply 70 Pers
112. mputer 4 Click Back up now 5 If this is your first time to back up your phone choose whether to set a password for the backup file Enter and confirm your password and then click OK Restoring your backup from your computer to your phone a Connect your phone to your computer In HTC Sync Manager click Home gt TRANSFER amp BACKUP Under Backup and restore click Restore Select a backup file to restore from a KF WN Choose whether to replace existing content on your phone with the content from the backup file D Click Restore Now 7 Ifthe backup file has a password enter the password and then click OK 125 Sync backup and reset HTC Sync Manager opens automatically whenever you connect your HTC phone to your computer If you don t want HTC Sync Manager to open automatically click Home gt SUMMARY and then clear the Open HTC Sync Manager when a phone is connected option If you already have HTC Sync Manager open you can manually check for software updates To see what version you currently have click the HTC logo To check for and download new updates click gt Check for updates To find out more about using HTC Sync Manager download the user guide PDF from the HTC support site htc com hsm Or open the Help that comes with the software On Windows click in HTC Sync Manager and then click Help ah If HTC Desire 601 is running slower than normal is unresponsive o
113. n tap HF gt Tips amp Help If you haven t downloaded Tips amp Help content yet or if there s updated content available just tap the download link to get it Q To change the sync settings of Tips amp Help tap gt Update settings 1 In Tips amp Help tap Q and then enter the words you want to search for 2 Tap a search result to jump straight to that item N 16 Phone setup and transfer Phone setup and transfer Setting up your new phone for the first time When you switch on your new phone for the first time you ll be asked to set it up Walk through the on device setup to choose your Internet connection select how you want to set up your new phone and more Select Set up from scratch to set up your accounts and personalize your new phone from your computer using the HTC Get Started service Your phone shows you the URL of the HTC Get Started site and a pair code On your computer s web browser just go to the URL and enter the pair code to start your web setup You need an HTC Account to save your accounts and settings on the Web and download them to your phone If you already finished the HTC Get Started setup before turning on your new phone just download your web setup Choose to import content and then select Apply HTC Get Started setup f you have content from an old phone you can choose to do a direct phone to phone transfer To make it easier for you to back up and restore conten
114. n HTC Desire 601 will collect your location data through that location service However third party applications may collect and HTC Desire 601 may continue to provide location data through other services including through Wi Fi and signal triangulation Google Maps Google Maps lets you track your current location view real time traffic situations and receive detailed directions to your destination It also provides a search tool where you can locate places of interest or an address on a map or view locations at street level To find your location with Google Maps you need to enable location sources The Google Maps app does not cover every country or city When you open Google Maps you can easily find your location on the map or check out nearby places by panning and zooming in and out on the map 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap to show your current location The blue marker or shows your current location on the map 142 Travel and maps 3 Navigate the map using finger gestures Slide your finger on any direction to pan Double tap the map or slide two fingers apart over an area to zoom in Double tap the map with two fingers or slide two fingers together over an area to zoom out Press and hold an area with two fingers and then drag your fingers in a circular motion to rotate the map Press and hold an area with two fingers and then swipe down to see an angled view of the map Swipe
115. n be stored in Dropbox and accessed anywhere you are You can set the Camera app to automatically upload photos to Dropbox Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation Manage photos and videos Set the Camera app to automatically upload to a photo sharing site or online storage You can retrieve them from the photo sharing site or online storage when needed Using data services while uploading photos and videos may be costly You may want to connect to Wi Fi or disable auto upload of camera shots if you have a limited data plan After taking continuous camera shots keep only the best shot and discard the rest After editing a photo or trimming a video the original file is kept You can delete original files or move them to online storage or to your computer f you are only sending videos through MMS use a lower resolution High resolution video takes up more space In Camera settings tap Video Quality to change the resolution Back up apps data Keep only the most recent data from apps on HTC Desire 601 You can back up calendars contacts and bookmarks or export text messages and personal dictionaries Disable some apps Apps even if not used often may be running in the background and downloading data into the phone storage If the app cannot be removed you can disable it In Settings tap Apps and then swipe to All Select the app you want to disable and then tap Di
116. n the Gallery app s Album view find the slow motion video you want to edit and tap P Tap x to switch between normal and slow motion playback To adjust the playback speed of the video tap gt Edit gt Adjust playback speed K Frame the sequence you want to slow down by moving the left and right sliders 4 5 Choose how much to slow the sequence down 6 Tap P to watch the result 7 Tap Save The edited video is saved as a new file The original video remains unedited Viewing the highlights of an event Want to share the excitement of a wedding or party Gallery automatically selects the highlights of an event and displays them in a highlight video that lasts about half a minute The highlight video will include HTC Zoe photos still photos and video clips Your most viewed or most shared content from an event are the top highlights There are also background music themes that play with the show and you can shuffle the content 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tao Y gt Events 3 Tap a tile to see photos and videos taken at a certain event You ll see a preview that displays the highlight video created from the event 59 Gallery 4 Tap the preview to view the highlight video in full screen 5 While viewing the show in full screen tap the screen to access the controls You can Tap L to change to another theme Tap amp to shuffle the highlights Tap gt Select content to manually choose content
117. n you set up your Dropbox account on HTC Desire 601 If you didn t turn it on before you can enable it in the Dropbox settings HTC Zoe photos have a large file size Using data services while uploading HTC Zoe photos may be costly You may want to disable auto upload of camera shots if you have a limited data plan 1 Open the Dropbox app 2 Tap gt Settings gt Turn on Camera Upload 3 Choose the type of Internet connection to use for uploading your captured photos and videos to Dropbox 4 Tap Turn on Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery The Camera Uploads folder and subfolders under the Photos folder in your Dropbox can be accessed from Gallery They will appear as albums 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tao YW gt Albums gt Dropbox 3 When you see a message that shows HTC Sense wants to access Dropbox make sure you tap Allow 4 Tap an album to view the photos and videos in it 109 Storage Sharing the link to your Dropbox Share the link to your entire album of photos and videos that s in your Dropbox so other people can access it 1 From the Gallery Albums screen tap Dropbox 2 Do one of the following Tap an album to share and then tap Share To share a single photo tap it to display it then tap it again and tap Share 3 Choose how you want to share the link to this album or photo such as sending it by email or posting it to your social networks You can also use the Dr
118. n you turn on HTC Desire 601 for the first time it will be automatically set up to use your mobile operator s data connection Cif the micro SIM card is inserted You need an LTE plan to use your operator s 4G LTE network for voice calls and data services Check with your operator for details Turning your data connection off saves battery life and money on data charges 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 Tap the Mobile data tile to turn the data connection on and off If you don t have the data connection turned on and you re also not connected to a Wi Fi network you won t receive automatic updates to your email social network accounts and other synced information You can add a new Access Point Name APN when roaming or if you have difficulty establishing a data connection APNs connect HTC Desire 601 to data networks for services such as mobile web browsing Before you add another data connection have the access point name and settings from your mobile operator ready including username and password if required With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings If Mobile data is off tap the Mobile data tile to turn it on Tap The Mobile network settings screen opens Tap Access point names On the APNs screen tap gt New APN Enter the APN settings Tap z gt Save on ON AUN Select the new APN on the APNs screen 157 Internet c
119. nd videos Have too many albums cluttering up Gallery You can choose to show or hide albums 1 Open the Gallery app 2 On the Gallery app s main screen tap Y gt Albums 3 Tap gt Show hide albums and choose which albums you d like to show or hide Copying or moving a photo or video to another album 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Go to the album that has the photo or video you want to copy or move 3 Press and hold the photo or video 4 Choose whether to move or copy the photo or video and then select the destination album If you have created albums to organize photos you can rename these albums 1 In the Gallery app s Albums view press and hold the album that you want to rename 2 Tap Rename XQ Some albums like Camera shots and All photos cannot be renamed 55 Gallery Photos and videos that you captured using HTC Desire 601 are grouped together in Events view according to the time and location they were taken You can combine photos from two events You can also move photos from an event into a new or existing event 1 In the Gallery app s Events view press and hold the event that you want to split or combine 2 Do one of the following Tap Merge to and then select another event to combine the two events Tap Split to and then select the pictures or videos in the event you want to split to another event Tap Split and then tap an existing event as the destination or tap to create a new
120. nda or week view press and hold an event and then tap Forward 2 Choose how you want to send the event Accepting or declining a meeting invitation Switch to Invites view to see meeting invitations which you have not yet accepted or declined You must set up an Exchange ActiveSync account to receive meeting invitations in Calendar 1 Open the Calendar app 2 Tap Y gt Invites and then tap a meeting invitation 3 Accept decline or tentatively accept the invitation or propose a new time 9 Tap to choose from more options such as moving the invitation to a folder 151 Other apps Dismissing or snoozing event reminders If you have set at least one reminder for an event the upcoming event icon will appear in the notifications area of the status bar to remind you 1 Slide the Notifications panel open 2 If the notification shows that there are multiple reminders tap it to see all the reminders You can then choose to snooze or dismiss them 3 If you see a single event notification soread your two fingers on the notification to expand it You can then Tap Snooze or Dismiss Or drag the notification left or right to dismiss it Tap Send mail to send a quick response to the meeting attendees To edit the preset quick responses or add your own open Calendar and then tap amp gt Settings gt Quick response If you don t want to dismiss or snooze the calendar reminders press lt
121. ne of the following If you re setting up your new HTC phone for the first time choose to transfer content and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen Go to Settings and then tap Transfer content 2 Choose whether to transfer from an old HTC Android phone or other Android phone Tap Full transfer 4 Follow the steps shown on your new phone to download the HTC Transfer Tool from Google Play to your old phone install it and open the tool 5 When you see a PIN on your old phone make sure the same PIN also appears on your new phone before you continue Transfer content Confirm connection 135 2 Confirm that the old phone displays the above PIN Waiting for connection If the PIN code doesn t appear this may mean that your old phone is unable to connect to your new phone If this happens tap Unable to establish a connection on your new phone to use Bluetooth for transferring contacts from your old phone 18 Phone setup and transfer 6 On your old phone choose the types of content you want to transfer and then tap Start 7 Wait for the transfer to finish 8 Tap Done on both phones Transferring content from an iPhone If you have an iPhone it s fast and easy to transfer your contacts messages and other content when you use HTC Sync Manager To find out how see Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 120 If you only need to migrate your conta
122. ng the screen is updated with the songs from your playlist 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap W gt Playlists 3 You can Press and hold the playlist you want to delete and then tap Delete playlist Tap gt Delete playlists to remove several playlists 97 Fun and entertainment Adding a song to the queue While playing a song you can also browse other tracks stored on HTC Desire 601 Add a song or an album to the queue so it plays when the current playlist has finished playing 1 While a song is playing browse for other tracks 2 Do any of the following a When you find the album or folder that you like press and hold it and then tap Add to queue Browse for a playlist or an artist and then tap gt Add to queue To add a single track browse for the song and then tap gt Add to queue Updating album covers and artist photos To save on data usage you might want to connect to a Wi Fi network when updating your album covers and artist photos In Music settings select Wi Fi only 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap YW and then select Artists or Albums 3 Tap gt Update artist photos or Update album art If you want HTC Desire 601 to automatically check and update your music collection tap on the Music app s main screen and then tap Settings Select Album art and Artist photos Setting a song as a ringtone Pick a song from your Music library and set it as your ringtone or as ringtone fora favor
123. nload your settings to HTC Desire 601 See Setting up your new phone for the first time on page 16 Easily transfer your contacts messages music photos videos and more from an Android phone to HTC Desire 601 See Transferring content from an Android phone on page 17 By using HTC Sync Manager you can even migrate content from an iPhone See Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 120 Back up HTC Desire 601 to the cloud so it ll be a lot easier to restore your content to a new phone next time See Using HTC Backup on page 115 Dynamic Home screen With HTC BlinkFeed personalize your Home screen with the information and updates that matter most to you See a variety of content such as feeds about news and your interests social network updates HTC Desire 601 tips and more The content is refreshed when you re connected to the Internet See Checking feeds on your Home screen on page 34 HTC Zoe Experience a whole new way of capturing and retouching photos Capture entire moments with pictures and sound and watch them come alive again with HTC Zoe See Taking HTC Zoe photos on page 49 Retouch your HTC Zoe photos or continuous shots with Object Removal Always Smile and Sequence Shot See Gallery on page 52 25 Your first week with your new phone New way to share memories Show off the excitement of your event Video Highlights automatically selects the highlights of an event from your
124. ntacts to a SIM card 4 Enter the contact information in the fields provided 5 Tap Save When you tap the added contact on your contacts list you ll see the contact information and your exchange of messages and calls Depending on the information that you ve added to the contact such as an email address you ll also be able to see the contact s social network updates events and photos How do I add an extension number to a contact number While creating a new contact in People you can add an extension number to their number so you can skip the voice prompts when calling 1 After entering the number of the main line do one of the following Tap PG to insert a pause before the extension number is dialed automatically To make the pause longer tap P again Tap WC to be prompted to confirm the extension number 2 Enter the extension number 130 People Editing a contact s information ie Social network contacts cannot be edited 1 On the People tab press and hold the contact and then tap Edit contact 2 Enter the new information 3 Tap Save Getting in touch with a contact 1 Open the People app 2 Tap acontact s photo not the name and then choose how you want to get in touch with that contact Mobile 44 77 30091 Home 44 8880 43210 For more ways of getting in touch with your contact tap an icon below the contact photo Importing or
125. o call Press and hold a name or number in the list to display the options menu Tao Y to display just a particular type of call such as missed calls or outgoing calls 1 On the Call History tab tap 2 Choose whether to create a new contact or save the number to an existing contact LT Phone calls On the Call History tab do one of the following Remove one name or Press and hold the name or number and then tap Delete number from call history Clear the entire list Tap 1 gt Remove call history On the Delete from call history screen tap 1 gt Select all and then tap Delete When you block a phone number or a contact all calls from the phone number or contact will be declined automatically On the Call History tab press and hold the contact or phone number you want to block and then tap Block contact You can always remove a caller from your blocked list On the Call History tab tap gt Blocked contacts Press and hold a contact and then tap Unblock contacts Changing ringtone settings Do one of the following To change from silent to normal mode press the VOLUME UP button To change from vibrate to normal mode press the VOLUME UP button twice Go to Settings and then tap Sound gt Sound profile HTC Desire 601 has a quiet ring feature that automatically lowers the ring volume when you move it 1 Go to Settings and then tap Sound 2 Select the Quiet ring on pickup option Makin
126. o store your photos videos and music 1 Take the back cover off 2 Insert the microSD card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it until it clicks into place When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire 601 is on unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card 1 Go to Settings and then tap Storage 2 Tap Unmount SD card 1 Take the back cover off 2 Push the storage card in to eject it from its slot 3 Slide the storage card out from its slot 13 Unboxing Battery 1 Take the back cover off 2 With your thumb or finger lift the battery from the battery compartment Please use only original batteries that came in the box or replacements that HTC recommends 1 Take the back cover off 2 Insert the battery with its exposed copper contacts first into the battery compartment 14 Unboxing Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire 601 it is recommended that you charge the battery p Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 601 to charge the battery When the battery power is too low make sure to use the power adapter to charge not the USB cable connection with your computer Do not remove the battery from HTC Desire 601 while you are charging it using the power or car adapter 1 Insert the small end of the USB cable into the USB conn
127. old the webpage entry and then tap Remove from history or Remove from most visited R Only the browsing history stored by the Internet app is deleted Browsing history stored by other browsers on HTC Desire 601 will remain unaffected You can use incognito tabs to browse the Web with more privacy Browser cookies are deleted and not shared when you close all incognito tabs Pages you view in incognito also won t appear in your browser history except for files you ve downloaded From the browser screen tap E gt 9 95 Fun and entertainment Fun and entertainment Listening to music Enjoy your favorite songs on HTC Desire 601 using the Music app When you open the Music app for the first time you ll be asked if you would like to automatically download related content such as album covers and artist photos to HTC Desire 601 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap YW and then choose if you want to browse by artists albums or other categories Tap asong to play 4 Tap the onscreen icons to control music playback repeat songs and more wv Running Redux ee em ome Press and drag your finger across the progress bar to jump to any part of the song L Turn shuffle on or off Shuffle is off when gt 3 button is gray Cycle through the repeat modes repeat all songs repeat current song and don t repeat T Open the full screen player Music Channel to view lyrics and music visualization while the song is being play
128. on and media content easily available Choose from a selection of widgets and add the most useful ones to your Home screen 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Customize home screen 65 Personalizing 3 Tao WY gt Widgets You can Swipe to browse through the widgets Tap Q to search for specific widgets Y Some widgets are available in different styles and sizes 4 Press and hold and then drag a widget to a home screen thumbnail where you want to add it You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings such as Wi Fi and Bluetooth Changing the settings of a widget You can modify basic settings of some widgets for example the People widget from the Home screen 1 Press and hold a widget on your Home screen and then drag it to The relevant screen where you can change some settings for this widget then opens 2 Customize the widget settings Some widgets can be resized after you ve added them to your Home screen 1 Press and hold a widget on the Home screen and then release your finger If a border appears that means the widget is resizable 2 Drag the sides of the border to enlarge or shrink the widget size 66 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
129. onalizing Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen You ll see missed calls and messages on the lock screen Want these hidden instead 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security 2 Clear the Phone notification preview and Message notification preview options Setting up a face unlock on your phone Set up face unlock if you want to unlock HTC Desire 601 using the front camera 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security Tap Screen lock gt Face Unlock 2 3 Tap Set it up and follow the onscreen instructions 4 Choose a backup unlock method to use in case the phone doesn t recognize yOu 5 Tap Lock phone after and then specify the idle time before the screen is locked To help make face unlock more reliable and more secure you can Tap Improve face matching to train HTC Desire 601 to recognize your face in different situations such as when you re wearing glasses or sporting a beard Select the Liveness check option and you will be asked to blink to unlock the screen 71 Phone calls Phone calls Making a call with Smart dial You can either dial a number directly or use Smart dial to quickly place a call Smart dial searches and calls a stored synced contact or a number from your call history You need an LTE plan to use a 4G LTE network for voice calls and data services Check with your mobile operator for details 1 Open the Phone app 2 Enter the phone number or first few letters o
130. onnections Managing your data usage If you re on a limited data allowance it s important to keep track of the activities and apps that usually send and receive data such as browsing the web syncing online accounts and sending email or sharing status updates Here are some other examples Streaming web videos and music Tuning in to Internet radio Playing online games Downloading apps maps and files Refreshing apps to update info and feeds Uploading and backing up your files to your online storage account Using HTC Desire 601 as a Wi Fi Hotspot Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering To help you save on data usage connect to a Wi Fi network whenever possible and set your online accounts and emails to sync less frequently Connect to your mobile operator s partner networks and access data services when you re out of your mobile operator s coverage area Using data services while roaming may be costly Check with your mobile operator for data roaming rates before you use data roaming 1 With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings 2 If Mobile data is off tap the Mobile data tile to turn it on 3 Tap The Mobile network settings screen opens 4 Select or clear the Data roaming option Select the Data roaming sound option if you d like HTC Desire 601 to play a sound so you ll know when it s connecting to a roaming network Monitor your data u
131. oose the calendar where to save it and then tap Import If you are concerned about the size of your data downloads you can choose to check the size and subject first before you download a multimedia message On the Messages screen tap gt Settings gt Multimedia messages MMS Clear the Auto retrieve option 84 Messages Moving messages to the secure box You can move private messages to the secure box You will need to enter a password to read these messages The secure box does not encrypt messages Messages stored on your mico SIM card cannot be moved to the secure box 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap gt Move to secure box 3 Select the messages and then tap Move To move all the messages from a contact on the Messages screen press and hold the contact and tap Move to secure box To read messages in the secure box on the Messages screen tap YW gt Secure If it is your first time to use the secure box set a password To remove messages or contacts from the secure box press and hold the contact or phone number and tap Move to general box Blocking unwanted messages Declutter your Messages screen by moving spam messages from contacts to the block box If you have blocked a contact that contact s text or picture messages will also be in the block box On the Messages
132. opbox app Tap that appears next to the album or file and then tap Share No more attaching files to your email Using the Mail app you can easily include the links to your Dropbox files and send them in your email 1 Open the Mail app 2 If you have several email accounts switch to an email account you want to use 3 Create anew email message and fill in your recipients or reply to an email 4 You can Tap gt Document and then choose a document type Tap gt File if you want to choose any file type 5 Press and then tap Dropbox 6 Open the folder that contains the files that you want and then select the files you want to share 7 Tap f You ll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message 8 Tap M Saving an Office document to Dropbox You can open an Office document on HTC Desire 601 and save it to your Dropbox 1 Open an Office document such as one that s attached to an email XQ If you have more than one Office app installed select Polaris Office 2 Tap gt Save as 110 Storage 3 Enter a new filename 4 Tap Y gt Dropbox 5 Tap Save Your document will be saved to the Polaris Office folder in the root of your Dropbox folder To save the document to another Dropbox folder tap gt Share gt Dropbox Create or select a folder and then tap Upload Editing an Office document in Dropbox You can edit a document that s stored
133. ored in Dropbox Save documents such as from email attachments directly to Dropbox Check your remaining Dropbox storage space anytime 107 Storage XQ f the Dropbox app is not preloaded you can download and install it from Google Play Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation About the additional free Dropbox storage offer The additional 25GB Dropbox storage is a special offer that s available on HTC phones using Android with HTC Sense 4 0 or later and have Dropbox preloaded This offer is available to both new and current Dropbox users ie Additional terms and requirements may apply including a subscription fee after your two year trial ends On HTC phones that don t have Dropbox preloaded you can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps such as Gallery and Mail To get the additional 23GB of Dropbox storage free for two years please sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 601 Cand not from your computer or other non HTC devices and complete the getting started guide on the Dropbox website www dropbox com gs If you don t have a Dropbox account yet you can create a new account from HTC Desire 601 or from your computer at www dropbox com This additional free storage is a one time offer only You re eligible to use this offer only on one HTC device Please visit the Dropbox website Chtto www drop
134. os and more to your HTC phone You need to use iTunes 9 0 or later to back up your iPhone content first to your computer 1 Connect your iPhone and your HTC phone to your computer 2 In HTC Sync Manager click Home gt TRANSFER amp BACKUP 3 Click the Get Started button 4 If you haven t used iTunes to back up your iPhone content to your computer please do so before proceeding 5 Click Next Select your iPhone backup file and then click OK 7 Select the types of content you want to transfer to your HTC phone You can choose whether to replace the content on your HTC phone with the iPhone content 8 Click Start 121 Sync backup and reset One way to copy media files from your computer to your phone is to use Windows Explorer or the Finder application on your Mac computer Another way is to use HTC Sync Manager With HTC Sync Manager you can copy music photos videos entire albums and playlists 1 Connect your phone to your computer Media that have already been copied to your phone will have the 0 icon on their thumbnails 2 Click an item to select it Or to select several media for transfer do one of the following Select several On Windows Hold down the CTRL key and then click items each item On Mac Hold down the COMMAND key and then click each item Select all items On Windows Press CTRL A On Mac Press COMMAND A Select consecutive Hold down the SHIFT key and then cl
135. oto select the photo that you like the most and then tap Best shot To save the photos as a batch press lt To get creative with your photos open and edit them in the Gallery app Additional editing features are available for a batch of continuous shots such as Sequence Shot Always Smile and Object Removal a 49 Camera Camera scenes A scene is a collection of settings to suit the lighting and environment Use Normal and let the camera automatically determine optimal settings or choose from a wide selection of scenes before you start taking photos Try the Anti shake mode to help lessen shakes and blurs in your photos Improving portrait shots If you d like your family or friends to look their best in your photos make sure to use the portrait scene It smoothens the skin in your shots 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap r 2 Under Photo capture mode tao WY next to Scene and then tap Portrait 3 When you re ready to take the photo tap amp Taking a self portrait No one around to take your photo 1 Switch to the front camera by pulling the Viewfinder screen s top or bottom edge in landscape view In portrait view you can pull from the left or right edge to switch to the front camera 2 Tap anywhere on the screen to start the timer The camera takes a photo after the countdown Taking HTC Zoe photos Don t let the best moments just pass by When timing is everything capture
136. otos and videos by event 52 viewing photos by location 52 Power charging the battery 74 checking battery usage 42 saving power 43 sleep mode 37 Print screen See Capture screen Printing 763 PUK PIN Unblock Key 777 Radio See FM Radio Read mode 90 Reading list 97 Recording your voice 54 Reset 725 126 Ring volume lowering ring volume automatically 77 making your phone ring louder 77 Pocket mode 77 Ringtone editing 98 setting song as ringtone 97 Router See Wireless router Scenes in Camera app 49 Screen adjusting brightness 69 capture 34 changing the time before the screen turns off 769 idle screen 32 recalibrating G sensor 68 rotation 68 Sleep mode settings 69 Screen lock 777 Screen shot See Capture screen SD card 72 104 Search searching phone and Web 88 voice search 89 Security protecting phone with screen lock 777 180 Index protecting SIM card with PIN 777 security certificates 60 Settings About 772 Accessibility 769 display language 69 Storage 1 04 Setup contacts from old phone 9 initial setup 76 photos music videos from old phone 79 Sharing events 150 text 38 TV 700 Shortcuts Lockscreen 69 SIM card copying messages to 86 SIM PIN 777 Sleep mode 37 Slideshow highlight video 58 MMS 80 Slow motion video 57 Smart network sharing 763 SMS See Messages Social networks 35 Soft reset 125 So
137. ount as your backup account and sign in to your account You can sign in with your HTC Account or Facebook account f you re already signed into your Google Account tap it to change your backup account to your HTC Account 4 Sign in to Dropbox if you haven t done so Tap Turn on to have your photos and videos uploaded to Dropbox as you capture them 5 Todo a daily backup make sure the Automatic backup switch is on You can also tap Back up now to manually back up your phone anytime Depending on the amount of content doing a manual backup may incur additional data costs and take a long time Using a Wi Fi connection is recommended You ll see the most recent backup date and time under Backup history 116 Sync backup and reset Restoring your backup to your phone If you ve used HTC Backup before you can restore your backup to HTC Desire 601 or to anew HTC phone Depending on the amount of content restoring your backup to your phone may incur additional data costs and take a long time Using a Wi Fi connection is recommended 1 When you turn on a new HTC phone for the first time or after a factory reset choose to restore content and then select Restore from HTC Backup on the Set up phone screen 2 Signin using your HTC Account or Facebook account depending on which one you used to back up your phone before 3 Signin to the same Dropbox account that you used to back up your phone and choose to allow
138. p Move to 2 Tap the task list where you want the task to appear 1 In the Tasks app tap gt Manage lists 2 From here you can Show tasks To show all tasks under a list tap a task list Create alist Tap and then choose an account for the list Lists can t be created for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts Rename alist 1 Tap at the right of a list and then tap Rename 2 Enter anew name for the list and then tap OK Delete a list 1 Tap at the right of a list and then tap Delete 2 Tap OK XQ You cannot delete a main list 154 Other apps Recording voice clips Use Voice Recorder to capture information during lectures interviews or even to create your own audio log 1 Open the Voice Recorder app 2 Hold the microphone near the sound source 3 Tap to start recording a voice clip Voice Recorder can run in the background while you do other things on HTC Desire 601 except when you open other apps that also use audio functions 4 Tap to stop recording To play back the voice clip tap P To see your recorded voice clips tap lt Press and hold a voice clip to see options for sharing setting it as a ringtone and more Switching to Kid Mode Worried that your kids might wander off to inappropriate web sites or mess with your important work files while using HTC Desire 601 Use Kid Mode to let your children enjoy fun and age appropriate games and more while h
139. pe up from the button 2 If the card shows up touch and then tap the settings you want to change from the bottom of the card For certain cards that need specific details such as your work address or sports teams and stocks you follow scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap i gt Settings gt My stuff Refresh Google Now to update the information cards or show relevant cards for information that you ve just added on HTC Desire 601 like an upcoming event in Calendar 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Refresh 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Settings 3 Tap the On Off switch next to Google Now and then tap Turn off Searching HTC Desire 601 and the Web You can search for information on HTC Desire 601 and on the Web Start your search by entering a keyword or by using Google Voice Search Some apps such as People or Mail have their own search function which you can use to search only within those apps 89 Search and web browser 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button If you ve already set up a Google account on HTC Desire 601 you will be given the option to sign in to Google Now See Getting instant information with Google Now on page 87 a 2 Inthe search box enter what you want to search for As you type matching it
140. peed 58 Viewing the highlights of an event 58 Creating an action sequence shot 59 Editing a group shot 59 Removing unwanted objects in a photo 60 Sending your photos and videos 60 Sharing your photos on social networks 61 Sharing memories through HTC Share 62 Personalizing Making HTC Desire 601 truly yours 64 Changing your wallpaper 64 Adding a widget to your Home screen 64 Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 66 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 66 Personalizing the launch bar 67 Grouping apps into a folder 67 Adding a Home screen panel 68 Changing the sounds for your ringtone notifications and alarm 69 Rearranging application tabs 69 Customizing the lock screen style 69 Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 70 Setting up a face unlock on your phone 70 Making a call with Smart dial 71 Dialing an extension number 72 Returning a missed call 72 Using Speed dial 72 Calling a phone number in a text message 73 Calling a phone number in an email 73 Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 73 Making an emergency call 73 Receiving calls 74 What can do during a call 715 Setting up a conference call 76 Checking calls in the Call History 76 Changing ringtone settings 77 Home dialing 78 4 Contents Messages Sending a text message SMS 79 Sending a multimedia message MMS 79 Sending a group message 80 Resuming a draft message 81 Replying to a message 82 Saving a text
141. photos 4 Select the items you want to share and then tap Next Y If you selected an HTC Zoe photo you can choose to share it as a still image or video If you choose to share it as a still image the cover photo the shot that was captured when the shutter was pressed will be shared 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to upload your photos and videos You may be able to enter a caption select the online album you want to upload to select privacy options and more From an HTC Zoe photo you can also share a frame other than the cover photo While viewing the HTC Zoe photo tap it to display the playback controls Drag the slider on the progress bar to the frame that you want tap Share and then choose how you want to share it 62 Gallery Sharing memories through HTC Share It s easy to create a collage of your best photos and share them with friends and family with HTC Share Build and share your collage quickly Highlights of the event have been picked for you Add still photos or even include a highlight video You can also add HTC Zoe photos Share through a URL link no need for bulky attachments You must have an HTC Account to share a collage using HTC Share Friends and family don t need an HTC Account to view or download photos from your collage anyone who has the URL link can view or download photos 4 Open the Gallery app Tap YW gt Events Tap a tile to see the photos
142. plays the sorting order and you can easily scroll to the information you want i Three finger gesture Swipe up using three fingers to share content such as photos videos and music from HTC Desire 601 to your TV or speakers XQ HTC gestures is enabled by default which makes the three finger gesture work only when sharing content or using HTC apps You need to hook up the HTC Media Link HD sold separately to your HDMI TV to share content 30 Your first week with your new phone Can t use multi finger gestures in your apps That s because HTC gestures is enabled by default This makes the three finger gesture exclusive for sharing content or for use with HTC apps You won t be able to use multi finger gestures gestures that use three fingers or more for other purposes To use multi finger gestures in games or musical instrument apps clear the HTC gestures option in Settings gt Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons Use motion gestures to mute lower the ringtone volume and more Flip to silence a When a call comes in you can turn HTC N Desire 601 over to mute it Pick up to lower volume In a business meeting or restaurant pick HTC Desire 601 up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume 31 Your first week with your new phone Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag On a noisy street and can t hear HTC Desire 601
143. quire access to your personal information or access to certain functions or settings Download and install only apps that you trust Be cautious when downloading apps that have access to functions or a significant amount of your data on HTC Desire 601 You re responsible for the results of using downloaded apps 1 Open the Play Store app 2 Browse or search for an app 3 When you find the app that you like tap it and read its description and user reviews 4 To download or purchase the app tap Install for free apps or the price button for paid apps 5 Tap Accept Apps sometimes get updated with improvements or bug fixes To automatically download updates after installing the app tap gt Auto update To open the app go to the All Apps screen and tap the app Restoring apps from Google Play Upgraded to anew phone replaced a lost one or performed a factory reset Restore apps that you previously downloaded 1 Open the Play Store app 2 Tap gt My apps 3 Swipe to the All tab and then tap the app you want to restore 4 Install the app For more details refer to the Google Play help 23 Phone setup and transfer Downloading apps from the web You can download apps directly from websites Apps downloaded from websites can be from unknown sources To help protect HTC Desire 601 and your personal data we strongly recommend that you only download from websites you trust 1 Open th
144. r has an app that is not performing properly try rebooting and see if that helps solve the problem 1 If the display is off press the POWER button to turn it back on If you ve set up a lock screen you need to unlock it 2 Press and hold the POWER button and then tap Restart 3 When asked to confirm tap Restart XQ If these steps don t work you can remove and reinstall the battery and then turn HTC Desire 601 on to restart it HTC Desire 601 not responding If HTC Desire 601 does not respond when you touch the screen or press the buttons you can still restart it Press and hold the POWER button for at least 10 seconds HTC Desire 601 then restarts 126 Sync backup and reset If HTC Desire 601 has a persistent problem that cannot be solved you can perform a factory reset also called a hard reset or master reset A factory reset reverts the phone back to its initial state the state before you turned on the phone for the first time The following will be removed from the phone when you do a factory reset Your Google Account All accounts you ve added in Settings gt Accounts amp sync and the data associated with these accounts Personal data that you ve created or synced to the phone such as your profile contacts messages email calendar events and more System and application data and settings Downloaded apps Files such as your music photos videos and documents wi
145. reat photos and videos with the camera and make them more memorable by applying a variety of effects and scenes Open the Camera app to capture that perfect moment While waiting to take your next photo switch HTC Desire 601 to Sleep mode When you re ready to take more photos and videos just press POWER again to use the camera Use the controls on the Viewfinder screen to add effects zoom in or out and more Before taking a photo or video slide your finger on the zoom bar to zoom in or out Slide two fingers apart to zoom in or together to zoom out When you re recording video the zoom bar is always onscreen You can freely zoom in or out while recording On the Viewfinder screen do any of the following Pull from the top or bottom edge in landscape view Pull from the left or right edge in portrait view Tap t and then tap the Front Main switch Some camera features are not available when you re using the front camera such as zooming 47 Camera Use the available camera effects to make your photos look like they ve been taken through special lenses or filters You can also apply certain effects to videos 1 Tap eal 2 Scroll through the available effects and tap one that you like Effects marked with R can only be applied to photos 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap r 2 Under Settings do the following Tap Resolution and then choose a photo resolution Tap Video Quality
146. ringing in your bag You can set HTC Desire 601 to recognize when it s in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments Rotate HTC Desire 601 for a better view For many screens you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Desire 601 sideways When entering text you can turn HTC Desire 601 sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 601 into a low power state while the display is off It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Desire 601 is in your bag Switching to Sleep mode Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode HTC Desire 601 also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it s left idle for a while You can change the time before HTC Desire 601 sleeps in the Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons settings Waking up from Sleep mode To wake HTC Desire 601 up manually press the POWER button If you ve set up a lock screen you need to unlock it XQ HTC Desire 601 automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call 32 Your first week with your new phone You can Drag the lock icon or clock up Swipe up from an empty space on the lock screen If you ve set up a screen lock you ll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC Desire 601 unlocks If you ve set an event re
147. rocery stores and other services nearby 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap to show your current location 3 Tap the search box and then press to hide the keyboard 4 Tap one of the service icons such as grocery or bank or tap to select other services 5 Tap the info sheet to check the address get directions see the location in Street View Cif available and more N 7Y 7 144 Travel and maps Checking the details of a location 1 Open the Maps app 2 Press and hold a location on the map A place marker opens and the location s info sheet appears at the bottom of the screen 3 Tap the place marker or the info sheet to call get directions view the place in Street View and more Google Maps lets you find places of interest where you can dine sleep shop and more This feature may not be available for certain countries and locales 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap to show your current location 3 Tap the search box and then press to hide the keyboard 4 Tap the Explore card to open the Explore screen 5 Tap an activity and then tap a place of interest from the list The place is displayed on the map 6 Tap the info sheet to check the address get directions see the location in Street View Cif available and more Scroll down the screen to view more information To find another place or activity press lt twice to return to the Explore screen Get detail
148. rsations On the Messages screen do any of the following Delete a Open the conversation thread with a contact tap the message message and then tap Delete message To delete multiple messages within a conversation tap gt Delete messages gt Delete by selection and then select the messages to delete Delete a Press and hold a contact or phone number and then tap Delete conversation To delete multiple conversations on the Messages screen tap 1 gt Delete threads and then select the conversations to delete Y In the Messages settings tap General gt Delete old messages to auto delete old messages How do I protect a message from being deleted You can lock a message so that it will not be deleted even if you delete the other messages in the conversation 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the message that you want to lock 3 Tap Lock message on the options menu A lock icon a is displayed 87 Search and web browser Search and web browser Getting instant information with Google Now Do you want to know the weather or your morning commute time before you start your day Google Now delivers quick and up to date information that matters to you all without the search Depending on your location time of day and previous Google searches Google Now displays information cards that include
149. rtcuts you see on the lock screen are the same as the ones on the launch bar Grouping apps into a folder Use folders to group apps on the launch bar or on your Home screen to free up space so you can add more apps 1 Press and hold an app and then drag it over to another app to automatically create a folder MT a 2 Tap the folder to open it 68 Personalizing 3 Tap 4 Select one or more apps that you want to add to the folder 5 Tap Done You can also add shortcuts to settings or information Add a shortcut first to the Home screen and then drag it over to the folder You can also group apps into a folder in the All Apps view Tao Y gt Custom Press and hold an app and drag it to another app Do the same for more apps that you want to group into the folder 1 Tap the folder to open it Tap the folder window s title bar 2 3 Enter a new folder name 4 Tap outside the folder to close it 1 Tap the folder to open it 2 Press and hold an app and then drag it out to X to remove To remove an app in the All Apps view press and hold the app and drag it out of the folder If there s only one item left in the folder the folder ungroups the last item and removes itself automatically Adding a Home screen panel Add a Home screen if you have more widgets apps and shortcuts that you want to access right away 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Custo
150. s Do this and more in Settings 1 Open Settings either from the Quick settings panel or the All Apps screen With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings and then tap From the Home screen tap to switch to the All Apps screen and then tap Settings 2 Here are some of the basic settings you can change Tap the On Off switch next to an item such as Wi Fi to turn it on or off Tap the item itself to configure its settings Tap Sound to set a ringtone choose a sound profile and configure incoming call sound settings Tap Personalize to change the Home screen wallpaper lock screen style and more Tap Accounts amp sync to add and si email social networks and more gn in to your different accounts such as Tap Security to helo secure HTC Desire 601 for example with a screen lock 21 Phone setup and transfer Updating your phone s software HTC Desire 601 can check and notify you if there s a new update available You can also manually check if there s an available update Installing a software update When Internet connection is on and there s a new software update available the update notification icon appears in the status bar 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap the system update notification 2 If you don t want to download the update using your data connection select Update over Wi Fi only Tap Download 4
151. s information that may only be applicable to some situations Q This is a tip A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a feature to work properly A This provides safety precaution information that is information that you need to be careful about to prevent potential problems 8 Important note on recoverable data Important note on recoverable data Files and other data that have been deleted cleared removed or erased from your device may still be recoverable by third party data recovery software Even a factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone including personal information 9 Unboxing Unboxing HTC Desire 601 BACK USB connector HOME Dual speakers VOLUME Front camera 3 5mm headset jack Notification LED o o NOAH AUN POWER 5 Proximity sensor E You need an LTE plan to use your operator s 4G LTE network for voice calls and data services Check with your operator for details f you want to use a case please don t cover and block the proximity sensor Purchase a case designed for HTC Desire 601 10 Unboxing Back cover 1 With one hand securely hold HTC Desire 601 with the bottom edge facing up and the back fa
152. s Title text here and type in a note title 4 Use the editing tools to enter text change the pen characteristics draw or write with your finger record audio and more 5 Tap to take a photo and then choose an outline To customize the outline tap and trace the outline 6 Tap to insert a photo from Gallery change the template link the note to an event and more 7 Tap and hold an element to move resize or delete it You can also use two fingers to rotate a photo 8 Press to save the note 103 Fun and entertainment Communicate ideas better by adding illustrations and interesting visuals in your note Open a note in the Scribble app Tap amp and choose a pen stroke color and thickness You can highlight or encircle important parts or draw figures Tap Se and choose a color and thickness and then draw figures or write text The drawing Is inserted at the cursor and is the same size as the surrounding text Press and hold a drawing to move resize or delete it You can also use two fingers to rotate an image Open the Scribble app Tap E gt Group Select the notes that you want to group and tap Group Tap OK Enter a notebook name and tap OK The number of notes in a notebook is displayed next to the notebook name on the Scribble main screen To group notes into an existing notebook tap gt Move to Select the notes you want to group and then select the notebook
153. sable 106 Storage You can encrypt data such as your online accounts settings music files and other media After encryption you will need to enter the screen lock PIN or password to turn on your phone and access the data Set a lock screen PIN or password before encrypting your data Fully charge the battery and keep HTC Desire 601 connected to the power adapter during encryption The encryption process takes about an hour You cannot undo encryption If you want to return to an unencrypted phone you must perform a factory reset 1 Go to Settings and then tap Storage 2 Tap Phone storage encryption 3 Tap OK 4 Enter the lock screen PIN or password and tap Next 5 Tap OK Encryption starts and the progress is displayed The phone may restart a few times When the encryption process is complete enter your PIN or password Dropbox integration When you use Dropbox you ll have access to your photos videos and documents on HTC Desire 601 your computer and your other mobile devices where you have Dropbox access On HTC Desire 601 sign in to your Dropbox account so you can Enjoy an additional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years Access your photos and videos that are stored in Dropbox right from Gallery No more large attachments when sharing by email Simply send a link to your Dropbox files a View and edit Office documents that are stored in Dropbox View PDFs that are st
154. sage to help prevent going over your monthly data allowance Data usage measured by HTC Desire 601 may differ from and be less than your actual data usage 1 Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More 2 Tap Usage 158 Internet connections 3 Onthe Mobile tab select Limit mobile data usage and tap OK to automatically disable your data connection when you reach the set limit 4 Drag the upper LIMIT line to set your monthly data limit Select Alert me about data usage and then drag the lower ALERT line to set an alert before you reach your monthly data limit 6 Tap Reset data usage and then set the day of the month when your usage cycle resets This date is usually the start of your monthly billing cycle 7 Drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you ve used during a particular time interval If you re connecting HTC Desire 601 to another portable Wi Fi hotspot tap E gt Mobile hotspots to restrict background data from downloading that may incur extra data fees 1 Go to Settings and then under Wireless amp networks tap More 2 Tap Usage 3 On the Mobile tab drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you ve used during a particular time interval 4 Scroll down the screen to see a list of apps and their data usage info Tap an app to see more details Wi Fi To use Wi Fi you need access to a wireless access point or hotspot The
155. screen 2 Pull down with your finger and then release to refresh Tap the tiles in Quick settings to easily turn on Wi Fi Bluetooth and more You ll also find a few shortcuts such as for viewing your profile in the People app With two fingers swipe down from the status bar to open Quick settings Miss having a Menu button You can set the Home button to open the Menu 1 Go to Settings and then tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 2 Tao Home and select how you want to open the Menu which is to press and hold the button 34 Your first week with your new phone Want to show off your high game score or write a blog post about HTC Desire 601 features It s easy to take a picture of the screen and share it from Gallery Press and hold POWER and VOLUME DOWN at the same time To share the image wait until you see the icon in the status bar In the Notifications panel expand the screenshot notification and then tap lt The image is saved in the Screenshots album in Gallery HTC BlinkFeed Checking feeds on your Home screen Stay in touch with friends or get the latest about your interests right on your Home screen Set up which social networks news sources and more will appear Tap atile to view more details or to comment on a post or status update Scroll to the top and pull down on the screen to manually refresh the stream This also shows icons for postin
156. t from HTC Desire 601 to another HTC phone in the future select Back up phone daily To find out more about HTC Get Started and HTC Account see the Help and FAQ on the HTC Get Started site www htcsense com help f you transferred content such as wallpaper and ringtone from an old phone using HTC Get Started to personalize and download the same content types from the Web will change your settings on your new phone Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location based services and auto sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees To avoid incurring data fees disable these features under Settings For more information on location services see Turning location services on or off on page 141 P N 17 Phone setup and transfer Transferring content from an Android phone On your old Android phone download the HTC Transfer Tool and use it to transfer your content to your new HTC phone The types of locally stored content on your old phone that the tool can transfer include contacts messages calendar events web bookmarks music photos and videos Some settings can also be transferred You need Android version 2 3 or later to use the HTC Transfer Tool on your old phone f your old phone has Android version 2 2 or an earlier version you need to use Bluetooth transfer For details see Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth on page 18 1 Do o
157. taken at a certain event Tap RA gt HTC Share The highlights are ready to be uploaded a A WN Review your collage and refine it Tapa photo to show options for replacing and more If available tap to select more content from the same album or event Worried about data charges Tap gt Settings and choose Wi Fi connection When uploading you will be prompted to use the Wi Fi connection 6 Fill in details such as title and description 7 Tap Upload and wait for HTC Desire 601 to finish Uploading 8 Under Share to select how you want to share your collage A link is sent to friends and family or a status update appears on their social networks For a period of time they can Tap or click the link to view the collage on a web browser Tap or click a photo in the collage to see a bigger view or to see the download option Do not reproduce distribute or otherwise use copyrighted materials in connection with the Video Highlights feature unless you have secured the copyright owner s permission first 63 Gallery Want to share photos to more friends or delete those you have already uploaded to HTC Share 1 On the screen that allows you to upload photos to HTC Share tap gt My HTC Shares 2 Youcan Send the collection to more recipients Next to the collection s name tap gt Reshare and then select how you want to share your photos Delete collections Tap gt Delete and th
158. the exact moment with HTC Zoe and get more than just a still photo Some camera features are not available when you re using HTC Zoe such as zooming 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap IM to switch HTC Zoe on 2 When you re ready to capture tao R When you see the shutter release icon slowly turn red EJ continue holding the phone steady as the camera captures a few seconds of shots You ll find HTC Zoe photos in the Gallery app comprised of a video clio and a cover photo 50 Camera What is HTC Zoe HTC Zoe captures a series of high quality photos and collects them in a short video clip Like the traditional Zoetrope that inspired it HTC Zoe photos are in motion when you view them But HTC Zoe is more than just a camera mode With HTC Zoe you can Get creative with advanced editing features in Gallery such as Sequence Shot Always Smile and Object Removal Extract and save a specific image from your HTC Zoe shot while viewing it in Gallery See Sharing or saving a frame from an HTC Zoe photo on page 57 Share HTC Zoe shots including a highlight video and a collage of your best photos using HTC Share See Sharing memories through HTC Share on page 62 Taking a panoramic photo Whether it s the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower you can capture anything wide or tall in a single photo iz Some camera features are not available when you re in this mode such as zooming 1 On the
159. tion gestures is turned on in Settings to use this feature Triple tap on any area of the screen that you want to magnify You can Slide two fingers apart or together to adjust the magnification Drag two fingers to pan across the screen To exit magnification mode open another app or triple tap the screen again Working with certificates Use client and Certificate Authority CA digital certificates to enable HTC Desire 601 to access VPN or secured Wi FI networks and also to provide authentication to online secure servers You can get a certificate from your system administrator or download it from sites that require authentication Some apps such as your browser or email client let you install certificates directly in the app See the app s help for details ie You must set a lock screen PIN or password before installing a digital certificate 1 Save the certificate file to the root folder of the storage card 2 Go to Settings and then tap Security 3 Tap Install from storage 4 Ifyou have more than one certificate in the root folder select the certificate you want to install 5 Enter a name for the certificate and tap OK 171 Settings and security Assigning a PIN to help protect your SIM card You can help to protect your SIM card by assigning a PIN personal identification number that you enter before accessing your SIM Make sure you have the default SIM PIN provided by your mobi
160. to and then tap Edit 4 Tap Effects 5 Press and hold the effect you want to customize and drag it to Custom Y You can also press and hold an effect and then drag it to a new location 6 On the Custom Effects screen you can Make changes to the effect by adjusting filters such as exposure saturation white balance and more Use the slider bars on selected filters to adjust the intensity of the effect Rearrange filters to modify the effect Press and hold the filter you want to move Then drag it to a new position Remove filters Press and hold the filter you want to remove Then drag it to Remove Tap to add more filters and create a more complex effect 7 Tap Done to apply the effects to your photo Y To save your custom effects for future use tap Save Preset F 57 Gallery Sharing or saving a frame from an HTC Zoe photo When you view an HTC Zoe photo in full screen and tap it to display the playback controls you ll see a white dot on the progress bar The white dot indicates the cover photo which is the moment when the shutter button was pressed when you captured the HTC Zoe photo You can share or save the cover photo Or choose another frame from the HTC Zoe photo to share or save To selecta frame other than the cover photo drag the slider on the progress bar to the frame that you want To share the cover photo or your selected frame tap RA If you see the HTC Share screen tap
161. to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Customize home screen 3 Tao Y gt Apps or Shortcuts You can Swipe to browse through the apps or shortcuts Tap Q 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 oe Drop the app on an empty space in the Home screen Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 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 67 Personalizing 3 Release the widget or icon 4 To move the widget or icon to another position on the panel just press and hold and then drag it 1 Press and hold the widget or icon you want to remove and then drag it to X 2 When the widget or icon turns red lift your finger Personalizing the launch bar The launch bar gives you one touch access to commonly used apps You can replace the apps on the launch bar with other apps you often use 1 Press and hold the app you want to replace and then drag it out to x 2 Press and hold an app and then drag it to the empty slot on the launch bar You can also group apps on the launch bar into a folder The apps or sho
162. ttings People Choose the contacts application on your computer that you want to sync with your phone f there s conflicting contact info on your phone and your computer choose which data you want to keep Calendar Choose the calendar application on your computer that you want to syne with your phone Choose from when you want to start syncing calendar events f there are conflicting appointments on your phone and your computer choose which data you want to keep Bookmark Choose the web browser on your computer that you want to sync with your phone 5 Click if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your data and import files Such as documents and media next time click Home gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects When you sync bookmarks for the first time a favorites folder named HTC bookmarks will be created on your computer s web browser This folder contains the bookmarks from your phone If you have bookmarks on your computer that you want to sync with your phone make sure to save them in the HTC bookmarks folder AN Only the contact and calendar fields that are available on your phone will be synced with your computer f there are conflicting bookmarks on your phone and your computer HTC Sync Manager always keeps the bookmarks from your computer Set HTC Sync Manager to sync iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists between
163. u want to use 2 Press and hold an email message from a contact 3 Tap Search the mail from the sender A list of email messages from that contact appears Enjoy the powerful email features of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right on HTC Desire 601 Flag important email messages set your out of the office reply or send invites to your next team meeting while you re on the go Flagging an email 1 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account 2 While viewing the inbox tap the flag icon that appears beside an email message or conversation To flag an email message inside a conversation tap to expand the conversation and then tap the flag icon of the email message Setting your Out of the office status 1 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account Tap gt Out of the office Tap your current office status and then select Out of the office Set the dates and times Enter the auto reply message Aa FW N If you want a different auto reply message for recipients outside your organization tap the Send replies to external senders option and then enter the auto reply message in the box 7 Tap Save Sending a meeting request 4 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account Tap gt New meeting invitation Enter the meeting details A WN Tap Save Or tap Send if you ve invited people to the meeting Set up additional email accounts such as another Microsoft Exchange Active
164. uide Sharing your media on DLNA devices If you ll be using a DLNA compliant TV or audio system refer to its documentation on how to connect it to your home network 1 Connect HTC Desire 601 to your home network via Wi Fi 2 Open the Gallery or Music app 102 Fun and entertainment 3 Locate the media stored on HTC Desire 601 that you want to share and then tap it 4 Do one of the following While viewing photos or videos Tap the screen to show the controls and then in Gallery tap 1 gt Select player While playing music in Music Tap gt Select player 5 Choose the device on your network where you want to play the media 6 Once connected to the other device tap the onscreen controls to control playback adjust the volume and more Y For more information about DLNA visit www dlna org Taking notes Jot down ideas lists and agendas in Scribble and make it easy to remember organize and share them There are ready to use templates to get you started You can compile photos text audio clips and more in one note You can even highlight text or add hand drawn illustrations to emphasize the most important parts Some notes even allow you to cross off items in a list or log your activities in a calendar If you re taking notes during a meeting you can conveniently link them to the meeting event saved in Calendar 1 Open the Scribble app 2 Tap and choose a template 3 Tap the area that say
165. up to return to overhead view 4 Tap to turn Compass mode on In Compass mode the map orients itself depending on the direction you re facing To exit Compass mode tap O Add a map view to see more information overlaid on the map Tap and then tap a map view such as Traffic or Public transit To remove the map view tap it again on the map view list Use Google Maps to search for a location such as an address or a type of business or establishment for example museums 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap the search box and then enter the place you want to search for 143 Travel and maps 3 Tap the Enter key on the keyboard or tap a suggested search item The first location on the search appears with a place marker 9 and its info sheet displays at the bottom of the screen All other search results are indicated by a red dot or a smart map icon Say Q museum near Londo x i Tavistock xe Square Der Ay z Aol gndon Museum of London a AQ ae To check the next or previous location on the search swipe the info sheet left or right To view the search results list tao 4 Tap the info sheet to check the address get directions see the location in Street View Cif available and more To clear the map and search another location swipe down the info sheet Cif it s expanded and then tap X Finding services near you Quickly search for banks gas stations g
166. uping bookmarks 92 removing items 68 renaming 68 FOTA See Software update Gallery creating sequence shots 59 custom effects 56 editing group shots 59 editing photos 55 HTC Share 62 photos in Dropbox 708 177 Index photos in social networks 57 removing objects in photo 60 sharing photos 60 62 Video Highlights 58 video trimming 53 viewing photos and videos 52 viewing photos and videos by event 52 viewing photos by location 52 watching videos 53 Geotag 52 Gestures motion gestures 30 touch gestures 26 Gmail 734 Google Maps 747 Google Now setting up 87 turning off 88 Google Play installing apps 22 refund 23 Google Voice Search 8 amp 9 GPS Global Positioning System See Location settings Group messaging 80 Hands free 165 Hard reset See Factory reset HDMI 707 DR 57 eadphones See Bluetooth Home screen adding widgets 64 apps 66 extended 20 feeds 34 folder 67 launch bar 67 rearranging items 66 shortcuts 66 walloaper 64 Hotspot See Wireless router HTC Backup 775 I I HTC Car See Car TC Clock setting an alarm 757 HTC Media Link HD 07 HTC Sense version 772 HTC Share 62 H H I TC Sync Manager 7 9 TC Zoe 49 Idle screen See Lock screen Incognito mode See Browser incognito tab Internet browsing 89 connections 56 Internet connection data connection 756 VPN 760 Wi Fi 758 wireless router
167. ur new phone No time to type Try speaking the words to enter them 1 Tap an area where you want to enter text 2 On the onscreen keyboard press and hold 6 3 When you see the microphone image speak out the words you want to type To set the voice input language tap the language bar above the microphone image You can choose one or more languages Available languages depend on the voice input languages supported by Google 4 Ifa word doesn t match what you ve spoken and it s underlined tap the underlined word to delete it or to see more choices 5 Enter punctuation marks by saying the name for example say comma Battery See a ranking list of apps that are using the battery You can also see how much and how long the battery has been used for each app 1 Go to Settings and then tap Power 2 Tap Usage and then tap an app to check how it s using the battery You ll see how much battery power is used by resources such as the CPU for the app and other use details If you see buttons while viewing an app s battery use details you can tap them to adjust settings that affect battery usage stop the app and more Displaying the battery percentage You can check the percentage of remaining battery power right from the status bar 1 Go to Settings and then tap Power 2 Select Show battery level 43 Your first week with your new phone Check how long you ve been using HTC Desire 601 since th
168. word you can try to recover it by going to the Google website 1 On HTC Desire 601 or on your computer open your web browser 2 Goto www google com accounts recovery 3 Select the option for retrieving your password and then enter the email address or username that you use to sign in to your Google Account 4 Click Continue 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to reset your password 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Youcan Tap the Auto sync On Off switch to turn automatic sync of all your accounts on or off a Manually sync individual accounts Tap an account type such as for Exchange ActiveSync and then tap the account you want to sync On the Account settings screen tap gt Sync now On the Account settings screen you can also change the sync settings for an account You can remove an account from HTC Desire 601 Removing an account does not remove accounts and information from the online service itself 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap an account type If multiple accounts are supported such as for Exchange ActiveSync tap the account you want to remove 3 Tap gt Remove Some personal data may be retained by the third party app after you have removed the account from HTC Desire 601 114 Sync backup and reset Worried that you might lose important stuff on HTC Desire 601 Back up HTC Desire 601 before you erase the stora
169. y share your media from HTC Desire 601 to your HD TV See Sharing on a big screen on page 100 Dropbox integration with HTC Sense Use Dropbox to access your photos videos and documents from HTC Desire 601 your computer and other mobile devices When you sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 601 you may be eligible to get an additional 23 GB of free Dropbox storage for two years To find out how see Using Dropbox on HTC Desire 601 on page 106 26 Your first week with your new phone The 23 GB offer is available only on HTC phones that use HTC Sense 4 0 or later and have Dropbox preinstalled On HTC phones that don t have Dropbox preloaded you can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps such as Gallery and Mail Additional terms and requirements may apply including a subscription fee after your two year trial ends Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation Basics Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen open apps scroll through lists and more Tap Tap the screen with your finger when you want to select onscreen items such as application and settings icons or press onscreen buttons a After you ve scrolled down a long list or screen in apps such A as Mail and People tap the status bar to jump straight to the top of your screen Press and hold To open the available options for an it

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