Support - ‎HTC Sensation™ XL‎ Product Support

Getting started
- Inside the box
- HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
- Back cover
- SIM card
- Battery
- Switching the power on or off
- Finger gestures
- Setting up HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio for the first time
- Ways of getting contacts into HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
- Home screen
- Plugging in your Beats headphones
- Getting the battery to last longer
Basics
- Adjusting the volume
- Sleep mode
- Connecting your phone to a computer
- Copying files to or from the phone storage
- Copying text, looking up information, and sharing
- Printing
- Want some quick guidance on using your phone?
- Transferring contacts from your old phone
- Status icons
- Notifications
- Switching between recently opened apps
- Using Quick Settings
Personalizing
- Making HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio truly yours
- Personalizing HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio with scenes
- Changing your wallpaper
- Applying a new skin
- Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
- Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen
- Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
- Rearranging the Home screen
- Personalizing with sound sets
- Rearranging application tabs
- Customizing the lock screen style
- Personalizing the launch bar
- Grouping apps into a folder
Phone calls
- Making a call with Smart dial
- Using Speed dial
- Calling a phone number in a text message
- Calling a phone number in an email
- Calling a phone number in a Calendar event
- Making an emergency call
- Receiving calls
- What can I do during a call?
- Setting up a conference call
- Internet calls
- Call history
- Call services
- Home dialing
Messages
- Sending a text message (SMS)
- Sending a multimedia message (MMS)
- Resuming a draft message
- Checking your messages
- Forwarding a message
- WAP push messages
- Managing message conversations
- Backing up your text messages
- Setting message options
- About the Messages app
- Replying to a message
Search and Web browser
- Searching HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio and the Web
- Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
- Setting browser options
- Browsing the Web
- Downloading files and apps
- Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome
Camera
- Camera basics
- Taking a photo
- Recording video
- Camera scenes
- Taking a panoramic photo
- Taking continuous camera shots
- Taking a high dynamic range (HDR) photo
- Before capturing
- Improving people shots
- Changing camera settings
Photos, videos, and music
- Gallery
- About the Gallery app
- Viewing photos and videos
- Watching a video
- Editing your photos and videos
- Sending your photos and videos
- Sharing your photos and videos on the Web
- Viewing photos in your social networks
- Music
- Browsing music in the library
- Listening to music
- Creating a playlist
- Setting a song as a ringtone
- Sharing music using Bluetooth
- Connected Media
- Sharing media on your home network
HTC services
- HTC Watch
- About HTC Watch
- Creating or signing in to your HTC Watch account
- Watching movies and TV shows
- Renting or purchasing a video
- Managing your downloads
- Changing settings
- Some useful things to know
- Checking what's linked to your HTC Watch account
- Switching to a video store in another region
- Deleting your HTC Watch account
Accounts and sync
- What online accounts can you sync with?
- Syncing with a Google Account
- Adding a social network account
- Managing your online accounts
People
- About the People app
- Your contacts list
- Setting up your profile
- Importing contacts from your SIM card
- Adding a new contact
- Setting contact search options
- Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account
- Merging contact information
- Backing up your contacts
- Contact information and conversations
- Sending contact information
- Contact groups
- Adding People widgets
Social
- Facebook for HTC Sense
- Twitter for HTC Sense
- About Friend Stream
- Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream
- Tweeting in Friend Stream
- Using Facebook chat
- Chatting in Google Talk
- Updating your status in Friend Stream
- Using Google+
Email
- Gmail
- Viewing your Gmail Inbox
- Sending an email message in Gmail
- Replying to or forwarding email messages in Gmail
- Getting help
- Mail
- Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
- Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
- Checking your Mail inbox
- Managing email messages
- Sending an email message
- Reading and replying to an email message
- Searching and filtering email messages
- Working with Exchange ActiveSync email
- Changing email account settings
Calendar
- About Calendar
- Creating an event
- Calendar views
- Managing Calendar events
- Accepting or declining a meeting invitation
- Dismissing or snoozing event reminders
- Showing or hiding calendars
- Changing Calendar settings
- Setting reminders for your events
Maps and location
- Location settings
- Turning on location services
- Locations
- About Locations
- Viewing maps
- Searching for a place of interest
- Searching for an address
- Choosing the map to search from
- Recording favorite places with HTC Footprints
- Planning your trips
- Getting directions
- Managing Locations services
- Downloading maps or purchasing services
- Finding your location and what’s around you
- Using turn-by-turn navigation
- Google Maps
- About Google Maps
- Getting around maps
- Searching for a location
- Searching for a place of interest near you
- Getting directions
- Getting help
- Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)
- Checking the details of a location
Android Market and other apps
- Getting apps from Google Play
- Using the Clock
- Checking Weather
- Reading eBooks
- Reading news feeds
- Keeping track of your stocks
- Watching videos on YouTube
- Listening to FM Radio
- Sharing games and apps
Productivity
- Uploading files to Dropbox
- Recording your voice
- Completing tasks
- Working on documents
- Taking notes
HTC Sync
- About HTC Sync
- Installing HTC Sync
- Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
- Installing an app from your computer to HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
- Downloading maps or purchasing services
- Syncing another device with your computer
- Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade
- Syncing songs and playlists
- Syncing photos and videos
- Syncing your calendar events
- Syncing your contacts
- Syncing your web bookmarks
- Syncing documents and email attachments
Keyboard
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Entering words with predictive text
- Entering text by speaking
- Entering text by tracing
- Editing text
- Adjusting input settings
Internet connections
- Data connection
- Wi‑Fi
- Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)
- Using HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio as a modem (USB tethering)
- Connecting to the Internet through a computer
- Using HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio as a wireless router
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth basics
- Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
- Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device
- Sending information using Bluetooth
- Receiving information using Bluetooth
Security
- Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
- Protecting HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio with a screen lock
- Encrypting data on HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
Settings
- Changing display settings
- Changing sound settings
- Changing the display language
- Optimizing battery life
- Managing memory
- Checking information about HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
Update and reset
- Updating the HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio software
- Restarting HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
- Resetting HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio
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