EXODUS 1
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Getting Started
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- HTC EXODUS 1 overview
- Inserting the nano SIM and microSD cards
- Using the protective case
- Charging the battery
- Switching the power on or off
- Setting up your phone for the first time
- Adding your social networks, email accounts, and more
- Setting up Face Unlock
- Fingerprint scanner
- Choosing which nano SIM card to use for your data connection
- Managing your nano SIM cards with Dual network manager
- Water and dust resistant
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- Do's and don'ts with pressure-sensitive buttons
- What is Edge Sense?
- Setting up Edge Sense for the first time
- Do's and don'ts with Edge Sense
- Taking camera shots using Edge Sense
- Enabling the squeeze and hold gesture
- Changing the actions assigned to squeeze gestures
- Typing with your voice with Edge Sense
- Assigning another voice assistant app to Edge Sense
- Adjusting the squeeze force level
- Squeezing to perform actions in your apps
- Squeezing to unlock your phone with Face Unlock
- Edge Sense double-tap gesture
- Edge Sense holding gesture
- Turning Edge Sense on or off
- Opening Edge Launcher
- Adding apps, quick settings, and contacts
- Adjusting the Edge Launcher position
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- Navigation Bar
- Using One-handed mode
- Ways to capture screenshots
- HTC Sense Home
- Sleep mode
- Lock screen
- Getting to know your settings
- Using Quick Settings
- Restarting HTC EXODUS 1 (Soft reset)
- Motion gestures
- Motion Launch
- Notifications
- Selecting, copying, and pasting text
- Entering text
- Getting help and troubleshooting
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Blockchain
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- What you can do with Zion
- Setting up your Vault for the first time
- Setting up Social Key Recovery
- Recovering your Vault
- Sending cryptocurrency or tokens
- Checking transaction history and market information
- Requesting and receiving payments
- Managing collectibles
- Settings
- Helping a friend set up Social Key Recovery
- Buying and selling cryptocurrency using an exchange
- Setting up a bitcoin full node on HTC EXODUS 1
- Things to know about full node
- About bitcoin full nodes
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Personalizing
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- Adding or removing a widget panel
- Changing your main Home screen
- Setting your Home screen wallpaper
- Changing the default font size
- Launch bar
- Adding Home screen widgets
- Adding Home screen shortcuts
- Moving a Home screen item
- Removing a Home screen item
- Grouping apps on the widget panel and launch bar
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Camera
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- HTC Camera
- Choosing a capture mode
- Zooming
- Quickly adjusting the exposure of your photos
- Taking a photo
- Taking continuous camera shots
- Taking photos with the self-timer
- Tips for capturing better photos
- Selfies
- Using HDR Boost
- Taking photos in Bokeh mode
- Recording video with Sonic Zoom
- Recording video in 3D Audio or high resolution audio
- Adding stickers to your shots
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Applications
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Calls, Messages, and Contacts
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- Making a call with Smart dial
- Dialing an extension number
- Keeping your phone number private
- Speed dial
- Calling a number in a message, email, or calendar event
- Receiving calls
- Emergency call
- What can I do during a call?
- Setting up a conference call
- Call History
- Switching between silent, vibrate, and normal modes
- Home dialing
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Battery and Storage
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- Freeing up storage space
- Types of storage
- Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage?
- Setting up your storage card as internal storage
- Moving apps and data between the built-in storage and storage card
- Moving an app to or from the storage card
- Copying or moving files between the built-in storage and storage card
- Copying files between HTC EXODUS 1 and your computer
- Unmounting the storage card
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Backup, Transfer, and Reset
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Connectivity
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Settings
Squeezing to perform actions in your apps
Edge Sense lets you perform certain actions in your apps by just squeezing your phone.
There are default apps that are already predefined with squeeze gestures to perform actions:

Note:
- To see all the default apps with predefined actions, your phone needs to be connected to the Internet and these apps must already be installed on your phone. Also, you need to tap In-app squeeze > Add more in-app options and then tap Agree the first time you use the in-app options feature.
- Most of the default apps are not selected. You need to select them to enable their squeeze gestures.
Assigning in-app actions to squeeze gestures
Per app, you can customize squeeze gestures to do a tap or double-tap on a specific area on the screen.
- From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings > Edge Sense.
- Tap In-app squeeze > Add more in-app options.
- Tap the app you want to customize.
- Tap Short squeeze.
- Go to the screen in the app where you want to apply the squeeze gesture.
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Tap
, and then tap an area such as an onscreen button you want to assign.
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Choose whether to assign a
Tap or
Double tap action, and then tap
OK.
Important:
- You can only assign a tap or double-tap action on the selected screen. A series of touch screen actions cannot be assigned to a squeeze gesture.
- Do not add an action in which you need to scroll down the screen to tap something. The created squeeze gesture may not trigger the action if you've scrolled to a different position on that screen.
- Actions such as pinch, scroll, and press and hold are currently not supported.
- Enter a name for the customized action, and then tap Save.
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To customize the squeeze and hold gesture, tap
Squeeze & hold > Add a new action and repeat steps 5 to 8.
Tip: If you left an app screen and haven't completed setting up its in-app options, tap
to resume or
to end the customization process.
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When done, tap
until you return to the In-app squeeze screen.
You'll see the app you've just customized added to the screen.
Changing in-app actions
Whether it's the default apps or your own customized apps. you can change the in-app actions that are assigned to their squeeze gestures.
- From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings > Edge Sense.
- Tap In-app squeeze, and then tap the app you want to make adjustments to.
- Choose whether to make adjustments to the Short squeeze or Squeeze & hold gesture.
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If you have several actions already created, select the one you want to assign to the squeeze gesture.
Or tap
Add a new action to create a new one.
Tip: Tap
to change an action name that you've created.
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