Customizing BlinkFeed

Enabling or Disabling BlinkFeed:

  1. From the home screen, do a pinch gesture using two fingers
  2. Tap "BlinkFeed on / off" to enable or disable the feature

Selecting Feeds:

  1. While viewing the Feeds screen, swipe the screen left-to-right to access the slideout menu
  2. Tap the "Menu" icon shaped like three vertical dots
  3. Tap "Topics and services". (NOTE: if this is the first time accessing this option, you will be asked if you wish to use your Facebook account in order to gather content automatically)
  4. Swipe left or right and select between the feed types

Customizing the Highlights Feed:

  1. From the Feeds panel, swipe left-to-right and access the slideout menu
  2. Tap "Menu" and go to "Settings"
  3. Tap "Choose Highlights Topics"
  4. Select the social networks, apps and news sources that you wish to view in BlinkFeed

Adding Topics of Interest:

  1. Access the slideout menu while on the Feeds panel
  2. Tap "Menu" and select "Topics and services"
  3. Access the "Custom topics" tab
  4. Tap "Search" and type in the desired topic
  5. From the list of results, select the desired one and tap "+" to add the result to the "Custom topics" tab

Adding or Removing Locales:

  1. From the Blinkfeed panel, swipe left-to-right to access the slideout menu
  2. From there, tap "Menu" > "Topics and services"
  3. From the "Categories" or "Featured headlines" tab, press "Menu"
  4. Tap "Add editions" or "Remove editions"

Saving a Feed Article for Reading it Later:

You can bookmark an article from BlinkFeed in order to view / read it later. To do so:

  1. From the Feeds panel, tap the tile containing the desired article
  2. From the article, press the icon depicting three horizontal lines

NOTE: another method of saving an article is to press and hold the desired tile while on the Feeds panel, and tapping "Read later". Saved articles can be accessed from the slideout menu.

Posting to Social Networks using BlinkFeed:

  1. Access the slideout menu by swiping left-to-right from the BlinkFeed screen
  2. Tap "Menu" and select "Compose"
  3. Choose the desired social network
  4. Compose the desired status update and post it

Removing Tiles from BlinkFeed:

  1. While on the Feeds screen, tap and hold the tile that you wish to delete
  2. Tap "Remove"

Customizing Your Smartphone with Home Screens, Wallpapers and Ringtones

Changing the Ringtone, Notification Sound and Alarm Sound:

  1. While on the home screen, swipe the "Status" bar down using two fingers
  2. Tap "Settings" > "Personalize"
  3. Under "Sound", choose to change the ringtone, alarm or notification sound
  4. Select the desired ringtone / sound and tap "Apply"

Changing the Wallpaper:

  1. Access the phone's "Settings" menu
  2. Tap "Personalize" and select "Wallpaper"
  3. Select between "Live wallpapers", "HTC wallpapers", "Computer photos" or "Gallery"
  4. Select the image that you wish to use as your phone's wallpaper
  5. Crop / resize the image if necessary
  6. Tap "Done" or "Apply"

Adding More Home Screens:

  1. From a home screen, do a pinch gesture using two fingers
  2. Tap "+ Add panel" located at the top area of the screen
  3. From there, you can:
    • Select a home screen panel and tap "Set as home" (alternatively you can tap and hold a home screen and drag it above the "set as home" button)
    • To remove a home screen, tap, hold and drag it above the "Remove" area

Adding Widgets and Shortcuts to the Home Screen:

  1. From the home screen, perform a pinch gesture with two fingers
  2. Tap the "Triangle" button
  3. Tap "Widgets"
  4. Browse through your widgets, and tap > hold > drag the desired one on top of a home screen thumbnail
  5. To add shortcuts, tap the "Triangle" button and select "Apps" or "Shortcuts". Then, locate the desired app and tap > hold > drag it on top of a home screen thumbnail


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