Transfer content between your phone and computer – HTC One E8 User Manual
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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.
Tip: Use HTC Sync Manager to transfer more types of content from an iPhone. For details, see
Transfer iPhone Content to Your HTC Phone
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1. If you’re setting up your new HTC phone for the first time, select Get content from old phone
and touch NEXT.
– or –
With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch
> Get content from
another phone.
2. Choose whether to transfer from an Android phone, iPhone, or other phone types. If you chose
to transfer from an Android phone, touch Quick transfer.
3. On your old phone, turn Bluetooth on and set it to discoverable mode.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions on your old and new phones to pair them and start the data
transfer.
Transfer Content Between Your Phone and Computer
There are two ways you can transfer content to or from your computer.
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Connect your phone to your computer. Your computer will recognize it just like any
removable USB drive, and you can copy your media between them.
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Download and use the HTC Sync Manager software on your computer. You can set it up
to automatically get music, photos, and videos off your phone 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 the camera roll (photos and videos)
to your computer. Then reconnect your phone and copy them over. For details, see
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, phone, and other
mobile devices.
Go to Settings, and then touch Accounts & sync >
to check first what online storage accounts
are available on your phone. Sign in to the one you want to use and then use the Gallery app to
access media in your online storage.