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Dropbox
Using Dropbox on HTC Desire C
When you use Dropbox, you'll always have access to your photos, videos, and documents – on HTC Desire C, your computer, and your other mobile devices where you have Dropbox access.
If the Dropbox app is not preloaded, you can download and install it from Google
Play.
On HTC Desire C, sign in to your Dropbox account so you can:
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Enjoy an additional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years.
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Access your photos and videos that are stored in Dropbox right from Gallery.
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No more large attachments when sharing by email. Simply send a link to your
Dropbox files.
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View and edit Office documents that are stored in Dropbox.
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Save documents, such as from email attachments, directly to Dropbox.
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Check your remaining Dropbox storage space anytime.
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Search for files. Just include Dropbox as one of the searchable items in Google
Search.
About the additional free Dropbox storage offer
The additional 23GB Dropbox storage is a special offer that's available on HTC Desire
C and other HTC devices using Android ™ with HTC Sense ™ 4.0. This offer is available to both new and current Dropbox users.
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To get the additional 23GB of Dropbox storage free for two years, please sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire C (and not from your computer or other non-HTC devices), and complete the getting started guide on the
Dropbox website ( www.dropbox.com/gs ).
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If you don't have a Dropbox account yet, you can create a new account from
HTC Desire C or from your computer at www.dropbox.com
.
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This additional free storage is a one-time offer only. You're eligible to use this offer only on one HTC device.
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You won't be able to use this offer again if you create or sign in to Dropbox with a different account.
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Setting up your Dropbox account
To get your additional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years, set up your
Dropbox account from HTC Desire C, and complete the getting started guide on the
Dropbox website.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Accounts & sync.
2. Tap > 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.
From the Home screen, you can also tap > Dropbox to use the Dropbox app to set up your account.
Sharing your photos and videos on Dropbox
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. From the Home screen, tap > Gallery.
2. Tap the album that contains the photos or videos you want to share.
3. Tap Share > 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 when you set up your Dropbox account on HTC Desire C. If you didn't turn it on before, you can enable it in the Dropbox settings.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Dropbox.
2. Tap > 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.
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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. From the Home screen, tap > Gallery > Albums.
2. Tap > Dropbox.
3. When you see a message that shows HTC Sense wants to access Dropbox, make sure you tap Allow.
This message only appears the first time you access your Dropbox photos and videos from Gallery.
4. Tap an album to view the photos and videos in it.
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. Tap an album, and then tap Share.
3. Choose how you want to share the link to this album such as send it by email or post it to your social networks.
Use the Dropbox app if you want to share just a single photo or video. Tap that appears next to the file, and then tap Share.
Sending the links to Dropbox files by email
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. From the Home screen, tap > Mail.
2. If you have several email accounts, switch to an email account you want to use.
3. Create a new email message and fill in your recipients, or reply to an email.
4. You can:
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Tap Attach > Document, and then choose a document type.
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Tap Attach > File if you want to choose any file type.
5. Tap Dropbox.
6. Open the folder that contains the files that you want, and then select the files you want to share.
7. Tap Done.
You'll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message.
8. Tap Send.
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Keeping your documents in Dropbox
Saving an Office document to Dropbox
You can open an Office document on HTC Desire C and save it to your Dropbox.
1. Open an Office document, such as one that's attached to an email.
2. Tap > File > Save as.
3. Enter a new filename.
4. Tap the box under Location, and then tap 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 > File > Share > Dropbox.
Create or select a folder, and then tap Upload.
Editing an Office document in Dropbox
You can edit a document that's stored in your Dropbox and save your changes.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Dropbox.
2. Open the folder that contains the document you want.
3. Tap the document to open it.
4. To make changes, tap Edit.
5. After editing the document, tap > File.
6. Save the document, or save it as a new file in Dropbox.
Checking your Dropbox storage space
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.
Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Storage.
Under Online storage, you'll see your available Dropbox storage.
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Unlinking HTC Desire C from Dropbox
You can remotely unlink HTC Desire C from your Dropbox, if you lost your device.
1. On your computer's web browser, log in to the Dropbox website
( www.dropbox.com
).
2. On the right-hand corner of any page on the website, click Account. (Or click your account name, and then click Settings.)
3. Click the My Computers tab.
4. Click Unlink to the right of your Android device.
5. Click the My Apps tab.
6. Remove HTC Sense. Just click the X mark to the right of this item.
SkyDrive
About SkyDrive for HTC Sense
With SkyDrive ® online storage, you can keep all your photos and documents in one place. You can access them anytime on HTC Desire C, your computer, and your other mobile device where you have SkyDrive access.
You can:
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Use Gallery to upload your photos. You'll also be able to access your photos that are stored in your SkyDrive storage.
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No more large attachments when sharing by email. Simply send a link to your files that are stored in SkyDrive.
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Use Polaris Office to edit your Office documents that are stored in SkyDrive.
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Save documents from HTC Desire C directly to your SkyDrive storage.
Signing in to SkyDrive
To use SkyDrive as your online storage, sign in using your Windows Live
®
ID.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Accounts & sync.
2. Tap > SkyDrive for HTC Sense.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to sign in, or to create your Windows Live ID first if you don't have one yet.
Uploading your photos to SkyDrive from Gallery
1. From the Home screen, tap > Gallery > Albums.
2. Tap the album that contains the photos that you want.
3. Tap Share > SkyDrive for HTC Sense.
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4. Select one or more photos you want to upload, and then tap Next.
5. Select a folder in SkyDrive, and then tap Done.
Sending the links to SkyDrive files by email
To share your files stored in SkyDrive by email, you don't need to download them and attach to your message. Using the Mail app, you can easily include the links to your
SkyDrive files and send them in your email.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Mail.
2. If you have several email accounts, switch to an email account you want to use.
3. Create a new email message and fill in your recipients, or reply to an email.
4. You can:
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Tap Attach > Document, and then choose a document type.
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Tap Attach > File if you want to choose any file type.
5. Tap SkyDrive.
6. Open the folder that contains the files that you want, and then select the files you want to share.
7. Tap Done.
You'll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message.
8. Tap Send.
Keeping your documents in SkyDrive
Saving an Office document to SkyDrive
Using Polaris Office, you can create or open a document and save it to your SkyDrive online storage.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Polaris Office.
2. Create or open a document.
3. Tap > File > Save as.
4. Enter a new filename.
5. Tap the box under Location, and then tap SkyDrive.
6. Tap Save.
After opening a document, you can also tap > File > Share > SkyDrive for HTC
Sense to upload the document to a SkyDrive folder.
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Editing an Office document in SkyDrive
Using Polaris Office, you can view or edit a document that's stored in your SkyDrive storage.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Polaris Office.
2. Tap SkyDrive.
3. Open the folder that contains the document you want to view or edit.
4. Tap the document to open it.
5. To make changes, tap Edit.
6. After editing the document, tap > File.
7. Save the document, or save it as a new file in SkyDrive.
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