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Send Files via Bluetooth to HTC One M8

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to send a file via Bluetooth from a device to an HTC One M8.

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To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on top of the phone
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Once the phone has been activated we will see the lock screen.

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To unlock the phone, swipe the screen up
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Once the phone has been unlocked we will see the home screen, and at the bottom we will see 5 icons. We now need to open the application folder. We first need to make sure that a device has been connected to the phone via Bluetooth. To check on that, we can swipe the notification panel down.

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Press your finger at the top of the screen and swipe downwards
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This will open the notification panel.
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We want to tap the white cog icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen
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This is our settings icon and it will open up the settings menu. It will say the word "Settings" in the top left-hand corner of the screen when it is opened.

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We want to tap on "Bluetooth" in the "WIRELESS & NETWORKS" section
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Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on
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We will see the word "ON" in the switch at the top, with a green section. Then, make sure the phone is paired with a device. We can tap on "Scan for devices" if we need to scan. Here we can see a device under "PAIRED DEVICES". We are currently connected to "ORB". Find and send the file to send from the device to the phone. We're going to send a photo.

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We can see at the bottom, "Incoming file from another device
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Confirm that you want to receive this file." It doesn't stay there for very long. We need to swipe the notification panel down.
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Now we have this option, "Bluetooth share
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incoming file. Do you want to receive this file?". Tap on that.

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Here we can see more details such as who sent it and what it is
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"ORB" wants to send you kandrisky 6.jpg (79.50KB). Accept the file?" Tap on "ACCEPT" to accept it.
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Now it says, "Bluetooth share
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Received" with the file location. These alerts don't last very long.
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Swipe the notification panel down again
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Here it says, "Bluetooth share: Receive files. 1 successful, 0 unsuccessful". Tap on that to see more information.
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Here we can see our "Inbound transfers"
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Under the "COMPLETE" section, we can see the file with the title, the device that sent it, the size, and the status. Tap on that to open it.
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Depending on the file, it will ask us what application to open it with
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Since this is a photo, it's recommending "Gallery". If it was a document, it would ask us to open it with a different application. We'll tap on "JUST ONCE" for Gallery.
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We can now see the image that was successfully sent via Bluetooth
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This concludes the tutorial on how to send a file via Bluetooth from a device to an HTC One M8
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