Ways to connect your HTC One to a PC

The HTC One is one of the best smartphones in the market today. And when it comes to Android phones, the HTC One is a serious contender for the top spots. The phone is packed to the rafters with cool features, and it is truly a handset to die for. Now, there are many ways by which you can connect your HTC One to a home computer. And here are a few of them:

Through USB:

This is the easiest way to connect your phone to the computer. When you use attach the USB cable to your phone and plug it in to your PC, many options will appear, where you have to choose a connection type. If you want to charge your phone through your computer, then select the Charge Only option. But on the other hand, if you want to transfer files, such as audio, video or images from your HTC One to your computer or vice versa, then you have to select the Disk Drive option. This option enables the smooth transferring of files between the computer and your HTC One, but when you are using this mode, you cannot use certain apps on your HTC One, such as those apps which access storage like the Camera and others.

HTC Sync Manager:

The HTC Sync manager is ideally made to help you sync your phone with the computer effortlessly, so that you can transfer data to and from your phone without any hassle. To use this application, you need to first install this software on your computer. In order to do so, it is advised that you stop all running applications on your computer, and exit from whatever anti-virus that you are using, as these can sometimes meddle with the installation of HTC Sync Manager. Now, the best part is, you do not have to search for the installation file yourself. You can easily connect your HTC One to your computer, and hit AutoPlay. If the HTC Sync Manager software is not installed on your computer, then you will be automatically directed to the HTC website, from where you can download and install the HTC Sync Manager within seconds. But if the latest version of HTC Sync Manager is not available for some reason or the other, then you can use HTC Sync, which you will find easily, to sync data and all types of media.

USB tethering:

This is an option which allows you to connect your HTC One to your computer, and use the data connection that is enabled on your smartphone to share with your computer. So, if the internet plan on your PC is not working for some reason, you can connect your HTC One to your computer, and use the mobile data plan to continue work on your computer, with an active internet connection.

Internet pass-through connection:

This is another way through which you can easily connect your HTC One to your computer. And this method is really very helpful as well, as this method allows you to share the computer’s internet connection with the HTC One. So, if ever you do not have a data plan on your smartphone or there is no Wi-Fi connectivity, you can easily use the internet connection on your computer to update apps and do other things on your HTC One which require an active internet connection.

Remote connection:

Apart from the USB and HTC Sync Manager, there is another way through which you can connect your HTC One to your computer. There are many Android applications that you can use to easily connect to your computer from your HTC One smartphone. And one of the best applications that are preferred by many around the world is TeamViewer. TeamViewer is a splendid Android application which enables you to not only connect your smartphone to your computer, but to even operate your computer full-fledged from your smartphone as well! All you need to do is to install the TeamViewer application on your HTC One, and also install and set up TeamViewer on your computer and create an account. And once all this is done, you can control your computer from a thousand miles away with the help of your HTC One!