Activating your free google drive storage – HTC One M8 User Manual

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Use Gallery to upload your captured photos to Google Drive.

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Share a link to your Google Drive files by email.

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View and edit Office documents that are stored in Google Drive. After creating
new Office documents, you can also save them to Google Drive.

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View PDFs that are stored in Google Drive. You can also export Office
documents as PDFs to Google Drive.

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Check your available Google Drive storage space in Settings.

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Back up HTC One to Google Drive, so you can easily restore your backup to
another HTC phone next time.

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Use the Google Drive app to manage your online storage.

Uploading files requires you have the Drive app installed on HTC One. If this app is
not preloaded, you can download and install it from Google Play.

Activating your free Google Drive storage

Use up to 65GB of free Google Drive storage. In addition to the default storage that
you get from Google Drive, HTC One features an additional 50GB of online storage
free for two years. Sign in to your Google Account on HTC One—and not from your
computer or other non-HTC phones—to claim this offer.

1. If you see the promotional Google Drive offer on the Feeds panel of your Home

screen, just tap the tile.

Or open the Drive app. If this app is not preloaded on your phone, you can
download it from Google Play.

2. On the screen that shows the additional storage offer, tap Redeem. The

additional storage will then be added to your account.

3. Follow the onscreen prompts to learn the things you can do with Google Drive.

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If you don't see the screen for redeeming the offer, tap > Product Tour in the
Drive app to access it.

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View the offer details to know up to when you can redeem the offer.

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Additional terms and requirements may apply, including a subscription fee, after
your two-year trial expires. For details, refer to the terms and conditions on the
Google Drive support site at

support.google.com/drive/?p=drive_offers_htc

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The Drive app is owned by Google and is not provided by or associated with HTC
Corporation.

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