User guide
Your HTC Desire
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Contents
Keyboard
People
Messages
Social
Accounts and sync
Calendar
Clock and Weather
Bluetooth
Internet
Maps and location
Camera
Photos
Music
More apps
Settings
Security
Specifications Index
Backup, update and reset
Front panel
Basics
Inside the box
Your Phone
Home
Back panel
Left panel
Top panel
Bottom panel
Replacing the back cover
Before turning on your phone
Back cover
Removing the back cover
Removing the SIM card
SIM card
Storage card
Inserting the SIM card
Removing the storage card while the phone is on
Battery
Inserting the battery
Removing the storage card
Charging the battery
Removing the battery
Finger gestures
Turning off your phone
Setting up your phone for the first time
Getting started
Turning on your phone
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Unlocking the screen
Sleep mode
Switching to Sleep mode
Waking up from Sleep mode
Navigating the Home screen
Directly going to a particular screen using Leap view
Home screen
Extended Home screen
Phone status icons
Phone status and notifications
Notification icons
Basics
Opening the Notifications panel
Checking notifications
Closing the Notifications panel
Selecting an item onscreen
Going to an extended Home screen
Selecting a tab
Selecting a link on a webpage
Moving the cursor when entering text
Adjusting the ringer volume
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the media volume
Connecting your phone to a computer
Copying files to and from the storage card
Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box
Setting Web and Quick Search Box options
Searching your phone and the Web
Making your phone truly yours
Personalizing
Changing the ringtone
Personalizing your phone with scenes
Using a preset scene
Customizing and saving a scene
Renaming or deleting a scene
Changing your wallpaper
Adding a widget to your Home screen
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Downloading HTC widgets
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Creating a new folder and adding items to it
Adding folders on your Home screen
Renaming a folder
Removing a widget or icon
Moving a widget or icon
Smart Dial
Calling somebody using your phone
Phone calls
Making calls
Adding a contact to speed dial
Calling a speed dial number
Calling a phone number in a text message
Calling a phone number in an email
Making an emergency call
Answering an incoming call
Receiving calls
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call
Rejecting an incoming call
Editing the default message
Rejecting a call and sending a text message
Handling multiple calls
Using in-call options
Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call
Setting up a conference call
Putting a call on hold
Muting the microphone during a call
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history
Using call history
Clearing the call history list
Checking a missed call
Call services
Turning Airplane mode on or off
About People
People
Ways of getting contacts into your phone
People screen
Setting up My contact card
Your contacts list
Adding a new contact
Manually merging contact information
Importing contacts from your SIM card
Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account
Merging contact information
Importing contacts from the storage card
Editing a contact’s information
Searching for a contact
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS
Deleting contacts
Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS
Adding or removing contacts from a group
Contact groups
Creating a group and adding contacts
Deleting a group
Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group
Contact information and conversations
Adding the People widget
Setting the default communication method
Changing the default communication method
People widget
Changing the onscreen keyboard layout
Using the onscreen keyboard
Using the landscape onscreen keyboard
Keyboard
Entering words with predictive text
Entering text
Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary
Phone keypad & compact Qwerty
Adjusting touch input settings
Touch Input settings
Text input
Finger touch precision
Other settings
Sending a text message
Messages
About Messages
Sending text and multimedia messages
Sending a multimedia MMS message
Saving and resuming a draft message
New message notifications
Opening the link contained in a WAP push message
WAP push messages
Viewing all your WAP push messages
Replying to a text or multimedia message
Managing message conversations
Reading a text message
Viewing a multimedia message
Deleting a single message
Protecting a message from deletion
Deleting a message thread
Deleting several message threads
MMS settings
Setting text and multimedia message options
Storage settings
SMS settings
Received messages
Adding the Messages widget
Sent messages
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Accounts and sync
Synchronizing with online accounts
Adding a social network account
Managing your accounts
Changing general sync settings
Changing account settings
Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
Removing an account
Installing HTC Sync that came with the microSD card
Using HTC Sync
Setting up synchronization
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone
Setting up more sync options
Synchronizing your phone with your computer automatically
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade
Installing apps from your computer to your phone
Synchronizing your phone
Accounts and sync
Facebook for HTC Sense
Using the Facebook application
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application
Adding the Facebook widget
With the Facebook application, you can
Peep screen
Tweeting on your phone
Sending a tweet
Unfollowing a Twitter user
Setting Peep options
Searching for Twitter users to follow
Sending a direct message
Adding the Twitter widget
Friend Stream screen
Using Friend Stream
Adding the Friend Stream widget
Updating your status
Signing in to Google Talk
Chatting in Google Talk
Chatting with friends
Changing your online status and picture
Managing your Friends list
Blocking a friend
Changing Google Talk settings
Setting notifications for new Google Talk messages
Making a friend popular
Setting whether you sign into Google Talk automatically
Showing or hiding the mobile indicator to friends
Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox
Using Gmail/Google Mail
Reading your messages
Switching to another Google Account
Muting a conversation
Replying to or forwarding an email message
Reporting a conversation as spam
Adding a signature to your messages
Sending a message
Managing conversations and messages
Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settings
Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings
Working with conversations in batches
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Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Mail
Viewing your email inbox
Deleting an email message
Inbox filter tabs
Refreshing an email account
Sorting email messages
Sending a meeting request
Setting out of the office status
Setting the priority for an email message
Exchange ActiveSync email
Composing and sending an email message
Adding the Mail widget
Editing email account settings
Viewing and replying to an email message
Deleting an email account
About Calendar
Calendar
Creating a calendar event
Set the reminder time
Inviting guests to your event Google Account only
Month view
Changing calendar views
Day and Agenda views
Week view
Viewing and editing an event
Viewing, editing or deleting an event
Deleting an event
Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders
Calendar event reminders
Adding a Google Calendar to sync with
Displaying and synchronizing calendars
Showing or hiding calendars
Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar
Reminder settings
Changing Calendar settings
Calendar view settings
About the Calendar widget
Sending a vCalendar
About the HTC Clock widget
Clock and Weather
About the Clock application
Using Desk Clock
Setting your home city
Using World Clock
Setting the time zone, date, and time
Adding a city to the World Clock screen
Setting an alarm
Setting the alarm clock
Deleting an alarm
Changing alarm sound settings
Adding a city to the Weather screen
Checking weather
Changing weather options
About the Weather widget
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen
Deleting cities from the Weather screen
Data connection
Internet
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network
Wi-Fi
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network
Checking the wireless network status
Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets
Preparing your phone for VPN connection
Connecting to a virtual private network VPN
Connecting to a VPN
Setting up secure credential storage
Disconnecting from a VPN
Using your phone’s web browser
Zooming in or out on a web
Navigating on a web
Selecting a link in a web
Opening a new browser window
Viewing your downloads
Switching between browser windows
Finding text within a web
Downloading applications from the web
Selecting text
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Setting browser options
Using your phone as a modem tethering
Changing the phone name
Bluetooth
Using Bluetooth
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Reconnecting a headset or car kit
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Sending information from your phone to another device
Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth
Receiving information from another device
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen
Camera basics
Camera
Viewfinder screen
Review screen
Using the optical trackball as the shutter release
Zooming
Camera flash doesn’t turn on?
Taking a photo
Face detection
Capturing a video
Changing basic settings
Camera settings
Changing advanced settings
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About the Photos application
Photos
Selecting an album
Browsing in filmstrip or grid view
Viewing photos and videos
Zooming in or out on a photo
Viewing a photo in landscape orientation
Watching video
Viewing photos on Facebook
Viewing photos in your social networks
Viewing photos on Flickr
Rotating and saving a photo
Working with photos
Cropping a photo
Sending a photo or video by MMS
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth
Sharing
Sending photos or videos by email
Sharing videos on YouTube
Sharing photos on Facebook
Sharing photos on Flickr
Sharing photos on Picasa
About the Music application
Music
Playing music
Browsing music in the Library
Adding more songs to a playlist
Creating a playlist
Playing the songs in a playlist
Managing playlists
Deleting songs from a playlist
Rearranging songs in a playlist
Deleting playlists
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone
Setting a song as ringtone
Sending music using Bluetooth
About the Music widget
Maps and location
Using Google Maps
Viewing locations
Clearing the map
Looking at a location in Street View
Viewing map layers
Tap . The search results are displayed on the map
Searching for a location
Getting directions
Responding to an invitation
Joining Latitude
Opening Latitude
Inviting friends to share their locations
Viewing your friends’ locations
Connecting with and managing friends
Changing privacy settings
Creating a footprint
Using HTC Footprints
Revisiting a footprint
Exporting your footprints
Editing or deleting a footprint
Adding the Footprints widget
Importing footprints
Searching for videos
More apps
Watching videos on YouTube
Watching videos
Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube
Sharing a video link
More apps
Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
Deleting stock quotes and indices
Keeping track of your stocks
Adding a stock quote or stock market index
Changing the stock list order
Manually updating stock information
Setting stock information update frequency
Adding the Stocks widget
Listening to an FM station
Listening to the radio
Minimizing or turning off FM Radio
Adding station names
Sharing a voice clip
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone
Recording your voice
Recording your voice
Finding and installing an application
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Requesting a refund for an application
Creating a Google Checkout account
Uninstalling an application
Opening an installed application
Getting help
News screen
Reading news feeds
Subscribing to a news channel from a list
Starring a story
Setting update frequency for stories
Subscribing to a news channel by entering a URL
Reading a story
Adding the News widget
Adding a keyword
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Security
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Protecting your phone with a screen lock
Settings on your phone
Settings
Settings
Changing display settings
Switching animation effects on or off
Choosing the notification sound
Changing sound settings
Setting a sound profile
Enabling or disabling audible selection
Changing the phone language
Using the GSM network of your mobile operator
Optimizing your phone’s battery life
Checking the power usage of applications
Managing memory
Checking information about your phone
Restoring backed up data to your phone
Backup, update and reset
Checking if automatic backup is enabled
Backing up phone data
Updating your phone’s system software
Checking for phone system software updates manually
Performing a factory reset via settings
Performing a hard/factory reset
Performing a factory reset using phone buttons
HSPA/WCDMA
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