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Phone status and notifications

Phone status icons

These are the icons that may appear on the phone status area of the status bar:

GPRS connected

GPRS in use

EDGE connected

EDGE in use

3G connected

3G in use

HSPA connected

HSPA in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode

Alarm is set

Speakerphone on

Data synchronizing

Signal strength

Roaming

No signal

No SIM card installed

Vibrate mode

Phone speaker is mute

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User guide Your HTC Desire Before you do anything else, please read this Charge the batteryChoose a rate plan wisely Know about privacy laws Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide Contents Keyboard PeopleMessages Social Accounts and syncCalendar Clock and Weather BluetoothInternet Photos CameraMusic Maps and location More apps SettingsSecurity Specifications Index Backup, update and reset Inside the box BasicsYour Phone Front panel Home Back panel Left panel Top panel Bottom panel Back cover Before turning on your phoneRemoving the back cover Replacing the back cover Storage card SIM cardInserting the SIM card Removing the SIM card Inserting the battery BatteryRemoving the storage card Removing the storage card while the phone is on Charging the battery Removing the battery Finger gestures Getting started Setting up your phone for the first timeTurning on your phone Turning off your phone Your HTC Desire user guide Switching to Sleep mode Sleep modeWaking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Home screen Directly going to a particular screen using Leap viewExtended Home screen Navigating the Home screen Phone status icons Phone status and notifications Notification icons Basics Opening the Notifications panel Checking notificationsClosing the Notifications panel Selecting an item onscreen Going to an extended Home screenSelecting a tab Selecting a link on a webpage Moving the cursor when entering text Adjusting the ringer volume Adjusting the volumeAdjusting 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 optionsSearching your phone and the Web Making your phone truly yours PersonalizingChanging the ringtone Personalizing your phone with scenes Using a preset sceneCustomizing and saving a scene Renaming or deleting a scene Changing your wallpaper Adding a widget to your Home screen Personalizing your Home screen with widgetsDownloading HTC widgets Your HTC Desire user guide Creating a new folder and adding items to it Adding folders on your Home screenRenaming a folder Removing a widget or icon Moving a widget or icon Phone calls Calling somebody using your phoneMaking calls Smart Dial Calling a phone number in a text message Calling a speed dial numberCalling a phone number in an email Adding a contact to speed dial Making an emergency call Answering an incoming call Receiving callsMuting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Rejecting an incoming call Editing the default messageRejecting a call and sending a text message Handling multiple calls Using in-call options Putting a call on hold Setting up a conference callMuting the microphone during a call Turning the speakerphone on or off 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 PeopleWays of getting contacts into your phone People screen Setting up My contact cardYour contacts list Adding a new contact Importing contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account Importing contacts from your SIM cardMerging contact information Manually merging contact information Searching for a contact Editing a contact’s informationBacking up your contacts to the storage card Importing contacts from the storage card Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS Deleting contactsSending your contact information as a vCard via MMS Creating a group and adding contacts Contact groupsDeleting a group Adding or removing contacts from a group Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group Contact information and conversations Changing the default communication method Setting the default communication methodPeople widget Adding the People widget Using the landscape onscreen keyboard Using the onscreen keyboardKeyboard Changing the onscreen keyboard layout Entering words with predictive text Entering text Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary Touch Input settings Adjusting touch input settingsText input Phone keypad & compact Qwerty Finger touch precision Other settings About Messages MessagesSending text and multimedia messages Sending a text message 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 messagesViewing all your WAP push messages Reading a text message Managing message conversationsViewing a multimedia message Replying to a text or multimedia message Deleting a message thread Protecting a message from deletionDeleting several message threads Deleting a single message Storage settings Setting text and multimedia message optionsSMS settings MMS settings Received messages Adding the Messages widgetSent messages Synchronizing with online accounts Accounts and syncAdding a social network account Synchronizing with a Google Account Changing account settings Changing general sync settingsSynchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Managing your accounts 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 Installing apps from your computer to your phone Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgradeSynchronizing your phone Synchronizing your phone with your computer automatically Accounts and sync Social Using the Facebook applicationFacebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Facebook for HTC Sense Adding the Facebook widget With the Facebook application, you can Peep screen Tweeting on your phoneSending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Setting Peep optionsSending a direct message Unfollowing a Twitter user 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 TalkChatting with friends Changing your online status and picture Managing your Friends list Setting notifications for new Google Talk messages Changing Google Talk settingsMaking a friend popular Blocking a friend 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 messageReporting 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 settingsWorking with conversations in batches Your HTC Desire user guide Adding a POP3/IMAP email account MailViewing your email inbox Refreshing an email account Inbox filter tabsSorting email messages Deleting an email message Setting the priority for an email message Setting out of the office statusExchange ActiveSync email Sending a meeting request Composing and sending an email message Viewing and replying to an email message Editing email account settingsDeleting an email account Adding the Mail widget About Calendar CalendarCreating a calendar event Set the reminder time Inviting guests to your event Google Account only Month view Changing calendar viewsDay and Agenda views Week view Viewing and editing an event Viewing, editing or deleting an eventDeleting an event Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Calendar event reminders Showing or hiding calendars Displaying and synchronizing calendarsStop synchronizing a Google Calendar Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Reminder settings Changing Calendar settingsCalendar 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 ClockSetting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting an alarm Setting the alarm clockDeleting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Adding a city to the Weather screen Checking weather Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen About the Weather widgetDeleting cities from the Weather screen Changing weather options Data connection Internet Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network Wi-FiConnecting 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 Connecting to a VPN Connecting to a virtual private network VPNSetting up secure credential storage Preparing your phone for VPN connection Disconnecting from a VPN Using your phone’s web browser Zooming in or out on a web Navigating on a webSelecting a link in a web Opening a new browser window Finding text within a web Switching between browser windowsDownloading applications from the web Viewing your downloads 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 Using Bluetooth BluetoothTurning Bluetooth on or off Changing the phone name Reconnecting a headset or car kit Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Disconnecting a Bluetooth device Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth deviceUnpairing 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 CameraViewfinder 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 settingsChanging advanced settings Your HTC Desire user guide Camera About the Photos application PhotosSelecting an album Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing photos and videos Zooming in or out on a photo Viewing a photo in landscape orientationWatching video Viewing photos on Facebook Viewing photos in your social networksViewing photos on Flickr Rotating and saving a photo Working with photosCropping a photo Sharing Sending photos or videos using BluetoothSending photos or videos by email Sending a photo or video by MMS Sharing photos on Flickr Sharing photos on FacebookSharing photos on Picasa Sharing videos on YouTube About the Music application MusicPlaying music Browsing music in the Library Playing the songs in a playlist Creating a playlistManaging playlists Adding more songs to a playlist Deleting songs from a playlist Rearranging songs in a playlistDeleting playlists Sending music using Bluetooth Setting a song as ringtoneAbout the Music widget Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Maps and location Using Google MapsViewing 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 Opening Latitude Joining LatitudeInviting friends to share their locations Responding to an invitation Viewing your friends’ locations Connecting with and managing friends Changing privacy settings Creating a footprint Using HTC FootprintsRevisiting a footprint Exporting your footprints Editing or deleting a footprint Adding the Footprints widget Importing footprints Watching videos on YouTube More appsWatching videos Searching for videos Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube Sharing a video link More apps Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets Adding a stock quote or stock market index Keeping track of your stocksChanging the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices Manually updating stock information Setting stock information update frequencyAdding the Stocks widget Listening to an FM station Listening to the radio Minimizing or turning off FM Radio Adding station names Recording your voice Setting a voice clip as a ringtoneRecording your voice Sharing a voice clip 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 applicationGetting help News screen Reading news feedsSubscribing to a news channel from a list Subscribing to a news channel by entering a URL Setting update frequency for storiesReading a story Starring a story Adding the News widget Adding a keyword Protecting your SIM card with a PIN SecurityRestoring 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 Setting a sound profile Changing sound settingsEnabling or disabling audible selection Choosing the notification sound Changing the phone language Using the GSM network of your mobile operator Optimizing your phone’s battery lifeChecking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking information about your phone Checking if automatic backup is enabled Backup, update and resetBacking up phone data Restoring backed up data to your phone Updating your phone’s system software Checking for phone system software updates manually Performing a factory reset via settings Performing a hard/factory resetPerforming a factory reset using phone buttons HSPA/WCDMA Specifications Index Symbols Your HTC Desire user guide Index