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User guide Your HTC Desire Know about privacy laws Charge the batteryBefore you do anything else, please read this Choose a rate plan wisely Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide Contents People KeyboardMessages Accounts and sync SocialCalendar Bluetooth Clock and WeatherInternet Maps and location CameraPhotos Music Settings More appsSecurity Specifications Index Backup, update and reset Front panel BasicsInside the box Your Phone Home Back panel Left panel Top panel Bottom panel Replacing the back cover Before turning on your phoneBack cover Removing the back cover Removing the SIM card SIM cardStorage card Inserting the SIM card Removing the storage card while the phone is on BatteryInserting 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 timeGetting started Turning on your phone Your HTC Desire user guide Unlocking the screen Sleep modeSwitching to Sleep mode Waking up from Sleep mode Navigating the Home screen Directly going to a particular screen using Leap viewHome screen Extended Home screen Phone status icons Phone status and notifications Notification icons Basics Checking notifications Opening the Notifications panelClosing the Notifications panel Going to an extended Home screen Selecting an item onscreenSelecting a tab Selecting a link on a webpage Moving the cursor when entering text Adjusting the volume Adjusting the ringer volumeAdjusting the media volume Connecting your phone to a computer Copying files to and from the storage card Setting Web and Quick Search Box options Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search BoxSearching your phone and the Web Personalizing Making your phone truly yoursChanging the ringtone Using a preset scene Personalizing your phone with scenesCustomizing and saving a scene Renaming or deleting a scene Changing your wallpaper Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Adding a widget to your Home screenDownloading HTC widgets Your HTC Desire user guide Adding folders on your Home screen Creating a new folder and adding items to itRenaming a folder Removing a widget or icon Moving a widget or icon Smart Dial Calling somebody using your phonePhone calls Making calls Adding a contact to speed dial Calling a speed dial numberCalling a phone number in a text message Calling a phone number in an email Making an emergency call Receiving calls Answering an incoming callMuting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Editing the default message Rejecting an incoming callRejecting 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 callPutting 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 People About PeopleWays of getting contacts into your phone Setting up My contact card People screenYour contacts list Adding a new contact Manually merging contact information Importing contacts from your SIM cardImporting contacts from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Importing contacts from the storage card Editing a contact’s informationSearching for a contact Backing up your contacts to the storage card Deleting contacts Sending contact information as a vCard via MMSSending your contact information as a vCard via MMS Adding or removing contacts from a group Contact groupsCreating 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 methodChanging the default communication method People widget Changing the onscreen keyboard layout Using the onscreen keyboardUsing 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 settingsTouch Input settings Text input Finger touch precision Other settings Sending a text message MessagesAbout Messages Sending text and multimedia messages Sending a multimedia MMS message Saving and resuming a draft message New message notifications WAP push messages Opening the link contained in a WAP push messageViewing all your WAP push messages Replying to a text or multimedia message Managing message conversationsReading a text message Viewing a multimedia message Deleting a single message Protecting a message from deletionDeleting a message thread Deleting several message threads MMS settings Setting text and multimedia message optionsStorage settings SMS settings Adding the Messages widget Received messagesSent messages Synchronizing with a Google Account Accounts and syncSynchronizing with online accounts Adding a social network account Managing your accounts Changing general sync settingsChanging 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 upgradeInstalling apps from your computer to your phone Synchronizing your phone Accounts and sync Facebook for HTC Sense Using the Facebook applicationSocial Facebook for HTC Sense and Facebook for Android application Adding the Facebook widget With the Facebook application, you can Tweeting on your phone Peep screenSending a tweet Unfollowing a Twitter user Setting Peep optionsSearching 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 Chatting in Google Talk Signing in to Google TalkChatting with friends Changing your online status and picture Managing your Friends list Blocking a friend Changing Google Talk settingsSetting 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 Replying to or forwarding an email message Muting a conversationReporting a conversation as spam Adding a signature to your messages Sending a message Managing conversations and messages Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settingsWorking with conversations in batches Your HTC Desire user guide Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email accountViewing your email inbox Deleting an email message Inbox filter tabsRefreshing an email account Sorting email messages Sending a meeting request Setting out of the office statusSetting the priority for an email message Exchange ActiveSync email Composing and sending an email message Adding the Mail widget Editing email account settingsViewing and replying to an email message Deleting an email account Calendar About CalendarCreating a calendar event Set the reminder time Inviting guests to your event Google Account only Changing calendar views Month viewDay and Agenda views Week view Viewing, editing or deleting an event Viewing and editing an eventDeleting an event Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Calendar event reminders Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Displaying and synchronizing calendarsShowing or hiding calendars Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar Changing Calendar settings Reminder 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 Using World Clock Setting your home citySetting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clock Setting an alarmDeleting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Adding a city to the Weather screen Checking weather Changing weather options About the Weather widgetChanging the order of cities on the Weather screen Deleting cities from the Weather screen Data connection Internet Wi-Fi Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless networkConnecting 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 VPNConnecting to a VPN Setting up secure credential storage Disconnecting from a VPN Using your phone’s web browser Navigating on a web Zooming in or out on a webSelecting a link in a web Opening a new browser window Viewing your downloads Switching between browser windowsFinding 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 BluetoothUsing Bluetooth Turning Bluetooth on or off Reconnecting a headset or car kit Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device Disconnecting 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 Camera basicsViewfinder 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 Camera settings Changing basic settingsChanging advanced settings Your HTC Desire user guide Camera Photos About the Photos applicationSelecting an album Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing photos and videos Viewing a photo in landscape orientation Zooming in or out on a photoWatching video Viewing photos in your social networks Viewing photos on FacebookViewing photos on Flickr Working with photos Rotating and saving a photoCropping a photo Sending a photo or video by MMS Sending photos or videos using BluetoothSharing Sending photos or videos by email Sharing videos on YouTube Sharing photos on FacebookSharing photos on Flickr Sharing photos on Picasa Music About the Music applicationPlaying music Browsing music in the Library Adding more songs to a playlist Creating a playlistPlaying the songs in a playlist Managing playlists Rearranging songs in a playlist Deleting songs from a playlistDeleting playlists Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Setting a song as ringtoneSending music using Bluetooth About the Music widget Using Google Maps Maps and locationViewing 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 LatitudeOpening Latitude Inviting friends to share their locations Viewing your friends’ locations Connecting with and managing friends Changing privacy settings Using HTC Footprints Creating a footprintRevisiting a footprint Exporting your footprints Editing or deleting a footprint Adding the Footprints widget Importing footprints Searching for videos More appsWatching 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 stocksAdding a stock quote or stock market index Changing the stock list order Setting stock information update frequency Manually updating stock informationAdding 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 ringtoneRecording 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 Opening an installed application Uninstalling an applicationGetting help Reading news feeds News screenSubscribing to a news channel from a list Starring a story Setting update frequency for storiesSubscribing to a news channel by entering a URL Reading a story Adding the News widget Adding a keyword Security Protecting your SIM card with a PINRestoring 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 settingsSetting a sound profile Enabling or disabling audible selection Changing the phone language Optimizing your phone’s battery life Using the GSM network of your mobile operatorChecking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking information about your phone Restoring backed up data to your phone Backup, update and resetChecking if automatic backup is enabled Backing up phone data Updating your phone’s system software Checking for phone system software updates manually Performing a hard/factory reset Performing a factory reset via settingsPerforming a factory reset using phone buttons HSPA/WCDMA Specifications Index Symbols Your HTC Desire user guide Index