User guide
Your HTC Wildfire S
Personalizing
Contents
Phone calls
Getting started
Accounts and sync
Search and Web browser
People
Social
Market and other apps
Photos, videos, and music
Messages
Email
Settings
Bluetooth
HTCSense.com
Keyboard
Update and reset
Trademarks and copyrights Index
6 Contents
7 Conventions used in this guide
Conventions used in this guide
Inside the box
Getting started
HTC Wildfire S
Front panel
Back panel
Left panel
Top panel
1. VOLUME UP 2. VOLUME DOWN 3. USB connector
Removing the back cover
Back cover
SIM card
Replacing the back cover
Inserting the SIM card
12 Getting started
13 Getting started
Removing the SIM card
Inserting the storage card
Storage card
Removing the storage card
Unmounting the storage card
Battery
Removing the battery thin film
Removing the battery
16 Getting started
Inserting the battery
Switching the power on or off
Charging the battery
Switching the power on
Switching the power off
Entering your PIN
Finger gestures
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S
Setting up HTC Wildfire S for the first time
Using Leap view
Home screen
Extended Home screen
Adjusting the ringer volume
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the media volume
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls
Sleep mode
Switching to Sleep mode
Status and notifications
Waking up from Sleep mode
Notification icons
New Gmail message
Notification LED
Notifications panel
Using Quick Settings
Switching between recently opened apps
Closing the Notifications panel
26 Basics
Connecting HTC Wildfire S to a computer
Copying files to or from the storage card
27 Basics
Copying and sharing text
Pasting text in a new message or social network status update
Selecting text
Copying and pasting text
Personalizing
Using a preset scene
Making HTC Wildfire S truly yours
Personalizing HTC Wildfire S with scenes
Changing your wallpaper
Renaming a scene
Deleting scenes
Applying a new skin
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets
Adding a widget to your Home screen
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen
Changing the settings of a widget
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
Adding folders on your Home screen
Creating a new folder and adding items to it
Renaming a folder
Removing a widget or icon
Rearranging the Home screen
Choosing a preset sound set
Using sound sets
Creating a sound set
Customizing a sound set
Changing the alarm sound
Changing your ringtones and alarms
Changing the ringtone
Changing notification sounds
Adding a tab back
Rearranging or hiding application tabs
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen
What is Smart dial?
Using Speed dial
Calling a phone number in a text message
Assigning a speed dial key
Calling a phone number in an email
Making an emergency call
40 Phone calls
Answering a call
Receiving calls
Rejecting a call
Changing the text message to send out for rejected calls
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call
What can I do during a call?
HTC Caller ID
Putting a call on hold
Turning the speakerphone on during a call
Switching between calls
Muting the microphone during a call
Ending a call
Setting up a conference call
Internet calls
Adding an Internet calling account
Making an Internet call
Using Call history
Checking a missed call
Checking calls in the Call History
Using Home dialing
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History
Clearing the Call History list
Turning off Home dialing
Call services
48 Phone calls
Turning Airplane mode on or off
Search and Web browser
Setting search options
Searching HTC Wildfire S and the web
Performing searches on the web and HTC Wildfire S
Going to a webpage
Using the web browser
Changing the screen orientation
Navigating and zooming on a webpage
Opening a new browser window
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage
Link
What to do
Switching between browser windows
Downloading from the Web
Downloading apps from the Web
Viewing your downloads
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages
Bookmarking a webpage
Opening a bookmark
Setting your home page
Setting browser options
Viewing a page that you often visit
Clearing the list of most visited pages
Choosing when to show Flash content
About online accounts
Accounts and sync
Synchronizing with a Google Account
Adding more Google Accounts
Changing general sync settings
Forgot your Google Account password?
Adding a social network account
Managing your online accounts
Synchronizing an account manually
Changing account settings
Removing an account
58 Accounts and sync
Transferring contacts from your old phone
People
About the People app
Setting up your profile
Importing contacts from your SIM card
Your contacts list
Adding a new contact
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account
62 People
Merging contact information
Accepting matched contacts suggestions
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts
Manually merging contact information
Filtering your contacts list
Breaking the link
Searching for a contact
Backing up your contacts to the storage card
Contact information and conversations
Importing contacts from the storage card
Editing a contact’s information
Sending contact information as a vCard
Deleting contacts
To send
Contact groups
Creating a group
Editing a contact group
Rearranging your contact groups
Sending a message or email to a group
Rearranging the members of a contact group
68 People
Setting the default communication method
Adding People widgets
Deleting a group
Changing the default communication method
Getting in touch with a contact
70 People
Facebook for HTC Sense
Social
Using the Facebook app
Facebook app
Adding the Facebook widget
73 Social
Sending a tweet
Tweeting on the go using Peep
Setting Peep options
Sending a direct message
Searching for Twitter users to follow
Updating your status
Using Friend Stream
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts
Checking notifications from your social networks
Chatting in Google Talk
About the Friend Stream widget
Chatting with a friend
Accepting a chat invitation
Changing your online status and picture
79 Social
Changing settings or signing out
Adding and managing friends
80 Social
Camera
Camera basics
Viewfinder screen
Taking a photo
Auto focusing
Zooming
Taking your closeup shot
Recording video
After capturing
Adding effects
85 Camera
Changing camera settings
Reset to default
Select to record audio when capturing videos
Change the camera settings back to default
Record with audio
Gallery
Photos, videos, and music
About the Gallery app
Selecting an album
88 Photos, videos, and music
Viewing photos
Editing your photos
Watching videos
Sending your photos and videos
91 Photos, videos, and music
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web
92 Photos, videos, and music
93 Photos, videos, and music
Viewing photos in your social networks
Listening to music
Music
Creating a playlist
Browsing music in the library
96 Photos, videos, and music
Sharing music using Bluetooth
Setting a song as a ringtone
Finding music videos on YouTube
97 Photos, videos, and music
Finding and installing apps from Android Market
Finding and installing an app
Market and other apps
Uninstalling an app
Opening an installed app
Getting help
99 Market and other apps
Using the Clock
Using the Clock app
About the HTC Clock widget
Using World Clock
Using Desk Clock
Setting an alarm
Adding a city to the Weather screen
Checking Weather
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen
Deleting cities from the Weather screen
About the Weather widget
Changing Weather options
Adding a stock quote or stock market index
Keeping track of your stocks
Changing update schedule and color settings
Watching videos on YouTube
Searching for videos
Clearing the search history
Listening to FM Radio
Sharing a video link
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube
Recording your voice
Tuning in to an FM station
Closing or turning off FM Radio
Do this
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone
Sharing a voice clip
109 Market and other apps
Sharing games and apps
Messages
Opening Messages
Sending a text message SMS
112 Messages
Sending a multimedia message MMS
113 Messages
Creating a slideshow
Resuming a draft message
Viewing and replying to a message
114 Messages
Replying to another phone number of the contact
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message
Managing message conversations
Push messages
Opening and reading a new push message
Viewing all your push messages
Deleting several messages within a conversation
Deleting a single message
Deleting a conversation
Deleting several conversations
118 Messages
Setting message options
Email
Using Gmail
Gmail
Viewing your Gmail Inbox
Replying to or forwarding an email message
Mail
About the Mail app
Getting help
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
121 Email
Checking your Mail inbox
Managing email messages
Sending an email message
125 Email
Reading and replying to an email message
Setting the priority for an email message
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email
126 Email
127 Email
Changing email account settings
Calendar
About Calendar
Creating an event
Inviting guests to your event Google Calendar only
Sending a meeting request using Calendar Exchange ActiveSync only
Using day and agenda views
Using month view
Using week view
Changing Calendar views
Viewing an event
Managing Calendar events
Editing an event
Deleting an event
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders
Displaying and synchronizing reminders
Sharing an event vCalendar
Adding a Google calendar to sync with
Showing or hiding calendars
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar
133 Calendar
Reminder settings
Changing Calendar settings
Calendar view settings
About the Calendar widget
Location settings
Turning on location services
Maps and location
Google Maps
About Google Maps
Getting around maps
137 Maps and location
Searching for a location
Getting directions
Searching for a place of interest near you
Finding your friends with Google Latitude available by country
Getting help
5. Tap an item to view the directions on the map
About HTC Sync
HTC Sync
Installing HTC Sync that came with the storage card
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Wildfire S
141 HTC Sync
Setting up synchronization
Getting to know the workspace
Music sync options
Calendar sync options
Gallery sync options
Bookmarks sync options
People sync options
Documents sync options
Synchronizing HTC Wildfire S
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Wildfire S
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade
Synchronizing another device with your computer
HTCSense.com
Using HTCSense.com
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account
Signing up from HTC Wildfire S
Forwarding calls and messages
Turning on Device finder
Making HTC Wildfire S ring
Locating HTC Wildfire S
Deleting your HTCSense.com account
Erasing the contents of HTC Wildfire S
Entering text using Swype
Using Swype
Keyboard
Choosing between Swype and the Onscreen Keyboard
Entering text by typing
Adjusting Swype settings
Using the onscreen keyboard
Selecting a keyboard layout
Entering text
Entering words with predictive text
Enabling multiple keyboard languages
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary
Setting a second language for the keyboard
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card
Setting the voice input language
Entering text by speaking
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card
Selecting text
Editing text
Copying and pasting text
156 Keyboard
Adjusting input settings
Adding a new access point
Checking the data connection youre using
Internet connections
Data connection
Wi-Fi
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network
Enabling data roaming
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security
Connecting to a virtual private network VPN
Checking the wireless network status
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network
Connecting to a VPN
Setting up secure credential storage
Disconnecting from a VPN
Adding a VPN connection
Using HTC Wildfire S as a modem USB tethering
Using HTC Wildfire S as a wireless router
162 Internet connections
163 Internet connections
Bluetooth basics
Bluetooth
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit
Turning Bluetooth on or off
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Reconnecting a headset or car kit
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device
Sending information using Bluetooth
Where sent information is saved
168 Bluetooth
Receiving information using Bluetooth
169 Bluetooth
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
Forgot your screen lock pattern?
Changing your screen lock
Settings on HTC Wildfire S
Settings
173 Settings
Adjusting the screen brightness manually
Changing display settings
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off
Turning automatic screen rotation off
Switching animation effects on or off
Changing sound settings
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes
Lowering the ring volume automatically
Switching to speakerphone automatically
Optimizing battery life
Changing the language
Making HTC Wildfire S ring louder with Pocket mode
Checking the power usage of applications
Using the GSM network of your mobile operator
Managing memory
Checking how much phone memory is available for use
Uninstalling third-party applications
Checking information about HTC Wildfire S
Moving applications to or from the storage card
179 Settings
HTC Wildfire S software updates
Update and reset
Installing an update
Checking for updates manually
Performing a factory reset via settings
Resetting HTC Wildfire S
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons
Restarting HTC Wildfire S
Trademarks and copyrights
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