HTC Wildfire Getting started

15 Getting started

Getting started

Switching your phone on or off

Switching your phone on

Press and hold the POWER button. Easy.

When you turn on the phone for the first time, you’ll need to set it up. Go to “Setting up your

phone for the first time” and we’ll take you through it.

Switching your phone off

1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on.

2. Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed. See “Unlocking the screen” in

this chapter.

3. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

4. When the Phone options menu appears, tap Power off, then OK.

Contents

Main Before you do anything else, please read this Charge the battery Choose a rate plan wisely Know about privacy laws And finally, a few important words from our legal team (LIMITATION OF DAMAGES) Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide Contents Basics 9 Getting started 15 Personalizing 29 Phone calls 36 Keyboard 59 Messages 64 Accounts and sync 72 Social 82 Email 90 Internet connections 120 Web browser 125 Bluetooth 134 Camera 141 Gallery 147 Page Basics Inside the box Your phone Front panel Top panel Left panel Back panel Back cover Removing the back cover Replacing the back cover Battery Removing the thin film from the battery Inserting the battery Removing the battery Charging the battery Storage card Inserting the storage card Removing the storage card while the phone is off Removing the storage card while the phone is on Getting started Switching your phone on or off Setting up your phone for the first time Home screen Extended Home screen Using Leap view Sleep mode Switching to Sleep mode Waking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Status and notifications Status icons Notification icons Notification LED Opening the Notifications panel Closing the Notifications panel Finger gestures Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen Page Adjusting the volume Adjusting the ringer volume Adjusting the media volume Adjusting the earpiece volume for phone calls Connecting your phone to a computer Copying files to or from the storage card Searching your phone and the Web Setting search options Searching within an application 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 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets Adding a widget to your Home screen Downloading HTC widgets Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen Adding folders on your Home screen Creating a new folder and adding items to it Renaming a folder Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen Moving a widget or icon Removing a widget or icon Phone calls Making calls Making a call on the Phone dialer screen What is Smart Dial? Using speed dial Assigning a speed dial key Calling a speed dial number Calling a phone number in a text message Calling a phone number in an email Making an emergency call Receiving calls Answering or rejecting an incoming call Changing the sent message for rejected calls Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Setting your phone to automatically adjust the ring volume HTC Caller ID Using in-call options Switching between calls Setting up a three-way call Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Page Using Call history Checking a missed call Checking calls in the call history Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Clearing the call history list Call services Turning Airplane mode on or off People About People Ways of getting contacts into your phone Transferring contacts from your old phone People screen Setting up My contact card Your contacts list Filtering your contacts list Adding a new contact Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account Merging contact information Breaking the contact information link between contacts Editing a contacts information Searching for a contact Backing up your contacts to the storage card Importing contacts from the storage card Deleting contacts Sending contact information as a vCard Contact groups Creating a group Deleting a group Editing a contact group Sending a message or email to a group Contact information and conversations Page People widget Adding People widgets Setting the default communication method Changing the default communication method Getting in touch with a contact Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboard Selecting a keyboard layout Entering text Enabling multiple keyboard languages Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard Entering words with predictive text Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary Adjusting touch input settings Touch Input settings Text input Page Messages About Messages Sending a text message (SMS) Sending a multimedia message (MMS) Creating a slideshow Resuming a draft message Viewing and replying to a message Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact Viewing push messages Managing message conversations Protecting a message from deletion Deleting a single message Deleting a conversation Deleting several conversations Setting message options Storage settings SMS settings MMS settings Received messages Sent messages Accounts and sync Synchronizing with online accounts About online accounts Adding a social network account Synchronizing with a Google Account Adding more Google Accounts Managing your online accounts Changing general sync settings Synchronizing an account manually Forgot your Google Account password? About HTC Sync Synchronizing with your computer Installing HTC Sync that came with the microSD card Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Setting up synchronization Music Photos and videos Calendar Contacts Bookmarks Files and documents Synchronizing your phone Synchronizing another phone with your computer Installing apps from your computer to your phone Social About Facebook for HTC Sense Using Friend Stream Updating your status Commenting on and liking Facebook posts About the Friend Stream widget Tweeting on your phone Sending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Unfollowing a Twitter user Sending a direct message Setting Peep options About the Twitter widget Chatting in Google Talk Chatting with friends Starting a chat Accepting an invitation to chat Returning to the Friends list Changing your online status and picture Changing your online status Changing your status message Changing your picture Managing your Friends list Adding a friend Viewing all friends or only those most popular with you Making a friend popular Blocking a friend Email Using Gmail/Google Mail Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox Switching to another Google Account Reading your messages Replying to or forwarding an email message Muting a conversation Reporting a conversation as spam Sending a message Adding a signature to your messages Viewing your sent messages Managing conversations and messages Searching for messages Starring a message Labeling a conversation Viewing conversations by label Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settings Working with conversations in batches Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings 1. In the Inbox, press MENU and then tap Settings. 2. Set the following options: Using Mail About Mail Adding a POP3/IMAP email account Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Checking your Mail inbox Refreshing an email account Sorting email messages Quickly browsing your inbox Managing email messages Deleting an email message from the inbox Deleting more than one message Moving an entire conversation to another folder Moving individual email messages to another folder Reading and replying to an email message Setting the priority for an email message Working with Exchange ActiveSync email Flagging an email Setting out of the office status Sending a meeting request Changing email account settings Deleting an email account Calendar About Calendar Creating a calendar event Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only) Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only) Changing calendar views Month view Day and Agenda views Week view Viewing, editing or deleting an event Viewing and editing an event Deleting an event Calendar event reminders Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Displaying and synchronizing calendars Showing or hiding calendars Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone Stop synchronizing a Google Calendar Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Changing Calendar settings Reminder settings Calendar view settings Sending a vCalendar About the Calendar widget Clock and Weather About the HTC Clock widget About the Clock application Using Desk Clock Using World Clock Setting your home city Setting the time zone, date, and time Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clock Setting an alarm Deleting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Checking weather Adding a city to the Weather screen Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen Deleting cities from the Weather screen Changing weather options About the Weather widget Internet connections Data connection Turning the data connection on or off Enabling data roaming Wi-Fi Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security Checking the wireless network status Connecting to another Wi-Fi network Using the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) Setting up secure credential storage Adding a VPN connection Connecting to a VPN Disconnecting from a VPN Web browser Using your phones web browser Opening the browser Going to a web page Setting your home page Page Selecting a link in a web page Opening a new browser window Switching between browser windows Downloading applications from the web Viewing your downloads Copying text, looking up information, and sharing Finding text within a web page Selecting text Copying and pasting text Searching or translating text Pasting text in a new message or social network status update Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages Bookmarking a web page Opening a bookmark Editing a bookmark Viewing a previously visited page Setting browser options Bluetooth Bluetooth basics Turning Bluetooth on or off Changing the phone name Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Reconnecting a headset or car kit Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device Disconnecting a Bluetooth device Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Sending information using Bluetooth Page Receiving information using Bluetooth Adding the Bluetooth Received folder to the Home screen Camera Camera basics Viewfinder screen Using the optical trackball as the shutter release Review screen Auto focusing Zooming Taking a photo Camera flash doesnt turn on? Capturing a video Camera settings Changing basic settings Changing advanced settings Page Gallery About the Gallery application Selecting an album Viewing photos and videos Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing photos and videos in landscape orientation Zooming in or out on a photo Editing your photos Rotating and saving a photo Cropping a photo Sending your photos and videos Sending photos or videos by email Sending a photo or video by MMS Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth Sharing your photos and videos on the Web Sharing photos on Facebook Sharing photos on Flickr Sharing photos on Picasa Sharing videos on YouTube Viewing photos in your social networks Viewing photos on Facebook Viewing photos on Flickr Commenting photos in your social networks Music Playing music Browsing music in the Library Creating a playlist Playing the songs in a playlist Managing playlists Deleting playlists Setting a song as ringtone Trimming an MP3 ringtone Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Sending music using Bluetooth About the Music widget Maps and location Turning on location services Google Maps About Google Maps Viewing locations in Google Maps Page Getting an address and additional information for a location Looking at a location in Street View Clearing the map Viewing map layers Searching for locations and places Viewing search results Getting directions Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) Joining Latitude Opening Latitude Inviting friends to share their locations Responding to an invitation Connecting with and managing friends Changing privacy settings HTC Footprints About HTC Footprints Creating a footprint Revisiting a footprint Editing or deleting a footprint Exporting your footprints Importing footprints About the Footprints widget More apps Watching videos on YouTube Searching for videos Clearing the search history Sharing a video link Viewing a PDF Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets Keeping track of your stocks Adding a stock quote or stock market index Changing the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices Manually updating stock information Changing update schedule and color settings About the Stocks widget Using FM Radio Listening to an FM station Closing or turning off FM Radio About the FM Radio widget Using FM Radio Listening to an FM station Recording your voice Sharing a voice clip Setting a voice clip as a ringtone Renaming a voice clip Reading news feeds Subscribing to news channels Reading a story Manually checking for new stories Starring a story Adding a keyword Changing update schedule and font settings Using Flashlight Finding and installing apps from Android Market Finding and installing an application Creating a Google Checkout account Requesting a refund for an application Opening an installed application Uninstalling an application Getting help Sharing games and applications Page Security Protecting your phone with a screen unlock pattern Changing unlock pattern settings Changing your screen unlock pattern Forgot your screen unlock pattern? Settings Settings on your phone Changing display settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually Adjusting the time before the screen turns off Turning automatic screen rotation off Recalibrating the G-sensor Changing sound settings Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes Enabling or disabling audible selection Choosing the notification sound Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustment Quiet ring on pickup Changing the phone language Optimizing your phones battery life Checking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking how much phone memory is available for use Checking the available storage card space Clearing application cache and data Uninstalling third-party applications Checking information about your phone Update and reset Updating the phone software Checking for phone system software updates manually Restarting or factory resetting your phone Restarting your phone (soft reset) Performing a factory reset (hard reset) Performing a factory reset via settings Performing a factory reset using phone buttons Specifications Index A B C D F G H I K M N O P Q R S T U V