HTC Wildfire Changing display settings, Adjusting the screen brightness manually

189 Settings

SD & phone storage	 Check the available storage card and phone memory.
	 From this screen, be sure to unmount your microSD card
	before you remove it from your phone.
Date & time	Set the date and time, time zone, and date or time format. To
	turn off auto time synchronization and be able to manually
	change time zone settings, see “Setting the time zone, date,
	and time” in the Clock and Weather chapter.
Language & keyboard	Set the operating system language and region. You can also set
	onscreen keyboard options.
Text-to-speech	If you have installed a text-to-speech (voice data) application,
	use this option to configure the text-to-speech settings.
About phone	 Turn on or off scheduled checks for system software
	updates, or manually check for updates.
	 View different information about your phone, such as the
	mobile network type, signal strength, battery level, battery
	use of individual applications, software version of your
	phone, and more. See “Checking information about your
	phone” in this chapter.

Changing display settings

Adjusting the screen brightness manually

1.From the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings > Sound & display.

2.Scroll down the screen, and then tap Brightness.

3.Clear the Automatic brightness check box.

4.Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness. Tap OK.

Adjusting the time before the screen turns off

After a period of inactivity, the phone screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle time before the screen turns off.

1.From the Home screen, press MENU, then tap Settings > Sound & display.

2.Scroll down the screen, and then tap Screen timeout.

3.Tap the time before the screen turns off.

Turning automatic screen rotation off

By default, the screen orientation automatically adjusts depending on how you hold the phone.

Not all application screens support automatic rotation.

1.From the Home screen, press MENU, then tap Settings > Sound & display.

2.Scroll down the screen, and then clear the Orientation check box.