HTC Wildfire manual Receiving calls, Answering or rejecting an incoming call

39 Phone calls

Receiving calls

When you receive a phone call from a contact, the Incoming call screen appears and displays the caller ID icon, name, and phone number of the calling party. When you receive a phone call from someone who is not stored in People, only the default caller ID icon and phone number appear on the Incoming call screen.

Answering or rejecting an incoming call

If	To answer the call	To reject the call
Display is on	Tap Answer.	Tap Decline.
Display is off	When the Lock screen appears, drag the bar that	Drag the bar upward.
	shows the caller name or number downward.	Or, press MENU and
		then tap Decline.

You can also do one of the following to reject an incoming call:

Press the POWER button twice.

To reject the call and send a text message, press MENU, and then tap Send message.

Changing the sent message for rejected calls

You can change the message that is sent out.

1.On the Phone dialer screen, press MENU.

2.Tap Phone settings > Edit default message.

3.Enter the new message, and then tap OK.

Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call

Do one of the following:

Press the VOLUME DOWN or VOLUME UP button.

Press the POWER button.

Place the phone face down on a leveled surface.

If the phone is already facing down, the phone will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls.