Contents | HTC Wildfire manual

Contents

Contents

Basics	9
Inside the box	9
Your phone	9
Back cover	11
Battery	12
Storage card	14

Getting started	15
Switching your phone on or off	15
Setting up your phone for the first time	16
Home screen	17
Sleep mode	18
Status and notifications	19
Opening the Notifications panel	21
Finger gestures	22
Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen	23
Adjusting the volume	25
Connecting your phone to a computer	26
Copying files to or from the storage card	27
Searching your phone and the Web	27
Setting search options	28
Personalizing	29
Changing the ringtone	9
Personalizing your phone with scenes	9
Changing your wallpaper	1
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	1
Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	3
Adding folders on your Home screen	4
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	5
Phone calls	36
Making calls	6
Receiving calls	9
HTC Caller ID	40
Using in-call options	41
Using Call history	43
Call services	45
Turning Airplane mode on or off	45
People	46
About People	46
Ways of getting contacts into your phone	46
Transferring contacts from your old phone	47
People screen	48

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HTC Wildfire manual Contents

Contents

Your HTC Wildfire Before you do anything else, please read this Charge the battery Trademarks and copyrights Conventions used in this guide Contents Messages KeyboardAccounts and sync Social Internet connections 120 Bluetooth 134Web browser 125 Camera 141 Update and reset 195 Settings 188Specifications 197 Index 198 More apps Inside the box BasicsYour phone Front panel Back panel Top panel Left panel Replacing the back cover Back coverRemoving the back cover Inserting the battery BatteryRemoving the thin film from the battery Charging the battery Removing the battery Inserting the storage card Storage cardRemoving the storage card while the phone is off Removing the storage card while the phone is on Switching your phone on Switching your phone on or offSwitching your phone off Getting started Setting up your phone for the first time Extended Home screen Using Leap viewHome screen Switching to Sleep mode Sleep modeWaking up from Sleep mode Unlocking the screen Status icons Status and notifications Notification icons Closing the Notifications panel Opening the Notifications panelNotification LED Finger gestures Selecting a tab Navigating the Home screenSelecting an item onscreen Selecting a link on a webpage Moving the cursor when entering text Adjusting the ringer volume Adjusting the volumeAdjusting the media volume Adjusting the earpiece volume for phone calls Connecting your phone to a computer Searching your phone and the Web Copying files to or from the storage card Searching within an application Setting search options Personalizing Using a preset sceneChanging the ringtone Personalizing your phone with scenes Renaming or deleting a scene Customizing and saving a scene Adding a widget to your Home screen Changing your wallpaperPersonalizing your Home screen with widgets Downloading HTC widgets Personalizing Renaming a folder Adding folders on your Home screenCreating a new folder and adding items to it Removing a widget or icon Moving a widget or icon Phone calls What is Smart Dial?Making calls Making a call on the Phone dialer screen Calling a phone number in a text message Using speed dialAssigning a speed dial key Calling a speed dial number Making an emergency call Calling a phone number in an email Answering or rejecting an incoming call Receiving callsChanging the sent message for rejected calls Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call HTC Caller ID Setting your phone to automatically adjust the ring volume Switching between calls Using in-call optionsSetting up a three-way call Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call Ending a call Muting the microphone during a call Checking calls in the call history Using Call historyChecking a missed call Clearing the call history list Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history Turning Airplane mode on or off Call services Ways of getting contacts into your phone PeopleAbout People Transferring contacts from your old phone People screen Setting up My contact card Filtering your contacts list Your contacts list Merging contact information Adding a new contactImporting a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account Breaking the contact information link between contacts Searching for a contact Editing a contact’s informationBacking up your contacts to the storage card Importing contacts from the storage card To send Do this Sending contact information as a vCard Creating a group Contact groupsDeleting a group Editing a contact group Sending a message or email to a group Contact information and conversations People Changing the default communication method Setting the default communication methodPeople widget Adding People widgets Getting in touch with a contact Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboardSelecting a keyboard layout Entering text Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard Enabling multiple keyboard languages Editing or deleting a word in the user dictionary Entering words with predictive textAdding a word to the predictive text dictionary Text input Adjusting touch input settingsTouch Input settings Finger touch precision Sending a text message SMS MessagesAbout Messages Sending a multimedia message MMS Creating a slideshow Viewing and replying to a message Resuming a draft message Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message Viewing push messages Managing message conversationsProtecting a message from deletion Deleting a single message Storage settings Setting message optionsSMS settings MMS settings Sent messages Received messages Synchronizing with online accounts Accounts and syncAbout online accounts Adding a social network account Managing your online accounts Synchronizing with a Google Account Removing an account Forgot your Google Account password? Synchronizing with your computer Installing HTC Sync that came with the microSD cardAbout HTC Sync Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone Photos and videos Setting up synchronizationMusic Bookmarks CalendarContacts Files and documents Synchronizing another phone with your computer Synchronizing your phone Installing apps from your computer to your phone About Facebook for HTC Sense Social Updating your status Using Friend Stream About the Friend Stream widget Commenting on and liking Facebook posts Sending a tweet Tweeting on your phoneSearching for Twitter users to follow Unfollowing a Twitter user About the Twitter widget Setting Peep optionsSending a direct message Chatting with friends Chatting in Google Talk Changing your online status and picture Managing your Friends list 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 Sending a messageMuting a conversation Reporting a conversation as spam Adding a signature to your messages Managing conversations and messagesViewing your sent messages Searching for messages Labeling a conversation Changing Gmail/Google Mail synchronization settingsViewing conversations by label Working with conversations in batches Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings About Mail Using MailAdding a POP3/IMAP email account Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Sorting email messages Checking your Mail inboxRefreshing an email account Quickly browsing your inbox Sending an email message Managing email messages Resuming a draft email message Reading and replying to an email message Setting out of the office status Setting the priority for an email messageWorking with Exchange ActiveSync email Flagging an email Deleting an email account Changing email account settings Creating a calendar event CalendarAbout Calendar Inviting guests to your event Google Account only Day and Agenda views Changing calendar viewsMonth view Week view Deleting an event Viewing, editing or deleting an eventViewing and editing an event Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders Calendar event reminders Showing or hiding calendars Displaying and synchronizing calendarsStop synchronizing a Google Calendar Adding a Google Calendar to sync with Calendar view settings Changing Calendar settingsReminder settings About the Calendar widget Sending a vCalendar About the Clock application Clock and WeatherAbout the HTC Clock widget Using Desk Clock Setting the time zone, date, and time Using World ClockSetting your home city Adding a city to the World Clock screen Setting the alarm clockSetting an alarm Changing alarm sound settings Deleting an alarm Adding a city to the Weather screen Checking weather Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen About the Weather widgetDeleting cities from the Weather screen Changing weather options Data connection Wi-FiInternet connections Checking the wireless network status Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security Connecting to another Wi-Fi network Using the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets Setting up secure credential storage Connecting to a virtual private network VPNConnecting to a VPN Adding a VPN connection Disconnecting from a VPN Setting your home Using your phone’s web browserWeb browser Opening the browser Browsing full versions of all web sites Changing the screen orientationNavigating on a web Zooming in or out on a web Link What to do Selecting a link in a web Opening a new browser window Switching between browser windows Viewing your downloads Downloading applications from the web Selecting text Copying text, looking up information, and sharingFinding text within a web Searching or translating text Copying and pasting text Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages Setting browser options Bluetooth basics BluetoothConnecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit Turning Bluetooth on or off Reconnecting a headset or car kit Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth deviceDisconnecting a Bluetooth device What to send Application How to send Sending information using Bluetooth Bluetooth Receiving information using Bluetooth Adding the Bluetooth Received folder to the Home screen Camera Using the optical trackball as the shutter releaseCamera basics Viewfinder screen Zooming Auto focusing Camera flash doesn’t turn on? Taking a photo Capturing a video Camera settingsChanging basic settings Changing advanced settings Camera Selecting an album GalleryAbout the Gallery application Browsing in filmstrip or grid view Viewing photos and videos Zooming in or out on a photo Viewing photos and videos in landscape orientation Cropping a photo Editing your photosRotating and saving a photo Sending your photos and videos Sending photos or videos using BluetoothSending photos or videos by email Sending a photo or video by MMS Sharing photos on Flickr Sharing your photos and videos on the WebSharing photos on Facebook Sharing videos on YouTube Sharing photos on Picasa Viewing photos on Flickr Viewing photos in your social networksViewing photos on Facebook Commenting photos in your social networks Playing music Music Creating a playlist Browsing music in the Library Deleting playlists Playing the songs in a playlistManaging playlists Trimming an MP3 ringtone Setting a song as ringtone Checking if the song was added as a ringtone Sending music using BluetoothAbout the Music widget Maps and location Turning on location servicesGoogle Maps About Google Maps Zooming in or out of a map Moving on the map Clearing the map Looking at a location in Street View Viewing map layers Viewing search results Searching for locations and places Getting directions Opening Latitude Joining LatitudeInviting friends to share their locations Responding to an invitation Changing privacy settings Connecting with and managing friends About HTC Footprints HTC FootprintsCreating a footprint Revisiting a footprint Exporting your footprints Editing or deleting a footprint About the Footprints widget Importing footprints Watching videos on YouTube More appsSearching for videos Clearing the search history Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube Sharing a video link Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets Adding a stock quote or stock market index Keeping track of your stocksChanging the stock list order Deleting stock quotes and indices About the Stocks widget Changing update schedule and color settings Listening to an FM station Using FM Radio About the FM Radio widget Closing or turning off FM Radio Recording your voice Setting a voice clip as a ringtoneSharing a voice clip Renaming a voice clip Subscribing to news channels Reading news feeds Manually checking for new stories Reading a storyStarring a story Adding a keyword Adding the News widget Using FlashlightChanging update schedule and font settings Finding and installing an application Finding and installing apps from Android Market Requesting a refund for an application Creating a Google Checkout account Uninstalling an application Opening an installed applicationSharing games and applications Getting help More apps Security Changing unlock pattern settingsProtecting your phone with a screen unlock pattern Changing your screen unlock pattern Forgot your screen unlock pattern? Settings on your phone Settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually Changing display settingsAdjusting the time before the screen turns off Turning automatic screen rotation off Changing sound settings Quiet ring on pickup Turning on or off automatic ring volume adjustmentChoosing the notification sound Changing the phone language Optimizing your phone’s battery lifeChecking the power usage of applications Managing memory Checking information about your phone Updating the phone software Update and resetChecking for phone system software updates manually Restarting your phone soft reset Restarting or factory resetting your phonePerforming a factory reset hard reset Performing a factory reset via settings GPS Specifications Index Index MMS SMS Index