HTC Desire 500 User manual

Your HTC Desire 500

User guide

Contents

Unboxing

HTC Desire 500 7

Back cover 8

microSIM card 9

Storage card 10

Battery 11

Switching the power on or off 12

Want some quick guidance on your phone? 13

Setting up your phone

Setting up your new phone for the first time 14

Transferring content from an Android phone 15

Transferring content from an iPhone 16

Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 16

Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 500 17

Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer 17

Home screen 18

Getting to know your settings 18

Updating your phone's software 18

Your first week with your new phone

About your phone 20

Basics 22

Home screen feeds 30

Notifications 32

Working with text 34

Battery 38

Camera and Gallery

Camera 42

Gallery 46

Personalizing

Making HTC Desire 500 truly yours 54

Changing your wallpaper 54

Adding a widget to your Home screen 54

Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 56

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 56

Personalizing the launch bar 57

Grouping apps into a folder 58

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Adding a Home screen panel 59

Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds 59

Rearranging application tabs 59

Customizing the lock screen style 59

Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 60

Securing HTC Desire 500 with a personal touch 60

Phone calls

Making a call with Smart dial 61

Dialing an extension number 61

Returning a missed call 62

Using Speed dial 62

Calling a phone number in a text message 62

Calling a phone number in an email 63

Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 63

Making an emergency call 63

Receiving calls 63

What can I do during a call? 64

Setting up a conference call 65

Checking calls in the Call History 66

Changing ringtone settings 67

Home dialing 67

Messages

Sending a text message (SMS) 69

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 69

Sending a group message 71

Resuming a draft message 72

Replying to a message 72

Saving a text message in the Tasks app 73

Forwarding a message 73

Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 73

Moving messages to the secure box 74

Blocking unwanted messages 74

WAP push messages 75

Copying a text message to your SIM card 75

Deleting messages and conversations 75

Search and web browser

Searching HTC Desire 500 and the Web 77

Getting instant information with Google Now 78

Browsing the Web 79

Bookmarking a webpage 81

Using your browsing history 82

Clearing your browsing history 83

Entertainment

Music 84

Wireless display 87

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Storage

Phone storage 90

Dropbox integration 92

Sync, backup, and reset

Online sync 98

Backup 100

HTC Sync Manager 104

Reset 109

People

Your contacts list 111

Setting up your profile 112

Adding a new contact 113

Editing a contact’s information 114

Getting in touch with a contact 114

Importing or copying contacts 114

Merging contact information 115

Sending contact information 116

Contact groups 116

Gmail 118

Mail 119

Travel and maps

Location settings 124

Google Maps 124

HTC Car 127

Google Play and other apps

Getting apps 130

Essential apps 132

Fun apps 136

Productivity apps 139

Internet connections

Data connection 144

Managing your data usage 144

Wi‑Fi 146

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 148

Using HTC Desire 500 as a wireless router 150

Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 150

Connecting to the Internet through a computer 151

Wi‑Fi printing 152

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Wireless sharing

Connecting a Bluetooth headset 154

Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 155

Where sent information is saved 155

Receiving files using Bluetooth 156

Settings and security

Turning Airplane mode on or off 157

Turning automatic screen rotation off 157

Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 158

Adjusting the screen brightness manually 158

Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 158

Changing the display language 158

Accessibility settings 159

Working with certificates 159

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 159

Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock 160

Checking your phone's HTC Sense version 161

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

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Conventions used in this guide

In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important

information:

This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens

when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides

information that may only be applicable to some situations.

This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure,

or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.

This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain

task or to get a feature to work properly.

This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be

careful about to prevent potential problems.

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Unboxing

HTC Desire 500

1. BACK

2. USB connector

3. HOME

4. VOLUME

5. Front camera

6. Earpiece

7. 3.5mm headset jack

8. POWER

9. Proximity sensor

10. Notification LED

If you want to use a screen protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity

sensor. You can purchase the dedicated screen protector for HTC Desire 500 that

already has a small opening for the sensor.

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Back cover

Removing the back cover

1. Securely hold HTC Desire 500 with the front facing down.

2. Press your thumb on the center of the back cover with one hand, and then lift

the cover open from the bottom right corner with your other hand.

Replacing the back cover

1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 500.

2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC Desire 500

to lock the cover into place.

You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.

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microSIM card

HTC Desire 500 uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone

number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text

messages.

Inserting the SIM card

Use a standard microSIM only. Inserting a smaller size SIM (such as nanoSIM with an

adapter or a modified SIM) may cause the card to not fit properly or damage the

card slot.

1. Take the back cover off.

2. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing in,

insert the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot.

3. Push the SIM card in until it clicks into place.

Removing the SIM card

Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 500 before removing your SIM card.

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Push the SIM card in to eject it from its slot, and remove it.

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Storage card

Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music.

Inserting the storage card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Insert the microSD™card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing

down and push it into place.

Unmounting the storage card

When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire 500 is on, unmount the

storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card.

1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .

2. Tap Storage > Unmount SD card.

Removing the storage card

1. Take the back cover off.

2. Slide the storage card out from its slot.

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