HTC Desire S Quick Start Guide

Your

HTC

Desire S

Quick guide

For the complete user guide and other helpful resources,

go to www.htc.com/support. Please also read the Safety

and regulatory guide that’s included in the box.

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Locations

Locations is your perfect travel companion, whether you’re

at home or in a different country. Easily browse maps,

search for nearby places of interest, and get directions to

places you want to go to.

Maps for free

Your phone already comes with

a map installed. What map you’ll

have depends on the country

where you bought your phone.

Before you travel to other

countries, you can download more

country maps to your phone for

free. Then, you won’t need to

use your data connection when

browsing maps and searching

places, freeing you from costly

data roaming fees.

Upgrading services

If you need turn-by-turn GPS navigation and safety

camera information, you can purchase them as add-on

services.

1. From the Home screen, tap

> Locations

.

2. Press MENU, and then tap

Get more

.

3. Slide to the tab of the service, and then tap what you

want to purchase.

4. Tap

Purchase

.

To ﬁnd out more about how to use Locations, see the

complete user guide.

Get HTC Sync

You can use the HTC Sync software to sync contacts,

calendar, and other information between your computer

and your phone. Copy HTC Sync from the microSD card

that came with your phone and install it on your computer.

1. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB

cable that came with your phone.

2. When the Connect to PC screen appears, tap

Disk

drive

, and then tap

Done

.

3. On your computer, access your phone’s storage card

which is recognized as a removable disk.

4. Copy HTCSync.exe to your computer.

5. Unmount your phone as required by your computer’s

operating system to safely remove it.

6. On your computer, double-click HTCSync.exe and follow

the onscreen instructions to install HTC Sync.

Visit our support website (www.htc.com/support) from

time to time to check for the most recent HTC Sync

upgrade so you can download and install it.

Battery saving tips

Here are some things you can do to get the most out of a

single charge.

Turning off automatic updates

For some apps such as Weather, turn off automatic

update. In the Weather app, press MENU, tap

Settings

, and

then clear the

Update automatically

check box.

Using the Power Dashboard widget

Quickly adjust and turn on or off settings that affect

battery power.

1. On the Home screen, press and hold an empty area.

2. Tap

Widget > Settings > Power Dashboard > Select

.

Tap the icons on the widget to adjust or turn on/off the

setting.

Turning on power saver

Set your phone to automatically switch to power saver

mode when the battery level reaches a certain level.

1. From the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap

Settings

.

2. Tap

Power

, and then select the

Enable power saver

check box.

3. Tap

Turn power saver on at

and

Power saver settings

to

set and select power saver options.

Record in HD

Capture those priceless moments in HD and share them

on YouTube.

1. From the Home screen, tap

> Camcorder

.

2. Press MENU, tap

Video quality

, and then select

Online

(HD, 10 minutes).

This makes sure that the video you’re capturing can be

uploaded to YouTube.

3. Tap

to start recording; tap

again to stop

recording.

4. On the review screen, tap

> YouTube

.

5. Enter a title, add details about the video if you want,

and then tap

Upload

.

Catch up with friends

Friend Stream connects you to your social networks.

Share and get updates from friends in popular networks

like Facebook and Twitter in a single feed. With Friend

Stream, you can easily track your friends’ status messages,

photo uploads, notifications, and more — or comment and

post your own.

Connect to the Internet

Get online using your phone’s data connection or Wi-Fi.

Using a data connection

It’s simple. When you turn your phone on for the first

time (with the SIM card inserted), it should connect

automatically to you mobile operator’s data service.

If presented with a list of mobile operators to choose from,

make sure that you select the correct one for your SIM

card, if you’re not sure, contact your service provider.

Using Wi-Fi

1. From the Home screen, press MENU.

2. Tap

Settings > Wireless & networks

.

3. Select the

Wi-Fi

check box to turn Wi-Fi on.

4. Tap

Wi-Fi settings

, and then choose a Wi-Fi network to

connect to.

Fast browsing

Enjoy fast web browsing on your phone. With the powerful

processor, you can be sure that viewing web pages will be

smooth. Also, with Adobe® Flash® support, no websites are

out-of-bounds.

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