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65 Social If you have the Facebook app (preinstalled or downloaded from Android Market), signing in to Facebook for HTC Sense does not sign you in to the Facebook app and vice versa. These two don't share the same login credentials. If you want to use the same Facebook account for both, you'll have to sign in to both using the same login credentials. Twitter for HTC Sense When you're signed in to Twitter for HTC Sense, you can: § See your Twitter contacts and their latest tweets in People. § Send tweets and check your friends' tweets in Friend Stream. If you have the Twitter app (preinstalled or downloaded from Android Market), signing in to Twitter for HTC Sense does not sign you in to the Twitter app and vice versa. These two don't share the same login credentials. If you want to use the same Twitter account for both, you'll have to sign in to both using the same login credentials.

Section	Page
Getting started	8
Inside the box	8
HTC Wildfire S	8
Front panel	8
Left panel	9
Back panel	9
Top panel	9
Back cover	10
Removing the back cover	10
Replacing the back cover	10
Storage card	11
Inserting the storage card	11
Removing the storage card	11
Unmounting the storage card	11
Battery	12
Inserting the battery	12
Removing the battery	12
Charging the battery	13
Switching the power on or off	13
Switching the power on	13
Switching the power off	14
Finger gestures	14
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S	14
Home screen	15
Extended Home screen	15
Using Leap view	16
Basics	17
Adjusting the volume	17
Adjusting the ringer volume	17
Adjusting the media volume	17
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	17
Adjusting the volume via settings	17
Sleep mode	18
Switching to Sleep mode	18
Waking up from Sleep mode	18
Unlocking the screen	18
Status and notifications	19
Status icons	19
Notification icons	20
Notification LED	21
Notifications panel	21
Switching between recently opened apps	22
Using Quick Settings	22
Closing the Notifications panel	22
Connecting your phone to a computer	23
Copying files to or from the storage card	23
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	24
Selecting text	24
Copying and pasting text	24
Searching or translating text	24
Sharing text	25
Personalizing	26
Making HTC Wildfire S truly yours	26
Personalizing HTC Wildfire S with scenes	26
Using a preset scene	26
Creating a new scene	26
Renaming a scene	27
Deleting scenes	27
Changing your wallpaper	27
Applying a new skin	28
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	28
Adding a widget to your Home screen	28
Changing the settings of a widget	29
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	29
Adding folders on your Home screen	30
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	30
Renaming a folder	30
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	30
Moving a widget or icon	30
Removing a widget or icon	31
Rearranging the Home screen	31
Using sound sets	32
Choosing a preset sound set	32
Creating a sound set	32
Customizing a sound set	32
Deleting sound sets	32
Changing your ringtones and alarms	33
Changing the ringtone	33
Changing notification sounds	33
Changing the alarm sound	33
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	34
Adding a tab back	34
Phone calls	35
Different ways of making calls	35
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	35
What is Smart dial?	35
Using Speed dial	36
Assigning a speed dial key	36
Calling a phone number in a text message	36
Calling a phone number in an email	36
Making an emergency call	37
Receiving calls	37
Answering a call	37
Rejecting a call	37
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	38
HTC Caller ID	38
What can I do during a call	38
Switching between calls	38
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	39
Muting the microphone during a call	39
Ending a call	39
Internet calls	39
Adding an Internet calling account	39
Making an Internet call	40
Using Call history	40
Checking a missed call	40
Checking calls in the Call History	40
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	41
Clearing the Call History list	41
Call services	41
Turning Airplane mode on or off	42
Search and Web browser	43
Searching HTC Wildfire S and the Web	43
Setting search options	43
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Wildfire S	43
Quickly looking up information on the Web	44
Translating words to other languages	44
Using the web browser	44
Going to a webpage	45
Changing the screen orientation	45
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	45
Selecting a link on a webpage	45
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	45
Opening a new browser window	46
Switching between browser windows	46
Downloading from the Web	46
Downloading apps from the Web	47
Viewing your downloads	47
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	47
Bookmarking a webpage	47
Opening a bookmark	47
Editing a bookmark	47
Viewing a previously visited page	48
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	48
Viewing a page that you often visit	48
Clearing the list of most visited pages	48
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	48
Setting browser options	48
Setting your home page	48
Browsing full versions of all websites	49
Choosing when to show Adobe Flash content	49
Accounts and sync	50
About online accounts	50
Synchronizing with a Google Account	50
Adding more Google Accounts	50
Forgot your Google Account password?	51
Adding a social network account	51
Managing your online accounts	51
Changing general sync settings	51
Synchronizing an account manually	52
Changing account settings	52
Removing an account	52
People	53
About the People app	53
Your contacts list	54
Setting up your profile	54
Adding a new contact	54
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	55
Merging contact information	56
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	56
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	56
Manually merging contact information	57
Breaking the link	57
Filtering your contacts list	57
Searching for a contact	57
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	58
Importing contacts from the storage card	58
Contact information and conversations	58
Editing a contact’s information	59
Deleting contacts	59
Sending contact information as a vCard	59
Contact groups	60
Creating a group	60
Editing a contact group	60
Sending a message or email to a group	61
Rearranging your contact groups	61
Rearranging the members of a contact group	61
Deleting groups	62
Adding People widgets	62
Setting the default communication method	63
Changing the default communication method	63
Getting in touch with a contact	63
Social	64
Facebook for HTC Sense	64
Twitter for HTC Sense	65
Tweeting on the go using Peep	66
Sending a tweet	66
Searching for Twitter users to follow	67
Unfollowing a Twitter user	67
Sending a direct message	67
Setting Peep options	67
Using Friend Stream	68
Updating your status	68
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	69
Checking notifications from your social networks	70
About the Friend Stream widget	70
Chatting in Google Talk	70
Chatting with a friend	70
Accepting a chat invitation	71
Changing your online status and picture	71
Adding and managing friends	72
Changing settings or signing out	72
Camera	73
Camera basics	73
Viewfinder screen	73
Zooming	74
Auto focusing	74
Taking your closeup shot	74
Taking a photo	74
Recording video	75
Adding effects	76
After capturing	76
Changing camera settings	77
Photos, videos, and music	79
Gallery	79
About the Gallery app	79
Selecting an album	79
Viewing photos	80
Zooming in or out on a photo	81
Watching videos	81
Editing your photos	81
Rotating a photo	81
Cropping a photo	82
Adding effects	82
Sending your photos and videos	82
Sending photos or videos by email	82
Sending a photo or video by MMS	83
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	83
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	83
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	83
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	84
Sharing photos on Picasa	84
Sharing videos on YouTube	85
Viewing photos in your social networks	85
Viewing photos on Facebook	85
Viewing photos on Flickr	86
Commenting on photos in your social networks	86
Music	87
Listening to music	87
Playing music from the Lock screen	87
About the Music widget	88
Browsing music in the library	88
Creating a playlist	88
Playing the songs in a playlist	89
Managing playlists	89
Deleting playlists	89
Setting a song as a ringtone	90
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	90
Sharing music using Bluetooth	90
Finding music videos on YouTube	90
Market and other apps	91
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	91
Finding and installing an app	91
Opening an installed app	92
Uninstalling an app	92
Getting help	92
Using the Clock	93
About the HTC Clock widget	93
Changing the city for the Clock widget	93
Using the Clock app	93
Using Desk Clock	94
Using World Clock	94
Setting your home city	94
Setting the time zone, date, and time	94
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	94
Setting an alarm	95
Deleting an alarm	95
Changing alarm sound settings	95
Checking Weather	96
Adding a city to the Weather screen	96
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	96
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	96
Changing Weather options	97
About the Weather widget	97
Watching videos on YouTube	97
Searching for videos	98
Clearing the search history	98
Sharing a video link	98
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	98
Recording your voice	98
Sharing a voice clip	99
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	99
Sharing games and apps	100
Messages	101
Opening Messages	101
Sending a text message (SMS)	101
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	102
Why isn't the contact's email address showing up when I enter a contact name?	103
Creating a slideshow	104
Resuming a draft message	104
Viewing and replying to a message	105
Replying to another phone number of the contact	105
Forwarding a message	106
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	106
Push messages	107
Opening and reading a new push message	107
Viewing all your push messages	107
Managing message conversations	107
Protecting a message from deletion	107
Deleting a single message	107
Deleting several messages within a conversation	108
Deleting a conversation	108
Deleting several conversations	108
Setting message options	109
Email	110
Gmail	110
Using Gmail	110
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	110
Sending a new message	110
Replying to or forwarding an email message	111
Getting help	111
Mail	111
About the Mail app	111
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	112
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	112
Checking your Mail inbox	113
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	113
Switching between different views of your inbox	113
Refreshing an email account	114
Sorting email messages	114
Quickly browsing your inbox	114
Managing email messages	114
Deleting an email message	114
Selecting several email messages	115
Moving several email messages to another folder	115
Moving an email message after reading	115
Deleting all messages	115
Switching to other mail folders	115
Sending an email message	115
Resuming a draft email message	117
Reading and replying to an email message	117
Setting the priority for an email message	117
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	117
Flagging an email	117
Setting your Out of the office status	117
Sending a meeting request	118
Changing email account settings	118
Deleting an email account	118
Calendar	119
About Calendar	119
Creating an event	119
Inviting guests to your event (Google Calendar only)	120
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)	120
Changing Calendar views	121
Using month view	121
Using day and agenda views	121
Using week view	121
Managing Calendar events	122
Viewing an event	122
Editing an event	122
Deleting an event	122
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	123
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	123
Displaying and synchronizing reminders	123
Showing or hiding calendars	124
Adding a Google calendar to sync with	124
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar	124
Changing Calendar settings	125
Reminder settings	125
Calendar view settings	125
About the Calendar widget	125
Maps and location	126
Location settings	126
Turning on location services	126
Google Maps	126
About Google Maps	126
Getting around maps	127
Searching for a location	128
Clearing the map	128
Searching for a place of interest near you	128
Getting directions	129
Getting help	130
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	130
Opening and joining Latitude	130
HTC Sync	131
About HTC Sync	131
Installing HTC Sync	131
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Wildfire S	132
Getting to know the workspace	132
Setting up synchronization	133
Music sync options	133
Gallery sync options	133
Calendar sync options	134
People sync options	134
Bookmarks sync options	135
Documents sync options	135
Synchronizing HTC Wildfire S	136
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Wildfire S	136
Synchronizing another device with your computer	137
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	137
HTCSense.com	138
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	138
Signing up from HTC Wildfire S	138
Signing up from your computer	138
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	138
Using HTCSense.com	139
Turning on Phone finder	139
Forwarding calls and messages	139
Making HTC Wildfire S ring	139
Locating HTC Wildfire S	140
Locking HTC Wildfire S	140
Erasing the contents of HTC Wildfire S	140
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	140
Keyboard	141
Choosing between Swype and the Onscreen Keyboard	141
Using Swype	141
Entering text using Swype	141
Entering text by typing	142
Adjusting Swype settings	142
Using the onscreen keyboard	143
Selecting a keyboard layout	143
Entering text	143
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	144
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	144
Entering words with predictive text	144
Setting a second language for the keyboard	145
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	145
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	145
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	145
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	146
Entering text by speaking	146
Setting the voice input language	146
Editing text	147
Selecting text	147
Copying and pasting text	147
Adjusting input settings	148
Internet connections	149
Data connection	149
Wi‑Fi	149
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	149
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network with EAP-TLS security	150
Checking the wireless network status	150
Connecting to another Wi‑Fi network	150
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	150
Setting up secure credential storage	151
Adding a VPN connection	151
Connecting to a VPN	151
Disconnecting from a VPN	151
Bluetooth	152
Bluetooth basics	152
Turning Bluetooth on or off	152
Changing the device name	152
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	152
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	153
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	153
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	153
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	154
Sending information using Bluetooth	154
Where sent information is saved	155
Receiving information using Bluetooth	155
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen	156
Security	157
Protecting HTC Wildfire S with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password	157
Changing your screen lock	157
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	158
Settings	159
Settings on your phone	159
Changing display settings	160
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	160
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	161
Turning automatic screen rotation off	161
Recalibrating the G-sensor	161
Keeping the screen on while charging HTC Wildfire S	161
Switching animation effects on or off	162
Changing sound settings	162
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	162
Enabling or disabling audible selection	162
Lowering the ring volume automatically	162
Making HTC Wildfire S ring louder with Pocket mode	163
Switching to speakerphone automatically	163
Changing the language	163
Optimizing battery life	163
Checking the power usage of applications	164
Managing memory	164
Checking how much phone memory is available for use	164
Checking the available storage card space	164
Clearing application cache and data	164
Uninstalling an app	164
Moving an app to or from the storage card	165
Checking information about your phone	165
Update and reset	166
HTC Wildfire S software updates	166
Installing an update	166
Checking for updates manually	166
Restarting HTC Wildfire S	167
Resetting HTC Wildfire S	167
Performing a factory reset via settings	167
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons	167
Trademarks and copyrights	168