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179 Update and reset Update and reset HTC Wildfire S software updates From time to time, software updates for HTC Wildfire S may be available. HTC Wildfire S can check and then notify you if there's a new update. You can then download and install the software update using the Wi-Fi or data connection. You can also manually check if there's an available software update. Depending on the type of update, the update may erase all your personal data and customized settings, and also remove any applications you've installed. Make sure that you've backed up the information and files you want to keep. Checking and downloading phone software updates may incur additional data transfer fees from your mobile operator. Installing an update Make sure HTC Wildfire S has a storage card inserted. The update will be downloaded to the storage card. 1. Do any of the following after HTC Wildfire S receives a software update: § If the display is on and you're not using any application, the Install system software update dialog box appears on screen. Select Install now, and then tap OK. § If you're in a call, the update notification icon appears in the status bar. After the call, slide open the Notifications panel, and then tap the update notification. 2. Wait for the update to download and install on HTC Wildfire S. When the update is finished, HTC Wildfire S will automatically restart. Checking for updates manually 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap About phone > Software updates > Check now.

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
SIM card	10
Inserting the SIM card	10
Removing the SIM card	12
Storage card	13
Inserting the storage card	13
Removing the storage card	13
Unmounting the storage card	13
Battery	14
Removing the battery thin film	14
Removing the battery	14
Inserting the battery	15
Charging the battery	16
Switching the power on or off	17
Switching the power on	17
Switching the power off	17
Entering your PIN	17
Finger gestures	17
Setting up HTC Wildfire S for the first time	18
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S	18
Home screen	19
Extended Home screen	19
Using Leap view	20
Basics	21
Adjusting the volume	21
Adjusting the ringer volume	21
Adjusting the media volume	21
Adjusting the earpiece volume for calls	21
Adjusting the volume via settings	21
Sleep mode	22
Switching to Sleep mode	22
Waking up from Sleep mode	22
Unlocking the screen	22
Status and notifications	22
Status icons	22
Notification icons	24
Notification LED	25
Notifications panel	25
Switching between recently opened apps	26
Using Quick Settings	26
Closing the Notifications panel	27
Connecting HTC Wildfire S to a computer	27
Copying files to or from the storage card	27
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	28
Selecting text	28
Copying and pasting text	29
Searching or translating text	29
Pasting text in a new message or social network status update	29
Personalizing	30
Making HTC Wildfire S truly yours	30
Personalizing HTC Wildfire S with scenes	30
Using a preset scene	30
Creating a new scene	30
Renaming a scene	31
Deleting scenes	31
Changing your wallpaper	31
Applying a new skin	32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	32
Adding a widget to your Home screen	32
Changing the settings of a widget	33
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	33
Adding folders on your Home screen	34
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	34
Renaming a folder	34
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	34
Moving a widget or icon	34
Removing a widget or icon	35
Rearranging the Home screen	35
Using sound sets	36
Choosing a preset sound set	36
Creating a sound set	36
Customizing a sound set	36
Deleting sound sets	36
Changing your ringtones and alarms	37
Changing the ringtone	37
Changing notification sounds	37
Changing the alarm sound	37
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	38
Adding a tab back	38
Phone calls	39
Different ways of making calls	39
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	39
What is Smart dial?	40
Using Speed dial	40
Assigning a speed dial key	40
Calling a phone number in a text message	40
Calling a phone number in an email	41
Making an emergency call	41
Receiving calls	42
Answering a call	42
Rejecting a call	42
Changing the text message to send out for rejected calls	42
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	43
HTC Caller ID	43
What can I do during a call?	43
Putting a call on hold	43
Switching between calls	44
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	44
Muting the microphone during a call	44
Ending a call	44
Setting up a conference call	45
Internet calls	45
Adding an Internet calling account	45
Making an Internet call	46
Using Call history	46
Checking a missed call	46
Checking calls in the Call History	46
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	47
Clearing the Call History list	47
Using Home dialing	47
Turning off Home dialing	48
Call services	48
Turning Airplane mode on or off	49
Search and Web browser	50
Searching HTC Wildfire S and the web	50
Setting search options	50
Performing searches on the web and HTC Wildfire S	50
Quickly looking up information on the Web	51
Translating words to other languages	51
Using the web browser	51
Going to a webpage	52
Changing the screen orientation	52
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	52
Selecting a link on a webpage	52
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	53
Opening a new browser window	53
Switching between browser windows	53
Downloading from the Web	54
Downloading apps from the Web	54
Viewing your downloads	54
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	54
Bookmarking a webpage	54
Opening a bookmark	55
Editing a bookmark	55
Viewing a previously visited page	55
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	55
Viewing a page that you often visit	55
Clearing the list of most visited pages	55
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	55
Setting browser options	56
Setting your home page	56
Browsing full versions of all websites	56
Choosing when to show Flash content	56
Accounts and sync	57
About online accounts	57
Synchronizing with a Google Account	57
Adding more Google Accounts	57
Forgot your Google Account password?	58
Adding a social network account	58
Managing your online accounts	58
Changing general sync settings	58
Synchronizing an account manually	59
Changing account settings	59
Removing an account	59
People	60
Transferring contacts from your old phone	60
About the People app	61
Your contacts list	62
Setting up your profile	62
Importing contacts from your SIM card	62
Adding a new contact	63
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	63
Merging contact information	64
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	64
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	64
Manually merging contact information	65
Breaking the link	65
Filtering your contacts list	65
Searching for a contact	65
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	66
Importing contacts from the storage card	66
Contact information and conversations	66
Editing a contact’s information	67
Deleting contacts	67
Sending contact information as a vCard	67
Contact groups	68
Creating a group	68
Editing a contact group	68
Sending a message or email to a group	69
Rearranging your contact groups	69
Rearranging the members of a contact group	69
Deleting a group	70
Adding People widgets	70
Setting the default communication method	70
Changing the default communication method	71
Getting in touch with a contact	71
Social	72
Facebook for HTC Sense	72
Facebook app	73
Using the Facebook app	73
Adding the Facebook widget	73
What’s the difference between Facebook app and Facebook for HTC Sense?	74
Tweeting on the go using Peep	75
Sending a tweet	75
Sending a direct message	76
Setting Peep options	76
Searching for Twitter users to follow	76
Unfollowing a Twitter user	77
Using Friend Stream	77
Updating your status	77
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	78
Checking notifications from your social networks	79
About the Friend Stream widget	79
Chatting in Google Talk	79
Chatting with a friend	79
Accepting a chat invitation	80
Changing your online status and picture	80
Adding and managing friends	81
Changing settings or signing out	81
Camera	82
Camera basics	82
Viewfinder screen	82
Zooming	83
Auto focusing	83
Taking your closeup shot	83
Taking a photo	83
Recording video	84
Adding effects	85
After capturing	85
Changing camera settings	86
Photos, videos, and music	88
Gallery	88
About the Gallery app	88
Selecting an album	88
Viewing photos	89
Zooming in or out on a photo	90
Watching videos	90
Editing your photos	90
Rotating a photo	90
Cropping a photo	91
Adding effects	91
Sending your photos and videos	91
Sending photos or videos by email	91
Sending a photo or video by MMS	92
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	92
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	92
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	92
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	93
Sharing photos on Picasa	93
Sharing videos on YouTube	94
Viewing photos in your social networks	94
Viewing photos on Facebook	94
Viewing photos on Flickr	94
Commenting on photos in your social networks	95
Music	95
Listening to music	95
Playing music from the Lock screen	96
About the Music widget	96
Browsing music in the library	96
Creating a playlist	96
Playing the songs in a playlist	97
Managing playlists	97
Deleting playlists	98
Setting a song as a ringtone	98
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	98
Sharing music using Bluetooth	98
Finding music videos on YouTube	98
Market and other apps	99
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	99
Finding and installing an app	99
Opening an installed app	100
Uninstalling an app	100
Getting help	100
Using the Clock	101
About the HTC Clock widget	101
Changing the city for the Clock widget	101
Using the Clock app	101
Using Desk Clock	102
Using World Clock	102
Setting your home city	102
Setting the time zone, date, and time	102
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	102
Setting an alarm	103
Deleting an alarm	103
Changing alarm sound settings	103
Checking Weather	104
Adding a city to the Weather screen	104
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	104
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	104
Changing Weather options	105
About the Weather widget	105
Keeping track of your stocks	106
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	106
Changing update schedule and color settings	107
Watching videos on YouTube	107
Searching for videos	107
Clearing the search history	108
Sharing a video link	108
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	108
Listening to FM Radio	108
Tuning in to an FM station	109
Closing or turning off FM Radio	109
Recording your voice	109
Sharing a voice clip	110
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	110
Sharing games and apps	111
Messages	112
Opening Messages	112
Sending a text message (SMS)	112
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	113
Creating a slideshow	114
Resuming a draft message	115
Viewing and replying to a message	115
Replying to another phone number of the contact	116
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	116
Push messages	117
Opening and reading a new push message	117
Viewing all your push messages	117
Managing message conversations	118
Protecting a message from deletion	118
Copying a message to your SIM card	118
Deleting a single message	118
Deleting several messages within a conversation	118
Deleting a conversation	119
Deleting several conversations	119
Setting message options	119
Email	121
Gmail	121
Using Gmail	121
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	121
Sending a new message	121
Replying to or forwarding an email message	122
Getting help	122
Mail	122
About the Mail app	122
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	123
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	123
Checking your Mail inbox	124
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	124
Switching between different views of your inbox	124
Refreshing an email account	125
Sorting email messages	125
Quickly browsing your inbox	125
Managing email messages	125
Deleting an email message	125
Selecting several email messages	126
Moving several email messages to another folder	126
Moving an email message after reading	126
Deleting all messages	126
Switching to other mail folders	126
Sending an email message	126
Resuming a draft email message	128
Reading and replying to an email message	128
Setting the priority for an email message	128
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	128
Flagging an email	128
Setting your Out of the office status	128
Sending a meeting request	129
Changing email account settings	129
Deleting an email account	129
Calendar	130
About Calendar	130
Creating an event	130
Inviting guests to your event (Google Calendar only)	131
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)	131
Changing Calendar views	132
Using month view	132
Using day and agenda views	132
Using week view	132
Managing Calendar events	133
Viewing an event	133
Editing an event	133
Deleting an event	133
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	134
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	134
Displaying and synchronizing reminders	134
Showing or hiding calendars	135
Adding a Google calendar to sync with	135
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar	135
Changing Calendar settings	136
Reminder settings	136
Calendar view settings	136
About the Calendar widget	136
Maps and location	137
Location settings	137
Turning on location services	137
Google Maps	138
About Google Maps	138
Getting around maps	138
Searching for a location	139
Clearing the map	139
Searching for a place of interest near you	140
Getting directions	140
Getting help	141
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	141
Opening and joining Latitude	141
HTC Sync	142
About HTC Sync	142
Installing HTC Sync that came with the storage card	143
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Wildfire S	143
Getting to know the workspace	144
Setting up synchronization	144
Music sync options	144
Gallery sync options	145
Calendar sync options	145
People sync options	146
Bookmarks sync options	146
Documents sync options	147
Synchronizing HTC Wildfire S	147
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Wildfire S	148
Synchronizing another device with your computer	148
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	148
HTCSense.com	149
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	149
Signing up from HTC Wildfire S	149
Signing up from your computer	149
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	149
Using HTCSense.com	149
Turning on Device finder	150
Forwarding calls and messages	150
Making HTC Wildfire S ring	150
Locating HTC Wildfire S	150
Locking HTC Wildfire S	150
Erasing the contents of HTC Wildfire S	151
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	151
Keyboard	152
Using the onscreen keyboard	152
Selecting a keyboard layout	152
Entering text	152
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	153
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	153
Entering words with predictive text	153
Setting a second language for the keyboard	154
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	154
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	154
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	154
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	155
Entering text by speaking	155
Setting the voice input language	155
Editing text	156
Selecting text	156
Copying and pasting text	156
Adjusting input settings	157
Internet connections	158
Data connection	158
Checking the data connection you're using	158
Turning the data connection on or off	158
Adding a new access point	158
Enabling data roaming	159
Wi-Fi	159
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	159
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security	160
Checking the wireless network status	160
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network	160
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	160
Setting up secure credential storage	161
Adding a VPN connection	161
Connecting to a VPN	161
Disconnecting from a VPN	161
Using HTC Wildfire S as a modem (USB tethering)	162
Connecting HTC Wildfire S to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through)	162
Using HTC Wildfire S as a wireless router	162
Bluetooth	164
Bluetooth basics	164
Turning Bluetooth on or off	164
Changing the device name	164
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	164
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	165
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	165
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	165
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	166
Sending information using Bluetooth	166
Where sent information is saved	167
Receiving information using Bluetooth	168
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen	169
Security	170
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	170
Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out	170
Protecting HTC Wildfire S with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password	170
Changing your screen lock	171
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	171
Settings	172
Settings on HTC Wildfire S	172
Changing display settings	173
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	173
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	174
Turning automatic screen rotation off	174
Recalibrating the G-sensor	174
Keeping the screen on while charging HTC Wildfire S	174
Switching animation effects on or off	174
Changing sound settings	175
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	175
Enabling or disabling audible selection	175
Lowering the ring volume automatically	175
Making HTC Wildfire S ring louder with Pocket mode	175
Switching to speakerphone automatically	176
Changing the language	176
Optimizing battery life	176
Using the GSM network of your mobile operator	177
Checking the power usage of applications	177
Managing memory	177