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2 Contents Contents Getting started Inside the box 8 HTC Wildfire S 8 Back cover 10 SIM card 11 Storage card 14 Battery 15 Switching the power on or off 17 Entering your PIN 18 Finger gestures 18 Setting up HTC Wildfire S for the first time 19 Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S 19 Home screen 20 Basics Adjusting the volume 21 Sleep mode 22 Status and notifications 22 Notifications panel 25 Connecting HTC Wildfire S to a computer 27 Copying files to or from the storage card 27 Copying and sharing text 28 Personalizing Making HTC Wildfire S truly yours 29 Personalizing HTC Wildfire S with scenes 29 Changing your wallpaper 30 Applying a new skin 31 Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 31 Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 32 Adding folders on your Home screen 33 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 33 Rearranging the Home screen 34 Using sound sets 35 Changing your ringtones and alarms 36 Rearranging or hiding application tabs 37 Phone calls Different ways of making calls 38 Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 38 Using Speed dial 39 Calling a phone number in a text message 39

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	11
SIM card	11
Inserting the SIM card	11
Removing the SIM card	13
Storage card	14
Inserting the storage card	14
Removing the storage card	14
Unmounting the storage card	14
Battery	15
Removing the battery thin film	15
Removing the battery	15
Inserting the battery	16
Charging the battery	17
Switching the power on or off	17
Switching the power on	17
Switching the power off	18
Entering your PIN	18
Finger gestures	18
Setting up HTC Wildfire S for the first time	19
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S	19
Home screen	20
Extended Home screen	20
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	23
Notification LED	25
Notifications panel	25
Switching between recently opened apps	26
Using Quick Settings	26
Closing the Notifications panel	26
Connecting HTC Wildfire S to a computer	27
Copying files to or from the storage card	27
Copying and sharing text	28
Selecting text	28
Copying and pasting text	28
Pasting text in a new message or social network status update	28
Personalizing	29
Making HTC Wildfire S truly yours	29
Personalizing HTC Wildfire S with scenes	29
Using a preset scene	29
Creating a new scene	29
Renaming a scene	30
Deleting scenes	30
Changing your wallpaper	30
Applying a new skin	31
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	31
Adding a widget to your Home screen	31
Changing the settings of a widget	32
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	32
Adding folders on your Home screen	33
Creating a new folder and adding items to it	33
Renaming a folder	33
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	33
Moving a widget or icon	33
Removing a widget or icon	34
Rearranging the Home screen	34
Using sound sets	35
Choosing a preset sound set	35
Creating a sound set	35
Customizing a sound set	35
Deleting sound sets	35
Changing your ringtones and alarms	36
Changing the ringtone	36
Changing notification sounds	36
Changing the alarm sound	36
Rearranging or hiding application tabs	37
Adding a tab back	37
Phone calls	38
Different ways of making calls	38
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen	38
What is Smart dial?	39
Using Speed dial	39
Assigning a speed dial key	39
Calling a phone number in a text message	39
Calling a phone number in an email	40
Making an emergency call	40
Receiving calls	41
Answering a call	41
Rejecting a call	41
Changing the text message to send out for rejected calls	41
Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call	42
HTC Caller ID	42
What can I do during a call?	42
Putting a call on hold	42
Switching between calls	43
Turning the speakerphone on during a call	43
Muting the microphone during a call	43
Ending a call	43
Setting up a conference call	44
Internet calls	44
Adding an Internet calling account	44
Making an Internet call	45
Using Call history	45
Checking a missed call	45
Checking calls in the Call History	45
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	46
Clearing the Call History list	46
Using Home dialing	46
Turning off Home dialing	47
Call services	47
Turning Airplane mode on or off	48
Search and Web browser	49
Searching HTC Wildfire S and the web	49
Setting search options	49
Performing searches on the web and HTC Wildfire S	49
Using the web browser	50
Going to a webpage	50
Changing the screen orientation	50
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	50
Selecting a link on a webpage	50
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	51
Opening a new browser window	51
Switching between browser windows	52
Downloading from the Web	52
Downloading apps from the Web	52
Viewing your downloads	53
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	53
Bookmarking a webpage	53
Opening a bookmark	53
Editing a bookmark	53
Viewing a previously visited page	53
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	53
Viewing a page that you often visit	54
Clearing the list of most visited pages	54
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	54
Setting browser options	54
Setting your home page	54
Browsing full versions of all websites	54
Choosing when to show Flash content	55
Accounts and sync	56
About online accounts	56
Synchronizing with a Google Account	56
Adding more Google Accounts	56
Forgot your Google Account password?	57
Adding a social network account	57
Managing your online accounts	57
Changing general sync settings	57
Synchronizing an account manually	58
Changing account settings	58
Removing an account	58
People	59
Transferring contacts from your old phone	59
About the People app	60
Your contacts list	61
Setting up your profile	61
Importing contacts from your SIM card	61
Adding a new contact	62
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	62
Merging contact information	63
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	63
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	63
Manually merging contact information	64
Breaking the link	64
Filtering your contacts list	64
Searching for a contact	64
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	65
Importing contacts from the storage card	65
Contact information and conversations	65
Editing a contact’s information	66
Deleting contacts	66
Sending contact information as a vCard	66
Contact groups	67
Creating a group	67
Editing a contact group	67
Sending a message or email to a group	68
Rearranging your contact groups	68
Rearranging the members of a contact group	68
Deleting a group	69
Adding People widgets	69
Setting the default communication method	69
Changing the default communication method	70
Getting in touch with a contact	70
Social	71
Facebook for HTC Sense	71
Facebook app	72
Using the Facebook app	72
Adding the Facebook widget	72
What’s the difference between Facebook app and Facebook for HTC Sense?	73
Tweeting on the go using Peep	74
Sending a tweet	74
Sending a direct message	75
Setting Peep options	75
Searching for Twitter users to follow	75
Unfollowing a Twitter user	76
Using Friend Stream	76
Updating your status	76
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	77
Checking notifications from your social networks	78
About the Friend Stream widget	78
Chatting in Google Talk	78
Chatting with a friend	78
Accepting a chat invitation	79
Changing your online status and picture	79
Adding and managing friends	80
Changing settings or signing out	80
Camera	81
Camera basics	81
Viewfinder screen	81
Zooming	82
Auto focusing	82
Taking your closeup shot	82
Taking a photo	82
Recording video	83
Adding effects	84
After capturing	84
Changing camera settings	85
Photos, videos, and music	87
Gallery	87
About the Gallery app	87
Selecting an album	87
Viewing photos	88
Zooming in or out on a photo	89
Watching videos	89
Editing your photos	89
Rotating a photo	89
Cropping a photo	90
Adding effects	90
Sending your photos and videos	90
Sending photos or videos by email	90
Sending a photo or video by MMS	91
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	91
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	91
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	91
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	92
Sharing photos on Picasa	92
Sharing videos on YouTube	93
Viewing photos in your social networks	93
Viewing photos on Facebook	93
Viewing photos on Flickr	93
Commenting on photos in your social networks	94
Music	94
Listening to music	94
Playing music from the Lock screen	95
About the Music widget	95
Browsing music in the library	95
Creating a playlist	95
Playing the songs in a playlist	96
Managing playlists	96
Deleting playlists	97
Setting a song as a ringtone	97
Checking if the song was added as a ringtone	97
Sharing music using Bluetooth	97
Finding music videos on YouTube	97
Market and other apps	98
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	98
Finding and installing an app	98
Opening an installed app	99
Uninstalling an app	99
Getting help	99
Using the Clock	100
About the HTC Clock widget	100
Changing the city for the Clock widget	100
Using the Clock app	100
Using Desk Clock	101
Using World Clock	101
Setting your home city	101
Setting the time zone, date, and time	101
Adding a city to the World Clock screen	101
Setting an alarm	102
Deleting an alarm	102
Changing alarm sound settings	102
Checking Weather	103
Adding a city to the Weather screen	103
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen	103
Deleting cities from the Weather screen	103
Changing Weather options	104
About the Weather widget	104
Keeping track of your stocks	105
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	105
Changing update schedule and color settings	106
Watching videos on YouTube	106
Searching for videos	106
Clearing the search history	107
Sharing a video link	107
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	107
Listening to FM Radio	107
Tuning in to an FM station	108
Closing or turning off FM Radio	108
Recording your voice	108
Sharing a voice clip	109
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	109
Sharing games and apps	110
Messages	111
Opening Messages	111
Sending a text message (SMS)	111
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	112
Creating a slideshow	113
Resuming a draft message	114
Viewing and replying to a message	114
Replying to another phone number of the contact	115
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	115
Push messages	116
Opening and reading a new push message	116
Viewing all your push messages	116
Managing message conversations	116
Protecting a message from deletion	116
Copying a message to your SIM card	116
Deleting a single message	117
Deleting several messages within a conversation	117
Deleting a conversation	117
Deleting several conversations	117
Setting message options	118
Email	119
Gmail	119
Using Gmail	119
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	119
Sending a new message	119
Replying to or forwarding an email message	120
Getting help	120
Mail	120
About the Mail app	120
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	121
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	121
Checking your Mail inbox	122
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	122
Switching between different views of your inbox	122
Refreshing an email account	123
Sorting email messages	123
Quickly browsing your inbox	123
Managing email messages	123
Deleting an email message	123
Selecting several email messages	124
Moving several email messages to another folder	124
Moving an email message after reading	124
Deleting all messages	124
Switching to other mail folders	124
Sending an email message	124
Resuming a draft email message	126
Reading and replying to an email message	126
Setting the priority for an email message	126
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	126
Flagging an email	126
Setting your Out of the office status	126
Sending a meeting request	127
Changing email account settings	127
Deleting an email account	127
Calendar	128
About Calendar	128
Creating an event	128
Inviting guests to your event (Google Calendar only)	129
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)	129
Changing Calendar views	130
Using month view	130
Using day and agenda views	130
Using week view	130
Managing Calendar events	131
Viewing an event	131
Editing an event	131
Deleting an event	131
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	132
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	132
Displaying and synchronizing reminders	132
Showing or hiding calendars	133
Adding a Google calendar to sync with	133
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar	133
Changing Calendar settings	134
Reminder settings	134
Calendar view settings	134
About the Calendar widget	134
Maps and location	135
Location settings	135
Turning on location services	135
Google Maps	136
About Google Maps	136
Getting around maps	136
Searching for a location	137
Clearing the map	137
Searching for a place of interest near you	138
Getting directions	138
Getting help	139
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	139
Opening and joining Latitude	139
HTC Sync	140
About HTC Sync	140
Installing HTC Sync that came with the storage card	141
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Wildfire S	141
Getting to know the workspace	142
Setting up synchronization	142
Music sync options	142
Gallery sync options	143
Calendar sync options	143
People sync options	144
Bookmarks sync options	144
Documents sync options	145
Synchronizing HTC Wildfire S	145
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Wildfire S	146
Synchronizing another device with your computer	146
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	146
HTCSense.com	147
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	147
Signing up from HTC Wildfire S	147
Signing up from your computer	147
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	147
Using HTCSense.com	147
Turning on Device finder	148
Forwarding calls and messages	148
Making HTC Wildfire S ring	148
Locating HTC Wildfire S	148
Locking HTC Wildfire S	148
Erasing the contents of HTC Wildfire S	149
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	149
Keyboard	150
Choosing between Swype and the Onscreen Keyboard	150
Using Swype	150
Entering text using Swype	150
Entering text by typing	151
Adjusting Swype settings	151
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	174
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	174
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	175
Switching animation effects on or off	175
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	176
Switching to speakerphone automatically	176
Changing the language	176
Optimizing battery life	176
Using the GSM network of your mobile operator	177