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Changing display settings, Adjusting the screen brightness manually

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165 Settings Changing display settings Adjusting the screen brightness manually 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap Display > Brightness 3. Clear the Automatic brightness check box. 4. Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness. 5. Tap OK. Adjusting the time before the screen turns off After a period of inactivity, the screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle time before the screen turns off. 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap Display > Screen timeout. 3. Tap the time before the screen turns off. Turning automatic screen rotation off By default, the screen orientation automatically adjusts depending on how you hold HTC Wildfire S. Automatic rotation is not supported in all application screens. 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap Display. 3. Clear the Auto-rotate screen check box. Recalibrating the G-sensor Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to the way you hold HTC Wildfire S. 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings. 2. Tap Display > G-Sensor calibration. 3. Place HTC Wildfire S on a flat and level surface, and then tap Calibrate. 4. After the recalibration process, tap OK.

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
Setting up HTC Wildfire S for the first time	14
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Wildfire S	15
Home screen	16
Extended Home screen	16
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	18
Status icons	18
Notification icons	19
Notification LED	20
Notifications panel	21
Switching between recently opened apps	22
Using Quick Settings	22
Closing the Notifications panel	22
Connecting HTC Wildfire S 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
Setting up a three-way call	39
Internet calls	40
Adding an Internet calling account	40
Making an Internet call	40
Using Call history	41
Checking a missed call	41
Checking calls in the Call History	41
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from Call History	41
Clearing the Call History list	42
Call services	42
Turning Airplane mode on or off	43
Search and Web browser	44
Searching HTC Wildfire S and the Web	44
Setting search options	44
Performing searches on the Web and HTC Wildfire S	44
Quickly looking up information on the Web	45
Translating words to other languages	45
Using the web browser	46
Going to a webpage	46
Changing the screen orientation	46
Navigating and zooming on a webpage	46
Selecting a link on a webpage	46
Selecting an address or phone number on a webpage	47
Opening a new browser window	47
Switching between browser windows	47
Downloading from the Web	47
Downloading apps from the Web	48
Viewing your downloads	48
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	48
Bookmarking a webpage	48
Opening a bookmark	48
Editing a bookmark	48
Viewing a previously visited page	49
Clearing the list of previously visited pages	49
Viewing a page that you often visit	49
Clearing the list of most visited pages	49
Changing the view of bookmarks or most visited pages	49
Setting browser options	49
Setting your home page	49
Browsing full versions of all websites	50
Choosing when to show Adobe Flash content	50
Accounts and sync	51
About online accounts	51
Synchronizing with a Google Account	51
Adding more Google Accounts	51
Forgot your Google Account password?	52
Adding a social network account	52
Managing your online accounts	52
Changing general sync settings	52
Synchronizing an account manually	53
Changing account settings	53
Removing an account	53
People	54
About the People app	54
Your contacts list	55
Setting up your profile	55
Adding a new contact	55
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account	56
Merging contact information	57
Accepting matched contacts suggestions	57
Viewing a list of all your linked contacts	57
Manually merging contact information	58
Breaking the link	58
Filtering your contacts list	58
Searching for a contact	58
Backing up your contacts to the storage card	59
Importing contacts from the storage card	59
Contact information and conversations	59
Editing a contact’s information	60
Deleting contacts	60
Sending contact information as a vCard	60
Contact groups	61
Creating a group	61
Editing a contact group	61
Sending a message or email to a group	62
Rearranging your contact groups	62
Rearranging the members of a contact group	62
Deleting groups	63
Adding People widgets	63
Setting the default communication method	64
Changing the default communication method	64
Getting in touch with a contact	64
Social	65
Facebook for HTC Sense	65
Twitter for HTC Sense	66
Tweeting on the go using Peep	67
Sending a tweet	67
Searching for Twitter users to follow	68
Unfollowing a Twitter user	68
Sending a direct message	68
Setting Peep options	68
Using Friend Stream	69
Updating your status	69
Commenting on and liking Facebook posts	70
Checking notifications from your social networks	71
About the Friend Stream widget	71
Chatting in Google Talk	71
Chatting with a friend	71
Accepting a chat invitation	72
Changing your online status and picture	72
Adding and managing friends	73
Changing settings or signing out	73
Camera	74
Camera basics	74
Viewfinder screen	74
Zooming	75
Auto focusing	75
Taking your closeup shot	75
Taking a photo	75
Recording video	76
Adding effects	77
After capturing	77
Changing camera settings	78
Photos, videos, and music	80
Gallery	80
About the Gallery app	80
Selecting an album	80
Viewing photos	81
Zooming in or out on a photo	82
Watching videos	82
Editing your photos	82
Rotating a photo	82
Cropping a photo	83
Adding effects	83
Sending your photos and videos	83
Sending photos or videos by email	83
Sending a photo or video by MMS	84
Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth	84
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	84
Sharing photos or videos on Facebook	84
Sharing photos and videos on Flickr	85
Sharing photos on Picasa	85
Sharing videos on YouTube	86
Viewing photos in your social networks	86
Viewing photos on Facebook	86
Viewing photos on Flickr	86
Commenting on photos in your social networks	87
Music	87
Listening to music	87
Playing music from the Lock screen	88
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	90
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
Keeping track of your stocks	98
Adding a stock quote or stock market index	98
Changing update schedule and color settings	99
Watching videos on YouTube	99
Searching for videos	99
Clearing the search history	100
Sharing a video link	100
Capturing and sharing videos on YouTube	100
Listening to FM Radio	100
Tuning in to an FM station	101
Closing or turning off FM Radio	101
Recording your voice	101
Sharing a voice clip	102
Setting a voice clip as a ringtone	102
Sharing games and apps	103
Messages	104
Opening Messages	104
Sending a text message (SMS)	104
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	105
Why isn't the contact's email address showing up when I enter a contact name?	106
Creating a slideshow	107
Resuming a draft message	107
Viewing and replying to a message	108
Replying to another phone number of the contact	108
Forwarding a message	109
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message	109
Push messages	110
Opening and reading a new push message	110
Viewing all your push messages	110
Managing message conversations	110
Protecting a message from deletion	110
Deleting a single message	110
Deleting several messages within a conversation	111
Deleting a conversation	111
Deleting several conversations	111
Setting message options	111
Email	113
Gmail	113
Using Gmail	113
Viewing your Gmail Inbox	113
Sending a new message	113
Replying to or forwarding an email message	114
Getting help	114
Mail	114
About the Mail app	114
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account	115
Adding a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account	115
Checking your Mail inbox	116
Viewing the unified inbox of all your email accounts	116
Switching between different views of your inbox	116
Refreshing an email account	117
Sorting email messages	117
Quickly browsing your inbox	117
Managing email messages	117
Deleting an email message	117
Selecting several email messages	118
Moving several email messages to another folder	118
Moving an email message after reading	118
Deleting all messages	118
Switching to other mail folders	118
Sending an email message	118
Resuming a draft email message	120
Reading and replying to an email message	120
Setting the priority for an email message	120
Working with Exchange ActiveSync email	120
Flagging an email	120
Setting your Out of the office status	120
Sending a meeting request	121
Changing email account settings	121
Deleting an email account	121
Calendar	122
About Calendar	122
Creating an event	122
Inviting guests to your event (Google Calendar only)	123
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)	123
Changing Calendar views	124
Using month view	124
Using day and agenda views	124
Using week view	124
Managing Calendar events	125
Viewing an event	125
Editing an event	125
Deleting an event	125
Sharing an event (vCalendar)	126
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders	126
Displaying and synchronizing reminders	126
Showing or hiding calendars	127
Adding a Google calendar to sync with	127
Stop synchronizing a Google calendar	127
Changing Calendar settings	128
Reminder settings	128
Calendar view settings	128
About the Calendar widget	128
Maps and location	129
Location settings	129
Turning on location services	129
Google Maps	129
About Google Maps	129
Getting around maps	130
Searching for a location	131
Clearing the map	131
Searching for a place of interest near you	131
Getting directions	132
Getting help	133
Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)	133
Opening and joining Latitude	133
HTC Sync	134
About HTC Sync	134
Installing HTC Sync	134
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Wildfire S	135
Getting to know the workspace	135
Setting up synchronization	136
Music sync options	136
Gallery sync options	136
Calendar sync options	137
People sync options	137
Bookmarks sync options	138
Documents sync options	138
Synchronizing HTC Wildfire S	139
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Wildfire S	139
Synchronizing another device with your computer	140
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade	140
HTCSense.com	141
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account	141
Signing up from HTC Wildfire S	141
Signing up from your computer	141
Updating your HTCSense.com account details	141
Using HTCSense.com	142
Turning on Phone finder	142
Forwarding calls and messages	142
Making HTC Wildfire S ring	142
Locating HTC Wildfire S	142
Locking HTC Wildfire S	143
Erasing the contents of HTC Wildfire S	143
Deleting your HTCSense.com account	143
Keyboard	144
Choosing between Swype and the Onscreen Keyboard	144
Using Swype	144
Entering text using Swype	144
Entering text by typing	145
Adjusting Swype settings	145
Using the onscreen keyboard	146
Selecting a keyboard layout	146
Entering text	146
Enabling multiple keyboard languages	147
Changing to the landscape onscreen keyboard	147
Entering words with predictive text	147
Setting a second language for the keyboard	148
Adding a word to the predictive text dictionary	148
Editing or deleting a word in the predictive text dictionary	148
Backing up your personal dictionary to your storage card	148
Importing your personal dictionary from your storage card	149
Entering text by speaking	149
Setting the voice input language	149
Editing text	150
Selecting text	150
Copying and pasting text	150
Adjusting input settings	151
Internet connections	152
Data connection	152
Wi‑Fi	152
Turning Wi‑Fi on and connecting to a wireless network	152
Connecting to a Wi‑Fi network with EAP-TLS security	153
Checking the wireless network status	153
Connecting to another Wi‑Fi network	153
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	153
Setting up secure credential storage	154
Adding a VPN connection	154
Connecting to a VPN	154
Disconnecting from a VPN	154
Connecting HTC Wildfire S to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through)	155
Bluetooth	156
Bluetooth basics	156
Turning Bluetooth on or off	156
Changing the device name	156
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	156
Reconnecting a headset or car kit	157
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	157
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device	157
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device	158
Sending information using Bluetooth	158
Where sent information is saved	159
Receiving information using Bluetooth	160
Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen	160
Security	161
Protecting HTC Wildfire S with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password	161
Changing your screen lock	161
Forgot your screen lock pattern?	162
Settings	163
Settings on your phone	163
Changing display settings	165
Adjusting the screen brightness manually	165
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off	165
Turning automatic screen rotation off	165
Recalibrating the G-sensor	165
Keeping the screen on while charging HTC Wildfire S	166
Switching animation effects on or off	166
Changing sound settings	166
Switching between silent, vibration, and normal modes	166
Enabling or disabling audible selection	166
Lowering the ring volume automatically	166
Making HTC Wildfire S ring louder with Pocket mode	167
Switching to speakerphone automatically	167
Changing the language	167
Optimizing battery life	167
Checking the power usage of applications	168
Managing memory	168
Checking how much phone memory is available for use	168
Checking the available storage card space	168
Clearing application cache and data	168
Uninstalling an app	168
Moving an app to or from the storage card	169
Checking information about your phone	169
Update and reset	170
HTC Wildfire S software updates	170
Installing an update	170
Checking for updates manually	170
Restarting HTC Wildfire S	171
Resetting HTC Wildfire S	171
Performing a factory reset via settings	171
Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons	171
Trademarks and copyrights	172