HTC Wildfire S manual

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2 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Befor e y ou do anything else, please r ead this Char ge the battery The batt ery in your phone hasn’t been char ged yet. W hile y our phone is charging, it’ s important that y ou do not remo ve the batt ery pack. Doing so can damage your phone. Also , please don’t try to tak e your phone apart. (If y ou do, i[...]

3 T r ademarks and cop yrights Cop yright © 2010 HT C Corpora tion. All Rights Reserv ed. The HT C logo, the HT C quietly brilliant logo, HT C Wildfir e, HT C Sense, Footprints, HT C Sync, and HT C Care ar e tr ademarks and/ or service marks of HT C Corpor ation. Cop yright © 2010 Google Inc. Used with permission. Google, the Google logo , Androi[...]

4 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Con v entions used in this guide In this user guide, w e use the following s ymbols to indicate useful and important informa tion: This is a not e. A note often giv es additional information, such as what happens on y our phone when y ou choose to do or not t o do a certain action. A not e also pro vides information[...]

Contents 5 C ontents Basics 10 Inside the bo x 10 Y our phone 10 Back co v er 12 SIM car d 13 Battery 14 Stor age car d 16 Getting start ed 17 Swit ching your phone on or off 17 Entering y our PIN 17 Setting up y our phone for the first time 18 Home scr een 19 Sleep mode 20 Status and notifications 21 Opening the Notifications panel 23 Finger gestu[...]

6 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide HT C Caller ID 41 Using in-call options 42 Using Call hist ory 44 Call services 46 T urning Airplane mode on or off 46 People 4 7 About People 4 7 W a y s of getting contacts int o your phone 4 7 T ransf erring contacts fr om y our old phone 48 People scr een 49 Contact gr oups 55 Contact information and c onv ersat[...]

Contents 7 Email 83 Using Gmail/ Google Mail 83 Using Mail 89 Calendar 96 About Calendar 96 Cr eating a calendar ev ent 96 Changing calendar vie ws 98 Vie wing, editing or deleting an e vent 99 Calendar e vent r eminders 100 Displaying and s ynchronizing calendars 101 Changing Calendar settings 102 Sending a vCalendar 103 About the Calendar widget [...]

8 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Bluetooth 12 4 Bluetooth basics 12 4 Connecting a Bluet ooth headset or car kit 12 4 Disconnecting or unpairing fr om a Bluetooth de vice 125 Sending information using Bluet ooth 126 Rec eiving information using Bluetooth 127 Camer a 130 Camer a basics 130 Aut o focusing 131 Z ooming 131 T aking a photo 132 Capturin[...]

Contents 9 Mor e apps 159 W at ching videos on Y ouT ube 159 Vie wing a PDF 160 Vie wing documents, pr esentations, and spreadsheets 161 K eeping track of y our stocks 162 Using FM Radio 163 Rec ording y our voic e 165 Reading ne ws feeds 166 Using Flashlight 168 Finding and installing apps fr om Android Mark et 169 Sharing games and applications 1[...]

10 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Basics Inside the bo x Y ou will find the follo wing inside the box: Phone Battery (pr einstalled) microSD car d (preins talled) USB cable 3.5mm ster eo headset Po wer adapter Po wer plug Quick start guide Safety and r egulatory guide Y our phone Fr ont panel 8 9 2 3 1 5 6 7 4 1 Notification LED 2 MENU 3 HOME 4 Mic[...]

Basics 11 T op panel 2 1 1 3.5mm audio jack 2 PO WER Left panel 2 1 1 V OLUME UP /DOWN 2 USB connect or Back panel 4 2 3 1 1 5 megapix el camera 2 Speaker 3 Back co v er 4 LED flashlight[...]

12 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Back c o v er Remo ving the back co v er Remo ve the back c ov er to acc ess the batt ery compartment, SIM card slot, and s tor age card slot. With the phone turned off , hold your phone secur ely with the front facing do wn. With y our thumb or finger , lift the back co ver off fr om the small opening on the top o[...]

Basics 13 SIM car d The SIM car d contains y our phone number , service details, and phonebook/ message memory . Y our phone supports both 1.8V and 3 V SIM cards. Some legacy SIM car ds may not function with y our phone. Y ou should consult with y our mobile opera tor for a r eplacement SIM car d. Ther e may be fees f or this service. Inserting the[...]

14 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Batt ery Y our phone comes with a r echargeable Lithium-ion batt ery and is designed to use only manufactur er-specified original batteries and acc essories. Battery performanc e depends on many f actors, including network c onfiguration, signal str ength, the temper atur e of the envir onment in which you oper ate[...]

Basics 15 Remo ving the battery Lift out the battery fr om the small opening on the left side of the battery c ompartment. Char ging the battery The batt ery is partially charged when shipped. Befor e you turn on and s tart using your phone, it is r ecommended that y ou charge the battery . Some batteries perf orm best aft er sev eral full char ge/[...]

16 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide St or age car d Use the micr oSD card t o stor e your phot os, videos, and music. Y ou’ll find the microSD car d already insert ed in your phone . Inserting the st or age card 1. T ake the back c ov er off . See “Remo ving the back co ver . ” 2. Insert the micr oSD card int o the slot with its gold contacts f[...]

Getting started 17 Getting s tarted Swit ching y our phone on or off Swit ching your phone on Pres s the POWER butt on. Easy . When y ou turn on the phone for the first time, y ou’ll need to set it up. Go to “Setting up y our phone for the first time” and w e’ll take y ou through it. Swit ching your phone off 1. If the display is off , pres[...]

18 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Setting up y our phone for the firs t time When y ou switch on y our phone for the first time, y ou can set up y our email acc ounts and fa vorit e social netw orks lik e F acebook® and T witter™. Y ou can also easily transf er contacts and other data fr om your old phone t o your ne w phone. Just follo w the on[...]

Getting started 19 Home scr een Y our Home screen is wher e y ou mak e y our phone your o wn. It comes with a weather clock widget that sho ws the time and weather in y our current loca tion. Y ou can also add your fa vorit e applications, shortcuts, f olders and widgets so they’r e alwa ys just a tap a way . T o find out how , see the Personaliz[...]

20 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sleep mode Sleep mode sav es battery po wer b y putting your phone int o a lo w po w er stat e while the display is off . It also stops ac cidental button pr esses when the phone’ s in y our bag or pocket. Y ou’ll still r eceiv e messages and calls though. T o change the delay befor e your scr een turns off, se[...]

Getting started 21 Status and notifica tions Status ic ons Y ou can tell a lot about y our phone by checking the ic ons in its status bar . Her e’ s what each one means: GPRS connect ed Data synchr onizing GPRS in use Signal str ength EDGE connect ed Roaming EDGE in use No signal 3G connect ed No SIM card ins talled 3G in use Vibr ate mode HSDP A[...]

22 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Notification icons A busy life means a bus y phone. Notification icons on the s tatus bar mak e it easy for y ou to keep on t op of your mes sages, calendar e v ents and alarms. Here’ s what each one means: New Gmail/ Google Mail message Call in pr ogress New Micr osoft Exchange A ctiveS ync or POP3/IMAP email Mi[...]

Getting started 23 Notification LED The notifica tion LED show s a: Solid green light when the phone is c onnected to the po wer adapt er or a comput er and the battery is fully char ged. Flashing gr een light when y ou hav e a pending notification. Solid red light when the ba ttery is being charged. Flashing red light when the ba ttery lev el reac[...]

24 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Finger gestur es T ap When y ou want to type using the k eyboar d, select items onscr een such as application and settings icons, or pr ess onscreen butt ons, simply tap them with y our finger . Pres s and hold T o open the av ailable options for an item ( e.g. c ontact or link in a w eb page ), simply pres s and h[...]

Getting started 25 Using the optical tr ackball to int er act with the t ouch scr een Besides using finger gestur es on the touch screen, y ou can also use the optical trackball t o inter act with your phone’ s touch scr een. Be sure t o place y our finger ov er the optical trackball first ( co vering it c ompletely), and then slide y our finger [...]

26 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Mo ving the cursor when entering te xt T o go back or forw ard one char acter in a w ord, slide y our finger left or right. Slide your finger up or down t o go up or down betw een lines of te xt. Selecting a link on a w ebpage Slide y our finger down to go t o the next link on a w ebpage. When a link is selected, p[...]

Getting started 2 7 A djusting the v olume Adjus ting the ringer volume changes the v olume lev el of the phone ring tone, wher eas adjusting the media v olume changes the volume le vel of sound notifications and music or video playback. A djusting the ringer volume T o quickly switch y our phone to silent mode, pr ess and hold the POWER butt on, a[...]

28 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Connecting y our phone to a c omputer Whene ver y ou connect y our phone to a computer using the USB cable , the Connect to PC scr een opens and lets y ou choose the type of USB connection. Select one of the follo wing choices, and then tap Done : Charge only Select this option if y ou only want t o charge the batt[...]

Getting started 29 Cop ying files to or fr om the st or age card Y ou can cop y your music, phot os, and other files to your phone’ s stor age card. 1. Connect y our phone to y our computer using the supplied USB cable. 2. On y our phone’s Connect t o PC screen, tap Disk driv e , and then tap Done . On y our computer , the connected phone is r [...]

30 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Setting sear ch options From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Scroll do wn the screen, and then tap Sear ch . T ap Google search settings , and then do the f ollowing: Select Sho w web sugges tions if you w ant to include suggestions fr om Google when doing a search. Select Search his tory to [...]

Personalizing 31 Personalizing Changing the ringt one Choose from the a vailable selections of ringt ones on your phone. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . T ap Personalize > Def ault ringtone . The Phone ringt one selection menu then opens. Scroll thr ough the av ailable ringtones and tap the ringtone y ou want t o use.[...]

32 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Cust omizing and saving a scene Aft er selecting a preset scene , you can add widgets and other elements, arr ange the lay out, change the wallpaper , and sav e the whole Home screen as y our personalized scene. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Scenes . In the Choose a scene menu, select a pr eset s[...]

Personalizing 33 Personalizing y our Home screen with widgets Widgets put at-a-glanc e important information and media cont ent up fr ont on y our Home scr een. Some widgets are alr eady added to y our Home screen for y our con venience . Y ou can add more fr om the av ailable selections of widgets, or download mor e widgets. A dding a widget to y [...]

34 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide A dding application ic ons and other short cuts on y our Home scr een Place application ic ons on your Home scr een to open applications quick er . Y ou can also add shortcuts t o settings and specific information such as a bookmarked w ebpage, someone’ s phone number , a music playlist, r oute directions, and ma[...]

Personalizing 35 A dding folders on y our Home screen Use folders to gr oup rela ted applications and other short cuts to keep y our Home screen tidy and or ganized. Y ou can also add information folders that sho w up-to-date informa tion such as Bluetooth rec eiv ed files, y our Fac ebook phonebook, and more. Cr eating a ne w folder and adding ite[...]

36 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Rearr anging or remo ving widgets and ic ons on y our Home scr een Rearr ange the widgets and icons on y our Home scr een to giv e room f or adding mor e items to the Home scr een. Y ou can also remo ve widgets and ic ons that you don’t fr equently use. Mo ving a widget or icon 1. Pres s and hold the widget or ic[...]

Phone calls 37 Phone calls Making calls Most SIM car ds come with a PIN (personal identification number) set by y our mobile operat or . If you’r e asked f or a PIN, enter it and then tap OK . If y ou enter the PIN wr ong three times, y our SIM card is blocked. T o unlock y our SIM card, see “Rest oring a SIM card that has been lock ed out” i[...]

38 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Using Speed dial Use Speed dial to call a phone number with a single tap. F or ex ample, if you as sign a contact’ s number to the number 2 k ey , you can simply pr ess and hold this ke y on the Phone dialer ke ypad to dial that number . Assigning a speed dial k ey On the Home scr een, tap Phone . Pres s MENU, an[...]

Phone calls 39 Calling a phone number in an email On the main Home screen, tap Mail . Open the email acc ount where the email with the number is located. In the email acc ount’s inbo x, tap the email to open it. In the email body , tap the phone number . The phone dialer scr een opens with the phone number already ent ered. The phone will r ecogn[...]

40 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Rec eiving calls When y ou rec eiv e a phone call from a contact, the Inc oming call screen appears and display s the caller ID icon, name, and phone number of the calling party . When y ou rec eiv e a phone call from someone who is not s tored in P eople, only the def ault caller ID icon and phone number appear on[...]

Phone calls 41 Setting y our phone to automatically adjus t the ring v olume From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Sound & display . Select Quiet ring on pickup to aut omatically scale down the ring v olume when you pick up the phone. 3. Press BA CK. HT C Caller ID Ev erytime you mak e a call or your friend giv es you a[...]

42 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Using in-call options When a call is in pr ogress, use the butt ons onscreen to mut e or unmute the microphone or t o turn on or off the speak erphone. Y ou can also press MENU and choose whether t o add a call, place the call on hold, mut e the microphone, and mor e. Putting a call on hold Pres s MENU and then tap[...]

Phone calls 43 5. When connected, tap to add the participant t o the confer ence call. When y ou want to talk t o a person in the confer ence call in privat e, tap , and then select Priva te call on the options menu. 6. When finished, tap End call . T urning the speakerphone on or off during a call On the scr een, tap to t oggle between turning the[...]

44 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Using Call hist ory Use the Call history t o check missed calls, y our dialed numbers and r eceiv ed calls. Checking a missed call Y ou will see the missed call ic on in the status bar when y ou miss a call. 1. Slide open the Notifications panel to check who the caller is. 2. T o r eturn the call, tap the missed ca[...]

Phone calls 45 A dding a new phone number to y our contacts fr om call hist ory On the Call hist ory screen, pr ess and hold a phone number that y ou want to sa ve t o your contacts, and then tap Sa ve t o People . 2. Choose where t o sav e the number (phone, Google Ac count, or others). 3. In the blank contact rec ord that appears, ent er the cont[...]

46 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Call servic es Y our phone can dir ectly link to the mobile phone netw ork, and enable you t o access and change the settings of various phone servic es for y our phone. Call servic es may include call forw arding, call waiting, v oicemail, and mor e. Contact y our mobile operator t o find out about the av ailabili[...]

People 4 7 People About People With the People application, y ou can sync your phone with c ontacts from y our Google Ac count, comput er , and Fac ebook. Y ou can also sync with work c ontacts from the Ex change Activ eSync Server in y our workplac e. T o find out how , see “W ay s of getting contacts into y our phone. ” Per contact, link the [...]

48 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide T r ansferring contacts fr om y our old phone Easily tr ansfer contacts fr om y our old phone to y our HT C Wildfir e through Bluetooth. Depending on y our old phone’s model, HT C Wildfire ma y also allow y ou to tr ansfer other types of data such as calendar e vents. Visit our support w ebsite (http:/ / www .htc[...]

People 49 People scr een The People scr een has the follo wing tabs: 2 3 4 1 1 All tab Giv es y ou acc ess to all contacts on y our phone, including Google contacts, Ex change Activ eSync contacts, Phone c ontacts, contacts stor ed on your SIM car d, and Facebook c ontacts. Y ou can also use this tab to open or updat e My contact card. F or more in[...]

50 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Y our contacts lis t The All tab of the P eople screen sho ws all y our contacts, including Google contacts, Ex change Activ eSync contacts, Phone c ontacts, contacts s tor ed on your SIM car d, and Fac ebook contacts. If y ou signed in to y our Google Acc ount and Facebook ac count when you firs t set up the phone[...]

People 51 A dding a new contact From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, tap A dd contact at the top of the scr een. 3. Select the Contact type , for e xample Google or Microsoft Ex change Activ eSync . T his determines which ac count the contact will sync with. F or more information, see “W ays of getting contacts int o your phon[...]

52 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide Mer ging contact inf ormation If y ou hav e the same contacts s tor ed in your phone and online ac counts such as Google and F acebook, y our phone will try to link them as one automa tically . If it doesn’t, you can manually link them so that y ou won’t ha v e duplicated entries in y our contacts lis t. Also l[...]

People 53 Editing a c ontact ’ s information From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, pr ess and hold the contact, and then tap Edit c ontact . 3. Enter the new inf ormation for the contact. 4. Scroll t o the bottom of the scr een, and then tap Sav e . Sear ching for a c ontact From the Home scr een, tap > People . Pres s the S[...]

54 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sending contact inf ormation as a vCard From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the All tab, do the follo wing: T o send Do this Someone’ s contact informa tion Pres s and hold the name of the contact (not the icon or photo ) whose contact informa tion y ou want t o send, and then tap Send contact as vCar d .[...]

People 55 Contact gr oups Assign c ontacts to gr oups so you can easily send a mes sage or email to a whole gr oup. Y ou can also sync gr oups on your phone with the gr oups in your Google ac count, acces sible via y our computer ’ s web br owser . Cr eating a gr oup From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the Groups tab , tap Add group . Ent[...]

56 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sending a message or email t o a group Y ou will be charged b y your mobile pr ovider for each message sent. F or example , if you send a message to a gr oup of five people , y ou will be char ged for fiv e messages. From the Home scr een, tap > People . On the Groups tab , tap the group y ou want to send a mess[...]

People 5 7 Updates and e vents tab Show s the contact’ s updates and ev ents from social netw ork accounts lik e Fac ebook, T witter , and Flickr . Y ou’ll be able to see updat es such as posted status mes sages, uploads, and profile changes from all these ac counts. When ther e is a notification of the contact’ s birthday , y ou can tap the [...]

58 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide People widget Put the group of people y ou contact most right on the Home scr een of y our phone by adding them as the People widget. Using the People widget, y ou can instantly place a call, send a message, or vie w details of a fa v orite contact with a single tap. A dding People widgets Sta y in touch with diffe[...]

People 59 Getting in touch with a c ontact On the Home scr een, go to the People widget. T ap a contact (phot o not the name) on the widget. T he default c ommunication method will be performed. If y ou hav e not set a default c ommunication method, you need t o choose one first. See “Setting the default c ommunication method.” T ap the name of[...]

60 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide K e yboar d Using the onscr een k eyboar d When y ou start a progr am or select a field that requir es te xt or numbers, the onscreen ke yboard bec omes av ailable. Aft er entering y our te xt, pres s BA CK to close the onscr een k e yboar d. T o open and use it again, y ou can press and hold MENU . Selecting a k e[...]

Ke yboard 61 Language ke y . The k e y y ou see depends on the k eyboar d language you ar e currently using. T ap to swit ch to another k eyboar d language (see “Enabling multiple k eyboar d languages”). Y ou can also acces s onscreen k eyboar d settings. T ap to toggle betw een Multitap and XT9 predictiv e modes when using the Compact Q WERTY [...]

62 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Ent ering w or ds with predictiv e te xt The onscr een ke yboard has pr edictive t e xt to help you type quickly and ac curat ely . Predictiv e te xt input is enabled by def ault, and wor d suggestions ar e display ed as you type. T o enter a w ord in pr edictive mode, do an y of the following: If y ou see the wor [...]

Ke yboard 63 A djusting t ouch input settings Open the T ouch Input settings b y doing one of the follo wing: On the onscr een ke yboard, tap the Language k ey (f or e xample, tap if y ou’re curr ently using the English onscreen k eyboar d). Then on the Int ernational k eyboar d options menu, tap Settings . From the Home scr een, pres s MENU and [...]

64 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Mes sages About Messages K eep in touch with important people in your lif e. Use the Messages application to c ompose and send te xt (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). From the Home scr een, tap > Messages . On the All messages scr een, all your sent and r eceiv ed messages ar e neatly grouped int o con versat[...]

Messages 65 4. T ap the bo x that say s “T ap to c ompose”, and then enter your mes sage. 5. T ap to send the message immedia tely , or pres s BACK t o sav e it as a dr aft. T o open and edit a dr aft message, see “R esuming a draft message. ” Y our te xt message automatically becomes a multimedia mes sage when y ou enter an email addr ess [...]

66 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Appointment (vCalendar) . Select the calendar ev ent you w ant to attach. Slideshow . See “Cr eating a slideshow . ” Y ou can also pr ess MENU and then tap A ttach to choose the type of attachment. Other types y ou can include in your message ar e: App rec ommendation Choose an application y ou’ve installed f[...]

Messages 6 7 Resuming a dr aft message On the All messages scr een, press MENU , and then tap Drafts . T ap the message t o resume editing it. When y ou finish editing the message, tap . V ie wing and r eplying to a mes sage Depending on y our notification settings, the phone plays a ringt one, vibrat es, or displays the message briefly in the sta [...]

68 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Vie wing and saving an a ttachment from a multimedia message If y ou are conc erned about the size of your da ta do wnloads, check the multimedia message size first bef ore y ou download it. When Aut o-retriev e in MMS settings is disabled, only the message header is downloaded. T o download the entir e message, ta[...]

Messages 69 Managing message c on v ersations Pr otecting a mes sage from deletion Y ou can lock a message so that it will not be delet ed ev en if you delete the other mes sages in the con versation. On the All messages scr een, tap a contact ( or phone number) to displa y the ex change of messages with that c ontact. Pres s and hold the message t[...]

70 Y our HT C Wildfir e user guide Setting message options On the All messages scr een, press MENU and then tap Settings . Y ou’ll find sev eral gr oups of settings. Stor age settings Delete old messages Automa tically delete older messages, e x cept f or locked mes sages, when the set limits are r eached. T ext message limit Choose the maximum n[...]

Messages 71 Sent messages Sent notification Receiv e a notification in the status bar when a message is sent succ essfully . Failur e notification Rec eive a notification in the sta tus bar when a message is not sent succ essfully . Play notification sound Set y our phone to pla y a sound when a sent or failure notification is rec eived. Notificati[...]

72 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide A c c ounts and sync S ynchr onizing with online acc ounts About online acc ounts Y our phone can sync informa tion with your Google™ and Micr osoft® Exchange A ctiveS ync® acc ounts as well as r eceiv e updates fr om social networks such as F acebook®, T witter™, and Flickr™. These ar e some of the types [...]

Ac counts and sync 73 Synchr onizing with a Google Ac count Signing in to y our Google Ac count lets you s ynchronize Gmail/ Google Mail and your Google contacts and calendars betw een your phone and the w eb. Y ou also need to sign in t o a Google A cc ount to use Google applications such as Google T alk™ and Android Mark et™. ™. . If y ou s[...]

7 4 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Remo ving an account Y ou can remo ve an acc ount to delete it and all informa tion associat ed with it from y our phone, for e xample messages, c ontacts, or settings. Removing an ac count does not delete information fr om the online service itself . Y ou cannot remo ve some ac counts, such as the first Google A [...]

Social 75 Social About F acebook f or HT C Sense If y ou signed in to y our Facebook ac count when y ou turned on and set up your phone f or the first time, tha t means y our Facebook ac count is linked t o Facebook f or HT C Sense on your phone. (If y ou did not do this, see the Ac counts and s ync chapter to find out ho w to sign in to F acebook [...]

76 Y our HT C Wildfir e user guide Using Friend Str eam Str eamline your social netw orking with Friend Stream. V ie w status updat es, look through new phot o uploads, and update y our own status simultaneously on F acebook, T witter , and other social network ac counts using Friend Str eam. Y ou must be signed in t o at least one social netw ork [...]

Social 77 Commenting on and liking F acebook posts Aft er tapping someone’s sta tus update on the All upda tes tab , y ou can do the following: 2 1 3 1 T ap the album name shown in the status upda te t o vie w and comment on the album phot os using the Gallery application. See the Gallery chapter . 2 Enter what y ou think about the person’s sta[...]

78 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide T weeting on y our phone Peep is a T witter™ client that lets y ou enjoy “tw eeting” on your phone . Post and read tw eets, send and rec eive dir ect messages, search f or new T witter users to f ollow , all from y our phone. If y ou did not sign in to your T witter acc ount when you first turned on the phone[...]

Social 79 Sending a dir ect message Y ou can only send a dir ect message to someone who is f ollowing y ou. On the Peep scr een, press MENU , and then tap Ne w message . 2. T ap the T o field, and then enter the name. As y ou enter char acters, the names of the T witter users that mat ch the characters y ou enter will appear . T ap the name when yo[...]

80 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Chatting in Google T alk Google T alk is Google’s ins tant messaging progr am. It lets you c ommunicate with other people that also use Google T alk. From the Home scr een, tap > T alk . If y ou signed in to your Google A ccount when y ou first set up the phone, y ou are alr eady signed in to Google T alk. T o[...]

Social 81 Chatting on or off the r ecord Y our Google T alk messages ar e stor ed, so you can r evie w them later and e ven sear ch for them in the Chats folder in Gmail/ Google Mail. But, if you’ d rather not s tore the mes sages in a chat, y ou can go off the recor d. On a chat scr een, press MENU , and then tap Chat off r ecor d . T o resume s[...]

82 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Managing y our Friends list A dding a friend Y ou can invit e any one with a Google A cc ount to become y our friend in Google T alk, so you can chat with each other and vie w each others’ online status. In the Friends list, pr ess MENU and then tap Add friend . Enter the Google T alk instant messaging ID or Goog[...]

Email 83 Email Using Gmail/ Google Mail Gmail/ Google Mail is Google’s w eb-based email service. Gmail/ Google Mail is configur ed when y ou first set up your phone . Depending on y our synchronization settings, Gmail/ Google Mail on y our phone is automatically synchr onized with one or more Gmail/ Google Mail acc ounts on the web. F or mor e in[...]

84 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Reading y our messages Depending on y our notification settings, the phone plays a ringt one, vibrat es, or displays the email message briefly in the sta tus bar when y ou receiv e a new email. A ne w email message icon also appears on the notifications ar ea of the status bar to notify y ou of a new email. For mor[...]

Email 85 Replying t o or forw arding an email message In the message thr ead, scroll do wn to the end of the con v ersation. 2. T ap Reply , Reply t o all , or Forwar d . 3. Do one of the following: If y ou selected Reply or Reply t o all , enter y our reply mes sage. If y ou selected Forw ard , specify the mes sage recipients. 4. T ap Send . Mutin[...]

86 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide 5. If you w ant to add a picture attachment, pr ess MENU and then tap A ttach . Navigate t o the pictur e y ou want to attach, and then tap the pictur e. 6. After c omposing y our message, tap Send . While composing the mes sage, tap Sav e as draft or pres s the BACK butt on to sa ve it as a dr aft. T o view y our [...]

Email 87 Labeling a con versation Y ou can organiz e conv ersations b y labeling them. Gmail/ Google Mail has sev eral pr eset labels y ou can use, and you can also add y our own labels, using Gmail/ Google Mail on the web. While vie wing the messages in a con v ersation, press MENU and then tap Change labels . Select the labels that y ou want to a[...]

88 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Changing Gmail/ Google Mail settings 1. In the Inbo x, press MENU and then tap Settings . 2. Set the follo wing options: Signature Enter a signatur e that is appended at the end of your email mes sages. Confirm delete Sho w a confirmation bo x when you delete a c onversa tion. Batch oper ations When selected, this [...]

Email 89 Using Mail About Mail The Mail applica tion lets y ou send and receiv e email from y our webmail or other ac counts, using POP3 or IMAP . It also lets you set up and use y our Ex change Activ eSync email on your phone. A dding a POP3/IMAP email account From the Home scr een, tap > Mail . Do one of the follo wing: If this is y our first [...]

90 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Checking y our Mail inbox From the Home scr een, tap > Mail . Y our email inbox is displa yed. 1 2 3 1 Switch to a differ ent email account or add a ne w email acc ount. 2 Filt er tabs. 3 Number of unread email messages. T ap any of the tabs t o filter your r eceiv ed messages. Receiv ed . Display s email messag[...]

Email 91 Quickly bro wsing y our inbo x If hav e a long list of email messages in y our inbo x, it may not be eas y to bro wse the list and find an email that y ou want. Y ou can quickly br ow se through y our inbox b y using finger gestur es. Switch t o the email account inbo x y ou want t o view . Choose a sorting or der for displa ying your emai[...]

92 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide Managing email messages Deleting an email message fr om the inbox On the email acc ount inbox, pr ess and hold the message y ou want to delet e. On the options menu, tap Delete . Deleting more than one mes sage On the email acc ount inbox, pr ess MENU and then tap Delete . Select the messages y ou want to delet e, [...]

Email 93 If y ou want t o send a carbon copy ( Cc) or a blind carbon cop y (Bcc) of the email t o other recipients, pr ess MENU, and then tap Sho w Cc/Bcc . 4. Enter the subject, and then c ompose your message . 5. T o add an attachment, press MENU , tap Add attachment , and choose fr om the following options: Picture Select Camera t o take a photo[...]

94 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Setting the priority for an email message Y ou can set the priority for an email message tha t y ou send. While composing the mes sage, pres s MENU. T ap Set priority . Select the priority for the message . If y ou selected High or Lo w priority , the priority appears below the subject line of the message. W orking[...]

Email 95 Changing email acc ount settings Swit ch to the email ac count whose settings you w ant to change. Pres s MENU and then tap More > Settings . Select fr om the follo wing: Ac count settings Change the email ac count settings such as the name, email addr ess, passw ord, and description. General settings Set the font size when reading emai[...]

96 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Calendar About Calendar Use y our phone’s Calendar to cr eate and manage y our ev ents, meetings, and appointments. Y ou can also set up y our phone to stay in s ync with the following types of calendars: On y our phone, sign in to y our Google Acc ount so you’ll be able to s ync your phone’ s Calendar with y[...]

Calendar 97 5. T o specify the date and time of the e v ent, do one of the following: If ther e is a time frame f or the ev ent, tap the From and T o date and time t o set them. If it is a special occasion such as a birthda y or a whole-day e v ent, set the From and T o date , then select the All day check bo x. 6. Enter the ev ent location and des[...]

98 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Changing calendar vie ws When y ou open Calendar , it display s the Month view b y default. Y ou can also display the Calendar in Agenda, Da y , or W eek view . T o change between calendar vie ws, pr ess MENU, and then choose the type of vie w that y ou want. Month vie w In Month vie w , you’ll see mark ers on da[...]

Calendar 99 When in Da y view , slide left or right acros s the scr een to vie w earlier or later da ys. In Day vie w , the weather inf ormation appears only if the ev ent is within the five-day f orecast of the W eather application. W eather information does not appear in Day vie w when you change Da y vie w to displa y as a time list. See “Chan[...]

100 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide If it’ s a Google Calendar ev ent, respond whether y ou’ll attend the ev ent. Pres s the BACK butt on on your phone t o sav e changes y ou made on the Ev ent details screen. 4. T o edit mor e details about the ev ent, press and hold the e vent, and then tap Edit e vent . 5. Make y our changes to the ev ent. 6.[...]

Calendar 101 Displa ying and synchr onizing calendars Y ou can select which calendars to sho w or hide on your phone’ s Calendar , and which ones to keep s ynchroniz ed. Sho wing or hiding calendars In any Calendar vie w , press MENU , tap Mor e > Calendars , and then select or clear a calendar to sho w or hide it. T ap All calendars to displa[...]

102 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide Changing Calendar settings Y ou can change Calendar ’ s settings to specify ho w it display s ev ents and how it notifies y ou of upcoming ev ents. In any Calendar vie w , pres s MENU and then tap More > Settings to acc ess Calendar ’s settings. Reminder settings Choose ho w y ou want Calendar to issue e ve[...]

Calendar 103 Sending a vCalendar Y ou can send a calendar e v ent as a vCalendar to someone’s phone or y our comput er using Bluetooth. Y ou can also send it as a file attachment with your mes sage. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Calendar . In Month view , tap the day when the e vent tak es place. Pres s and hold the calendar ev ent yo[...]

104 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Clock and W eather About the HT C Clock widget The HT C Clock widget that’ s by default added on the Home scr een show s your curr ent date, time , and location. Y ou can tap the wea ther image on this widget to open the W eather application and check for mor e weather for ecasts. See “Checking weather” for [...]

Clock and W eather 105 Using Desk Clock Opening the Clock application brings y ou directly to the Desk Clock scr een. The Desk Clock displa ys the curr ent date, time, and w eather , an alarm clock indicator , and a battery char ging indicator . Y ou can dim the screen t o show only the time and date on the Desk Clock. 2 3 4 5 1 1 The alarm clock i[...]

106 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Using W orld Clock Use the Clock application’ s W orld Clock screen t o check the current time in se ver al places ar ound the globe simultaneously . Y ou can also set y our home city , add more cities to the w orld clock list, and manually set y our time zone, dat e, and time. Setting y our home city T ap the H[...]

Clock and W eather 107 A dding a city to the W orld Clock screen Add mor e cities to the W orld Clock screen so y ou can instantly check the dat e and time in these cities. In addition to the curr ent and home cities, the W orld Clock screen can displa y up to 15 cities. T ap the HT C Clock widget on the Home screen. T ap the W orld Clock tab. T ap[...]

108 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Deleting an alarm T ap the HT C Clock widget on the Home screen. T ap the Alarms tab. On the Alarms screen, pr ess MENU and then tap Delete . Select the alarms y ou want to delet e and then tap Delete . Changing alarm sound settings If y ou’ve set one or mor e alarms, you can change their settings such as the al[...]

Clock and W eather 109 Checking w eather If y ou consented to turn loca tion service on when y ou wer e setting up your phone f or the first time, y ou’ll see the wea ther of y our current location right on the HT C Clock widget of y our Home screen. Y ou can also use the W eather application to check the curr ent weather and w eather for ecasts [...]

110 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Changing the or der of cities on the W eather scr een On the W eather screen, pr ess MENU and then tap Rearr ange . Pres s and hold at the end of the item y ou want t o mov e. When the r o w is highlighted in gr een, drag it t o its new position, then r elease. T ap Done . Deleting cities fr om the W eather scr ee[...]

Internet connections 111 Int ernet c onnections Data c onnection Y our phone will be automatically c onfigured to use y our mobile opera tor’s data c onnection when y ou turn on your phone (if the SIM car d is inserted) for the first time. Checking the data connection y ou are using From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > W[...]

112 HT C Wildfire user guide W i-Fi Wi-Fi pr ovides wir eless Internet ac ces s o ver distanc es of up to 100 meters (300 feet). T o use Wi-Fi on y our phone, y ou need access t o a wireless ac ces s point or “hotspot”. The a vailability and range of the W i-Fi signal depends on the number , infras tructure, and other objects through which the [...]

Internet connections 113 Checking the wir eless netw ork status From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Wir eless & networks . On the Wir eless & networks scr een, tap Wi-Fi settings , and then tap the wir eless network that the phone is curr ently connected to . A message bo x is then display ed showing the W i-Fi ne[...]

114 HT C Wildfire user guide Connecting t o a virtual priv ate netw ork (VPN) From y our phone, you can add, set up , and manage virtual priv ate netw orks (VPNs) that allow y ou to connect and acc ess resour ces inside a secur ed local netw ork, such as y our corpor ate netw ork. Depending on the type of VPN y ou are using at w ork, you ma y be r [...]

Internet connections 115 Disconnecting fr om a VPN Pres s and hold the title bar , and then slide down y our finger to open the Notifications panel. T ap the VPN connection t o return to the VPN settings scr een, and then tap the VPN connection t o disconnect from it. When y our phone has disconnected fr om the VPN, the VPN disconnected ic on is di[...]

116 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide W eb br o wser Using y our phone’ s w eb bro wser Open the web br ow ser to start surfing the w eb. The br owser is fully optimiz ed and comes with advanc ed featur es that let y ou enjoy Int ernet br o wsing on y our phone. Y ou must hav e an active data c onnection or Wi-Fi connection to ac cess the Internet. [...]

W eb bro wser 117 117 Br o wsing full v ersions of all web sit es Some web sit es display a mobile v ersion of their pages to phone web br ow sers. Y ou can choose to vie w the full version of all pages, e ven f or these sites. From the br ow ser screen, pr ess MENU, tap Mor e > Settings , and then clear the Mobile view check bo x. Naviga ting o[...]

118 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Selecting a link in a w eb page Y ou can tap a link with y our finger to open it, or pres s and hold a link for mor e options. Link What t o do W eb page address (URLs) T ap the link to open the web page . Pres s and hold the link to open a menu that allow s you to open, bookmark, cop y to the clipboard, or shar e[...]

W eb bro wser 119 119 Swit ching between br ow ser windo ws While vie wing a web page, pr ess MENU and then tap Windo ws . Select the br ow ser window y ou want to vie w by sliding y our finger on the screen fr om right to left. Y ou can also do the follo wing: 1 2 1 T ap a web page to displa y it in full screen. 2 T ap to close a w eb page. Do wnl[...]

120 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Cop ying te xt, looking up information, and sharing Y ou can select te xt and then: Cop y it. Look it up on W ikipedia or Google Dictionary . Get a transla tion of the text fr om Google T ranslat e. Share the t ext in a ne w email, te xt, or multimedia message or in your s tatus updat e on a social network. Findin[...]

W eb bro wser 121 121 When y ou select a larger block of t e xt, the appearance of the mark ers changes. Y ou can drag these mark ers up or down t o select multiple paragr aphs of text. Cop ying and pasting te xt Aft er you ha ve selected the t ext y ou want to c opy , tap . The selected t e xt is then copied t o the clipboard. In a te xt entry fie[...]

122 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide V ie wing bookmarks and pr e viously visited pages Y ou can stor e as many bookmarks as y ou want on y our phone. Y ou can also acces s a con venient Hist ory list of the sites y ou hav e visited, or quickly view the pages that y ou acc ess most oft en. Bookmarking a w eb page While vie wing a web page, pr ess MEN[...]

W eb bro wser 123 123 Changing the vie w of bookmarks or most visited pages Pres s MENU, and then tap Bookmarks . On the Bookmarks tab or the Most visited tab , press MENU , and then tap Thumbnails , Lis t , or Grid to change the vie w . For ex ample, if you ar e in Thumbnails vie w and y ou want to vie w bookmarks in a grid, press MENU > Lis t [...]

124 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Bluet ooth Bluet ooth basics Bluetooth is a short-r ange wireless c ommunications technology that allo ws devic es to e xchange informa tion o ver a distanc e of about eight meters without requiring a ph ysical connection. T urning Bluetooth on or off From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > [...]

Bluetooth 125 5. When you see the name of y our headset display ed in the Bluetooth de vices section, tap the name. Y our phone then automatically tries to pair with the headset. 6. If automatic pairing fails, ent er the passc ode supplied with y our headset. The pairing and c onnection status is display ed below the hands-fr ee headset or car kit [...]

126 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sending informa tion using Bluet ooth Y ou can use Bluetooth t o send information from y our phone to another Bluetooth enabled devic e such as a phone or notebook comput er . Y ou can send the following types of information, depending on the de vice y ou are sending to: Images and videos Calendar e v ents Contact[...]

Bluetooth 127 5. On your phone, tap P air to confirm that y ou want to pair with the r eceiving de vice. 6. If prompted, ac cept the connection on the r eceiving devic e, and enter the same passc ode on both y our phone and the other device , or confirm the aut o-generated pas scode. 7 . On the rec eiving devic e, ac cept the file . The location wh[...]

128 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide 5. On your phone, tap P air to confirm that y ou want to pair with the sending de vice. 6. If prompted, ent er the same passcode on both y our phone and the other device , or confirm the aut o-generated pas scode. A Bluetooth authorization r equest is then display ed on y our phone. 7 . If y ou want to aut omatica[...]

Bluetooth 129 A dding the Bluetooth R eceiv ed folder t o the Home scr een Y ou can add a folder to the Home scr een that sho ws all files y ou hav e rec eiv ed with Bluetooth. From the Home scr een, tap . On the Add t o Home screen, tap F older > Bluetooth R eceiv ed . Pres s and hold the Bluetooth rec eived folder ic on, and drag it to the Hom[...]

130 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Camer a Camer a basics Whether tr av eling for business or fun, enjo y taking photos and videos of y our trip and encount ers with your phone’ s camera. Be sure t o plug in your micr oSD card befor e you use y our phone’s camer a. Photos and videos Photos and videos captured with the camer a will be stor ed on[...]

Camera 131 Share . Send the captur ed photo or video to another phone or y our computer using Bluet ooth, send it by email, or select a social netw ork where y ou want to upload it t o. Gallery . Open and use the Gallery application to view the captur ed photo or video, r otate y our captured phot o, and more . See the G allery chapter for details.[...]

132 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide T aking a phot o 1. On the main Home screen, tap Camer a. 2. Befor e taking the photo, y ou can zoom in first on y our subject. See “Zooming” t o find out ho w to use the onscr een zoom bar . 3. On the Vie wfinder scr een, tap the Flash button r epeatedly to select a camer a flash mode depending on y our light[...]

Camera 133 Capturing a video 1. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Camcor der . 2. Befor e capturing video, y ou can zoom in first on y our subject. See “Zooming” to find out ho w to use the onscr een zoom bar . 3. Frame y our subject on the screen. 4. Let the camer a auto focus on the cent er of the screen, or y ou can touch another are[...]

134 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Changing adv anced settings 1. On the Vie wfinder screen, tap to open the menu panel. 2. T ap in the menu panel to displa y the Settings menu and acces s mor e camer a settings. The f ollowing ar e settings that y ou can change from the Settings menu: White balanc e White balanc e enables the camera to captur e co[...]

Gallery 135 G allery About the Gallery application Using the Gallery application, y ou can view phot os and wat ch videos that y ou’ve tak en with y our phone’s camer a, downloaded, or copied ont o your st orage car d. Y ou can also take a look at y our photos and y our friends’ photos that ar e on your social netw orks (Fac ebook and Flickr [...]

136 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide V ie wing phot os and videos Aft er selecting an album from the Gallery application’ s Albums screen, y ou can bro wse through the phot os and videos of that album either in filmstrip or grid vie w . T ap a photo or video to vie w it in full screen. Br o wsing in filmstrip or grid vie w T o swit ch between films[...]

Gallery 137 Vie wing photos and videos in landscape orientation The phot o orientation adjusts to ho w you hold y our phone. T urn your phone side wa ys to the left to vie w a photo in landscape mode. Video is alw ay s display ed in landscape mode when y ou play it. Use the onscr een contr ols to pla y , pause, or stop the video . Video is displa y[...]

138 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Editing y our photos Rotating and sa ving a photo On the Gallery application’s Albums scr een, tap an album. Choose whether to br ow se photos and videos in the album in films trip or grid vie w . See “Bro wsing in filmstrip or grid vie w” for details. Pres s and hold on the photo that y ou want to r otate. [...]

Gallery 139 Sending y our phot os and videos Using the Gallery application, you can send phot os and videos via email or MMS. Y ou can also send them to another phone or y our computer using Bluet ooth. Sending photos or videos b y email Y ou can send sev eral photos, videos, or both in an email mes sage. T hey ar e added as file attachments in y o[...]

140 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sharing y our phot os and videos on the W eb Using the Gallery application, you can shar e photos on y our social networks ( such as Fac ebook, Flickr , Picasa, and T witter) and shar e videos on Y ouT ube. Y ou can also use the Camera or Camc order application t o share a photo or video right aft er y ou’ve cap[...]

Gallery 141 6. T ap Upload . 7 . Select which album to upload t o and set privacy settings for the uploaded pictur es. 8. T ap Done . Sharing photos on Picasa Y ou need to be signed in t o a Google Acc ount to be able to upload pictur es to the Picasa™ photo or ganizing service. On the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Gallery . T ap the album whe[...]

142 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide V ie wing phot os in y our social networks Right on the Gallery application, y ou can check y our uploaded photos and your friends’ photos that ar e in your social netw orks (Fac ebook and Flickr only). Vie wing photos on F acebook Y ou need to be logged in t o your F acebook account t o view F acebook photos. O[...]

Music 143 Music Pla ying music Enjo y listening to songs and music on y our phone using the Music application. Y ou need to cop y music files to y our stor age car d first t o use the Music application to pla y music. T o find out how t o cop y files, see “Cop ying files to or from the s torage car d” in the Getting started chapter . From the H[...]

144 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Br o wsing music in the Libr ary T ap at the bott om-left corner of the Music application’ s Playback scr een or Now pla ying list to go t o the Library . In the Library , y our music is organized int o different cat egories such as Albums, Artists, Genres, C omposers, and more. Select a cat egory by tapping one[...]

Music 145 Managing playlis ts Aft er creating a pla ylist, you can add mor e songs to it, r earr ange their or der , and more. In the Libr ary , tap or slide y our finger on the bottom ro w to go to the Pla ylists category . T ap a playlis t to open it. Pr ess MENU, and then choose wha t you w ant to do: Add mor e songs to a playlis t T ap Add song[...]

146 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide T rimming an MP3 ringtone The Music applica tion has a built-in ringtone trimmer . Y ou can trim an MP3 song and set a part of it as y our ringtone. 1. On the Playback scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Set as ringt one > T rim the ringtone . 2. Use the onscr een contr ols to trim y our ringtone. 2 3 4 5 1 1 T [...]

Music 14 7 Sending music using Bluet ooth Y ou can select a song fr om the Music application’ s Library and send it to someone’ s phone or y our computer using Bluetooth. From the Home scr een, tap , and then tap Music . T ap at the bottom-left c orner of the screen to go t o the Library . In the Library , select the song that y ou want to use [...]

148 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Maps and location T urning on location services In order t o find your location on y our phone, y ou need to enable location sour ces. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Location . Select one or both of the follo wing: Use wireles s netw orks Uses Wi-Fi or y our mobile data connection t[...]

Maps and location 149 Mo ving on the map Swipe y our finger on the screen or the optical tr ackball to view other ar eas of the map. Z ooming in or out of a map Ther e are se ver al easy wa ys to z oom in or out: Spread y our thumb and index finger acr oss the map to zoom in. Pinch y our thumb and index finger on the map to z oom out. T ap the plus[...]

150 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Looking at a location in S tr eet Vie w Str eet View mode (a vailable only in select ed ar eas) pr ovides a s treet-le v el view of the location. 1. Do one of the follo wing: Pres s and hold a location on the map, and then tap the balloon that appears. Sear ch for the place y ou want to vie w in Street V iew . See[...]

Maps and location 151 Vie wing map lay ers Initially , Google Maps opens with a street map. Y ou can view additional map la yers, such as satellit e images, traffic information, y our Google Latitude friends’ locations, and Wikipedia information on locations. Y ou can also view maps that y ou and other people hav e cr eated in Google Maps on the [...]

152 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide Sear ching for locations and plac es In Google Maps, y ou can search for a location, such as an addr ess, a city or a type of business or establishment (for e xample, museums ). As y ou enter the place to look f or , suggested mat ches from y our contacts, the web , and pre viously searched it ems are displa y ed.[...]

Maps and location 153 Getting dir ections Get detailed dir ections to y our destination. Google Maps can pr ovide dir ections for tra vel b y foot, public tr ansportation, or car . While vie wing a map, pres s MENU, and then tap Dir ections . Use y our current location as the starting point, or ent er a location from wher e to start in the first t [...]

154 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Finding y our friends with Google Latitude (av ailable by c ountry) Google Latitude ™ user location servic e lets y ou and your friends shar e locations and status messages with each other . It also lets you send ins tant messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions t o your friends’ locations. Y [...]

Maps and location 155 T o see a friend’ s profile and connect, tap the phot o. Y our friend’ s name appears in a balloon. T ap the balloon to open a scr een with details about your friend and man y connection options. When y ou open Latitude you see a lis t of your Latitude friends, with a summary of their last known loca tions, status, and so [...]

156 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide HT C Footprints About HT C Footprints HT C Footprints ™ pr ovides an eas y wa y to r ecor d fav orite plac es and r e visit those places. A footprint consis ts of a photo y ou tak e of a location such as a r estaurant, a sightseeing destination, et c., stor ed together with a pr ecise GPS position and other info[...]

Maps and location 15 7 3. Scroll do wn to see more inf ormation. Y ou can tap the information fields to vie w more information about the footprint, call a s tored phone number , and more. 1 2 3 1 Search f or the address in Google Maps. 2 Open the web page . 3 Show the GPS location in Google Maps. Editing or deleting a footprint On the All footprint[...]

158 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Importing footprints Y ou can res tore f ootprints you pr eviously back ed up to the s tor age card. Y ou can also import .kmz files that y ou sav ed in other applications, or use a photo as a footprint. 1. Pres s MENU, and then tap Import . 2. Do one of the follo wing: T o import sav ed footprints or another .kmz[...]

More apps 159 Mor e apps W at ching videos on Y ouT ube The Y ouT ube application groups and lis ts videos by ca tegories: Most vie w ed, Most discussed, Most r ecent, and T op ra ted. Y ou must hav e an active W i-Fi or data connection to acc ess Y ouT ube. The firs t time y ou use certain Y ouT ube functions such as video sharing, sign in using y[...]

160 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Sharing a video link Y ou can share a video b y sending its link to y our contacts. While w atching a video, pr ess MENU, and then tap Shar e . Choose how y ou want to shar e the video link. Capturing a video and sharing it on Y ouT ube From the Home scr een, tap > Y ouT ube . T ap . Pres s the optical trackbal[...]

More apps 16 1 V ie wing documents, pr esentations, and spr eadsheets Quickoffic e lets you vie w Microsoft Offic e W ord, Micr osoft Office Ex cel, and Microsoft Po werPoint files on y our phone. Quickoffic e supports viewing of Micr osoft Office 200 3 and 200 7 W ord (.doc ), Exc el (.xls), Po werPoint (.ppt) and te xt (.txt) files. Make sur e yo[...]

162 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide K eeping tr ack of y our st ocks Use the Stocks application t o get the latest s tock updat es for stock quot es and market indices y ou follo w . From the Home scr een, tap > Stocks . 2 3 4 1 1 From the lis t of stock quotes and mark et indices, tap an item t o view its intr aday chart and other details. 2 T a[...]

More apps 16 3 Changing update schedule and c olor settings Downloading s tock information automatically ma y incur additional fees from y our mobile operat or . On the Stocks main scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Select the Auto-s ync data check bo x. T ap Update schedule , and then choose a time int erval for checking updat es. T ap [...]

164 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide List ening to an FM station On the FM Radio screen, y ou can: T ap and then select a station y ou want t o list en to . T ap to go to the pr evious a vailable FM station, or t o go to the ne xt av ailable FM station. Pres s the VOL UME UP and V OLUME DO WN buttons on the side of the phone to adjust the v olume. T [...]

More apps 165 Rec or ding y our v oice V oice Rec order is useful for quickly r ecording y our thoughts. Y ou can also rec ord y our voic e and set it as a ringtone . Y ou need to hav e a microSD car d on your phone t o use V oice Recor der . From the Home scr een, tap > V oice R ecor der . Hold the phone’ s microphone near y our mouth. T ap t[...]

166 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Reading ne ws f eeds Use the Ne ws application t o subscribe to new s feeds and keep up with the lat est buzz on the Internet. Choose fr om a selection of channels that co ver t op blogs, ne ws sit es or sports pages, or get ne ws updat es based on the ke ywor ds you select. From the Home scr een, tap > Ne ws .[...]

More apps 16 7 4. If y ou want to r ead the whole story , tap Read full article . This opens the st ory in the web bro wser . See “Using your phone’ s web br ow ser ” in the W eb bro wser chapter t o learn how to na vigate the w eb page. Manually checking for ne w stories On the Subscriptions tab, pr ess MENU, and then tap Refr esh . Starring[...]

168 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Using Flashlight Ne v er get caught in the dark again. The Flashlight application turns on y our phone’s LED flashlight to shine a light wher ev er you need it. On the Home scr een, tap > Flashlight . The application then pla ys a short animation t o show y ou how to adjus t brightness and turn the light on o[...]

More apps 16 9 Finding and installing apps fr om Android Mark et Android Mark et™ is the place t o go to find ne w apps for y our phone. Choose fr om a wide variety of fr ee and paid apps ranging fr om productivity apps, ent ertainment, to games. When y ou find an app you w ant, y ou can easily download and install it on y our phone with just a f[...]

170 Y our HT C Wildfir e user guide The subsequent scr een notifies you whether the app will r equire ac cess to y our personal information or ac cess to c ertain functions or settings of your phone. 5. If you agr ee to the conditions, tap OK t o begin do wnloading and installing the app. If y ou selected a paid application, after tapping OK , y ou[...]

More apps 171 Uninstalling an application Y ou can uninstall an y application that y ou hav e downloaded and installed fr om Android Mark et. From the Home scr een, tap > Mark et > Downloads . T ap the application y ou want to unins tall, and then tap Uninstall . When pr ompted, tap OK to r emov e the application on your phone . Choose the re[...]

172 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide When y our friends see the link in your sent t ext, email, or status upda te , the y can simply tap the link to go dir ectly to the game or application in Andr oid Market to do wnload it. While entering y our status updat e in Friend Str eam, y ou can also tap to choose fr om games or applications that y ou want t[...]

Security 173 Security Pr otecting y our SIM car d with a PIN Y ou can pr otect y our SIM card fr om unauthorized use b y assigning a PIN (personal identification number). Make sur e y ou hav e the default SIM PIN pr ovided b y your mobile oper ator befor e continuing. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Scroll do wn the scre[...]

17 4 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Pr otecting y our phone with a scr een unlock patt ern Y ou can secure y our phone by r equiring a scr een unlock pattern e very time y our phone is turned on or e v ery time it wakes up fr om sleep mode (scr een is off ). From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Scr oll down the scr een, and t[...]

Settings 175 Settings Settings on y our phone Contr ol and customize phone settings on the Settings scr een. Froom the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Personalize Select a sc ene, set the Home scr een or Lockscreen w allpaper to use, and set the default ringt one to use for inc oming calls. Y ou can also rename or delet e a custo[...]

176 Y our HT C Wildfir e user guide Date & time Set the date and time , time zone, and date or time f ormat. T o turn off auto time s ynchroniza tion and be able to manually change time z one settings, see “Setting the time zone, da te, and time” in the Clock and W eather chapter . Language & ke yboard Set the opera ting sy stem languag[...]

Settings 177 Recalibr ating the G-sensor Recalibr ate the scr een if y ou feel that the screen orientation does not r espond properly t o the wa y you hold the phone . From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, then tap Settings > Sound & display . Scr oll down the scr een, and then tap G-Sensor calibra tion . Place the phone on a flat and le vel s[...]

178 Y our HTC W ildfire user guide Choosing the notification sound Y ou can choose a default sound f or y our phone to play whene ver ther e are ne w notifications. From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings > Sound & display > Notification sound. Select y our preferr ed notification sound in the list, and then tap OK . T o[...]

Settings 179 Optimizing y our phone’ s batt ery life When y ou’re on the go , it’s not alw ay s easy to char ge your phone’ s battery as oft en as you’ d like . Follow these tips t o ext end the time betw een char ges: T urn off wireless functions such as Bluet ooth, Wi-Fi, and data connection when y ou’re not using them. See the Intern[...]

180 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Managing memory Checking ho w much phone memory is av ailable for use From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings. Scroll do wn the screen, and then tap SD & phone s torage . T he av ailable phone memory is display ed in the Internal phone st orage section. Checking the av ailable st orage car d [...]

Settings 181 Checking informa tion about y our phone From the Home scr een, pres s MENU, and then tap Settings . Scroll do wn the screen, and then tap About phone . Select one of the follo wing: Sy stem softwar e updates Enable or disable the automatic check featur e for softwar e updates for y our phone. Y ou can also tap Check now to manually che[...]

182 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Updat e and r eset Updating the phone softw ar e From time t o time, softwar e updates for y our phone may be a vailable. Y our phone can check and then notify y ou if there’ s a new update . Y ou can then download and install the softw are update using y our phone’ s Wi-Fi or data c onnection. Checking and do[...]

Update and r eset 183 Res tarting or fact ory resetting y our phone If y our phone becomes unresponsiv e or sluggish, try res tarting y our phone and see if that helps. In case y our phone has a persistent pr oblem that cannot be solv ed, the last resort is t o do a fact ory reset. Restarting y our phone (soft r eset) If y our phone is running slow[...]

184 Specifications Specifications CPU speed 528 MHz Platform Android™ 2. 1 (Éclair) with HT C Sense™ Memory ROM: 512 MB RAM: 384 MB Dimensions (LxW xT) 106. 75 x 60.4 x 12. 19 mm (4.2 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches) W eight 118 grams (4. 16 ounces) with batt ery Display 3.2-inch touch-sensitiv e screen with 2 40 x 320 QV GA resolution Network HSDP A/W CD[...]

Index 185 Inde x Symbols 3G 111 A Ac cess point 111 Adding a city t o the W eather scr een 109 Adding a city t o the W orld Clock screen 10 7 Adding a ne w contact 51 Adding applica tion icons and other shortcuts on y our Home screen 34 A dding a widget to y our Home screen 33 Adding f olders on your Home scr een 35 Adjus ting the volume 2 7 Airpla[...]

186 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Fact ory reset 183 Finger gestur es 24 Flash ( camera) 132 Flashlight 168 Flickr - commenting phot os 142 - sharing 140 - viewing phot os 142 FM Radio 163 Folders 35 Footprints 156 Friend Str eam 76 Friend Str eam widget 77 G G-sensor 177 Gallery 135 Gmail/ Google Mail 83 Google Ac counts 73 Google Dictionary 121 [...]

Index 18 7 P PDF Vie wer 160 Peep 78 People - about 4 7 - contact gr oups 55 - contact inf ormation and con versations 56 - People scr een 49 - People widget 58 Personalizing 31 Phone - front, t op, left, and back panels 10 - phone dialer 3 7 Photo captur e 132 Photos 136 Picasa 141 Playing music 143 Playlis t 144 POP3/IMAP 89 Po wering on or off 1[...]

188 Y our HT C Wildfire user guide Stor age card 16, 29 Str eet view 150 Switching betw een calls 42 Switching y our phone on or off 17 Sync with online ac counts 72 T T aking a photo 132 T alk 80 T ethering 115 T e xt message 64, 70 T imer 104 T ime zone 106 T ouch input settings 63 T rimming an MP3 ringtone 146 T urning your phone on or off 17 T [...]