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1. 4 To add another participant tap t and then dial the number of the contact 66 Phone calls 5 When connected tap to add the participant to the conference call 6 To talk to a person in the conference call in private tap and then select Private call To end the call with a participant tap and then tap Finish this call To end the conference call tap End Call Checking calls in the Call History Use Call History to check missed calls your dialed numbers and received calls 1 Open the Phone app 2 Swipe to view the Call History tab 3 Do one of the following Tapa name or number in the list to call Press and hold a name or number in the list to display the options menu Tap WV to display just a particular type of call such as missed calls or outgoing calls 1 On the Call History tab tap 2 Choose whether to create a new contact or save the number to an existing contact On the Call History tab do one of the following Remove one name or Press and hold the name or number and then tap Delete number from call history Clear the entire list Tap 1 gt Remove call history On the Delete from call history screen tap 1 gt Select all and then tap Delete When you block a phone number or a contact all calls from the phone number or contact will be declined automatically On the Call History tab press and hold the contact or phone number you want to block and then tap B
2. 8 After adding an attachment tap to see options for replacing viewing or removing your attachment 9 Tap H or press to save the message as a draft Depending on the resolution of your photo or video attachments they may be displayed as cropped thumbnails in your multimedia message Creating a slideshow 1 After you ve added either a photo video or audio in the multimedia message you re composing tap 2 gt Slide 2 Choose where you want to insert the next slide 3 Right after adding a slide do one of the following Tap 2 and then choose to add a photo or a video Tap 2 gt Audio to add music or a voice recording to a slide Tap Add text and then enter your caption Tap to see options for replacing viewing or removing your attachment 4 Tap gt Preview Tap once on the preview screen to see playback controls When finished tap 7 or press to save the message as a draft Can t find your contacts email addresses in Messages 1 If only phone numbers are showing up when you re entering a contact name tap 2 2 Tap gt Show Email To always show email addresses tap on the Messages screen and then tap Settings gt General gt Show email address zi Messages Sending a group message Group messaging makes it easy to send a message to multiple contacts all at once You can choose to send a group SMS or group MMS P Group MMS may incur extra
3. Photos email attachments and other documents can be stored in Dropbox and accessed anywhere you are You can set the Camera app to automatically upload photos to Dropbox Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation Manage photos and videos Set the Camera app to automatically upload to a photo sharing site or online storage When you reach the storage limit just delete all your photos You can retrieve them from the photo sharing site or online storage when needed After taking continuous camera shots keep only the best shot and discard the rest After editing a photo or trimming a video the original file is kept You can delete original files or move them to online storage or to your computer If you are only sending videos through MMS use a lower resolution High resolution video takes up more space In Camera settings tap Video Quality to change the resolution Back up apps data Keep only the most recent data from apps on HTC Desire 500 You can back up calendars contacts and bookmarks or export text messages and personal dictionaries Disable some apps Apps even if not used often may be running in the background and downloading data into the phone storage If the app cannot be removed you can disable it In Settings tap Apps and then swipe to All Select the app you want to disable and then tap Disable 92 Storage You can encrypt data such as your onlin
4. Tips amp Help lets you get the most out of HTC Desire 500 in seconds Ever have the feeling that you re not getting the most out of your phone Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Tips amp Help to learn how The topics range from intro to advanced and the Tips amp Help feed on the Home screen even recommends topics that you might like Need to know how to do something right away Just type in some keywords and get clear up to date answers right on HTC Desire 500 To open Tips amp Help from the Home screen tap 222 gt Tips amp Help If you haven t downloaded Tips amp Help content yet or if there s updated content available just tap the download link to get it Y To change the sync settings of Tips amp Help tap gt Update settings 1 In Tips amp Help tap Q and then enter the words you want to search for 2 Tap a search result to jump straight to that item 14 Setting up your phone Setting up your phone Setting up your new phone for the first time When you switch on your new phone for the first time you ll be asked to set it up Walk through the on device setup to choose your Internet connection select how you want to set up your new phone and more Select Set up from scratch to set up your accounts and personalize your new phone from your computer using the HTC Get Started service Your phone shows you the URL of the HTC Get Started site and a pair code On your computer s we
5. When you re listening to music and the screen display turns off oress POWER to turn the screen back on and control the music playback directly on the Lock screen 85 Entertainment Making your music sound better Turn on Beats Audio for an enhanced sound experience Songs and videos sound rich and authentic especially when played in Music and Gallery apps 1 Plug in your headset or connect HTC Desire 500 to an external speaker 2 Toturn the Beats Audio profile on or off slide the Notifications panel open tap 18 and then tap the Beats Audio On Off switch Personalize your music experience by creating music playlists Make a playlist containing just your favorite songs or create one to match your mood for the day You can make as many playlists as you like 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap W and then select Playlists 3 Tap f and then enter a playlist name 4 To add songs tap beside the title text box browse your music collection and then tap a song to add Repeat this step to add more songs 5 You can also Rearrange songs Press and hold next to the song title you want to move and then drag it to its new position Delete songs Select the songs you want to remove from the playlist Change playlist Type the new name of the playlist in the title text box name 6 Tap Save To edit a playlist you ve created tap W on the Music app s main screen and then select Playlists Open a playlist and then
6. 1 Open the Mail app Switch to the email account that you want to use Tap Fill in one or more recipients A WN Want to loop in more recipients in a carbon copy Cc or blind carbon copy Bcc of the email message Tap gt Show Cc Bcc 5 Enter the subject and then compose your message 6 Do any of the following Add an attachment Tap 2 and then choose what you want to attach Set the priority for an important message Tap gt Set priority 7 Tap 9 To save the email as draft and send it later tap gt Save Or press lt Resuming a draft email message 1 In an email account inbox tap gt Folder gt Drafts 2 Tap the message 3 When you finish editing the message tap 1 Open the Mail app 2 Switch to the email account you want to use 121 Email 3 Inthe email account inbox tap the email message or conversation you want to read Y If you want to read a particular message inside an email conversation tap 7 to expand the conversation and then tap the email message 4 Tap Reply or Reply All 9 Tap for more actions for the email Saving an email message in the Tasks app Save an email message in your Tasks list so you can remind yourself when to reply 1 In an email account inbox press and hold the email message and then tap Save as task 2 Enter the task details and then tap Save The Mail app provides easy ways to sort move or delete your ema
7. t have the data connection turned on and you re also not connected toa Wi Fi network you won t receive automatic updates to your email social network accounts and other synced information You can add a new Access Point Name APN when roaming or if you have difficulty establishing a data connection APNs connect HTC Desire 500 to data networks for services such as mobile web browsing Before you add another data connection have the access point name and settings from your mobile operator ready including username and password if required Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Tap Mobile data gt Access point names On the APNs screen tap gt New APN Enter the APN settings Tap gt Save D ou R WN Select the new APN on the APNs screen Managing your data usage If you re on a limited data allowance it s important to keep track of the activities and apps that usually send and receive data such as browsing the web syncing online accounts and sending email or sharing status updates Here are some other examples 145 Internet connections Streaming web videos and music Tuning in to Internet radio Playing online games Downloading apps maps and files Refreshing apps to update info and feeds Uploading and backing up your files to your online storage account Using HTC Desire 500 as a Wi Fi Hotspot Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering To help you s
8. It s easy to create a collage of your best photos and share them with friends and family with HTC Share Build and share your collage quickly Highlights of the event have been picked for you Add still photos or even include a highlight video Share through a URL link no need for bulky attachments You must have an HTC Account to share a collage using HTC Share Friends and family do not need an HTC Account to view or download photos from your collage 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tao V gt Events 3 Tapatile to see the photos taken at a certain event 4 Tap RA gt HTC Share The highlights are ready to be uploaded 5 Review your collage and refine it Tapa photo to show options for replacing and more If available tap J to select more content from the same album or event Worried about data charges Tap gt Settings and choose Wi Fi connection When uploading you will be prompted to use the Wi Fi connection 6 Fill in details such as title and description 53 Camera and Gallery 7 Tap Upload and wait for HTC Desire 500 to finish uploading 8 Under Share to select how you want to share your collage A link is sent to friends and family or a status update appears on their social networks For a period of time they can Tap or click the link to view the collage on a web browser Tap or click a photo in the collage to see a bigger view or to see the download option Managing collectio
9. Search for people you know on your social networks Tap gt Settings gt Find people you know on and then select the social networks you re signed in to The People app then uploads your contacts to the selected social networks to help you find friends Aside from searching for a contact by name you can search using a contact s email address or company name On the People tab tap gt Settings gt Search contacts by and then choose a search criteria Setting up your profile Store your personal contact information to easily send it to other people 1 2 3 4 5 On the People tab tap My profile Tap Edit my contact card Enter or edit your name and contact details Tap O Cor the current photo to change your contact photo Tap Save Aside from your contact details your profile also shows updates you ve posted on your social networks and your online photo albums ah 113 People Adding a new contact 1 On the People tab tap 2 Tap the Name field and then enter the contact name Tap Ei if you want to separately enter the contact s first middle and last name Depending on the contact type you may also be able to add other info such as a name suffix for example Jr 3 Select the Contact type This determines which account the contact will sync with Some fields may not be available when you re adding contacts to a SIM card 4 Enter the contact information in the f
10. Tap the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices 38 Your first week with your new phone No time to type Try speaking the words to enter them 1 Tap an area where you want to enter text 2 On the onscreen keyboard press and hold el 3 When you see the microphone image speak out the words you want to type To set the voice input language tap the language bar above the microphone image You can choose one or more languages Available languages depend on the voice input languages supported by Google 4 Ifa word doesn t match what you ve spoken and it s underlined tap the underlined word to delete it or to see more choices 5 Enter punctuation marks by saying the name for example say comma Battery See a ranking list of apps that are using the battery You can also see how much and how long the battery has been used for each app 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Power gt Usage 3 Tap an app to check how it s using the battery You ll see how much battery power is used by resources such as the CPU for the app and other use details If you see buttons while viewing an app s battery use details you can tap them to adjust settings that affect battery usage stop the app and more Check how long you ve been using HTC Desire 500 since the last charge You can also see a chart that shows how long the screen has been on and how long you ve been using conne
11. To close a browser tab tap E and then tap X 81 Search and web browser Save webpages to read later even without an Internet connection You can also add some video clips on webpages to the Watch list so you can quickly find and watch them whenever you like HTC Desire 500 saves webpage text and images only You will need Internet connection to open linked pages and play video clips 1 While viewing a webpage tap gt 2 Tap Reading list or Watch list When the webpage you re adding to the Watch list has one or more video clips you ll be asked to choose which videos you want to add To view a saved webpage or video clip tap gt Saved Swipe to the Reading list or Watch list and then tap a webpage or video you want to view Customize the web browser to suit your browsing style Set display privacy and security options when using the web browser From the browser screen tap gt Settings Bookmarking a webpage Add your favorite webpages as bookmarks so you can access them quickly Bookmark a webpage in a normal browser screen and not when you re browsing incognito 1 While viewing a webpage tap gt gt Bookmarks 2 Onthe Bookmark this page screen you can edit the bookmark name sync the bookmark with an online account or save the bookmark in a new category folder 3 Tap Done To view and open a bookmark tap gt Bookmarks Navigate to the bookmark you want to open and th
12. s idle for a certain period of time To further improve security select Liveness check on the Security screen You ll be asked to blink to unlock the screen 61 Phone calls Phone calls Making a call with Smart dial You can either dial a number directly or use Smart dial to quickly place a call Smart dial searches and calls a stored synced contact or a number from your call history 1 Open the Phone app 2 Enter the phone number or first few letters of the contact s name to see the top matching contact If there is more than one match you ll be told how many matches For example tap 2 8 MATCHES to see all 8 matches 3 Tap the contact you want to call XQ To check other phone numbers associated with the contact tap El beside the contact name If the phone number has an extension tap after connecting to the main line and then dial the extension number 4 Tohang up tap End Call Switch between the Smart dial keypad to find contacts with just a few taps and a full screen keypad that gives you more room to enter phone numbers 1 Open the Phone app 2 Tap gt Full screen keypad or Smart dial keypad Dialing an extension number To skip voice prompts when dialing an extension number do one of the following After dialing the main number press and hold The letter p is added to the number you are dialing Enter the extension number and then tap Call You will be connecte
13. 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Under Wireless amp networks tap More 3 Tap Mobile network sharing gt USB network setting gt Internet pass through If you often switch between USB tethering and Internet pass through select Smart network sharing to automatically turn on the connection type you need whenever you connect HTC Desire 500 with your computer 4 Connect HTC Desire 500 to your computer using the provided USB cable The next time HTC Desire 500 connects to a computer it will remember your settings 152 Internet connections Wi Fi printing Connect HTC Desire 500 to a supported printer via Wi Fi and print out documents email photos and more Both printer and HTC Desire 500 must be turned on and connected to the same local network Connect HTC Desire 500 to the local network using Wi Fi To learn how to connect the printer to a local network refer to your printer user guide 1 While in an app such as Mail or Calendar open the item you want to print 2 Tap gt Print Cor More gt Print 3 On the Print screen tap the printer you want to use 4 If there s more than one page to print set the page range that you want Tap Advanced to set the page size print layout and page orientation and choose if you want to print in color or black and white 5 Tap Print You can check the printing details by opening the Notifications panel and then tapping the item
14. Calendar Jan 22 Reminder Drop location for red Tue Jan 22 2013 3 30pm blouse Display drafts sent messages and other labels Tap Inbox at the top bar and then tap another label such as Sent Drafts or your created label to view its messages and conversations Switch to your other Gmail account Archive delete or label multiple conversations Get help Tap Inbox at the top bar and then tap the account you want to switch to Tap the check box before the email message or conversation Then tap the onscreen buttons at the bottom to choose what to do with the selected messages or conversations In the Gmail inbox tao gt Help 1 In the inbox of the Gmail account you want to use tap aa 2 Fill in one or more recipients Want to loop in more recipients in a carbon copy Cc or blind carbon copy Bcc of the email message Tap 1 gt Add Cc Bcc 3 Enter the email subject and then compose your message 4 Ifyou want to attach a photo or video tap 1 and then tap the attachment type 5 Tap gt to send 1 In the Gmail inbox tap the email message or conversation 2 Toreply to the sender tap amp Or tap H and choose whether to Reply all or Forward 19 Email 3 Do one of the following f you re replying to the sender or you selected Reply all enter your reply message If you selected Forward specify the message recipients Tap Respond inlin
15. Dropbox on HTC Desire 500 on page 92 The 23 GB offer is available only on HTC phones that use HTC Sense 4 0 or later and have Dropbox preinstalled On HTC phones that don t have Dropbox preloaded you can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps such as Gallery and Mail Additional terms and requirements may apply including a subscription fee aft er your two year trial ends Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation 22 Your first week with your new phone Basics Use touch gestures to get around the Home screen open apps scroll through lists and more Tap Tap the screen with your finger when you want to select onscreen items such as application and settings icons or press onscreen buttons a After you ve scrolled down a long list or screen Cin apps such as Mail and People tap the status bar to jump straight to the top of your screen Press and hold To open the available options for an item for example a contact or link in a webpage just press and hold the item Swipe or slide Quickly swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen to go to other Home pages scroll through documents and more gt 23 Your first week with your new phone Drag Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag While dragging don t release your fin
16. Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or a POP3 IMAP email account ask your network administrator or email service provider for additional email settings that you may need 1 Open the Mail app 2 Tap gt Add account 3 Select an email account type from the list of email providers Otherwise tap Other POP3 IMAP 4 Enter the email address and password for your email account and then tap Next Some email accounts allow you to set the sync schedule By default HTC Desire 500 uses Smart Sync to save battery power See What is Smart Sync on page 123 5 Enter a name for your email account and then tap Finish setup Smart Sync automatically extends the sync time the longer the Mail app is inactive Set your email account to Smart Sync when you don t need to check new email messages frequently Smart Sync helps save battery power If you want to receive email messages as they arrive select another peak and off peak sync schedule in the email account s Sync Send amp Receive settings 124 Travel and maps Travel and maps Location settings In order to find your location on HTC Desire 500 you need to enable location sources 1 Go to Settings and then tap Location 2 Select or clear the location sources you want to turn on or off Google Maps Google Maps lets you track your current location view real time traffic situations and receive detailed directions to your destination It also provides a
17. SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects Set HTC Sync Manager to sync iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists between your phone and your computer 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which one you want to sync with your computer Click Music gt SETTINGS and then select Sync selected playlist Select the playlists you want to sync Click Apply Windows only aun FW Click if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your playlists and other items such as documents media files and data next time click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Syne automatically whenever the phone connects 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which storage you want to import documents to Click Files gt SYNC SETTINGS 4 Select the Sync documents from the following locations on this computer option a N 109 Sync backup and reset 5 Click Add and then choose the folder that contains the documents you want to sync to your phone You can add several folders 6 Click if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your documents and other items next time click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sy
18. Screenshots album in Gallery 30 Your first week with your new phone Home screen feeds Stay in touch with friends or get the latest about your interests right on your Home screen Set up which social networks news sources and more will appear Tap a tile to view more details or to comment on a post or status update Scroll to the top and pull down on the screen to manually refresh the stream This also shows icons for posting on social networks searching and more If the Feeds view is set as the main screen you can press Q or tap the status bar to scroll to the top Tap V to choose the type of feeds to display Select Highlights to see other contents such as upcoming events frequently viewed photos in Gallery and more 1 a Great Suadef drive withdessi Train forse LisayandPeter _ _ Success Nu Local news x x The Ultimate Stage UEFA co O H O When you sign in to your social network accounts and authorize HTC Sense to access them you can Post status updates from the Home screen when using the Feeds view See your contacts and their status updates in People See photos in Gallery or on the Home screen a Check your friends status updates and posts on the Home screen when using the Feeds view View events and reminders in Calendar 31 Your first week with your new phone Posting an update on your social network You can easily post a
19. and documents such as PDFs Refer to the device s documentation for instructions on sending information over Bluetooth A WN u Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth On Off switch to turn it on Tap Bluetooth The Bluetooth screen opens Tap the Bluetooth name of your device near the top of the screen to make HTC Desire 500 visible to nearby Bluetooth devices On the sending device send one or more files to HTC Desire 500 If asked accept the pairing request on HTC Desire 500 and on the sending device You may also be prompted to enter the same passcode or confirm the auto generated passcode on both devices You ll then get a Bluetooth authorization request Tap Pair When HTC Desire 500 receives a file transfer request notification slide the Notifications panel down tap the incoming file notification and then tap Accept When a file is transferred a notification is displayed Slide the Notifications panel down and then tap the relevant notification When you open a received file what happens next depends on the file type Media files and documents are usually opened directly in a compatible app For example if you open a music track it starts playing in the Music app For a vCalendar file choose the calendar where you want to save the event and then tap Import The vCalendar is added to your Calendar events For a vCard contact fi
20. and more System and application data and settings Downloaded apps 10 Sync backup and reset Files such as your music photos videos and documents will also be deleted if you select the Erase all data option Be sure to back up any data and files you want to keep before you do a factory reset A factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone including personal information Performing a factory reset from settings 1 2 S 4 5 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Tap Backup amp reset Tap Reset phone If you also want to delete media and other data on HTC Desire 500 select Erase all data Tap OK Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons If you can t turn HTC Desire 500 on or access settings you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC Desire 500 1 2 Remove the battery wait for a few seconds then reinsert the battery Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button and then press and hold the POWER button Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET and then press the POWER button 111 People People Your contacts list The People app lists all contacts you ve stored on HTC Desire 500 and from online accounts you re logged in to Use the People app to easily manage communications with people
21. can open a PDF document on HTC Desire 500 and save it to your Dropbox 1 Open a PDF document such as one that s attached to an email Y If you have more than one PDF viewing app installed select PDF Viewer 2 Tap gt Save as 3 Enter a new filename 4 Tap V gt Dropbox and then tap OK Your document will be saved to the PDFViewer folder in the root of your Dropbox folder To save the PDF to another Dropbox folder tap gt Share gt Dropbox Create or select a folder and then tap Upload 97 Storage You can check how much storage space you still have in your Dropbox before you upload more content Before your Dropbox storage info appears in Settings you need to access your Dropbox from an app first such as Gallery and allow HTC Sense to access your Dropbox Go to Settings and then tap Storage Under Online storage you ll see your available Dropbox storage You can remotely unlink HTC Desire 500 from your Dropbox if you lost your device 1 On your computer s web browser log in to the Dropbox website www dropbox com 2 On the right hand corner of any page on the website click Account Or click your account name and then click Settings 3 Click the Security tab 4 Under My devices click Unlink to the right of your Android device 5 Click Unlink phone a 98 Sync backup and reset Sync backup and reset Online sync You can sync contacts calendars and other inf
22. changing the time before the screen turns off 758 idle screen 28 recalibrating G sensor 757 rotation 157 Sleep mode settings 758 Screen lock 760 Screen shot See Capture screen SD card 70 90 Search searching phone and Web 77 voice search 77 Security protecting phone with screen lock 760 169 Index protecting SIM card with PIN 759 security certificates 48 Settings About 767 Accessibility 759 display language 58 Storage 90 Setup contacts from old phone 7 initial setup 74 photos music videos from old phone 7 7 Sharing events 135 text 34 TV 87 Shortcuts Lockscreen 59 SIM card copying messages to 75 SIM PIN 759 Sleep mode 27 Slideshow highlight video 48 MMS 70 Slow motion video 46 Smart network sharing 750 151 SMS See Messages Social networks 30 Software update 8 Sound audible selection 758 lowering ring volume automatically 67 Pocket mode 67 ringtone notifications and sounds 59 switching profiles 67 Speakerphone 65 Speed dial 62 Storage 90 Storage card copying files 90 Sweep panorama 45 Sync HTC Sync Manager 704 syncing with computer 707 108 Tasks about 139 creating a task 739 managing 739 managing lists 740 Tethering See USB Tethering Text message 69 Timemark 742 Upgrade See Software update USB Tethering 750 Video Highlights 48 VideoPic 44 Videos editing 47 recording 43 taking photo while recording
23. computer Your computer will recognize it just like any removable USB drive and you can copy your media between them Download and use the HTC Sync Manager software on your computer You can set it up to automatically get music photos and videos off HTC Desire 500 to your computer You can also sync playlists from your computer to the phone If you have an iPhone you can even connect it and transfer the camera roll photos and videos to your computer Then reconnect HTC Desire 500 and copy them over Tired of keeping copies of your media in several places Use online storage services to put your media in one place so you can manage them anywhere on your computer HTC Desire 500 and other mobile devices Check first what online storage accounts are available on HTC Desire 500 and sign in to the one you want to use To sign in to an account slide the Notifications panel open and then tap gt Accounts amp sync gt Use the Gallery app to access media in your online storage 18 Setting up your phone Home screen Your Home screen is where you make HTC Desire 500 your own After you ve turned on and set up HTC Desire 500 you ll see the Feeds view as the main Home screen Customize it to show posts from your social networks headlines from your favorite news media and more For details see Checking feeds on your Home screen on page 30 You can change the apps on the launch bar at the bottom of the H
24. crop rotate apply and create photo effects and much more to your photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 3 Tap the photo and then tap Edit 4 Do any of the following Tap Effects to apply a special effect filter to the photo Tap Frames to add a decorative frame to the photo Tap Retouch to make a portrait shot even better with red eye removal skin smoothing and more Tap Transform to rotate crop flip or straighten the photo 5 Tap gt Save Except for when applying rotation edited photos are saved as copies of the original 51 Camera and Gallery Adding custom photo effects Are the existing photo effects not exactly what you are looking for You can make your own photo effects in Gallery Y You can only add effects to photos that are stored locally 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Browse to the photo that you want to edit 3 Tap the photo and then tap Edit 4 Tap Effects 5 Press and hold the effect you want to customize and drag it to Custom XQ You can also press and hold an effect and then drag it to a new location 6 Onthe Custom Effects screen you can Make changes to the effect by adjusting filters such as exposure saturation white balance and more Use the slider bars on selected filters to adjust the intensity of the effect Rearrange filters to modify the effect Press and hold the filter you want to move Then drag it to a ne
25. data fees A WN Open the Messages app Tap Tap amp and then select multiple recipients To send a group SMS make sure that Send as individual messages is selected Clear this option to send your message as a group MMS Group Your message will be sent to the recipients as a text message and SMS you will be charged by your mobile operator for each message sent Replies of your recipients are sorted separately Group Similar to a group chat sending a group MMS lets your recipients MMS join the conversation you ve started HTC Desire 500 also organizes message replies in a single conversation thread If this is your first time to send a group MMS you may need to enter your mobile phone number Tap the box that says Add text then enter your message Tap E Top questions on group MMS Why can t my recipients see or join the group MMS sent to them Check whether your recipients have enabled Group messaging on their mobile devices Some devices or mobile operators may not support this feature How do receive or block group MMS In Message settings tap Multimedia messages MMS and then turn Group Messaging on or off 72 Messages Resuming a draft message Open a draft message right from the Messages screen edit the message and then tap To see all draft messages in one place tap on the Messages screen and then tap Drafts Replying to a message 1 On the Messa
26. group and then tap gt Add contact to group 17 People 3 Select the contacts you want to add and then tap Save 4 When your group is complete tap Save You will be charged for each text message sent For example if you send a message to a group of five people you will be charged for five messages 1 On the Groups tab tap the group you want to send a message or email to 2 Goto the Group action tab 3 Choose if you want to send a group message or group email 1 On the Groups tab press and hold the group and then tap Edit group 2 Youcan Change the group name You can only change the name for groups that you have created Add more contacts to the group Tap gt Add contact to group Rearrange the group members Press and hold at the end of the contact s name and then drag it to its new position Select the contacts you want to remove from the group 3 Tap Save Managing your contact groups 1 On the Groups tab tap gt Edit groups 2 Youcan Rearrange the contact groups Press and hold at the end of the group name and then drag it to its new position Select the contact groups you want to remove 3 Tap Save 18 Email All your received email messages are delivered to your Inbox Open the Gmail app vA 2 selected Diana Mayer Charity bazaar Saturday Join me next _ Jamie Vogt Mars Meeting Jamie Vogt Mars Meeting Google
27. gt Settings gt Turn on Camera Upload 3 Choose the type of Internet connection to use for uploading your captured photos and videos to Dropbox 4 Tap Turn on Viewing your uploaded photos and videos from Gallery The Camera Uploads folder and subfolders under the Photos folder in your Dropbox can be accessed from Gallery They will appear as albums 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap V gt Albums gt Dropbox 3 When you see a message that shows HTC Sense wants to access Dropbox make sure you tap Allow 4 Tap an album to view the photos and videos in it 95 Storage Sharing the link to your Dropbox Share the link to your entire album of photos and videos that s in your Dropbox so other people can access it 1 From the Gallery Albums screen tap Dropbox 2 Do one of the following Tap an album to share and then tap Share To share a single photo tap it to display it then tap it again and tap Share 3 Choose how you want to share the link to this album or photo such as sending it by email or posting it to your social networks Q You can also use the Dropbox app Tap that appears next to the album or file and then tap Share No more attaching files to your email Using the Mail app you can easily include the links to your Dropbox files and send them in your email 1 Open the Mail app 2 If you have several email accounts switch to an email account you want to use 3 Create anew email mes
28. lock screen style Choose from our selection of lock screens Some lock screens are customizable 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Lock screen style 60 Personalizing 3 Swipe to choose a lock screen style 4 Tap the lock screen style to see a preview If you want to further customize it tap Settings 5 Tap Apply Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen You ll see missed calls and messages on the lock screen Want these hidden instead 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security 2 Clear the Phone notification preview and Message notification preview options Securing HTC Desire 500 with a personal touch Make unlocking your phone as easy as looking at it Help protect your personal information and help prevent others from using HTC Desire 500 without your permission by setting up face unlock 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security 2 Tap Screen lock gt Face Unlock 3 Tap Set it up and follow the onscreen instructions 4 Choose a backup unlock method to use in case the phone doesn t recognize yOu 5 Tap Lock phone after then specify the idle time before the screen is locked Q You can also tap Improve face matching on the Security screen to train HTC Desire 500 to recognize your face in different situations such as when you re wearing glasses or sporting a beard You ll be asked to unlock the screen every time HTC Desire 500 is turned on or when it
29. on the screen to reset your password 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Youcan Tap the Auto sync On Off switch to turn automatic sync of all your accounts on or off Manually sync individual accounts Tap an account type such as for Exchange ActiveSync and then tap the account you want to sync On the Account settings screen tap gt Sync now On the Account settings screen you can also change the sync settings for an account You can remove an account to delete all information associated with it from HTC Desire 500 Removing an account does not delete information from the online service itself 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap an account type If multiple accounts are supported such as for Exchange ActiveSync tap the account you want to remove 3 Tap gt Remove Some personal data may be retained by the third party app after you have removed the account from HTC Desire 500 100 Sync backup and reset Worried that you might lose important stuff on HTC Desire 500 Back up HTC Desire 500 before you erase the storage do a factory reset or upgrade to a new phone HTC Backup Use the built in HTC Backup to back up your accounts apps settings and more to the cloud so that it will be easier to restore them on HTC Desire 500 after a factory reset or newer phone For details see Using HTC Backup on page 101 HTC Sync Manager Use HTC
30. status update from the Home screen 1 From the Feeds view tap f and then choose a social network 2 Compose your status update and post it on your social network Where is the header The header contains icons for posting on social networks searching feeds and more Highlights If the icons don t show you can do either of the following While browsing the first page of feeds just pull down the screen While browsing succeeding pages pull down and hold the screen Wait for the icons to appear and then release your finger Get updated with the most relevant content and posts with just a swipe Choose which feeds to display on the Home screen You can select popular news channels and websites or choose a category like Entertainment You can also show posts from friends in social networks or information from apps such as Calendar 1 From the Feeds view tap 1 gt Topics and services 2 Select feeds from apps types of content and social networks that will display on the Home screen Swipe left or right for more choices Content from feeds that have just been added may take a few minutes to appear on the Home screen 32 Your first week with your new phone Can subscribe to a different news source or channel Feeds from news channels and web sites displayed on the Home screen are set by a local content guide To see a different list of news sources change the local content 1 Fr
31. tap gt Edit playlist Playing the songs in a playlist 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap V gt Playlists 3 Tapa playlist and then tap the song you want to play first When you tap a song the screen is updated with the songs from your playlist 86 Entertainment Deleting playlists 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap V gt Playlists 3 Youcan Press and hold the playlist you want to delete and then tap Delete playlist Tap gt Delete playlists to remove several playlists While playing a song you can also browse other tracks stored on HTC Desire 500 Add a song or an album to the queue so it plays when the current playlist has finished playing 1 While a song is playing browse for other tracks 2 Do any of the following When you find the album or folder that you like press and hold it and then tap Add to queue Browse for a playlist or an artist and then tap gt Add to queue To adda single track browse for the song and then tap gt Add to queue To save on data usage you might want to connect to a Wi Fi network when updating your album covers and artist photos In Music settings select Wi Fi only 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap W and then select Artists or Albums 3 Tap gt Update artist photos or Update album art If you want HTC Desire 500 to automatically check and update your music collection tap on the Music app s main screen and then tap Settings Select Album art and Art
32. that matter to you 1 Open the People app Phonebook L Y a Contact link suggestion r jestior AN Jennifer Singer 5 April Lin a G Ben Carter i Ben Carter e A Charles Collins r eer Chris Mathews 2 On your contacts list you can View your profile and edit your contact information Create edit find or send contacts See status updates Tap a contact photo to find ways to quickly connect with the contact See a notification icon when a contact has sent you new messages Check out who s online in Google Talk Online status icons are displayed if you re signed in to Google Talk Y To sort your contacts by their first or last name tap t gt Settings gt Sort contact list ah When your contacts list gets long you can choose which contact accounts to show 1 On the People tab tap V 2 Choose the accounts that contain the contacts you want to display 3 Press Search for contacts stored on HTC Desire 500 your company directory if you have an Exchange ActiveSync account or social networks you ve signed into 1 Open the People app 2 On the People tab you can Find people in your contacts list Tap the Search people box and then enter the first few letters of the contact name Find people on your company directory Tap the Search people box enter the first few letters of the contact name and then tap Search contacts in your Company Directory
33. to try and unlock HTC Desire 500 If this fails you can unlock HTC Desire 500 by entering your Google Account user name and password 1 2 On the unlock screen enter your lock pattern After the fifth attempt when you re asked to wait for 30 seconds tap OK If the display goes off press the POWER button to turn the display back on and then unlock the screen Tap the Forgot pattern button when it appears Enter your Google Account name and password and then tap Sign in You ll then be asked to create a new screen lock pattern If you no longer want to do so tap None or press lt Checking your phone s HTC Sense version You can view the HTC Sense version as well as other information about your phone 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap About gt Software information to view the HTC Sense version 162 Trademarks and copyrights Trademarks and copyrights 2013 HTC Corporation All Rights Reserved HTC the HTC logo HTC Desire HTC BlinkFeed and HTC Sense are trademarks or service marks of HTC Corporation Google the Google logo Android the Android logo Android Market Google Apps Google Calendar Google Checkout Google Earth Google Latitude Google Maps Google Play Google Talk Google Wallet Gmail Picasa and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc Microsoft Windows ActiveSync Excel Outlook PowerPoint Windows Media and Windows Vista are either regist
34. twice to reject a call 64 Phone calls Do one of the following Press the VOLUME DOWN or VOLUME UP button Press the POWER button Place HTC Desire 500 face down on a level surface Y If HTC Desire 500 is already facing down it will still ring when there are subsequent incoming calls Every time you make a call or your friend gives you a ring you get to see your friend s latest social network status update right on the call screen You ll also see a birthday reminder if your friend s birthday stored on your phone or online account will happen in a few days Did you promise to babysit for a friend this weekend If you associate a task with a due date to a contact you ll see a task reminder on the call screen when you re on a call with that friend Y If the contact has a recent status update you won t be able to see the task reminder What can I do during a call When a call is in progress you can turn the speakerphone on place the call on hold and more To put the call on hold tap gt Hold The status bar then displays the hold call icon To resume the call tap gt Unhold If you re already in a call and you accept another call you can switch between the two calls 1 When you receive another call tap Answer to accept the second call and put the first call on hold 2 To switch between the calls tap the person you want to talk to on the screen 65 Phone calls To decrease potent
35. you re printing 1 While in Gallery open the photo you want to print Tap the photo Tap gt Print and then tap the printer you want to use A WN Tap Print You can check the printing details by opening the Notifications panel and then tapping the item you re printing If your printer does not show up in the list you must add it iz The printer must be in the same Wi Fi network that you are using 1 From the Print screen tap Add printer 2 Enter the IP address of the printer that you want to add and choose a port If you do not know the IP address of the printer ask for helo from your network administrator 153 Internet connections 3 Tap Next and then select the manufacturer and model of the printer 4 Tap Save The printer appears on the list and you can tap it to print your photo or document 154 Wireless sharing Wireless sharing Connecting a Bluetooth headset You can listen to music over a Bluetooth stereo headset or have hands free conversations using a compatible Bluetooth headset ie To listen to music with your headset the headset must support the A2DP Bluetooth profile Before you connect your headset make it discoverable so HTC Desire 500 can find it Refer to your headset manual for details _ Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth On Off switch to turn it on Tap Bluetooth The Bluetooth screen opens If you don
36. your Evernote account from HTC Desire 500 to start syncing notes 1 Open the Notes app 2 To manually sync notes tap on the All notes screen and then tap Sync 3 To set Notes to automatically update tap on the All notes screen and then tap Settings gt Accounts amp sync 4 Tap your Evernote account and then customize your sync settings Use Voice Recorder to capture information during lectures interviews or even to create your own audio log 1 Open the Voice Recorder app 2 Hold the microphone near the sound source 143 Google Play and other apps 3 Tap to start recording a voice clip Voice Recorder can run in the background while you do other things on HTC Desire 500 except when you open other apps that also use audio functions 4 Tap M to stop recording To play back the voice clip tap P To see your recorded voice clips tap lt Press and hold a voice clip to see options for sharing setting it as a ringtone and more 144 Internet connections Internet connections Data connection When you turn on HTC Desire 500 for the first time it will be automatically set up to use your mobile operator s data connection Cif the microS IM card is inserted Turning your data connection off saves battery life and money on data charges 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap the Mobile data On Off switch to turn the data connection on and off If you don
37. 1 Do one of the following a While viewing an event tap gt Forward In day agenda or week view press and hold an event and then tap Forward 2 Choose how you want to send the event Switch to Invites view to see meeting invitations which you have not yet accepted or declined You must set up an Exchange ActiveSync account to receive meeting invitations in Calendar 1 Open the Calendar app 2 Tap V gt Invites and then tap a meeting invitation 3 Accept decline or tentatively accept the invitation or propose a new time 9 Tap to choose from more options such as moving the invitation to a folder 136 Google Play and other apps If you have set at least one reminder for an event the upcoming event icon will appear in the notifications area of the status bar to remind you 1 Slide the Notifications panel open 2 If the notification shows that there are multiple reminders tap it to see all the reminders You can then choose to snooze or dismiss them 3 If you see a single event notification soread your two fingers on the notification to expand it You can then Tap Snooze or Dismiss Or drag the notification left or right to dismiss it Tap Send mail to send a quick response to the meeting attendees To edit the preset quick responses or add your own open Calendar and then tap z gt Settings gt Quick response If you don t want to dismiss or snooze the calendar remind
38. 4 merging contact information 775 personal profile 772 sending contact information 7 6 transferring contacts 7 7 174 Phone calls blocking a call 66 call history 66 calling 67 calling a number in a Calendar event 63 calling a number in a message 62 calling a number in an email 63 conference call 65 emergency call 63 extension number 67 missed calls 62 muting the microphone 65 putting acallon hold 64 receiving calls 63 Smart Dial 67 soeakerphone 65 speed dial 62 Phone information 67 Phone settings See Settings Phone storage copying files 90 types of storage 90 Phone updates 8 Photos custom effects 57 location 47 organizing 49 sharing photos 57 52 social networks 50 transferring from computer 77 viewing photos and videos 46 viewing photos and videos by event 47 viewing photos by location 47 Power charging the battery 12 checking battery usage 38 saving power 39 sleep mode 27 Print screen See Capture screen Printing 7152 PUK PIN Unblock Key 60 Radio See FM Radio Read mode 80 Reading list 87 Recording your voice 42 Restart 09 Ring volume lowering ring volume automatically 67 making your phone ring louder 67 Pocket mode 67 Ringtone editing 87 setting song as ringtone 86 Router See Wireless router Scenes in Camera app 45 Screen adjusting brightness 758 capture 29
39. 44 transferring from computer 77 transferring from iPhone 705 watching 47 Voice input 38 Voice Recorder 42 Voice search 77 VPN adding a connection 749 connecting 749 disconnecting 749 Wallpaper changing 54 Watch list 87 Weather checking weather 732 Wi Fi connecting to another network 747 connecting via WPS 747 turning on 746 Widgets adding 54 changing settings 55 170 Index removing 57 resizing 55 Wireless display 87 Wireless router 50 Word prediction bilingual prediction 36 YouTube finding videos of songs 87 preloading 737 watching 36
40. K Restoring contacts You can only restore contacts that were backed up using the export option in the People app 1 On the People tab tap gt Manage contacts gt Import Export contacts 2 Tap Import from SD card 3 If you have more than one account set up tap the type for the imported contacts You can back up new words you ve added to the predictive text dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary gt gt Back up to storage or Back up to email 4 When prompted tap OK 104 Sync backup and reset Importing your personal dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary gt gt Restore from storage 4 When prompted tap OK HTC Sync Manager With HTC Sync Manager enjoy the same rich media whether you re at your computer or on the move Use it also to store your same contacts important documents and other data on both your HTC phone and your computer HTC Sync Manager supports a computer running a Windows or Mac OS operating system You can mport music photos and videos from your computer and manage them in HTC Sync Manager Import iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists from your computer to HTC Sync Manager Play music videos and playlists using the built in player Copy music photos and videos from your phone to your c
41. LNA compliant TV or audio system refer to its documentation on how to connect it to your home network 1 Connect HTC Desire 500 to your home network via Wi Fi 2 Open the Gallery or Music app 3 Locate the media stored on HTC Desire 500 that you want to share and then tap it 89 Entertainment 4 Do one of the following While viewing photos or videos Tap the screen to show the controls and then in Gallery tap 1 gt Select player While playing music in Music Tap gt Select player 5 Choose the device on your network where you want to play the media 6 Once connected to the other device tap the onscreen controls to control playback adjust the volume and more XQ For more information about DLNA visit www dina org 90 Storage Storage Phone storage Want to know what types of storage you can use for your apps data and files HTC Desire 500 has these storage types Phone This storage combines both the internal storage where apps email data storage and text messages are stored and the file storage where photos videos and music files are kept When you are running out of phone storage you can free up space by uninstalling apps changing download settings or moving files to your storage card your computer or an online storage service Storage Use a storage card for storing more files You can also set apps such as card Camera to store directly to the card USB When you plug in an extern
42. SB tethering added to your data plan and it may incur additional cost Contact your mobile service provider for details 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Make sure that mobile data is turned on 3 Under Wireless amp networks tap More 151 Internet connections 4 Tap Mobile network sharing gt USB network setting gt USB tethering If you often switch between USB tethering and Internet pass through select Smart network sharing to automatically turn on the connection type you need whenever you connect HTC Desire 500 with your computer 5 Connect HTC Desire 500 to your computer using the provided USB cable The next time HTC Desire 500 connects to a computer it will remember your settings Connecting to the Internet through a computer If you temporarily don t have Internet access on HTC Desire 500 you can still go online by using your computer s Internet connection i To make sure that the USB drivers for HTC Desire 500 are up to date install the latest version of HTC Sync Manager on your computer f your phone can t connect to the Internet via your computer s Internet connection you may need to configure your computer s firewall to allow this type of connection To find out how refer to your operating system or security software help f your computer connects to the Internet via PPP e g Dial UP xDSL or VPN Internet Pass through will only support TCP protocol
43. Sync Manager to import music photos and videos to your computer You can also sync locally stored contacts calendar events bookmarks documents and playlists to your computer For details see Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager on page 104 Other backup options Separately back up other data and file types if they re not supported in HTC Backup and HTC Sync Manager In some apps you can back up data to the storage on the phone so you can easily restore them after a factory reset If you re backing up data to the storage don t choose to erase the storage when you do a factory reset Messages Back up your text messages to the storage on the phone or save them as an email attachment Contacts Save contacts and other personal data to your online accounts so you can just sync them when switching to another phone If you have locally stored contacts in the People app export them to the storage on the phone Files Manually copy and paste files by connecting HTC Desire 500 to your computer as a disk drive Upload files to online storage and services Other data If you added new words to your personal dictionary in the onscreen keyboard back up the dictionary to the storage or save it as an email attachment Check the other apps to see if they support exporting data to the storage 101 Sync backup and reset Save the time and frustration of re creating your personalized HTC D
44. To link a note to an event tap gt Calendar Creating a drawing You can create a drawing scribble or illustration and include it in your note 1 With a note opened tap wv 2 Choose a color to use 3 Draw on the blank area using your fingertip 4 If you need to erase a part of the drawing tap amp and then move your finger left and right on the area that you want to erase You can also tap gt Undo to erase the last stroke you made 5 To insert the drawing in your note tap gt Save 142 Google Play and other apps Playing an audio recording in Notes After recording a meeting you can listen to the audio clip to review key points If you took notes while audio recording timemarks small colored nodes in the audio bar are added to pin your notes within the audio recording s time frame 1 Open a note where you have recorded a voice clip 2 Tap to play the audio recording 3 Tap P or K to go to the next or previous timemark When you re moving from one timemark to another you ll see a note thumbnail for a quick preview of what you noted down while recording The hotel and beach were quite nice You can also tap a particular item on your note to jump to its timemark and hear the audio you ve recorded at that time Syncing notes You can choose whether to automatically or manually sync your notes between HTC Desire 500 and your Evernote account on the Web You need to log in to
45. Your HTC Desire 500 User guide NTC 2 Contents Contents Unboxing HTC Desire 500 7 Back cover 8 microSIM card 9 Storage card 10 Battery 11 Switching the power on or off 12 Want some quick guidance on your phone 13 Setting up your new phone for the first time 14 Transferring content from an Android phone 15 Transferring content from an iPhone 16 Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 16 Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 500 17 Transferring photos videos and music between your phone and computer 17 Home screen 18 Getting to know your settings 18 Updating your phone s software 18 About your phone 20 Basics 22 Home screen feeds 30 Notifications 32 Working with text 34 Battery 38 Camera 42 Gallery 46 Personalizing Making HTC Desire 500 truly yours 54 Changing your wallpaper 54 Adding a widget to your Home screen 54 Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 56 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 56 Personalizing the launch bar 57 Grouping apps into a folder 58 5 Contents Adding a Home screen panel 59 Changing your ringtone notifications and sounds 59 Rearranging application tabs 59 Customizing the lock screen style 59 Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 60 Securing HTC Desire 500 with a personal touch 60 Making a call with Smart dial 61 Dialing an extension number 61 Returning a missed call 62 Using Speed
46. ail 19 Location settings 124 Google Maps 124 HTC Car 127 Getting apps 130 Essential apps 132 Fun apps 136 Productivity apps 139 Data connection 144 Managing your data usage 144 Wi Fi 146 Connecting to a virtual private network VPN 148 Using HTC Desire 500 as a wireless router 150 Sharing your phone s Internet connection by USB tethering 150 Connecting to the Internet through a computer 151 Wi Fi printing 152 5 Contents Connecting a Bluetooth headset 154 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 155 Where sent information is saved 155 Receiving files using Bluetooth 156 Turning Airplane mode on or off 57 Turning automatic screen rotation off 57 Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 58 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 58 Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 58 Changing the display language 58 Accessibility settings 59 Working with certificates 59 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 59 Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock 60 Checking your phone s HTC Sense version 161 6 Conventions used in this guide Conventions used in this guide In this user guide we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information Y This is a note A note often gives additional information such as what happens when you choose to do or not to do a certain action A note also provides information that may only be applicable to some situations Q This is a tip A tip gives you an a
47. ail messages 727 Making calls calling 67 calling a number in a Calendar event 63 calling a number in a message 62 calling a number in an email 63 Maps Google Maps 124 Market See Google Play Master reset See Factory reset Meeting request 723 Messages block box 74 copying to the SIM card 75 deleting aconversation 75 draft message 69 72 forwarding 73 group SMS 77 locking 76 replying 72 saving as task 73 secure box 74 sending 69 microSD card copying files 90 MMS See Multimedia message Mobile data 744 Multimedia message attachment 69 group MMS 77 sending 69 Music adding a song to a queue 86 album covers 86 artist photos 86 Beats Audio profile 85 listening 84 playing music from the Lock screen 84 playlist 85 setting a song as ringtone 86 SoundHound 87 transferring from iPhone 705 Navigation See Car Notes about 740 audio recording 742 notebooks 740 timemarks 742 writing 747 Notifications panel 33 Online accounts adding accounts 98 removing accounts 99 syncing manually 99 what can you sync with 98 Online storage See Dropbox about Pair a Bluetooth headset 754 Panorama 45 Panoramic photo 45 People adding a new contact 7 3 contact groups 776 contact link suggestions 7 5 copying contacts 7 7 174 115 168 Index editing contacts 774 filtering your contacts 7 2 groups 7 6 importing contacts 77 7
48. al USB storage device such as a USB flash storage drive or an SD card reader you can view photos and videos stored on the device right from Gallery and play songs stored on the device in Music You can also open PDFs and edit Office documents You need a special cable to connect HTC Desire 500 and a USB storage device HTC Desire 500 supports USB storage devices except portable hard drives up to 64 GB Online If you re using an online storage account that s accessible from storage HTC Desire 500 you can store your files to your online storage You can copy your music photos and other files to HTC Desire 500 Save and close your files before copying them from your computer to HTC Desire 500 or vice versa 1 Connect HTC Desire 500 to the computer using the supplied USB cable You ll see options for viewing or importing files on the computer screen 2 Choose to view files Copy the files from your computer to HTC Desire 500 or vice versa 4 After copying the files disconnect HTC Desire 500 from the computer 91 Storage As you use HTC Desire 500 you ll accumulate data and fill its storage capacity over time Here are some tips on how to increase storage space Run the storage wizard Easily free up space in the phone storage by cleaning the application cache uninstalling apps and changing settings so that only the most recent data is kept In Settings tap Storage gt Make more space Store files in Dropbox
49. annot delete a main list Use Notes to jot down ideas questions and everything else Type in text record audio attach photos and documents and even link your notes to a meeting event in Calendar The first time you open the Notes app you can take a quick tour and set up your Evernote account If you choose to skip this you can log in to Evernote later in the Accounts amp sync settings Evernote is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation Creating a notebook 1 Open the Notes app 2 On the Notes main screen tap W to open a selection menu and then tap New notebook Type in a notebook title 4 Tap Local notebook to save the notebook on HTC Desire 500 or tap Synchronized notebook to sync your notes with your Evernote account 5 Tap Create To open or switch to another notebook simply tao V again and then tap a notebook name 141 Google Play and other apps Composing a note 1 With a notebook opened tap 2 Type ina note title 3 Compose your note Tap on the note and then start typing in your text Tap to start audio recording Tap Hl to stop recording Tap gt Attach and choose a file type Tap L to create a drawing and insert it in your note Tap O to take a photo and insert it in your note To resize the photo image or drawing that you ve attached to your note press and hold the item and then tap Resize 4 Tap gt Save
50. ap 2 Tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons and then tap G Sensor calibration Place HTC Desire 500 on a flat and level surface and then tap Calibrate 4 After the recalibration process tap OK 158 Settings and security 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 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons and then tap Sleep 3 Tap the time before the screen turns off Adjusting the screen brightness manually Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons and then tap Brightness Clear the Automatic brightness option A W N Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Sound 3 Select the Touch sounds option Changing the display language Changing the language adjusts the keyboard layout date and time formatting and more 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Language amp keyboard gt System language 3 Tap the language you want to use 159 Settings and security Accessibility s
51. apps in Settings gt Security gt Unknown sources After installing the app make sure to go back to Settings gt Security and clear the Unknown sources option This can help protect your phone from installing other insecure apps from the Web Uninstalling an app If you no longer need an app that you ve downloaded and installed you can easily uninstall it T Most of the preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled From the All apps view press and hold the app you want to remove and then drag it to Uninstall Y If you purchased an app in Play Store you can uninstall it for a refund within a limited time To know more about the refund policy for paid apps refer to the Google Play help 132 Google Play and other apps Essential apps Get more from the Clock app than just the regular date and time Use HTC Desire 500 as a world clock to see the date and time in cities across the globe You can also set alarms or track your time using the stopwatch or timer Setting the date and time manually 1 Open the Clock app 2 Onthe World Clock tab tap gt Local time settings 3 Clear Automatic date amp time and Automatic time zone and then set the time zone date and time as required Setting an alarm You can set up one or more alarms 1 Open the Clock app 2 Onthe Alarms tab select the check box of an alarm and then tap that alarm 3 Under Set alarm use the scroll wheels to set the alarm time 4 Ifyou want
52. apture that perfect moment While waiting to take your next photo switch HTC Desire 500 to Sleep mode When you re ready to take more photos and videos just press POWER again to use the camera Use the controls on the Viewfinder screen to add effects zoom in or out and more Zooming Before taking a photo or video slide your finger on the zoom bar to zoom in or out Pinch or spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in or out When you re recording video the zoom bar is always onscreen You can freely zoom in or out while recording Switching between the front and main camera On the Viewfinder screen do any of the following Pull from the top or bottom edge in landscape view Pull from the left or right edge in portrait view Tap t and then tap the Front Main switch Some camera features are not available when you re using the front camera such as zooming 43 Camera and Gallery Choosing an effect Use the available camera effects to make your photos look like they ve been taken through special lenses or filters You can also apply certain effects to videos 1 Tap eal 2 Scroll through the available effects and tap one that you like Setting the video resolution 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap 2 Under Settings tao Video Quality and then choose a video resolution Choosing a flash mode Tap the flash icon to choose a flash mode When using Flash on or Auto flas
53. asks can be linked to a contact tap amp or to a location tap Q 4 Tap Save Managing tasks 1 Go to the list that contains the task 2 Inthe list of tasks you can Mark a task Tap the check box next to the task To view completed complete tasks tap gt View completed Sort tasks 1 Tap gt Sort 2 Select how you want to sort the tasks Edit a task 1 Tap the task that you want to edit and then tap Edit 2 Edit the task details and then tap Save Delete a task Press and hold the task that you want to delete and then tap Delete Postpone a task 1 Press and hold a task and then tap Postpone 2 Choose how long you want to postpone the task Move a task to You can only move the task to another list that is under the another list same account 1 Press and hold the task that you want to move and then tap Move to 2 Tap the task list where you want the task to appear 140 Google Play and other apps Managing task lists 1 In the Tasks app tap gt Manage lists 2 From here you can Show tasks To show all tasks under a list tap a task list Create alist Tap and then choose an account for the list Lists can t be created for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts Rename alist 1 Tap at the right of a list and then tap Rename 2 Enter anew name for the list and then tap OK Delete alist 1 Tap at the right of alist and then tap Delete 2 Tap OK XQ You c
54. ave on data usage connect to a Wi Fi network whenever possible and set your online accounts and emails to sync less frequently Connect to your mobile operator s partner networks and access data services when you re out of your mobile operator s coverage area Using data services while roaming may be costly Check with your mobile operator for data roaming rates before you use data roaming 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Mobile data and then select or clear the Data roaming option Select the Data roaming sound option if you d like HTC Desire 500 to play a sound so you ll know when it s connecting to a roaming network Monitor your data usage to help prevent going over your monthly data allowance Data usage measured by HTC Desire 500 may differ from and be less than your actual data usage 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Under Wireless amp networks tap More 3 Tap Usage 4 On the Mobile tab select Limit mobile data usage to automatically disable your data connection when you reach the set limit Then drag the upper LIMIT line to set your monthly data limit 5 Select Alert me about data usage and then drag the lower ALERT line to set an alert before you reach your monthly data limit 146 Internet connections 6 Tap Reset data usage and then set the day of the month when your usage cycle resets This date is usually the start of your m
55. b browser just go to the URL and enter the pair code to start your web setup You need an HTC Account to save your accounts and settings on the Web and download them to your phone If you already finished the HTC Get Started setup before turning on your new phone just download your web setup Choose to import content and then select Apply HTC Get Started setup If you have content from an old phone you can choose to do a direct phone to phone transfer To make it easier for you to back up and restore content from HTC Desire 500 to another HTC phone in the future select Back up phone daily XQ To find out more about HTC Get Started and HTC Account see the Helo and FAQ on the HTC Get Started site www htcsense com help f you transferred content such as wallpaper and ringtone from an old phone using HTC Get Started to personalize and download the same content types from the Web will change your settings on your new phone Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location based services and auto sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees To avoid incurring data fees disable these features under Settings P 15 Setting up your phone Transferring content from an Android phone On your old Android phone download the HTC Transfer Tool and use it to transfer your content to your new HTC phone The types of locally stored content on your old phone that the tool ca
56. box if you haven t done so Once your phone has finished backing up you ll see the last backup date and time under Backup history To manually start a backup tap Back up now under Backup history Depending on the amount of content doing a manual backup may incur additional data costs and take a long time Using a Wi Fi connection is recommended 102 Sync backup and reset Restoring your backup to your phone If you used HTC Backup before you can restore your backup after a factory reset or to anew HTC phone Depending on the amount of content restoring your backup to your phone may incur additional data costs and take a long time Using a Wi Fi connection is recommended 1 Turn on your phone choose to restore content and then select Restore from HTC Backup on the Set up phone screen 2 Sign in using your HTC Account or Facebook account depending on which one you used to back up your phone before 3 Signin to the same Dropbox account that you used to back up your phone and choose to allow HTC Backup to access Dropbox Your backup history will then be displayed 4 Select a backup and then tap Next 5 Wait for your settings to be restored 6 Tap OK to continue restoring your previously installed apps Your apps will restore in the background and will appear in the All apps view as they are installed The All apps and Home screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of your apps have been
57. box on the Messages screen tao V gt Secure If it is your first time to use the secure box set a password To remove messages or contacts from the secure box press and hold the contact or phone number and tap Move to general box Blocking unwanted messages Declutter your Messages screen by moving spam messages from contacts to the block box If you have blocked a contact that contact s messages will also be in the block box On the Messages screen press and hold a contact or phone number and tap Block contact To block multiple contacts tap gt Block contacts select the contacts and tap Move When the contact sends you messages you will not see them in the Messages screen or receive notifications and calls To read messages in the block box on the Messages screen tap W gt Block To remove messages or contacts from the block box press and hold the contact Cor phone number and tap Unblock To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts clear the Save block message option in the Messages settings 75 Messages WAP push messages WAP push messages contain a web link Often the link will be to download a file that you have requested from a service provider Open only links from sources that you trust When you receive a WAP push message a notification icon Ke is displayed in the status bar 1 Open the Notifications panel and then tap the push message noti
58. by adding the ttyl shortcut In your message or email just type ttyl and then tap the spacebar to enter the complete phrase 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary gt 4 Enter a word or phrase and then enter its text shortcut Be sure to remember this shortcut including the uppercase and lowercase letters you ve typed 5 Tap OK While you re entering text using the Standard keyboard layout tapping a suggested word that s not in the dictionary usually the first word shown in the suggestion list automatically stores it Editing or deleting words and phrases in the word prediction dictionary 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Personal dictionary To edit a word phrase or shortcut tap the item in the list To delete items from the dictionary tap gt Delete Select the words you want to remove and then tap Delete Instead of tapping the keys on the onscreen keyboard you can trace to type words You need to turn on the Trace keyboard in Settings gt Language amp keyboard gt HTC Sense Input 1 Slide your finger from one letter to the next to enter a word 2 Lift your finger when the word is completed The suggestion list will show possible matches 3 Youcan Tap the space bar to insert a highlighted word Tapa word from the suggestion list
59. capture mode tap Sweep panorama 3 When you re ready to take the shot tao R Directional arrows appear prompting you to pan left or right in landscape view or pan up or down in portrait view 4 Pan HTC Desire 500 as smoothly as you can to automatically capture frames You can also tap to stop capturing anytime The camera stitches the frames into a single photo 46 Camera and Gallery When shooting portraits against a bright background use the HDR High Dynamic Range scene to capture your subjects clearly HDR brings out the details of both the highlights and shadows even in high contrast lighting 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap S 2 To take an HDR photo under Photo capture mode tap HDR and then tap EJ 9 HDR is also available when you re using the front camera HDR works best when your subject is steady The camera takes multiple shots at different exposure levels and combines them into one enhanced photo Relive high speed action bit by bit and add a touch of suspense to your videos On the Viewfinder screen tap r Under Video capture mode tap Scene gt Slow motion video Frame your subject on the Viewfinder screen A WN Tap on to start recording Gallery Reminisce on good times Gallery lets you view all the photos and videos on HTC Desire 500 or online aloums You can view photos by event or location trim videos add photo frames and special effects and more 1 Open the Ga
60. cipients Tap E a Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message If there s a media attachment such as a photo or video in a received message tap it to view the content To save the attachment tap the multimedia message and then choose to save from the options menu If the attachment is a contact vCard tap it to view the contact information then tap Save to add to your contacts If the attachment is an appointment or event vCalendar tap it to choose the calendar where to save it and then tap Import If you are concerned about the size of your data downloads you can choose to check the size and subject first before you download a multimedia message On the Messages screen tap gt Settings gt Multimedia messages MMS Clear the Auto retrieve option 74 Messages Moving messages to the secure box You can move private messages to the secure box You will need to enter a password to read these messages The secure box does not encrypt messages Messages stored on your SIM card cannot be moved to the secure box 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap gt Move to secure box 3 Select the messages and then tap Move To move all the messages from a contact on the Messages screen press and hold the contact and tap Move to secure box To read messages in the secure
61. ctions like the mobile network or Wi Fi 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Power gt History 3 If you ve used HTC Desire 500 for a long time since the last charge swipe left or right to scale the graph that details battery usage over time You can also spread your fingers or pinch to scale the graph 39 Your first week with your new phone How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use HTC Desire 500 HTC Desire 500 power management helps to increase battery life In times when you need to extend the battery life more try out some of these tips Check your battery usage Monitoring your battery usage helps you identify what s using the most power so you can choose what to do about it For details see Checking battery usage on page 38 Manage your connections Turn off wireless connections you re not using To turn on or off connections such as mobile data Wi Fi or Bluetooth go to Settings and tap their On Off switches Turn GPS on only when a precise location is needed To prevent some apps from using GPS in the background keep the GPS satellites setting off Turn it on only when you need your precise location while using navigation or location based apps Go to Settings and tap Location to turn this setting on or off If the Sleep mode option in Settings gt Power is enabled at low peak times your phone will turn off the data connectio
62. cured wireless network you won t be asked to enter the key or other security information again 147 Internet connections You can prevent getting notified by unsecured Wi Fi networks 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap the Wi Fi On Off switch to turn Wi Fi on 3 Tap Wi Fi Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed 4 Press and hold an unsecured Wi Fi network you want stop being notified about and tap Block network notification 5 To unblock an unsecured Wi Fi network press and hold the network name and tap Unblock network notification If you re using a Wi Fi router with Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS you can connect HTC Desire 500 easily 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap the Wi Fi On Off switch to turn Wi Fi on 3 Tap Wi Fi 4 Tap gt WPS Push and then press the WPS button on your Wi Fi router XQ To use the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS PIN method tap gt WPS Pin Entry 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Wi Fi 3 You can Tap the wireless network that HTC Desire 500 is connected to and then tap Disconnect If you want to remove the settings for this network press and hold the network name and then tap Forget network 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Wi Fi Detected Wi Fi networks are displayed Y To manually scan for available Wi Fi networks tap gt Scan 3 Tap a Wi Fi netw
63. d to the mainline and then to the extension number After dialing the main number press and hold until the menu appears Tap Add W Enter the extension number after the w and then tap Call After connecting to the main line tap Send to dial the extension number You can save phone numbers with an extension in the People app 62 Phone calls Returning a missed call You ll see the missed call icon in the status bar when you miss a Call 1 Slide the Notifications panel open to check who the caller is 2 To return the call soread your two fingers on the missed call notification to expand it and then tap Call back If you have multiple missed calls tap the missed calls notification to open the Call History tab Using Speed dial Use Speed dial to call a phone number with a single tap For example if you assign a contact s number to the number 2 key you can just press and hold 2 to dial the number The number 1 key is generally reserved for your voicemail Press and hold this key to call voicemail and retrieve your voicemail messages 1 Open the Phone app 2 Tap gt Speed dial gt Y You can also press and hold an unassigned key on the diaload and then tap Yes Select a contact from the list 4 Onthe Speed dial screen choose the phone number of the contact to use anda speed dial key to assign 5 Tap Save Calling a phone number in a text message 1 Tap the phone n
64. dial 62 Calling a phone number in a text message 62 Calling a phone number in an email 63 Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 63 Making an emergency call 63 Receiving calls 63 What can do during a call 64 Setting up a conference call 65 Checking calls in the Call History 66 Changing ringtone settings 67 Home dialing 67 Messages Sending a text message SMS 69 Sending a multimedia message MMS 69 Sending a group message 71 Resuming a draft message 72 Replying to a message 72 Saving a text message in the Tasks app 73 Forwarding a message 73 Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 73 Moving messages to the secure box 74 Blocking unwanted messages 74 WAP push messages 75 Copying a text message to your SIM card 75 Deleting messages and conversations 75 Searching HTC Desire 500 and the Web 77 Getting instant information with Google Now 78 Browsing the Web 79 Bookmarking a webpage 81 Using your browsing history 82 Clearing your browsing history 83 Entertainment Music 84 Wireless display 87 4 Contents Storage Phone storage 90 Dropbox integration 92 Online sync 98 Backup 100 HTC Sync Manager 104 Reset 109 People Your contacts list 111 Setting up your profile 112 Adding a new contact 13 Editing a contact s information 114 Getting in touch with a contact 14 Importing or copying contacts 114 Merging contact information 115 Sending contact information 116 Contact groups 116 Email Gmail 18 M
65. e Wireless display Share what you re viewing on HTC Desire 500 onto a big screen TV If you have a home theater system that s DLNA compliant you can share your photos videos movies and music from HTC Desire 500 to your TV through your home Wi Fi network Don t have a DLNA setup at home Don t worry Just purchase the HTC Media Link HD and hook it up to your HDMI TV You can then wirelessly share what you re viewing or listening on HTC Desire 500 to your TV 88 Entertainment You can plug in HTC Media Link HD to any TV with HDMI port and use it to display content wirelessly to your TV XQ HTC Media Link HD is sold separately Easy to set up and use With just a three finger swipe connect HTC Desire 500 to HTC Media Link HD and share on the big screen Multitask with dual screen display HTC Media Link HD gives you dual screen display when you re a Viewing a video in Gallery Playing music in the HTC Music app While you re playing media on the big screen you can multitask and do other things such as take calls browse the Web or send email on HTC Desire 500 Turns your TV into a digital photo frame Use the TV screen saver feature to store up to 30 photos from HTC Desire 500 on HTC Media Link HD and display them as a slideshow on your TV To find out more about setting up HTC Media Link HD and using it with HTC Desire 500 refer to the HTC Media Link HD user guide ie If you ll be using a D
66. e accounts settings music files and other media After encryption you will need to enter the screen lock PIN or password to turn on your phone and access the data Set a lock screen PIN or password before encrypting your data Fully charge the battery and keep HTC Desire 500 connected to the power adapter during encryption The encryption process takes about an hour You cannot undo encryption If you want to return to an unencrypted phone you must perform a factory reset 1 Go to Settings and then tap Storage 2 Tap Phone storage encryption 3 Tap OK 4 Enter the lock screen PIN or password and tap Next 5 Tap OK Encryption starts and the progress is displayed The phone may restart a few times When the encryption process is complete enter your PIN or password Dropbox integration When you use Dropbox you ll have access to your photos videos and documents on HTC Desire 500 your computer and your other mobile devices where you have Dropbox access On HTC Desire 500 sign in to your Dropbox account so you can Enjoy an additional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years Access your photos and videos that are stored in Dropbox right from Gallery No more large attachments when sharing by email Simply send a link to your Dropbox files View and edit Office documents that are stored in Dropbox View PDFs that are stored in Dropbox Save documents such as from email attach
67. e if you want to interleave your new message with the received email But this removes any attachments or formatting in the original email message 4 Tap gt to send The Mail app is where you read send and organize email messages from one or more email accounts that you ve set up on HTC Desire 500 1 Open the Mail app The inbox of one of your email accounts appears 2 Do any of the following Tap an email message to read To switch between email accounts tap the bar that shows the current email account and then tap another account To display email messages in another mail folder tap z gt Folder and then tap the folder you want to view To view email messages from all your accounts tap the bar that shows the current email account and then tap All accounts All accounts Personal 1 Work Personal 2 RECENT FOLDERS All messages All draft items All outboxes Reminder Jason Holt invited you Facebook To change an email account s settings select the account and then tap gt Settings 120 Email Organizing your inbox Do you have a big pile of email messages in your inbox Organize your email messages into tabs and quickly find the messages you want 1 Switch to the email account that you want to use In the inbox tap gt Filters Select the tabs you want to add to the inbox and then tap Done A WN Swipe to the added tab to check your email messages
68. e setup and transfer a With our HTC Get Started service you can set up and personalize HTC Desire 500 from your computer and just download your settings to HTC Desire 500 See Setting up your new phone for the first time on page 14 Easily transfer your contacts messages music photos videos and more from an Android phone to HTC Desire 500 See Transferring content from an Android phone on page 15 By using HTC Sync Manager you can even migrate content from an iPhone See Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 105 Back up HTC Desire 500 to the cloud so it ll be a lot easier to restore your content to a new phone next time See Using HTC Backup on page 101 Live Home screen With HTC BlinkFeed personalize your Home screen with the information and updates that matter most to you See a variety of content such as feeds about news and your interests social network updates HTC Desire 500 tips and more The content is constantly refreshed when you re connected to the Internet See Checking feeds on your Home screen on page 30 New way to share memories Create highlight videos without editing or share your photos to friends and family on the fly N 21 Your first week with your new phone Show off the excitement of your event Video Highlights automatically selects the highlights of an event from your photos to create a half minute show with a musical theme See Viewing the highlights of an eve
69. eadset 54 received file location 155 receiving information 56 Browser bookmarks 87 history 82 83 incognito tab 83 Reading list or Watch list 87 syncing with Google Chrome 82 tabs 80 using 79 viewing desktop version 80 Burst mode 44 Calendar creating an event 154 dual time zone 733 meeting conflicts 734 meeting invitations 735 reminders 736 sending quick response 736 views 135 Call history 66 Camera basics 42 43 continuous shooting 44 effects 43 flash 43 front camera 42 HDR 46 recording a video 43 scenes 45 self portrait 45 slow motion 46 standby 42 sweep panorama 45 taking a photo 43 taking photo while recording 44 video resolution 43 zooming 42 Capture screen 29 Car about 727 handling calls 729 HTC Car Kit 127 Internet radio 728 165 Index navigation 729 playing music 28 Change phone language 58 Clock alarm 732 setting date and time 32 Conference call 65 Contacts adding 7 3 copying contacts 77 7 4 copying from SIM card 774 importing contacts 77 7 4 transferring contacts 7 7 7 4 Continuous shooting 44 Copying files files to computer phone storage or storage card 90 Copying text 34 Data connection access point names APN 744 data roaming 745 sharing 750 turning on or off 744 usage 44 Data transfer from Android phone 75 from iPhone and other phones 6 transferri
70. ed storybook readings and more How can allow my child to access an app in Kid Mode When in Kid Mode you can choose which apps on HTC Desire 500 your child will have access to 1 On the Zoodles main screen tap Parent Dashboard XQ You can also go to Parent Dashboard from Settings gt Security gt Kid Mode 2 Confirm your action with your child lock setting either by drawing the letter Z on the screen or by entering the child s birth year 3 Under Basic Features tap Apps You ll see a list of apps installed on HTC Desire 500 4 Tap the check option beside the app that you want your child to be able to use in Zoodles Want to receive or block incoming calls while in Kid Mode Under Basic Features tap Settings and then select or clear the Allow incoming calls check option Closing Kid Mode On the Zoodles main screen tap x and then confirm your action with your child lock setting either by drawing the letter Z on the screen or by entering the child s birth year 139 Google Play and other apps Productivity apps Use the Tasks app to organize and track to do and task lists Create tasks on your phone or sync them with your Google and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts You can also see your tasks in Calendar Creating a task 1 Open the Tasks app 2 To select the task account where you want to create the task tao V 3 Tap and then enter the task details Tasks created under My t
71. en and then tap If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth On Off switch to turn it on Tap Bluetooth The Bluetooth screen opens In the Paired devices section tap next to the device to unpair a eA WN Tap Unpair Where sent information is saved When you send information using Bluetooth the location where it s saved depends on the type of information and the receiving device If you send a calendar event or contact it is normally added directly to the corresponding application on the receiving device If you send another file type to a Windows computer it is normally saved in the Bluetooth Exchange folder within your personal document folders On Windows XP the path may be C Documents and Settings your username My Documents Bluetooth Exchange On Windows Vista the path may be C Users your username Documents On Windows 7 the path may be C Users your username Documents Bluetooth Exchange Folder On Windows 8 the path may be C Users your username Documents If you send a file to another device the saved location may depend on the file type For example if you send an image file to another mobile phone it may be saved ina folder named Images 156 Wireless sharing Receiving files using Bluetooth HTC Desire 500 lets you receive various files with Bluetooth including photos music tracks contact info calendar events
72. en tap it You can also add a bookmark directly to the Home screen While viewing a webpage tap gt gt Home screen 82 Search and web browser Not seeing your bookmark On the Bookmarks screen tap V and select All bookmarks HTC Desire 500 will display all your bookmarks including those which are synced with an online account Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome Create bookmarks from your computer s Google Chrome browser and sync them on HTC Desire 500 For more information about Google Chrome visit http support google com chrome F Using your Google Chrome desktop browser you need to sign in to your Google Account and set up Google Chrome sync Be sure that you are logged in to your Google Account every time you save Google Chrome bookmarks on your computer 4 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync Tap Google Tap your Google Account A WN Select the Internet option Using your browsing history HTC Desire 500 keeps a record of webpages you ve visited XQ If you don t want HTC Desire 500 to keep your browsing history browse using an incognito tab See Private browsing on page 83 1 While viewing a webpage tap i gt History 2 Swipe to the History or Most visited tab 3 Navigate to the webpage that you want to view and then tap it a 83 Search and web browser Clearing your browsing history 1 While viewing a webpage tap E gt Set
73. eos taken at a certain event You ll see a preview that displays the highlight video created from the event 4 Tap the preview to view the highlight video in full screen While viewing the show in full screen tap the screen to access the controls You can Tap Lay to change to another music theme Tap amp to shuffle the highlights Tap gt Select content to manually choose content to be included in the highlight video Tap gt Save to create a video file of the highlights The video will be saved in the Video Highlight folder 49 Camera and Gallery Showing or hiding albums Have too many albums cluttering up Gallery You can choose to show or hide albums 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap V gt Albums 3 Tap gt Show hide albums and choose which albums you d like to show or hide Copying or moving a photo or video to another album 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Go to the album that has the photo or video you want to copy or move 3 Press and hold the photo or video 4 Choose whether to move or copy the photo or video and then select the destination album Renaming an album If you have created albums to organize photos you can rename these albums 1 In the Gallery app s Albums view press and hold the album that you want to rename 2 Tap Rename Y Some albums like Camera shots and All photos cannot be renamed Working with event photos Photos and videos that you captured using HTC Des
74. ered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc Wi Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc Beats BeatsAudio and the b logo are trademarks of Beats Electronics LLC Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc DLNA and the DLNA disc logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digital Living Network Alliance All rights reserved Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited Apple iPhone iTunes iCal Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc FLICKR and the FLICKR Dots logo are the trademarks and or registered trademarks of Yahoo Inc Evernote is a trademark of Evernote Corporation and used under license Polaris Office is a trademark of Infraware Inc All other company product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners The HTC Sync Manager software can be used with materials that you own or are lawfully authorized to use and or duplicate Unauthorized use and or duplication of copyrighted material may be a violation of copyright law in the United States and or other countries regions Violation of U S and international copyright laws may subject you to significant civil and or criminal penalties HTC Corporation shall not be held responsible
75. ers press lt from the Notifications panel to keep them pending in the notifications area of the status bar Fun apps Use the YouTube app to check out what s popular on the online video sharing website 1 Open the YouTube app 2 Browse or search for a video 3 When you find the video that you like tap it 4 While watching a video you can Turn HTC Desire 500 sideways to watch the video in full screen Tap the video screen to pause or to resume playback or drag the slider to jump to a different part of the video Scroll down the video information panel to see the description related videos or comments from other viewers Want to watch the video at a later time instead Tap gt Add to gt Watch later You can access the video again from your account profile s Watch later list Tap the YouTube icon to return to the main screen 137 Google Play and other apps Preloading videos Set the YouTube app to preload videos so that you can watch them without interruptions Videos are preloaded when HTC Desire 500 is being charged and is connected to a Wi Fi network For more information about preloading videos refer to the YouTube help 1 In the YouTube app tap gt Settings gt Preloading 2 Select what type of videos to preload The videos are preloading when amp appears on Watch later screen or on the channel you subscribed to The icon changes to when the videos are read
76. esire 500 experience when you do a factory reset or you lose damage or buy another phone On HTC Desire 500 use HTC Backup to do a daily backup to the cloud so you can easily restore your content and settings next time HTC Backup uses your Dropbox storage to keep your content and settings It can back up and restore the following Home screen These include your categories and headlines in HTC BlinkFeed settings widgets and Home screen layout Accounts and HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email passwords and social network accounts including Exchange ActiveSync Microsoft Hotmail Flickr Linkedln Evernote and POP IMAP Apps and settings These include your web bookmarks personal dictionary Wi Fi networks apps you ve installed grid size and sort order in the All apps view and over 150 other settings Backing up HTC Desire 500 Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your phone over Wi Fi You can turn it on by selecting Back up phone daily while doing the on device setup or enable it in Settings 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Backup amp reset 3 Tap the Backup On Off switch 4 Choose HTC Account as your backup account and sign in to your account You can sign in with your HTC Account or Facebook account f you re already signed into your Google Account tap it to change your backup account to your HTC Account 5 Signin to Drop
77. etails and memory for storing phonebook contacts and or text messages Use a standard microSIM only Inserting a smaller size SIM such as nanoSIM with an adapter or a modified SIM may cause the card to not fit properly or damage the card slot 1 Take the back cover off 2 With the SIM card s gold contacts facing down and its cut off corner facing in insert the SIM card all the way into the SIM card slot ie Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 500 before removing your SIM card 1 Take the back cover off 2 Push the SIM card in to eject it from its slot and remove it 10 Unboxing Storage card Use a storage card to store your photos videos and music 1 Take the back cover off 2 Insert the microSD card into the storage card slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it into place When you need to remove the storage card while HTC Desire 500 is on unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the files in the storage card 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Storage gt Unmount SD card 1 Take the back cover off 2 Slide the storage card out from its slot 1 Unboxing Battery 1 Take the back cover off 2 With your thumb or finger lift the battery from the battery compartment Please use only original batteries that came in the box or replacements that we recommend 1 Take the back cover off 2 Insert the battery
78. ettings Use these settings when you ve downloaded and installed an accessibility tool such as a screen reader that provides voice feedback You can turn accessibility functions or services on or Off 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Accessibility and choose the settings you want Working with certificates Use client and Certificate Authority CA digital certificates to enable HTC Desire 500 to access VPN or secured Wi FI networks and also to provide authentication to online secure servers You can get a certificate from your system administrator or download it from sites that require authentication Some apps such as your browser or email client let you install certificates directly in the app See the app s help for details ta You must set a lock screen PIN or password before installing a digital certificate 1 Save the certificate file to the root folder of the storage card 2 Go to Settings and then tap Security 3 Tap Install from storage 4 Ifyou have more than one certificate in the root folder select the certificate you want to install 5 Enter a name for the certificate and tap OK Protecting your SIM card with a PIN Add another layer of security for HTC Desire 500 by assigning a PIN personal identification number to your SIM Make sure you have the default SIM PIN provided by your mobile operator before continuing 1 Go to Settings and then tap Secu
79. fication 2 Tap Visit website 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap gt Push messages XQ You can only see this option if you ve previously received WAP push messages Copying a text message to your SIM card 1 Onthe Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the message and then tap Copy to SIM A SIM card icon B is displayed Deleting messages and conversations On the Messages screen do any of the following Delete a Open the conversation thread with a contact tap the message message and then tap Delete message To delete multiple messages within a conversation tap gt Delete messages gt Delete by selection and then select the messages to delete Delete a Press and hold a contact or phone number and then tap Delete conversation To delete multiple conversations on the Messages screen tap 1 gt Delete threads and then select the conversations to delete Y In the Messages settings tap General gt Delete old messages to auto delete old messages 76 Messages How do I protect a message from being deleted You can lock a message so that it will not be deleted even if you delete the other messages in the conversation 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the message that you want to lock 3 Tap Lock message
80. for any damages or losses direct or indirect that you may incur as a result of using this software Screen images contained herein are simulated HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material The information is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice HTC also 163 Trademarks and copyrights reserves the right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or storing ina retrieval system or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of HTC 164 Index Accounts social network accounts 30 syncing 98 Airplane mode 57 Alarms setting 732 Android Market See Google Play Apps grouping into a folder 58 icons on Home screen 56 installing 730 137 non Google Play apps 751 on Home screen 56 restoring 7137 uninstalling 737 updating 79 Backup about 700 HTC Backup 707 media 94 104 notes 742 options 7 00 photos 07 restoring backed up apps 737 Battery charging 2 checking usage 38 installing 77 removing 7 saving battery power 39 Beats Audio profile 85 Bluetooth connecting a Bluetooth h
81. ger until you have reached the target position Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping except that you need to swipe your finger in light quicker strokes such as when moving right and left on the Home screen or flicking through a contacts or message list Press and flick On the Home screen you can easily move a widget or icon from one screen to another Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger and flick the screen to the new location with another finger 24 Your first week with your new phone Pinch and spread In some apps like Gallery Messages Mail or the web browser spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or text Pinch the screen to zoom out of the picture or text Two finger swipe In some apps that have sorting like Mail or People swipe up or down using two fingers to scroll the screen The screen displays the sorting order and you can easily scroll to the information you want a M g 25 Your first week with your new phone Three finger gesture Swipe up using three fingers to share content such as photos videos and music from HTC Desire 500 to your TV or speakers Y HTC gestures is enabled by default which makes the three finger gesture work only when sharing content or using HTC apps You need to hook up the HTC Media Link HD sold separately to your HDMI TV to share content Can t use
82. ges screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact 2 Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message 3 Tap E a When a contact has multiple phone numbers stored on HTC Desire 500 you can select which phone number to reply to lt Charles Collins ACTIONS t Mobile i x Email INFORMATION Group OPTIONS Ringtone Default Keep in mind that your response will be sent to the phone number of the latest message you ve received from this contact 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact Tao W gt Open contact On the Details tab tap next to the phone number you want to reply to Tap the box that says Add text then enter your reply message Tap E a eA WN a 73 Messages Saving a text message in the Tasks app Save a text message in your Tasks list so you can remind yourself when to reply 1 On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to display the exchange of messages with that contact Tap the message you want to save and then tap Save as task Enter other details or change the task title Tap Save Forwarding a message On the Messages screen tap a contact or phone number to view the exchange of messages with that contact Tap a message and then tap Forward In the To field fill in one or more re
83. h mode the camera intelligently sets the best flash brightness for your photo 1 Open the Camera app 2 Just point the camera at what you want to capture The camera adjusts the focus automatically as you move it 3 When you re ready to take the photo tap Ke You can also tap anywhere on the screen to take a photo if you turned on Touch to capture in gt Shutter option 1 Open the Camera app 2 When you re ready to start recording tap oF 3 While recording you can Freely zoom in or out Change focus to a different subject or area by just tapping it on the Viewfinder screen Tap the flash icon to turn the flash on or off 4 To stop recording tap 3 44 Camera and Gallery Taking a photo while recording a video VideoPic ie Make sure that you re in Normal scene to use this feature While you re recording video using the main camera tap IM to capture a still shot of your subject Turning off auto focus i You can only turn off auto focus before you start recording with the main camera 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap oe 2 Under Settings tap Lock focus in video Taking continuous camera shots Do you want to take photos of moving subjects Whether it s your kid s football game or a car race you can capture the action ie Make sure that you re in Normal scene to use this feature 1 On the Viewfinder screen just press and hold IJ The camera takes up to 20 consecut
84. he webpage is in fullscreen mode flick the screen down to show the URL box and other options 3 Enter the webpage address or your search keywords 4 On the webpage you can Tapa link to open it or press and hold a link to see more options Tapan email address to send a message to the email address Press and hold an image to save copy or set it as your wallpaper 5 To return to the previous webpage you ve viewed tap and then tap lt or gt 80 Search and web browser Want to read a Web article without distractions Read mode removes menus banners and backgrounds from a webpage XQ Read mode may not be available on certain webpages While viewing a webpage tap HH before the URL address The browser remains in Read mode even when you browse other pages on the same website AN To turn Read mode off tap 2 To hide the status bar when browsing tap r gt Settings gt General and then select Fullscreen While browsing a webpage tap 1 gt Desktop View to display the full desktop version of the webpage Using browser tabs Open multiple browser tabs and quickly switch from one webpage to another Open the Internet app To add a browser tab tap m gt Repeat the same to open new browser tabs To switch among browser tabs tap and swipe to the webpage you want to view Tap the browser tab to display the webpage in full screen m_htc com www support htc sync man
85. ial damage to your hearing do not hold HTC Desire 500 to your ear when the speakerphone is on Do one of the following Flip HTC Desire 500 over during a call be sure that Flip for speaker is selected in Sound settings On the call screen tap The speakerphone icon appears in the status bar when the speakerphone is on To turn the speakerphone off just flio HTC Desire 500 over again facing it up Or tap 1 again On the call screen tap w to toggle between turning the microphone on or off When the microphone is turned off the mute icon appears in the status bar Do one of the following to end the call On the call screen tap End Call Slide the Notifications panel open then tap a If the phone number of the person who called is not in your contacts list you can choose to save the number to your contacts list after you hang up Setting up a conference call Conference calling with your friends family or co workers is easy Make the first call Cor accept a call and then simply dial each subsequent call to add it to the conference Make sure your SIM card is enabled with conference calling service Contact your mobile operator for details 1 Make a call to the first conference call participant 2 When connected tap gt Add call and then dial the number of the second participant The first participant is put on hold When connected to the second participant tao
86. ields provided 5 Tap Save When you tap the added contact on your contacts list you ll see the contact information and your exchange of messages and calls Depending on the information that you ve added to the contact such as an email address you ll also be able to see the contact s social network updates events and photos How do I add an extension number to a contact number While creating a new contact in People you can add an extension number to their number so you can skip the voice prompts when calling 1 After entering the number of the main line do one of the following Tap P to insert a pause before the extension number is dialed automatically To make the pause longer tap P again Tap WC to be prompted to confirm the extension number 2 Enter the extension number 114 People Editing a contact s information ie Social network contacts cannot be edited 1 On the People tab press and hold the contact and then tap Edit contact 2 Enter the new information 3 Tap Save Getting in touch with a contact 1 Open the People app 2 Tap acontact s photo not the name and then choose how you want to get in touch with that contact Jasmine Brooks m W Mobile 44 900911 ad Work 441 9601 4E a For more ways of getting in touch with your contact tap an icon below the contact photo Importing or copying contacts 1 On the People tab ta
87. il messages Sorting email messages Customize how you sort your email messages In an email account inbox tap gt Sort and select from the sorting options To quickly scroll through the message list based on the sorting option you ve selected press and hold two fingers on any email message and then drag upward or downward af Moving email messages to another folder 1 Switch to the email account you want to use 2 Select the email messages you want to move XQ To select all select one email message first and then tap gt Select all 3 Tap Move to and then select a folder Deleting email messages 1 Switch to the email account you want to use 2 Select the email messages you want to delete XQ To select all select one email message first and then tap gt Select all 3 Tap Delete 1 Tap Q 2 If you want to refine or filter your search tap check the search options and then tap OK For example you can focus the search on a part of an email or filter email messages that have attachments or tagged as high priority 3 Inthe search box enter the words you want to search for 4 Tap a result to open the email message Searching for emails from a contact Do you remember the sender but can t find a particular email from him or her 1 Switch to the email account you want to use 2 Press and hold an email message from a contact 3 Tap Search the mail from the sender A l
88. ilable on your phone will be synced When you sync bookmarks for the first time a favorites folder named HTC bookmarks will be created on your computer s web browser This folder contains the bookmarks from your phone If you have bookmarks on your computer that you want to sync with your phone make sure to save them in the HTC bookmarks folder If there are conflicting bookmarks on your phone and your computer HTC Sync Manager always keeps the bookmarks from your computer Set HTC Sync Manager to import all music photos and videos from your phone to your computer 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 If your HTC phone has both phone storage and a storage card click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then choose which one you want to import from 108 Sync backup and reset 3 Do any of the following To copy music from your phone to your computer click Music gt SETTINGS and then select Copy all music from phone To copy photos and videos from your phone to your computer click Gallery gt SETTINGS and then select Automatically import photos and videos from phone Select Delete photos and videos from phone after importing if you want to remove the photos and videos from your phone after the transfer 4 Click Apply Windows only 5 Click QJ if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your media and other items such as documents and data next time click More gt SYNC
89. installed You may continue using your phone while apps are being restored Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage You can easily restore backed up text messages after you ve deleted them from your message list 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap gt Back up Restore SMS gt Back up gt Back up SMS 3 Enter a name for your backup file and then tap OK Restoring text messages You can only restore text messages that were exported using the Back up SMS feature 1 Open the Messages app 2 Tap gt Back up Restore SMS gt Restore 3 Choose how you want to restore the messages and tap Next 103 Sync backup and reset 4 Tap the backup file to import 5 Tap OK Backing up text messages by email ie You need to set up your email account in the Mail app 1 On the Messages screen tap gt Back up Restore SMS 2 Tap Back up gt Back up SMS via mail The backup file is attached to an email Enter your email address 4 Compose your email message and then send it To restore your text messages to HTC Desire 500 open the email message with the backup file attachment from the Mail app Tap the attachment to download it first and then tap it again to open the backup file to import 1 On the People tab tap gt Manage contacts gt Import Export contacts 2 Tap Export to SD card 3 Select an account or type of contacts to export and then tap O
90. ional 23GB of free Dropbox storage for two years set up your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 500 and complete the getting started guide on the Dropbox website 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap gt Dropbox 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create or sign in to your account 4 Using your computer s web browser go to the Dropbox website www dropbox com log in to your account and complete the getting started guide 9 You can also open the Dropbox app to set up your account 94 Storage Use Gallery to upload your photos and videos to Dropbox You can then share the link to your Dropbox so that your friends can see your photos and videos Uploading your photos and videos to Dropbox from Gallery 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap the album that contains the photos or videos you want to share 3 Tap Share gt Dropbox 4 Select the photos or videos you want to upload and then tap Next 5 Create or choose a folder in Dropbox and then tap Upload To view your uploads right from Gallery put them under the Photos folder in your Dropbox Or under Photos create a folder and upload them to this folder Auto uploading camera shots Your new camera shots will be uploaded automatically if you turned on the Camera Upload feature when you set up your Dropbox account on HTC Desire 500 If you didn t turn it on before you can enable it in the Dropbox settings 1 Open the Dropbox app 2 Tap
91. ire 500 are grouped together in Events view according to the time and location they were taken You can combine photos from two events You can also move photos from an event into a new or existing event 1 In the Gallery app s Events view press and hold the event that you want to split or combine 2 Do one of the following Tap Merge to and then select another event to combine the two events Tap Split to and then select the pictures or videos in the event you want to split to another event Tap Split and then tap an existing event as the destination or tap J to create a new event as the destination F 50 Camera and Gallery Right in the Gallery app check what you and your friends have uploaded to your social networks or photo sharing sites Log on to your accounts and add them in Gallery before you start viewing online photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap V gt Friends 3 Tap a social network account or photo sharing site In social networks to comment on a photo press and hold a photo thumbnail and then tap Add comment Adding an online service 1 In the Gallery app s Albums view tap gt Add online service 2 Tap the social network or photo sharing service that you want to add To remove a network or photo sharing service on the Add online service screen tap the service name and then tap gt Remove Make your pictures even better Gallery has an array of editing tools that let you
92. ist of email messages from that contact appears Enjoy the powerful email features of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right on HTC Desire 500 Flag important email messages set your out of the office reply or send invites to your next team meeting while you re on the go Flagging an email 1 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account 2 While viewing the inbox tap the flag icon that appears beside an email message or conversation To flag an email message inside a conversation tap to expand the conversation and then tap the flag icon of the email message Setting your Out of the office status 1 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account Tap 1 gt Out of the office Tap your current office status and then select Out of the office Set the dates and times Enter the auto reply message D a R WN If you want a different auto reply message for recipients outside your organization tap the Send replies to external senders option and then enter the auto reply message in the box 7 Tap Save 123 Email Sending a meeting request 1 Switch to your Exchange ActiveSync account 2 Tap gt New meeting invitation 3 Enter the meeting details 4 Tap Save Or tap Send if you ve invited people to the meeting Set up additional email accounts such as another Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account or an account from a Web based email service or email provider le If you re adding a
93. ist photos Pick a song from your Music library and set it as your ringtone or as ringtone fora favorite contact 1 Open the Music app 2 Play the song that you want to set as a ringtone 3 Tap gt Set as ringtone 4 Tap Phone ringtone or Contact ringtone If you select Contact ringtone choose the contacts you want to associate the ringtone with 87 Entertainment Trimming an MP3 ringtone Use the Music app s ringtone trimmer if you want to set only a part of the song as ringtone 1 When you find the song that you want tap gt Set as ringtone gt Trim the ringtone 2 Drag the trim sliders aP to the part where you want the ringtone to begin and end For a more precise trimming tap the left or right arrow buttons Time markers indicate where you are on the song 3 When you re done trimming tap Set as 4 Choose whether to set your trimmed song as your Phone ringtone or Contact ringtone You can see your new ringtone in the phone settings Slide the Notifications panel amp open and then tap gt Sound gt Ringtone Looking up related music info SoundHound can find info about the song you re listening to While a song is playing tap gt Get info You can look up the lyrics learn about the artist s tour dates and more Finding music videos on YouTube It s easy to find music videos of the song you re listening to on YouTube On the Now playing screen tap gt Search gt YouTub
94. ist to listen to it Right from HTC Car enjoy listening to Internet radio stations with Tuneln 1 In HTC Car tap Internet Radio 2 Do one of the following Browse for available stations by category Tap Q to enter and search for stations by keyword such as artist name or topic 3 Tap a station to start listening to it To ensure smooth playback Tuneln preloads audio data buffering on HTC Desire 500 before playing your selected station To set the amount of audio to preload tap and choose a buffer time HTC Car helps you to find your way to where you want to go Easily find nearby restaurants and more on your weekends HTC Car gives you the information you need so you won t get lost Exploring what s around you Feeling adventurous With just a few taps you can find interesting places around you quickly 1 In HTC Car tap Navigation 2 Do one of the following Tap a category Tap Q to enter your own search keywords 129 Travel and maps Finding places in HTC Car 1 In HTC Car tap Navigation 2 Do one of the following Search for a new place 1 Tap Q 2 Type what you are looking for and tap Look up a previously searched Tap Previous place Get directions for an upcoming 1 Tap Appointments event in Calendar 2 Tap an upcoming appointment from the list 3 Tap an item to see the place on the map 4 Tap Start to get the directions Just because you re driving doesn t
95. ive shots of your subject 2 After taking the shots do any of the following To keep just one photo select the photo that you like the most and then tap Best shot To save the photos as a batch press 45 Camera and Gallery A scene is a collection of settings to suit the lighting and environment Use Normal and let the camera automatically determine optimal settings or choose from a wide selection of scenes before you start taking photos a Try the Anti shake mode to help lessen shakes and blurs in your photos If you d like your family or friends to look their best in your photos make sure to use the portrait scene It smoothens the skin in your shots 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap 2 Under Photo capture mode tap W next to Scene and then tap Portrait 3 When you re ready to take the photo tao amp No one around to take your photo 1 Switch to the front camera by pulling the Viewfinder screen s top or bottom edge in landscape view In portrait view you can pull from the left or right edge to switch to the front i camera 2 Tap anywhere on the screen to start the timer The camera takes a photo after the countdown Whether it s the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower you can capture anything wide or tall in a single photo is Some camera features are not available when you re in this mode such as zooming 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap 2 Under Photo
96. k the Get Started button 4 If you haven t used iTunes to back up your iPhone content to your computer please do so before proceeding 5 Click Next Select your iPhone backup file and then click OK 7 Select the types of content you want to transfer to your HTC phone You can choose whether to replace the content on your HTC phone with the iPhone content 8 Click Start 106 Sync backup and reset Easily copy music photos videos entire albums or playlists from your computer to your phone 1 Connect your phone to your computer Media that have already been copied to your phone will have the g icon on their thumbnails 2 Click an item to select it Or to select several media for transfer do one of the following Select several On Windows Hold down the CTRL key and then click items each item On Mac Hold down the COMMAND key and then click each item Select all items On Windows Press CTRL A On Mac Press COMMAND A Select consecutive Hold down the SHIFT key and then click the first and last items items Or drag your mouse over the range of items you want to select 3 Click one of these icons 0 Copy the selected media to your phone 0 Remove the selected media from your phone Set up HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts calendar events and web bookmarks between your phone and your Windows or Mac computer You can sync your phone with the following applications on your c
97. l tap the available icons to return the call or reply with a text message Tap the notification icon on the left to open the corresponding app To dismiss just one notification in the list drag it left or right 3 To close the Notifications panel slide up from the bottom bar of the panel or press lt You can also tap X to dismiss all notifications and close the Notifications panel 34 Your first week with your new phone Working with text In apps such as the web browser and Mail you can select and copy text and then paste or share it 1 Press and hold on a word 2 Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to select HTC Sync Manager ontacts calendar You can use the magnifier to zoom in while selecting your text To turn on the magnifier go to Settings gt Accessibility and then select the Show magnifier option You ll see the magnifier when you press and hold one of the text selection anchors a 3 After you have selected the text you want to copy tap Copy The selected text is then copied to the clipboard 4 Ina text entry field for example while composing an email press and hold at the point where you want to paste the text 5 Tap Paste To copy the address of a linked webpage press and hold the link and then tap Copy link URL Sharing text 1 After you have selected the text you want to share tap Share 2 Choose where
98. ld phone turn Bluetooth on and set it to discoverable mode Follow the onscreen instructions on your old and new phones to pair them and start the data transfer 17 Setting up your phone Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 500 Aside from the HTC Transfer Tool there are other ways you can add contacts and other content to HTC Desire 500 Sync with your Use HTC Sync Manager to sync contacts documents playlists computer and more between HTC Desire 500 and your computer running a Windows or Mac OS operating system You can also use it to transfer contacts messages and other content from an iPhone to your computer and then to your HTC Desire 500 Gmail Google contacts are imported to HTC Desire 500 after you sign in to your Google Account You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC Desire 500 Social network Log in to your favorite social networks to sync contact accounts information from them Microsoft HTC Desire 500 syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace ActiveSync Phone contacts You can create contacts locally on HTC Desire 500 if you don t prefer to store them on your online accounts SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Desire 500 Transferring photos videos and music between your phone and computer There are two ways you can transfer your media from or to your computer Connect HTC Desire 500 to your
99. le you can choose to import one several or all of those contacts to your contacts list 157 Settings and security Settings and security Turning Airplane mode on or off When you enable Airplane Flight mode all wireless radios on HTC Desire 500 are turned off including the call function data services Bluetooth and Wi Fi When you disable Airplane mode the call function is turned back on and the previous state of Bluetooth and Wi Fi is restored You can manually turn Bluetooth and Wi Fi back on after enabling Airplane mode f USB tethering is turned on enabling Airplane mode turns it off You need to manually turn USB tethering on after you disable Airplane mode Do any of the following to turn Airplane mode on or off Press and hold POWER and then tap Airplane mode Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Tap the Airplane mode On Off switch to turn it on or off When enabled the Airplane mode icon is displayed in the status bar Turning automatic screen rotation off XQ Automatic rotation is not supported in all applications 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 3 Clear the Auto rotate screen option Screen not rotating Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to the way you hold HTC Desire 500 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then t
100. ll 2 Tap Home dialing settings 3 Select a country and then tap OK 68 Phone calls If you prefer to manually enter complete phone numbers to call while roaming you can turn off Home dialing 1 Go to Settings and then tap Call 2 Under Other settings clear the Home dialing option 69 Messages Messages Sending a text message SMS A WN 5 Open the Messages app Tap Enter a contact name or mobile number in the To field Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message 4m To Natasha White Are you back from your trip Let s 43 160 meet up 8 Tap E a or press to save the message as a draft Y There is a limit on the number of characters for a single text message displayed above mA If you exceed the limit your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message Your text message automatically becomes a multimedia message if you enter an email address as the recipient add a message subject attach an item or compose a very long message Sending a multimedia message MMS NOU KR WN Open the Messages app Tap Enter a contact name mobile number or email address in the To field To add a subject line tap gt Add subject Tap the box that says Add text and then enter your message Tap 2 and then choose an attachment type Select or browse for the item to attach 70 Messages
101. llery app You ll see tiles of photos arranged by event The view is refreshed every time new photos or videos are shot or new images are added To browse photos by album or location or see your friends photos on social networks tao Wand choose how you want to view photos 2 Browse to an album or a group of photos 3 Tap a photo or video to view it in full screen 47 Camera and Gallery Viewing photos and videos by event View photos and videos based on when and where they were taken 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap V gt Events Photos and videos that you captured using HTC Desire 500 are grouped by time and location 3 Tap a tile to view all the photos and videos taken during a specific event Viewing photos by location Using the Map view you can view photos according to location ie Only photos with geo tag info appear on the map 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tao V gt Locations 3 Zoom out or pan across the map until a numerical location indicator appears The number in the location indicator shows how many photos were taken in that area 4 Tap the location indicator The photos taken in the same area are displayed Want to know where you took a particular photo While viewing the photo in full screen tao anywhere on the screen and then tap gt Show on map Show on map is available when you ve enabled Geo tag photos in Camera Watching and trimming a video You can capture a snap
102. lock contact You can always remove a caller from your blocked list On the Call History tab tap gt Blocked contacts Press and hold a contact and then tap Unblock contacts 67 Phone calls Changing ringtone settings Do one of the following To change from silent to normal mode press the VOLUME UP button To change from vibrate to normal mode press the VOLUME UP button twice Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap gt Sound gt Sound profile HTC Desire 500 has a quiet ring feature that automatically lowers the ring volume when you move it 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Sound 3 Select the Quiet ring on pickup option To help avoid missing incoming calls when HTC Desire 500 is in your pocket or bag the pocket mode feature gradually increases the ring volume and vibrates when you receive a call 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap Sound 3 Select the Pocket mode option Home dialing When you re on a trip abroad it s easy to dial friends and family from home Your home country code is automatically added when you call your contacts while roaming But when manually entering a phone number to call you need to enter a plus sign and country code before the number Using a roaming service may incur additional charges Check with your mobile operator for rates before using a roaming service 1 Go to Settings and then tap Ca
103. lternative way to do a particular step or procedure or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a feature to work properly A This provides safety precaution information that is information that you need to be careful about to prevent potential problems 7 Unboxing Unboxing HTC Desire 500 00 BACK USB connector HOME VOLUME Front camera Earpiece 3 5mm headset jack POWER o NaN FF WN Proximity sensor Notification LED Li a oo l O O 98 k If you want to use a screen protector please don t cover and block the proximity sensor You can purchase the dedicated screen protector for HTC Desire 500 that already has a small opening for the sensor 8 Unboxing Back cover 1 Securely hold HTC Desire 500 with the front facing down 2 Press your thumb on the center of the back cover with one hand and then lift the cover open from the bottom right corner with your other hand 1 Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 500 2 Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC Desire 500 to lock the cover into place You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place 9 Unboxing microSIM card HTC Desire 500 uses a microSIM card The microSIM card contains your phone number service d
104. mean you have to be isolated from the rest of the world With HTC Car you can take calls make calls and get notifications Handling incoming calls in HTC Car When you receive an incoming call you can easily answer or decline Tap Answer or Decline Making phone calls in HTC Car Tap Dialer to open the diaload Tap People and then browse a category or search by entering a name To change the default behavior of HTC Car tap Settings To add more apps to HTC Car tap and select an app 130 Google Play and other apps Google Play and other apps Getting apps Google Play is the place to go to find new apps for HTC Desire 500 Choose from a wide variety of free and paid apps ranging from productivity apps entertainment to games XQ A Google Wallet payment service is required to purchase a paid app You will be asked to confirm method of payment when you purchase an app The name of the Play Store app may differ depending on your region The ability to purchase apps varies by region Finding and installing an app When you install apps and use them on HTC Desire 500 they may require access to your personal information or access to certain functions or settings Download and install only apps that you trust Be cautious when downloading apps that have access to functions or a significant amount of your data on HTC Desire 500 You re responsible for the results of using downloaded apps 1 Open
105. ments directly to Dropbox Check your remaining Dropbox storage space anytime XQ If the Dropbox app is not preloaded you can download and install it from Google Play 93 Storage About the additional free Dropbox storage offer The additional 25GB Dropbox storage is a special offer that s available on HTC phones using Android with HTC Sense 4 0 or later and have Dropbox preloaded This offer is available to both new and current Dropbox users E Additional terms and requirements may apply including a subscription fee after your two year trial ends On HTC phones that don t have Dropbox preloaded you can download it from Google Play and still enjoy Dropbox integration with apps such as Gallery and Mail To get the additional 23GB of Dropbox storage free for two years please sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 500 and not from your computer or other non HTC devices and complete the getting started guide on the Dropbox website www dropbox com gs If you don t have a Dropbox account yet you can create a new account from HTC Desire 500 or from your computer at www dropbox com This additional free storage is a one time offer only You re eligible to use this offer only on one HTC device Please visit the Dropbox website htto www dropbox com help 249 for full terms and conditions Dropbox is a third party app and is not provided by or associated with HTC Corporation To get your addit
106. multi finger gestures in your apps That s because HTC gestures is enabled by default This makes the three finger gesture exclusive for sharing content or for use with HTC apps You won t be able to use multi finger gestures gestures that use three fingers or more for other purposes To use multi finger gestures in games or musical instrument apps clear the HTC gestures option in Settings gt Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons 26 Your first week with your new phone Use motion gestures to mute HTC Desire 500 turn on the speakerphone and more Flip to silence flip for soeakerphone 1 When a call comes in you can turn HTC Desire 500 over to mute it My While in a call turn HTC Desire 500 over to turn the speakerphone on for hands free ou conversations or for conference calling Fis In a business meeting or restaurant pick HTC Desire 500 up when a call comes in to lower the ringtone volume 27 Your first week with your new phone Set volume to automatically rise while in your pocket or bag On a noisy street and can t hear HTC Desire 500 ringing in your bag You can set HTC Desire 500 to recognize when it s in your bag or pocket and raise the ringtone volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments Rotate HTC Desire 500 for a better view For many screens you can automatically change the screen eet orientation from portrait to 7 Sej landscape by turni
107. n Maps tap d gt Latitude 127 Travel and maps Do you frequently visit a specific area or place Download an offline map so you can quickly access that map and save on bandwidth too ie Offline maps may not be available in all countries or regions 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap gt Make available offline 3 Move the portion of the map you want to download within the cropping square To reduce the size of the map zoom in to get only the portion of the map you need 4 Tap Done 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap 4 gt My Places 3 Swipe right to view the offline maps list 4 Tap the map you want to view HTC Car On the road with HTC Car Now when you drive you can easily use HTC Desire 500 to reach your destination keep you entertained and help you stay in touch with the people that matter to you Access music phone calls maps and more with HTC Car 1 HTC Car instantly launches when you mount HTC Desire 500 in HTC Car Kit 2 Swipe up or down to see what you can do in HTC Car Q When using HTC Car return to the main screen from any other screen by pressing When you remove HTC Desire 500 from HTC Car Kit HTC Car will automatically exit You can also manually close HTC Car by pressing from the main screen 128 Travel and maps 1 In HTC Car tap Music 2 Do one of the following Tap V to browse by category Tap Q to search your collection 3 Tap an album song or playl
108. n after the screen has been off for 15 minutes and there s no network activity no downloads streaming or data usage The data connection resumes when you switch the screen back on Manage your display Lowering the brightness letting the display sleep when not in use and keeping it simple helps save battery power Use automatic brightness the default or manually lower the brightness Set the screen timeout to a shorter time Don t use a live wallpaper for your Home screen Animation effects are nice to show off to other people but they drain your battery Changing your wallpaper to a plain black background can also help a little The less color is displayed the less battery is used Set the web browser to auto dim the screen while webpages load Open the Internet app and then tap gt Settings gt Accessibility gt Dim screen during page loading For more details see Settings and security on page 157 and Personalizing on page 54 40 Your first week with your new phone Manage your apps Install the latest software and application updates Updates sometimes include battery performance improvements Uninstall or disable apps that you never use Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even when you re not using them If there are apps that you don t need anymore uninstall them f an app came preloaded and can t be uninstalled disabling the app can still prevent it f
109. n the lock screen drag an app or folder icon up to unlock the screen and directly go to the app or folder The shortcuts on the lock screen are the same ones on your Home screen s launch bar To change the lock screen shortcuts replace the apps or folders on the launch bar When there s a notification or info shown on the lock screen such as a missed call or new message you can drag it up to directly go to its app If you ve set up a screen lock you ll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC Desire 500 opens the app or folder 29 Your first week with your new phone When you re multitasking and using different apps on HTC Desire 500 you can easily switch between the apps you ve recently opened Double tap to see recently opened apps To switch back to an app just tap it 5 To remove an app from the list drag it up ee gt FM Radio In some apps you can easily refresh content that s synced or downloaded from the Web with a simple finger gesture 1 While viewing content such as weather stocks or Mail inbox scroll to the top of the screen 2 Pull down with your finger and then release to refresh Want to show off your high game score write a blog post about HTC Desire 500 features or post a status update about a song you re playing It s easy to take a picture of the screen and share it from Gallery Press and hold POWER and then press Q The screen is saved in the
110. n transfer include contacts messages calendar events web bookmarks music photos and videos Some settings can also be transferred You need Android version 2 3 or later to use the HTC Transfer Tool on your old phone f your old phone has Android version 2 2 or an earlier version you need to use Bluetooth transfer For details see Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth on page 16 1 Do one of the following If you re setting up your new HTC phone for the first time choose to transfer content and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen Go to Settings and then tap Transfer content 2 Choose whether to transfer from an old HTC Android phone or other Android phone Tap Full transfer 4 Follow the steps shown on your new phone to download the HTC Transfer Tool from Google Play to your old phone install it and open the tool 5 When you see a PIN on your old phone make sure the same PIN also appears on your new phone before you continue Transfer content Confirm connection 1162 1 Confirm that the old phone displays the above PIN Waiting for connection If the PIN code doesn t appear this may mean that your old phone is unable to connect to your new phone If this happens tap Unable to establish a connection on your new phone to use Bluetooth for transferring contacts from your old phone 16 Setting up your phone 6 On you
111. nc automatically whenever the phone connects To find out more about using HTC Sync Manager download the user guide PDF from the HTC support site www htc com support Or open the Help that comes with the software On Windows click in HTC Sync Manager and then click Help If HTC Desire 500 is running slower than normal is unresponsive or has an app that is not performing properly try rebooting and see if that helps solve the problem 1 If the display is off press the POWER button to turn it back on If your screen is protected with a lock screen you need to unlock it 2 Press and hold the POWER button and then tap Restart 3 When asked to confirm tap Restart If these steps don t work you can remove and reinstall the battery and then turn HTC Desire 500 on to restart it Resetting HTC Desire 500 Hard reset If HTC Desire 500 has a persistent problem that cannot be solved you can perform a factory reset also called a hard reset or master reset A factory reset reverts the phone back to its initial state the state before you turned on the phone for the first time The following will be removed from the phone when you do a factory reset Your Google Account All accounts you ve added in Settings gt Accounts amp sync and the data associated with these accounts Personal data that you ve created or synced to the phone such as your profile contacts messages email calendar events
112. ng SA HTC Desire 500 sideways When entering text you can turn HTC Desire 500 sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 500 into a low power state while the display is off It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Desire 500 is in your bag Switching to Sleep mode Briefly press the POWER button to turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode HTC Desire 500 also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it s left idle for a while You can change the time before HTC Desire 500 sleeps in the Display gestures amp buttons or Display amp buttons settings Waking up from Sleep mode To wake HTC Desire 500 up manually press the POWER button If your screen is protected with a lock screen you need to unlock it Y HTC Desire 500 automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call 28 Your first week with your new phone You can Drag the lock icon or clock up Swipe up from an empty space on the lock screen If you ve set up a screen lock you ll be asked to provide your credentials before HTC Desire 500 unlocks If you ve set an event reminder or an alarm you can snooze or dismiss the event or alarm right from the lock screen Just drag or up Tap an app on the launch bar at the bottom of the Home screen To see more apps tap 111 Then tap the app you want to use Opening an app or folder from the lock screen O
113. ng HTC Desire 500 into a wireless router XQ Make sure the data connection is turned on You must have an approved data plan associated with your account from your mobile service provider to use this service Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap Mobile network sharing gt Portable Wi Fi hotspot settings Enter a router name or use the default router name a KR WN Choose the type of security and set the password key for your wireless router If you selected None in Security you don t need to enter a password The password is the key other people need to enter on their device so they can connect and use HTC Desire 500 as a wireless router 6 Select the Portable Wi Fi hotspot option to turn on the wireless router HTC Desire 500 is ready to be used as a wireless router when you see on the status bar To help minimize security risks use the default security settings and set a secure and unique password Sharing your phone s Internet connection by USB tethering No Internet connection available for your computer No problem Use the data connection of HTC Desire 500 to connect to the Internet F To make sure that the USB drivers for HTC Desire 500 are up to date install the latest version of HTC Sync Manager on your computer Make sure a SIM card with a data plan is inserted in HTC Desire 500 You may need to have U
114. ng contacts 7 transferring media O7 Display G sensor 757 changing the time before the screen turns off 758 recalibrating G sensor 757 screen brightness 758 screen rotation 157 Sleep mode 27 DLNA 88 Driving See Car Dropbox about 92 auto upload camera shots 94 sending links 95 setting up 93 storage space 97 unlinking device 97 uploading 94 95 Email See Mail Exchange ActiveSync flagging an email 122 meeting request 723 Out of office 122 sending a meeting request 123 expanded storage 9O Face unlock 60 Factory reset 09 Feeds view about 30 selecting feeds 37 Files copying to computer phone storage or storage card 90 Finger gestures 22 Firmware See Software update FM Radio using 137 Folder grouping apps 58 grouping bookmarks 87 removing items 58 renaming 58 FOTA See Software update Gallery custom effects 5 7 editing photos 50 HTC Share 52 photos in Dropbox 94 photos in social networks 50 sharing photos 57 52 Video Highlights 48 video trimming 47 viewing photos and videos 46 166 Index viewing photos and videos by event 47 viewing photos by location 47 watching videos 47 Geotag 46 Gestures motion gestures 26 touch gestures 22 Gmail 778 Google Latitude 26 Google Maps 124 Google Now setting up 78 turning off 79 Google Play installing apps 730 refund 737 Google Voice Search 77 GPS Global Po
115. ns in HTC Share Want to share photos to more friends or delete those you have already uploaded to HTC Share 1 On the screen that allows you to upload photos to HTC Share tap gt My HTC Shares 2 Youcan Send the collection to more recipients Next to the collection s name tap gt Reshare and then select how you want to share your photos Delete collections Tap gt Delete and then select the collections you want to remove from HTC Share Your collections are only available for a limited time If you do not delete your photos during the allotted time they are automatically removed from the server a View how much storage is available for your account 54 Personalizing Personalizing Making HTC Desire 500 truly yours Make HTC Desire 500 look and sound just the way you want it Personalize it with a different walloaper and ringtone and you can also choose notification sounds for events such as incoming text email and calendar reminders Changing your wallpaper Pick your favorite photo as your Home wallpaper Choose from the available wallpapers or use any photo you ve taken with the camera 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Wallpaper 3 Tap one of the following HTC wallpapers Choose a preset wallpaper and then tap Preview Live wallpapers Choose a preset animated walloaper and then tap Preview If the animated wallpaper you chose can be customized tap Setting
116. nt on page 48 HTC Share brings together your best photos regular photos and a highlight video so that you can easily share your memories with friends and family See Sharing memories through HTC Share on page 52 Outstanding camera features With VideoPic you can snap a picture while you re shooting video See Taking a photo while recording a video VideoPic on page 44 Switch to Sweep panorama mode and pan the camera to capture a wide angle view of the scenery See Taking a panoramic photo on page 45 Use Continuous shooting mode to capture 20 consecutive shots or more of a subject in motion See Taking continuous camera shots on page 44 By just tapping the shutter button take three shots of your subject at different exposures and combine them into a nice evenly exposed photo Use either the main or front camera to capture HDR photos See Using HDR on page 46 Immerse in music Built in high quality Beats Audio gives you a rich authentic sound experience whether you re listening to music watching a video or playing a game To find out more see Making your music sound better on page 85 Dropbox integration with HTC Sense Use Dropbox to access your photos videos and documents from HTC Desire 500 your computer and other mobile devices When you sign in to your Dropbox account from HTC Desire 500 you may be eligible to get an additional 23 GB of free Dropbox storage for two years To find out how see Using
117. ocation s name If that s what you re looking for tap the balloon Tap Results list to show the search results as a list and then tap the location Details about the selected location displays on the screen 5 Tap the onscreen buttons to view the location on a map get directions view the location in Street View Cif available and more Scroll down the screen to view more options Clearing the map After searching on a map you can clear away the various markers drawn on it Tap gt Clear Map Use Google Local to find places of interest near your current location Google Local uses Google Maps to search common places that you would want to find such as the nearest gas station or ATM kiosk Before using Google Local you need to enable location sources The name of the Google Local app may differ depending on the Google Maps version installed 1 Open the Local app 2 Tap the type of place you want to search or tap Q to enter what you re looking for When several places are found the search results appear as a list 3 Youcan Tap Map view to see where these places are on the map From the search results list tap a place to view more information 126 Travel and maps Get detailed directions to your destination Google Maps can provide directions for travel by foot public transportation or car 1 While viewing a map tap Q 2 Do any of the following Use your current loca
118. om the Feeds view tap gt Settings 2 Tap Local content 3 Select the local content you want to use and tap Next 4 Select news sources and categories that you want Notifications The notification LED shows a Solid green light when HTC Desire 500 is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged Flashing green light when you have a pending notification Solid orange light when the battery is being charged Flashing orange light when the battery level reaches very low 33 Your first week with your new phone Notification icons inform you of new messages calendar events alarms and activities in progress such as files downloading EEE When you see notification icons open the Notifications panel to check out details of the notifications that you ve received You can also quickly access settings from the Notifications panel 1 To open the Notifications panel slide down from the top of the screen Lo CALL BACK een care E p USB connected If you have several notifications scroll down the screen to see them all 2 On the Notifications panel You can expand certain notifications to see more information such as email previews and calendar events Spread with your two fingers to expand a notification or pinch to collapse it You ll see icons in some notifications that allow you to take immediate actions For example when you have a missed cal
119. ome screen See Personalizing the launch bar on page 57 Swipe left and you ll discover another Home screen panel for adding your favorite apps widgets and more so they re just a tap away And if you need more Home screen panels you can add more For details see Personalizing on page 54 9 Press a to return to the Home screen you were last in Getting to know your settings Want to change the ringtone set up a Wi Fi connection or make HTC Desire 500 more secure Do this and more in Settings Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Here are some of the basic settings you can change Tap the On Off switch next to an item such as Wi Fi to turn it on or off Tap the item itself to configure its settings Tap Sound to set a ringtone choose a sound profile and configure incoming call sound settings Tap Personalize to change the Home screen wallpaper lock screen style and more Tap Security to helo secure HTC Desire 500 for example with a screen lock Updating your phone s software HTC Desire 500 can check and notify you if there s a new update available You can also manually check if there s an available update When Internet connection is on and there s a new software update available the update notification icon appears in the status bar 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap the system update notification 2 If you don t want to download the update u
120. omputer Sync playlists and information such as contacts calendar documents and web bookmarks between your phone and your computer Easily transfer iPhone photos videos messages contacts and more to your HTC phone Browse and manage files on your phone Mac only 105 Sync backup and reset ie You need to have administrator rights if you re installing HTC Sync Manager on Windows Vista or later versions f you have problem in installing HTC Sync Manager close all your running programs and reinstall If the problem persists temporarily disable your anti virus program and try installing again 1 Download the HTC Sync Manager installer from the HTC support site www htc com support 2 Launch the installer and follow the onscreen instructions 3 Connect your phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable HTC Sync Manager opens Q To check for and download new updates click gt Check for updates in HTC Sync Manager XQ If you disabled your anti virus program make sure to turn it back on after installing HTC Sync Manager With HTC Sync Manager easily transfer iPhone content such as contacts messages walloaper camera photos and videos and more to your HTC phone You need to use iTunes 9 0 or later to back up your iPhone content first to your computer 1 Connect your iPhone and your HTC phone to your computer 2 In HTC Sync Manager click More gt iPhone TRANSFER 3 Clic
121. omputer On Windows Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 On Mac Apple Contacts Apple Address Book Apple Calendar Apple iCal or Outlook 2011 for Mac Web browser such as Internet Explorer Firefox or Google Chrome If you ll be syncing with Firefox or Google Chrome close the browser first before syncing 1 Connect your phone to your computer 2 In HTC Sync Manager click More 3 Select the check boxes of the data types you want to sync 107 Sync backup and reset 4 Click Settings on the different data types to customize sync settings People Choose the contacts application on your computer that you want to syne with your phone f there s conflicting contact info on your phone and your computer choose which data you want to keep Calendar Choose the calendar application on your computer that you want to syne with your phone Choose from when you want to start syncing calendar events If there are conflicting appointments on your phone and your computer choose which data you want to keep Bookmark Choose the web browser on your computer that you want to sync with your phone 5 Click QJ if this is your first time to sync To allow HTC Sync Manager to auto sync your data and files such as documents and media next time click More gt SYNC SETTINGS and then select Sync automatically whenever the phone connects XQ Only the contact and calendar fields that are ava
122. on the options menu A lock icon m is displayed 77 Search and web browser Search and web browser Searching HTC Desire 500 and the Web You can search for information on HTC Desire 500 and on the Web Start your search by entering a keyword or by using Google Voice Search Some apps such as People or Mail have their own search function which you can use to search only within those apps 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Inthe search box enter what you want to search for As you type matching items on HTC Desire 500 and suggestions from Google web search are shown To search for the information exclusively on HTC Desire 500 swipe your finger up the screen and then tap Search phone 3 If what you re searching for is in the list of suggestions tap the item to open it in its compatible app Use Google Voice Search to find information on the Web by speaking to HTC Desire 500 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Tap and then say what you want to search for After speaking matching items from Google web search are shown 3 If what you re searching for is in the list tap the item to open it in its compatible app Otherwise tap to search again 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Settings to set the following options Voice Set the Google Voice Search language speech ou
123. onthly billing cycle 7 Drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you ve used during a particular time interval If you re connecting HTC Desire 500 to another portable Wi Fi hotspot tap E gt amp Mobile hotspots to restrict background data from downloading that may incur extra data fees 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Under Wireless amp networks tap More 2 3 Tap Usage 4 On the Mobile tab drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you ve used during a particular time interval u Scroll down the screen to see a list of apps and their data usage info Tap an app to see more details Wi Fi To use Wi Fi you need access to a wireless access point or hotspot The availability and strength of a Wi Fi signal varies depending on objects the Wi Fi signal has to pass through such as buildings or a wall between rooms 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap the Wi Fi On Off switch to turn Wi Fi on 3 Tap Wi Fi Detected Wi Fi networks will be listed Y If the wireless network that you want is not listed tap gt Add network to manually add it 4 Tap the Wi Fi network you want to connect to If you selected a secured network you ll be asked to enter the network key or password 5 Tap Connect You ll see the Wi Fi icon T in the status bar when connected The next time HTC Desire 500 connects to a previously accessed se
124. ork to connect to it a 148 Internet connections You can set HTC Desire 500 to automatically log into a public Wi Fi network that you regularly use This saves you the trouble of going through the Wi Fi provider s web authentication every time you connect to their Wi Fi network Just add your login credentials to the WISPr Wireless Internet Service Provider roaming settings The access point of the Wi Fi network needs to support the WISPr web portal Consult the Wi Fi provider for details Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 4 Tap Wi Fi Tap gt Advanced Under WISPr settings select the Auto login option Tap WISPr account settings gt Add a new account D o R WN Tap each item onscreen to enter the service provider name your login name with the full domain name and password N Tap gt Save 8 Turn Wi Fi on and then connect to the public Wi Fi network f you have access to several public Wi Fi networks you can add up to five sets of login credentials to the WISPr accounts list n the WISPr accounts list press and hold an account to remove or edit it Connecting to a virtual private network VPN Add virtual private networks VPNs so you can connect and access resources inside a secured local network such as your corporate network Before you can connect to your organization s local network you may be asked to a Install security certificates Enter yo
125. ormation from your social networks email accounts and online services on HTC Desire 500 Depending on the account type signing in to your online accounts lets you sync updates between HTC Desire 500 and the Web 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap 3 Tap the account type you want to add 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your account information In Settings gt Accounts amp sync tap the Auto sync On Off switch to turn automatic sync of all your accounts Adding one or more Google Accounts Sign in to your Google Account to see your Gmail contacts and calendars and to use Google apps on HTC Desire 500 If you add more than one Google Account you can switch between accounts in apps such as Gmail and choose which account to back up your settings to 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync Tap 2 3 Tap Google 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to sign in to an account or create a new account 99 Sync backup and reset Forgot your Google Account password If you have forgotten your Google Account password you can try to recover it by going to the Google website 1 2 On HTC Desire 500 or on your computer open your web browser Go to www google com accounts recovery Select the option for retrieving your password and then enter the email address or username that you use to sign in to your Google Account Click Continue Follow the instructions
126. ow sample cards More information cards will appear on the Google search screen as you use HTC Desire 500 to search the Web create appointments and more You can easily customize the settings of Google Now cards to suit your information needs For example you can change your home and work addresses in the Traffic card or choose which time of the day the Weather card appears You can also keep a card from appearing on the Google search screen 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Settings gt Google Now 3 Tap the information card you want to customize 79 Search and web browser 4 Tap a card setting and then change it to your preference Q To hide the card tap the On Off switch next to the card name 5 Press to save your changes and return to the previous screen Refresh Google Now to update the information cards or show relevant cards for information that you ve just added on HTC Desire 500 like an upcoming event in Calendar 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the O button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Refresh 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the button 2 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap gt Settings gt Google Now 3 Tap the On Off switch next to Google Now 4 Tap Turn off Browsing the Web 1 Open the Internet app 2 Tap the URL box on top of the screen Y If t
127. p gt Manage contacts 2 Tap Import Export contacts gt Import from SIM card 3 If you have a Google or Exchange ActiveSync account tap the type for the imported contacts 4 Select the contacts you want to import 5 Tap Save Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 1 On the People tab enter the contact s name or email address in the search box 2 Tap Search contacts in your Company Directory 15 People 3 Tap the name of the contact you want copied to HTC Desire 500 4 Tap to import the contact 1 On the People tab tap E gt Manage contacts 2 Tap Copy contacts and then choose a contact type or online account to copy from Y Contacts from your social network accounts may not be copied 3 Select a contact type or account you want to save to Merging contact information Avoid duplicate entries by merging contact information from different sources such as your social network accounts into one contact When HTC Desire 500 finds contacts that can be merged you ll see a link notification when you open the People app 1 On the People tab tap the Link suggestion notification when available You ll see a list of suggested contacts to merge 2 Choose the contacts you want to merge If you don t want to receive contact link suggestions on the People tab tap E gt Settings Clear the Suggest contact link option Manually merging contact information 1 On the People
128. r old phone choose the types of content you want to transfer and then tap Start 7 Wait for the transfer to finish 8 Tap Done on both phones Transferring content from an iPhone If you have an iPhone it s fast and easy to transfer your contacts messages and other content when you use HTC Sync Manager To find out how see Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone on page 105 If you only need to migrate your contacts you can also use Bluetooth transfer For details see Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth on page 16 Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth Use Bluetooth to transfer contacts from an iPhone a phone that has Android version 2 2 or earlier version or other types of phones Depending on the capabilities of your old phone you may be able to transfer not only contacts but also other data such as calendar events and text messages to your new HTC phone Q Use HTC Sync Manager to transfer more types of content from an iPhone 1 Do one of the following If you re setting up your new phone for the first time choose to transfer content and then select Transfer from old phone on the Set up phone screen Go to Settings and then tap Transfer content 2 Choose whether to transfer from an Android phone iPhone or other phone types If you chose to transfer from an Android phone tap Quick transfer Choose your old phone s name and model 4 On your o
129. rity 2 Tap Set up SIM card lock then select Lock SIM card 160 Settings and security 3 Enter the default SIM card PIN and then tap OK 4 To change the SIM card PIN tap Change SIM PIN If you enter the wrong PIN more times than the maximum number of attempts allowed your SIM card will become PUK locked You need a PUK code to restore access to HTC Desire 500 Contact your mobile operator for this code 1 On the Phone dialer screen enter the PUK code and then tap Next 2 Enter the new PIN you want to use and then tap Next 3 Enter the new PIN again and then tap OK Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock Help protect your personal information and help prevent others from using HTC Desire 500 without your permission by setting a screen lock pattern face unlock PIN or password You ll be asked to unlock the screen every time HTC Desire 500 is turned on or when it s idle for a certain period of time 1 Go to Settings and then tap Security Tap Screen lock 2 3 Select a screen lock option and set up the screen lock 4 Tap Lock phone after then specify the idle time before the screen is locked You can also clear Make pattern visible or Make passwords visible if you don t want your screen lock to display as you enter it onscreen 161 Settings and security Forgot your screen lock pattern If you ve forgotten your screen lock pattern you have up to five attempts
130. rom continuously running or syncing data In Settings gt Apps swipe to the All tab tap the app and then tap Disable Limit background data and sync Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps syncing data in the background It s recommended not to let apps sync data too often Determine which apps can be set with longer sync times or sync manually In Settings tap Accounts amp sync and check what types of data are being synced in your online accounts When the battery is starting to run low temporarily disable syncing some data If you have many email accounts consider prolonging the sync time of some accounts n the Mail app select an account tap gt Settings gt Sync Send amp Receive and then adjust the settings under Sync schedule When you re not traveling from one place to another sync weather updates of only your current location rather than in all of your named cities Open the Weather app and then tap gt Edit to remove unneeded cities Choose widgets wisely Some widgets constantly sync data Consider removing the ones that are not important from your Home screen In Play Store tap gt Settings and then clear Auto add widgets to avoid automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you ve installed new apps Also tap Auto update apps gt Do not auto update apps if you re fine with updating apps from Play Store manually Other tips To
131. rtcuts on your Home screen Place apps you often use on your Home screen You can also add shortcuts to frequently used settings bookmarked webpages and more 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Customize home screen 3 Tap V gt Apps or Shortcuts You can Swipe to browse through the apps or shortcuts Tap Q to search for specific apps or shortcuts 4 Press and hold and then drag an app or a shortcut to a home screen thumbnail where you want to add it To add an app from the All apps view press and hold an app and drag it to oS Drop the app on an empty space in the Home screen Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen You can easily move a widget or icon from one Home screen panel to another 1 Press and hold the widget or icon with one finger 2 With another finger flick left or right to rotate the screen to another Home screen panel 57 Personalizing 3 Release the widget or icon 4 To move the widget or icon to another position on the panel just press and hold and then drag it 1 Press and hold the widget or icon you want to remove and then drag it to X 2 When the widget or icon turns red lift your finger Personalizing the launch bar The launch bar on your Home screen gives you one touch access to commonly used apps You can replace the apps on the launch bar with other apps you often use 1 From the Home screen tap 2 to go to the All app
132. s Gallery Choose an existing photo and crop it 4 Tap Done or Apply Adding a widget to your Home screen Widgets make at a glance important information and media content easily available Choose from a selection of widgets and add the most useful ones to your Home screen 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Customize home screen 55 Personalizing 3 Tao W gt Widgets You can Swipe to browse through the widgets Tap Q to search for specific widgets Y Some widgets are available in different styles and sizes 4 Press and hold and then drag a widget to a home screen thumbnail where you want to add it You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings such as Wi Fi and Bluetooth Changing the settings of a widget You can modify basic settings of some widgets for example the People widget from the Home screen 1 Press and hold a widget on your Home screen and then drag it to X REMOVE The relevant screen where you can change some settings for this widget then opens 2 Customize the widget settings Some widgets can be resized after you ve added them to your Home screen 1 Press and hold a widget on the Home screen and then release your finger Ifa border appears that means the widget is resizable 2 Drag the sides of the border to enlarge or shrink the widget size 56 Personalizing Adding apps and other sho
133. s at the same time In Calendar you can check your appointments to see if a new event would conflict with your schedule 1 2 When creating or editing an event tao Check calendar Press and hold the event box and then drag it to an available time slot Drag the top and bottom nodes to adjust the event s time duration You ll see a message if there are conflicts with other scheduled events Tap Done to return to the event screen and then save your event In any calendar view tap gt Accounts All calendars or Accounts Multi calendar Select or clear an account you wish to show or hide If you have multiple calendars under an online account tap to select the items to include Calendars are synced on HTC Desire 500 even if they are hidden You can also show or hide tasks that you ve created on HTC Desire 500 135 Google Play and other apps Why aren t my calendar events showing up If you can t find events from your email accounts or social networks in Calendar check whether the Calendar sync is turned on in Settings 1 Go to Settings and then tap Accounts amp sync 2 Tap an account type If multiple accounts are supported such as Exchange ActiveSync tap the account you want to sync 3 Select Calendar and then tap gt Sync now You can share a calendar event as a vCalendar using Bluetooth or by sending it as a file attachment with your email or message
134. s view 2 Press and hold the app you want to replace and then drag it out of the launch bar 3 Press and hold an app and then drag it to the empty slot on the launch bar You can also group apps on the launch bar into a folder The apps or shortcuts you see on the lock screen are the same as the ones on the launch bar 58 Personalizing Grouping apps into a folder You can group apps into a folder in the All apps view and then move the folder to the launch bar or the Home screen 1 From the All apps view press and hold an app and then drag it over to another app to automatically create a folder MT a Can t group or re arrange apps Scroll to the top pull down the screen and then tao V gt Custom 2 To add more press and hold another app and drag it to the folder You can also Drag the folder from the All apps view to the launch bar Drag the folder to s and then drop it on an empty space in the Home screen Group apps that are on the launch bar or on the Home screen into a folder 1 Tap the folder to open it Tap the folder window s title bar 2 3 Enter a new folder name 4 Tap outside the folder to close it 1 Tap the folder to open it 2 Remove an app from the folder If the folder is on the Home screen press and hold an app and then drag it to the Home screen or drag it out to X to remove f removing an app from a folder on the launch bar
135. sage and fill in your recipients or reply to an email 4 You can Tap 2 gt Document and then choose a document type Tap 2 gt File if you want to choose any file type 5 Press and then tap Dropbox 6 Open the folder that contains the files that you want and then select the files you want to share 7 Tap OK You ll then see the links to your selected files added to your email message 8 Tap Saving an Office document to Dropbox You can open an Office document on HTC Desire 500 and save it to your Dropbox 1 Open an Office document such as one that s attached to an email XQ If you have more than one Office app installed select Polaris Office 2 Tap gt Save as 96 Storage 3 Enter a new filename 4 Tap V gt Dropbox 5 Tap Save Your document will be saved to the Polaris Office folder in the root of your Dropbox folder To save the document to another Dropbox folder tap gt Share gt Dropbox Create or select a folder and then tap Upload Editing an Office document in Dropbox You can edit a document that s stored in your Dropbox and save your changes 1 Open the Dropbox app 2 Open the folder that contains the document you want 3 Tap the document to open it Y If you have more than one Office app installed select Polaris Office 4 To make changes tap B 5 After editing the document tap I or tap gt Save as Saving a PDF document to Dropbox You
136. search tool where you can locate places of interest or an address on a map or view locations at street level To find your location with Google Maps you need to enable location sources The Google Maps app does not cover every country or city Getting around maps When you open Google Maps you can easily find your location on the map or check out nearby places by panning and zooming in and out on the map ie To find your location with Google Maps you need to enable location sources 1 Open the Maps app 2 Tap to show your current location The blue marker or e shows your current location on the map Checking the details of a location 1 Press and hold a location on the map A balloon opens over the location with the name of the location a part of the address and a thumbnail from Street View if available 2 Tap the balloon to see more information You can get directions to the location check for nearby places of interest and more 125 Travel and maps In Google Maps you can search for a location such as an address or a type of business or establishment for example museums 1 In Maps tap Q 2 Enter the place you want to search for in the search box 3 Tap the Enter key on the keyboard to search for the location you entered or tap a suggested search item The search results are displayed as markers on the map 4 Do any of the following Tap amarker q A balloon then opens showing the l
137. shot while watching a video trim the video to remove unwanted scenes and more 1 In the Gallery app s Album or Events view go to the video that you want to watch 2 Tap the onscreen controls to play or pause the playback adjust the volume and more Y Tap gt Select player to share the video on your home network 3 Tap to capture and save a still shot 4 To trim the video tap gt Edit 5 Drag the two trim sliders to the part where you want the video to begin and end 48 Camera and Gallery 6 Tap P to preview your trimmed video 7 Tap Save The trimmed video is saved as a new file The original video remains unedited Easily see all your favorite photos in one place Gallery automatically groups all your most viewed or shared photos your highlights in one album You can also manually add photos to the folder To view these favorite photos go to the Highlight album To manually add a highlight view the photo in full screen tap the photo and then tap X Want to share the excitement of a wedding or party Gallery automatically selects the highlights of an event and displays them in a highlight video that lasts about half a minute Your most viewed or most shared content from an event are the top highlights There are also background music themes that play with the show and you can shuffle the content 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Tap V gt Events 3 Tap a tile to see photos and vid
138. sing your data connection select Update over Wi Fi only 19 Setting up your phone 3 Tao Download 4 When download is complete select Install now and then tap OK After updating HTC Desire 500 will restart When Internet connection is on and there s an available update for your HTC or mobile operator apps the update notification icon appears in the status bar 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap the update notification The Updates screen opens with the list of application updates to be installed 2 Tap an item to view its details and then tap 3 When you re done reviewing the updates tap Install You ll be asked to restart HTC Desire 500 if needed 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 Tap About gt Software updates HTC Desire 500 checks if updates are available XQ If you don t have Internet connection you ll be prompted to turn on mobile data or connect to a Wi Fi network Once connected tap Check now to check for updates 20 Your first week with your new phone Your first week with your new phone About your phone Features you ll enjoy on HTC Desire 500 HTC Desire 500 gives you options for quick and easy setup Transferring your old phone s content such as your contacts messages and media can be done right from HTC Desire 500 On this phone enjoy taking shots with the camera checking personalized content with HTC BlinkFeed and more Easy phon
139. sitioning System See Location settings Group messaging 77 Hands free 154 Hard reset 709 HDMI 88 HDR 46 Headphones See Bluetooth ome screen adding widgets 54 apps 56 extended 7 8 feeds 30 folder 58 launch bar 57 rearranging items 56 shortcuts 56 wallpaper 54 Hotspot See Wireless router TC Backup 707 TC Car See Car HTC Clock setting an alarm 732 HTC Media Link HD 88 TC Sense version 67 ac ale x HTC Share 52 HTC Sync Manager 04 Idle screen See Lock screen Incognito mode See Browser incognito tab Internet browsing 79 connections 44 Internet connection data connection 44 VPN 748 Wi Fi 46 wireless router 750 Keyboard dictionary 37 entering text 35 entering text by speaking 38 HTC Sense keyboard 34 layout 35 multi language keyboard 36 predictive text 36 shortcuts 37 speech recognition 38 Kid mode about 738 choosing apps 38 closing 138 Language system language 58 Location settings 24 Lock screen answering a call 63 dismissing an alarm 28 lock screen style 59 opening an app 28 rejecting acall 63 shortcuts 59 unlocking 28 Low battery 39 167 Index Low storage See Phone storage Lyrics 87 Mail attachments 7 20 carbon copy blind copy cc bcc 120 deleting 727 draft 720 replying 120 searching 722 sending 720 sorting 727 Mail folders moving em
140. squeeze in a little bit more battery power try these tips Tone down the ringtone and media volume a Minimize the use of vibration or sound feedback In Settings tap Sound and choose which ones you don t need and can disable Check your apps settings as you may find more options to optimize the battery Al Your first week with your new phone Turning power saver mode on helps to increase battery life It reduces the usage of phone features that drain the battery such as the CPU and display 1 Slide the Notifications panel open If you want to choose which phone features to conserve power for tap the Power saver notification first before you turn power saver mode on XQ If Data connection is selected HTC Desire 500 automatically disconnects from the mobile network after 15 minutes when the screen is off and the data connection is idle no download activity streaming or data usage It reconnects and then disconnects periodically when the data connection is idle to save battery power Keep in mind though that the Sleep mode option for the data connection in Settings gt Power when enabled overrides power saver mode 2 Tap the check box next to the Power saver notification to turn power saver mode on or off 42 Camera and Gallery Camera and Gallery Camera Take great photos and videos with the camera and make them more memorable by applying a variety of effects and scenes Open the Camera app to c
141. ss and hold a day to see more options Day and agenda views Day view shows your day s schedule and weather forecast for the next few days while agenda view gives a quick glance of all your day s events Swipe left or right across the screen to view earlier or later days Tap an event to view its details If the event is a contact s birthday or anniversary tap it to send a greeting Need to see the event time in another time zone In Day view tap gt Select 2nd time zone gt Choose location and then enter the city name Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week Swipe left or right across the screen to view earlier or later weeks Tap an event shown as colored blocks to view its details 134 Google Play and other apps You can create or edit events on HTC Desire 500 and also sync events with your Google or Exchange ActiveSync calendars XQ Editing events is not supported for all accounts Open the Calendar app On any Calendar view do one of the following Create an event Tap Tap W and then select the calendar you will add the event to Edit an event View an event and then tap 4 Enter and set the event details To invite contacts from your Google or Exchange ActiveSync account tap a Tap Save If you ve invited people to the event tap Send or Send update Checking your schedule for an event Avoid juggling multiple meeting
142. switch to the All apps view and then drag the app out of the folder If there s only one item left in the folder the folder ungroups the last item and removes itself automatically 59 Personalizing Adding a Home screen panel Add a Home screen if you have more widgets apps and shortcuts that you want to access right away 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Tap Customize home screen 3 Tap Add panel A new Home screen appears You can start adding widgets apps and shortcuts To remove a panel press and hold and then drag it to X Changing your ringtone notifications and sounds 1 Go to Settings and then tap Personalize 2 Under Sound change the ringtone notification sound and alarm Go to the Messages Mail Calendar and Tasks apps to choose sounds for new messages email calendar and task reminders respectively Want alarms to ring louder but notifications to be more discreet In Settings tap Sound gt Volumes and set the volume levels for each sound type Rearranging application tabs You can add to or rearrange the tabs in some apps to make it easy to get to the most important information 1 Open an app that has tabs 2 Press and hold a tab until a screen for rearranging tabs appears 3 You can Select the tabs you want to add Change the order of the tabs Press and hold next to a tab and then drag to the new position 4 Tap Done Customizing the
143. t available if you re using trace keyboard Tap the language key for example Ex until you see the language you want to use Press and hold the language key and then drag your finger to the keyboard language you want to use Word prediction is enabled by default and word suggestions are displayed as you type Brillian Brilliant Brilliantly v Tap pas to switch between Multitap and XT9 predictive modes when using the Phone keyboard layout To enter text in word prediction mode do any of the following Tap the space bar to insert a highlighted word in the suggestion list Tapa word from the suggestion list Tap the arrow next to the suggestion list to see more choices Setting a second language for word prediction You can set the word prediction to be bilingual As you type you ll get word suggestions in the languages that you ve selected l S ide the Notifications panel open and then tap O gt Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input gt Keyboard selection gt Bilingual prediction and then choose the language you want 37 Your first week with your new phone Adding words and phrases to the word prediction dictionary Add frequently used names acronyms and even phrases to the word prediction dictionary to easily find them in the suggestion list Type even faster when you create text shortcuts to words and phrases Instead of typing Talk to you later save a few keystrokes
144. t see your headset listed tap and then tap Scan to refresh the list a RF WN When you see the name of your headset in the Available Devices section tap the name HTC Desire 500 pairs with the headset and the headset connection status is displayed in the Paired Devices section Y If automatic pairing fails enter the passcode supplied with your headset When the Bluetooth headset is connected to HTC Desire 500 the Bluetooth connected icon is displayed in the status bar Normally you can easily reconnect your headset by switching on Bluetooth on HTC Desire 500 and then turning on the headset However you might have to connect manually if your headset has been used with another Bluetooth device ip Make sure that the headset is discoverable Refer to the headset manual for details 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap 2 If Bluetooth is off tap the Bluetooth On Off switch to turn it on 155 Wireless sharing 3 Tap Bluetooth The Bluetooth screen opens 4 Tap the headset s name in the Paired Devices section 5 If prompted to enter a passcode try 0000 or 1234 or consult the headset documentation to find the passcode If you still cannot reconnect to the headset follow the instructions in Unpairing from a Bluetooth device on page 155 and then follow the steps under Connecting a Bluetooth headset on page 154 Unpairing from a Bluetooth device Slide the Notifications panel op
145. tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo you want to link 2 Tap gt Link 3 You can Under Suggest links tap to link the contact to an account Under Add contact tap one of the options to link to another contact 1 On the People tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo whose link you want to break 2 Tap gt Link 3 Under the Linked contacts section tap G2 beside an account to break the link Sending contact information 1 On the People tab do one of the following To send Do this Someone s contact Press and hold the name of the contact not the icon information or photo and then tap Send contact as vCard Your contact Press and hold My profile and then tap Send my information profile 2 Choose how you want to send the vCard 3 Select the type of information you want to send 4 Tap Send 1 On the People tab tap gt Send contacts 2 Select the contacts whose contact information you want to share 3 Tap Send 4 Choose how you want to send the contact cards Contact groups Organize your friends family and colleagues into groups so you can quickly send a message or email to everyone in the group We ve also set up the Frequent group to automatically add the contacts you dial or get calls from the most HTC Desire 500 also syncs with groups you ve created in your Google Account 1 On the Groups tab tap 2 Enter a name for the
146. the Play Store app 2 Browse or search for an app 3 When you find the app that you like tap it and read its description and user reviews 4 To download or purchase the app tap Install for free apps or the price button for paid apps 5 Tap Accept Apps sometimes get updated with improvements or bug fixes To automatically download updates after installing tap t gt Auto update Or if you downloaded an app when connected to a Wi Fi network tap OK when asked to auto update apps when on Wi Fi a To open the app go to the All apps view and tap the app 131 Google Play and other apps Restoring apps from Google Play Upgraded to anew phone replaced a lost one or performed a factory reset Restore apps that were downloaded previously 1 Open the Play Store app 2 Tap gt My apps 3 Swipe to All tab and then tap the app you want to restore 4 Install the app For more details refer to the Google Play help You can download apps directly from websites Apps downloaded from websites can be from unknown sources To protect HTC Desire 500 and your personal data we strongly recommend that you only download from websites you trust 1 Open your web browser then go to the website where you can download the app you want 2 Follow the website s download instructions for the app Before you can install the downloaded app make sure that you ve set HTC Desire 500 to allow installation of third party
147. the alarm for multiple days tap Repeat 5 Tap Done To turn off an alarm clear the check box of that alarm f you need to set more than three alarms tap Checking Weather Use the Weather app and widget to check the current weather and weather forecasts for the next few days In addition to your current location you can view weather forecasts for other cities around the globe 1 Open the Weather app You ll see the weather where you are 2 Swipe to the Hourly and Forecast tabs to view the forecasts in your current location To check the weather in other cities tap V and then select the city you want 4 Toadd more cities tap and then enter the location Your settings in the Weather app also control the weather information that is shown in the Clock and Calendar 133 Google Play and other apps Use the Calendar app to view your events meetings and appointments If you ve signed into your online accounts related events will also appear in Calendar 1 Open the Calendar app 2 Tap V and then choose a calendar view In any calendar view return to the current date by tapping the today button beside E a Month view In month view you will see markers on days that have events Upcoming events for the day are also shown at the bottom of the screen Swipe left or right across the screen to view earlier or later months Tap a day to view the events for that day Pre
148. tings gt Privacy amp security gt Clear history 2 Tap OK All webpage entries in the History and Most visited tabs are deleted If you want to delete a single webpage entry go to the History or Most visited tab press and hold the webpage entry and then tap Remove from history or Remove from most visited You can use incognito tabs to browse the Web with more privacy Browser cookies are deleted and not shared when you close all incognito tabs Pages you view in incognito also won t appear in your browser history except for files you ve downloaded From the browser screen tap E gt 6S 84 Entertainment Entertainment Enjoy your favorite songs on HTC Desire 500 using the Music app When you open the Music app for the first time you ll be asked if you would like to automatically download related content such as album covers and artist photos to HTC Desire 500 1 Open the Music app 2 Tap V and then choose if you want to browse by artists albums or other categories Tap a song to play 4 Tap the onscreen icons to control music playback repeat songs and more w Running Redux em Press and drag your finger across the progress bar to jump to any part of the song x Turn shuffle on or off Shuffle is off when button is gray Cycle through the repeat modes repeat all songs repeat current song and don t repeat Minimize the Now playing screen to continue browsing your music collection
149. tion as the starting point or enter a location from where to start in the first text box Then enter your destination in the second text box Tap 4 to select an address from your contacts or a point that you tap ona map If the place you ve set as your destination has several locations available choose which one to go to I 3 Choose how you want to get to your destination AN If you re taking public transportation select your transit preferences 4 Tap Get directions If driving or walking tap Directions list to view the directions in a list You can also tap the arrow buttons on the map to follow the directions When you re finished viewing or following the directions tap P to reset the map Your destination is automatically saved in the Google Maps history Google Latitude user location service lets you and your friends share locations and status messages with each other It also lets you get directions to your friends locations send your location details by email and more Your location is not shared automatically You must join Latitude and then invite your friends to view your location or accept their invitations Only friends that you have explicitly invited or accepted can see your location Opening and joining Latitude 1 Open the Maps app 2 If you haven t signed in to your Google Account tap a gt Join Latitude You can access Latitude from Maps whenever you have an Internet connection I
150. to paste and share the selected text such as in an email message or social network status update Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense keyboard Turn on the Trace keyboard so you can type words by just sliding your finger from one letter to another See Using the Trace keyboard on page 37 You can type words by just speaking See Entering text by speaking on page 38 a 35 Your first week with your new phone Word prediction also saves typing time As you type you ll see word suggestions that you can choose from You can even add words phrases and shortcuts to the word prediction dictionary See Entering text with word prediction on page 36 Just swipe right to access the numeric and symbol keyboard Or swipe left to switch between languages The keys have secondary numbers punctuation symbols or other characters that you can quickly insert without having to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard For example just press and hold a key on the first row to insert a number Choose from a selection of smileys and insert one right from the keyboard Show or hide navigational arrow keys on the keyboard If you enable the arrow keys in Settings they ll only appear on the portrait keyboard And since everyone has their own typing style you can go to Settings to calibrate the keyboard so it learns how you type The onscreen keyboard becomes available when you tap a text field in an app Enter letters and n
151. tput and more Phone search Select which apps on HTC Desire 500 are included when doing a search Privacy amp accounts Manage your location history enable recent web searches to show or clear your search history 78 Search and web browser Getting instant information with Google Now Do you want to know the weather or your morning commute time before you start your day Google Now delivers quick and up to date information that matters to you all without the search Depending on your location time of day and previous Google searches Google Now displays information cards that include The day s weather and the weather forecast for upcoming days The traffic conditions on your way to work or your commute back home The directions and travel time to your next appointment The next train or bus arriving at your platform or bus stop a Your favorite team s score and standings while you enjoy the game Before setting up Google Now Make sure that you re signed in to your Google account Turn location services on and make sure that you have an Internet connection 1 Open the Google app Or swipe up from the O button 2 The subsequent screens show examples of Google Now information cards Tap Next until you reach the Get Google Now screen 3 Tap Yes l m in Google Now information cards will start to appear on the Google search screen 4 To see all available information cards tap Sh
152. umber within the message 2 Tap Call To call the message sender tap the received message and then tap Call on the options menu 63 Phone calls Calling a phone number in an email 1 Tap the phone number in the email body 2 Tap Call Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 1 Open an event in Calendar 2 On the Event details screen tap the phone number 3 Tap Call Making an emergency call In some regions you can make emergency calls from HTC Desire 500 even if you don t have a SIM card installed or your SIM card has been blocked e If you don t have a network signal you won t be able to make an emergency call 1 Open the Phone app 2 Dial the emergency number for your locale and then tap Call If you ve enabled but forgotten your lock password or lock pattern you can still make emergency calls by tapping Emergency call on the screen Receiving calls When you receive a phone call from a contact the Incoming call screen appears HTC Desire 500 will automatically adjust the ringtone volume when you use the polite ringer and pocket mode features Do one of the following If the display is on when you get a call tap Answer or Decline If the display is locked when you get a call drag or upwards After declining a call you can send a text message to the caller or create a task to remind you to return the call Q You can also press the POWER button
153. umbers change the keyboard layout or language and more Tap the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers as well as punctuation marks and symbols Tap to enter an uppercase letter Tap twice to turn on caps lock Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers symbols or accented letters Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them Swipe right to show number and symbol keys To return to the main keyboard swipe left Press to close the onscreen keyboard To open the keyboard settings press and hold the comma key Or slide the Notifications panel open and then tap gt Language amp keyboard gt HTC Sense Input Selecting a keyboard layout Choose a keyboard layout that suits your typing style Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input gt Keyboard selection 3 Tap Keyboard types and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use 36 Your first week with your new phone Choosing and switching between keyboard languages If multiple keyboard languages are available on HTC Desire 500 you can choose which languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard 1 Go to Settings and then tap Language amp keyboard 2 Tap HTC Sense Input 3 Tap Keyboard selection and then choose the languages you want To change the keyboard language do any of the following Swipe left on the onscreen keyboard no
154. ur login credentials Download and install a required VPN app on HTC Desire 500 Contact your network administrator for details Also HTC Desire 500 must first establish a Wi Fi or data connection before you can start a VPN connection 149 Internet connections You must first set a lock screen PIN or password before you can use credential storage and set up the VPN Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap _4 Under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap VPN gt Add VPN profile A WN Enter the VPN settings and set them up according to the security details your network administrator gave you 5 Tap Save The VPN is then added to the VPNs section of the VPN settings screen 1 Slide the Notifications panel open and then tap Under Wireless amp networks tap More Tap VPN Tap the VPN that you want to connect to a eA WN Enter your log in credentials and then tap Connect When you re connected the VPN connected icon E appears in the notification area of the status bar You can then open the web browser to access resources such as your corporate network intranet Disconnecting from a VPN 1 Slide the Notifications panel open 2 Tap the VPN connection to return to the VPN settings screen and then tap the VPN connection to disconnect from it 150 Internet connections Using HTC Desire 500 as a wireless router Share your data connection with other devices by turni
155. w position Remove filters Press and hold the filter you want to remove Then drag it to Remove Tap to add more filters and create a more complex effect 7 Tap Done to apply the effects to your photo 9 To save your custom effects for future use tap Save Preset Send photos and videos to your computer or to another device via email MMS or Bluetooth 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Go to the photo album or group of photos that you want to send 3 Tap Share and then choose how you want to send the photos and videos 4 Select the photos or videos you want to send and then tap Next You can send several photos videos or both in an email message They are added as file attachments in your email 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to finish sending your photos and videos 52 Camera and Gallery P af Use the Gallery app to share photos straight to your social networks Log in to your social network account before you upload photos or videos Some social networks only allow you to upload photos 1 Open the Gallery app 2 Go to the photo album or group of photos that you want to share 3 Tap Share and choose which social network you want to upload to 4 Select the items you want to share and then tap Next 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to upload your photos and videos You may be able to enter a caption select the online album you want to upload to select privacy options and more
156. with its exposed copper contacts first into the battery compartment 12 Unboxing Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire 500 it is recommended that you charge the battery p Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 500 to charge the battery When the battery power is too low make sure to use the power adapter to charge not the USB cable connection with your computer Do not remove the battery from HTC Desire 500 while you are charging it using the power or car adapter 1 Insert the small end of the USB cable into the USB connector 2 Insert the other end of the USB cable into the power adapter 3 Plug in the power adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery As a safety precaution the battery stops charging if it overheats When you re using the Internet and charging the battery HTC Desire 500 may become warmer This is normal To conserve energy unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you finish charging Switching the power on or off Press the POWER button AN When you turn on HTC Desire 500 for the first time you ll need to set it up 13 Unboxing 1 If the display is off press the POWER button to turn it back on If your screen is protected with a lock screen you need to unlock it 2 Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds 3 Tap Power off on the options menu Want some quick guidance on your phone
157. y to watch Clearing the search history 1 In the YouTube app tap gt Settings 2 Tap Search gt Clear search history Tune in and listen to your favorite radio stations using the FM Radio app You need to connect a headset first to the audio jack of HTC Desire 500 to use FM Radio FM Radio uses the stereo headset as the FM radio antenna 1 Open the FM Radio app The first time you open FM Radio it scans for local FM stations that you can listen to 2 While you re listening to an FM station you can Tap PP or 44 to go to the next or previous station Drag the slider to tune in to a frequency on the FM band To fine tune the radio frequency tap Po Tap B to mark a radio station as a favorite To see your other favorites and preset stations tap lt 3 To turn off FM Radio tap E 138 Google Play and other apps Worried that your kids might wander off to inappropriate web sites or mess with your important work files while using HTC Desire 500 Use Kid Mode to let your children enjoy fun and age appropriate games and more while helping to protect your important data from accidental deletion To learn more about Kid Mode visit www zoodles com 1 Open the Kid Mode app The first time you use Kid Mode you need to create or sign in to your Zoodles account 2 On the Zoodles main screen tap the profile that you created for your child 3 Tap the icons to access games and apps play record

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