HTC Desire 500 User manual

Your HTC Desire 500
User guide

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 phone
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
Your first week with your new phone
About your phone 20
Basics 22
Home screen feeds 30
Notifications 32
Working with text 34
Battery 38
Camera and Gallery
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
2 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
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 61
Dialing an extension number 61
Returning a missed call 62
Using Speed 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 I 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
Search and web browser
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
3 Contents

Storage
Phone storage 90
Dropbox integration 92
Sync, backup, and reset
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 113
Editing a contact’s information 114
Getting in touch with a contact 114
Importing or copying contacts 114
Merging contact information 115
Sending contact information 116
Contact groups 116
Email
Gmail 118
Mail 119
Travel and maps
Location settings 124
Google Maps 124
HTC Car 127
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps 130
Essential apps 132
Fun apps 136
Productivity apps 139
Internet connections
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
4 Contents

Wireless sharing
Connecting a Bluetooth headset 154
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device 155
Where sent information is saved 155
Receiving files using Bluetooth 156
Settings and security
Turning Airplane mode on or off 157
Turning automatic screen rotation off 157
Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 158
Adjusting the screen brightness manually 158
Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items 158
Changing the display language 158
Accessibility settings 159
Working with certificates 159
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 159
Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock 160
Checking your phone's HTC Sense version 161
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
5 Contents

Conventions used in this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important
information:
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.
This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative 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.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be
careful about to prevent potential problems.
6 Conventions used in this guide

Unboxing
HTC Desire 500
1. BACK
2. USB connector
3. HOME
4. VOLUME
5. Front camera
6. Earpiece
7. 3.5mm headset jack
8. POWER
9. Proximity sensor
10. Notification LED
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.
7 Unboxing

Back cover
Removing the 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.
Replacing the back cover
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.
8 Unboxing

microSIM card
HTC Desire 500 uses a microSIM card. The microSIM card contains your phone
number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text
messages.
Inserting the SIM card
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.
3. Push the SIM card in until it clicks into place.
Removing the SIM card
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.
9 Unboxing

Storage card
Use a storage card to store your photos, videos, and music.
Inserting the storage card
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.
Unmounting the storage card
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 > Unmount SD card.
Removing the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Slide the storage card out from its slot.
10 Unboxing