HTC Desire 501 User manual

Your HTC Desire 501
User guide

Contents
Unboxing
HTC Desire 501 10
Back cover 11
micro SIM card 12
Storage card 13
Battery 14
Switching the power on or off 17
Want some quick guidance on your phone? 17
Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 501 for the first time 19
Home screen 19
Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 501 20
Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth 21
Getting photos, videos, and music on or off HTC Desire 501 21
Getting to know your settings 22
Updating the HTC Desire 501 software 22
Your first week with your new phone
Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire 501 24
Touch gestures 26
Motion gestures 29
Sleep mode 31
Unlocking the screen 32
Making your first call 32
Sending your first text message 33
The HTC Sense keyboard 33
Notifications 34
Copying and sharing text 36
Capturing the HTC Desire 501 screen 37
Switching between recently opened apps 37
Can't find the Menu button? 37
Checking battery usage 38
Camera
Camera basics 39
Taking a photo 40
Recording video 40
Keeping the camera on standby 41
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Taking continuous camera shots 41
Camera scenes 42
Improving portrait shots 42
Taking a group shot 42
Taking a panoramic photo 42
Using HDR 43
Recording videos in slow motion 43
Improving video stability 43
Changing camera and video settings 44
Personalizing
Making HTC Desire 501 truly yours 45
Personalizing HTC Desire 501 with scenes 45
Changing your wallpaper 46
Applying a new skin 47
Changing your ringtone, notification sounds, and alarm 47
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 47
Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen 48
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 49
Personalizing the launch bar 50
Grouping apps into a folder 50
Rearranging the Home screen 51
Rearranging application tabs 52
Customizing the lock screen style 53
Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen 53
Securing HTC Desire 501 with a personal touch 54
Phone calls
Making a call with Smart dial 55
Returning a missed call 55
Using Speed dial 56
Calling a phone number in a text message 56
Calling a phone number in an email 56
Calling a phone number in a Calendar event 56
Making an emergency call 57
Receiving calls 57
What can I do during a call? 58
Setting up a conference call 59
Call history 60
Home dialing 61
Call settings 62
Messages
About the Messages app 63
Sending a text message (SMS) 63
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 64
Resuming a draft message 65
Checking your messages 65
Replying to a message 67
Forwarding a message 67
Managing message conversations 68
Backing up your text messages 69
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Setting message options 70
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Desire 501 and the Web 71
Getting instant information with Google Now 72
Browsing the Web 74
Private browsing 76
Adding and managing your bookmarks 76
Saving web content for later 77
Viewing your browsing history 78
Downloading files and apps 78
Setting browser options 79
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 80
Music 88
Wireless display 93
Storage
Types of storage 95
Copying files to or from HTC Desire 501 95
Making more storage space 96
Encrypting data on HTC Desire 501 97
Sync, backup, and reset
Sync 98
Backup 100
Reset 101
HTC Sync Manager
About HTC Sync Manager 104
Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer 105
Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone 105
Copying or removing media on your phone 106
Batch importing all music, photos, and videos from your phone 106
Importing documents from your computer to your phone automatically 107
Data and applications that HTC Sync Manager can sync with 107
Syncing playlists between your phone and your computer 109
Types of content HTC Sync Manager can back up and restore 109
HTC Sync Manager keeps opening automatically? 110
Checking for new HTC Sync Manager updates 110
Getting help 110
People
About the People app 111
Your contacts list 111
Setting up your profile 112
Adding a new contact 112
Importing or copying contacts 113
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Merging contact information 114
Contact information and conversations 115
Contact groups 116
Adding People widgets 117
Sending contact information 118
Backing up your contacts 119
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 119
Social
Facebook 120
Twitter 120
LinkedIn for HTC Sense 120
About Friend Stream 121
Updating your status in Friend Stream 121
Enjoying Facebook in Friend Stream 121
Tweeting in Friend Stream 122
Sharing LinkedIn updates in Friend Stream 123
Email
Gmail 124
Mail 125
Calendar
About Calendar 132
Creating an event 132
Viewing the Calendar 133
Managing Calendar events 134
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 135
Setting reminders for your events 135
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 135
Showing or hiding calendars 136
Changing Calendar settings 136
Online storage and services
Dropbox 137
SkyDrive 142
HTC Car
On the road with HTC Car 145
Playing music in HTC Car 145
Finding your way with HTC Car 146
Staying connected to your contacts 147
Changing HTC Car settings 147
Travel and maps
Location settings 148
Google Maps 148
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Essential apps
Using the Clock 152
Checking Weather 154
Viewing a PDF 155
Working on documents 155
Taking notes 157
Keeping track of your tasks 159
Keeping track of your stocks 163
Google Play and other apps
Getting apps from Google Play 164
Uninstalling an app 165
Watching videos on YouTube 165
Listening to FM Radio 167
Recording voice clips 168
Sharing games and apps 168
Internet connections
Data connection 169
Managing your data usage 170
Wi‑Fi 171
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 173
Using HTC Desire 501 as a wireless router 175
Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering 175
Connecting to the Internet through a computer 176
Bluetooth and NFC
Bluetooth basics 177
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 177
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 178
Sending information using Bluetooth 179
Receiving files using Bluetooth 180
Sharing content with Android Beam 181
Settings and security
Optimizing battery life with power saver mode 183
Getting the battery to last longer 183
Turning Airplane mode on or off 186
Changing display settings 186
Changing sound settings 187
Changing the display language 188
Accessibility settings 188
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 189
Protecting HTC Desire 501 with a screen lock 189
Checking your phone's HTC Sense version 190
Other essentials
Using the onscreen keyboard 191
Entering words with predictive text 192
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Using the Trace keyboard 194
Entering text by speaking 194
Wi‑Fi printing 195
Stopping running applications using Task Manager 196
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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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.
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Important note on recoverable data
Files and other data that have been deleted, cleared, removed, or erased from
your device may still be recoverable by third-party data recovery software.
Even a factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone,
including personal information.
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Unboxing
HTC Desire 501
1. BACK
2. HOME
3. RECENT APPS (can be configured in
Settings to open the Menu)
4. USB connector
5. VOLUME
6. Notification LED
7. Front camera
8. POWER
9. 3.5mm headset jack
10. Proximity sensor
If you want to use a screen protector, please don’t cover and block the proximity
sensor. Purchase a screen protector designed for HTC Desire 501.
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
1. Securely hold HTC Desire 501.
2. Press on the center of the back cover, and then lift the cover open from the
bottom corner.
Replacing the back cover
1. Align the back cover onto the top part of HTC Desire 501.
2. Press the sides and the bottom part of the back cover against HTC Desire 501 to
lock the cover into place.
You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place.
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micro SIM card
HTC Desire 501 uses a micro SIM card. The micro SIM card contains your phone
number, service details, and memory for storing phonebook contacts and/or text
messages.
Inserting the micro SIM card
Use a standard micro SIM only. Inserting a smaller size SIM (such as nano SIM 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 micro SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner
facing in, insert the micro SIM card all the way into the micro SIM card slot.
3. Push the micro SIM card in until it clicks into place.
Removing the micro SIM card
Make sure to switch off HTC Desire 501 before removing your micro SIM card.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Push the micro SIM card in to eject it from its slot, and remove it.
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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 501 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.
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Removing the storage card
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Slide the storage card out from its slot.
Battery
Removing the battery
1. Take the back cover off.
2. With your thumb or finger, lift the battery from the battery compartment.
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Inserting the battery
Please use only original batteries that came in the box or replacements that HTC
recommends.
1. Take the back cover off.
2. Insert the battery (with its exposed copper contacts first) into the battery
compartment.
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Charging the battery
Before you turn on and start using HTC Desire 501, it is recommended that you charge
the battery.
§Use only the adapter and the USB cable that came with HTC Desire 501 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 501 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 may stop charging to avoid overheating.
§When you're using the Internet and charging the battery, HTC Desire 501 may
become warmer. This is normal.
§To conserve energy, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet after you
finish charging.
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Switching the power on or off
Switching the power on
Press the POWER button until HTC Desire 501 vibrates.
When you turn on HTC Desire 501 for the first time, you’ll need to set it up.
Switching the power off
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on. If you've set up
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?
Learning the basics with Quick Tips
After your phone starts, you'll see a transparent overlay of Quick Tips on some
screens (such as the People app) that will guide you in using an app or feature. The
tips for a screen won't display again after you've closed them. To view them again,
you can go to Settings to reset the Quick Tips.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > About > Help.
2. Clear the Show all quick tips option, and then select it again to reset the Quick
Tips.
Exploring HTC Desire 501
Tips & Help lets you get the most out of HTC Desire 501 in seconds.
§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 501.
§Ever have the feeling that you're not getting the most out of your phone?
Browse through the friendly walkthroughs on Tips & Help to learn how. The
topics range from intro to advanced and the Tips & Help widget even
recommends topics that you might like.
To open Tips & Help from the Home screen, tap > Tips & Help.
If you haven't downloaded Tips & Help content yet, or if there's updated content
available, just tap the download link to get it.
To change the sync settings of Tips & Help, tap > Update settings.
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Searching Tips & Help
1. In Tips & Help, tap , and then enter the words you want to search for.
2. Tap a search result to jump straight to that item.
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Setting up your phone
Setting up HTC Desire 501 for the first time
When you switch on HTC Desire 501 for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up.
§Walk through the on-device setup to choose your Internet connection, sign in to
your online accounts, and more.
§Use the HTC Get Started service to set up your accounts and personalize your
new phone from your computer.
Your phone shows you the URL of the HTC Get Started site. On your computer's
web browser, just go to the URL 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.
To find out more, see the Help and FAQ on our HTC Get Started site
(www.htcsense.com/help/).
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 in Settings. For more information on location
services, see Turning location services on or off on page 148.
Home screen
Your Home screen is where you make HTC Desire 501 your own. You can add your
favorite applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets so they’re always just a tap away.
To find out how, see Personalizing on page 45.
Extended Home screen
As you start to do more things with HTC Desire 501, you might find that one Home
screen is not enough. No problem.
Swipe your finger left or right on the screen and you’ll discover more space for adding
icons, widgets, and more.
Press to return to the main Home screen.
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Using Leap view
§To jump straight to the screen that you want, press or slide two fingers
together to show the Leap view. It reveals all Home screens as thumbnails. Just
tap the one you want and you’ll leap right there.
§In Leap view, if there's space to add a new screen, you can tap Add Panel to do
so. An empty Home screen appears and you can start customizing from there.
Getting contacts and other content into HTC
Desire 501
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Desire 501.
Sync with your
computer
Use HTC Sync Manager to sync contact, documents, playlists
and more between HTC Desire 501 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 501
Gmail™Google®contacts are imported to HTC Desire 501 after you sign
in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google
contacts right from HTC Desire 501.
Social network
accounts
Log in to your favorite social networks to sync contact
information from them.
Phone contacts You can create and store contacts directly in HTC Desire 501.
SIM card Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Desire 501.
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