HTC Desire C User manual

How to use the HTC Desire C mobile devices
Orientation
First, a quick overview of your primary buttons and areas of your phone.
A B
C
D
E
F G
A) Headphone Jack
B) Power – old down to power your phone on or off. If your phone is on, press normally to
lock or unlock your phone. Unlocking will also require an upward swipe on the ring that
appears at the bottom of the screen
C) Volume Control
D) Touch Screen
E) USB Connector/Charger Connector
) Back – touch button to go back to the previous screen
G) Home – touch button to return to home screen
H) Recent – touch button to view recent apps. Select a recent app from here to reopen it.
Also, note the Menu Key, which looks like a 4x4 dots square ( ) just above the Home Key (G). This
is on the bottom edge of the Touch Screen. The Menu Key will open a list of all apps installed on
your phone. If you cannot find a particular app on the home screen, open and search through your
menus for the app you want.

Lock, Unlock & Power
To unlock your phone, first wake it up if it is on a black screen by pressing the power button. Your
screen should light up with a ring on the bottom. Touch and drag this ring up to unlock your phone.
If your phone does not light up when you press the power button, it is likely powered off rather than
asleep. To power on your phone hold down the power button for about 5-10 seconds until the
screen lights up and it starts booting up.
Your phone will be set to auto-sleep after a minute or so of inactivity. If you want to force-lock the
phone, just press the power button. If you want to force your phone to fully power down, hold
down the power button until you see a menu giving you the option to Power Off/Airplane
Mode/Restart.
•Power off will shut down your phone
•Airplane mode will deactivate your connectivity (phone and network) but leave the device
powered on. You can still use apps that do not require any networking in Airplane Mode. To
turn Airplane Mode back off, simply hold the power button down again until you are
presented with the menu option to turn it off.
•Restart will simply restart your phone. This will typically only be used if you are
experiencing great slowness or if an app freezes and you need to restart to flush the phones
memory.
Any time you are unlocking or logging into your phone from powering on, restarting, or turning off
airplane mode, you will be asked to enter your PIN.
Managing Contacts
On the TC phones, Contacts are managed under an app called People. This can be found under the
Menu Key and scrolling through the apps pages until you find it (these are listed alphabetically).
To add a contact, open the People app, and at the top you will see a “+ Add” button. If you are
presented with a warning regarding Outlook, press OK. This is just informing you that your phone
contacts will not automatically sync with your Outlook contacts. If you do not want to see this
message every time you add a contact, tick “Do not ask me again” before pressing OK.
This is the Add contact screen:
A) Type in the name of your contact in the name box at the top.
B) Leave the Contact Type field as “Phone”
C) Type in the number in the appropriate field.
D) For additional phone fields, press the + button on the header.
E) If you wish, you can also enter an email address for the
contact for reference, though as a general rule, the TCs
won’t be set up for emailing from your carersvictoria.org.au
address
When done, press Save, or to discard, press Cancel.

Make Phone Calls
To make a phone call, press the phone icon in the bottom left of the touch screen on the home page.
Once in the call screen, you will be presented with a keypad on the bottom, and your contacts on
top. You can use either method to select your number, and then press the green CALL button on the
bottom.
Messaging SMS)
SMS Messaging is accessed via the message button on the bottom right of the touch screen on the
home page. The 2
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image below is what your message box will look like for first use (assuming you
haven’t had a phone ported over that brought your message history). As you use your Messaging
the “No Messages Found” window will fill up with your recently messaged people.
A) Search – click here and type in a name to
search for messages from a particular user
B) Compose – click here to compose a new
message. You will then be prompted to put in a
user or phone number and the message body
C) Menu – click here for settings, sorting, and
other options.
D) Message Window – As you use Messaging, the
Message Window will show (as a default) your
most recent messages by recipient. You can tap
on one of the messages shown here to reply or
start a new message to that user.

Tethering Using the HTC as a Wireless Router for a laptop)
If you are going to tether a laptop to your TC wirelessly for internet connection, go to the Menu
Key, and find the icon for Wi- i Hot Spot (icons are listed alphabetically). Read and tap OK.
We suggest that you do not change the settings here, but you will need to scroll down and take note
of the password (A), which should be a string of numbers and letters, such as 0E69DBBE85 84. This
will be the password that you have to type in on your laptop once you try to connect. Keep this
secure. This password will not change unless you manually configure a new password on this screen.
To turn on the Wi-Fi tethering capability, tap the tick box next to Portable Wi- i Hotspot (B) at the
top of this settings screen.
Note: If the keyboard pops up obscuring your view of the screen, tap the Back button (<) on the
bottom of your device to hide the keyboard.
Now that you have enabled your mobile to provide a hotspot, you need to connect with your laptop
(or wireless device). These instructions will support WIN XP and WIN 7 laptops.
Windows XP
First make sure your wireless is turned on. Depending on your laptop the wireless on/off switch can
be located in several different places. There will typically be either an on/off switch on the front or
side edge of the base of the laptop, or on newer laptops, it can often be found between on the base
between the keyboard and screen.
In the system tray (icons near the clock in the bottom right) find the Wireless Network icon and
double click.
NOTE: Alternatively you can click on the Start Menu > Connect To > Wireless Network Connection.
When the window opens, click the “View Wireless Networks” Button.

Now you will need to connect to the TC device. If your Wireless Network hasn’t detected the TC
automatically, you will need to click on Refresh Network List.
Once TC is detected, make sure it is highlighted and click on the Connect button.
You will be prompted to enter and confirm the wireless Password. This will be the password that
you looked up in the Portable Wi- i hotspot settings window on your TC.
You should now be connected and the Wireless Network Window will display as below.
You can close this Wireless Network window while you work and it will stay connected. When you
are done networking, re-open the Wireless Networks window, and click the button, which will now
say Disconnect.

Windows 7
First make sure your wireless is turned on. Depending on your laptop the wireless on/off switch can
be located in several different places. There will typically be either an on/off switch on the front or
side edge of the base of the laptop, or on newer laptops, it can often be found between on the base
between the keyboard and screen.
In the system tray (icons near the clock in the bottom right) find the Wireless Network icon and click.
Now you will need to connect to the TC device. If your Wireless Network hasn’t detected the TC
automatically, you will need to click to refresh your Network List.
Once TC is detected, click it to expand, and click on the Connect button.
(click to refresh list if necessary)
You will be prompted to enter the wireless Password. This will
be the password that you looked up in the Portable Wi- i
hotspot settings window on your TC.
You should now be connected and the Wireless Network Window
will display as below.
Click away from this window to hide it from view. When you are done networking, re-open the
Wireless Networks window from the same icon on the system tray, click the TC Portable otspot
option and the Disconnect button will now appear for you to click.
Tips for tethering
Using your TC device as a wireless hotspot will drain your battery far
more quickly than normal phone usage. ITC Team suggests that when
possible, you have your TC device on the charger while using it as a
wireless hotspot.
Also, for the same power saving reasons, it is best practice to disable the
TC wireless sharing when not in use. To disable the Tethering function,
go back to Menu Key > Wi- i Hotspot, and untick the box to turn off.

Transferring Photos and Data between your HTC and PC or Laptop
If you have Photos or Data saved on your phone and would like to get them moved to a PC, first
connect TC Desire C to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
On the Choose a connection type screen, select Disk drive, and then tap Done. On your computer,
the storage card is recognized as a removable disk.
You should get a pop up on your PC, choose to Open folder to view files. Navigate to the removable
disk and open it.
Now copy the files from the storage card to a folder in your computer.
After copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected TC Desire C) as
required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove TC Desire C. If you have any
queries on how to safely remove a USB drive, please contact the ICT Team.
More Help
The TC website provides User Guides, Troubleshooting Guides, ow-To Videos, and FAQs if you are
interested in learning more about the functions to get the most out of your phone. The guides can
be found here:
http://www.htc.com/au/support/howtos.aspx?p_id=449&p_name=htc-desire-c