User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Unboxing
- Setting up your phone
- Setting up your new phone for the first time
- Transferring content from an Android phone
- Transferring content from an iPhone
- Transferring contacts from your old phone through Bluetooth
- Getting contacts and other content into HTC Desire 500
- Transferring photos, videos, and music between your phone and computer
- Home screen
- Getting to know your settings
- Updating your phone's software
- Your first week with your new phone
- About your phone
- Basics
- Home screen feeds
- Notifications
- Working with text
- Battery
- Camera and Gallery
- Camera
- Gallery
- Personalizing
- Making HTC Desire 500 truly yours
- Changing your wallpaper
- Adding a widget to your Home screen
- Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen
- Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
- Personalizing the launch bar
- Grouping apps into a folder
- Adding a Home screen panel
- Changing your ringtone, notifications, and sounds
- Rearranging application tabs
- Customizing the lock screen style
- Hiding missed calls and messages on the lock screen
- Securing HTC Desire 500 with a personal touch
- Phone calls
- Making a call with Smart dial
- Dialing an extension number
- Returning a missed call
- Using Speed dial
- Calling a phone number in a text message
- Calling a phone number in an email
- Calling a phone number in a Calendar event
- Making an emergency call
- Receiving calls
- What can I do during a call?
- Setting up a conference call
- Checking calls in the Call History
- Changing ringtone settings
- Home dialing
- Messages
- Sending a text message (SMS)
- Sending a multimedia message (MMS)
- Sending a group message
- Resuming a draft message
- Replying to a message
- Saving a text message in the Tasks app
- Forwarding a message
- Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message
- Moving messages to the secure box
- Blocking unwanted messages
- WAP push messages
- Copying a text message to your SIM card
- Deleting messages and conversations
- Search and web browser
- Entertainment
- Storage
- Sync, backup, and reset
- Online sync
- Backup
- HTC Sync Manager
- Syncing your media and data with HTC Sync Manager
- Installing HTC Sync Manager on your computer
- Transferring iPhone content to your HTC phone
- Copying or removing media on your phone
- Syncing data between your phone and your computer
- Syncing music, photos, and videos from your phone to your computer
- Syncing playlists between your phone and your computer
- Syncing documents from your computer to your phone
- Getting help
- Reset
- People
- Travel and maps
- Google Play and other apps
- Internet connections
- Wireless sharing
- Settings and security
- Turning Airplane mode on or off
- Turning automatic screen rotation off
- Adjusting the time before the screen turns off
- Adjusting the screen brightness manually
- Playing a sound when selecting onscreen items
- Changing the display language
- Accessibility settings
- Working with certificates
- Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
- Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock
- Checking your phone's HTC Sense version
- Trademarks and copyrights
- Index
4. Tap Mobile network sharing > USB network setting > 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.
§ 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.
§ If 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.
§ If your computer connects to the Internet via PPP (e.g. Dial UP, xDSL, or VPN),
Internet Pass-through will only support TCP protocol.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Under Wireless & networks, tap More.
3. Tap Mobile network sharing > USB network setting > 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.
151 Internet connections