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
Accessibility settings
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.
Installing a digital certificate
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. If you 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 Security.
2. Tap Set up SIM card lock, then select Lock SIM card.
159 Settings and security