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Unboxing
- HTC Desire 500
- Back cover
  - Removing the back cover
  - Replacing the back cover
- microSIM card
  - Inserting the SIM card
  - Removing the SIM card
- Storage card
- Battery
- Switching the power on or off
  - Switching the power on
  - Switching the power off
- Want some quick guidance on your phone?
  - Exploring HTC Desire 500
  - Searching Tips & Help
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
  - Features you'll enjoy on HTC Desire 500
- Basics
- Home screen feeds
- Notifications
  - Notification LED
  - Notifications panel
- 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
  - Changing the settings of a widget
  - Resizing a widget
- Adding apps and other shortcuts on your Home screen
- Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
  - Moving a widget or icon
  - Removing a widget or icon
- Personalizing the launch bar
- Grouping apps into a folder
  - Renaming a folder
  - Removing items from 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
  - Changing the Phone dialer layout
- Dialing an extension number
- Returning a missed call
- Using Speed dial
  - Assigning a speed dial key
- 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
  - Changing the default country code for Home dialing
  - Turning off Home dialing
Messages
- Sending a text message (SMS)
- Sending a multimedia message (MMS)
  - Creating a slideshow
  - Can't find your contacts' email addresses in Messages?
- Sending a group message
  - Top questions on group MMS
- Resuming a draft message
- Replying to a message
  - Replying to a contact's other phone number
- 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
  - Opening and reading a new WAP push message
  - Viewing all your WAP push messages
- Copying a text message to your SIM card
- Deleting messages and conversations
  - How do I protect a message from being deleted?
Search and web browser
- Searching HTC Desire 500 and the Web
- Getting instant information with Google Now
- Browsing the Web
- Bookmarking a webpage
  - Not seeing your bookmark?
  - Syncing your bookmarks with Google Chrome
- Using your browsing history
- Clearing your browsing history
  - Private browsing
Entertainment
- Music
- Wireless display
Storage
- Phone storage
- Dropbox integration
Sync, backup, and reset
- Online sync
- Backup
- HTC Sync Manager
- Reset
  - Restarting HTC Desire 500 (Soft reset)
  - Resetting HTC Desire 500 (Hard reset)
    - Performing a factory reset from settings
    - Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons
People
- Your contacts list
  - Filtering your contacts list
  - Finding people
- Setting up your profile
- Adding a new contact
  - How do I add an extension number to a contact number?
- Editing a contact’s information
- Getting in touch with a contact
- Importing or copying contacts
- Merging contact information
- Sending contact information
  - Sending multiple contact cards
- Contact groups
Email
- Gmail
- Mail
Travel and maps
- Location settings
  - Turning location services on or off
- Google Maps
- HTC Car
Google Play and other apps
- Getting apps
- Essential apps
- Fun apps
- Productivity apps
Internet connections
- Data connection
  - Turning the data connection on or off
  - Adding a new access point
- Managing your data usage
- Wi‑Fi
- Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)
- Using HTC Desire 500 as a wireless router
- Sharing your phone's Internet connection by USB tethering
- Connecting to the Internet through a computer
- Wi‑Fi printing
  - Printing a photo
  - Adding a printer
Wireless sharing
- Connecting a Bluetooth headset
  - Reconnecting a Bluetooth headset
- Unpairing from a Bluetooth device
- Where sent information is saved
- Receiving files using Bluetooth
Settings and security
- Turning Airplane mode on or off
- Turning automatic screen rotation off
  - Screen not rotating?
- 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
  - Installing a digital certificate
- Protecting your SIM card with a PIN
  - Restoring a SIM card that has been locked out
- Protecting HTC Desire 500 with a screen lock
  - Forgot your screen lock pattern?
- Checking your phone's HTC Sense version
Trademarks and copyrights
Index

Three-finger gesture

§ Swipe up using three fingers to share content such

as photos, videos, and music from HTC Desire 500

to your TV or speakers.

§ While using the HTC Car app, tap the screen with

three fingers to activate the voice command mode.

§ HTC gestures is enabled by default, which makes the three-finger gesture work

only when sharing content or using HTC apps.

§ You need to hook up the HTC Media Link HD (sold separately) to your HDMI TV to

share content.

Can't use multi-finger gestures in your apps?

That's because HTC gestures is enabled by default. This makes the three-

finger gesture exclusive for sharing content or for use with HTC apps. You

won't be able to use multi-finger gestures (gestures that use three fingers or

more) for other purposes.

To use multi-finger gestures in games or musical instrument apps, clear the

HTC gestures option in Settings > Display, gestures & buttons (or Display &

buttons).

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