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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

Personalizing

Making HTC Desire 500 truly yours

Make HTC Desire 500 look and sound just the way you want it. Personalize it with a

different wallpaper and ringtone, and you can also choose notification sounds for

events such as incoming text, email, and calendar reminders.

Changing your wallpaper

Pick your favorite photo as your Home wallpaper. Choose from the available

wallpapers, or use any photo you've taken with the camera.

1. Go to Settings, and then tap Personalize.

2. Tap Wallpaper.

3. Tap one of the following:

HTC wallpapers Choose a preset wallpaper, and then tap Preview.

Live wallpapers Choose a preset animated wallpaper, and then tap Preview. If

the animated wallpaper you chose can be customized, tap

Settings.

Gallery Choose an existing photo and crop it.

4. Tap Done or Apply.

Adding a widget to your Home screen

Widgets make at-a-glance important information and media content easily available.

Choose from a selection of widgets and add the most useful ones to your Home

screen.

1. Go to Settings, and then tap Personalize.

2. Tap Customize home screen.

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