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Wildfire s - quick start guide
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Before you do anything else,
Get to know your phone
please read this
Charge the battery
Earpiece
The battery in your phone hasn't been charged yet. While your
3.5mm
phone is charging, it's important that you do not remove the battery
headset jack
pack. Doing so can damage your phone. Also, please don't try to
take your phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.)
Choose a rate plan wisely
Depending on how you use your phone, it can use up a lot of
Internet bandwidth really quickly. Before you use your phone, we
strongly recommend that you talk to your mobile operator about
Volume
data rates.
control
Know about privacy laws
Some countries have strict laws about how and when you can
record phone conversations. It's a good idea to find out what the
laws are where you live before you use your phone's recording
feature.
Touch
screen
And finally, a few important words from our legal team
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any indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages
of any kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not
limited to, injury, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of business
opportunity, loss of data, and/or loss of profits, regardless of the
foreseeability thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates have been
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Before you turn on your phone
Make sure you prepare your phone correctly before you
Replacing the battery and back cover
press the POWER button.
1. Insert the battery (with
its exposed copper
Removing the thin film from the battery
contacts first) into the
1. With your finger, open the back cover from the small
battery compartment.
Power
opening near the POWER button.
2. Press the bottom part
Notification
of the back cover first
LED
by aligning into the
openings located at the
Proximity
bottom part of the back of the phone.
sensor
3. Press the sides and the top part of the back cover down
to lock the cover into place. You will hear a click when
the back cover is locked in place.
Charging the battery
2. Take the battery out and remove the thin film that's
Use the supplied power adapter and USB cable to charge
wrapped around it.
your phone.
Where's the microSD card?
The microSD card is already inserted into your phone. If
you need to remove the microSD card, just slide it out.
To reinsert, push it in until it clicks into place.
Set up your phone
The first time you turn on your phone, you'll be guided to
transfer contacts to your new HTC phone using Bluetooth,
set up your email and social network accounts, and more.
SEARCH
Be sure to sign in to your Google™ Account so you can
use Google apps such as Gmail™ and Android Market™ on
your phone.
Your Home screen
Connect to the Internet
It's easy to personalize the HTC Wildfire S with colorful
Get online using your phone's data connection or Wi-Fi.
skins, useful widgets, and notification sound sets that you
can download directly to your phone.
Using a data connection
It's simple. When you turn your phone on for the first time,
it should connect automatically to your mobile operator's
data service.
Using Wi-Fi
1. From the Home screen, press
2. Tap Settings > Wireless & networks.
3. Select the Wi-Fi check box to turn Wi-Fi on.
4. Tap Wi-Fi settings, and then choose a Wi-Fi network to
connect to.
Surfing the web made easy
Personalizing your Home screen
Your Home screen has seven panels that you can
HTC Wildfire S makes it fun and easy to browse the web
customize. (Just pinch the Home screen to see all seven.)
on the go. Enjoy multi-window browsing, and see text on
web pages resize and wrap automatically as you zoom in
On the Home screen, tap the
and out.
personalize button
You can even quickly look up stuff on Google or Wikipedia
and choose what you want to
just by highlighting it.
change.
Keep in contact
Make a call
In the People app, you'll see your contacts from your
1. From the Home screen, tap Phone.
Google Account, Facebook®, and even your Exchange
2. Enter the number or contact you want to call, and then
ActiveSync® account if you're signed in to these accounts
tap Call.
on your phone. Aside from their contact details, you'll also
3. To hang up, tap End call.
see their status updates and birthday reminders if they're
your Facebook or Twitter™ friends.
Send a message:
.
1. From the Home screen, tap
2. On the All messages screen, tap Compose message. .
3. Enter the recipient in the To field.
4. Tap "Add text", and then enter your message.
5. When done, tap Send.
Adding a new contact
1. From the Home screen, tap
> People.
2. Tap Add contact. Then enter the contact information in
the relevant fields.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the screen. Then tap Save.
> Messages.

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