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Welcome! Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint Prepaid and your HTC Desire® 510. For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/prepaidsupport. There, you’ll find guides, tutorials, and more to help you get the most out of your phone.
Using This Guide This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new HTC Desire 510. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. Use Your Phone − page 12 − Take Get Ready −...
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Your HTC Desire 510 Power Button 3.5mm Headset Front Camera Speaker Microphone Jack Proximity Camera Sensor Volume Button SIM Card and microSD™ Card Slots Touchscreen (under the back cover) Recent Apps Key Back Key Home Key Speaker Microphone Charger/Accessory Jack...
Get Your Phone Ready Register Your Phone on Sprint Prepaid Charge the Battery 1. From your computer’s browser, visit 1. Insert the small end of the USB cable into sprint.com/prepaidactivate. the charger/accessory jack on the bottom of your phone. 2. Choose an activation option and click 2.
• Swipe up to unlock the screen, swipe right on for the first time, you should see a to go directly to HTC BlinkFeed™, or swipe Hands Free Activation screen, which may left to go to the Home widget panel.
• Tell HTC & location services. Choose Google Account™. whether to allow HTC to collect • Fast and easy setup. Use the HTC Get anonymous data in the background about Started service to set up your new phone how you use your phone.
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Android Basics: Your Home Screen Home Screen To close the panel, drag the bottom bar up or just touch Your phone’s Home screen extends horizontally up to five panels. Add Apps and Widgets to Your • To display the main Home screen, touch Home Screen from any screen.
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Keys Open Apps Keys Open Apps Just below the touchscreen, you’ll find three • If an app is on one of your Home screen static key icons that let you do most of your panels or in the Launch bar, just touch it to navigating around the phone.
Choose input method, and Note: With HTC Sense Input, you can also then touch the method you want to use. enter text by sliding your finger continuously over the keyboard. Select the Trace keyboard option in the keyboard settings to enable this option.
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1. Touch an onscreen character, and then, > while maintaining your finger onscreen, keyboard, and then touch a keyboard option (HTC Sense Input or Swype). drag to the next character in the desired word. Google Voice™ Typing 2. Repeat this process until the desired Use your voice to enter text instead characters have been drawn over.
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Use Your Phone: Voicemail Set Up Your Voicemail Sprint strongly recommends setting a voicemail password. All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to your voicemail, even if your Retrieve Your Voicemail phone is in use or turned off. You should set >...
Calls Make a Phone Call Answer an Incoming Call • Whether the display is active or locked, 1. Touch > to display the phone keypad. touch 2. Touch the digits of the number you want to call on the keypad. Touch to delete one Note: While on a call and holding the phone or more digits.
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Contacts Your phone’s People app lets you access and The People app lets you access and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including Gmail™, Exchange, Facebook, contacts synced from your computer, and contacts you’ve entered manually. View Contacts Save a Phone Number >...
Contacts Add a New Contact Edit Contacts 1. Touch > > People > 1. Touch > > People 2. Add as much or as little information as 2. Touch a contact to open it, and then Edit contact. you want. touch >...
Messages Send a Message Read and Reply to Messages 1. Touch > > • Touch > 2. Enter a contact name or mobile number in • To open a message, touch it. the To field. • To reply to a text or multimedia message, 3.
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Email Add an Email Account Access Your Email Messages 1. Touch > > Mail 1. Touch > > Mail 2. If this is your first time adding an Email 2. Touch and select an account. account, proceed to step 3. If you have 3.
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Wi-Fi Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Find sports scores, news, and weather. Shop online. Your phone’s built-in browser lets you When you’re in range of an available Wi-Fi surf the Web just the way you want to. network you can use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to access the Internet and other data services.
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Google Play and Google Mobile Services Google Play is the place to go to find Note: You must have a Google Account set up on your phone to purchase and new apps, games, movies, and more for download apps from Google Play. your phone.
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2. Select a social networking app (such as screen to manually refresh the stream. Facebook), and then follow the instructions to complete setup. Tip: If HTC BlinkFeed is set as the main screen, you can touch or touch the status bar to scroll to the top.
Camera & Video Take a Picture • While in camera or video mode, touch for additional settings options. 1. Touch > View Pictures and Videos 2. Touch to take the picture. 1. Touch > > Gallery Record a Video 2. Select TIMELINE, ALBUMS, or LOCATION. 1.
Bluetooth® Pair and Connect with a Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures Bluetooth Device Using Bluetooth > Settings > Bluetooth. 1. Touch > 1. Open the application containing the file you want to share (for example, touch > • If Bluetooth is not turned on, touch the >...
Note: Your phone includes additional music playing options, including Google Play Music Note: You can also install and use HTC Sync (Play Music). Manager on your computer to transfer music, pictures, and other files.
Tools and Resources: Settings Explore ways to customize your phone, set permissions, update your phone, and more in the Settings menu. Accessing Settings • Accounts & sync • Date & time • Location • Printing 1. Touch > > Settings •...
Battery-Saving Tips Use Power Saver Mode Manage the Display Brightness and Screen Timeout Turning power saver mode on helps increase battery life by reducing the usage of phone • Touch > Settings > Display > > features that drain the battery such as the Brightness or Screen timeout to modify CPU and display.
Manage Your Account Refill Online: sprint.com/prepaidmysprint Refill Your Account • View cash balance and/or payment date Visit sprint.com/prepaidrefill to refill your cash balance by making a one-time payment • Check minute usage (if not on an unlimited with a credit or debit card. voice plan) •...
> > Sprint Zone to access and the complete User Guide for your account services, Sprint news, phone HTC Desire 510. information, suggested applications, troubleshooting, and more. • Community – Visit community.sprint.com to join the discussion about all things Sprint. Here people help each other make the most of their wireless services with tips, forums, blogs, and the latest news.
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Sustainability What else has Sprint been doing? At Sprint, environmental responsibility is more than talk. We’re continuously working Plenty. To find out just what we’ve been to reduce our carbon footprint and up to, visit sprint.com/green for decrease our use of natural resources. more information.
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Survey We are interested in your initial impressions of this new Sprint phone. Within two weeks of your phone purchase, please go to the website http://labs.sprint.com/sprintphonesurvey to complete a brief survey. Your feedback will help us provide the wireless features and services you want most.