HTC Desire 550 Quick Start Manual

Getting to know your
HTC Desire
Front camera
Clear and Simple
SIM card
Quick Start Guide slot
microSD™
slot
HTC Desire 550
®
Microphone and speaker
Phone setup
550
®
Insert the SIM and microSD
1. With your phone off and
facing down, open the slot
cover with your thumb or
Earpiece Headphone jack
finger.
2. To remove the tray, insert
your fingernail in the small
Proximity
groove in the tray and then
sensor
pull the tray out.
Volume
3. Place your SIM card into
buttons
the upper SIM slot of the
tray with the gold contacts
facing up and the cut-off
corner facing out.
Power
button
4. When reinserting the SIM
tray, make sure it is facing
up so that the SIM card
doesn't fall out. Slide the
tray all the way into the slot.
5. To add an optional
microSD card, insert your
™
card into the bottom slot,
with the gold contacts
facing up and towards the
slot. Slide the card all the
way in until it clicks into
place.
6. Close the slot cover by
sliding the plastic hinge
Charging port
into the side and press
the cover until it clicks into
place.
Navigating your phone
card
TM • Use your fingertip to lightly touch the screen.
• Use quick flicks of your finger
on the touchscreen to swipe
up, down, left, and right.
• To view recent apps, tap the
Recent key.
• To return to the previous
screen, tap the Back key.
• Tap the Home key at any
time to return to the main
home screen.
• Tap and hold the Home
key to launch Google Now.
• Tap App tray to access
applications.
Notifications panel
Cut-off corner
The Notifications panel
Gold contacts
provides quick access to alerts
including new messages,
emails and software updates.
• Touch the Notifications bar
and drag your finger down
to see the Notifications
panel.
• Swipe right to clear
individual notifications or
Gold contacts
tap Clear all to clear all
notifications.
Personalize Calls and voicemail
Customize home screens Make a call
1. From the home screen, 1. From the home screen,
press and hold a blank area tap Phone
to access customization
2. Select an option to make
options.
a call:
2. Choose what you want to
• Phone: Manually enter
customize, such as your
a telephone number.
home screen wallpaper,
• Call History: Swipe right to
theme, and widgets.
return or retry a call.
• Favorites: Swipe left to call
You can also take
favorite contacts.
personalization even further
• People: Call people in your
by using Themes in the
address book.
App tray .
• Groups: View people
organized by category.
Organize home screens
Check voicemail
• To move a widget, shortcut,
1. From the home screen, tap Phone
or folder, tap and hold it
2. Press and hold the number 1 key on the keypad.
and then drag it to a new
location.
3. Or tap Visual Voicemail
screen to see who has left you a voicemail.
• To delete an item, tap and
hold and then drag it to
Use call waiting
Remove at the top of the
screen.
Answer a call when you are on
• To create a folder, tap and an existing call.
hold an icon and drag it on
1. While on a call, you'll hear a
top of another icon.
tone if another call comes in.
• To rename a folder, tap it,
2. Tap Answer to accept the
tap the folder name, and
second call and put the first
tap the Folder name field
call on hold.
to bring up the keyboard.
3. To switch between the calls,
tap a call on the screen.
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