Z963VL User Manual 1
About This Manual Thank you for choosing this ZTE mobile device. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference. Copyright Copyright © 2016 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation.
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Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: December 7, 2015 Manual No.
Contents Getting Started ....................................................... 12 Knowing the Keys ............................................................ 14 Installing the nano-SIM Card/microSD Card ..................... 15 Charging the Battery ........................................................ 16 Extending the Battery Life ................................................ 18 Powering On/Off .............................................................. 18 Setting Up for the First Time ........
Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ..................... 34 Knowing the Basics ............................................... 36 Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 36 Managing Notifications..................................................... 36 Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ..................................... 40 Organizing With Folders .................................................. 41 Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts ..................................
Managing Multi-party Calls ............................................... 68 Adjusting Your Call Settings ............................................. 70 Contacts ................................................................. 77 Checking Contact Details ................................................. 77 Adding a New Contact...................................................... 77 Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 78 Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts .
Replying to a Message .................................................... 95 Forwarding a Message .................................................... 96 Copying a Message ......................................................... 96 Changing Message Settings ............................................ 96 Calendar .................................................................97 Viewing Your Calendars and Events................................. 97 Creating an Event ......................................
Working With Pictures .................................................... 113 Retouching Your Pictures ............................................... 115 Making a GIF Picture or a Collage .................................. 116 Playing Videos ............................................................... 117 Music .................................................................... 118 Copying Music Files to Your Phone ................................ 118 Viewing Your Music Library ......................
Google Play™ Store ............................................ 133 Browsing and Searching for Apps .................................. 133 Downloading and Installing Apps.................................... 133 Creating a Google Wallet™ Account .............................. 134 Managing Your Downloads ............................................ 135 Settings .................................................................136 General Settings ............................................................
CTIA Requirements ........................................................ 167 Radio Frequency Interference ........................................ 169 Explosive Environments ................................................. 170 Specifications ......................................................
Getting Started Proximity & light sensor Earpiece camera Front camera nano-SIM / microSDXC card tray Home screen camera Recent apps key Back key Home key 12
Headset jack Dual-lens Auxiliary microphone camera Flash Volume up key Volume down key Power key Home Key Main microphone Speaker Charging/USB Type-C jack 13
Knowing the Keys Key Function Power key Press and hold to turn on or off airplane mode, power off or restart the phone. Press to turn off or on the screen display. Touch to return to the home screen. Home key Touch and hold to open Google Search. Back key Touch to go to the previous screen. Recent apps key Touch to see recently used applications. Volume up key Press or hold the key to turn up the volume for media, alarm, ringtone, or notification.
Installing the nano-SIM Card /microSDXC Card The nano-SIM card, and the microSDXC card can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on. You need to unmount the microSDXC card before removing it. WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any non-standard nano-SIM card cut from a card. You can get a standard nano-SIM card from your service provider. 1. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the hole on the card tray.
2. Pull out the card tray and place the nano-SIM card (right) /microSDXC card (left) facing down on the tray. Gently slide the card tray in until it clicks into place. Charging the Battery Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible. WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode. 1.
2. Connect the charger to a standard AC power outlet. If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or , appear in the status bar. 3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. NOTE: If the battery is extremely low, you may be unable to power on the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again after charging the phone for at least 20 minutes. Contact the customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.
Extending the Battery Life Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality can drain your battery. You can follow the helpful tips below to conserve your battery power: Reduce the screen backlight time. Lower the screen brightness. Turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and auto-sync off when not in use. Disable the GPS function when not in use.
2. Touch . 3. Follow the prompts to Select Wi-Fi, set Date & time, type your Name, set screen lock to protect your phone, set notification settings, and check Google services. Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone to sleep mode) when not in use and to turn the screen back on and unlock it when you need it. To lock the screen and keys: To quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the Power key.
2. Touch and hold any blank area of the screen. - or On the blank area of the screen, touch and hold at the bottom right of the screen to open the Camera app. - or Touch a notification twice consecutively to open the related app. NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, a PIN or a password for your phone (see Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks), swipe up on the screen and draw the pattern or enter the PIN or password to unlock your phone.
Touch and Hold To open the available options for an item (for example, a message or link in a web page), touch and hold the item. Swipe or Slide To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Drag To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.
Pinch In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in). Rotate the screen For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. NOTE: The auto-rotate feature needs to be enabled for the screen orientation to automatically change.
Getting to Know the Home Screen The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s applications, functions, and menus. You can customize your home screen by adding shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.
Extended Home Screen Panels Your home screen is extendable, providing more space for shortcuts, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the home screen to see the extended panels. You can add or remove home screen panels, or adjust their order. To add a new home screen panel: 1. Touch the Home key > , or touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select Widgets. 2.
To adjust the order of a home screen panel: 1. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and slide left or right to view the home screen thumbnails. 2. Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it left or right to the place you need. NOTE: Touch at the bottom of a home screen thumbnail to set it as the main home screen.
Personalizing Changing the System Language 1. Touch the Home key > input > Language. > Settings > Language & 2. Select the language you need. Setting the Date and Time 1. 2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Date & time. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format. To adjust the date and time automatically, check Automatic date & time. To adjust the date and time manually, uncheck Automatic date & time and touch Set date / Set time to change the date and time.
Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound You can customize the default ringtone for incoming calls and the default notification sound. 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notifications. 2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification ringtone. 3. Select the ringtone you want to use and touch OK. NOTE: See Set a Ringtone for a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact. Turning On/Off System Sounds 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notifications > Other sounds.
each type of audio. NOTE: You can adjust the volume levels any time by pressing the Volume up key or Volume down key. Then touch and drag a volume slider. Switching to Silent Mode You can set the phone to silent mode by using one of the following methods. Press the Volume up key or the Volume down key, and touch . Drag the ringtone slider to the minimum to switch the phone to silent mode with vibration. Press and hold the Volume down key when no media or phone call is active.
NOTE: In addition to silent mode and vibration, you can also allow priority apps to send out notifications when you switch the phone to priority interruption mode. Applying New Wallpapers You can set the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen. 1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen and then touch Wallpapers. 2. Slide left or right on the wallpaper panel to select a wallpaper, or touch GALLERY or LIVE WALL PAPER to choose the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper.
settings screen to turn the feature on or off. NOTE: You can also use the Quick Settings to manage the screen brightness. See Use Quick Settings. Setting the Theme 1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen. 2. In the window that appears at the bottom, touch Themes. 3. Select a theme you like. Setting the Home Screen Transition Effect 1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen. 2. In the window that appears at the bottom, touch Effects. 3.
1. Touch the Home key > lock. > Settings > Security > Screen 2. Touch None, Long press, Pattern, PIN or Password. Touch None to disable the screen lock. Touch Long press to enable screen lock and allow unlock with a ‘touch and hold’ gesture. You can unlock the screen by touching and holding on the blank area of the screen. Touch Pattern to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. Touch PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a password that you must enter to unlock your screen.
stolen, and may be required or recommended in some organizations. Consult your system administrator before turning it on. In many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: ● Set a lock screen PIN or password. ● Charge the battery. ● Keep the phone connected to the charger. Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your PIN or password. Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your phone in order to decrypt it. Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning You can use the screen pinning feature to keep an app in view, so others cannot switch to other apps or access your personal information. Turn On Screen Pinning 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security > Screen pinning. 2. Touch the On/Off switch. 3.
Unpin the Screen To unpin the screen and return to normal use, touch and hold the Recent apps key. If you have checked Ask for unlock pattern/PIN/password before unpinning when turning on screen pinning, swipe up on the lock screen and draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password.
Knowing the Basics Monitoring the Phone Status The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons you may see.
New SMS Upcoming event New MMS New Wi-Fi network detected New message(s) Downloading data from the Email app New message(s) / / Sending data from the Gmail app Missed call Updates available Call in progress USB connected Song playing Wired headset connected Open/Close the Notification Panel Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are playing music.
remove the notifications. The notification panel also supports expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions right from the notification itself. To respond to a notification, just touch it. Slide down with one finger to expand certain notifications. You can also swipe two fingers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand or collapse certain notifications. To remove a notification, swipe it left or right. To remove all notifications, touch below all the notifications.
the following Quick Settings on the screen. Location: Touch to turn on or off the GPS function. Touch and hold to open the Location settings. See Location. Airplane: Touch to turn on or off airplane mode. Flashlight: Touch to turn on or off the flash. Sound: Touch to switch between vibration, mute and sound. Auto Rotate: Touch to turn on or off the auto-rotate screen feature. Wi-Fi: Touch to turn on or off Wi-Fi. Touch and hold to open the Wi-Fi settings menu. See Connecting to Wi-Fi.
Managing Shortcuts and Widgets Add Shortcuts and Widgets 1. Touch the Home key > . - or To add widgets, touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select Widgets. 2. Slide left or right to browse the available applications or widgets. 3. Touch and hold a widget or an application icon and drag it to a home screen panel. NOTE: While holding the item, you can drag it to the right edge of the screen to create a new home screen panel and put the item on it. Move Shortcuts or Widgets 1.
panels are automatically deleted. Adjust Widget Size 1. Touch and hold a widget on the home screen and then release it. 2. An outline appears around the widget. Drag the outline to resize the widget. NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized. Organizing With Folders You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts to a folder. You can move or remove folders the same way as moving or removing shortcuts. 1. Touch and hold a shortcut on the home screen and drag it quickly over another shortcut.
replace its shortcuts on the home screen. Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the bottom visible from all home screens. You can keep at most four items in the primary shortcuts area. Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to rearrange the area. Entering Text You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type.
NOTE: Some default input methods may not be disabled. Change Input Methods 1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon appears on the status bar. 2. Open the notification panel and touch Change keyboard. 3. Select the input method you need. NOTE: The icon appears only when more than one input method is installed and enabled for use. -orChoose the input method settings by touching > Settings > Language & input from the home screen.
Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold some specific keys to enter associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, touch and hold and the available accented letters and number 3 appear. Then slide to choose È. As you enter a word, candidates appear above the keyboard. Touch to select the correct one; touch and hold to see more possible options. Touch to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock uppercase.
Touch to enter miniature icons, such as expressions, horoscopes, and animals. Touch to use Google voice typing. Touch and hold to change the input languages or set up the Google keyboard. Gesture Typing The Google keyboard supports the gesture typing feature. You use this feature to input a word by sliding through the letters. To enable and use gesture typing: 1. Touch and hold on the Google keyboard and then touch Google Keyboard Settings. 2.
End of the word Start of the word NOTES: Touch when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, go ahead and touch. Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you begin to input the next word. Google Voice Typing Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert speech to text. 1. Touch to access the voice typing feature when you are using the Google Keyboard.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type. 3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it. NOTE: Say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point" to enter punctuation. Editing Text Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap within the text.
Opening and Switching Apps Open an App 1. 2. Touch the Home key > . Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it. Switch Between Recently Opened Apps 1. Touch the Recent Apps key. The apps you’ve used recently are displayed in a series of tabs. Slide up and down to see all the tabs. 2. Touch a tab to open that app. NOTE: You can swipe a tab sideways to remove it from the screen, or touch Clear all to remove all tabs. Uninstalling or Disabling an App 1.
To find the disabled applications, touch the Home key > Settings > Apps > DISABLED. You can then touch an application and touch ENABLE to restore it.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Mobile Networks Control Mobile Data Use To enable or disable data access: 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Mobile networks. 2. Touch the Mobile Data switch to enable or disable mobile data use. To get data services when roaming: 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Mobile networks. 2. Touch the Data roaming switch if it is turned off. NOTE: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges.
3. Touch each item to enter the information you get from your service provider. 4. Touch > Save to complete. NOTE: To set the APN to default settings, touch > Reset to default. Connecting to Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi Network 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2.
2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Touch > Advanced. 4. Slide the Network notification switch. When Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. Uncheck the option to turn off notifications. Add a Wi-Fi Network You can add a Wi-Fi network if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range.
Method one: WPS button (Recommended) 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Touch > Advanced > WPS Push Button. 4. Press the WPS button on the wireless router and the access point will recognize your phone and add it to the network. Method two: PIN number 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Touch > Advanced > WPS Pin Entry. 4. The WPS PIN number displays on the screen.
1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Touch the Wi-Fi network name and then touch FORGET. Adjust Advanced Wi-Fi Settings 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch > Settings > Wi-Fi. > Advanced to adjust the following settings. Network notification: Get notifications in the status bar when Wi-Fi is on and an open network is available.
IP address: Check the phone’s IP address. Connecting to Bluetooth® Devices Bluetooth® is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters (32.8 feet). The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed. Turn Bluetooth On/Off 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On or Off position.
Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could touch > Refresh if you want to scan again. 3. Touch the device you want to pair with. 4. Confirm that the Bluetooth passkeys are the same between the two devices and touch PAIR. Alternately, enter a Bluetooth passkey and touch PAIR. Pairing is successfully completed when the other device accepts the connection or the same passkey is entered.
Send Data via Bluetooth 1. Open the appropriate application and select the file or item you want to share. 2. Select the option for sharing via Bluetooth. The method may vary by application and data type. 3. Touch a Bluetooth device the phone has paired with or wait for it to search for new devices and touch one of them. Receive Data via Bluetooth 1. Turn Bluetooth on before trying to receive data via Bluetooth. 2. Flick down the status bar and touch . 3. Touch ACCEPT to start receiving the data.
2. Open the notification panel and touch 3. Choose one of the following options: . Charge only: Charge your phone via USB. Install driver: Install the driver needed for some USB connection modes (such as MTP). You only need to install the driver on the same PC once. NOTE: You can also install the driver on PC by running the executable file in the new CD-ROM drive. Media device (MTP): Transfer files on Windows® or Mac®.
® Connect With Windows Media Player You can sync music, picture, and video files from your computer to your phone via Windows Media Player. 1. Connect the phone with your computer via USB and choose Media device (MTP). 2. Open Windows Media Player and synchronize music, picture, and video files. Disconnect Your Phone From the Computer To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unplug the USB cable when you’re finished.
Erase the microSDXC Card 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage. 2. Scroll down and touch Erase SD card > ERASE SD CARD > ERASE EVERYTHING. CAUTION: The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSDXC card, after which the files CANNOT be retrieved. Connecting to Virtual Private Networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network.
NOTE: You must set a lock screen pattern, PIN or password before using VPN. Connect to a VPN 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN. 2. Touch the VPN that you want to connect to. 3. When prompted, enter any requested credentials, and then touch CONNECT. Modify a VPN 1. 2. 3. 4. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN. Touch and hold the VPN that you want to modify. Touch Edit profile and edit the VPN settings you want. Touch SAVE.
Phone Calls You can place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial. Placing and Ending Calls Place a Call by Dialing 1. Touch the Home key > . 2. Touch and enter the phone number or the contact name with the dialpad. Touch to delete incorrect digits. NOTE: As you enter the phone number or the contact name, your phone searches for matching information in your contacts.
NOTE: To make an international call, touch and hold the 0 key to enter the plus (+) symbol. Next, enter the country code, followed by the city/area code and then the phone number. NOTE: To redial the last call you made, just touch the Home key > > and touch > again. End a Call During a call, touch on the screen.
Reject a Call When you receive a phone call, slide up the red bar to reject the call. You can also slide up to reject the call and select a preset text message or edit one to send to the caller. NOTE: To edit the preset text response from within the Phone app, touch in the top search field and select Settings > General settings > Quick responses. Working With the Call History The call history is a list of all the calls you've placed, received, or missed.
Add a Number From Call History as a Contact 1. Open the call history. 2. Touch the contact icon in front of a number. 3. Touch on the contact information tab. 4. To add the number to an existing contact, touch a contact in the list. To add a new contact, touch at the top right corner. Take Other Actions on a Call History Entry Open the call history and touch a number to view more call information.
Calling Your Contacts 1. Touch the Home key > . Your favourite contacts and frequently called contacts are displayed in the SPEED DIAL tab. 2. Touch a contact to place the call, or touch or swipe to the CONTACTS tab to view all your contacts and touch beside a contact to make a call. Checking Voicemail If you have set the phone to divert calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. Here’s how to check the messages they left. 1. Touch the Home key > > . 2.
Using Options During a Call During a call, you will see a number of onscreen options. Touch an option to select it. Touch Touch to switch to the keypad when you need to enter a code (for example, the PIN for your voicemail or bank account) during the call. Touch / Touch / Touch to make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold. Touch to open the Contacts app. Touch to open the Messaging app.
your ear during speakerphone use. Managing Multi-party Calls When the call waiting and three-way call features are available, you can switch between two calls or set up a conference call. NOTE: The call waiting and three-way call features need network support and may result in additional charges. Please contact your service provider for more information. Switch Between Current Calls When you’re on a call and another call comes in, your phone screen informs you and displays the caller ID.
Touch to reject the second call. Touch to reject the second call and select a preset text message or edit one to send to the caller. To switch between two calls: Touch > to switch back to the other call. Set Up a Conference Call With this feature, you can talk to two people at the same time. 1. Place the first call. 2. Once you have established the connection, touch > and dial the second number. (This puts the first caller on hold.) 3. When you’re connected to the second party, touch .
Adjusting Your Call Settings Set Contact Display Options You can set the order of the contacts displayed in the CONTACTS tab of the Phone app. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > General settings. 2. Touch Sort by or Name format to set the order of the contacts and the format of the contact names. Set Sound and Vibration Set the sound and vibration for incoming calls as well as dialpad sounds. 1.
dialpad keys. Check Also vibrate for calls to enable vibration for incoming call notification. NOTE: You can set the vibration pattern for incoming call notification. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Vibrate pattern and select one. Edit Quick Response to Rejected Callers 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > General settings > Quick responses. 2. Touch a text message to edit it. Set Voicemail 1.
Touch Sound to select the notification sound for new voicemails. Check Vibrate to enable vibration for notification. Set TTY Mode Your phone is a TTY compatible device. A TTY device can allow people who have hearing or speech disabilities to communicate by telephone. Simply connect the TTY device to the phone’s headset jack. Select a TTY mode for your phone to work with a TTY device, or turn TTY off. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > TTY mode. 2.
TTY HCO: Users who can hear, but cannot talk, may use this mode to listen to conversation of the other party, and respond via text messages. TTY VCO: Users who can talk, but cannot hear, may use this mode to talk through the phone and receive responses via text messages. Set Hearing Aids Your phone supports HAC (Hearing Aid Compatibility) function.
Set Speed Dials You can touch and hold the 1 ~ 9 keys from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number. The number key 1 is reserved to speed dial your voicemail. To assign a speed dial key: 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Speed dial. 2. Touch a speed dial key. 3. Enter a phone number or select one from the contact list. 4. Touch OK. Set DTMF Tones You can set the length of Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signal tones. 1.
your contacts after you finish a call. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings. 2. Check Call ended operation tips to enable this feature. Answer Calls Automatically The Auto answer feature allows the phone to automatically answer incoming calls so your hands are free to do something else. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Auto answer. 2. Touch Auto answer if the feature is off. 3.
Cancel All Forwarding to disable it. Voice Privacy This option allows you to enable enhanced privacy mode. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Additional settings. 2. Check Voice privacy to enable this feature. Plus Code Dialing Setting Plus Code Dialing allows the phone to automatically dial the international access code for your location when you touch and hold the 0 key in the dialer. To activate Plus Code Dialing: 1.
Contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing. To see your contacts, touch the Home key > . From there, you can touch the tabs on the top of the screen to quickly switch to the contact groups or favorite contacts. Checking Contact Details 1. Touch the Home key > access your contact list. and touch the CONTACTS tab to 2. Scroll through the list to view all your contacts. 3.
where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts will be synced automatically with your account online. 4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses, and other information. Touch ADD ANOTHER FIELD to add more information if you want. 5. Touch to save the contact. Setting Up Your Own Profile You can create your own name card in your phone. 1. Touch the Home key > and touch the CONTACTS tab. 2. Touch Set up my profile.
You can also quickly share your contacts using Bluetooth, Google Drive, Email, Gmail, or Messaging, etc. Import Contacts From the nano-SIM Card 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch . > Import/Export > Manage SIM card contacts. 3. If you have added contact accounts other than the phone, select an account in which to save the contacts. 4. Touch > Import SIM Contacts. 5. Check the contacts you need and then touch . Import Contacts From the microSDXC Card or Phone Storage 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch .
Export Contacts to the nano-SIM Card 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch . > Import/Export > Export to SIM card. 3. Check the contacts you need and then touch . NOTE: If the nano-SIM card is full, you cannot export contacts to the card. Export Contacts to the microSDXC Card or Phone Storage 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch . > Import/Export > Export to storage. 3. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file and the directory in which the file will be saved. Touch OK to create the file.
3. Check the contacts you want to share and then touch . 4. Choose how to share the contacts. Options depend on the applications and services installed. Working With Favorite Contacts In the favorite contacts tab, you can find your favorite contacts and frequently contacted contacts. Add a Contact to Favorites You can add the contacts you use frequently to FAVORITES so that you can find them quickly. 1. Touch the Home key > and touch the CONTACTS tab. 2. Touch a contact and then touch at the top.
2. Scroll through the list to view the preset groups and any groups you have created. 3. Touch a group to view its members. NOTE: To send a message or an email to the group members, you can touch > Send Group message / Send Group email after you open the group. Set Up a New Group 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch and touch the GROUPS tab. to create a new group. 3. Touch to choose an account for the new group. 4. Touch the Group’s name field and enter the group name. 5.
3. Touch OK to disband the group. The contacts in the group will not be deleted. NOTE: Pre-set groups cannot be deleted. Edit a Group 1. Touch the Home key > and touch the GROUPS tab. 2. Touch a group and then touch . 3. Touch Edit to edit the group name, add more members, or change the ringtone. Or touch Multi-Select to select the members you don’t need and remove them from the group. Searching for a Contact 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch . at the top of the screen. 3.
2. Touch a contact you need to edit and then touch 3. Edit the contact and touch . . Set a Ringtone for a Contact Assign a special ringtone to a contact, so you know who is calling when you hear the ringtone. 1. Touch the Home key > . 2. Touch a contact you want to set a ringtone for and then touch > Set ringtone. 3. Select a ringtone you like and touch OK. Delete Contacts 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch and touch the CONTACTS tab. > Multi-Select. 3.
2. Touch a contact entry to display the contact’s details and then touch 3. Touch . > Join. 4. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first entry. 5. Touch . The information from the second contact is added to the first contact, and the second contact is no longer displayed in the contacts list. You can repeat these steps to join another contact to the main contact.
Web Accounts Adding or Removing Accounts You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts, depending on the apps installed on your phone. Add an Account 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Accounts. 2. Touch the type of account you want to add. 3. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details may vary.
3. Touch > Remove account > REMOVE ACCOUNT. Configuring Account Sync Configure Auto Sync Setting 1. Find the Power control widget on the home screen. NOTE: If the widget is not on the home screen, you can add it from the Widgets panel. See Add Shortcuts and Widgets. 2. Touch Sync on the widget to enable or disable automatic sync. When automatic sync is turned on, changes you make to information on your phone or on the web are automatically synced with each other.
Sync Manually 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings. 2. In the Accounts section, touch the account category and then the account you want to sync. 3. Touch > Sync now. Or touch the types of information you want to sync. Change an Account’s Sync Settings 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings. 2. In the Accounts section, touch the account category and then the account. The Sync screen appears, showing a list of information the account can sync. 3. When auto-sync is enabled, check or uncheck items as you need.
Email Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to receive and send emails from your webmail or other accounts using POP3 or IMAP, or access your Exchange ActiveSync account for your corporate email needs. Setting Up the First Email Account 1. Touch the Home key > > Email. 2. Select an email server and enter the email address and password. 3. Touch Next to let the phone retrieve the network parameters automatically.
the message list. To check earlier emails for your IMAP or POP3 accounts, swipe upwards to the bottom of the message list and touch Load more messages. Responding to an Email You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. Reply to or Forward an Email 1. Open the email you want to reply to or forward from the Inbox. 2.
While in a message list (for instance, the inbox), touch the checkboxes before the messages and then touch . Delete an Email You can delete an email from its folder. You can also delete a batch of emails. While reading a message, touch While in a message list (for instance, the Inbox), touch the > OK. checkboxes before the messages and then touch OK. > Writing and Sending an Email 1. Open your email inbox and touch .
3. Enter the email subject and compose the email text. 4. Touch > Attach file to add audio files, images, videos and other types of files as attachments. 5. Touch at the top right of the screen to send the message. Adding and Editing Email Accounts Add an Email Account After setting up your first email account (see Setting Up the First Email Account), you can add more email accounts and manage them separately. 1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen. 2.
you want to change. 3. Make the changes and touch the Back key when you finish. Changing General Email Settings General settings apply to all email accounts you add. 1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen. 2. Touch > Settings > General. 3. Make the changes and touch the Back key when you finish.
Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messaging Screen Touch the Home key > . The Messaging screen opens, where you can create a new message, search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread. Touch Touch to search for a message using keywords. Touch an existing message thread to open the conversation you’ve had with a certain number. to write a new text or multimedia message. Sending a Message 1.
touching . 3. Touch the Type message field and enter the message text. 4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch subject to add a message subject or touch file or a slideshow to the message. 5. Touch > Add to attach a . NOTE: You can also include email addresses as recipients for multimedia messages. NOTE: Do not add a message subject or any attachment if you want to send a text message. Otherwise you may be charged for a multimedia message.
Forwarding a Message 1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to forward. 2. Touch the message and then touch Forward in the menu that opens. 3. Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want. 4. Touch . Copying a Message You can copy text messages in the nano-SIM card to the phone storage. 1. On the Messaging screen, touch SIM card messages. > Settings > Manage 2. Touch and hold a message and then touch Copy to phone memory.
Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar™ service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar once you sign into your Exchange account on the phone. To open Calendar, touch Calendar. in the home screen and select Viewing Your Calendars and Events Select Visible Calendars 1. Open the Calendar app. 2. Touch > Calendars to display. 3.
view from Month view by touching any day block in the monthly calendar. In Month view, swipe vertically to see previous and future months. In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see previous and future weeks/days. When you are viewing past or future days, weeks, or months, touch the icon to today. at the top right to quickly switch View Event Details In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view or Agenda view.
Editing or Deleting an Event 1. Find the event you want to edit or delete. 2. Open its details screen (see View Event Details in this chapter). 3. Do one of the following as you need. To edit the event, touch changes. . Touch SAVE to save your To delete the event, touch > OK. Changing Calendar Settings To change the calendar settings, open a calendar view (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda), and touch > Settings.
Browser Use Browser to view web pages and search for information. Opening the Browser Touch in the home screen to launch the web browser. The browser also opens when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text message. Open a Web Page or Search the Web 1. Open the Browser app. 2. Touch the address box at the top of the web page. If the address box isn’t visible, scroll to the top of the page to show it. 3. Enter the address (URL) of a web page. Or, enter terms you want to search for. 4.
Using Multiple Browser Tabs You can open several web pages at the same time (one page in each tab) and switch between them freely. To open a new browser tab: Touch > New window at the bottom of the screen. A new browser window opens and the homepage is loaded. To switch between tabs: 1. Touch at the bottom of the screen. 2. Touch the tab you want to view. To close the browser tabs: Touch tab.
webpage. 2. In the menu that opens, touch Save image or Save link. The downloaded files are saved to your phone or the microSDXC card. You can view or open the downloaded files in the Downloads app ( > Downloads). Using Bookmarks To add a bookmark: 1. Touch > Add bookmark. -orTouch > MANAGE BOOKMARKS > Add bookmark. 2. Type the title and the URL of the bookmark in the fields, and select the folder to contain the bookmark. 3. Touch Ok. To open a bookmark: 1. Touch > Bookmarks tab. 2.
2. Touch behind the bookmark you want to edit. 3. Edit the title and the URL of the bookmark in the fields, or change the folder to contain the bookmark if needed. 4. Touch Ok. NOTE: Touch > MANAGE BOOKMARKS > Import/Export to import/export bookmark. To remove a bookmark: 1. Touch > Bookmarks tab. 2. Touch and hold the bookmark, and then touch Remove bookmarks.
Camera You can use your phone to take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored on the microSDXC card you have installed or in the phone storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app. Capturing a Photo 1. Touch the Home key > > Camera. 2. Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjustment. Auto camera mode is used by default. NOTE: You can pinch or spread on the screen to zoom in or zoom out before taking pictures.
Number Function 1 Change the camera/video settings. 2 Change flash mode (only available for the back camera).
Number Function 3 Switch to Bokeh camera mode to adjust aperture (only available for the back camera). 4 View photos and videos you have taken. 5 Select a special effect for pictures and videos. 6 Capture a photo. 7 Record a video. 8 Take a panorama picture, a multi-exposure picture, or manually adjust the settings before taking a picture (only available for the back camera). 9 Switch to auto camera mode (only available for the back camera).
3. Touch the area where you want the camera to focus, or leave the camera to autofocus on the center of the image. NOTE: In Auto camera mode, when you touch the screen to focus, the exposure bar appears beside the focus point. You can drag up or down to adjust the exposure. 4. Lightly touch . The Volume up key or Volume down key can also be used to take a photo when the Camera app is launched. NOTE: When you use the front camera, you can also touch to adjust beauty face or smile detection setting.
exposure bar appears beside the focus point. You can drag up or down to adjust the exposure. 3. Touch to start recording. NOTE: While the recording is in progress, touch recording or touch photo. 4. Touch to pause the to save the frame as a separate to stop recording. Using Other Camera Modes Besides capturing photos and videos in the traditional way, your camera app offers other powerful and interesting camera modes. Touch MODES to find them all. PANORAMA: Capture panorama pictures.
1. Touch the Home key > > Camera. 2. Touch MODES > MANUAL. 3. Aim the camera at the subject and you can make the following adjustments. Drag on. to any area on the screen that you want to focus Drag to any area on the screen where you want the camera to meter exposure so as to adjust the photo brightness. Touch to adjust shutter speed. Touch to adjust ISO. Touch to adjust overall exposure. Touch to adjust white balance. Touch to adjust the beauty face feature.
Touch hide it. > Grid to show the grid or the golden spiral, or Touch > Gradienter to enable or disable the gradienter. 4. Touch the shutter icon to take the photo. Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings Before capturing a photo or a video, you can touch the following camera and camcorder setting options. to open NOTE: Some camera and video options will change according to different camera modes. CAMERA Picture size: Set the image size for your photo.
Geo-tagging: Select whether to store the GPS location in your captured photos and videos. Anti-banding: Set the anti-banding value when you take pictures of TV or computer screens to avoid stripes on the screen. Storage location: Touch Save location to change the storage location for captured photos and videos. Restore defaults: Restore default camera and video settings. VIDEO Video quality: Set the quality for your video.
Gallery Opening Gallery Touch the Home key > pictures and videos. > Gallery to view albums of your Working With Albums When you open Gallery, all pictures and videos on your phone are displayed in a number of albums. To view album contents: Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains. To share albums, pictures, or videos: 1. Touch and hold an item in the Albums view to select an album or after you open an album to select a picture or a video. 2. Touch more items that you want to share. 3.
3. Touch > OK. To hide albums: 1. Touch and hold an album to select it. 2. Touch more albums that you want to hide. 3. Touch > OK. NOTE: To show the hidden albums again, touch > Settings > Manage hidden albums. Touch the albums you want to restore and touch Show at the bottom. Working With Pictures Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen. When viewing a picture in full screen, the following features are available.
Swipe horizontally to see more pictures or videos. Pinch a picture or video to make it smaller. You'll then see a filmstrip-style view of all your pictures and videos in a row. Swipe left or right to scan through them all. NOTE: You can delete a picture or video by swiping it upwards in the filmstrip view. If you accidentally delete one, touch UNDO to retrieve it.
spread them apart to zoom out or in. Touch to share, rename, print, or edit the picture, set it as wallpaper or contact photo, edit its tag, check file details, or browse the album contents in a slideshow. Touch to manage picture tags. Touch / to rotate the picture. NOTE: Some options may not be available for certain albums or pictures. Retouching Your Pictures You can edit any photos you took and some other pictures in Gallery. 1.
Add a frame to the picture. Decorate people in the picture with comical moustaches, eye glasses, hats and more. Apply a blur effect to the picture. Select a color and draw anything on the picture. Add some text to the picture and adjust its effect. 3. Touch to keep the change or 4. Touch to save the new picture. to cancel it. NOTE: Touch in the Photo Editor screen to see the edits you have made and undo or redo them.
To make a collage, touch 2 to 9 pictures. The pictures you touched are displayed along the bottom. Touch to remove the pictures you do not need. 4. Touch NEXT. The GIF or collage is displayed. 5. Touch the options along the bottom to adjust the final picture. For GIF, you can adjust the speed, order, and size. For collage, touch Template, Free, or Mosaic and then select a border, shading and style. 6.
Music Touch the Home key > > Music to play audio files stored on your phone. Music supports a wide variety of audio formats, so it can play music you purchase from online stores, music you copy from your CD collection, and so on. Copying Music Files to Your Phone Before using Music, you need to copy or download audio files to your phone. Copy From a Computer 1. Connect your phone and the computer with a USB cable. 2. Open the notification panel and touch . 3. Touch Media device (MTP).
Receive via Bluetooth You can receive music files from other devices via Bluetooth. See Receive Data via Bluetooth. Viewing Your Music Library Touch the Home key > > Music and your music library is displayed. All your audio files are cataloged, according to the information stored in the files. Touch All Songs to view all music files on your phone. Touch Artists/Albums to browse music files on your phone organized by the artist or album name.
Setting a Song as the Default Ringtone The song will be used as the ringtone for all incoming calls, except those from contacts to whom you have assigned special ringtones (see Set a Ringtone for a Contact). 1. Touch the Home key > library. > Music to see the music NOTE: If you are in the playback screen, touch music library. 2. Touch to return to the next to a song in any list. 3. In the menu that opens, touch Set as ringtone.
Number Function 1 Return to the music library. 2 Album artwork. Swipe left to see lyrics (if available) and right the current playlist. 3 Check the track information. 4 Toggle repeat mode: sequential (no repeat), repeat the current track, or repeat the current playlist.
5 Playback control: Skip songs or pause and resume playback. Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the track. 6 Turn on or off shuffle. 7 Add the track to the Favorites playlist. 8 Share the track. 9 Track name, artist, and album information. 10 Access additional options. You can trim the song, set the song as ringtone, etc. Managing Playlists Create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, so that you can play the songs you like in the order you prefer.
Video Player Use the Video Player app to manage your video library and to watch videos. Opening the Video Library Touch in the home screen and select Video Player to view your video library, where your video files are displayed in a list. Swipe up or down to find the video you want. You can also touch to search for video files, or touch > View by or Sort by to change the display mode or sort the list. Playing and Controlling Videos Touch a video in the video library to play it.
Touch to rotate the video. Touch to hide the control panel. Touch to play the video in a small window and continue with other tasks on the phone. Touch Touch to share, trim or delete the video, or configure player settings. to capture a screenshot. Managing Video Files Delete Video Clips 1. Touch and hold a video in the video library. 2. Check other videos you want to delete. 3. Touch > OK. Share Video Clips 1. Touch and hold a video in the video library. 2.
3. Drag the two tabs on the progress bar to select the portion you want to keep. If necessary, touch 4. Touch to preview the selected portion. . The trimmed video is saved as a new video file.
More Apps Calculator Touch the Home key > > Calculator to use the phone’s convenient built-in calculator for some basic as well as advanced mathematical equations. Touch to calculate tips. NOTE: Slide left while holding the phone upright, or hold the phone on its side, to access advanced buttons. Clock Touch the Home key > > Clock. The Clock app allows you to check local time in places around the world, set alarms, and use timers. Set a New Alarm 1. Touch the tab in the Clock app. 2.
To enable or disable existing alarms directly, just slide the switches on the right side. Touch in the tab to configure alarm settings, including ringtone volume, vibration, alarm duration, volume crescendo, and alarm in silent mode. Check World Time Touch the the world. Touch tab in the Clock app to check local time around at the bottom to add a new city or country. Use the Stopwatch and Countdown Touch the or tab in the Clock app to use the stopwatch or the countdown timer.
File Manager Quickly access all of your images, videos, audio clips, and other types of files on your phone storage and the microSDXC card. Touch the Home key > > File Manager. You can touch to find the file you need by category, or touch or browse folders and files on the phone storage or the microSDXC card. to Touch folders and files to access stored items. Touch and hold an item to access option icons such as Copy, Move, Share, or Delete.
Sound Recorder Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like. Record a Voice Memo 1. Touch the Home key > > Sound Recorder. 2. Touch to start recording. During recording, you can do the following: Touch / Touch to cancel the recording. 3. Touch saved. to pause or continue the recording. to stop recording. The memo is automatically If you don’t want to save the memo after recording it, touch > OK to delete it.
NOTE: You can also touch next to a memo to delete, rename, share, trim it, check its file information, add a tag, or set it as your phone ringtone. Task Manager Touch the Home key > applications. > Task Manager to view or stop Touch a task in the TASKS tab to check the details of the application or force it to stop. Touch the APPS tab to manage all the apps on your phone. Touch the RESOURCES tab to view the real-time use of the system resources (CPU, RAM and storages).
Google Apps Open the Google apps to use Google services. NOTE: Some contents or Google services may not be available in your region. Chrome: Use the Chrome app to browse the Internet and get your bookmarks, browsing history, and more synced with your Google account. Drive: Store files on Google servers for free after you sign in to your Google account. You can access them on your computers, your phones and other devices, share them, or collaborate with others.
latest and your favorite movies and TV shows. Play Music: Play music on the phone and on your Google account. Play Store: Buy and download apps, games, and other content from the Google Play Store. Voice Search: Search for information with your voice. YouTube: Watch video clips from YouTube.com, or upload your own and share with the world.
Google Play™ Store Touch the Home key > . You can buy or rent music, books, movies, apps, and download them to your phone. NOTE: The content you can access in Google Play™ Store depends on your region and your service provider. Browsing and Searching for Apps You can browse apps by category. Touch a top-level category, such as GAMES and touch the app from any subcategory. You can also search for apps using an app’s name or description, or the developer’s name. Just touch and enter the search terms.
CAUTION: Once installed, some apps can access many functions or a significant amount of your personal data. The Play Store will show you what the app can access. Touch ACCEPT to proceed, or touch the Back Key to cancel. 2. For paid apps, touch CONTINUE and follow additional on-screen instructions for payment. 3. Wait for the app to be downloaded and installed automatically. Payment needs to be authorized before paid apps start downloading. The app is successfully installed when appears in the status bar.
When you’ve used Google Wallet once to purchase items from the Google Play Store app, the phone remembers your password so you don’t need to enter it the next time. For this reason, you should secure your phone to prevent others from using it without your permission. Managing Your Downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an app, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded apps, configure it to update itself automatically, and so on. View Your Downloaded Apps 1.
Settings Touch the Home key > > Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. General Settings Airplane Mode Touch the Home key > > Settings and slide the switch beside Airplane mode to turn airplane mode on or off. All the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data are turned off when airplane mode is on. Wi-Fi Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. You can turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections. See Connecting to Wi-Fi.
Mobile Networks Touch the Home key > > Settings > Mobile networks to control mobile data use, set access point names, or select network types. See Connecting to Mobile Networks. Sound & Notifications Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notifications.
displayed as a screensaver. Font size: Set the font size of the text on the screen. Auto-rotate screen: Select whether the screen contents should rotate when the phone is rotated. Pulse notification light: Flash the indicator light to notify you of missed calls, new messages, and other events. Navigation key light duration: This feature lets you control the backlight of the touch keys (the Home key, the Back key, and the Recent apps key).
Spell checker: Use Google Spell Checker to check for spelling errors when entering text. Personal dictionary: Add new words to the phone’s dictionary or remove words from the dictionary. The words you add are used for spelling check and word suggestion. Keyboard & input methods: Configure text input settings. See Change Input Methods. Voice input: Select and configure voice input services.
Wireless and Networks Data Usage Touch the Home key > manage mobile data use. > Settings > Data usage to Touch the Mobile data or Set mobile data limit switches to turn on or off mobile data or mobile data limit. You can check how much data has been used during the time cycle you set, set mobile data limit and warning (after some data has been used), see what apps have been using mobile data, or restrict background data for individual apps.
Device Storage Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage to view memory information of the internal phone storage and the microSDXC card. The Storage settings menu lets you check memory information for your microSDXC card and internal storage. You can choose the default location for new data, such as files downloaded, photos captured, and voice recorded. Touch Save location and select Phone or SD card to store items in the phone storage or the installed microSDXC card.
the battery. NOTE: You can touch an app to adjust its settings in order to save battery life. For example, touch Screen > DISPLAY to change screen brightness and sleep. MODE: Enable the power saving mode you need. Touch a mode to get its detailed information. Apps See apps installed on your phone and manage them. Touch an app in the DOWNLOADED, RUNNING, or ALL tab to see its information. You can stop or disable/uninstall the app, or clear data and cache. NOTE: Not all applications can be uninstalled.
Personal Navigation Key Touch the Home key > > Settings > Navigation key to swap the positions of the Back key and the Recent apps key. Select an option to make the switch. Location Touch the Home key > > Settings > Location to manage location services, which help your phone and apps determine your location. To use location-related applications, such as finding your location on Google Maps, you must have location services turned on on your phone. 1.
Security Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security to configure options that help keep your phone and data safe. Screen lock: Disable the screen lock or enable it with long press, pattern, PIN, or password. See Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks. Make pattern visible: Show the pattern as you draw it. This option is available when unlock pattern is set. Automatically lock: Set the time needed for the lock protection to be activated after the screen turns off.
Set up SIM card lock: Lock SIM card: Activate or deactivate the PIN lock to require PIN before accessing the nano-SIM card. Change SIM PIN: Change the PIN used to access the nano-SIM card. NOTE: Put all your confidential passwords in a safe place for future use. If you enter the wrong SIM PIN more times than allowed, your nano-SIM card will be locked and you cannot access the mobile phone network. Contact your operator for a PIN Unlock Key (PUK) to restore the nano-SIM card.
personal information. Touch this option to see how it works. See Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning. Apps with usage access: Turn on or off some apps’ access to your phone usage information. Backup and Reset Touch the Home key > > Settings > Backup & reset to manage data backup and restoration options and to reset the phone to factory status. Back up my data: Back up app data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings to Google servers after you sign in to your Google account.
System Accessibility Touch the Home key > > Settings > Accessibility to configure accessibility plug-ins and services on your phone, such as using Color inversion or Large text for users with sight problems. Printing Touch the Home key > > Settings > Printing to manage Google Cloud Print service or other printer plug-ins installed from the Google Play Store or your printer manufacturer. Software Update Touch the Home key > > Settings > Software Update.
use only. They can cause your phone and applications on it to break or misbehave. About Phone Touch the Home key > > Settings > About phone to view the phone status, legal information and other information.
Upgrading the Phone Software There are several ways to upgrade ZTE phone software. Use the online upgrade tool for mobile terminal products. Use the one-press upgrade package offered by your mobile service provider. Use the upgrade package on your microSDXC card. NOTE: Visit the ZTE official website (http://www.zteusa.com/) and select your product type on the support page to get to the information on available upgrade methods for your phone.
Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while using the phone, or if it performs abnormally, you can refer to the chart below. If your particular problem cannot be resolved using the information in the chart, contact the dealer where you purchased the phone. Problem Poor reception Possible causes Possible solution The network signal is too weak at your current location, for example, in a basement or near a tall building, because wireless transmissions cannot effectively reach it.
Problem Echo or noise Unable to select certain features Possible causes End the call and dial Poor network link quality again. You may be on the part of your switched to a service provider. better-quality network link or phone line. End the call and dial again. You may be Poor local telephone line switched to a quality. better-quality network link or phone line. Your service provider does not support these Contact your service features, or you have not provider.
Problem Possible causes Possible solution The standby time is related to your service provider system configuration. The same phone used with different service providers’ systems will not provide exactly the same length of standby time. If you are located in an area where signaling is weak, temporarily power off the phone. The battery is depleted. In Shortened high temperature Contact the dealer to standby time environments, battery change a new battery. life will be shortened.
Problem Possible causes Possible solution Cannot turn Battery power has been Recharge the phone’s your phone depleted. battery. on nano-SIM card malfunction or damage nano-SIM card error Take the nano-SIM card to your service provider for testing. nano-SIM card inserted Insert the nano-SIM improperly card properly. Use a soft, dry cloth to Debris on the nano-SIM clean the nano-SIM card card contacts contacts. Unable to connect to the network The nano-SIM card is invalid.
Problem Possible causes PIN Code blocked Contact your service provider. If the service You have entered an provider provides the incorrect PIN code three nano-SIM card’s PUK consecutive times. code, use the PUK code to unlock the nano-SIM card. Phone crashes, reboots, freeze, or cannot be powered on Some third-party software is not compatible with your phone. Possible solution Uninstall the software that may cause the problem. Upgrade the phone software. Reset the phone to factory status.
For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while driving. Never text while driving. Don’t use at gas stations. Keep your phone at least 15 mm away from your ear or body while making calls. Your phone may produce a bright or flashing light. Small parts may cause choking. Don’t dispose of your phone in fire. Your phone can produce a loud sound. To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Avoid contact with anything magnetic.
Keep away from pacemakers and other electronic medical devices. Avoid contact with liquids. Keep your phone dry. Turn off when asked to in hospitals and medical facilities. Do not attempt to disassemble your phone. Turn off when told to in aircrafts and airports. Only use approved accessories. Turn off when near explosive materials or liquids. Don’t rely on your phone as a primary device for emergency communications.
of 10 mm. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the device while operating can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.
separation distance of 10 mm between the unit and the human body. Carry this device at least 10 mm away from your body to ensure RF exposure level compliant or lower to the reported level. To support body-worn operation, choose the belt clips or holsters that do not contain metallic components to maintain a separation of 10 mm between this device and your body.
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
energy emitted by the phone's antenna, backlight, or other components. Your phone is compliant with FCC HAC regulations (ANSI C63.19- 2011). While some wireless phones are used near some hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this interference noise and phones also vary in the amount of interference they generate.
M-Ratings: Phones rated M3 or M4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to generate less interference to hearing devices than phones that are not labeled. M4 is the better/higher of the two ratings. T-Ratings: Phones rated T3 or T4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to be more usable with a hearing device’s telecoil (“T Switch” or “Telephone Switch”) than unrated phones. T4 is the better/ higher of the two ratings. (Note that not all hearing devices have telecoils in them.
requires extra battery power, so watch your battery consumption when it's turned on. CAUTION: Do not turn on the HAC setting unless you use a hearing aid with a telecoil. Using this setting without a hearing aid or with a hearing aid without a telecoil may be harmful to your hearing. Distraction Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident.
consequences of its use. You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place. Keep the screen and camera lens clean. Unclean screen or camera lens may slow down the phone's reaction to your operations or lower image quality.
Do not expose your phone or its accessories to extreme temperatures, minimum 23 ℉ and maximum 122 ℉ (minimum - 5 ℃ and maximum + 50 ℃). Do not place your phone inside or near heating equipments or high pressure containers, such as water heaters, microwave ovens, or hot cooking utensils. Otherwise, your phone may be damaged. Please check local regulations for disposal of electronic products. Do not carry your phone in your back pocket as it could break when you sit down.
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the nano-SIM card’s metal connectors. Antenna Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily. Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom towards your mouth. Air Bags Do not place a phone in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area as an airbag inflates with great force and serious injury could result. Store the phone safely before driving your vehicle.
Repetitive Strain Injuries To minimize the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) when texting or playing games with your phone: Do not grip the phone too tightly. Press the buttons lightly. Use the special features which are designed to minimize the times of pressing buttons, such as message templates and predictive text. Take lots of breaks to stretch and relax.
Electrical Safety Accessories Use only approved accessories. Do not connect with incompatible products or accessories. Take care not to touch or allow metal objects, such as coins or key rings, to contact or short-circuit in the charging jack terminals. Never puncture the surface of the phone with sharp objects. Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system.
or shred. Do not modify or remanufacture, attempt to insert foreign objects into the battery, immerse or expose to water or other liquids, expose to fire, explosion or other hazard. Only use the battery for the system for which it is specified. Only use the battery with a charging system that has been qualified with the system per CTIA Certification Requirements for Battery System Compliance to IEEE 1725.
Radio Frequency Interference General Statement on Interference Care must be taken when using the phone in close proximity to personal medical devices, such as pacemakers and hearing aids. Please consult your doctor and the device manufacturer to determine if operation of your phone may interfere with the operation of your medical device.
Medical Equipment Switch off your wireless device when requested to do so in hospitals, clinics or health care facilities. These requests are designed to prevent possible interference with sensitive medical equipment. Aircraft Switch off your wireless device whenever you are instructed to do so by airport or airline staff. Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices on board the aircraft and enable the airplane mode of your phone when boarding an aircraft.
Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fuelling areas, below decks on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders. Blasting Caps and Areas Power off your mobile phone or wireless device when in a blasting area or in areas posted power off “two-way radios” or “electronic devices” to avoid interfering with blasting operations.
Specifications Handset specifications are shown in the following table. Handset specifications are shown in the following table. Operating System Android 5.1 (Lollipop) Handset standard LTE/CDMA Dimensions 6.5" (H) x 3.3" (W) x 0.36" (D) Weight 6.74 oz.
version HAC TBD Bluetooth 4.1 NOTE: The phone’s talk time and idle time are based on ideal working environments. The use of extended backlighting, browser, and network conditions can reduce battery life and talk/idle time.
