ZTE BLADE L7 User Manual
LEGAL INFORMATION 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 © 2017 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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Contents For Your Safety ........................................................8 General Safety .............................................................. 8 FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) ............................ 9 FCC Regulations ......................................................... 11 Distraction ................................................................... 12 Product Handling ......................................................... 13 Electrical Safety.............................
The Message Box ........................................................ 39 Sending a Message ..................................................... 39 Message Settings ........................................................ 40 Connecting to Networks and Devices.................. 41 Set Access Point Names .............................................. 41 Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi Network ............ 41 Bluetooth......................................................................
Clock ........................................................................... 50 File Explorer ................................................................ 50 Settings ...................................................................50 Wi-Fi ............................................................................ 51 Bluetooth ..................................................................... 51 Wi-Fi hotspot ............................................................... 51 Airplane Mode .
Timer Switch Machine .................................................. 57 Date & Time ................................................................. 57 Accessibility ................................................................. 57 Printing ........................................................................ 57 About Phone ................................................................
For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while driving. And never text while driving. Don’t use at petrol stations. Keep your phone at least 10 mm away from your body while making calls. Your phone may produce a bright or flashing light. Small parts may cause a choking. Don’t dispose of your phone in fire. Your phone can produce a loud sound. Avoid contacting with anything magnetic. Keep away from pacemakers and other electronic medical devices.
Avoid contacting with liquids. Keep your phone dry. Switch off when told to in aircrafts and airports. Don’t take your phone apart. Switch off when near explosive materials or liquids. Only use approved accessories. Don’t rely on your phone for emergency communications. FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) This phone is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States.
The exposure standard for wireless devices employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg. This device is complied with SAR for general population /uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in IEEE1528.
components to maintain a separation of 10 mm between this device and your body. RF exposure compliance with any body-worn accessory that contains metal was not tested nor certified, and using such body-worn accessory should be avoided. FCC Regulations This mobile phone complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
• • 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. CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Product Handling General Statement on Handling and Use You alone are responsible for how you use your phone and any 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. • Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products.
• • • • The phone's normal operating temperature is 0℃ ~ 45℃ .In order to ensure the normal phone functions, do not use this phone outside the temperature range. 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. Use careful with the earphone maybe possible excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the micro-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. Store the phone safely before driving your vehicle. Seizures/ Blackouts The phone can produce a bright or flashing light.
• Templates and Predictive Text. Take lots of breaks to stretch and relax. Emergency Calls This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions. Therefore, you must never rely solely on any wireless phone for emergency communications. Loud Noise This phone is capable of producing loud noises, which may damage your hearing. Turn down the volume before using headphones, Bluetooth stereo headsets or other audio devices.
terminals. Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system. Faulty and Damaged Products Do not attempt to disassemble the phone or its accessory. Only qualified personnel can service or repair the phone or its accessory. If your phone or its accessory has been submerged in water, punctured, or subjected to a severe fall, do not use it until you have taken it to be checked at an authorized service centre.
pacemaker. To achieve this, use the phone on the opposite ear to your pacemaker and do not carry it in a breast pocket. Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby. The level of interference will depend on the type of hearing device and the distance from the interference source, increasing the separation between them may reduce the interference.
Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices on board the aircraft. If your device offers a ‘flight mode’, this must be enabled prior to boarding an aircraft. Interference in Cars Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of mobile phones in their vehicles unless a hands-free kit with an external antenna is included in the installation.
Getting Started Overview Proximity & light sensor Indicator light Front flash Front camera Earpiece Volume key Touch screen Power key Home key Recent apps key Back key 20
Headset jack Back camera Back flash Speaker Charging/ micro-USB jack 21
Keys Explained Key Function Power Key • • Home Key • • Press and hold to turn on or off airplane mode, restart, select phone modes, or power off. Press to turn off or on the screen display. Touch to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen. Touch and hold to use Google Search. Back Key Touch to go to the previous screen. Recent apps Key Touch to see recently used apps. Volume Key Press or hold either end of the key to turn the volume up or down.
Starting up Installing the micro-SIM Card and the microSDXC™ Card WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any other kind of SIM cards, or any non-standard micro-SIM card cut from a SIM card. You can get a standard micro-SIM card from your service provider. 1. Place your finger in the slot at the bottom of the back cover to lift and remove the cover.
2. Hold the micro-SIM card with their cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card holder.
3. Hold your microSDXC card with the metal contacts facing down and slide it into the microSDXC card slot.
4. Insert the battery by aligning the golden contacts on the battery and those in the battery compartment. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.
5. Replace the back cover. 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. If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the screen. As you charge your phone, open the notification panel and drag the panel downwards, the screen will show you the exact battery level on the status bar.
WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode. 1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charging jack.
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 on 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.
Waking Up Your Phone 1. Press the Power key to turn the screen on. 2. Drag - or - towards . You can drag towards any direction to access the application shortcuts. NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or complex password for your phone, you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen. Getting Around Your Phone Touch Control You can use finger gestures to control your phone.
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 folders, widgets, and more. Extended Home Screen The Home Screen extends beyond the screen width, giving you loads more space to add more stuff. Simply slide your finger to the left or right. Choosing Your Wallpaper 1. Touch and hold the Recent apps key from the Home Screen. 2. In the window that appears at the bottom, touch Wallpaper. 3.
Wallpaper and drag the Blur level bar to adjust it. This feature is not available for live wallpapers. Removing Items From Your Home Screen 1. Touch the Home key to return to the Home Screen. 2. Touch and hold the item you want to delete. to delete it. 3. Drag it to 4. If the item is an application, touch OK to uninstall it. NOTE: Some preinstalled apps cannot be uninstalled. Status and Notification Icons Your phone will tell you exactly what’s going on by showing you simple icons. Here’s what they mean.
Signal strength No signal 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've configured your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can open the notification panel to view the details of notifications. • To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down from the top of the screen. • To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up on the screen or touch the Back key.
3. Touch below the keypad to dial. 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. Calling From Your Contacts 1. Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Contacts. 2. Slide your finger to scroll the contacts list and touch the contact you want to call. You can search for a contact by tapping the screen. 3. Touch on the top of next to a contact to place the call.
2. Touch the conversation and then find the message that contains the phone number you need. 3. Touch the message, the phone will list the options. 4. Touch . Receiving Calls Answering a Call When you receive a phone call, drag answer the call. - or If the screen is unlocked, touch the answer the call. over to icon to Rejecting a Call When you receive a phone call, you can: Drag - or - over to reject the call. If the screen is unlocked, touch the the call.
Touch an option to select it. • Touch to turn on or off the speaker. • Touch to mute or unmute your microphone. • to switch to the keypad when you need to Touch enter a code (for example, the PIN for your voicemail or bank account) during the call. • Touch • Touch >Add call to make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold. • Touch to put the call on hold. >Record to record phone conversation. Ending a Call Tap to finish a call.
• Call barring: Call barring feature allows you to forbid certain types of calls from your phone. • Additional settings: Check Call waiting to get notified of incoming calls during a call. • SDN list: Show the SDN list. • LDN list: Show the LDN list. 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 and slide on the screen to select .
Searching for a Contact 1. Touch on the top of the Contacts Screen. 2. Input the contact name you want to search for.The contacts matched will be listed. Messaging Your SMS (text message) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) are combined into one menu in Home key > . The Message Box Instead of an inbox and outbox, your phone organizes all Messaging you sent and received into one box, where Messaging exchanged with the same number are grouped into one message thread in the Messaging Screen.
Select recipients from your contacts or call log on the screen. 3. Touch the Send message field and enter the message text. 4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch to attach a file to the message. 5. Touch . NOTES: • • You can also include email addresses as recipients for a multimedia message. Do not add any attachment if you want to send a text message. Otherwise you may be charged for a multimedia message.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Set Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to get the necessary information. 1. Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > More > Cellular networks. 2. Touch Access Point Names > . 3. Touch each item to enter the information you get from your service provider. 4. Touch > Save to complete.
2. Slide the switch next to Wi-Fi to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. Touch a network name to connect to it. 4. If the network is secured, enter the password and touch CONNECT. NOTE: Your phone automatically connects to previously used Wi-Fi networks when they are in range. Bluetooth 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).
Tethering & portable hotspot You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tethering or by activating the mobile hotspot feature to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Share Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth 1. Pair your phone with your computer via Bluetooth. 2. Configure your computer to obtain its network connection via Bluetooth. For more information, please see your computer's documents. 3. Touch the Home key slide on the screen to select Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot. 4.
2. Switch on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID). 3. On another device, locate your phone via Wi-Fi and connect with it to start using the phone’s mobile data. NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, switch off Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Browser Use Browser to view web pages and search for information. Opening the Browser Touch the Home key > to launch the web browser.
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. A new browser tab opens. To switch between tabs: 1. Touch . Titles of opened tabs appear as a list. 2. Touch the title you want to open. NOTE: Swipe a title horizontally or touch its to close the tab. Downloading Files 1. Touch and hold an image or a link to a file or to another web page. 2.
Using Multimedia Apps Taking Pictures With Your Camera 1. Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to touch . 2. Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjustment. NOTE: You can spread or pinch on the screen to zoom in or out before taking pictures. 3. Touch the area where you want the camera to focus, or leave the camera to autofocus on the center of the image. 4. Lightly touch . The Volume key can also be used to take a photo. Recording Videos With Your Camcorder 1.
before and during recording. NOTE: You can spread or pinch on the screen to zoom in or out before and during recording. 4. Touch to start recording a video. NOTE: While the recording is in progress, touch recording. 5. Touch to pause the to stop recording. Listening to Your FM Radio With the FM Radio, you can search for radio channels, listen to them, and collect them to your phone. Note that the quality of the radio broadcast depends on the coverage of the radio station in your area.
1. Touch the Home key, slide screen to touch Music to open the Music Screen. 2. Touch a song in any list. 3. Adjust the volume with Volume key. Opening Your Gallery Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. You can also do some basic editing of your pictures – such as setting them as wallpaper or contact photo, and sharing with friends. Making Voice Memos Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like.
To play any saved memo: at the bottom right of the screen to see all 1. Touch recordings. 2. Touch the title of a memo to play it. Using Your Google Applications Signing in to your Google Account lets you synchronize Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts between your phone and the web. And if you don’t have an account, you can easily create one. Gmail Gmail is a web-based email service that’s configured when you sign in to your Google account.
NOTE: The content you can access in Google Play Store depends on your region and your service provider. Other Applications Clock Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Clock. The Clock app allows you to check local time in places around the world, set alarms, and use timers. File Explorer Quickly access all of your images, videos, audio clips, and other types of files on your phone storage. Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select File Explorer.
Wi-Fi Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Wi-Fi. You can turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections. Bluetooth Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Bluetooth. You can turn Bluetooth on or off and configure your Bluetooth connections.
Data Usage Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Data usage to manage mobile data use. Touch the Cellular data switch to turn on or off mobile data. Touch the Set cellular data limit switch to turn on or off mobile data limit. You can check how much data has been used during the time cycle you set, set mobile data limit and warning, see what apps have been using mobile data, or restrict background data for individual apps.
Hotspot Settings Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot > Wi-Fi hotspot settings and user management to configure hotspot settings. Hard keys Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Hard key. You can exchange the location of the Recent apps key and the Back key. Themes & Wallpapers Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Display > Wallpaper. You can change the home screen wallpaper.
Audio Profiles Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Audio Profiles. You can adjust different types of volume, toggle sound, vibration and mute, set up ringtone and notification sound, or select touch sounds. Apps Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Apps to see apps installed on your phone and manage them.
Memory Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Memory to monitor the average memory use and performance of your phone. You can also check which apps use the most memory. Location Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select 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.
Accounts Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Accounts to manage your web accounts and synchronization. Touch Add account to sign in to or create accounts on your phone. Touch an account type to see that type of accounts you have added and adjust the accounts settings. Google Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Google to easily manage settings for Google apps and features. You can set the options for Google account and services.
Timer Switch Machine Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Timer Switch Machine to set the repeat and time when the alarm automatically powers on or off. You can also touch the switches on the right to turn the features on or off. Date & Time Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > Date & time to set date, time, time zone, time format and more.
About Phone Touch the Home key and slide on the screen to select Settings > About phone to view important phone information and legal information. You can also touch My Phone Name to give your phone a name for easy identification when others want to connect to your phone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi hotspot.
