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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Statement Copyright © 2016 Nubia Technology Co., Ltd. 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 Nubia Technology Co., Ltd. Nubia Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents   Before you get started ................1   Operation of the Keys   Icons on the Status Bar   Screen Control   Home screen   Lock and unlock the screen   Calls ......................6   Make a call   Call Settings  ...
  • Page 4   Message settings   Email ....................... 15   Set up Email account   Check Emails   Send an Email   Network Applications ................17   Data connection   Wi-Fi   Tethering & portable hotspot   Browser   Bluetooth connection   GPS ......................
  • Page 5   Screen split-up   Smart cover   Custom bottom key   Touch gestures   Smart sensing   Dual instance   Super Screenshot   Multimedia ....................33   Camera   Camera Family   Camcorder   Music   Video player   Gallery  ...
  • Page 6   Screen Projection   Lock Screen   Accelerate   Remote Control   Input Method ..................49   Safety Precautions ................50   Using your phone safely   Charger care and safety   Care & Maintenance...
  • Page 7: Before You Get Started

    Before you get started Thank you for choosing nubia NX531J digital mobile phone, which we’ll simply call ‘phone’ from now on. Based on Android platform, the phone adopts a processor with novel appearance and cool user interface, which bring you a brandnew experience. To guarantee your phone is always in its best condition, please read this manual carefully before you get started.
  • Page 8: Icons On The Status Bar

    Icons on the Status Bar Icons Descriptions Icons Descriptions Battery full Charging In a call Unread messages Missed calls Silent mode enabled Flight mode enabled Vibrate mode enabled Connected to Wi-Fi Bluetooth On Wi-Fi hotspots enabled Alarm On Music player On SIM/UIM card unavailable Call forwarding enabled GPS enabled...
  • Page 9: Home Screen

    - Rotate: In most screens, rotate your phone sideways to switch the screen from portrait mode to landscape mode. Home screen The home screen appears as the phone is in idle mode. On the home screen, you can check the status of the phone and access applications. Extend home screen The home screen can be extended to exceed the width of the screen to provide more space for newly added applications, shortcuts, widgets, etc.
  • Page 10 2. Swipe right to the target screen and touch the icons at the bottom of the screen to move to the target screen. 3. Touch the icon to add a new screen and touch the icon to set the current screen as the Home screen. Remove icons on home screen To uninstall an application or remove a widget, press and hold the Application or Widget icon and drag it to the “Remove/Uninstall”...
  • Page 11: Lock And Unlock The Screen

    2. Swipe down from the shortcuts panel to show more shortcut icons. Touch the shortcut icons to perform the related actions. Create a folder and add items into the folder 1. On the home screen, press and hold an icon and drag it to another icon on the screen to create a folder containing these two icons.
  • Page 12: Calls

    Calls Make a call Directly make a call 1. On the home screen, touch the icon “Phone” to display the dialing keypad. 2. Touch the numeric buttons to input the telephone number and touch the button to make a call. You can also use your Dialer to quick search and call people from your Contacts.
  • Page 13: Call Settings

    region code, city code and phone number. Dial a call from messaging 1. On the home screen, touch “Messaging” to open the message interface. 2. Touch the desired message to open it. 3. Touch “Detail” and the icon to call the sender. Speed dial On the dialing keypad, press and hold 2-9 key to quickly call the corresponding contact.
  • Page 14: End A Call

    End a call Touch the icon to end a call. Options during a call Adjust the volume In a call, press the volume key to adjust the volume. Dialpad Touch “Dialpad” to display the dialing keypad for easy operations. Speaker Touch “Hands-free”...
  • Page 15: Call Log

    Contact Touch “Contact” to enter the list of contacts. Call log 1. On the home screen, touch the icon “Phone”. 2. All call logs are displayed on the screen. If you just want to show missed calls only in Call Log, please touch the Call Log area, pull it down and touch “Show missed calls only”.
  • Page 16: Create New Contact

    Contacts Contacts you can view or manage your contacts. Create new contact 1. On the home screen, touch “Contacts” and the icon 2. Enter the information of the new contact. 3. Select the storage location. 4. Touch “OK” to save. Tips: You can also create new contact from the dialing interface.
  • Page 17: Contacts Group

    Contacts group After creating a contacts group, you can send a message or an email to the whole group. 1. Enter “Contacts” and press the “Menu” key to select “Group”. 2. Touch “Create group”. 3. Enter a name for the group. 4.
  • Page 18: Import & Export Contacts

    2. Touch the icon “Share”. Import & export contacts You can move contacts from the SIM card/SD card to the phone or from the phone to the SIM card/SD card. 1. Enter “Contacts”. 2. Press the “Menu” key to select “Contacts advanced settings”...
  • Page 19: Messaging

    Messaging You can send or receive text messages and multimedia messages. On the home screen, touch “Messaging” to open the message interface. Send a message 1. On the messaging interface, touch the icon 2. Type your desired telephone number into the field “To”. - Manually input a telephone number or E-mail address.
  • Page 20: Message Settings

    If you want to delete one single message, touch the message thread to enter, press and hold the message you want to delete, and touch “Delete”. Message settings On the messaging interface, touch the icon to perform relevant settings.
  • Page 21: Email

    Email You can send or view Email through your personal or corporate Email account. Please turn on “Mobile data” or connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network before using the Email function. Set up Email account 1. On the home screen, touch “Email”. 2.
  • Page 22 4. Touch “Subject” to input the Email subject. 5. Touch the text field to input the text. 6. If you want to attach a file, touch the icon “Attach file”. 7. Touch the icon to send an Email, and select “More” > “Save draft”...
  • Page 23: Network Applications

    Network Applications Data connection Your phone can connect to the Internet. Pull down the notification panel to show the Shortcuts panel, and touch “Mobile” to enable or disable data connection. On the home screen, you can also select “Settings” > “SIM card settings”...
  • Page 24: Tethering & Portable Hotspot

    Manually add Wi-Fi 1. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Wi-Fi”. 2. Touch the switch to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. Touch “Manually add network” to input the network SSID and select the security type. 4. Touch “OK” to save the settings. Tethering &...
  • Page 25: Browser

    2. Touch the tick-box next to “Bluetooth tethering”. 3. Make sure you have turned on Bluetooth and set Visible to all nearby Bluetooth devices. Scan on other devices and pair with your phone. Browser Open browser 1. On the home screen, touch “Browser”. 2.
  • Page 26 Scan other devices and pair with them 1. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Bluetooth”. 2. Touch the switch to turn on Bluetooth. 3. Your phone shall automatically scan the nearby Bluetooth devices. Select one device. 4. Touch “Pair” to pair with two devices. Or input the Bluetooth password and then touch “OK”.
  • Page 27: Gps

    The phone has GPS receiver, so you can start GPS service and use other GPS functions. Please try to use GPS function on sunny days. The GPS performance can be affected by factors such as ceiling, roof or weather. If you want to get the best performance, please try to move to the area where you can get 360°panoramic view of the entire sky.
  • Page 28: Connect To The Pc

    Connect to the PC Transmit files You can access the files saved in your phone after connecting your phone to your computer. 1. Connect your phone to your computer through a USB cable. 2. Touch “Transmit files”. Transmit photos You can access the pictures saved in your phone after your phone is connected to your computer as Camera device 1.
  • Page 29: Wireless & Networks

    Settings Wireless & Networks SIM card settings If you have inserted two SIM cards, your phone shall automatically switch to Dual Card mode. 1. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “SIM card settings”. 2. Select one SIM card and turn on “Mobile data”.
  • Page 30: Display

    SMS app 1. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Other wireless settings”. 2. Touch app” and select “Hangouts” or “Messaging” to send out a “ message. You can create a Virtual Private Network and securely connect to the VPN through the Internet.
  • Page 31: Notification Center

    Font size: set the font size for Phone, Messaging, Contacts and Settings. Auto-rotate screen: the phone automatically rotates according to your screen direction after you turn it on. Notification center On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Notification Center”. Applications Notification: manage the apps notifications displayed on the notification panel.
  • Page 32: Lock Screen

    sound, Touch sound, and Power-on sound. Dolby ATMOS: provide you complete entertainment experience in videos, audios and games. Lock screen Screen lock: select Swipe, Pattern, PIN or password to set the screen lock. Pocket mode: prevent some inadvertent operations when the phone is put inside the pocket.
  • Page 33: Security And Privacy

    1. On the “Fingerprint Identification” interface, turn on “Photo”. 2. On the camera interface, press any finger on the fingerprint identification sensor to take photos. Super Screenshot 1. On the “Fingerprint Identification” interface, turn on “Super Screenshot”. 2. Press and hold the fingerprint identification sensor to enable Super Screenshot .
  • Page 34: Accounts

    Accounts On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Accounts”. Touch “Add account” to add accounts requiring synchronization. Apps On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Apps”. You can view and manage the downloaded applications. Touch one single application to stop or remove it. You can also clear the App data, cache, and change the storage location of the application.
  • Page 35: About Phone

    About phone On the home screen, select “Settings” > “About phone”. You can view the Cell phone name, Model number, Kernel version, etc.
  • Page 36: Features

    Features Screen split-up 1. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Features” > “Screen split-up”. 2. Turn on “Screen split-up” to split the screen into two areas. You can handle different tasks in these two areas. 3. After turning on “Screen split-up”, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to split up the screen.
  • Page 37: Touch Gestures

    select what you prefer according to the prompts on the screen. Touch gestures You can user your gestures to perform fast operations on the screen. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Features” > “Touch gestures” to perform detailed settings. Double click to light up After this function is enabled, double click the screen to light it up when the screen is turned off.
  • Page 38: Dual Instance

    Dual instance You can duplicate one app into two identical apps and respectively log into two accounts. On the home screen, select “Settings” > “Features” > “Dual instance”. Super Screenshot Press and hold the “Power” key and “Volume” key to enable Super Screenshot. On the home screen, select “Settings”...
  • Page 39: Multimedia

    Multimedia Camera You can take photos with your phone. You can set the photo taken with your phone as wallpaper, or send to others via MMS, Email. Note: Please respect others’ rights and abide by local regulations and customs when taking photos.
  • Page 40: Camera Family

    Professional parameter settings 1. Enter “Camera” and swipe left/right to “PRO”. 2. Touch the icon at the right side of the screen to set Shutter speed, White Balance, ISO and Focus. 3. Touch the icon to take photos. Tips: Touch the icon to view the Quick Start Guide to your nubia camera.
  • Page 41 1. In Camera Family, touch “Light Painting”. 2. Touch the icon to take a photo, observe the effect on the screen and touch the icon after you are satisfied with the effect. Electronic Aperture Electronic aperture is a kind of aperture priority shooting mode, which is used to adjust the size of the aperture and make the camera automatically adjust its shutter speed.
  • Page 42: Video Maker

    Try to shoot your photos on a clear, starry night and use a tripod in a dark environment. 1. In Camera Family, touch “Star Trail”. 2. Touch the icon at the right side of the screen to set White Balance, ISO, Focus &...
  • Page 43 Output format: JPG+DNG 1. In Camera Family, touch “DNG”. 2. Touch the icon to shoot. 3. Choose the DNG format file in the storage directory. 4. Open the DNG file using Photoshop’s insert Camera Raw. 5. Perform individual post-processing of each property such as image color. 6.
  • Page 44: Camcorder

    Camcorder You can record video clips with your phone. Note: Please respect others’ rights and abide by local regulations and customs when recording video clips. 1. On the home screen, touch “Camera” and swipe left/right to “VIDEO”. 2. Aim your lens at an object and adjust accordingly. - Touch the icon to set Video quality.
  • Page 45: Music

    4. Touch the icon “Edit”, you can drag the two vertical lines at the upper part of the screen to adjust the video partition and play it back in slow motion. Time-lapse photography With time-lapse photography, you can record the slowly-changing scenes in your life (such as sunrise, sunset) into a video clip and play it back quickly.
  • Page 46: Video Player

    1. On the music interface, select “My Playlists” > “Add playlist”. 2. Input a playlist name and touch “Confirm”. 3. Touch “Add Music”, select one music file and touch “Add”. Video player With Video player, you can watch the videos saved in your phone. 1.
  • Page 47: Play Slideshow

    Play slideshow 1. Enter “Gallery” > “Camera” to select an album. 2. Press and hold one single photo to display a menu at the bottom of the screen. Touch to select multiple photos. 3. Select “More” > “Slideshow”. Make animation 1.
  • Page 48: Timemanager

    TimeManager On the home screen, touch “TimeManager” to set Alarm, check World Time, use Stopwatch Timer function. Alarm Add alarm 1. Select the “Alarms” page and touch “Add alarm”. 2. Perform detailed settings of a new alarm based on your requirements. 3.
  • Page 49: Timer

    2. Touch “Start” to start the stopwatch, touch “Record” to record the current time, and touch “Pause” touch “Pause” to stop the stopwatch. 3. Touch “Reset” to reset the stopwatch. Timer 1. Select the “Timer” page. 2. Touch “Custom timer” and swipe up/down to set the countdown time. 3.
  • Page 50: Sound Recorder

    Tools Sound Recorder Record audio files On the home screen, select “Tools” > “Sound Recorder” to turn on the sound recorder. 1. Move the microphone on your phone close to your mouth and touch the icon to start recording. 2. Touch the icon to stop recording, touch the icon to continue recording and touch the icon...
  • Page 51: Calculator

    Local backup You can backup your data in your phone storage 1. On the page of “Backup”, touch “Create Local Backup”. 2. Touch to select the data you want to backup. 3. Touch “Start”. Scheduled backup 1. Touch the icon and touch “Scheduled backup”.
  • Page 52: System Update

    System update On the home screen, select “Tools” > “System update”. You can check whether there is the latest software version on the server or not after your phone is connected to the Internet. You can also obtain software update packages from our official website, copy the update packages into the root directory of your phone’s internal storage, and select >...
  • Page 53 phone. Swipe from both edges Slide two fingers up or down on both sides of the screen to adjust the screen brightness. Double-click the edge Double click the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the previous interface.
  • Page 54: Other

    Other My File You can manage the files (including pictures, music, videos, documents, zips, APKs and folders) on the phone through My File. Calendar On the home screen, touch “Calendar” and select Day, Week, Month or Year to show your calendar. Create new event 1.
  • Page 55: Otg Function

    - Press and hold a single record to select “Delete” or “Top”. OTG function The phone supports OTG function. After connecting your phone with the external devices (U disk, mouse, keyboard, etc.) through the OTG cable, you can transmit data between your phone and external devices, and you can also view &...
  • Page 56: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Using your phone safely On the road Using a phone while driving is illegal in many countries. Please follow local laws and drive safely at all times. Near sensitive electronics Don’t use your phone near sensitive electronic equipment – particularly medical devices such as pacemakers –...
  • Page 57 Around water Keep your phone away from water (or any other liquid). It’s not a waterproof model. Making repairs Never take your phone apart. Please leave that to the professionals. Unauthorized repairs could break the terms of your warranty. Broken antenna Don’t use your phone if the antenna is damaged, as it could cause injury.
  • Page 58: Charger Care And Safety

    The working temperature for the phone is between 0°C and 45°C. Please don’t use the phone outside the range. Using the phone under too high or too low a temperature might cause problems. Eyesight Please do not use your phone in dim light for a long time to avoid damage to your eyesight.
  • Page 59: Care & Maintenance

    - Don’t use the charger if the power cable is damaged. It may cause a fire or give someone an electric shock. - Keep water well away from the charger. If the charger does get splashed by water, or any other kind of liquid, immediately unplug it to avoid overheating, fire or electrocution.

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