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  • Page 1 Blade A31 Telstra Smart 4 User Manual...
  • Page 2 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 © 2021 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced,...
  • Page 3 Images and screenshots used in this manual may differ from the actual product. Content in this manual may differ from the actual product or software. Trademarks ZTE and the ZTE logos are trademarks of ZTE Corporation. Android is a trademark of Google LLC. ® The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
  • Page 4 Instructional Icons NOTE Additional information, supplementary instruction or tips for the operation of the product. CAUTION Safety information that, if ignored, may cause minor damage to the equipment or service interruption. WARNING Safety information that, if ignored, may cause serious damage to the equipment or danger to personal safety.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting Started ............9 Knowing the Keys ............10 Setting Up Your Phone ..........11 Charging the Phone ............. 11 Powering On/Off ............14 Setting Up for the First Time ........14 Knowing the Home Screen ........... 14 View Notifications and the Quick Settings Panel ..15 Personalizing ............
  • Page 6 Connecting to Devices .......... 26 ® Bluetooth ..............26 ® Wi-Fi Direct ..............27 Connecting to a Computer via USB ......28 Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection ....29 Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection through Tethering ..................29 Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot ..................
  • Page 7 Message Options ............42 Message Settings ............43 Camera ..............44 Taking Pictures ............44 Recording Videos ............45 Gallery ..............46 Opening Gallery ............46 Sharing Pictures and Videos ........46 Retouching Your Pictures ..........46 YT Music ..............47 Settings ..............
  • Page 8 Software Update ............55 For Your Safety ............55 General Safety ............55 Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ........57 Distractions..............59 Product Handling ............60 Electrical Safety ............66 Radio Frequency Interference ........67 Explosive Environments ..........69 Technical Specifications ........69 CE Caution..............

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Getting Started...

  • Page 10: Knowing The Keys

    Knowing the Keys Function Press and hold to select Restart or Power key power off. Press to turn the screen on or off Press or hold to turn the volume up or Volume key down. Touch to return to the home screen from any application or screen.

  • Page 11: Setting Up Your Phone

    Setting Up Your Phone The nano-SIM card can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on. Power off your phone before removing or replacing the battery. WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any other kind of SIM cards, or any non-standard nano-SIM card cut from a SIM card.
  • Page 12 3. Insert the optional microSDXC card to the slot. 4. Insert the battery, making sure the connectors align. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.

  • Page 13: Charging The Phone

    You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible. WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and USB cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone. NOTE: If the battery is extremely low, you may be unable to power on the phone even when it is being charged.

  • Page 14: Powering On/Off

    Powering On/Off  Press and hold the Power key to turn on your phone.  To switch it off, hold the Power key to open the options menu and touch Power Off > Touch to power off. Setting Up for the First Time When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or reset it to factory settings, you need to do some settings before using it.

  • Page 15: View Notifications And The Quick Settings Panel

    View Notifications and the Quick Settings Panel Pull down from the top of the screen to view your Notifications. Pull down again to open the quick settings panel: Pull down from the top of the screen Touch the Settings icon as a shortcut to the Settings menu: Settings...

  • Page 16: Personalizing

    Personalizing Choosing Your Wallpaper You can set the wallpaper for the home screen and the lock screen. 1. Touch and hold on a blank area of the home screen and touch Wallpapers. 2. Touch GALLERY to select an image or directly touch a built-in static wallpaper.

  • Page 17: Using Do Not Disturb Mode

    NOTE: If the item is an app icon, you may also drag it to Uninstall and touch OK to uninstall the app. Some preinstalled apps cannot be uninstalled. Using Do Not Disturb Mode You can limit interruptions with Do not disturb mode. This mode silences your phone so that it doesn’t make sounds or vibrate when you don’t want it to.

  • Page 18: Knowing The Basics

    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. 3G connected No signal 4G connected Signal strength Mobile data in use...
  • Page 19 Notification Icons The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see. New SMS/MMS USB tethering on New message(s) from Song playing the Gmail™ app Open Wi-Fi network Missed call detected...

  • Page 20: Using Quick Settings

    Using Quick Settings The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change the most common settings for your phone. Swipe down from the status bar and drag the notification panel downwards to open the Quick Settings panel. To turn on or off settings quickly: 1.

  • Page 21: Opening And Switching Apps

    Opening and Switching Apps Open an App 1. Swipe up on the home screen to view apps. 2. Slide up or down on the screen and touch an app to open NOTE: Drag the slider on the right side of the screen to the initial letter of the app you need, or touch the search box at the top to search for apps.

  • Page 22: Security

    Security Protecting Your Phone with a Screen Lock 1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch Settings > Security > Screen lock. 2. Touch Swipe, Pattern, PIN, or Password. Touch Swipe to allow unlocking with a ‘swipe'  gesture. Anyone can unlock the screen by touching the display and sliding up.
  • Page 23 Turn On Screen Pinning 1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch Settings > Security > Advanced > App pinning. 2. Touch the Off switch. 3. To add security for unpinning, switch on Lock device when unpinning and set up a screen lock as prompted, or switch on Ask for unlock pattern/PIN/password before unpinning if you’ve set a screen lock already.

  • Page 24: Connecting To Networks

    Connecting to Networks Connecting to Mobile Network 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.

  • Page 25: Connecting To A Wi-Fi Network

    2. Turn on mobile data related switches. Switch on/off Mobile data to turn on/off mobile data  access. Switch on/off Roaming to turn on/off mobile data when  roaming. Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network 1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch Settings > Network and internet >...

  • Page 26: Connecting To Devices

    Connecting to Devices ® 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 (33 feet). The Bluetooth devices must be paired before communication is performed. 1.

  • Page 27: Wi-Fi Direct

    such as headsets and hands-free car kits. You can try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passkeys), or refer to the documents for that device ® Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows Wi-Fi devices to share files and data directly by connecting to each other without wireless access points (hotspots).

  • Page 28: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb

    Connecting to a Computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. Your phone stores these files in the phone storage or on a removable microSDXC card. USB tethering will be turned off automatically when you use USB to transfer files between your phone and computer.

  • Page 29: Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection

    Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tethering or by activating the Wi-Fi hotspot feature to create a mobile hotspot. Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection through Tethering You can use tethering to share your phone’s Internet connection with a computer or other device that connects to your phone via USB cable or by Bluetooth.

  • Page 30: Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection As A Wi-Fi Hotspot

    Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot You can share your phone’s data connection with other devices by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The feature requires data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges. NOTE: When the portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature is enabled, you cannot use your phone’s Wi-Fi capability to access the...

  • Page 31: Phone Calls

    Phone Calls Place a Call by Dialing 1. From the home screen, touch 2. Touch to open the dial pad and enter the phone number or the contact name. 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.

  • Page 32: Answering Or Rejecting Calls

    Place a Call from a Text Message While viewing a text message, you can call the sender or phone numbers contained in the message. 1. From the home screen, touch 2. Touch the conversation. 3. To call the message sender, touch at the top Call Your Contacts 1.
  • Page 33 Reject a Call When you receive a phone call, swipe down on the screen to reject the call. You can also touch the Reply icon at the bottom left to reject the call and select a preset text message or edit one to send to the caller.
  • Page 34 and switch to the other call that has been put on hold.  Touch to end the current call. WARNING! Because of higher volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear during speakerphone use. Call Settings Call settings let you set fast dial, voicemail, call forwarding, and other settings.

  • Page 35: Contacts

    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. You can view and add contact information directly from Phone, Gmail, and message applications. Creating a Contact 1.

  • Page 36: Importing And Exporting Contacts

    has to search for it. The contacts matched will be listed. Importing and Exporting Contacts You can import/export contacts from one account to another, or from/to the phone storage or an installed microSDXC card. This is especially useful when you need to transfer contacts between different devices.

  • Page 37: Setting A Ringtone For A Contact

    Export Contacts to the microSDXC Card 1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch 2. Touch > Settings > Export 3. Touch and select the directory in which the vCard file will be saved. Normal path is to save to Downloads 4.

  • Page 38: Setting Call/Message Blocking

    Setting Call/Message Blocking The call blocking feature allows you to block calls and messages from certain numbers. 1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch 2. Touch > Settings > Blocked numbers. 3. Touch Add a number to add any number for call/message blocking.

  • Page 39: Gmail

    Gmail Swipe up on the home screen and touch Gmail. Use it to receive and send emails from your Gmail accounts 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.

  • Page 40: Responding To An Email

    Responding to an Email You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. 1. Open the message you want to reply to or forward from the Inbox. 2. Do the following as you need: To reply to the sender, touch (Reply).

  • Page 41: Messages

    Messages You can use Messages to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messages Screen From the home screen touch Messages The Messages screen opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread. ...

  • Page 42: Message Options

    to add more recipients. 4. Touch to add stickers, Files and more. Touch the landscape icon to add pictures from your Gallery or touch the Camera icon to take a new picture. 5. Touch to send. NOTES:  You can also include email addresses as recipients for a multimedia message.

  • Page 43: Message Settings

    > Spam and blocked from the Messages screen to find all blocked numbers. NOTE: You can touch and hold a thread and touch more to select them, and then choose to archive or delete them. Message Settings On the Messages screen, touch >...

  • Page 44: Camera

    Camera Taking Pictures From the home screen touch Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjustment. Swipe right to select other camera modes.

  • Page 45: Recording Videos

    WARNING! Keep a safe distance when using the flash. Do not point the flash towards the eyes of people or animals. NOTE: You can spread or pinch on the screen to zoom in or out before taking pictures. Touch the shutter to take a shot Recording Videos 1.

  • Page 46: Gallery

    Gallery Opening Gallery Slide up on the home screen and select Gallery to view your pictures and videos. Sharing Pictures and Videos 1. Touch and hold a picture or video to select it. 2. Touch more items that you want to share. 3.

  • Page 47: Yt Music

    YT Music Touch the YT Music icon to start the music player. Press Library to see your local music files. YT Music is provided by You Tube so please check their instructions for usage. Settings From the home screen touch Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone.

  • Page 48: Connected Devices

    Mobile Network Open Settings and touch Network and internet > Mobile network to control mobile data, set access point names and other network options. See Connecting to Mobile Network. Hotspot & Tethering Open Settings and touch Network and internet > Hotspot &...

  • Page 49: Apps And Notifications

    You can also touch Connected devices > Connection preferences > Printing to use the default printing service or other printer plug-ins installed from the Google Play Store or your printer manufacturer. Apps and notifications App Info Open Settings and touch Apps and notifications to see recently opened apps or all apps installed on your phone and manage them.

  • Page 50: Battery

    Special App Access Open Settings and touch Apps and notifications > Advanced > Special app access to set special access options of apps. Battery Open Settings and touch Battery to view the battery level, check what has been using the battery, enable battery saver, or optimize apps to improve battery life.

  • Page 51: Storage

    Storage Open Settings and touch Storage to view the memory information of the internal phone storage and the microSDXC card (if one is installed).  Touch a data type to see more information.  Portable storage: Choose Eject, Format and Format as internal ...
  • Page 52  Find My Device: Use Find My Device to locate, lock, or wipe your lost device remotely. The lost device must be signed in to a Google account.  Security update: Check for security update of your system.  Screen lock: Disable the screen lock or enable it with swipe, pattern, PIN, or password.

  • Page 53: Location

     App pinning: Keep a screen of your choice in view, so that others cannot switch to other apps and access your personal information. See Protecting Your Phone With Pinning. Location  Switch Location services (GPS) on or off.  Check which apps have Location permissions enabled.

  • Page 54: Google

    Google Open Settings and touch Google to manage settings for Google apps and services. System Languages and input Open Settings and touch System > Languages and input to configure options related to system language, input methods and assistance, speech input and output as well as mouse/trackpad input.

  • Page 55: Software Update

    of important data. You need to sign in to your Google account to use this feature. Reset Options Open Settings and touch System > Advanced > Reset options to reset network settings, app preferences, or the phone to factory default status. About Phone Open Settings >...
  • Page 56 Small parts may cause choking. Your phone can produce a loud sound. To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Exercise caution when holding your phone near your ear while the loudspeaker is in use. Avoid contact with anything magnetic.

  • Page 57: Radio Frequency (Rf) Energy

    Don’t dispose of your phone in fire. Avoid extreme temperatures. Avoid contact with liquids. Keep your phone dry. Do not attempt to disassemble your phone. Only use approved accessories. For pluggable equipment, the socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
  • Page 58 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international guidelines. These guidelines were developed by the independent scientific organization ICNIRP and include safety margins designed to assure the protection of all persons, regardless of age and health.

  • Page 59: Distractions

    Limiting Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Fields For individuals concerned about limiting their exposure to RF fields, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides the following advice: Precautionary measures: Present scientific information does not indicate the need for any special precautions for the use of mobile phones.

  • Page 60: Product Handling

    Operating Machinery Full attention must be given to operating the machinery in order to reduce the risk of an accident. 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.
  • Page 61  Do not carry your phone in your back pocket as it could break when you sit down. Battery Safety  Using ZTE-unapproved or incompatible battery, charger or power adapter may damage your device, shorten its lifespan or cause a fire, explosion or other hazards.
  • Page 62  If the battery damages or shows signs of swelling or leakage, please stop use immediately and contact ZTE or ZTE authorized service provider for replacement.  Return the worn-out battery to the provider or put it in the...
  • Page 63 waste.  There is a risk of explosion if the wrong battery model is replaced. WARNING! If the battery is broken, you should avoid contact with the contents inside. If they contaminate the skin, immediately rinse with plenty of water and seek medical help when necessary.
  • Page 64 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the metallic connectors of the nano-SIM card and the microSDXC card. 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. Airbags Do not place a phone in the area over an airbag or in the airbag deployment area, as an airbag inflates with great...
  • Page 65 and take frequent breaks. 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.

  • Page 66: Electrical Safety

    normal use. 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 the charging jack. Never puncture the surface of the phone with sharp objects. Connection to Vehicles Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system.

  • Page 67: Radio Frequency Interference

    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 manufacturers to determine if the operation of your phone may interfere with the operation of your medical devices.
  • Page 68 device and the distance from the interference source. Increasing the separation between them may reduce the interference. You may also consult your hearing aid manufacturer to discuss alternatives. Medical Equipment Turn off your wireless device when you are requested to do so in hospitals, clinics or healthcare facilities.

  • Page 69: Explosive Environments

    Explosive Environments Gas Stations and Explosive Atmospheres In locations with potentially explosive atmospheres, obey all posted signs to turn off wireless devices such as your phone or other radio equipment. Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fuelling areas, below decks on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, and areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
  • Page 70 2G 900, 1800 MHz. Display 5.5” IPS HD+ 720 x 1440, Capacitive touch. Camera 8MP Rear with flash, 2MP Front CPU & Memory Octa Core SC9863A CPU, 1GB RAM 32GB ROM with approx. 24 GB user space. Expandable storage microSD(XC)™ up to 512GB Operating Android R Go Edition system...

  • Page 72: Ce Caution

    CE Caution Battery Caution Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. USB Port This product shall only be connected to a USB interface of version USB 2.0. Proper Use Please do not touch the antenna area on your device.

  • Page 73: Disposal Of Your Old Appliance

    For this product’s recycling information based on WEEE directive, please send an e-mail to weee@zte.com.cn For Australia – please dispose of your old phone in any Mobile Muster collection station which are in...

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