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Contents Getting Started ............12 Getting to Know Your Phone ..........12 Knowing the Keys ............14 Installing the microSD Card and Battery ......14 Charging the Battery ............18 Extending the Battery Life ..........20 Powering On/Off .............. 21 Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys ......
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Managing Notifications ............. 33 Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ........35 Organizing With Folders ........... 36 Rearranging the Favorites Tray ........37 Entering Text ..............37 Editing Text ..............47 Opening and Switching Apps ..........49 Connecting to Networks and Devices ....50 Connecting to Mobile Networks ........
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People ..............79 Checking Contact Details ..........79 Adding a New Contact ............. 79 Setting Up Your Own Profile ..........80 Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ..... 80 Working With Favorite Contacts ........82 Working With Groups ............83 Searching for a Contact ........... 84 Editing Contacts...............
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Adding Signature to Your Gmail Messages ....... 96 Replying to or Forwarding a Message ......97 Working With Received Attachments ........ 97 Searching for Messages ........... 98 Working With Labels ............98 Changing Gmail Settings ..........99 Messaging ............101 Opening the Messaging Screen ........
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Chatting With Friends ............ 110 Changing Google Talk Settings ........112 Google+ ..............113 Organizing Your Contacts ..........113 Getting Updates ............. 113 Chatting With Contacts ..........114 Checking Photos ............115 Checking and Managing Your Profile......115 Other Features .............. 115 Browser ..............
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Google Now, Voice Search, and Voice Dialer ..129 Searching With Text ............129 Searching by Speaking........... 129 Using Voice Dialer ............130 Changing Search Settings ..........130 Camera ..............131 Capturing a Photo ............131 Customize Camera Settings ........... 133 Taking a Panoramic Photo..........
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Video Player ............153 Opening the Video Library ..........153 Playing and Controlling Videos ........153 Managing Video Files ............ 155 Sound Recorder ........... 156 Recording a Voice Memo ..........156 Playing a Voice Memo ........... 156 More Apps............. 158 Alarm ................
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Browsing and Searching for Apps ........164 Downloading and Installing Apps ........164 Managing Your Downloads ..........165 Settings ..............167 Wireless & Networks Settings......... 167 Device Settings .............. 168 Personal Settings ............173 Accounts Settings ............175 System Settings ............. 175 Troubleshooting ...........
Knowing the Keys Function Press and hold to turn on or off Airplane Power Key mode, enable silent mode or silent mode with vibration, disable silent mode, power off or restart the phone. Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. ...
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1. Remove the back cover. 2. Hold your microSD card with the metal contacts facing down and slide it in. CAUTION: The microSD card cannot be installed or removed when the battery is in the phone. NOTE: Some applications may require a microSD card to work normally or may store certain data on it.
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3. Insert the battery by aligning the metal contacts on the battery with the metal contacts in the battery compartment. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.
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4. Press the cover gently back into place until you hear a click. Make sure all the tabs are secure and there are no gaps around the cover.
As you charge your phone, the screen will tell you the exact battery level each time you wake up your phone. WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode.
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1. Open the charger/micro-USB jack cover. 2. Connect the adapter to the charger/micro-USB jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charger jack.
3. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as , appear on the status bar. 4. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. Extending the Battery Life Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality can drain your battery.
Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications using this function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery. When taking pictures, do not use a flash unless necessary. Powering On/Off ...
To unlock the screen and keys: 1. Press the Power Key to turn the screen on. 2. Touch and hold at the center of the screen. -or- Touch and hold to open the camera and start taking photos immediately; touch and hold to turn sound off or on.
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. ...
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Status & Notifications Google Search Widget Shortcuts All apps Messaging Phone Browser People...
Personalizing Changing the System Language 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Language & input > Language. 2. Select the language you need. Setting the Date and Time Format 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Date &...
2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification. 3. Select the ringtone you want to use from the ringtone/notification tone list, music file list or recorded sound list. 4. Touch OK. People – Editing Contacts – Set a Ringtone NOTE: See chapter for a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact.
Switching to Silent Mode You can set the phone to silent mode by using one of the following methods. Press and hold the Power Key and then touch to enable silent mode, touch to enable silent mode with vibration, or touch to disable silent mode.
Changing Screen Brightness 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Display > Brightness. 2. Check Automatic brightness to make the phone adjust the screen brightness automatically, or clear the check box to adjust the brightness manually. 3.
You also need to set a pattern or PIN in case the phone cannot recognize your face. If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears.
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controlled by the system administrator. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: 1. Set a lock screen PIN or password. 2. Charge the battery. 3. Keep the phone connected to the charger. 4. Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
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. Mobile data connected No signal Mobile data in use Signal strength Airplane mode...
TTY mode on Managing Notifications 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 Upcoming event New Wi-Fi network detected New MMS New Email Downloading data...
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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. 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.
Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have notification settings that you can adjust. NOTE: If you turn off notifications for an app, you may miss its important alerts and updates. The notifications of some apps cannot be turned off.
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 combine several app icons in a folder.
Remove Shortcuts From a Folder 1. Touch a folder to open it. 2. Touch and hold the shortcut you want to remove and then drag it to the Home Screen. 3. Release the shortcut and it will be removed from the folder. Rearranging the Favorites Tray The Home Screen includes a customizable favorites tray at the bottom visible from all Home Screens.
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open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type. You can touch the Back Key to hide the onscreen keyboard. Change Input Methods 1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon appears on the notification bar.
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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...
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move your finger from letter to letter without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word. You can also touch the onscreen keyboard to enter words. Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold a key to enter the number or symbol located on the top of the key.
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input language. Touch to select numbers and symbols. Touch enter the alternate symbol on a key. Touch and hold open a simple keyboard and you can enter numbers and certain symbols. Touch to go back to enter letters. Touch and hold open an editing panel to select, cut, copy or paste the text.
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Start of the word End of the word TIPS: 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 “Swype”...
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To switch the keyboard layout: 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Language & input > (TouchPal Keyboard) > Keyboard layout. 2. Check Swipe layout. 3. In the TouchPal keyboard screen, touch and clear the Curve box, and then touch Close. 4.
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Touch to use uppercase or lowercase. This key also changes to indicate the current case you are using: lowercase, for uppercase, and when locked in uppercase. Slide right on to enable word prediction. Slide left on to disable word prediction. ...
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12-Key PhonePad Touch a key repeatedly until the desired letter or symbol appears. If word prediction is enabled ( ), just touch the keys once and choose the right word. Touch and hold a key to enter the number indicated on the bottom of the key;...
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CooTek T+ Touch to enter the left letter on the key; Double-tap to enter the right letter/symbol on the key. If word prediction is enabled ), just touch the keys and choose the right word. Touch and hold a key to enter the number or symbol indicated on the bottom of the key;...
End of the word Start of the word TIPS: 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 trace the next word.
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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. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection.
Opening and Switching Apps Open an App 1. Touch the Home Key > 2. Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it. Switch Between Recently Opened Apps 1. Touch and hold the Home Key. A list of the names and thumbnails of apps you’ve used recently opens.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Mobile Networks You can control mobile data usage and data roaming. To enable or disable data access: Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Mobile networks. Check Data enabled to enable data access over the mobile network.
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Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Wi-Fi. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position to turn on Wi-Fi. Touch a network name to connect to it. If the network is secured, enter the password and touch Connect.
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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. To connect to a secured network, you first need to get the security details from the network's administrator.
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Turn On Wi-Fi Smart Mode Smart Mode remembers the locations where you spend the most time and turns on Wi-Fi when you are near those places. The Wi-Fi networks you have used before will be connected to automatically. Smart Mode can also remember Sign In credentials for networks that require usernames and passwords.
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Wi-Fi. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position. Touch the Menu Key > WPS Pin Entry. The WPS Pin number displays on the screen. Enter the Pin number into the access point's setup page. After entering the Pin number, your phone automatically finds the access point and configures the connection.
Using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other without the need for wireless access points (hotspots). Connect to Another Device via Wi-Fi Direct 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Wi-Fi.
Receive Data via Wi-Fi Direct When an attempt to transfer data via Wi-Fi Direct is received, you can see a notification in the status bar. Touch Accept to start receiving the data. Received files are stored automatically in a dedicated folder (WiFiShare, for instance).
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Bluetooth. 2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON position if Bluetooth is off. 3. Touch your device name on the top of the screen to make your phone visible or invisible. NOTE: Touch the Menu Key > Visibility timeout to set the Bluetooth visibility timeout of your phone.
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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. NOTE: The Bluetooth passkey may be fixed for certain devices, such as headsets and handsfree car kit.
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. NOTE: If the phone has not been paired with the sending device, you may need to touch Bluetooth > [your phone’s name] in Settings to keep the phone detectable through Bluetooth.
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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. Connect to PC software: Install apps or manage data on the phone via PC software.
Remove the microSD Card From Your Phone If you need to remove the microSD card while the phone is on, you must unmount it first. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Storage. Scroll down and touch Unmount SD card > OK. The icon appears in the status bar and then you can power off your phone and safely remove the microSD card.
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Depending on the type of VPN you are using, you may be required to enter your login credentials or install security certificates before you can connect to your VPN. You can get this information from your network administrator. Add a VPN Touch the Home Key >...
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Touch Save. Delete a VPN Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > More > VPN. Touch and hold the VPN that you want to delete. Touch Delete profile.
Phone Calls You can place calls from the Phone app, the People 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.
Answering or Rejecting Calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens, displaying the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you've entered in People. You can answer or reject the call, or reject it with a text message. Answer a Call When you receive a phone call, drag over...
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Place a Call From the Call Log Open the call log. Touch a number for more information about the call, or touch beside it to call back. NOTE: You can touch on the bottom of the screen and select the call log type you want to view. Add a Call Log Number as a Contact Open the call log.
Delete the Call Log Open the call log. Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s). Touch the call log items you want to delete and then touch > OK to delete the call logs. NOTE: You can also touch a number in the call log screen, and touch the Menu Key >...
numbers are listed at the top of the screen. Touch a contact or number to call it. Calling Emergency Numbers You can place calls to 911 even if the phone’s screen is locked or your account is restricted. To call the 911 emergency number when the phone’s screen is locked with a screen lock: Turn the screen on if it is turned off.
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NOTE: When you end the 911 call, you are returned to the Emergency Callback mode. Flick down the status bar and touch Emergency Callback Mode, and then touch Yes to exit to the normal mode. Emergency Callback Mode Emergency Callback mode enables the operator to call you back to determine your approximate location.
Checking Visual Voicemail Visual Voicemail gives you a quick and easy way to access your voicemail. Now you can find exactly the message you are looking for without having to listen to every voicemail message first. Set Up Visual Voicemail Setting up Visual Voicemail follows many of the same procedures as setting up traditional voicemail.
Touch a message and touch to review it. NOTE: To set your visual voicemail, touch the Menu Key > Settings and touch the voicemail settings you want to change. Checking Traditional Voicemail If you have set the phone to divert certain calls to the voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you.
which is put on hold. Touch to put the caller you are speaking to on hold, and switch to the other call that has been put on hold. Touch to merge the separate calls into a single conference call. ...
To switch between two calls: Touch on the screen or touch the Menu Key > Manage calls. Set Up a Conference Call With this feature, you can talk to two people at the same time. On the dialer screen, enter a number and touch Once you have established the connection, touch dial the second number.
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Set Voicemail Touch the Home Key > > Menu Key > Settings > Voicemail. Touch the voicemail settings you want to change. 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.
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911 Emergency Calling It is recommended that TTY users make emergency calls by other means, including Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), analog cellular, and landline communications. Wireless TTY calls to 911 may be corrupted when received by public safety answering points (PSAPs), rendering some communications unintelligible.
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Set Speed Dials You can touch and hold the 1 ~ 9 key 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: Touch the Home Key >...
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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. Touch the Home Key > >...
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You can configure your phone to place all calls using Internet calling (when you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network), just calls to Internet calling addresses, or to ask each time you place a call. 1. Touch the Home Key > >...
People 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...
Touch the account field near the top of the screen to choose where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts will be synced automatically with your account online. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses, and other information.
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Import Contacts From the microSD Card Touch the Home Key > Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Import from SD card. Select an account in which to save the contacts. Select the vCard file(s) in the microSD card and touch OK. NOTE: If the microSD card is not installed in the phone, you can import vCard file(s) in the phone storage.
touch 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 used frequently to Favorites, so you can find them quickly.
Working With Groups View Your Contact Groups Touch the Home Key > and touch the contact groups Scroll through the list to view the preset groups and the groups you create. Touch a group to view its members. Set Up a New Group Touch the Home Key >...
Touch a group and then touch the Menu Key > Disband group. Touch OK to disband the group. The contacts in the group will not be deleted. NOTE: You cannot delete the Emergency contacts (ICE) group. Edit a Group Touch the Home Key > and touch the contact groups Touch a group you want to edit.
Editing Contacts Edit Contact Details Touch the Home Key > Touch a contact you need to edit and then touch the Menu Key > Edit. Edit the contact and touch DONE. Set a Ringtone for a Contact Assign a special ringtone to a contact, so you know who is calling when you hear the ringtone.
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Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s) in the all contacts screen. Touch to select the contacts you want to remove and then touch Touch OK to confirm.
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 > Menu Key > System settings > Add account.
3. Touch the Menu Key > Remove account > Remove account. Configuring Account Sync Configure Auto Sync Setting 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Data usage. 2. Touch the Menu Key and check or uncheck Auto-sync data.
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2. Touch the type and then the account in the ACCOUNTS section. The Sync screen appears, showing a list of information the account can sync. 3. When auto-sync is turned on, check or uncheck items as you need. Checked types of information on the phone and the web will be kept in auto-sync.
Email Touch in the Home Screen and select Email. Use it to read and send emails from services other than Gmail. Setting Up the First Email Account 1. When you open Email for the first time, enter your email address and password. 2.
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. Rely 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 >...
images, videos and other types of files as attachment. 5. Touch at the top right of the screen to send the message. Adding Signature to Your Emails You can set a few lines of plain text as signature for every outgoing email message from an account, such as your name and contact information.
Edit an Email Account You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for email, how you’re notified of new mails, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mails. 1.
Gmail After you sign in to your Google account on the phone, you can send and retrieve Gmail messages with the Gmail app. NOTE: This feature may not be available in certain regions or with certain service providers. Opening Your Gmail Inbox Touch in the Home Screen and select Gmail.
Writing and Sending a Message 1. Open your Gmail Inbox and switch to the account you want to use for sending the message. 2. Touch 3. Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field. Separate each recipient with a comma. 4.
Replying to or Forwarding a Message 1. Open the Gmail message you want to reply to or forward to another person. 2. Do the following as you need: To… do… Reply to the sender, touch in the message header. Reply to the sender and all touch in the message recipients of the original header...
Searching for Messages You can search for messages using words that appear in addresses, subjects, or contents. NOTE: If you search while the phone doesn’t have an active Internet connection, only messages synchronized onto your phone can be searched. 1. Open the Gmail app and touch 2.
2. Touch the label icon at the bottom of the screen. 3. Check or uncheck labels in the new screen and touch OK. To add stars to messages: 1. Open the Gmail app and touch in the message list the checkboxes before the messages you want to star.
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General settings, which apply to all Gmail accounts, or other settings that only apply to specific accounts.
Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messaging Screen Touch in the Home Screen and select Messaging. The Messaging screen opens, where you can create a new message, search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread.
3. Touch the Type message field, and enter the content of your text message. NOTE: You can touch the Menu Key to insert quick text, smiley or contact in text format. 4. Touch Sending a Multimedia Message 1. On the Messaging screen, touch at the bottom.
Replying to a Message Messages you receive are appended to existing threads of the same number. If the new message comes from a new number, a new thread is created. 1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to reply to.
such as message type, sender, and date. Deleting Messages or Threads To delete a message in a thread: 1. On the Messaging screen, touch a thread. 2. Touch and hold a message and select Delete. 3. Touch Delete. To delete message threads: 1.
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 in the Home Screen and select Calendar.
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and select the view you prefer. In Month view, swipe vertically to see earlier months and later months. In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see earlier weeks/days and later weeks/days. When you are viewing earlier or later days, weeks, or months, touch at the top to quickly switch to today.
Creating an Event 1. In any Calendar view, touch to open an event details screen for a new event. You can also touch a spot in Day or Week view twice to add an event to that time spot. 2. Add details about the event. Enter a name, location, time span, and other additional details about the event.
Delete the event, touch > OK. Share the event, touch and choose how to share. Changing Calendar Settings To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda). Then touch the Menu Key > Settings. You can change General settings, which apply to all accounts, or other settings that only apply to specific accounts.
Google Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on a phone, on the web, or with a desktop application. Signing In to See Your Friends You must sign in to your Google account before you can use Google Talk.
receive a notification in the status bar and the invitation appears in your friends list. You can touch the invitation to Accept, Decline, or Block. Changing Your Online Status 1. Touch your own entry at the top of your friends list. 2.
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Switch Between Active Chats If you have more than one chat going, you can switch between these chats in one of the following ways. Touch the Back Key to return from one chat to the friends list. Then touch another friend you want to chat with. ...
Google+ Google+ is a social networking service offered by Google. The Google+ application on your phone enables you to manage your data, chat with online contacts, organize them in different circles, and share your selected information. Touch in the Home Screen and select Google+. The first time you open the Google+ app, select the instant upload and contact sync options.
information are shown. Nearby shows posts shared with you by users near your current location. All Circles, Acquaintances, Family, Following, and Friends show updates from people you’ve added to your circles. What’s hot shows popular posts on Google+. ...
Checking Photos You can see your own photo albums and those shared by other users. Touch > Photos in the Google+ app to see all available albums. Checking and Managing Your Profile 1. Touch > Profile in the Google+ app. 2.
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sign in to apps with Google, you can connect to third-party websites, mobile apps, games and other online services without having to create another username and password. Search: Touch > Search in the Google+ app to search for posts.
Browser Use Browser to view web pages and search for information. Opening the Browser Touch in the Home Screen and select Browser to use the web browser. Browser also opens when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text message.
Set the Homepage Your home page opens when you open a new browser tab, and when you start Browser after restarting your phone. 1. Open the page you want to set as your home page. 2. Touch the Menu Key > Settings > General > Set homepage.
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operations. Scroll: Swipe the screen in any direction. Zoom out: Touch the screen with two fingers and pinch them together. Zoom in: Touch the screen with two fingers and spread them apart. Follow a link: Touch a link on the web page to open it. ...
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 at the bottom of the screen. A new browser window opens and the homepage is loaded.
Downloading Files 1. Touch and hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage. 2. In the menu that opens, touch Save image or Save link. You can view or open the downloaded files in the Downloads app ( >...
Edit a Bookmark 1. Touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks in the web page screen. 2. Touch and hold the bookmark to edit. 3. Touch Edit bookmark. 4. Edit the label, address, account, or location of the bookmark in the dialog that opens. 5.
Changing Browser Settings You can configure a number of Browser settings to customize the way you browse the web, including several that you can use to control your privacy. To open the Browser settings screen, touch the Menu Key > Settings in the web page screen.
Maps, Navigation and Local Activating Location Services To use Navigation, Local, Latitude, and find your location on Google Maps, you must enable location services on your phone. 1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Location services. 2.
2. Touch at the top right. The map centers on a blue blinking arrow that indicates your location. Searching for a Location 1. Touch the Home Key > > Maps. and enter the place you’re looking for in the 2. Touch search box at the top.
transportation, or car. 1. Touch the Home Key > > Maps. 2. Touch at the bottom. 3. Enter a start and end point and select the mode of transportation (car, public transit, or walking). If you have enabled My Location, this will appear in the start point field by default.
3. Select a place category and the information of that type of place near you will be displayed. You can also use the button at the top to find the place you need. NOTE: Touch the Menu Key > Add a search to add new place categories.
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hide stale friends, who haven’t updated their location with you for a while. Touch the Menu Key > Location settings to change Latitude settings.
Google Now, Voice Search, and Voice Dialer You can search for information on the web or on your phone using Google Now. You can also search the web or perform certain tasks by speaking. Searching With Text 1. Start the search in one of the following ways. Touch the Home Key >...
is initiated. Using Voice Dialer 1. Touch the Home Key > > Voice Dialer. 2. Follow the examples shown to dial a number or open an application. Changing Search Settings Open the Google app and touch the Menu Key > Settings to set Google Now, notification, voice, and phone search options, and change privacy settings for your account.
Camera You can use your phone to take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored to the phone’s memory card or the phone’s internal storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app. Capturing a Photo 1.
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Number Function Switch between the front and the back camera. Select color effect (only available for the back camera). Select scene mode (only available for the back camera). Change the camera settings. Slide to zoom in or out. You can also press the Volume Keys to zoom in or out.
Customize Camera Settings Before taking a photo, you can touch to open the following camera setting options. Self-timer: Set a time delay before the camera takes a picture automatically after you touch the shutter icon, or turn off this feature. ...
Picture Quality: Adjust the image quality for your photo. Anti-banding: Set the anti-banding value or leave it at Auto. This feature can avoid stripes on pictures you take of TV or computer screens. Storage Location: Change the storage location for captured photos and videos.
image. 6. To view the image, touch the thumbnail in the corner of the screen. NOTE: Touch the Back Key to exit the panorama mode. Recording a Video 1. Touch the Home Key > > Camera. 2. Slide the switch to open the camcorder.
Number Function Switch between the front and the back camera. Change the camcorder settings. Slide to zoom in or out. You can also press the Volume Keys to zoom in or out. View photos and videos you have taken. Turn on or off the flash (only available for the back camera).
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Auto. Geo-tagging: Select whether to store the GPS location in your recorded videos. Storage Location: Change the storage location for captured photos and videos. Restore Defaults: Restore default camera settings.
Gallery Opening Gallery Touch the Home Key > > Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. 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 delete albums: 1. Touch and hold an album until it is selected. 2. Touch more albums that you want to delete. 3. Touch > Delete > OK. Working With Pictures Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen. When viewing a picture or video in full screen, the following options are available.
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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. TIP: You can delete a picture or video by swiping it up or down in the filmstrip view.
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1. Touch the Menu Key > Edit while viewing a picture in full screen to open the Edit interface. 2. Touch the icons along the bottom of the screen to edit the picture. Add fill light, emphasize highlight or shadows, or set to auto-fix.
Working With Videos Play Videos 1. Touch an album in the gallery and then touch the thumbnail of a video. 2. Touch at the center to start playing. Touch the video to view the playback controls. Share Videos 1. Touch an album in the gallery and then touch and hold the thumbnail of a video.
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 Copy From a Computer 1.
Receive via Bluetooth You can receive music files from other devices via Bluetooth. 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 the information stored in the files.
2. Touch next to a song in any list. 3. In the menu that opens, touch Use as phone ringtone. TIP: If the song is being played, you can touch the Menu Key > Use as ringtone in the playback screen. Delete a Song 1.
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Number Function Touch to toggle repeat mode: no repeat, repeat the current song, or repeat the current playlist. Playback control. Skip songs or pause and resume playback. Drag the slider to jump to any part of the song. Touch to return to the music library. Touch to add the song to or remove it from favorites.
Album artwork. Swipe left or right to see lyrics (if available) or the current playlist. Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode, where tracks are played in random order. 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.
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Remove a Song From a Playlist 1. Open a playlist. 2. Touch next to the song you want to remove. 3. Touch Remove from playlist. Delete or Rename a Playlist 1. Touch the Playlists tab in the music library to see all the playlists.
Play Music The Play Music application ( ) works with Google Music, Google’s online music store and streaming service. You can stream via mobile data or Wi-Fi and listen to your favorite songs that you’ve added to your online Google Music library. You can also play audio files you’ve copied directly to your phone from a computer.
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Number Function Touch to return to the library. Song and artist names. Album artwork. Playback control. Skip songs, pause and resume playback, use shuffle or repeat. Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the song. Rate the song. Touch to see the current playlist (queue).
Search for music. You can still control the music when you are not in the playback screen. In the Play Music app, touch the Now Playing bar at the bottom (portrait mode) of the screen to restore the playback screen.
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1. Open the playlist in the PLAYLISTS tab of the music library. 2. Touch and hold the song or touch next to the song you want to remove. 3. Touch Remove from playlist. To rename or delete a playlist: 1. Swipe to the PLAYLISTS tab in the music library to see all the playlists.
Video Player Use the video player to play various kinds of videos. Opening the Video Library Touch the Home Key > > Video Player to view your video library. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to view the available videos.
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Number Function Adjust the video brightness. Video play control. Skip to the next or previous video; pause or resume the video play; drag the slider to jump to any part of the video. Touch to share, delete or zoom the current video. Touch to hide the onscreen controls.
Managing Video Files To delete videos: 1. Touch and hold a video in the video library. The video is highlighted. 2. To remove more videos, touch them. 3. Touch > OK. To share videos: 1. Touch and hold a video in the video library. The video is highlighted.
Sound Recorder Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like. Recording a Voice Memo 1. Touch the Home Key > > Sound Recorder. 2. Touch to start recording. During recording, you can do the following: Touch to pause or continue the recording.
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2. Touch the title of a memo to play it. NOTE: You can also touch next to a memo to delete, rename, share it, check its file information, add a tag, or set it as your phone ringtone.
More Apps Alarm Set alarms or turn the phone into a bedside clock. Set a New Alarm 1. Touch the Home Key > > Alarm. 2. Touch a default alarm to configure it, or touch Add alarm at the bottom of the screen to create a new alarm. 3.
turned on when charging the phone. 3. Touch the Menu Key > Bed Clock to open the bed clock screen. Calculator Touch the Home Key > > Calculator. TIP: Touch , or swipe left or right to switch between different panels. You can also hold the phone on its side to see all calculator buttons.
Touch and hold a file, or check the box in front of it, to delete or share it. File Manager Quickly access all of your images, videos, audio clips, and other types of files on your phone and the memory card. Touch the Home Key >...
4. Once your pack has completed downloading, it will automatically install and appear as your current Mobile ID. You can switch between Mobile ID packs on your phone by touching the Home Key > > Mobile ID. My Account My Account is a free application that lets you stay connected to all the latest news and information from Virgin mobile.
Play Books Touch the Home Key > > Play Books to read ebooks purchased from Play Store. Touch a book cover displayed in Play Books to start reading it. You can also touch the shop bag icon at the top to buy more books from Play Store, or touch to search by book title or author name.
use location-based apps. You can activate or disable IZat at any time. 1. Touch the Home Key > > Qualcomm Enhanced. 2. Check Allow to activate IZat and start using Qualcomm enhanced location service, or uncheck it to disable the service.
Play Store Touch the Home Key > > Play Store. You can buy or rent music, books, movies, apps, and download them to your phone. NOTE: The content you can access in Play Store depends on your region and your service provider. Browsing and Searching for Apps You can browse apps by category.
2. Touch ACCEPT to proceed, or touch the Back Key to cancel. 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 the icon appears in the status bar.
Settings Touch the Home Key > > Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. Wireless & Networks Settings Airplane Mode Swipe the ON/OFF switch to turn airplane mode on or off. Wi-Fi Turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections.
Mobile Networks Control mobile data use. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Mobile Networks. Data Usage Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off mobile data. You can check how much data has been used during the time circle you set, set mobile data limit and warning, see what app has been using mobile data, allow data roaming or restrict background data for individual apps.
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(refer to Turning On/Off Touch Sounds). Display Brightness: Set the brightness of the display. Wallpaper: Select a background image for the home screen. Sleep: Set the length of time of inactivity before the screen turns off automatically. ...
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Language and Input Language: Select a language and region for your system. Spell checker: Use Android 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.
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you don’t have a network connection. Personalized recognition: Make your phone to learn your voice and pronunciation to improve speech recognition accuracy. Google Account dashboard: Open your Google Account dashboard in the browser, where you can manage the data Google collect from you. Bluetooth headset: Record audio through Bluetooth ...
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Unmount SD card: Unmount the memory card from your phone so that you can safely remove the card. Erase SD card: Erase all data on your memory card and prepare it for use with your phone. Battery Check how much power remains for the battery and what has been using the battery.
Touch Activate this device and follow the prompts to activate your phone. For detailed information, please contact Virgin mobile customer care. Personal Settings Location Services Activate location services to determine your location. See Maps, Navigation and Local – Activating Location Services.
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immediately when you press the Power Key. Vibrate on touch: Vibrate as you draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock the phone. Owner info: Set the text that you may display on the lock screen. Encrypt phone: Encrypt your data on the phone to protect Personalizing –...
Backup and Reset 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. Automatic restore: Restore previously backed up settings and data when you reinstall an app. ...
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NOTE: If your data services or account syncing ever seems to go out unexpectedly, use this feature to reconnect with the network. Update ZTE Software: Update the Android Operating System (OS) on your phone via an over-the-air connection. Update Firmware: Update your phone firmware. You may be required to power your phone off and back on to complete the upgrade.
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 Possible causes Possible solution...
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution 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. Echo or noise End the call and dial again.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution The standby time is related to your service provider system configuration. The same If you are located in an phone used with area where signaling is different service weak, temporarily power providers’ systems will off the phone. not provide exactly the same length of standby time.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution Cannot turn Recharge the phone’s Battery power has been your phone depleted. battery. Check the service area You are not within the with your service network’s service area. Unable to provider. connect to Move to an open space, the network or if you are inside a Poor signal.
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FCC Regulations: This mobile phone complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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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, Industry Canada of Canada. During SAR testing, this device was set to transmit at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands, and placed in positions that simulate RF exposure in usage against the head with no separation, and near the body with the separation...
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guidelines when tested with the device directly contacted to the body. The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can found under Display...
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Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) In 2003, the FCC adopted rules to make digital wireless telephones compatible with hearing aids and cochlear implants. Although analog wireless phones do not usually cause interference with hearing aids or cochlear implants, digital wireless phones sometimes do because of electromagnetic energy emitted by the phone's antenna, backlight, or other components.
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is important to try the different features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise. Consult your service provider or the manufacturer of this phone for information on hearing aid compatibility.