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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 2 About This Manual Thank you for choosing this ZTE mobile device. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference. Copyright Copyright © 2015 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 ® The Bluetooth trademark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such trademarks by ZTE Corporation is under license. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, Dolby Audio, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
  • Page 4 Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: October 12, 2015...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting Started ............12 Getting to Know Your Phone ..........12 Knowing the Keys ............14 Installing the nano-SIM Card ..........15 Charging the Battery ............16 Extending the Battery Life ..........18 Powering On/Off .............. 18 Setting Up for the First Time ..........19 Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys ......
  • Page 6 Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ....... 31 Protecting Your Phone With Encryption ......32 Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ..... 33 Knowing the Basics ..........35 Monitoring the Phone Status ..........35 Managing Notifications ............. 36 Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ........40 Organizing With Folders ..........
  • Page 7 Placing and Ending Calls ..........72 Answering or Rejecting Calls ..........73 Working With the Call History ........... 74 Calling Your Contacts ............75 Checking Voicemail ............76 Using Options During a Call ..........76 Managing Multi-party Calls ..........77 Adjusting Your Call Settings ..........
  • Page 8 Writing and Sending an Email ........100 Adding and Editing Email Accounts ........ 101 Changing General Email Settings ........102 Messaging ............103 Opening the Messaging Screen ........103 Sending a Message ............103 Replying to a Message ..........104 Forwarding a Message ..........
  • Page 9 Using Manual Camera Mode .......... 116 Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings ...... 118 Gallery ..............120 Opening Gallery ............. 120 Working With Albums ............. 120 Working With Pictures ............ 121 Retouching Your Pictures ..........123 Making a GIF Picture or a Collage ........124 Playing Videos ...............
  • Page 10 Sound Recorder ........... 138 Recording a Voice Memo ..........138 Playing a Voice Memo ........... 139 More Apps............. 140 Calculator ..............140 Clock ................140 Dolby Audio ..............141 Downloads..............142 File Manager ..............142 Mi-Moment ..............143 RockMyRun ..............143 Task Manager ..............
  • Page 11 System................163 Upgrading the Phone Software ......165 Troubleshooting ........... 166 For Your Safety ............ 171 General Safety ............... 171 Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ........172 FCC Regulations ............174 IC Notice ................ 176 Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) regulations for Mobile phones ................

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    Getting Started Getting to Know Your Phone Headset jack Earpiece Auxiliary microphone Proximity & light Front camera sensor nano-SIM card tray Volume key Touch screen Home key (with Recent apps key indicator light) Speaker Back key Main microphone...
  • Page 13 Dual-lens camera Dual-flash Power key Camera key Charging/ micro-USB jack...

  • Page 14: Knowing The Keys

    Knowing the Keys Function • Press and hold to turn on or off airplane Power key mode, restart, or power off. • Press to turn off or on the screen display. • Touch to return to the home screen from any Home key application or screen.

  • Page 15: Installing The Nano-Sim Card

    Installing the nano-SIM Card The nano-SIM card can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on. 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. You can get a standard nano-SIM card from your service provider.

  • Page 16: Charging The Battery

    As you charge your phone, the lock screen will show you the exact battery level on the status bar. WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode.
  • Page 17 CAUTION: Do not change the built-in rechargeable battery in your phone by yourself. The battery can only be changed by ZTE or ZTE authorized service provider. 1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charging jack.

  • Page 18: Extending The Battery Life

    customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging. Extending the Battery Life Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality can drain your battery. You can follow the helpful tips below to conserve your battery power: •...

  • Page 19: Setting Up For The First Time

    Setting Up for the First Time When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or reset it to factory settings (see Backup and Reset), you must set some settings before using it. Touch the language field to select the language. Then follow the prompts to set up Wi-Fi, Google account, Google location and other options.

  • Page 20: Using The Touch Screen

    Swipe right to open the Phone app or swipe left to open the Camera app. - or - Touch a notification twice consecutively to open the related app. NOTE: If you set an unlock pattern, a PIN or a password for your phone, draw the pattern or type the PIN or password to unlock your screen.
  • Page 21 • Touch and Hold To open the available options for an item, for example, a message or link in a web page, touch and hold the item. • Swipe or Slide To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
  • Page 22 • Drag To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position. • Pinch In some apps, such as Maps, web browser and Gallery, you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at the same time and pinching them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in.

  • Page 23: Getting To Know The Home Screen

    • Rotate the screen For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. NOTE: The auto-rotate feature needs to be enabled for the screen orientation to automatically change. Touch the Home key > >...
  • Page 24 Status bar Widget Folder Shortcut Primary shortcuts Extended Home Screen Panels The home screen is extendable to provide more space for shortcuts, widgets, and more. Swipe left or right on the home screen to see the extended panels. You can add or remove home screen panels, or adjust their order.
  • Page 25 To add a new home screen panel: 1. Touch the Home key > , or touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select Widgets. 2. Touch and hold an application icon or a widget and drag it to the right edge of the screen to create a new home screen panel and put the icon or widget on it.

  • Page 26: Personalizing

    Personalizing Changing the System Language Touch the Home key > > Settings > Language & input > Language. Select the language you need. Setting the Date and Time Touch the Home key > > Settings > Date & time. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format. To adjust the date and time automatically, check Automatic date &...

  • Page 27: Changing Ringtone And Notification Sound

    Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound To customize the default incoming call ringtone and the default notification sound: 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notifications. 2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification ringtone. 3. Select the ringtone you want to use and touch OK. NOTE: For information about how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact, see...

  • Page 28: Switching To Silent Or Vibration Mode

    NOTE: The Volume key adjusts media volume. If no media application is active, the Volume key adjusts the ringtone volume or the earpiece volume during a call. Switching to Silent or Vibration Mode To set the phone to silent or vibration mode, use one of the following methods: •...

  • Page 29: Selecting Headset Hifi Mode

    Selecting Headset HiFi Mode Select a HiFi mode to enhance the audio quality when using a wired headset with your phone. 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notifications > Headset HiFi. 2. Touch the option you need. 3.

  • Page 30: Changing Screen Brightness

    Changing Screen Brightness 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Display > Brightness level. 2. Drag the slider to manually adjust the screen brightness. NOTE: Touch Adaptive brightness in the Display settings screen to toggle automatically adjusting the screen brightness for available light.

  • Page 31: Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

    Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks To unlock the screen, swipe the screen, draw a pattern or type a numeric PIN or password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys. 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security > Screen lock.

  • Page 32: Protecting Your Phone With Encryption

    Protecting Your Phone With Encryption You can encrypt all the data on your phone: your accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or a password each time you power on your phone. WARNING! Encryption is irreversible.

  • Page 33: Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning

    The ENCRYPT PHONE button is dimmed if your battery is not charged or your phone's not plugged in. If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch the Back key. WARNING! If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data. 3.
  • Page 34 Turn On Screen Pinning 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security > Screen pinning. 2. Touch the On/Off switch. 3. If you want to ask for the unlock pattern, PIN or password before unpinning the screen, switch on Ask for unlock pattern / PIN / password before unpinning when the screen lock has been set.

  • Page 35: 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. 2G connected No signal 3G/HSPA+ connected Signal strength No nano-SIM card...

  • Page 36: Managing Notifications

    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 New MMS detected New message(s) from Downloading data the Email app New message(s) from...
  • Page 37 Open/Close the Notification Panel Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, like playing music. Open the notification panel to view the details of notifications. • To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down on the home screen or from the top of the screen.
  • Page 38 • To manage notifications, touch and hold a notification to identify the application that created it. You can then touch and enable Block to hide future notifications from this app, or notifications from this app enable Priority to show in priority mode.
  • Page 39 • Data: Touch to enable or disable data access over the mobile network. Touch and hold to open the Data usage menu in Settings. For more information, see Data Usage. • Hotspot: Touch to turn on or off the Wi-Fi hotspot feature. Touch and hold to open the Wi-Fi hotspot menu in Settings.

  • Page 40: Managing Shortcuts And Widgets

    Managing Shortcuts and Widgets Add Shortcuts and Widgets 1. Touch the Home key > - or - To add widgets, touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select Widgets. 2. Slide left or right to browse the available applications or widgets.

  • Page 41: Organizing With Folders

    Adjust Widget Size 1. Touch and hold a widget on the home screen and then release it. 2. An outline appears around the widget. Drag the outline to resize the widget. NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized. Organizing With Folders You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts to a folder.

  • Page 42: Rearranging The Primary Shortcuts

    Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the bottom visible from all home screens. You can keep at most four items in the primary shortcuts area. Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to rearrange it. Entering Text Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text.
  • Page 43 Change Input Methods 1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon appears on the status bar. 2. Open the notification panel and touch Change keyboard. 3. Select the input method you need. NOTE: The icon appears only when more than one input method is installed and enabled.
  • Page 44 • 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 the available accented letters and number 3 appear. Then slide to choose È. •...
  • Page 45 Gesture Typing The Google Keyboard supports the gesture typing feature. You use this feature to input a word by sliding through the letters. To enable and use gesture typing: Touch and hold on the Google Keyboard and then touch Google Keyboard Settings. Touch Gesture Typing and then touch Enable gesture typing if this feature is turned off.
  • Page 46 • Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you begin to input the next word. TouchPal X Keyboard TouchPal X Keyboard offers three layouts: T26, T12 and T+. You can touch to select a layout or an input language. ®...
  • Page 47 • The alphabetic keys: Touch the keys to enter letters. Touch a key and slide down to enter the number or symbol on the key. You can also touch and hold a key and slide to choose more characters. • The capital key: Touch to use uppercase.
  • Page 48 The T12 Layout The layout is similar to a phone pad in T12 mode. Touch an alphabetic key repeatedly until the desired letter appears. You can also touch and hold the key and slide left or right to choose the letter or number you need. If word prediction is enabled ( ), just touch the keys once and choose the right word.
  • Page 49 The T+ Layout Touch to enter the left letter on the key; double-tap or flick right to enter the right letter/symbol on the key. You can also touch and hold a key and slide left or right to choose more letters and symbols.
  • Page 50 End of the word Start of the word NOTES: • Touch when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, go ahead and touch. • Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you begin to trace the next word.

  • Page 51: Editing Text

    3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it. NOTE: Say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point" to enter punctuation. Input Method Settings Choose the input method settings by touching > Settings > Language &...

  • Page 52: Opening And Switching Apps

    Opening and Switching Apps Open an App Touch the Home key > Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it. Switch Between Recently Opened Apps 1. Touch the Recent apps key. The apps you’ve used recently are displayed in a series of tabs.

  • Page 53: Uninstalling Or Disabling An App

    Uninstalling or Disabling an App 1. Touch the Home key > to open the application list screen. 2. Touch and hold an application icon and drag the icon to (Uninstall) or (Disable) at the top of the screen. 3. Touch OK to uninstall or disable the app. NOTES: •...

  • Page 54: Connecting To Networks And Devices

    Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Mobile Networks Control Mobile Data Use To enable or disable data access: 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Mobile networks. 2. Touch the Mobile Data switch to enable or disable mobile data use.
  • Page 55 Set Access Point Names To connect to the Internet, use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to get the necessary information. 1. Touch the Home key > >...

  • Page 56: Connecting To Wi-Fi

    Connecting to Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 300 feet, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi Network 1. Touch the Home key > >...
  • Page 57 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.
  • Page 58 Method two: PIN number Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. Touch > Advanced > 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, the phone automatically finds the access point and configures the connection.

  • Page 59: Using Wi-Fi Direct

    Network notification: Get notifications in the status bar when Wi-Fi is on and an open network is available. Scanning always available: Allow Google location services and other apps to scan for networks even when Wi-Fi is turned off. Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Set whether to keep Wi-Fi on in sleep mode.
  • Page 60 Connect to Another Device via Wi-Fi Direct 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. If Wi-Fi is off, slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Touch > Advanced > Wi-Fi Direct. Your phone will search for other devices enabled with Wi-Fi Direct connections.

  • Page 61: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    Received files are stored automatically in a dedicated folder (WiFiShare, for instance). You can access them with the File Manager app. Connecting to Bluetooth Devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 30 feet.
  • Page 62 Pair With Another Bluetooth Device Touch the Home key > > Settings > Bluetooth. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Bluetooth is off. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could touch >...

  • Page 63: Exchanging Data Via Nfc

    1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Bluetooth and ensure that Bluetooth is turned on. 2. In the list of paired devices, touch the icon beside the Bluetooth device you want to forget. 3. Touch FORGET. Send Data via Bluetooth 1.

  • Page 64: Connecting To Your Computer Via Usb

    Depending on the applications that you have installed on your phone, you might be able to use your phone as a transit pass or as an access pass, by tapping the back of your phone against an NFC-enabled access point, subject to applicable terms and conditions from the particular vendor.
  • Page 65 Charge only: Charge your phone via USB. Install driver: Install the driver needed for some USB connection modes (such as MTP). You only need to install the driver on the same PC once. NOTE: You can also install the driver on PC by running the executable file in the new CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 66: Using Usb On-The-Go (Otg)

    Disconnect Your Phone From the Computer To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unplug the USB cable when you’re finished. Using USB On-The-Go (OTG) Your phone supports USB On-The-Go. You can connect the phone and a USB peripheral device (such as a USB flash drive, a USB mouse, or a USB keyboard) with an OTG adapter cable.
  • Page 67 NOTE: You cannot transfer files between your phone and your computer when the phone is USB tethered. 1. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable. 2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More. 3. Switch on USB tethering. A new network connection will be created on your computer.
  • Page 68 Share Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot To share your phone’s data connection with other devices, turn your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. NOTES: • This feature requires a data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges. •...
  • Page 69 Set Your Wi-Fi Hotspot You can change the name of your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID), secure your portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and set other options. 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi hotspot. 2. Touch Configure and set the following options. Network name: Enter or edit a network SSID (name) that other devices see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

  • Page 70: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    Connecting to Virtual Private Networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow the phone to connect to the resources inside a secured local network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions to let people access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
  • Page 71 When prompted, enter any requested credentials, and then touch CONNECT. Modify a VPN Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN. Touch and hold the VPN that you want to modify. Touch Edit profile and edit the VPN settings you want. Touch SAVE.

  • Page 72: Phone Calls

    Phone Calls Place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial. Placing and Ending Calls Place a Call by Dialing 1.

  • Page 73: Answering Or Rejecting Calls

    NOTE: To redial the last call you made, just touch the Home key > > > and touch again. End a Call During a call, touch on the screen. Answering or Rejecting Calls When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens, displaying the caller ID or the information about the caller that you've entered in the Contacts app.

  • Page 74: Working With The Call History

    NOTE: To edit the preset text response from within the Phone app, touch in the top search field and select Settings > General settings > Quick responses. Working With the Call History The call history is a list of all the calls you've placed, received, or missed.

  • Page 75: Calling Your Contacts

    Take Other Actions on a Call History Entry Open the call history and touch a listing to view more call information. • Touch to delete the entry. • While viewing the call details, touch > Edit number before call to edit the number in the dialer before calling it. •...

  • Page 76: Checking Voicemail

    Checking Voicemail If you have set the phone to divert calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. Here’s how to check the messages they left. 1. Touch the Home key > > 2. Touch and hold the 1 key in the dialer. If prompted, enter your voicemail password.

  • Page 77: Managing Multi-Party Calls

    • Touch to make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold. • Touch to open the Contacts app. • Touch to open the Messaging app. • Touch to put the call 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.
  • Page 78 Switch Between Current Calls When you’re on a call and another call comes in, your phone screen informs you and displays the caller ID. To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call: • Touch (Hold current and answer) to answer the call. (This puts the first caller on hold and answers the second call.) •...

  • Page 79: Adjusting Your Call Settings

    If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, you and the remaining caller stay connected. If you initiated the call and are the first to hang up, all callers are disconnected. To end the conference call, touch Adjusting Your Call Settings Set Contact Display Options You can set the order of the contacts displayed in the...
  • Page 80 Check Also vibrate for calls to enable vibration for incoming call notification. NOTE: You can set the vibration pattern for incoming call notification. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Vibrate pattern and select one. Edit Quick Response to Rejected Callers 1.
  • Page 81 Use Fixed Dialing Numbers Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings. 2. Touch Fixed Dialing Numbers and the following options are available.
  • Page 82 Select one of the following options. Consult your teletypewriter manufacturer’s manual if necessary. TTY Off: Users who can hear and talk can disable TTY support. TTY Full: Users who cannot talk or hear may use this mode to send and receive text messages through TTY device.
  • Page 83 Set Speed Dials Touch and hold the 1 ~ 9 keys from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number. The number key 1 is reserved to speed dial your voicemail. To assign a speed dial key: 1. Touch the Home key > >...
  • Page 84 Bar Certain Calls Call barring feature allows you to forbid certain types of calls from your phone. 1. Touch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Call settings > Call Barring Settings. 2. Set the restriction of specific types of calls from your phone. Forward Incoming Calls Call forwarding feature allows you to forward your incoming calls to another phone number.

  • Page 85: 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. 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 contact groups or favorite contacts.

  • Page 86: Setting Up Your Own Profile

    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. Type the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses, and other information.

  • Page 87: Importing, Exporting, And Sharing Contacts

    Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts Importing and exporting contacts between your nano-SIM card and the phone storage is especially useful when you need to transfer contacts between devices. You can also quickly share contacts using Bluetooth, Google Drive, Wi-Fi Direct, Email, Gmail, Android Beam (NFC), or Messaging.

  • Page 88: Working With Favorite Contacts

    Export Contacts to the nano-SIM Card 1. Touch the Home key > 2. Touch > Import/Export > Export to SIM card. 3. Check the contacts you need and then touch Export Contacts to the Phone Storage 1. Touch the Home key > 2.

  • Page 89: Working With Groups

    Add a Contact to Favorites Add the contacts you use frequently to FAVORITES so that you can find them quickly. 1. Touch the Home key > and touch the CONTACTS tab. 2. Touch a contact and then touch at the top. Remove a Contact From Favorites 1.
  • Page 90 Set Up a New Group Touch the Home key > and touch the GROUPS tab. Touch to create a new group. If you have added contact accounts other than the phone, select an account for the new group. Touch the Group’s name field and enter the group name. Touch Add member and select the contacts you wish to be the group members.

  • Page 91: Searching For A Contact

    Edit a Group Touch the Home key > and touch the GROUPS tab. Touch a group and then touch > Edit. Touch the group name to edit it, or touch the field below MEMBER or RingTone to add more members or change the ringtone.

  • Page 92: Editing Contacts

    Editing Contacts Edit Contact Details Touch the Home key > Touch a contact you need to edit and then touch Edit the contact and touch Set a Ringtone for a Contact Assigning a special ringtone to a contact alerts you to know who is calling when you hear the ringtone.
  • Page 93 Join Contacts As the phone synchronizes with multiple online accounts, it may create duplicate entries for the same contact. You can merge all the separate information of a contact into one entry in the contacts list. 1. Touch the Home key > 2.
  • Page 94 3. Touch > Separate. 4. Touch OK to confirm.

  • Page 95: Web Accounts

    Web Accounts Adding or Removing Accounts You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsoft Exchange ® ActiveSync accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts depending on the apps installed on your phone. Add an Account 1. Touch the Home key > >...

  • Page 96: Configuring Account Sync

    3. Touch > Remove account > REMOVE ACCOUNT. Configuring Account Sync Configure Auto Sync Setting 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Accounts. 2. Touch and check or uncheck Auto-sync data. When automatic sync is turned on, changes you make to information on your phone or on the web are automatically synced with each other.
  • Page 97 Change an Account’s Sync Settings 1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Accounts. 2. Touch the account category and then the account. The Sync screen appears, showing a list of information the account can sync. 3. When auto-sync is enabled, check or uncheck items as you need.

  • Page 98: Email

    Email Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to receive and send emails from your webmail or other accounts, using POP3 or IMAP, or access your Exchange ActiveSync account for your corporate email needs. Setting Up the First Email Account 1.

  • Page 99: Responding To An Email

    • Check new emails manually by dragging down on the message list. • Check earlier emails for your IMAP or POP3 accounts by swiping upwards to the bottom of the message list and touching Load more messages. Responding to an Email You can reply to or forward a message that you receive.

  • Page 100: Writing And Sending An Email

    • While reading a message, touch > Mark as unread. • While in a message list (for instance, the Inbox), touch the checkboxes before the messages and then touch Delete an Email To remove one or more emails from a folder: •...

  • Page 101: Adding And Editing Email Accounts

    4. Touch > Attach file to add audio files, images, videos and other types of files as attachments. 5. Touch at the top right of the screen to send the message. Adding and Editing Email Accounts Add an Email Account After setting up your first email account, you can add more email accounts and manage each separately.

  • Page 102: Changing General Email Settings

    Changing General Email Settings General settings apply to all email accounts you add. 1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen. 2. Touch > Settings > General. 3. Make the changes and touch when you finish.

  • Page 103: Messaging

    Messaging The phone supports messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messaging Screen Touch the Home key > The Messaging screen opens, where you can create a new message, search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread.

  • Page 104: Replying To A Message

    3. Touch the Type message field and enter the message text. 4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch > Add subject to add a message subject or touch to attach a file or a slideshow to the message. 5.

  • Page 105: Forwarding A Message

    Forwarding a Message 1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to forward. 2. Touch the message and then touch Forward in the menu that opens. 3. Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want.

  • Page 106: Calendar

    Calendar Calendar works with: • Web-based Google Calendar™ service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments • Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar after you sign into your Exchange account on the phone. To open Calendar, touch in the home screen and select Calendar.

  • Page 107: Creating An Event

    • In Month view, swipe vertically to see previous and future months. • In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see previous and future weeks/days. • When you are viewing past or future days, weeks, or months, touch the date icon at the top right to quickly switch to today.

  • Page 108: Editing, Deleting Or Sharing An Event

    Editing, Deleting or Sharing an Event 1. Find the event you want to edit, delete, or share. 2. Open its details screen (see View Event Details in this chapter). 3. Do one of the following as you need. To edit the event, touch .

  • Page 109: Web Browser

    Web Browser Use Chrome to view web pages and search for information. Opening the Browser Touch the Home key > > Chrome to launch the web browser. Chrome also opens when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text message.

  • Page 110: Using Multiple Browser Tabs

    Using Multiple Browser Tabs You can open several web pages at the same time, one page in each tab, and switch between them freely. To open a new browser tab: Touch > New tab. A new browser tab opens. To switch between tabs: 1.

  • Page 111: Changing Chrome Settings

    Changing Chrome Settings You can configure a number of settings to customize the way you browse the web, including several that you can use to control your privacy. To open the Chrome settings screen, touch > Settings.

  • Page 112: Camera

    Camera You can use your phone to take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored on the phone’s internal storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app. Capturing a Photo 1. Touch the Home key > 2.
  • Page 113 Number Function Switch between the front and back cameras. Set a time delay before the camera takes a picture automatically after you touch the shutter icon. Turn on or off the High-Dynamic Range (HDR) feature, only available for the back camera. Change the flash setting, only available for the back camera.

  • Page 114: Recording A Video

    3. Touch the area where you want the camera to focus, or leave the camera to autofocus on the center of the image. NOTE: In Auto camera mode, when you touch the screen to focus, the exposure bar appears beside the focus point. You can drag up or down to adjust the exposure.

  • Page 115: Using Other Camera Modes

    NOTE: When you touch the screen to focus during normal-speed recording, the exposure bar appears beside the focus point. You can drag up or down to adjust the exposure. 3. If you want to record a slow motion video, touch MODES > SLOW MOTION.

  • Page 116: Using Manual Camera Mode

    • MANUAL: Adjust some professional photographic parameters like exposure, ISO, white balance and more. • SPORT: Keep the focus on moving objects. • SLOW MOTION: Capture slow motion video clips. • INTERVAL: Capture time lapse pictures at the interval you select.
  • Page 117 Touch to adjust shutter speed. Touch to adjust ISO. Touch to adjust overall exposure. Touch to adjust white balance. When white balance is set as Independent, drag to adjust the color temperature of the photo. Touch to set metering mode. Touch to set the interval for time lapse pictures or turn off this feature.

  • Page 118: Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings

    Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings Before capturing a photo or a video, touch to open the following camera and camcorder setting options. NOTE: Some camera and video options will change according to different camera modes. • CAMERA Picture size: Set the image size for your photo. Full screen: Set the viewfinder screen as full screen or not when the back camera is in use.
  • Page 119 Hard key launch: When this feature is enabled, you can press the Camera key twice quickly to open the Camera app from any screen. Restore defaults: Restore default camera and video settings. • VIDEO Video quality: Set the quality up to 4K for your video. Time lapse: Set the time interval between each frame when you shot time lapse videos with the back camera.

  • Page 120: Gallery

    Gallery Opening Gallery Touch the Home key > > Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. Working With Albums The Gallery displays all pictures and videos on the phone in a number of albums. Swipe up and down to view them. To view album contents: Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains.

  • Page 121: Working With Pictures

    To hide albums: 1. Touch and hold an album to select it. 2. Touch more albums that you want to hide. 3. Touch > OK. NOTE: To show the hidden albums again, touch > Settings > Manage hidden albums. Touch the albums you want to restore and touch Show at the bottom.
  • Page 122 These features are available when you view a picture in full screen: • 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.

  • Page 123: Retouching Your Pictures

    Retouching Your Pictures The phone saves changed pictures in the same album as the original image. To edit photos: 1. Touch > Edit > Photo Editor while viewing a picture in full screen to open the Photo Editor interface. NOTE: You can also choose to edit the picture with Photos.

  • Page 124: Making A Gif Picture Or A Collage

    Add some text to the picture and adjust its effect. 3. Touch to keep the change or touch to cancel it. 4. Touch to save the new picture. NOTE: Touch in the Photo Editor screen to see the edits you have made and undo or redo them.

  • Page 125: Playing Videos

    5. Touch the options along the bottom to adjust the final picture. For GIF, you can adjust the speed, order and size, or touch More to add more pictures to the GIF, change their order, or adjust each picture. For collage, touch Template, Free, or Mosaic and then select a border, shading and style.

  • Page 126: Music

    Music Touch the Home key > > Music to play audio files stored on your phone. Music supports a wide variety of audio formats, so it can play music you purchase from online stores, music you copy from your CD collection, and so on. Copying Music Files to Your Phone Before using Music, you need to copy or download audio files to your phone.

  • Page 127: Viewing Your Music Library

    Receive via Bluetooth Receive music files from other devices via Bluetooth. For more information, see Receive Data via Bluetooth. Receive via Wi-Fi Direct Receive music files from other devices via Wi-Fi Direct. For more information, see Receive Data via Wi-Fi Direct.

  • Page 128: Setting A Song As The Default Ringtone

    NOTE: If an audio file is playing, its name and player controls are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Touch the area to open the playback screen. NOTE: Touch and select Settings to configure the Music app options, or select Exit to close the app. Setting a Song as the Default Ringtone The song will be used as the ringtone for all incoming calls,...

  • Page 129: Playing Music

    Playing Music Touch a song in the music library to listen to it. Touch the bottom of the screen to open the following playback screen. Number Function Album artwork. Track name and artist information.

  • Page 130: Managing Playlists

    Number Function Toggle repeat mode and shuffle. You can repeat the current track, repeat the current playlist, turn on shuffle, or turn off shuffle and repeat. Playback control: Skip songs or pause and resume playback. Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the track.
  • Page 131 • Touch > Delete next to a playlist to delete the playlist. • Touch > Rename next to a playlist to rename the playlist. • Touch a playlist to view its content. You can touch and hold a song to select multiple songs for removal from the playlist. NOTE: The above options may not be available for certain automatically created playlists, such as Recently Added.

  • Page 132: Video Player

    Video Player Use the Video Player app to manage your video library and watch videos. Opening the Video Library Touch in the home screen and select Video Player to view your video library, where your video files are displayed in a list. Swipe up or down to find the video you want.

  • Page 133: Managing Video Files

    • Touch to rotate the video. • Touch to hide the control panel. • Touch to play the video in a small window and continue with other tasks on the phone. • Touch to capture a screenshot. • Touch to manage the Dolby Audio effects. •...
  • Page 134 Trim a Video Clip 1. Touch a video to start playing it. 2. Touch > Trim. 3. Drag the two tabs on the progress bar to select the portion you want to keep. If necessary, touch to preview the selected portion. 4.

  • Page 135: Fm Radio

    FM Radio Use the FM radio to search for radio channels, listen to the channels, and save the channels on the phone. Note that the quality of the radio broadcast depends on the coverage of the radio station in the area. The wired headset works as an antenna, so always connect the headset when using the radio.

  • Page 136: Editing A Saved Channel

    You can also drag the red line along the frequency panel or touch to switch to other channels. NOTES: • Touch to add the channel to favorites. Favorite channels are put on the FM Radio main screen. Drag up to view all favorite channels. •...
  • Page 137 To set your radio region: FM radio frequency ranges differ in different regions. Touch > FM frequency range to select the range you need. NOTE: After changing the frequency range, previously saved channels will not display until you switch back to the original frequency range.

  • Page 138: Sound Recorder

    Sound Recorder Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them at another time. Recording a Voice Memo 1. Touch the Home key > > Sound Recorder. 2. Slide the HQ switch to turn on or off high quality recording. NOTE: Touch Mic gain to adjust the microphone gain for optimal reception in noisy environment, or touch Wind noise and select...

  • Page 139: Playing A Voice Memo

    Playing a Voice Memo To play a memo you just recorded: Touch To play any saved memo: 1. Touch at the top right of the screen to see all recordings. 2. Touch the title of a memo to play it. NOTE: Touch next to a memo to delete, rename, share, trim it,...

  • Page 140: More Apps

    More Apps Calculator Touch the Home key > > Calculator to use the phone’s convenient built-in calculator for some basic as well as advanced mathematical equations. Touch to calculate tips. NOTE: Slide left while holding the phone upright, or hold the phone on its side, to access advanced buttons.

  • Page 141: Dolby Audio

    NOTES: • To enable or disable existing alarms directly, just touch the switches on the right side. • Touch in the tab to configure alarm settings, including ringtone volume, vibration, alarm duration, volume crescendo, and alarm in silent mode. Check World Time Touch the tab in the Clock app to check local time around the world.

  • Page 142: Downloads

    Downloads The Downloads app keeps a record of the files you have downloaded using apps such as Chrome or Email. Touch the Home key > > Downloads to check the record. • Touch a file to open it with the appropriate applications. •...

  • Page 143: Mi-Moment

    Mi-Moment Touch the Home key > > Mi-Moment to create, view and manage your notes. You can add audios, pictures, videos and other types of files to your notes, and store the notes in different folders. NOTE: Touch > Settings to set up a lock password. You can lock your notes with the password to protect your personal information.

  • Page 144: Voice Dialer

    • Touch the APPS tab to manage all the apps on your phone. • Touch the RESOURCES tab to view the real-time use of the system resources (CPU, RAM and storage). Voice Dialer Voice Dialer is speech recognition software. You can use it to dial a phone number in your contacts, open menus or launch phone functions.
  • Page 145 • Gmail: Send and receive emails via your Gmail account or other personal email accounts. • Google: Use Google search or get information when you need it with Google Now. • Google+: Socialize with friends on the Google+ online community. •...
  • Page 146 • Play Store: Buy and download apps, games, and other content from the Google Play Store. • Voice Search: Search for information with your voice. • YouTube: Watch video clips from YouTube.com, or upload your own and share with the world.

  • Page 147: Google Play™ Store

    Google Play™ Store Touch the Home key > . You can buy or rent music, books, movies, apps, and download them to your phone. NOTE: The content you can access in Google Play Store depends on your region and your service provider. Browsing and Searching for Apps You can browse apps by category.

  • Page 148: Creating A Google Wallet™ Account

    show you what the app can access. Touch ACCEPT to proceed, or touch the Back key to cancel. 2. Wait for the app to be downloaded and installed automatically. Payment needs to be authorized before paid apps start downloading. The app is successfully installed when appears in the status bar.

  • Page 149: Managing Your Downloads

    Managing Your Downloads After downloading and installing an app, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded apps, configure it to update itself automatically, and many more tings. View Your Downloaded Apps 1. In the Play Store screen, touch >...

  • Page 150: Settings

    Settings Touch the Home key > > Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. General Settings Wi-Fi Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. You can turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections. For more information, see Connecting to Wi-Fi.
  • Page 151 Mobile Networks Touch the Home key > > Settings > Mobile networks to control mobile data use, set access point names, or select mobile network or network types. For more information, see Connecting to Mobile Networks. Wi-Fi Hotspot Touch the Home key > >...
  • Page 152 • Brightness level: Set the brightness of the display. • Screen effect: Adjust the color of the screen. • Adaptive brightness: Automatically adjust screen brightness. • Wallpaper: Select a background image or animation for the home screen and the lock screen. •...
  • Page 153 2 seconds / 5 seconds: The touch keys light for 2 or 5 seconds each time you touch the screen or the touch keys while the screen is turned on. Auto: Let your phone turn on or off the touch keys backlight automatically.

  • Page 154: Wireless And Networks

    • Text-to-speech output: Preferred engine: Select the speech synthesis engine you want to use or change its settings. Speech rate: Select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak. Pitch: Adjust the tone of the synthesizer voice. Listen to an example: Play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings.
  • Page 155 NOTE: The data usage is measured by your phone, and your carrier’s data usage accounting may differ. Airplane Mode Touch the Home key > > Settings > More and slide the switch beside Airplane mode to turn airplane mode on or off. All the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data are turned off when airplane mode is on.

  • Page 156: Device

    Bluetooth Tethering Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > Bluetooth tethering to share your phone’s mobile data with the connected Bluetooth device. For more information, see Share Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth. NFC and Android Beam Touch the Home key >...
  • Page 157 Battery To view the battery level, check what has been using power, and enable battery saving mode: Touch the Home key > > Settings > Battery. NOTE: Touch an app or service to adjust its settings in order to save battery life.
  • Page 158 Users To manage user accounts of the phone: Touch the Home key > > Settings > Users. Share your phone with other people by creating user accounts. Each user with a separate account has individual storage space, wallpaper, screen lock, and other features. Users can adjust device settings like Wi-Fi that affect everyone and update apps for all users.

  • Page 159: Personal

    Personal Navigation Key To reverse the positions of the Back key and the Recent apps key: Touch the Home key > > Settings > Navigation key and select an option to make the change. Location To manage location services that help the phone and apps determine the phone’s location: Touch the Home key >...
  • Page 160 Security To configure options to help protect the phone and data: Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security. • Screen lock: Disable the screen lock or enable it with slide, pattern, PIN, or password. For more information, see Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks.
  • Page 161 • Encrypt phone: Encrypt your data on the phone to protect your privacy. For more information, see Protecting Your Phone With Encryption. • Set up SIM card lock: Lock SIM card: Activate or deactivate the PIN lock to require PIN before accessing the nano-SIM card. Change SIM PIN: Change the PIN used to access the nano-SIM card.
  • Page 162 • Trust agents: View or deactivate trust agents. • Screen pinning: Keep a screen of your choice in view, so that others cannot switch to other apps and access your personal information. Touch this option to see how it works. For more information, see Protecting Your Phone With Screen...

  • Page 163: System

    Accounts To manage web accounts and synchronization: Touch the Home key > > Settings > Accounts and touch Add account to sign in to or create accounts on your phone. Touch an account type to see that type of accounts added and adjust the accounts settings.
  • Page 164 Developer Options To manage Android application development settings: 1. Touch Build number in the About phone menu 7 times. 2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Developer options. WARNING! Developer option settings can cause the phone and applications on it to exhibit unexpected behavior. These options are intended for development use only.

  • Page 165: Upgrading The Phone Software

    Use the one-press upgrade package offered by your mobile service provider. NOTE: Visit the ZTE official website (http://www.ztedevices.ca/) and select the support page to learn more about the above upgrade methods, as well as which phones and methods are supported.

  • Page 166: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while using the phone, or if it performs abnormally, you can refer to the chart below. If the issue cannot be resolved using the information in the chart, contact the dealer where you purchased the phone. Problem Possible causes Possible solution...
  • Page 167 Problem Possible causes Possible solution End the call and dial The network link quality again. You may be is poor on the part of switched to a your service provider. better-quality network link or phone line. Echo or noise End the call and dial again.
  • Page 168 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.
  • Page 169 Problem Possible causes Possible solution Cannot turn Battery power has been Recharge the phone’s your phone depleted. battery. The nano-SIM card Take the nano-SIM card malfunctions or is to your service provider damaged. for testing. nano-SIM The nano-SIM card is Insert the nano-SIM card error inserted improperly.
  • Page 170 Problem Possible causes Possible solution Disable this feature. For You have activated the more information, see Call barring feature. Cannot Bar Certain Calls. make Disable this feature. For outgoing You have activated the more information, see calls Fixed dialing numbers Use Fixed Dialing feature.

  • Page 171: For Your Safety

    For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while Don’t use at gas driving. Never text stations. while driving. Keep your phone at Your phone may least 15 mm away produce a bright or from your ear or body flashing light.

  • Page 172: Radio Frequency (Rf) Energy

    Keep away from Avoid contact with pacemakers and other liquids. Keep your electronic medical phone dry. devices. Turn off when asked to Do not attempt to in hospitals and disassemble your medical facilities. phone. Turn off when told to in Only use approved aircrafts and airports.
  • Page 173 of 10 mm. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the device while operating can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the network.

  • Page 174: Fcc Regulations

    While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the government requirements. SAR compliance for body-worn operation is based on a separation distance of 15 mm between the unit and the human body.
  • Page 175 NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio...

  • Page 176: Ic Notice

    IC Notice This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

  • Page 177: Hearing Aid Compatibility (Hac) Regulations For Mobile Phones

    Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) regulations for Mobile phones 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.
  • Page 178 This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids. It 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.

  • Page 179: Distraction

    Distraction Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands-free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident. You must comply with local laws and regulations restricting the use of wireless devices while driving.
  • Page 180 • Clean your phone and its accessories with a soft material such as cleaning cloth for eyeglass lenses. Do not use alcohol or other corrosive substances for cleaning or allow them to get inside. • Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products.
  • Page 181 Small Children Do not leave your phone and its accessories within the reach of small children or allow them to play with it. They could hurt themselves or others, or could accidentally damage the phone. Your phone contains small parts with sharp edges that may cause an injury or may become detached and create a choking hazard.
  • Page 182 Air Bags Do not place your phone in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area as an airbag inflates with great force and serious injury could occur. Place your phone safely before driving your vehicle. Seizures/Blackouts Your phone can produce a bright or flashing light.

  • Page 183: Electrical Safety

    Emergency Calls This phone, like any other wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions. Therefore, you should not rely solely on any wireless phone for emergency communications. Loud Noise This phone is capable of producing loud noises, which may damage your hearing.

  • Page 184: Radio Frequency Interference

    Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system. Faulty and Damaged Products Do not attempt to disassemble the phone or its accessories. Only qualified personnel can service or repair the phone or its accessories.
  • Page 185 To achieve this, use the phone on the opposite ear to your pacemaker and do not carry it in a breast pocket. Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby.

  • Page 186: Explosive Environments

    Interference in Vehicles Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of mobile phones in their vehicles unless a hands-free kit with an external antenna is included in the installation. Explosive Environments Gas Stations and Explosive Atmosphere In locations with potentially explosive atmosphere, obey all posted signs to turn off wireless devices such as your phone or...

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