Contents Your phone ..........1 Phone overview ..........1 Installation and Charging ......2 Install the SIM card ........2 Install the microSD card ........ 2 Install the battery ......... 3 Charge the battery ........3 Getting Started .......... 5 Turn phone on/off .........
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Enter text by speaking ......... 18 Messaging ..........19 Create and send a text message ....19 Create and send a multimedia message..19 Change messaging settings ......20 Email ............21 Open email and the accounts screen ....21 Read and respond to a message ....
Your phone Phone overview The following figure shows the appearance of your phone and it is for your reference only. 1. i key Camera 2. Menu key Speaker 3. Home key Earpiece 4. Back key 10. Power key 5. Volume key 11.
Installation and Charging Install the SIM card First unlock the cover shown as the graphic. Install the SIM card, ensure that the golden contact area on the SIM card is facing downward and that the beveled edge of the SIM card is properly aligned with that of the SIM card slot.
Note:If no microSD card is included in the packing box, a microSD card might be provided as a giveaway or you need to purchase a microSD card separately. Install the battery Remove the back cover. Insert the battery. Do as follows: Charge the battery Connect the charger to the charger jack on the phone.
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Connect the charger to a power socket. The charging starts, with the charging icon displayed in an animated state. Note:If the battery power is exhausted when you charge the battery, the charging icon might appear on the screen a few minutes later when charger is connected to the power socket.
Getting Started Turn phone on/off To turn on your phone, press and hold the Power key (on top of the phone). To turn off your phone, press and hold the Power key, then touch Power off on the screen. Set up screen lock Select >...
To view other parts of the Home screen Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen, or touch & hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions, which you can touch to open.
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for details). Icons on the right tell you about phone status. Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status Indicators. To open the notification panel, drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen. Status icons Connected to GPRS Roaming mobile network...
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Connected to a Battery is full Bluetooth device Airplane mode Battery is charging Alarm is set GPS is on Speakerphone is on Receiving location data from GPS Notification icons New Gmail message 3 more notifications not displayed New text or Call in progress multimedia message;...
An open Wi-Fi Download finished network is available Phone is connected Connected to VPN via USB cable Phone is sharing its Disconnected from data connection via USB (USB tethering) Phone is sharing its Application update data connection as a available Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering) Phone is tethered in...
To open an application Touch an application's icon on the Launcher, or Touch an application’s icon on the Home screen. To switch to a recently used application Press & hold the Home key, a small window opens, with icons of applications that you’ve used recently. PIN and PUK The personal identification number (PIN) protects your SIM card from unauthorized use.
Calls Make a call Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or tap the launcher > Phone to access the dial pad. Enter the phone number. If you enter a wrong number, touch to erase digits one by one. To erase the entire number, touch &...
In-call options During a call: To mute a call, touch Mute. To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker. To end a call, touch Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the active call display. To reopen it, touch Home > Phone > Return to call in progress.
Answer the call Reject the call Manage multiple calls To switch between current calls If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call: To answer the other call, touch the Swap icon To merge the calls into a conference call, touch Merge calls.
Work with the call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. Touch > > Call log to open the call log. To clear the call log, press Menu key and touch Clear call log.
Dial by voice You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number. To open the voice dialer Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Text Entry Use the onscreen keyboard To enter text Tap the text entry area, then type numbers, letters and symbols on screen keyboard to input. Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor. To erase the entire text, touch & hold Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type.
• Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can touch an accented vowel or other alternate letter. • Touch & hold the Period key (.) to open a small window with a set of common symbols.
Touch to move the cursor to the end or beginning of the text to select. Selected text is highlighted in orange. To cut or copy text 1. Select the text to cut or copy. 2. Touch & hold the selected text. 3.
Messaging Create and send a text message In standby mode, select > Messaging > New message. Enter the contents. Enter the phone number of the receiver. Tap Send. Create and send a multimedia message In standby mode, select > Messaging >...
Tap Menu key, choose Attach, you could enclose pictures, videos, audios, recorder audios and slideshow. Input the phone number of the receiver. Tap Send. Change messaging settings To change messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press Menu key, and touch Settings. You can choose to change Storage settings, Text message (SMS) settings, Multimedia message (MMS) settings and Notification settings.
Email Open email and the accounts screen 1. Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher to open email. Note: The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account. 2.
Compose and send email 1. In the folder or message list, press Menu key and touch Compose. 2. Address the message. 3. Press Menu key and touch Add CC/BCC to address a copy or blind copy of the message. 4. Enter a subject for the message. 5.
Browser Open browser 1. Touch the Browser icon on the Home screen or the Browser application icon in the Launcher or on Home screen. 2. Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. 3. Enter the address (URL) of the webpage to go to a webpage.
Connect Your phone uses the mobile phone network (over the air) to automatically connect to the Web. Note: Your service provider may charge to surf the Web or download data. To use a wireless network, touch Menu key > Settings > Wireless &...
Change browser settings To open the Browser settings screen, press Menu key and touch More > Settings. You can choose to change Page content settings, Privacy settings, Security settings and Advanced settings.
Create a contact In the standby mode, select > Contacts > Menu key > New contact. Enter the related information. Tap Done. The information will be saved automatically. Search for a contact In the standby mode, select > Contacts > Menu key >...
SD card, Export to SD card or Share visible contacts. Note: You can share a contact with someone by emailing it to them in vCard (.vcf) format. Call, text or email contacts For Call, Send message, Email, View contact, Delete contact or other options, touch and hold the contact.
10 Settings ,or In the standby mode, select > Settings press Menu key > Settings. Wireless & networks Through Wireless & Network settings you can configure and manage connections to networks and devices by using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Mobile networks. You can also use Wireless &...
Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or the Trackball light pulses when the phone rings, you receive a notification, an alarm sounds, or when you play music or other media with audio, as well as some related settings.
Account & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically.
Use this setting to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your phone, such as KickBack, SoundBack and TalkBack. Date & time settings Use this setting to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
11 Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card from your computer. Your phone can play many types of files: AAC, AMR, MP3, WAV, AAC+, and MIDI. Open and play music 1.
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• Touch to skip to the previous track. • Touch to open the current playlist. • Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode. • Touch to toggle repeat mode: Repeat is off, Repeating all songs, or Repeating current song. You can also press the phone’s Volume Up/Down key to control playback volume.
Shuffle all: All the tracks in the library play in random order. Use a song as a ringtone Touch & hold a song in a library list. In the menu that opens, touch Use as phone ringtone. You can also use a song as a ringtone from menu of the playing screen...
12 Camera & camcorder Start camera & camcorder Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD card, so you must install one to use Camera. To start camera, touch >...
To change camera settings Many Camera settings are displayed on screen. On camera screen, touch the icon for the settings you want to change. Touch the setting category you want to control and then touch a setting. settings Setting category Sharpness / Contrast / Saturation / Anti Banding / Color effect / Picture Settings...
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6. Touch the thumbnail to view, share, and work with your videos in Gallery. To change Camcorder settings As in Camera mode, Camcorder settings are displayed on screen. settings Setting category Color effect / Restore to defaults / Settings Video quality / Video Encoder / Audio Encoder / Video duration White Automatic /...
13 Gallery Open Gallery and view your albums 1. Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen; Or open Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right; Or open Gallery from Camera by pressing Menu key and touching Gallery.
Work with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or in Picasa web albums. You can work with albums as follows: • Open an album and view its contents • Change how the contents of an album are displayed •...
• Delete a picture Work with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. You can work with videos as follows: • Play videos • Share a video • Delete a video...
14 Tools Calculator Your calculator has two views: basic and advanced. To change your views, touch Menu key > Advanced panel or Basic panel. To clear history, touch Menu key > Clear history. Calendar You can view and edit the event. To change your calendar view On the Calendar screen, press Menu key and touch Agenda, Day, Week, or Month.
Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify. To manage calendar events •To add calendar events, touch Menu key > New event from any calendar view, enter event details and touch Save. •To edit an event, touch and hold it, then touch Edit event.
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To set alarms Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen to set an alarm. To change clock alarm settings Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. In the Alarms screen that opens, touch Menu key >...
15 Applications FM Radio You are asked to plug in a headset to use FM Radio. Google search To search your phone and the web On the home screen, press Menu key > Search. The Google search box opens. To target where you want to search Touch the icon at the left of the Google search box.
To change what you can target From the Home screen, press Menu key and touch Search settings > Searchable items. Check or uncheck the applications whose information you want to be able to search. Latitude Google Latitude lets you stay close with your friends from your phone.
When you receive a request to share location details you can choose to Accept and share back, Accept but hide my location, or Don't accept. To hide your location To hide your location from a friend, touch Menu > Latitude to show your friend’s list. Touch your contact name, then touch Menu >...
5. When you’re finished, to clear the map, press Menu key and touch Clear map. You can also use Maps to star places, find places, join latitude and change map layers to view traffic, satellite or terrain layers. Navigation It can help you to find out the best way to your destination and it’ll instruct you to turn right or turn left during your way to the destination.
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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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particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
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RF Exposure Information (SAR) This mobile phone meets government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. 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 U.S.
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among phone models, depending upon available accessories and FCC requirements.) While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the government requirement. 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.
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