Contents For Your Safety ............9 General Safety ..............9 FCC Compliance............10 Distraction ..............13 Driving ..............13 Operating Machinery ..........13 Product Handling ............14 General Statement on Handling and Use ....14 ...
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Pacemakers ............. 18 Hearing Aids ............19 Medical Devices ............19 Hospitals ..............19 Aircraft ..............19 Interference in Cars ..........20 Explosive Environments ..........20 Petrol Stations and Explosive Atmospheres .... 20 ...
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Phone Calls ............36 Making Calls ..............36 Calling from the Phone ..........36 Calling from Your Contacts ........36 Calling from Your Call History ........37 Calling from a Text Message ........37 ...
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Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network ........47 Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status ....... 47 Using the Phone as a Modem ........48 Enabling the Phone as a Modem ......48 Disabling the Modem Function ........ 49 ...
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Opening Google Talk ..........58 Adding a New Friend ..........58 Changing Your Online Status ........58 Starting a Chat ............59 Places ................59 Latitude ................60 Sorting out Your Phone Settings ......60 ...
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Managing Applications ..........68 Installing an Application ........... 68 Removing an Application ......... 69 Moving an Application ..........69 Managing Other Settings ..........70 Voice Input and Output ..........70 Accessibility ............. 70 ...
For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while Don’t use at petrol driving. And never text stations. while driving. Keep your phone at least 15 mm away from Your phone may produce your ear or body while a bright or flashing light.
Switch off when near Only use approved explosive materials or accessories. liquids. Don’t rely on your phone for emergency communications. FCC Compliance 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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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. —Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
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Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg. *Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions accepted by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value.
For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines for use with an accessory that contains no metal and the positions the handset a minimum of 1.0 cm from the body. Use of other enhancements may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.
Product Handling General Statement on Handling and Use You alone are responsible for how you use your phone and any consequences of its use. You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment.
The operating temperature of this device is -10°C~55°C. Please check local regulations for disposal of electronic products. Do not carry your phone in your back pocket as it could break when you sit down. Small Children Do not leave your phone and its accessories within the reach of small children or allow them to play with it.
Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom towards your mouth. Air Bags Do not place a phone in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area.
Emergency Calls This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions. Therefore, you must never rely solely on any wireless phone for emergency communications. Loud Noise This phone is capable of producing loud noises, which may damage your hearing.
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 accessory. Only qualified personnel can service or repair the phone or its accessory.
Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby. The level of interference will depend on the type of hearing device and the distance from the interference source, increasing the separation between them may reduce the interference.
must be enabled prior to boarding an aircraft. Interference in Cars 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.
Keys Explained Function Power Key Hold to turn on or off Silent or Airplane mode, or to power off. Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. Press to wake up your phone. Home Key Press to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen.
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2. Hold the SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card holder. 3. Follow the OPEN arrow to push the metal slot, and flip it up. Insert the card into the metal slot with the metal contacts facing down until it clicks to the right position.
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NOTE: microSD logo is a trademark of the SD Card Association. 4. Insert the battery by aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the battery compartment. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.
5. Press the cover gently back into place until you hear a click. Removing the Battery and SIM/microSD Card 1. Make sure that your mobile phone is off. 2. Remove the back cover. 3. Lift the battery up and out. 4.
force the connector into the charger jack. 2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. 3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. Switching Your Phone On/Off Make sure the SIM card is in your device and the battery is charged.
Switching to Sleep Mode To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your device to a low-power-consumption state while the display is off. Your device also goes into Sleep Mode by itself when the display is automatically turned off after a certain period of time, which you can set in Settings >...
3. ick the screen to scroll up, down, left or right. 4. Point, drag and drop to move particular items across the screen. 5. Pinch with two fingers or double-tap the screen to zoom in/out on a web page or an image. NOTE: You can view the phone screen in portrait or landscape orientation simply by holding it upright or turning it on its side.
4. Tap Save or Set wallpaper. Adding Items to Your Home Screen 1. Press Home Key to return to the Home Screen. 2. Slide left or right to find a part of the Home Screen with free space. 3. Tap Menu Key and select Add. You can also tap and hold the blank area of the Home Screen to get the Add to Home screen menu.
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EDGE connected New message EDGE in use Phone microphone off GPS on Connected to a Wi-Fi network USB connected Alarm set Battery flat Wired headset Battery very low Bluetooth on Battery low Speaker on Battery partially Problem with SMS/MMS delivery drained Battery full Downloading data...
Using the Notification Panel Flick the status bar downwards from across the top of the screen to open the Notification Panel, where you can see your calendar events, new Messaging, and current settings – such as call forwarding or call status. From here you can also open new Messaging, reminders, etc.
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Applications Benefit Calculator Do basic calculation. Calendar Schedule appointments and events. Call Log View the calls you made, received, and missed. Camera Take some great pictures. Clock Set alarms. Contacts Manage your contacts information. Downloads Access your downloaded files. Email Send and receive Emails.
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Applications Benefit Open the Messaging screen, where you can send Messaging and receive SMS and MMS Messaging. Browse your audio files and listen to them. Music Navigation Find your way with Google Maps Navigation. News & Check the weather forecast and the latest news of your interest.
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Settings Preview To change or view your phone’s settings, tap Home Key > > Settings. Or from the Home Screen tap Menu Key > Settings. Configure and manage wireless ® connections, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Wireless & networks mobile networks, and Virtual Private Networks.
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Manage your accounts and configure Accounts & sync synchronization settings. Configure privacy settings, such as Privacy back-up and restoration, and personal data. Check available memory on the Storage external card and the internal phone storage. Language & Set operating system language and keyboard region, plus text input options.
Open Recently-Used Applications 1. Hold Home Key from any screen. The phone will display icons of applications you used recently. 2. Tap the application you want to open. Phone Calls Making Calls There are many ways to make a call with your phone. And they’re all easy to do.
bottom of the screen. 3. Tap the dial icon.. Calling from Your Call History 1. Tap Home Key > > Call Log. 2. Tap the dial icon next to the number you want to call. Calling from a Text Message If a text message contains a phone number that you want to call, you can make the call while viewing the text message.
Rejecting a Call Press Reject to reject the call. Muting a Call During a call, you can mute your microphone so that the person you are speaking to cannot hear you, but you can still hear them: Tap Mute to turn your microphone off. The mute icon will appear on the status bar.
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, tap Home Key > > Contacts. From there, you can tap the tabs on the top to quickly switch to Phone, call log, favorite contacts, or contact groups.
Using the Virtual Keyboard to Enter Text Keyboard Tap to switch between uppercase and Delete text before the lowercase. Tap twice to cursor. lock on uppercase. Tap to select digits and symbols. Move your finger from letter to letter to trace a word without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.
Tap when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, go ahead and tap. Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you begin to trace the next word. Touch Input Settings Choose the touch input settings by tapping Menu Key >...
Messaging Your SMS (text message) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) are combined into one menu in Home Key > > Messaging. The Message Box Instead of an inbox and outbox, your phone organizes all Messaging you sent and received into one box, where Messaging exchanged with the same number are grouped into one message thread in the Messaging Screen.
subject, or attach pictures, videos, audio, or slideshows. 5. Tap Send to send your message. NOTE: Add an attachment to text message and it will be converted into an MMS automatically. Likewise if you remove all attachments and the subject from an MMS, it’ll automatically become a text message.
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Edit quick text: Edit quick text. SMS Service Center: Enable you to view and edit the SMS service center number. SMS storage location: Select SMS storage location. Multimedia message (MMS) settings: Delivery reports: Request a delivery report for every MMS message you send.
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message. NOTE: Tap Menu Key > Restore default settings to change all the message settings back to the original.
Getting Connected to the Internet Your phone’s impressive networking capabilities allow you to access the Internet or your corporate network with ease. You can use default connection settings to connect to the Internet via your mobile network (GPRS/EDGE/3G), or Wi-Fi. The GPRS/EDGE/3G connection can be enabled/disabled manually.
Reset to default. Turning On Wi-Fi Wi-Fi provides wireless Internet access over distances of up to 300 feet (100 meters). 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Wireless & networks. 2. Tick the Wi-Fi box to turn it on. Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network 1.
from the pop-up window. Using the Phone as a Modem You can access the Internet on your PC via your phone as a modem. Note the function may result in data charges from your mobile phone carrier. Please contact them for detail. Enabling the Phone as a Modem TIPS: ...
3. Tap on the phone Home Key > Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot and tick the USB tethering check box. A new network connection will be created on your PC. 4. Go to Control Panel > Network on your PC to enable the new network connection.
cannot access the Internet with any application on your phone via its Wi-Fi connection. Enabling the Wi-Fi Hotspot 1. Tap Home Key > Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot and tick the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box. 2.
Browsing the Internet You can use your phone to get on the Internet via a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or Wi-Fi connection. Tap Home Key > > Browser. There are different ways to open web pages: Tap the address bar to enter the website you want to browse. Then tap Tap Menu Key >...
Using Bookmarks To bookmark a web page, open it and tap Menu Key > Bookmarks. Then tap Add bookmark. Give the bookmark a name and tap OK. Editing a Bookmark 1. Open a Browser window. 2. Tap Menu Key > Bookmarks. 3.
® Bluetooth ® Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed. 1. Tap Home Key > >...
Making the Most of Multimedia Taking Pictures With Your Camera Your phone has a 5-megapixel camera. Open it by tapping Home Key > > Camera. to take a shot. To view it, just tap the picture in the right corner of the screen. Or select Menu Key > Gallery to view all your pictures.
radio will be turned off. To tune in, plug your headset into your phone. Tap Home Key > > FM Radio. Playing Your Music You can play digital audio files from your phone’s memory card in Music. 1. Tap Home Key > >...
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3. Tap to stop recording. 4. Tap to play back the voice recording. 5. Tap OK to save the voice recording, or tap Discard to delete the recording. TIPS: You can find your recordings in Home Key > > Music > Playlists > My recordings.
Using Your Google™ Applications Signing in to your Google Account lets you synchronize Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts between your phone and the web. And if you don’t have an account, you can easily create one. 1. Tap a Google application that needs a Google account, such as Market.
the ‘To’ field. If you’re sending the email to several people, separate the email addresses with commas. You can add as many recipients as you want. 4. Enter the email subject, and then write your email. 5. Tap Menu Key > Send. Using Google Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program, which enables you to communicate with other people who also use...
message in the text box. Starting a Chat 1. Tap a friend in the Friends list. 2. Chat with your friend by entering text in the message box. 3. Tap Send. Places Google Places helps you find all kinds of businesses near you.
Latitude Google’s Latitude service is a social tool for sharing your location information with selected friends. Tap Home Key > > Latitude to enable Latitude service. Each time you launch Maps application, your location will be determined using GPS or the phone network, and your Latitude status will be updated.
can adjust the display settings as you like: Brightness: Adjust brightness of the screen. Auto-rotate screen: Rotate the screen display as you rotate the phone. Animation: Choose window animation. Screen timeout: Set the delay for the screen to automatically turn off.
data access. Getting Data Services When Roaming 1. Tap Home Key > Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 2. Tick the Data roaming box. IMPORTANT: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges. Disabling Data Services 1.
Setting Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to find out more. 1. Tap Home Key > Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks >...
5. Draw the pattern again and tap Confirm. 6. Press Power Key to lock the screen. TIPS: Clear the Use visible pattern box if you want to hide the pattern as you draw it on the screen. Unlocking the Screen With Your Pattern 1.
Continue. 4. Enter it again and tap OK to confirm. Unlocking the Screen With Your PIN or Password 1. Press Power Key to wake up the phone. 2. Drag the arrowhead icon to the top 3. Enter the PIN or password you set. 4.
3. Enter the PIN you’ve been given and tap OK. Changing Your SIM PIN You can change the PIN you’ve been given to one easier for you to remember and harder for others to guess. 1. Tap Home Key > >...
credential storage. 3. Tick the Use secure credentials box. TIPS: You can also install encrypted certificates from your microSD card by tapping Install from SD card. Deleting Secure Credentials 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Security. 2. Tap Clear storage to clear credentials. Managing Your Device Memory Tap Home Key >...
Managing Applications Tap Home Key > > Settings > Applications. Manage applications: Manage or remove installed applications. Running services: Check currently running services and stop them if needed. Storage use: View storage used by applications. Battery use: See what has been using the battery. ...
2. Tap Home Key > > File Manager, and open the folder where the application file is. 3. Tap the file to start installation. 4. Read the installation instructions that come with the application and follow it to complete the setup. Removing an Application 1.
Managing Other Settings Voice Input and Output You can set the text-to-speech and voice recognition options by tapping Home Key > > Settings > Voice input & output. NOTE: You need to download voice data in order to use the text-to-speech function.
Calculator Tap Home Key > > Calculator. TIPS: Tap Menu Key > Advanced panel to use scientific calculation. Stopwatch 1. Tap Home Key > > Stopwatch. 2. Tap Start to start timing, tap Pause to pause, and tap Resume to continue. 3.
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