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INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the VEGA IV DM-994, the Dual Mode Android smart phone from Brava. This smartphone is running on Android OS 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). If you’d like your phone to live a long and fruitful life, please read this guide carefully and keep it for future reference. You never know when you might need it.
Table of Contents Safety ..............................1 Safety Precautions ..........................1 Using your phone safely ......................... 1 Basics ..............................5 Inside the box ............................5 Product Overview ............................ 5 Before turning on your phone ........................ 12 Getting started ..........................16 Turning on your phone ..........................16 Turning off your phone ..........................
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Text Input and keyboard ......................37 Using the onscreen keyboard ........................ 37 Changing the onscreen keyboard layout ....................37 Messages ............................38 Sending text and multimedia messages ....................38 Setting text and multimedia message options ..................41 Emails and Accounts ........................44 Email Setup..............................
Safety Precautions Please read through the following briefings carefully, and act in accordance with these rules, so as to prevent causing any danger or violating any law. Your mobile phone model has been designed to compile with applicable safety requirements for exposure to radio waves.
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Near Sensitive Electronics Don’t use your phone near sensitive electronic equipment – particularly medical devices such as pacemakers – as it could cause them to malfunction. It can also interfere with the operation of fire detectors and other automatic-control equipment. For more information about how your phone affects pacemakers or other electronic equipment, please contact the manufacturer or your local distributor.
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Don’t use your phone at petrol stations. In fact, it’s always best to switch off whenever you’re near fuels, chemicals or explosives. Around Water Keep your phone away from water (or any other liquid). It’s not a waterproof model. Making Repairs Never take your phone apart.
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Only use the original accessories supplied with your phone or those approved by the manufacturer. Using unapproved accessories may affect performance, make the warranty void, break national regulations on the use of mobile phones, or even cause injury. Near Explosives Turn off your phone in or near areas where explosive materials are used.
Inside the box You will find the following inside the box: Phone USB cable Battery AC Charger 3.5mm cord headset User manual and running guide Warranty card Product Overview This section provides an overview of the smart phone, including the locations of the connectors and controls and phone specifications.
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MENU Volume up BACK (Return) Volume down Microphone Micro-USB port HOME Speaker Receiver Flash light 3.5mm headset jack Power button Front-facing camera Multi-touch screen 5 megapixel AF camera MENU Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen. BACK button Press to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options (Return)
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HOME While on any application or screen, press to return to the Home screen. Press and hold to open the recently-used applications window. Receiver Listen to incoming call 3.5mm jack Connect headphones to the connector to listen to sound from the phone or connect a microphone to record audio or make calls.
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Micro USB Use the supplied USB cable to connect a personal computer to the micro connector USB connector for data transfer. You also can use the supplied USB cable and the AC charger to charge the phone when the battery power is low. Speaker Speaker for incoming call, music, and others.
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Micro SD card slot 3.5mm headset jack Wireless features GSM GPRS/EDGE CDMA-1X/EVDO Rev. A Wireless LAN Wi-Fi hotspot/ USB tethering/VPN Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE technology FM radio Size 144x73x9.9mm Battery 2000 mAh Li-ion battery...
Before turning on your phone Installing the SIM/UIM cards Your Subscriber/Universal Identity Module (SIM/UIM) card identifies you to the wireless network. Your phone will not work without the SIM/UIM card. To install a SIM/UIM card, do the following: 1. Open the battery cover on the back of your phone. 2.
Battery Your phone comes with a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery and is designed to use only manufacturer- specified original batteries and accessories. Battery performance depends on many factors, including network configuration, signal strength, the temperature of the environment in which you operate your phone, the features and/or settings you select and use, items attached to connecting ports, and your voice, data, and other program usage patterns.
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Connect the charger to your phone, and plug it into a socket. The battery indicator in the corner of the screen will scroll to show you it’s charging. When fully charged, the battery indicator will stop scrolling. Disconnect the charger from your mobile, and unplug it. Memory Card Store your...
This section helps you quickly start using your phone and provides you with information about the Preinstalled widgets and applications. Turning on your phone Once you’ve installed your battery, you can turn on your phone and start using it. To turn on your phone Press the POWER button...
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Widgets: A widget is a small application window that you can place on a Home screen to provide quick and easy access to information, an application or a function. The following table provides a list of examples of some helpful widgets that might be preinstalled on your Phone: Widget Description...
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Appication Description Gmail Manage and view your Gmail account messages Gtalk The known application for communication by chatting, voice, and video calls through the internet. Youtube View and play the Youtube videos in your phone. Facebook Stay connected to your Facebook account to view and share the latest updates in your page.
Home Home screens As the starting points to use your phone, Home screens display the status of your phone and provide you with access to applications. By default, the main Home screen is displayed whenever you turn on your phone or press the Home button.
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Status Bar: Presents icons to show network status, battery power, and connection details. Notification area displays those icons associated with end-user notifications such as: email messages, calls, etc. Google search is an on-screen Internet search engine powered by Google™. Touch to access the Voice Actions feature where you can verbally enter a search term and initiate an online search.
You can customize the five Home screens to meet your personal preferences. For example, you can change the main Home screen, add or remove widgets or applications shortcuts, change the wallpaper and so on. Hint: The default home screens contents maybe changed from what is shown in the above photo. Phone status and notifications Phone status icons These are the icons that may appear on the phone status area of the status bar:...
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3G data (EVDO) is connected and active 1x data is connected in idle status (no data transfer) GSM EDGE data service is connected Wireless connection Wi-Fi is on GSM Signal strength Flight mode CDMA-1X/3G(EVDO) signal strength Battery level Bluetooth is on Vibration mode is activated Speaker is on No signal...
Notification icons The icons that may appear on the notifications area of the status bar: New Email message New Gmail message New Facebook message New Gtalk message New SMS Calendar notification USB mode is connected New application update is available General warning notification Missed call Music is playing...
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Checking notifications Notification icons on the status bar report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, alarms , missed call and so on. You can also open the phone setting meny by tapping the Settings icon next to the date displayed in the dropped panel. You can also open widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings of your phone, such as WLAN, Data, GPS, RotateLock, Brightnees , Bluetooth, Mute.
Personalize your phone Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen Place application icons on your Home screen to open applications quicker. You can also add shortcuts for a music playlist and many other items to your Home screen. The shortcuts available depend on the applications that are installed on your phone.
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Adding a widget to your Home screen A wide selection of widgets is available for you to choose from, such as Calendar, Music, Photo Album, and more. You can also install new widget for the different applications that you can download and install from Google Play.
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Renaming a folder Tap the folder to open it. Press the folder bellow title bar. Enter a new folder name and then tap OK. Wallpaper Personalizing your Home screen wallpaper with your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to change the feel of your phone and give it a fresh look.
Copying files to and from the Storage card Connect the phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable. When the Connect to PC notice appears in notification panel, press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel and press on the option Charging , then tap USB mass storage.
Making Calls VEGA IV DM-994 from Brava is a Dual Mode smart phone that enables you dialing either through the CDMA or GSM network. You can tap to make call using CDMA UIM card or tap make call using the GSM SIM card.
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If matched contact is there, tap the phone number or contact from the list. To call a different phone number associated with the contact, tap the associated number that appear in the filtered list. Smart Dial The phone dialer’s Smart Dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call. Simply enter the phone number or first few letters of the person you want to call.
Press HOME , and then tap . dial the first number you want to call. Tap add call fom in-call options, then enter the second party number you want to add to conference, then press dial icon, When the second party answer tap “Merge calls” Now you can speak a conference call with all parties.
Rejecting an incoming call When you receive a phone call , the incoming call screen displays the caller ID. Tap the red reject icon and slide your finger horizontally to the left to reject the incoming call. You can also reject the call by sliding up to send a short message During Call options When making call there are many options you can choose from: Add Call...
Call Log (History) When you miss a call, the missed call icon ( ) appears in the Status bar. check the Call log in the dial pad screen to check who the caller was or view all your dialed, received and missed calls. ...
In Contacts, you can easily manage your communications with contacts via phone, messaging, and email. If you are synchronizing contacts with your Google account, with your PC, and/or with an Exchange Server, any contacts stored in those accounts are displayed in contacts. The contacts on your phone are synced with your Google account contacts stored on the Web.
Managing your Contacts Add a new contacts 1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts 2. On the bottom of the contact screen, tap add new +. 3. Select where to save the Contact, for example CDMA, GSM, Phone or Gmail Account. 4.
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Editing/ Deleting contacts 1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts 2. To edit a contact, tap the contact name from the contact list, tap the Menu icon and then tap Edit. 3. To delet e a contact, tap the contact from the contact list, tap the Menu icon , and then tap Delete.
Changing the onscreen keyboard layout Your VEGA IV Phone from Brava comes with the default keyboard and differnet keyboards, You can choose from layouts to suit your typing style. To change the keyboard type, do the following: While you are opening a text box, such as writing message, press in the text field to show the default keyboard , in the notification bar slide down to chose the “Select input method”.
Messages lets you compose and send text (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) to other mobile phones. To open your message inbox, press HOME , and then tap Application icon > Messaging. You can scroll down to view more messages. Red point indicates unread messages in the list. ...
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The Messages application automatically converts a text message into a multimedia message when you enter an email address in the “To” field, add a message subject, attach an item, or compose a message. Hint: The MMS downloading process depends on the default Data Connection which can be set form the Setting->Wireless &...
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o When done, tap Send to send the text message. To receive delivery reports and know when a text message is received, in the All messages screen, press MENU and then tap Settings. In the SMS settings section, select the Delivery reports check box.
Picture: attach Pictures from your storage card. Capture Picture: Select Camera to take a photo and attach it. Videos: attach a video from your storage card. Capture video: Select Camera to take a video and attach it. Audio: to attach a music file or voice recording from your storage card. Record audio: Select Voice Recorder to make a voice recording and attach it.
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Multimedia message limit: set the number of MMS messages from the same sender before deleting old. SMS settings Delivery reports Select this option to receive a report on the delivery status of your message. CDMA card messages manage messages stored on your CDMA UIM card. GSM card messages manage messages stored on your GSM SIM card.
MMS READING MODE Vertical mode Select this option if you want to view the mms message in vertical sliding screen to read them. Notification settings Notifications Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a new text or multimedia message arrives Select CDMA ringtone Select a ringtone that is specific to CDMA UIM recieved SMS and MMS messages.
Your VEGA IV phone can receive messages from your POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts at anytime and anywhere wherever there is internet connection. Email Setup Add e-mail account 1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button. 2. Tap Email icon .
If your account is not automatically configured, follow the prompts to type the e-mail server, protocol, and other account information yourself. After your account settings have been verified, tap Next to go to your Inbox. Delete Email Account You can always remove a POP3 or IMAP e-mail account from your phone. To delete: 1.
Send Email messages 1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button. 2. Tap Email icon to display your inbox. 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Tap Compose, the keyboard will be displayed. 5. Type a name or e-mail address in the To field. Matching contacts will appear. Select the contact or continue typing.
Web Browsing Connect Your smartphone uses the mobile phone network (over the air) or a Wi-Fi connection to automatically access the Web. Note: Surfing the Web or downloading data over the mobile phone network uses your monthly data subscription allowance. If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for faster Internet access, tap the status bar at the top of the home screen and drag it down.
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Android Market™ (Play Store) Android Market™ provides you with direct access to software developers throughout the world. It is the place to go to find fun games and cool applications. Browse contents When you first enter Android Market, you will see featured items, a list of item categories, a link to search, and a link to My downloads.
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Social Networks Facebook Facebook for Android application The Facebook application on your phone lets you keep up and stay close with your friends in Facebook..It offers most of the features that you are familiar with when using Facebook on your computer, such as like, comment, share, …etc.
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Search for YouTube videos 1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button. 2. Tap YouTube . The main YouTube screen appears showing popular video categories. 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Tap Search. 5. Open the display to reveal the keyboard. 6.
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Signing out of Google Talk If you are not going to use Google Talk for an extended period of time, we recommend that you sign out of Google Talk to save battery power; in the Friends list, press MENU, and then tap More > Sign out.
VEGA IV DM-994 from Brava has several tools to help you organize your daily life such as Alarm clock, Calendar, Calculator and you can install many other tools that may help you from Play Store. Alarm clock To add an alarm, press Home > Apps> Clock> Set alarm, then Add Alarm, enter alarm details.
(When you set the reminder time to 1 minutes, it plays Alarm before 1 minute of the event start time.) Tip: Reminders will play only if you’ve selected a notification ringtone. When you finish entering event details, tap DONE. Calculator Your calculator has basic and advanced views.
Camera Basics Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos of your trip and encounters with your phone’s 5MP camera with the Auto Focus function. Photos and videos captured with the camera will be stored onto internal SD card or external microSD card, according to the selected default storage in the Storage settings.
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Taking a photo press HOME , applications and then tap Camera icon On the Viewfinder screen, tap the options as follow: Zoom: Before taking the photo, you can zoom in first on your subject. Flash mode: set the flash light on , off or auto. Exposure: Increase or decrease the amount of aperture time.
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Zoom: you can zoom in/out during capturing the video. Flash mode: to turn on the camcorder flash. Record Sound: Set the capture sound on or off of starting and ending the recording. 480P: to set video quality SD(720x480), high, low and MMS low. Settings: Set settings for camera like anti Banding and Restore defaults.
By using the Gallery application, you can view photos and watch videos that you’ve taken with your phone’s camera, downloaded, or copied onto your storage card. To open the Gallery, press HOME , applications and then tap Gallery icon For photos that are in your storage card, you can do basic editing such as rotate and crop.
Enjoy listening to songs and music on your phone using the Music application. To open the Music, press HOME , applications and then tap Music icon Your music is organized into four categories: Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists. Select a category to view the lists within each. Once in a category, keep selecting until you reach the music you want to play.
2. Tap Songs. 3. Tap and hold the song that you want to add to the playlist, tap Add to playlist. 4. Tap New, slide open the display to reveal the keyboard. 5. Type the name for the playlist. 6. Tap Save. You can easily add a song as your ringtone.
Using Google Maps Google Maps lets you track your current location, view real-time traffic situations (depends on the service availability), and receive detailed directions to your destination. It also provides a search tool where you can locate places of interest, or view locations in street level. ...
Finding your location Press HOME , applications and then tap Maps On the Google Maps screen, tap My Location, then Your location will be shown on the map as a blinking blue dot according to the results coming from the GPS Cordinates.
Wi-Fi Connection Your phone can connect to Wi-Fi ntworks. To connect: Press HOME , applications Tap Settings. In the Wireless & networks.Tap WLAN right button to turn it on. Tap the WLAN to open WLAN settings Your phone will scans for the available Wi-Fi networks. Tap the Wi-Fi network that you want to connect to.
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must match the current security setting on your target WAP. If secured, you will also need to enter your WAP’s Password. Tap save to store the new information and connect to your target WAP. Manually Scan for a Wi-Fi Network From the Home screen, tap ➔...
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Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows device-to-device connections so you can transfer large amounts of data over a Wi-Fi connection. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Wi-Fi ➔ Options Tap Wi-Fi Direct. On your phone, tap Searching. The device searching for other Wi-Fi Direct devices Once the device you want to connect to is displayed, tap on it.
Bluetooth® Your phone comes with Bluetooth wireless function version 4.0 with low energy technology BLE, Bluetooth will enable a data connection between your phone and other Bluetooth wireless devices such as phones, computers and headsets. Prepare a Bluetooth wireless headset to pair your phone with a Bluetooth headset, make sure that your headset is fully charged and that you put the headset into pairing mode.
FM Radio Listening to the radio FM Radio lets you listen to FM radio stations on your phone. You need to connect a headset first to the audio jack of your phone to use FM Radio. FM Radio uses the stereo headset as the FM radio antenna. Press HOME , applications then FM Radio.
The various settings available help you to personalize and optimize your phone. The following table lists the main menu items on the Android Settings screen. item Description Wireless & networks Configure and manage connections to networks Wireless & networks and devices through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks.
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View details about the applications installed on your phone, manage application data, close Apps applications, and set whether you want to permit the installation of applications that you obtain from Web sites and e-mail. PERSONAL Configure how you want the phone to determine Location services your location and how you want to share your location with Google and others.
to developers. About phone View information about your phone. To access any item, do the following: 1. From the main Home screen, tap the Android Settings icon, or tap the applications icon and then tap Settings . The Android Settings screen opens. 2.
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Options menu: WPS is a method for establishing a wireless network in WPS Pin Entry a secure and simple manner. Options menu: Wi-Fi Direct allows device to device connections so you Wi-Fi Direct can transfer larg amounts of data over a Wi-Fi connection.
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search results are displayed, tap a device to pair with it. Data Usage the best way to assess your data is to look at what you’re actually using (either via your bills or via a data usage monitor) More Airplane mode When airplane mode is enabled, all wireless connections are disabled, and you cannot connect to networks.
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hotspot connection. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot: Share your phone’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Setup Wi-Fi hotspot: Open a screen with settings to turn on or turn off the hotspot and to set its SSID (its broadcast name) and security features Bluetooth tethering: Allow you to sharing internet phone over bluetooth Mobile...
use on local carriers’ mobile networks. Note: Disabling this setting does not prevent your phone from transmitting data on other wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Mobile Select the default data connection type either GSM or networks: CDMA. Data connection Dual SIM Settings Use Dual sim settings to control which SIM/UIM cards want to enable or disable.
Outgoing call answer notification: Enable or Disable the vibration when outgoing call is answered. TTY Mode setting DTMF tone Setting Sound Use the Sound settings to configure how , and at what volume, the phone plays music and audio from other media, notification ringtones, and alarms. You also can use these settings to pick the notification ringtone you prefer and set whether you hear audible feedback when touching, locking, or unlocking the screen.
System Default Notification Select the ringtone to sound when you receive a notification, such as incoming e-mails. Audible touch tones Play sound when pressing dial pad to make call. Dial pad touch tones Touch sounds When enabled, sounds play when you touch icons and other items on the screen.
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Auto-rotate Enable or disable the screen auto-rotatation function. screen When enabled, the screen switches the orientation to landscape or portrait view as you rotate the phone. Timeout Select a timeout value for how long the screen remains on after the last operation. For the longest battery life between charges, use the shortest convenient timeout value.
View the total space on an installed flash media Total space card. View the available space on an installed flash media External SD card Available Space card. Erase the data on the installed flash media card Erase SD card and prepare it for use with your phone. Total space View the total space on the internal storage.
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Menu description Open a list of the applications installed on the phone to Manage apps check the application information or remove the application. Pereffered Change the preferred installation location. install location Location Services The Location services settings allow you to set up how the phone will determine your location and the sensor settings for your phone.
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Security The Security settings allow you to determine the security level for your phone. The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the security menu. Menu Submenu description Screen Lock Configure lock • None: Never lock the screen. screen •...
Unknown sources Allow installation of apps from unknown sources. Credential Use secure Enable to allow applications to access your phone’s storage credentials encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other credentials. Install from SD Install a secure certificate from the flash media card card installed on the phone.
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method settings method settings Go keyboard Google voice typing Voice search to configure the voice language, Speech Voice search speech output and block offnsive words Speech rate: set the speed at which the text is spoken. Text-to-speech Listen to an example: Play a sample of output speech synthesis (available if voice data is installed).
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From this menu you can reset your phone and sound Factory data settings reset to the factory default settings Accounts Use the Accounts to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and synchronize data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically .
be synchronized to the phone are listed. Touch the option to start synchronizing that kind of data. To add an account, touch Add account from the top right corner of the screen. To delet e an account, touch the account and then touch Remove account from the top right corner of the screen.
Set date If Automatic date & time is unchecked, tap to manually set the date. Set time If Automatic date & time is unchecked, tap to manually set the time. Select time zone If Automatic time zone is unchecked, tap to manually set the time zone.
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Power button Power button ends During call, pressing power ends call instead of call turning off screen. Speak passwords To reads out password information Touch & hold delay Lets users set the recognition time for tapping and holding the screen Enhance web accessibility System upgrade...
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Developer options Use the developer options to set options for application development. Menu description Desktop backup password Protect the desktop with a backup password ID Stay awake Screen will never sleep while charging General Protect SD card Apps must request permission to read SD card USB debugging When enabled, allows debugging when the device attached to a PC by a USB cable.
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Show GPU view updates Areas of the screen flash when they update. Show surace updates Window animation scale Configure the scale for animation(ranges from off to 10x). Transition animation scale Configure the scale for transitioning when using animation (ranges from off to 10x). Animator duration scale This is a new setting and this affects automatic animations in Android, such as swipe speeds when...
the background. Options are: Standard limit, No background processes, and 1 to 4 processes at most Show all ANRs ANRs to display a prompt when applications running in the background are not responding. About phone Use About phone settings to check for information about your phone, including the status, battery use, legal information, hardware and software versions, and model number .
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Shows the software version build number in your phone. Brava Gate Stay connected with Brava through the "Brava Gate" applications by which you will get several services provided by Brava Techno to its valued clients, such as: Faster after sales support.
If there is any problem while using your mobile phone, please check according to the following table otherwise contact the nearest Brava customer service center to you. Item to be checked Make sure that the charger is correctly connected to the phone and the power socket.
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The mobile phone Please communicate with the service provider to get the PUK code displays “Input and use it to unlock the RUIM. PUK” Make sure you have dialed a valid phone number. Unable to dial a number Check if your phone is connected to the network. Weak talk quality Please check if the phone signal is strong enough;...
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Check if you are in an area where the signal is weak (in a tunnel or The phone displays surrounded by building). Move to another location and try again. “out of network” Make sure you are not trying to use a service that you haven’t or "Emergency subscribed to.
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