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Contents Important safety information ......................12 Operating temperature .........................13 Battery ...............................14 Electrical safety ..........................15 About your phone..........................16 Check the package contents ......................16 Front view............................17 Rear view ............................19 Set up your phone..........................21 Remove the back cover.........................21 Insert a micro-SIM card.........................22 Insert a microSD card........................23 Install the back cover ........................24 Charge your phone ........................25 Use the touch screen .........................27...
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Check notifications.........................34 Use the Quick Settings ........................35 Put your phone to sleep........................37 Navigate the lock screen.......................38 Set up an Internet connection ......................40 Connect to a WLAN network ....................40 Enable your phone’s mobile data connection ................41 Add your accounts ..........................42 Sync your account...........................42 Remove your account........................43 Manage your location data ........................44 Enter and edit text ..........................46...
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Manage your contacts.........................51 Share your contacts........................52 Import/export your contacts .......................52 Send text or multimedia messages ....................54 Navigate the Web ..........................55 Send email .............................57 Connect your phone to your computer..................59 Connect your phone to other devices...................60 Bluetooth ............................60 WLAN Direct..........................61 Tethering & portable hotspot ......................62 Wireless display..........................65 Connect to a network printer.....................65 Use the Camera app ...........................66...
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Manage your images and videos .......................73 Manage your downloads ........................74 Set current date and time........................75 Use the Clock app..........................76 Set an alarm............................76 Show current time and date......................77 Set a timer ............................77 Use the stopwatch..........................78 Other settings ............................78 Optimize your phone’s battery ....................78 Adjust your phone’s display......................82 Manage your phone’s storage ......................84 Protect your phone ........................85...
Important safety information Read the safety information carefully before using your phone. Failure to observe these instructions may result in damage to, or loss of, personal property, bodily injury, or even death. Don’t make/receive handheld calls while Keep your phone and accessories away •...
Avoid extreme temperatures. Don’t hold your phone close to your ear • • while using the loudspeaker. Your phone Don’t rely on your phone for emergency • can produce a loud sound and may communications. damage your hearing. To prevent hearing damage, don’t listen at high volume levels (above 100 dB) for long periods (over 30 minutes).
Battery Use only the supplied or approved battery. Using an unapproved battery may • cause your phone to explode and result in serious damage to your health or property. Use only the supplied or approved charger to charge the battery. •...
Don’t use the charger or USB cable if they are broken or damaged. • Don’t attempt to repair the charger. Replace the charger if it is damaged or • exposed to excessive moisture. Consult your BenQ dealer or service center for help and maintenance.
Check the package contents Open the package and confirm that the following items are included. If anything is missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase immediately. T3 Smartphone x 1 (with a non-removable battery) • Charger x 1 •...
Front view 1 Volume Up and Volume Adjust volume or switch to vibrate or silent mode. Down buttons 2 Cover notch Used to remove the back cover.
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3 Recent apps key Touch to open the list of recent apps. • Touch and hold to open available menus. • 4 Home key Touch to go to the previous or central Home screen. • Touch and hold to open Google Now. •...
Rear view 1 Rear camera Captures photos and videos.
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2 Micro USB port Connects the USB cable to transfer data to and from a • computer. Connects the USB cable and charger to charge the phone. • 3 Primary microphone Used to conduct voice calls. 4 Speakerphone Used to listen to music or take hands-free calls. To avoid hearing damage, don’t put your phone close to your ear when using the speakerphone.
Insert a micro-SIM card With the metal contacts facing down, align the micro-SIM card with the mark next to the card slot, and fully insert the micro-SIM card into the card slot, until the micro-SIM card is locked in place. To avoid damaging your phone and SIM card, don’t use a Nano SIM card or a SIM card adapter.
Insert a microSD card With the metal contacts facing down, align the microSD card with the mark next to the card slot, and fully insert the microSD card into the card slot, until the microSD card is locked in place. The phone supports microSD cards up to 64 GB in size.
Install the back cover 1. Align the back cover onto the top of your phone. 2. Press the sides and the bottom of the back cover against your phone to lock the back cover into place.
Charge your phone Your phone’s battery is not fully charged when you first unpack your phone. Fully charge the battery before using the phone. 1. Insert the smaller end of the USB cable into your phone’s micro USB port. 2. Insert the larger end of the USB cable into the USB wall charger.
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4. Disconnect the phone and the USB wall charger when charging is complete. Fully charging the battery takes approximately 3 to 3.5 hours. • When the battery gets too low, your phone will shut down automatically. • Charger plug type may vary by country/region. •...
Zoom in or out (when browsing the Web or viewing images) Do one of the following: Quickly double-tap the screen. Spread or pinch images with two • • fingers.
Navigate your Home screens 1. Status bar: Shows notifications on the left, and system status icons and current time on the right. 2. Widget: A small app that provides convenient functions and information on your Home screen. 3. Home screens: To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
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7. Home screen indicator: Indicates the number of Home screens and current Home screen. 8. App icon Open an app: Touch an app icon. Move an icon: Hold the icon. Slide and drop it in a new position. Remove and uninstall an app: Hold the app icon. Slide the icon over and release it.
Organize your Home screens Touch and hold to open the menu: Edit mode Add widgets: Swipe the widgets at the bottom. Hold and drag a widget to • where you want it to be on the Home screen. Add more Home screens: Swipe to the rightmost/leftmost screen and •...
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Search Open Google Now to get information you need or perform searches. To use Google Now, you need to sign in to your Google account. Preview Change the central Home screen: Touch on a Home screen thumbnail. • The central Home screen’s thumbnail will show Touch a Home screen thumbnail to quickly jump to the Home screen you •...
Settings Open the Settings app to change phone settings. Home settings Change Home screen settings. Check notifications When the status bar shows notifications, swipe down from the status bar at the top to open the notification drawer: Touch a notification to open an associated app. •...
Use the Quick Settings Use the Quick Settings to quickly enable/disable WLAN and mobile data connections, adjust brightness, and access the Settings app and other features. 1. Open the Quick Settings: Swipe down the notification drawer and touch at the top right. •...
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2. Swipe the Quick Settings screen up and down, and touch a setting icon to turn on/off or change the setting. To change the settings available from the Quick Settings: • 1. Touch to enable the edit mode. 2. Touch to select the settings that you want to display in the Quick Settings. 3.
Put your phone to sleep You can press the Power button to turn off the screen and put your phone • to sleep. When your phone is on and left idle for a set period, it turns off the screen •...
Navigate the lock screen You can use widgets and open the Camera app directly from the lock screen, without needing to unlock the screen. Start the camera from the lock screen Swipe left from the right edge of the lock screen. The camera viewfinder appears.
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4. Touch the widget you want to add to the lock screen. View the added lock screen widgets When the lock screen appears, swipe right from the left edge of the lock screen, until the widget you want appears. Reorder lock screen widgets 1.
Set up an Internet connection To browse the Web, send email, and perform other online activities, a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n supported) or mobile data connection is required. Connect to a WLAN network Availability and strength of a WLAN signal depend on the distance and objects that the WLAN signal has to penetrate, such as buildings or walls between rooms.
4. Touch a WLAN to connect to it. To connect to a secured network indicated by , enter a password and touch Connect. 5. When the status bar at the top shows , your phone’s WLAN connection is successful. Enable your phone’s mobile data connection Touch Settings >...
Add your accounts Using certain apps such as Email or Play Store requires you to set up and sign in to your personal account on your phone. 1. Touch Settings > ACCOUNTS > Add account. 2. Touch the type of account you wish to add. Select Corporate if you wish to set up an Exchange account.
3. Touch to select the data types that you wish to sync automatically (for example, Gmail or Contacts). Touch > Sync now to manually sync the selected data types. Remove your account 1. Touch Settings > ACCOUNTS > your account type (for example, Google).
Manage your location data You can let your phone collect your location data from WLAN, mobile networks, GPS satellites, and Google’s location service. To estimate your location, apps that have your permission may use your location data to deliver location-based services, such as local weather forecast, traffic data, etc.
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To enable location data collection: 1. Touch Settings > Location. 2. Slide the Location switch on: 3. Touch Mode. 4. Select a location mode to decide what sources your phone uses to get your location data. Select the Battery saving mode to let your phone estimate your location using •...
Enter and edit text Use the Google Keyboard When you touch a text box where you want to enter text, the Google Keyboard appears. Input words using gesture typing 1. On the keyboard, slide your finger across the letters of the word you want to input.
Copy and paste text 1. Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap to select text. 2. When the selected text highlights, drag the tabs to change selection. 3. When the selected text highlights, the text-editing buttons appear: : Select all text •...
Make calls Touch Phone. Use the dial pad Touch the keys on the dialpad to enter phone numbers. • To make international calls, touch and hold to enter “+”. • To make calls, touch • When a phone number is entered on the dial pad, touch to add the •...
Use the Phone app’s main screen Touch to hide the dial pad and display the main screen. To find a contact, enter a name or phone number into the search bar at the • top. To use voice search, touch and say a contact name or phone number.
When an incoming call arrives Touch and hold , and swipe it over: : Answer the call. • : Reject the call. • : If you cannot answer, touch a message to send it to the caller. • If you have selected Settings >...
Manage your contacts Touch People. To move among these views of contacts, swipe the screen horizontally or • touch the tabs: : People you talk to frequently or marked as favorites with a star. : All contacts. : Groups of contacts in your accounts. Touch to add new contacts/create caller groups.
Share your contacts You can send your contacts to others using Email or available sharing apps installed on your phone. 1. Touch > Share. 2. Select the contacts to share with others > OK. 3. Select the app used to send the contacts. Import/export your contacts 1.
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Export to SIM card Contacts saved on your phone or account will be copied to your micro-SIM card. Import from SD card Contacts saved as vCard files on your microSD card or internal phone storage will be copied to your account, phone, or micro-SIM card. Export to SD card Contacts will be copied as vCard files and saved on your microSD card or internal phone storage.
Send text or multimedia messages Touch Messaging. 1. Touch 2. Enter a mobile number or a contact’s name into the To text box. You can also touch to select a recipient from your contact list. 3. Touch the Type message text box and compose your message. 4.
Navigate the Web Navigating the Web requires a WLAN or mobile data connection. See “Set up an Internet connection” on page Touch Browser. To visit a web page, enter a web address into the address bar at the top of •...
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Touch : Show or switch among windows. • Touch : Open a new window. Touch : View popular websites, bookmarks, browsing history, and saved web pages. Touch : Refresh, forward, open bookmarks, save the current page to • bookmarks, and access other options and settings.
Send email To send email, you need to: 1. Connect your phone to a WLAN or mobile data network. See “Set up an Internet connection” on page 2. Set up an email account on your phone. See “Add your accounts” on page 1.
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6. Compose your email content. 7. To perform further actions, such as attaching a picture, touch > Attach picture. 8. Touch : Send the email.
Connect your phone to your computer 1. Use the supplied USB cable to connect your phone to your computer. 2. Swipe down the notification drawer from the top. 3. Select Connected as a media device > Media device (MTP). 4. On your computer, your phone is detected as a media device. Click on the device or select an action from the data transfer window that appears.
Connect your phone to other devices Bluetooth You can connect your phone to another Bluetooth device to transfer files, or connect to a Bluetooth headset to make calls or listen to music. Using features requiring a Bluetooth connection may consume more battery power. To extend battery life between charges, turn off Bluetooth when not using it.
3. Touch Bluetooth. Your phone scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices within range. To make your phone visible to nearby devices, touch your phone’s name so that it shows Visible to all nearby Bluetooth devices. 4.
1. Touch Settings. 2. Slide the WLAN switch on: 3. Touch WLAN. 4. Touch > WLAN Direct. Your phone scans for and displays available WLAN Direct devices. 5. Touch the device that you want to connect. 6. When the device accepts your invitation to connect, Connected appears below the device you choose to connect.
USB tethering Your computer can share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB. 1. Connect your phone to your computer with the supplied USB cable. 2. Select USB tethering. Portable WLAN hotspot You can turn your phone into a portable WLAN hotspot, so that other devices can share your phone’s mobile data connection over a WLAN network.
: USB tethering active. • : Portable WLAN hotspot active. • : Both USB tethering and WLAN hotspot active. • Bluetooth tethering You can select Bluetooth tethering to share your phone’s Internet connection with other paired devices via Bluetooth. To share your phone’s Internet connection via Bluetooth, you also need to •...
Wireless display Your phone can connect wirelessly to a Miracast-certified television or monitor that is equipped with a certified Miracast adapter. You can then show your phone’s screen on the connected device. For more information, read the documentation that comes with the Miracast-certified device you wish to use with your phone.
Before you can print, you need a printing service installed on your phone. For information on setting up a printer, read the documentation that comes with the printer you wish to use with your phone. Use the Camera app Touch Camera.
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2. When using the rear camera, spread or pinch the viewfinder screen with your fingers to zoom in or zoom out. 3. Aim the camera at the subject you wish to capture. 4. When the camera focuses on the subject in the selected focal point, touch to capture a photo.
Record a video 1. Touch : Start recording a video. 2. Touch : Stop recording. In video recording mode, select one of these auto-focus modes: : The camera will auto focus during recording. • : Allows you to touch the subject that you want to focus on during •...
Use other capture modes Touch to choose from the following capture modes: Photo Ultra Sensitivity Enhance camera sensitivity to lighting conditions, suitable for taking photos at night and in a dark place. Smile The camera captures a photo immediately when the viewfinder detects a smile on a person’s face.
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Photo Panorama You can create a 360-degree panorama. 1. Frame one side or the other of the scene you want to include in a panorama. 2. Touch . Pan slowly and steadily across the scene you want to include in the panorama. 3.
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Photo Denoise Reduces a photo’s dark or bright spots. Lets you capture three photos of different exposure values. 1. Touch to capture three photos with these values: EV 0, EV +2, EV -2. 2. Swipe to view the photos. Touch and hold the photo thumbnails to select/deselect the photos.
Camera settings Touch these icons to perform the following operations: : Set flash. : Switch to another capture mode. • • : Apply effects. : Configure camera settings, • • including Resolution, Scene Mode, Face Detection, Guideline, Store Location, Storage, Restore, and more advanced settings.
Manage your images and videos 1. Touch Gallery. 2. Touch an album > image/video thumbnail to view the image/video. Touch and hold an image/video thumbnail to select the image/video. 3. To zoom in or zoom out on an image, spread or pinch the image with your fingers, or double-tap the image.
: Manage and edit the image. • To save your phone’s screen as an image, press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons simultaneously. To view your screenshots, go to Gallery > Albums > Screenshot. Manage your downloads Touch Downloads to manage files and media items downloaded by your phone’s apps.
4. When items are selected, you can touch: : Share the selected items using available sharing apps. • : Delete the selected items. • Set current date and time Touch Settings > Date & time. You can set date and time manually or use your mobile network as the time source, select the time zone, and choose display format of date and time.
Use the Clock app Touch Clock. Set an alarm 1. Touch 2. Touch the time shown on an existing alarm, or touch to add a new alarm. 3. Set the alarm time using the clock image that appears, and then touch Done.
Show current time and date 1. Touch 2. Touch to add clocks for other cities around the world. Set a timer 1. Touch 2. Enter countdown time. Touch START. 3. When the timer is going: Touch : Add an additional minute. •...
Use the stopwatch 1. Touch 2. Touch the stopwatch image to start/pause the stopwatch. 3. To add laps while the stopwatch is running, touch Other settings Optimize your phone’s battery Use these settings to extend your phone’s battery life. Lower display brightness 1.
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2. Touch or drag the color bar to a lower brightness level. Touch AUTO to let your phone’s ambient light sensor adjust brightness according to surrounding lighting. Set sleep mode Choose the shortest time your phone takes to go into sleep mode. 1.
Power Management Touch Settings > SYSTEM > Power Management. Smart Connectivity When the screen is off, your phone will automatically disable WLAN and mobile data connectivity after a defined delay timeout. WLAN and data connectivity resumes automatically when you turn on the screen. 1.
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Aggressive: When the screen is off, WLAN and data connectivity is • always disabled after a defined delay timeout. You need to set the delay timeout. When WLAN and mobile data connections are disabled, your phone’s email and Internet accounts will not be synced. System Diagnostic List components which may consume more battery power.
Battery You can check remaining battery power percentage, individual power consumption percentages of the functions currently in use, and total time of battery usage. Adjust your phone’s display Low blue light mode Touch Settings > Display > Low blue light mode. The Low blue light mode reduces the blue light emitted by the screen and helps ease eye strain.
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Daydream You can let your phone display screensavers when it is charging or docked during sleep. 1. Touch Settings > Display > Daydream. 2. Slide the switch on: 3. Choose what to display as screensavers. 4. Touch WHEN TO DAYDREAM to choose when to display screensavers.
Manage your phone’s storage Touch Settings > Storage. View space usage status for your phone’s internal storage and microSD card. Safely remove your microSD card 1. Slide down toward the bottom of the Storage screen. 2. Touch Unmount SD card > OK. 3.
2. After being warned of losing all data on the card, touch the Erase SD card button to confirm. Deleted data cannot be restored. Consider backing up important data to your computer or a secondary storage device first. Protect your phone Here are the settings you can use to secure your phone and personal data stored on it.
Face Unlock You can look at your phone to unlock the screen. Follow on-screen instructions to set up Face Unlock. When your phone tries to capture your face image, show your entire face within the suggested area on the viewfinder screen.
Encrypt phone Encrypt all data on your phone. You must enter a numeric PIN or password to decrypt your phone each time you turn it on. Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data.
Verify apps Some apps can harm your phone. You can choose to verify apps in order to help prevent harmful software from being installed on your phone. We strongly recommend not selecting the Unknown sources option. Apps from sources other than Play Store may contain malicious content to harm your phone or steal your personal data.
Automatic restore Selecting this option lets your phone restore backed up settings and data when reinstalling apps. Factory data reset Performing this action will restore your phone to its factory state, and erase all your user data from your phone’s internal storage, including your accounts, system and app data, downloaded apps, and photos.
Check phone information Touch Settings > About phone. You can view your phone’s status including battery, IMEI, IP address, serial number, etc., and check the legal information, model number, and Android version.
Update your phone’s operating system When your phone has a WLAN or mobile data connection, its Android • system automatically checks for system updates and notifies you. Swipe down the notification drawer and touch the system update notification to start the update process. You can also perform a manual update check by selecting Settings >...
Troubleshooting This chapter explains frequently asked questions and common problems that may occur while using your phone. If a problem persists, contact your place of purchase or BenQ service center. Power/battery My phone does not turn on. If your phone’s battery is completely discharged, your phone cannot be •...
Touch screen Follow the instructions below when using the touch screen. Use the pad on the end of your finger to touch the screen. • To avoid damaging the screen, don’t hit the screen with sharp or hard • objects. Don’t apply excessive pressure or force to the screen surface.
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Internet connectivity I have trouble connecting to WLAN. Check the following to ensure that: Your phone’s WLAN is turned on. • If the WLAN connection icon doesn’t appear on the status bar or • shows poor signals, connect your phone to another WLAN access point that has strong signals.
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Why can’t I download apps from the Internet? Check the following to ensure that: Your phone has a WLAN or mobile data connection. • Your phone has enough storage space to save your downloads. • The microSD card where you wish to save your downloads is correctly •...
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How do I update my phone’s operating system? “Update your phone’s operating system” on page Others Why can’t my phone read the micro-SIM card/microSD card? Ensure that you have fully inserted the micro-SIM card/microSD card • into the correct card slot. See “Insert a micro-SIM card”...
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