Alcatel Authority Operating Instructions

Conventions used in this guide

In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information:

Warning Situations that could cause injury to yourself or others

Caution Situations that could cause damage to your device or other equipment

NOTE

NOTE Notes, usage tips, or additional information

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Contents

Speci cations

Basics

In Box ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7

Phone Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................................7

Proper Holding Position .....................................................................................................................................................................................8

Battery ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................8

microSD

Turning Phone On or O ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Phone Options ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Touchscreen Gestures ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Card .......................................................................................................................................................................................................9

Keyboard

Using Swype Text Entry Method .................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Using the Android Keyboard ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Editing Text ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Getting Started

Google Account .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18

Getting to Know the Home Screen ............................................................................................................................................................. 19

Customizing the Home Screen ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Essential Display Icons ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

Noti cations Panel ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 23

Opening and Switching Between Applications ..................................................................................................................................... 24

Sleep Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Adjusting Volume ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Searching Your Phone and the Web ........................................................................................................................................................... 26

Connecting Your Phone to a Computer .................................................................................................................................................... 28

Phone Calls

Making Calls ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Answering or Rejecting Calls ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31

Using In-Call Options ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32

Using Call Log ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Listening to Your Voicemail ............................................................................................................................................................................ 34

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Using Voice Dialer............................................................................................................................................................................................... 35

Contacts

About Contacts ...................................................................................................................................................................................................36

Opening Your Contacts ....................................................................................................................................................................................36

Getting Started .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Editing/Deleting Contacts .............................................................................................................................................................................. 39

Communicating .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40

Account Setting .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42

Groups .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43

Messaging

About Messaging ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 45

Sending Messages ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45

Reading Messages ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 47

Receiving Emergency Alerts Messages ..................................................................................................................................................... 48

Changing Messaging Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 49

Google

Gmail ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50

Google Talk ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 53

Google+ ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56

Messenger ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56

Maps ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57

Places ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59

Navigation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 59

Latitude .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61

YouTube .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 63

Calendar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 66

News & Weather .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 69

Play Store ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70

Play Books .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 72

Easy Installer ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74

Web

Email ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 76

Browser ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 79

Wi-Fi ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 83

Downloads ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 84

Tra c Manager ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Facebook ................................................................................................................................................................................................................86

Twitter .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................86

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Bluetooth

Using Bluetooth .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 87

Disconnecting or Unpairing from a Bluetooth Device ....................................................................................................................... 88

Connecting to a Bluetooth Headset ........................................................................................................................................................... 89

Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth ........................................................................................................................ 89

Entertainment

Camera/Camcorder ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 91

Gallery ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94

Videos ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

Play Movies ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

Sound Recorder ..................................................................................................................................................................................................98

Music ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 99

Play Music ............................................................................................................................................................................................................101

Radio ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................103

Picsay .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................103

Layar.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................104

TuneIn Radio ......................................................................................................................................................................................................104

Tools

Clock ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................105

Calculator ............................................................................................................................................................................................................107

Notes .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................107

File Manager .......................................................................................................................................................................................................108

O ceSuite ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................109

Battery Saver ......................................................................................................................................................................................................111

Ringdroid .............................................................................................................................................................................................................112

Barcode Scanner ...............................................................................................................................................................................................112

Alcatel Setup Wizard .......................................................................................................................................................................................113

LED Torch .............................................................................................................................................................................................................113

Skifta ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................113

Cricket Applications

Alcatel help .........................................................................................................................................................................................................115

Cricket Navigator ..............................................................................................................................................................................................115

MyBackup ............................................................................................................................................................................................................115

Storefront .............................................................................................................................................................................................................115

My Account .........................................................................................................................................................................................................116

Cricket 411...........................................................................................................................................................................................................116

Mobile Web .........................................................................................................................................................................................................116

eBooks ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................116

MuveMusic ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................118

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NQ Mobile Security ..........................................................................................................................................................................................118

Block Breaker 3 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................119

UNO ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................119

Settings

Settings on Your Phone..................................................................................................................................................................................120

Safety and use

Please read before proceeding ...................................................................................................................................................................124

Limitation of damages ...................................................................................................................................................................................124

Important health information and safety precautions .....................................................................................................................125

Regulatory agency identi cations ............................................................................................................................................................132

Warranty

Manufacturer’s Warranty ...............................................................................................................................................................................136

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Specifications

Display

• 4.3” WVGA, TFT 16M colors

• Multitouch capacitive touch screen

Camera

• 5MP Full Frame with LED  ash and VGA self camera

Dimensions and Weight

• Dimensions: 5 x 2.7 x 0.4 inch (127 X 68 X 9.95 mm)

• Weight: 4.5 oz (127.6 g)

Memory

• 2GB(ROM)/512MB(RAM)

• External memory: supports up to 32GB

Operating Frequencies

• Network: CDMA BC0/BC1/BC15 -1xEV-DO rA, Wi-Fi(802.11b/g/n)(802.11n 2.4Ghz only)

Operating System

• Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Connectivity

• BT3.0+EDR(HSP/HFP/A2DP/OPP), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n

Sensors

• Accelerometer, E-compass, Proximity, Light Sensor

LBS

• A-GPS

Power Management (Performance)

Battery Type Capacity

Lithium-Ion(Li-ion) 1530mAh

Standby Time Talk Time

300hours (Slot Index 2) 6 hours (CDG89)

• Data speed: Up To HSDPA 7.2Mbps

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Basics

In Box

The AuthorityTM comes with the following items included in the box:

• AuthorityTM mobile phone

• USB power adapter

• Charger

• MUVE Music Guide – English

NOTE

AuthorityTM is a trademark of Personal Communications Devices LLC.

Battery

ⰺ

Micro USB cable

ⰺ

Device QSG (English and Spanish)

ⰺ

MUVE Music Guide – Spanish

ⰺ

Phone Overview

1 2

Battery cover

ⰺ

microSD

ⰺ

User Manual Lite (English and Spanish)

ⰺ

Card (mounted in the device)

1. Earpiece

2. Front camera

3. Volume key

Volume Up / Down

4. Search key Quick search

5. Back key

Move to the previous screen

6. Menu key Options

7. Home key Move to Home screen Press and hold : Show eight most recently used apps.

8. USB port

Charging / PC connectivity

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9. Headset jack

3.5 mm headset jack

10. Power/Lock key Short press: Screen lock mode Press and hold: Power ON / Phone options

11. Camera

12. External speaker

13. Battery cover

Proper Holding Position

NOTE

The AuthorityTM is equipped with an antenna located in the base of the unit. For optimum call quality, hold the phone along the

sides and avoid touching the top and bottom of the phone while in a call.

Battery

Note that browsing the web frequently, extended data usage, being in a poor signal area, or subjecting the device to extreme temperatures will cause the battery to discharge quickly. To increase battery life, limit your data usage, or turn o GPS and Bluetooth when not required.

Installing the battery

Please use only the original batteries and accessories you received with your

phone or CricKet recommended replacements.

1. Remove the battery cover from the unit.

2. Align the battery’s exposed gold contacts with the battery connectors inside the battery compartment.

3. Insert the contact side of the battery  rst and then gently push the battery into place.

4. Replace the battery cover over the battery compartment and press down until you hear a click.

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Removing the battery

1. Make sure that your device is turned o . To remove the battery cover from your phone, try open the back cover using your  nger at the small opening on the bottom of the phone.

2. Push the bottom of the battery upwards and remove the battery.

Charging your battery

Before you turn on your device and start using it, it is recommended that you charge the battery.

1. Plug the USB cable into the USB power adapter.

2. Plug the power adapter into a standard outlet.

3. Locate the USB port located on the left side of your device.

4. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the phone’s micro USB port.

5. The USB icon on the cable should always face down when connecting the cable to your device as shown.

NOTE

• It is more efficient to charge the battery with your device powered off.

• Battery operating time gradually decreases over time.

microSDTM Card

Use the microSDTM card to store your photos, videos, music and certain apps from AndroidTM Market. You can also move and copy  les to your computer from your device.

Inserting the microSDTM card

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Locate the microSD

3. Insert the microSD until it clicks into place.

card slot.

card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down

4. Replace the battery cover.

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Removing the microSDTM card

1. Make sure that your device is turned o , and then remove the battery cover.

2. Slide the microSD

card out the rest of the way.

Removing the microSDTM card while the phone is on

If you need to remove the microSDTM card while the phone is on, unmount the microSD damaging the  les in the microSDTM card.

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap

Menu > Settings.

card  rst to prevent corrupting or

2. Tap

3. Remove the microSD

Storage > Unmount SD card > OK.

card by following the steps in “SD card safe to

remove

”.

Turning Phone On or Off

Turning your phone on

1. Press and hold Power/Lock.

NOTE

The first time you use your phone you’ll need to set it up. See the Getting Started chapter for details.

Turning your phone o

1. If the display is o , press Power/Lock to turn it back on.

2. Press and hold

3. When Phone options menu appears, tap

Power/Lock for a few seconds.

Power o > OK.

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Phone Options

Silent mode

1. Press and hold Power/Lock.

2. Tap

• When you select Silent mode,

Silent mode.

is displayed in the Status bar. Ringtones, alerts, and all audible sounds except media and

alarms are silenced.

NOTE

To turn silent mode off, press and hold Power/Lock and then tap Silent mode again.

Airplane mode

1. Press and hold Power/Lock.

Airplane mode.

2. Tap

• When you set Airplane mode,

is displayed in the Status bar. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile network functions are all

disabled.

NOTE

To turn airplane mode off, press and hold Power/Lock and then tap Airplane mode again.

Touchscreen Gestures

Tap To select onscreen items such as application and settings icons or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them

with your  nger.

Tap and hold To open available options for the item, simply touch and hold your  nger on the screen over the item.

Swipe or slide Quickly drag your  nger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Drag Tap and hold your  nger before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your  nger until the item

reaches your desired location.

Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, but you only need to swipe your  nger in lighter and quicker strokes.

This  nger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as  icking through the contacts or the message lists.

Rotate For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning

the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger on-screen keyboard.

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Keyboard

Using Swype Text Entry Method

Entering text using the Swype keyboard

Swype lets you enter a word with one continuous motion: just drag your  nger over the letters in the word.

1. Tap Input options to open Input options menu. Tap Select input method and select Swype.

2. Place your  nger on the key with the  rst letter of the word and drag your  nger to each subsequent letter without lifting your  nger o the screen.

3. Continue until you have  nished the word. Lift your  nger after the last letter.

4. If Swype cannot clearly determine your word, the word choice window opens. Select an alternative word from the list.

• For example, to enter ‘love’ : Trace from top of the keyboard and without lifting, glide your  nger back down to the next letter of the word.

• good : To enter a double letter within a word, make a small circle on the letter.

l to o to v to e. To capitalize a letter, glide your  nger from the  rst letter up past the

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• 123... : To enter characters on the upper half of the key, tap and hold the key. When the character list appears, you can enter special characters, symbols, and numbers. Or, tap to enter several symbols or numbers.

• I’ll: To enter apostrophes in common words, drag through the ‘ .

• Swype auto-spaces after each word. To add a period, comma, exclamation/question mark you simply drag from the punctuation mark to the spacebar. Swype will automatically insert the character in the correct place and automatically insert a space in anticipation of the next word.

• If Swype doesn’t know the word, you can tap the letter keys to enter it. To add words to Swype’s dictionary, tap in the letters of the word, then select it from the word choice list. Tap the prompt that appears to add the word. To remove a word from the dictionary, highlight only the word that you want to delete, and then tap the

• For more information, tap and hold and tap How to Swype.

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Using the Android Keyboard

You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, tap anywhere in a text  eld to open the keyboard.

Android keyboard is similar to a desktop computer’s keyboard.

NOTE

You can change keyboard settings including User dictionary through the settings menu.

From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Language & keyboard. Or tap

Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard.

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1 The characters you’ve typed appear in a strip above the keyboard with word predictions to the right. Tap a suggested word to

enter it. You can also save the characters you’ve typed by tapping it twice in a strip above the keyboard.

2 Shift key. Tap once to capitalize the next letter you type. Tap it twice for all caps. 3 Symbol key. Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard. 4 Tap to open Input options and tap and hold to select input method. 5 Voice input key. Tap to input by voice. 6 Backspace key. Tap to delete the previous character. 7 Enter key. Tap to create a new line.

1. Tap the text  eld to open the onscreen keyboard.

2. Tap the onscreen keys to type.

3. Use

4. When you’ve  nished typing, tap

to erase characters to the left of the cursor.

Back to close the keyboard.

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To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

Tap

on the numeric keyboard

Tap

Tap and hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key To open a pop up menu to select an accented vowel or other alternate letter.

Tap and hold

Tap and hold a number or symbol key To open a pop up menu of additional symbols. Not all keys have additional symbols.

• Tap and hold the main keyboard to open an extension keyboard, with numbers and symbols. To enter a number or symbol from that keyboard, slide your  nger onto it and then lift your  nger. When you lift your  nger, the extended keyboard will no longer be visible.

• When you tap a key, a larger version displays brie y over the keyboard. Keys with alternate characters display an ellipsis (...) below the character.

To switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard.

To view additional symbols, tap it again to switch back.

To open a pop up menu with a set of common symbols.

Changing the keyboard language

Selecting the Android keyboard languages

1. Tap a text  eld to open the onscreen keyboard.

2. Tap

Input options > Android keyboard settings.

Or tap and hold

> Input options > Android keyboard settings.

3. Tap

Input languages > Select one or more languages.

4. Tap

Back to save.

Changing the keyboard language

If you’ve selected more than one keyboard language, the active keyboard language is displayed on the Space bar. You can switch languages easily as follows:

1. Tap and hold .

2. Without lifting your  nger, move it to the left or right until the language you want appears in the center of the small window above

3. Lift your  nger.

If you have many languages available, you may have to repeat the above steps to reach your desired language.

Entering the text by speaking

You can use voice input to enter text. Voice input is an experimental feature using Google’s speech-recognition service. You must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use voice input.

Turning on voice input

If the onscreen keyboard does not display , voice input is not turned on or you have con gured it to display only on the symbol keyboard.

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1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap Menu > Settings.

2. Tap

• You can also tap and hold on the onscreen keyboard. In the alternate menu that opens, tap Input options > Android

3.Tap

4. Tap the option for where you want to use

Language & keyboard > Android keyboard.

Or tap

keyboard settings

Input options on the onscreen keyboard > Android keyboard settings.

Voice input.

(On main keyboard or On symbols keyboard). Or tap O to turn o voice input.

Entering text by speaking

You can enter text by speaking, in most places that you can enter text with the Android keyboard.

1. Tap a text  eld.

2. Tap the

3. When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter.

• Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation.

• When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service, entered in the text  eld and underlined. You can tap

• You can edit the onscreen text by typing or speaking.

on the keyboard.

to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears.

Adding, Editing or Deleting Words in the User Dictionary

Sometimes you may need to add a word to the predictive text dictionary, for example, a name or a specialized technical word. If you want to add a word to your User dictionary while entering text, tap and hold the word and select Add ** to dictionary.

Adding a word manually

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap Menu > Settings.

2. Tap

3. Tap

4. Type the word > Tap

Editing or deleting a word

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap Menu > Settings.

2. Tap

• To edit words from the dictionary, tap the word you want to edit >

• To delete words from the dictionary, tap the word you want to delete >

Language & keyboard > User dictionary.

Menu > Add.

OK.

Language & keyboard > User dictionary.

Edit > Edit the word > Tap OK.

Delete.

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Editing Text

You can select, copy or cut the text you’ve entered, then paste it in another text  eld within the user interface.

NOTE

Some applications may offer different text editing methods.

Selecting text

1. Tap the text  eld.

2. Move the cursor to the beginning or end of the desired text by tapping in the location you want the cursor.

3. Tap and hold the text  eld.

4. Tap

Select word in the pop up menu.

• Or tap

5. Drag your  nger to move the text cursor to a letter within the text that you want to select. The selected text is highlighted in

Select all to select all the text in the text  eld.

orange.

Cutting and copying the text

1. Select the text to cut or copy it.

2. Tap and hold the selected text.

3. Tap

Cut or Copy in the menu that opens.

• If you tap

paste it into another text  eld.

NOTE

Be sure to only cut one section of text at a time, as the clipboard only saves a single text string.

Cut, the selected text is removed from the text  eld. In this case, the text is saved to the clipboard, so that you can

Pasting the text

1. Cut or copy the text to paste.

2. Tap the text  eld where you want to paste the text and move the cursor to your desired location.

• You can paste text that you copied from one application into the text  eld in any other application.

3. Tap and hold then select

• The text is inserted after the cursor. The text also remains in the clipboard, so you can paste that same text into another location.

Paste in the pop up menu.

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Getting Started

Google Account

You must sign in to a Google account to use Gmail, Google Calendar, and other Google applications; to download applications from Play Store; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.

Registering a Google account

Gmail, Play Store, and other applications require a valid Google account for use. You will be prompted to login in to Google the  rst time you use these applications.

1. Tap Sign in to register your Google account.

• If you don’t have a Google account, tap

2. Enter your Google account

Username and Password > Tap Sign in.

Create instead. See the next section for more details.

Creating a new Google account

1. Tap Create > Enter First name, Last name and Username > Tap Next.

2. Enter a password in to the

• Password tip: Your password must be a minimum of 8 characters in length.

3. Select

4. Read through Google Terms of Service > Tap

5. Enter the letters shown on the screen > Tap

Security question and enter the Answer, which will be needed if you forget your password and then enter a Secondary

> Create.

Type a password, Con rm password  elds, then tap Next.

I agree, Next.

Next > Finish.

Adding a Google account

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2. Tap

3. Tap

Accounts & sync > Add account.

Google > Tap Next.

4. Tap

5. Enter your Google account

• The Authority

• If you have the same contact across multiple Google accounts, you can merge duplicates into a single item in the contact list.

supports multiple Google accounts.

Username and Password > Tap Sign in > Finish.

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Removing a Google account

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2. Tap

3. Select the account to be deleted > Tap

Accounts & sync.

Remove account > Remove account.

• All information associated with that account will be deleted. This includes contacts, emails, messages, calendar events, etc. At least one Google account is required for normal phone operation.

NOTE

You cannot remove the first Google account you added to your phone except by resetting your phone to the factory defaults and

erasing all of your user data.

Getting to Know the Home Screen

The Home screen is displayed when the device is in idle mode. You can add your favorite apps, shortcuts, folders and widgets to the Home screen so they’re only a tap away.

The Home screen is actually  ve separate screens. Slide your  nger the left or right and you’ll discover more space to add icons, widgets, and more. Tap

NOTE

To change number of Home screens, from the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Display > Number of home

screens > Select 3 screen, 5 screen or 7 screen > OK.

Home to return to the center Home screen.

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Previewing the Home screens

1. From any Home screen, tap and hold Apps.

2. When you choose a desired Home screen, the display shifts to the selected Home screen.

Customizing the Home Screen

The Home screens and display wallpaper are extensively customizable.

Home screen customization options

1. Open the Home screen you want to customize.

2. Tap

3. On the menu that appears, select from the following choices.

Shortcuts

Widgets

Folders

Wallpapers

Menu > Add. Or just tap and hold an empty area on the Home screen.

Shortcuts can cover such functions as Applications, Bookmark, Contact, Cricket Navigator, Direct dial, Direct message, Directions & Navigation, Email, Gmail label, Music playlist, Music playlist and Settings.

Widgets are mini-applications for functions as Analog clock, Calendar Agenda, Calendar Month, Data On/ O , Facebook, Google Play Music, Google Search, Google+, Home screen tips, Latitude, Music, News & Weather, Notes, NQ Mobile Security, Picture frame, Play Store, Power Control, Radio, Tra c, Tra c Manager, TuneIn Radio, Twitter (large), Twitter (small) and YouTube.

If you create a new folder, you can drag icons into the folder to organize them. You can also select All contacts, Bluetooth received, Contacts with phone numbers or Favorite contacts.

You can choose from your Gallery photos, Graphics, Live wallpapers or Wallpapers to change the display background.

Moving an item on the Home screen

1. From the Home screen, tap and hold the item you want to move until it vibrates. Don’t lift your  nger.

2. Drag the item to a new location on the Home screen.

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3. Lift your  nger at the location where you want the item.

To add a shortcut to any application from the Launcher, tap Apps, tap and hold the item, then drag it o the Launcher and onto a Home screen.

Removing an item from the Home screen

1. From the Home screen, tap and hold an item until it vibrates. Don’t lift your  nger. The Dock menu changes into the .

2. Drag the item to the

3. When the item turns red, lift your  nger.

Changing the Wallpaper of the Home screen

1. From the Home screen, tap Menu > Wallpaper. Or just tap and hold any empty area on a Home screen >

Wallpapers.

2. Tap one of the following:

Gallery

Graphics

Live wallpapers

Wallpapers

Choose a photo from your camera gallery or memory card storage. You can crop the image before setting it as the w

Choose image from your downloaded DRM image from Storefront app.

Choose from pre-loaded animated wallpapers. Additional live wallpapers can be downloaded from the Pla

y Store.

Choose from the pre-loaded animated or static wallpapers. Additional wallpapers can be downloaded fr

om the Play Store.

allpaper.

3. Tap Save or Set wallpaper.

Renaming a folder

1. Tap the folder to open it.

2. Tap and hold the title bar of the folder window.

3. Enter a new name in the dialog box that appears, and then tap OK.

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Essential Display Icons

Status icons

You can tell a lot about your phone when you understand the icons in the Status bar. Here’s what each one means:

Signal strength/Basic icon is white and icon color is changed to green when Google account is syncronized

No signal GPS is on and active

1X CDMA connected Vibrate only mode

1X CDMA in use Speakerphone is on

EvDo connected Silent mode-no audio or vibration

EvDo in use Bluetooth is on

Airplane mode Bluetooth device connected

Data synchronizing No battery

TTY connected

Synchronization error

Wi-Fi signal strength Wired headset connected

Wi-Fi/when connected to Google service Wi-Fi hotspot connected

Tethering or USB connected

It indicates that battery is remaining (Empty to full charge states)

Noti cation icons

Noti cation icons in the Status bar alert you to items that may require your attention such as new messages, calendar event reminders, missed call noti cations, etc. Here’s what each one means:

Call in progress Downloading data

Missed call Uploading data (animated)

Connected to a computer via USB cable General Warning Icon

Storage card memory is low USB debugging connected

More (not displayed) noti cations No microSDTM card installed

New Google Talk instant message microSDTM card is being prepared

New voicemail Upcoming event

New message Microphone is muted

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

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Alarm is set

New Gmail Wi-Fi is on and wireless networks are available

Connected to or disconnected from VPN Song is playing

New Email Car mode is active

Notifications Panel

When you receive a new noti cation, an icon will be displayed in your Status bar at the top of your screen.

Viewing and responding to Noti cations

1. Tap and hold Status bar, and then slide your  nger downward to open the Noti cations panel. You can set your phone such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. with these icons without the need to go to Settings application.

• Drag the screen to the left to see more icons.

Wi-Fi on / o . Tap and hold it to go directly to Wi-Fi settings.

Bluetooth on / o . Tap and hold it to go directly to Bluetooth settings.

GPS on / o . Adjust the brightness of the screen.

Data on / o .

Sound on / o . Tap and hold it to go directly to Sound settings.

2. If you have multiple noti cations, you may need to scroll to see them all.

3. Tap a noti cation to respond to it.

• Tap

Clear to clear all Noti cations.

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Airplane mode on / o .

Noti cation  ash on / o .

Data synchronizing on / o . Tap and hold it to go directly to Accounts & sync settings.

Landscape mode of the screen on / o .

Closing the Noti cations panel

Drag the bottom bar of the panel up. Or just tap Back.

Opening and Switching Between Applications

The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, shows the icons of all installed applications on your phone.

Opening and closing the Launcher

1. To open, from the Home screen, tap Apps.

2. To close, tap

Home or Back.

Switching to a recently used application

1. From any screen, tap and hold Home.

2. Tap an icon to open the application or tap Back to return to your previous screen.

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Sleep Mode

Sleep mode saves battery power by turning o your display. You will still receive messages and calls when the display is turned o .

Switching to Sleep mode

Press Power/Lock to switch your phone to Sleep mode.

Your phone automatically turns o the display after a period of inactivity. To customize the screen timeout settings, from the Home screen, tap

Waking up from Sleep mode

Your phone automatically wakes up when you have an incoming call.

Apps > Settings > Display > Screen timeout.

To wake it up manually, press

Power/Lock. You’ll need to unlock the screen as described below.

Unlocking the screen

On the lock screen, tap the left or right side of the screen and swipe all of the way across the screen to unlock the screen. If you fail to unlock the screen during the third attempt, the screen will show tip for unlocking the screen. The screen unlocks automatically when you answer an incoming call.

NOTE

If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, pin, or password, you will be asked to draw the pattern on the screen or enter the

PIN or password to access the phone software.

Activating Secure Screen Lock

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap Menu > Settings.

2. Tap

• If you have already con gured the screen lock, tap

3. Tap

• If you select ‘

Location & security > Set up screen lock.

Change screen lock to change how to lock or unlock your screen.

Pattern, PIN, or Password. And then, enter a custom pattern, PIN or password as prompted.

None’, screen unlock security is cancelled.

Adjusting Volume

Ringtone and Media volume are independent of each other and adjusted separately.

Adjusting the ringer volume

From the Home screen, press Volume up or Volume down on the left side of the phone to adjust the ringer

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volume to your desired level.

• While in the lowest ringer volume level, press Volume down once to set your phone to Vibrate mode. To set your phone to Silent mode, from the Home screen, tap

Silent mode

Apps > Settings > Sound > Vibrate > Select Never or Only when not in

• While in the Silent mode or Vibrate mode, press

Volume up once to switch to ringtone mode.

Adjusting the media volume

While playing music, watching a video or using preloaded or downloaded games or applications, press Volume

up or Volume down on the left panel of the phone to adjust the media volume.

Adjusting the earpiece volume for phone calls

During a phone call, press Volume up or Volume down.

Adjusting the volume via Settings menu

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings. Or tap Menu > Settings.

2. Tap

3. Drag the volume sliders left or right to adjust your phone’s Ringtone, Media, and Alarm. Your phone plays a sample tone at

NOTE

Sound > Volume.

the selected volume level while you drag the slider.

If you uncheck the option to use incoming call volume for notifications, you can set the notification ringtone volume

independently.

4. When you’re done, tap OK.

Searching Your Phone and the Web

The search key is a powerful part of the AuthorityTM’s software and enables you to quickly locate  les, contacts, and applications. You can also search the web using your favorite web search service.

1. From the Home screen, tap Search. Or tap Apps > Search.

2. Begin entering text, or tap a previously used search term.

• As you enter the text, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search will appear on the screen.

3. Tap a suggestion to go directly to that result.

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1 Type in your search criteria.

2 Tap to search by voice.

Setting search options

1. Tap Search.

2. Tap

Menu > Search settings.

3. Tap any of the following:

Device Search

Web Google Search Use My Location, Search on google.com, Terms of Service, Open Source Licenses.

Searchable items Opens list of searchable locations on your phone.

Clear on-device history Clear search history for on-device content and apps.

Using Voice search

1. Tap and hold Search. Or tap the

2. Speak what you want to search for.

3. Searched words with similar pronunciations are listed. If you select a desired search result, the Google result appears with the corresponding keyword.

• If you speak inaccurately, the desired keyword may not appear.

in the Google search box or in the Browser’s URL box.

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Connecting Your Phone to a Computer

Copying  les to/from the microSDTM card

You can copy your music, photos, and other  les to the microSDTM card of your phone.

NOTE

This option is available only when a microSDTM card is inserted into the slot of your phone. While your phone is connected to a

computer, USB Mass storage mode prevents you from using applications that access the memory card.

1. Connect your phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable.

2. Open the Noti cations panel > Tap

3. Tap

Turn on USB storage.

USB connected.

On your computer, the connected phone is recognized as a removable hard drive.

4. Navigate to the removable drive and open it.

5. Do one of the following:

• Copy the  les from the computer to the microSD

• Copy the  les from the phone’s microSD

card to a folder in your computer.

card’s root folder.

6. After copying the  les, unmount the removable drive (that is, your phone) as required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your phone.

7. After you have unmounted the removable drive, you can disconnect the phone from the computer.

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Phone Calls

Making Calls

The simplest way to make a call is to dial the number directly. You can also call numbers listed in your call log or Contacts list.

Making a call from the dialer screen

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone. Or tap Apps > Phone.

2. Tap the number you want to dial.

• If you make a mistake, tap

3. Tap

• The Calling screen is shown and the

• To change the volume during a call, press

4. To end the call, tap

to erase a single character. Tap and hold to erase the entire string.

appears in the Status bar while the call is active.

Volume up / Volume down.

End Call.

Making a call using dial search

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone.

2. Start typing the  rst few numbers you want to dial. Matches contacts are displayed.

• Tap

3. Tap the matching contact in the list > Tap

at the right of the screen to view the matched contacts list.

Entering a Pause/Wait

Pause and wait options can help you dial additional numbers such as a voicemail password, or phone banking system menus.

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone.

2. Tap the number you wish to dial > Tap Or tap and hold

•

Add 2-sec pause : Your phone will wait for 2 seconds then continue to dial the remaining numbers automatically.

• Add wait : Your phone will wait with the message, ‘Send the following tones?’ until Send is tapped, then continue dialing the remaining numbers.

* to enter Add 2-sec pause or tap and hold # to enter Add wait on the keypad.

Menu > Add 2-sec pause or Add wait.

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Making an international call

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone.

2. Tap and hold

3. Tap the country code, area code, and phone number.

4. Tap

0 until the international pre x ‘+’ appears.

Calling a number from the Call log

Your phone logs all incoming and outgoing calls.

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone > Call log. Or tap Apps > Contacts > Call log.

2. Tap

• Calls are listed with the most recent at the top.

• Calls to the same phone number are grouped together.

• Scroll up or down to view additional entries in the log.

• If you want to edit a number before calling, tap and hold the desired number, and then tap

at the right of any entry to dial.

Edit number before call.

Making a call from the Contact list

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone > Contacts. Or tap Apps > Contacts.

2. Scroll through the contact list.

• To  nd a speci c contact, you can search by tapping contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. Or you can use the tab on the right hand side of the screen to scroll through the alphabetical contacts.

3. Tap the contact you want to call.

4. Tap

Search or tap Menu > Search. Enter the name of the

Making an emergency call

Your phone supports international emergency numbers such as 911. Emergency calling is supported anywhere the phone has a network signal.

Making an emergency call

1. From the Home screen, tap Phone.

2. Tap the emergency number for your location. This is usually

3. Tap

4. To end the emergency call, tap

End Call.

Making an emergency call while the phone is locked

1. When your phone is no service status, Emergency call button is displayed on the lock screen. Tap Emergency call.

911, *911 or #911.

2. Tap the emergency number for your location. This is usually

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911, *911 or #911.

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