Alcatel Vodafone Smart II User Guide

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User manual

Vodafone Smart II

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The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this manual to ensure accuracy of the contents, but all statements, information, and recommendations in this manual do not constitute a warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. Read the safety precautions and safety information carefully to ensure that you use this wireless device in a correct and safe manner.

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Table of Contents

1 Your phone ...................................................................................................6

1.1 Keys and connectors ..................................................................................................6

1.2 Getting started ..............................................................................................................8

1.3 Home screen ...............................................................................................................13

1.4 Applications list..........................................................................................................22

2 Text input ................................................................................................... 24

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard ..............................................................................24

2.2 Text editing ..................................................................................................................25

3 Phone calls, Call log and Contacts ................................................... 26

3.1 Phone .............................................................................................................................26

3.2 Call history ...................................................................................................................30

3.3 Contacts ........................................................................................................................31

4 Google Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google Talk ............................. 38

4.1 Google Messaging ....................................................................................................38

4.2 Gmail/Email ................................................................................................................44

4.3 Google Talk ..................................................................................................................49

5 Google Calendar & Alarm clock & Calculator ............................... 52

5.1 Google Calendar ........................................................................................................52

5.2 Clock ...............................................................................................................................54

5.3 Calculator .....................................................................................................................56

6 Getting connected .................................................................................. 57

6.1 Connecting to the Internet ...................................................................................57

6.2 Browser ..........................................................................................................................60

6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices.......................................................................67

6.4 Connecting to a computer via USB ................................................................... 68

6.5 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection ............................................69

6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks ...........................................................71

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7 Google Play Shop ................................................................................... 73

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install ....................................73

7.2 Download and install ...............................................................................................74

7.3 Manage your downloads ........................................................................................76

8 Multimedia applications ...................................................................... 78

8.1 Camera/Camcorder .................................................................................................78

8.2 Gallery ............................................................................................................................81

8.3 YouTube ......................................................................................................................... 83

8.4 Music ..............................................................................................................................84

8.5 Sound Recorder .........................................................................................................86

8.6 Videos.............................................................................................................................87

8.7 FM Radio .......................................................................................................................87

9 Google Maps ............................................................................................. 89

9.1 Get My Location .........................................................................................................89

9.2 Search for a location ................................................................................................90

9.3 Star a location .............................................................................................................91

9.4 Get driving, public transport or walking directions .....................................92

9.5 Arrangement of layers ............................................................................................94

9.6 Join Latitude to see your friends' locations and share yours with them ....94

10 Others ......................................................................................................... 98

10.1 FileManager .................................................................................................................98

10.2 SyncML Client .............................................................................................................98

10.3 Torch ............................................................................................................................... 99

10.4 Other applications ....................................................................................................99

11 Settings .................................................................................................... 100

11.1 Wireless & networks .............................................................................................. 100

11.2 Call settings .............................................................................................................. 102

11.3 Sound .......................................................................................................................... 103

11.4 Display ........................................................................................................................105

11.5 Location & security ............................................................................................... 105

11.6 Applications .............................................................................................................. 107

11.7 Accounts & sync ..................................................................................................... 109

11.8 Privacy .........................................................................................................................110

11.9 SD card & phone storage .................................................................................... 111

11.10 Language & keyboard ..........................................................................................112

11.11 Voice input & output .............................................................................................115

11.12 Accessibility ............................................................................................................. 116

11.13 Date & time ............................................................................................................... 117

11.14 About phone ............................................................................................................ 118

12 Making the most of your phone.......................................................119

12.1 FOTA Upgrade ..........................................................................................................119

13 Product Safety Information ...............................................................120

14 Telephone warranty .............................................................................129

15 Accessories ............................................................................................ 131

16 Troubleshooting .................................................................................... 132

17 Specifications ......................................................................................... 137

Your phone

1.1 Keys and connectors

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1 Headset connector 8 Volume down 2 Power key 9 Back key 3 Loudspeaker 10 Search key 4 Menu key 11 Loudspeaker 5 Home key 12 Flash 6 Micro-USB connector 13 Camera 7 Volume up 14 Camera key

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Power key

• Short press: Wake the phone when in sleep mode Lock the screen. End a call when active.

• Long press: Turn the phone on Choose Silent mode, Airplane mode or Power off

Home key

• Short press: Return to the Home screen or back to the central

Home screen if it is extended.

• Long press: Enter the recently used applications list.

Menu key

• On the Home screen, press to quickly access Settings menu or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customise your Home screen by adding applications or changing wallpaper.

• On other screens, press to view options list.

Back key

• Go back to the previous menu or screen.

Search key

• Open Search bar for searching within an application, the phone or web.

Volume Keys

• Adjust the volume during a call, or when playing music or videos.

• Adjust the ring tone volume in general mode.

Camera key

• Long press: Start up the camera.

• Short press: take a photo or start/stop recording a video when on

camera or video preview screen.

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Set up

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your phone and remove the battery before inserting or removing the SIM card.

Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove the card, press and slide it out.

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Your SIM card must be 3V or 1.8V compatible. If your SIM card does not work, please

contact Vodafone, as it may be an older 5V SIM.

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Installing and removing the microSD card

To release the microSD card holder, slide it in the direction of the arrow and lift it. Then insert the microSD card with the golden contact downward. Finally, fold down the microSD holder and slide it in the opposite direction to lock it.

Installing or removing the battery

• To install, insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover.

• To remove the battery, first power the phone off. Then unclip the cover and

remove the battery.

Charging the battery

Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket respectively.

• The phone will be switched on when charging the battery.

• Be careful not to force the plug into the socket.

• Make sure the battery is correctly inserted before connecting the charger.

• The mains socket must be near to the phone and easily accessible (avoid

electric extension cables).

• When using your telephone for the first time, charge the battery fully (approximately 4 hours).

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging status is indicated by a lightning icon and an increasing level of green in the battery symbol ( ) on the top icon bar.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when the battery is fully charged: disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

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1.2.2 Turn on your phone

Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take some seconds before the screen lights up.

If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your telephone. Store this information in a safe place when not in use.

Set up your phone for the first time

The first time you power on the phone, you are asked to touch the Android logo to begin. And then sign into your Google account to synchronise email, contacts, calendar and other Google applications

• Select your Language: Touch Change language to select the phone's language, then touch Next.

• Read the information on the screen, then touch Next or Skip.

• Mobile Data Explained: Mark/Unmark the check box to choose the Data Enabled or the Data Roaming, then touch Next.

• Setup Wi-Fi: Touch set Wi-Fi to add new Wi-Fi network. Touch Skip to enter next option, you could set it later at Settings/Wireless & networks/Wi-Fi settings.

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• Apps make life easier: If you have a Google Account, touch Setup Now/ Sign in, then enter your user name and password. If you forget your

password, you can go to http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. If you don’t own a Google Account, you are prompted to create one by touching Create. Touch Skip to enter next option.

• Date & time: To set up the date and time, then touch Next.

• Manage contacts or set Security: To manage your contacts or set your

phone's security, then touch Finish.

You can always go to this initial setup again by touching Applications tap/Setup Wizard.

If you don't have a SIM card inserted you can still connect to a Wi-Fi network from the Power on screen, which will let you sign on to your Google account and use some features.

1.2.3 Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone options appear, select Power off.

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Application availability is dependent on the country you're based in.

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1.3 Home screen

You can bring all the things you use most frequently (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) to your Home screen for quick access. Press the Home key to switch to the Home screen.

Status bar

a b c

The real Home screen depends on different districts and operators.

The Home screen also includes other screens on either side of it to allow for more space for adding applications, shortcuts, etc.

Touch the small dots on either side of the Applications tab to move to the next screen available. Touch & hold the dots to display thumbnails of the other screens, then touch a thumbnail to open it.

• Status/Notification indicators

• Touch & drag down to open the notification panel.

Search bar

• Touch a to enter Search options: All, Web, Apps, Contacts, etc.

• Touch b to enter text search screen.

• Touch c to enter voice search screen.

Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.

Touch to access Browser

Applications tab

• Touch to open main menu.

• Touch and hold to display thumbnails of all your Home screens.

• Touch to access the dial screen.

• Touch to access Call log if you have missed call(s).

Touch & hold

To enter the available options for an item, Touch & hold the item. For example: select a contact in Contacts, Touch & hold this contact, and an option list will then appear on screen.

Drag

Place your finger on the touchscreen to drag an object to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web pages… You could slide the screen horizontally too.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

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Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.

1.3.2 Status bar

From the Status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information (to the left side). When the Status bar is full, “ ” icon will appear, touch to display hidden icons.

Status icons

GPRS connected GPS is on

GPRS in use

EDGE connected Speakerphone is on

EDGE in use

3G connected No signal

3G in use No SIM card installed

HSPA (3G+) connected Vibrate mode

HSPA (3G+) in use Ringer is silenced

Connected to a Wi-Fi network Phone microphone is mute

Bluetooth is on Battery is very low

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode Battery is partially drained

Alarm is set Battery is full

Signal strength Battery is charging

Receiving location data from GPS

Roaming

Battery is low

Notification icons

New Gmail message More notifications are hidden

New text or multimedia message

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

New Google Talk message Missed call

New voicemail Call on hold

Upcoming event Call forwarding is on

Data is synchronizing Uploading data

Problem with sign-in or synchronisation

microSD card is full Download finished

No microSD card installed

Connected to VPN

Disconnected from VPN Radio is on

Song is playing System update available

USB tethering is on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Both USB tethering and portable hotspot are on

Call in progress (green)

Call in progress using Bluetooth headset (blue)

Downloading data

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Phone is connected via USB cable

Car mode Headset connected

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Notification panel

To open the notification panel, touch & drag down from the Status bar or press the Menu key and touch Notifications. Touch & drag up to close it. From the Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information.

Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain).

1.3.3 Search bar

The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the phone or the web.

a Touch or press the keypads to search by text

b Touch to search by voice

c Touch to enter the suggested text for quick search

d Touch to search the web

Search by text

• Touch Search bar or press the Menu key then touch Search from the Home screen, or press Search key from other applications screen.

• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.

• Touch if you want to search on the web.

Search by voice

• Touch from Search bar to display a dialog screen.

• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search results will

display for you to select from.

1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password.

To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section “11.5.2 Screen unlock/ Set up screen lock” for detail settings)

• Press Menu key from the Home screen, touch Settings, then touch Location & security/Set up screen lock/Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern, you can also press Menu key for help.

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Draw your unlock pattern

1.3.5 Personalise your home screen

Add

You can add shortcuts, widgets or folders to the Home screen by touching & holding an empty area, or pressing the Menu key, and touching Add. The Add to Home screen will appear, offering a range of options.

Touch to confirm by drawing pattern again

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Press Menu key from the Home screen, touch Settings, then touch Location & security/Set up screen lock/PIN or Password.

• Set your PIN or password.

To lock phone screen

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

To unlock phone screen

Draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to wake up the screen. If you did not set the unlock screen, drag right the lock icon to

unlock it.

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• Shortcuts

To add a shortcut to the Home screen, such as applications, bookmark, contact, etc.

• Widgets

To add a widget to the Home screen, such as clock, calendar, etc.

• Folders

To add a folder to the Home screen, such as new folder, contact folder, etc.

To improve the organization of the Home screen items (shortcuts, widgets), you can add them to a folder by touching and dragging them onto the folder of your choice. To rename a folder, open it, Touch & hold the folder’s title bar to open the Rename folder dialog box, then enter the new folder name and confirm with OK.

Reposition

Touch & hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, then drag it to the place you want and release it. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen page.

Remove

Touch & hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode. Drag the item to the top of the Applications tab, which will then turn red, and release.

Wallpaper customisation

Touch & hold an empty area or press Menu key and touch Wallpaper on the Home screen, a popup window named Select wallpaper from will appear, offering a range of options. Gallery includes pictures you have taken, cropped or downloaded. Live wallpaper include a scrolling list of animated wallpapers. Wallpapers includes all preset wallpapers in the phone. Slide left and right to locate a desired image, touch Set wallpaper to confirm.

1.3.6 Applications tab

Touch on the Home screen to enter applications list.

To return to the Home screen, press the Home key.

Consult recently-used applications

To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the Home key from the Home screen. Touch an icon in the window to open the related application.

1.3.7 Volume adjustment

Using volume key

Press Volume up/down key to adjust the volume. While in the lowest volume level, your phone will now be switched to Silent mode or Vibrate mode

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Using Settings menu

Press Menu key from the Home screen, then touch Settings/Sound, you can set ringer, media and phone ringtone volume to your preference.

Sound on/off

When the screen is locked, drag left the icon to switch sound off, drag right the icon or to switch sound on

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1.4 Applications list

The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed applications.

To access the Applications list, touch from the Home screens. To return to the Home screens, press the Home key.

1.4.1 Normal mode and sort mode

Applications can be managed in two modes. To switch between the two modes, press Menu key from applications list screen, and touch Switch view.

• Normal mode

All applications are listed in alphabetical order.

(default)

• Sort mode

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The phone setting will vary depending on the changes made to the default settings

in Settings/Sound/Phone vibrate.

All applications are sorted by several categories.

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1.4.2 Managing Categories

There are 8 categories in total: 5 categories are predefined, and you can add 3 more.

Press the Menu key, and select Edit to enter edit mode. Within edit mode you can now customise categories.

• Rename Category

• Remove Category

• Add a category

• Move an application

among categories

Locate the category you want to rename, touch to display options menu, then touch Rename Category. When finished, touch OK.

Locate the category you want to remove, touch to display options menu, then touch Remove Category.

Press the Menu key, then touch Add Category to create a new category name. When finished, touch OK. You can select some applications to move into the new category, and confirm by touching OK again.

Locate the application you want to move, touch to display the categories list, then touch the desired category name.

Text input

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard

An onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program requires you to text or numbers.

Onscreen keyboard settings

Press the Menu key from the Home screen, then select Settings/Language & keyboard/Swype (or Android keyboard) to see the various keyboard

settings. Scroll to select the keyboard style you want to change.

Change the onscreen keyboard orientation

Turn the phone sideways or upright to change the onscreen keyboard orientation. You can also change it in the keyboard settings (press the Menu key in the Home screen, then Settings/Display/Quto-rotate screen).

2.1.1 Standard Android keyboard

Touch to enter text or numbers, Touch & hold to select input method.

Touch to enter the symbol

Touch & hold to enter

Touch to switch "abc/ Abc/ABC" input mode

Touch to switch to

symbol and numeric

keyboard

Touch to enter Input options.

an accent of the letter. Touch to enter Voice input.

Touch & hold, then select to enter symbol/ emotion.

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2.1.2 Swype keyboard

Touch to enter text or numbers. Touch & hold to select input method.

Touch & hold to enter

Touch to switch "abc/

Abc/ABC" input mode.

Touch & hold for

Swype settings and

additional information.

Touch to enter numbers, symbols, etc.

multiple choices mode.

Touch to switch back to last chosen word. Touch & hold to change input language.

2.2 Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Touch & hold text you have entered

• An options list pops up

• Select the operation you need (Select all, Select text, Cut all, Copy all,

etc.)

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Phone calls, Call log and Contacts

3.1 Phone .............................................................................

3.1.1 Making a call

To quickly open the Phone application:

• Touch from the Home screen.

• Touch the Applications tab from the Home screen and select Phone.

Touch and hold to

access voicemail

Touch to add to Contacts

Enter the number you want using the keyboard, or select a contact from Contacts, Call log or Favourites by touching the upper tabs, then touch to place the call.

The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching or pressing the Menu key and touching Add to Contacts.

Press the Menu key to add 2-sec pause or wait.

If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching .

To hang up a call, touch End or Power key when the Settings/Accessibility/

Power button ends call option is activated.

International call

To dial an international call, Touch & hold enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and finally touch .

Emergency call

If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency number and touch to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.

3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call

When you receive an incoming call, drag the green phone icon over to the right to answer.

When you receive an incoming call, but don’t want to answer, you may decline it by dragging the red phone icon over to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.

To mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press the Volume up/

down key.

3.1.3 Calling your voicemail

Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine that you can consult at any time.

To access your voicemail, Touch & hold on Phone tab.

To set your voicemail number, enter Settings/Call settings/Voicemail settings.

If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon appears on the Status bar. Open the Notification panel, touch New voicemail.

3.1.4 During a call

To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key.

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Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to retrieve the call.

Conference calls

You can set up a conference call.

• Place a call to the first participant of the conference call.

Touch to display Dialpad.

Touch to end the current call.

• Touch icon .

• Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to conference and

touch icon . You can also add participants from Contacts, Call log or Favourites.

• Touch icon to start conference call.

Touch to switch between bluetooth headset and phone.

• During a conference call, touch to drop a participant or to talk Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to unmute the call.

Touch to activate the speaker during the current call. Touch this icon again to deactivate the speaker.

privately to one of the participants. Touch to drop the participant from the conference, touch to talk privately to the participant and hold on other participants.

• Touch to end the conference call and disconnect all callers.

To avoid misoperation on touchscreen during a call, screen will be locked automatically when the user put the phone close to his/her ear, and it will be unlocked when put the phone away.

3.1.5 Managing multiple calls

With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time.

Swap calls

When you accept two calls, touch icon , you can now switch between two lines. The current call is put on hold and you have joined in the other call. Press the Menu key to display options list.

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3.2 Call history

You can access your call history by touching from the Home screen and touching Call log. Touch on the right side of contact/number to place a call directly. There are three kinds of calls in Call log:

Missed calls

Outgoing calls

Incoming calls

Touch or touch & hold a contact or number to view information or further operations.

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Depending on your network operator.

You can view detailed information of a call, launch a new call or send messages to a contact or number, or add numbers to Contacts (only available for phone numbers), etc.

To clear the entire call memory, press the Menu key then touch Clear call log.

3.3 Contacts ........................................................................

Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.

You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your phone.

When using Contacts for the first time you will be asked to add new contacts, import contacts from SIM card (please refer to “3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing” for detailed information), or synchronize contacts from other application accounts to your phone.

3.3.1 Consult your Contacts

To access the Contacts, touch the Applications tab on the Home screen, then select Contacts.

Touch to view your favourite contacts.

Following actions are enabled:

• New contact

• SIM contacts

• Display options

Add new contacts to the phone.

Manage contacts stored in SIM card.

Choose contacts to display, for example only contacts with phones, other application contacts if any, etc.

• Accounts

Manage the synchronization settings for different accounts.

• Import/Export

Import or export contacts between phone, SIM card, and microSD card.

• More/Sync

• More/Delete

Launch synchronization with the account you set.

Select and delete unwanted contacts.

3.3.2 Adding a contact

Press the Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New contact.

You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another easily.

Touch to view the contact’s detailed information.

Touch icon to open Quick Contact panel.

Touch & hold a contact to display its option menu.

You can also press the Menu key to display contacts list option menu.

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Touch to select a picture for the contact.

Touch to unfold the other predefined labels of this category.

Touch to add other new labels to this categor y.

Touch to delete the selected label.

Touch to open a menu with preset labels.

When finished, touch Done to save.

Add to/remove from Favourites

To add a contact to Favourites, Touch & hold a contact to display the contact’s option menu, then touch Add to Favourites. Or you can also touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to Favourites (the star will turn gold in color).

To remove a contact from Favourites, select Remove from Favourites on the contact’s option menu or touch the gold star on contact details screen.

3.3.3 Editing your contacts

To edit contact information, Touch & hold the contact whose information is to be edited, then touch Edit contact. When finished, touch Done.

Change a contact’s default phone number

The default phone number (the number which has priority when making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed under the contact name. To change the default phone number, Touch & hold the number you want to set as the default number from the contact's details screen, then select Make

default number. A appears after the number.

Divert calls to voicemail/Set ringtone for a contact

On the contact's detail screen, press the Menu key to display contacts list options menu, touch Options, then select Incoming calls or Ringtone.

When one contact has been set to send calls directly to voicemail, if he/ she calls, your phone will not ring and the caller will be sent directly to your voicemail.

Delete a contact

To delete a contact, press the Menu key and touch Delete contact from contact details screen or directly touch & hold a contact from Contacts screen to display contacts list option menu then touch Delete contact. Touch OK to confirm.

The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or web the next time you synchronize your phone.

3.3.4 Communicating with your contacts

From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making a call or exchanging messages.

To launch a call to a contact, locate the contact or number you want to call, then touch . You can also touch & hold the contact or number, then touch Call contact.

To send a message to a contact, touch & hold the contact or number you want to send a message to, then touch Text contact. You can also touch on the right side of the contact from contact details screen.

Use Quick Contact for Android

Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android, then you can touch the icon for the way you want to connect.

The icons available on Quick Contact bar depend on the information you have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone.

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3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing

This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/microSD card and export contacts to a microSD card which can then be used to back up your information.

From the Contacts screen, press the Menu key to open options menu, touch

Import/Export, then select Import from SIM card, Export to SIM card, Import from SD card, Export to SD card or Share visible contacts.

To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, touch the contact you want to import/export, then touch OK to confirm.

To import/export all contacts from/to your SIM card, mark the Select all check box, then touch OK to confirm.

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, MMS, Gmail, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, press the Menu key and touch Share from contact details screen, then select the way you want to share it.

3.3.6 Displaying contacts

You can configure which group of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. To hide/display contacts that don’t have phone numbers, press the Menu key from contacts list screen, touch Display options, then activate or deactivate Only contacts with phones by touching it. Finally, touch Done to save. The same operation for other two options: Sort

list by, View contact names as.

3.3.7 Joining/Separating contacts

To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing contacts in a single action.

Touch the contact which you want to add information to, press the Menu key and touch Edit contact, then press the Menu key again and touch Join.

At this time, you are required to select the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The information from the second contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will no longer be displayed in the Contacts list.

To separate contact information, touch the contact whose information you want to separate, press the Menu key and touch Edit contact, then press the

Menu key again and touch Separate, touch OK to confirm.

3.3.8 Accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.

To add an account, press the Menu key from Contacts list, touch Accounts, then touch Add account tab; or access it by pressing Menu key from the Home screen, then touch Settings/Accounts & sync/Add account.

You are required to select the kind of accounts to add, like Google, Corporate, etc.

As with other account set ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc.

You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information from the phone.

Open the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account you want to delete, then touch Remove account and confirm.

Useful icons:

Indicates that the account is configured to synchronize automatically with your phone.

Indicates that the account is not configured to synchronize automatically with your phone.

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Background data

Activate or deactivate Background data to control whether applications or services data can be transmitted when they are running in the background. Applications can synchronize, send, and receive data at any time if activated.

For example, if deactivated, Gmail will stop receiving new emails until you touch the Refresh or send an email.

Auto-sync

When activated, all changes to information on the phone or online will be automatically synchronized to each other.

Sync manually

You can synchronize an account manually on Accounts & sync settings screen, and you must touch an account in the list on this screen, press the

Menu key and touch Sync now.

Google Messaging, Gmail/ Email, Google Talk

4.1 Google Messaging ......................................................

You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS messages with your phone.

To start, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, then select Messaging.

All messages you receive or send out can only be saved in phone memory. To view older messages stored on your SIM card, press the

Menu key in the Messaging screen, then touch Settings/Manage SIM card messages.

4.1.1 Write a message

In the message list screen, touch New message to write text/multimedia messages.

Touch to create a new message

Touch to view the whole message thread

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Sending a text message

Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch to add numbers from your Contacts, then touch the Type to compose bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch Send to send the text message.

An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear on the lower right corner below Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.

Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.

Sending a multimedia message

MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.

An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are added.

To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the To bar, touch Type to compose bar to enter the text of the message. Press the Menu key to open the option menu, touch Add subject to insert a subject, and touch Attach to attach picture, video, audio or slide.

When finished, touch Send MMS to send the multimedia message.

Attach options:

• Pictures

• Capture picture

• Videos

• Capture video

• Audio

• Record audio

• Contact

• Appointments

• Slideshow

Access Gallery application or File manager to select a picture as attachment.

Access Camera to capture a new picture for attaching.

Access Gallery application or File manager to select a video as attachment.

Access Camcorder to record a new video for attaching.

Access to select an audio file as attachment.

Enter voice message recorder to record a voice message for attaching.

Access Contacts to attach a vCard of a contact.

Access Calendar to attach an appointment.

Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to create a new slide, and touch currently existing slide to edit it (see following picture). Press the Menu key to get more actions, like setting the slide duration, adding music, etc.

Touch to go to previous or next slide.

Touch to preview the current slide.

Touch to edit the title of this slide.

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