Brava DM-994, VEGA IIIa DM-993a, VEGA IV User Manual

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VEGA IV DM-994 from Brava

User Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing the VEGA IV DM-994, the Dual Mode Android smart phone from Brava. This
smartphone is running on Android OS 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). If you’d like your phone to live a long and
fruitful life, please read this guide carefully and keep it for future reference. You never know when you
might need it.

Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) is the Operating System for your Touch Screen Smartphone

And don’t worry if the pictures we use to demonstrate your phone’s functions look a little different
from what you see on its screen. It’s the functions that matter.

Copyright©2013 Brava Techno Corporation Ltd.

All Rights Reserved

No part of this manual is allowed to be reproduced or forwarded in any form or by any means without
prior written consent of Brava.

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Table of Contents

1 Safety ................................................................................................................................................. 1

Safety Precautions .................................................................................................................................. 1

Using your phone safely ......................................................................................................................... 1

2 Basics ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Inside the box .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Product Overview .................................................................................................................................... 5

Before turning on your phone ................................................................................................................ 12

3 Getting started ................................................................................................................................ 16

Turning on your phone ............................................................................................................................ 16

Turning off your phone ............................................................................................................................ 16

Preinstalled widgets and applications ................................................................................................... 16

Home ......................................................................................................................................... 19

Phone status and notifications ............................................................................................................... 21

Personalize your phone .......................................................................................................................... 25

Copying files to and from the Storage card .......................................................................................... 28

4 Phone calls ........................................................................................................................................ 29

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

Received Calls ......................................................................................................................................... 31

During Call options .................................................................................................................................. 32

Call Log (History)..................................................................................................................................... 33

Favorites .................................................................................................................................................. 33

5 Contacts ............................................................................................................................................. 34

Managing your Contacts ........................................................................................................................ 35

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6 Text Input and keyboard ............................................................................................................. 37

Using the onscreen keyboard ................................................................................................................ 37

Changing the onscreen keyboard layout .............................................................................................. 37

7 Messages ........................................................................................................................................... 38

Sending text and multimedia messages ............................................................................................... 38

Setting text and multimedia message options ..................................................................................... 41

8 Emails and Accounts ...................................................................................................................... 44

Email Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 44

Delete Email Account .............................................................................................................................. 45

Read Email messages ............................................................................................................................ 45

Send Email messages ............................................................................................................................ 46

Gmail Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 46

9 Internet ............................................................................................................................................. 47

10 Tools ................................................................................................................................................... 52

11 Camera ............................................................................................................................................... 54

12 Gallery ................................................................................................................................................ 57

Viewing photos and videos .................................................................................................................... 57

Watching video ........................................................................................................................................ 57

13 Music .................................................................................................................................................. 58

Access and play music ........................................................................................................................... 58

Add songs to new play list ...................................................................................................................... 58

Delete play lists ....................................................................................................................................... 59

14 Maps and location .......................................................................................................................... 60

Using Google Maps ................................................................................................................................ 60

15 Wireless communication .............................................................................................................. 62

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Wi-Fi Connection ..................................................................................................................................... 62

Bluetooth® ............................................................................................................................................... 65

FM Radio .................................................................................................................................................. 66

16 Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 67

Dual SIM Settings ................................................................................................................................... 73

Wireless & networks ............................................................................................................................... 69

Call Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 73

Sound ......................................................................................................................................... 74

Display ......................................................................................................................................... 75

Location & security .................................................................................................................................. 77

Applications.............................................................................................................................................. Error!

Bookmark not defined.

Accounts & sync ...................................................................................................................................... 80

Privacy ......................................................................................................................................... 83

Storage ................................................................................................................................................... Error!

Bookmark not defined.

Language & keyboard............................................................................................................................. Error!

Bookmark not defined.

Accessibility ............................................................................................................................................. 84

Date & time .............................................................................................................................................. Error!

Bookmark not defined.

About phone ............................................................................................................................................ 88

17 Maintenance Guideline ................................................................................................................. 90

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Safety Precautions

Please read through the following briefings carefully, and act in accordance with these rules, so

as to prevent causing any danger or violating any law.

 Your mobile phone model has been designed to compile with applicable safety requirements for

exposure to radio waves. The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit of measurement
called Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The recommended SAR limit for mobile handset is 1.6
W/Kg averaged over a 6 minutes period and taken over a volume containing a mass 1g of
human tissue.

 The highest SAR value for this mobile phone model is 1.150w/kg averaged over a 6 minutes

period and taken over a volume containing a mass 1g of human tissue.

 Use cell phone when the signal strength is good.
 If you are using a Bluetooth headset device, please make sure it has a low power emitter.

Using your phone safely

On The Road

Using a phone while driving is illegal in many countries. Please follow local laws and drive safely at all
times.

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Near Sensitive Electronics

Don’t use your phone near sensitive electronic equipment – particularly medical devices such as
pacemakers – as it could cause them to malfunction. It can also interfere with the operation of fire
detectors and other automatic-control equipment.

For more information about how your phone affects pacemakers or other electronic equipment,
please contact the manufacturer or your local distributor.

Your phone may cause interference when used near TVs, radios or automated office equipment.

While Flying

Your phone can cause interference with aircraft equipment. So it’s essential you follow airline
regulations. And if airline personnel ask you to switch off your phone, or disable its wireless
functions, please do as they say.

In Hospital

Your phone may interfere with the normal operation of medical equipment. Follow all hospital
regulations and turn it off when you’re asked to by posted warnings or medical staff.

At a Petrol Station

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Don’t use your phone at petrol stations. In fact, it’s always best to switch off whenever you’re near
fuels, chemicals or explosives.

Around Water

Keep your phone away from water (or any other liquid). It’s not a waterproof model.

Making Repairs

Never take your phone apart. Please leave that to the professionals. Unauthorized repairs could break
the terms of your warranty.

Broken Antenna

Don’t use your phone if the antenna is damaged, as it could cause injury.

Around Children

Keep your mobile out of children’s reach. It should never be used as a toy and it might not be good

for their health.

Original Accessories

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Only use the original accessories supplied with your phone or those approved by the manufacturer.
Using unapproved accessories may affect performance, make the warranty void, break national
regulations on the use of mobile phones, or even cause injury.

Near Explosives

Turn off your phone in or near areas where explosive materials are used. Always obey local laws and
turn off your phone when requested.

Emergency Calls

To make an emergency call your phone must be turned on and in an area where there’s network
coverage. Dial the national emergency number and press ‘send’. Explain exactly where you are and
don’t hang up until help has arrived.

Working Temperature

The working temperature for the phone is between 0 Degree and 40 Degree Celsius. Please don’t use

the phone outside the range. Using the phone under too high or too low temperature might cause
problems.

At very high volume, prolonged listening to a mobile phone can damage your hearing.

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Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

 Phone
 USB cable
 Battery
 AC Charger
 3.5mm cord headset
 User manual and running guide
 Warranty card

Product Overview

This section provides an overview of the smart phone, including the locations of the connectors and
controls and phone specifications.

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Phone Layout

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MENU

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Volume up

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BACK (Return)

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Volume down

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Microphone

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Micro-USB port

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HOME

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Speaker

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Receiver

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Flash light

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3.5mm headset jack

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Power button

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Front-facing camera

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Multi-touch screen

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5 megapixel AF camera

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MENU

Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen.

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BACK button
(Return)

Press to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options
menu, the Notifications Panel, or onscreen keyboard.

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Microphone

The built-in microphone captures sound and voice when it is used with
an application capable of handling audio.

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HOME

While on any application or screen, press to return to the Home
screen.
Press and hold to open the recently-used applications window.

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Receiver

Listen to incoming call

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3.5mm jack

Connect headphones to the connector to listen to sound from the phone
or connect a microphone to record audio or make calls. You can also
connect a headset with an integrated microphone that uses a combined
audio/microphone connector.

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Front-facing
camera

Your phone has a VGA front-facing camera, which you can use to take
pictures, create videos, or make video calls in collaboration with Web
applications.

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5MP main
camera

Your phone has a 5-megapixel rear-main camera with auto focus
function, which you can use to take pictures and create videos.

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Volume UP

While on a call, press to increase earpiece volume.
While not on a call, press to increase the ringer volume.
While watching videos or listening to the FM radio, press to increase the
volume.

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Volume Down

While on a call, press to decrease earpiece volume.
While not on a call, press to decrease the ringer volume.
While watching videos or listening to the FM radio, press to decrease the
volume.

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Micro USB
connector

Use the supplied USB cable to connect a personal computer to the micro
USB connector for data transfer.
You also can use the supplied USB cable and the AC charger to charge
the phone when the battery power is low.

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Speaker

Speaker for incoming call, music, and others.

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LED flashlight

Flash light is used for camera photos capturing, you can use the LED
flash light as an electric torch.

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Power button

When the phone is off, press to turn on the phone.
When the phone is on and the screen is unlocked, press to turn the
phone display off or on.
Press and hold power button to open the phone options menu that lets
you turn off the phone, switch your phone to silent mode, vibration
mode, or airplane mode.

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Multitouch
screen

Touch the screen to use the controls on the screen including buttons,
menu items, and the onscreen keyboard.

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Phone Specifications

Processor

 Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8625 Quad Core 1.2GHz

Operating system

 Android 4.1.2 Jelly bean

Memory

 RAM 1GBB/ ROM 4GB (2GB System memory/ 2GB Internal storage)

Display

 Size: 5.0-inches
 Screen resolution: 540x960 Pixels IPS LCD
 Automatic brightness control
 Capacitive Multitouch technology

Integrated cameras

 Main Rear camera; 8.0 Megapixel Auto Focus with flash LED
 Front-facing camera; VGA camera

Connectors

 One micro USB connector
 SIM card slot
 UIM card slot

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 Micro SD card slot
 3.5mm headset jack

Wireless features

 GSM GPRS/EDGE
 CDMA-1X/EVDO Rev. A
 Wireless LAN
 Wi-Fi hotspot/ USB tethering/VPN
 Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE technology
 FM radio

Size

 144x73x9.9mm

Battery

 2000 mAh Li-ion battery

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Before turning on your phone

Installing the SIM/UIM cards

Your Subscriber/Universal Identity Module (SIM/UIM) card identifies you to the wireless network.
Your phone will not work without the SIM/UIM card.

To install a SIM/UIM card, do the following:

1. Open the battery cover on the back of your phone.

2. Detach your SIM/UIM card.

3. Lift the battery up and out of your phone.

4. Insert the GSM Card to SIM slot and CDMA Card to UIM slot aligning the metal contactors in

the phone.

5. Reinstall the back cover

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Battery

Your phone comes with a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery and is designed to use only manufacturer­specified original batteries and accessories. Battery performance depends on many factors, including
network configuration, signal strength, the temperature of the environment in which you operate
your phone, the features and/or settings you select and use, items attached to connecting ports, and
your voice, data, and other program usage patterns.

Installing the battery

1. Open the battery cover on the back of your phone.

2. Align the battery's contact points with those of the phone and gently press the battery down

into place.

3. Replace the battery cover clicking it back into position.

Removing the battery

1. Switch off your phone (Press and hold power button for a few seconds then choose Power

off).

2. Open the battery cover.

3. Lift the battery up and out of your phone.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Charging the battery

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1. Connect the charger to your phone, and plug it into a socket.

2. The battery indicator in the corner of the screen will scroll to show you it’s charging.

3. When fully charged, the battery indicator will stop scrolling.

4. Disconnect the charger from your mobile, and unplug it.

Memory Card

Store your documents, pictures, music, and applications in the microSD card.

Inserting the Storage card

1. Remove the back cover.

2. Insert the Micro-SD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it into its

place.

3. Replace the battery cover

Removing the Memory Card

card.

1. Open the battery cover.

2. Lift the memory card up and out of your phone.

3. Replace the battery cover.

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This section helps you quickly start using your phone and provides you with information about the
Preinstalled widgets and applications.

Turning on your phone

Once you’ve installed your battery, you can turn on your phone and start using it. To turn on your

phone Press the POWER button .

Turning off your phone

If you do not need to use your phone, you can turn the power off to save battery life.
If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn the display back on.

Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed.
Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.

When the Phone options menu appears, tap Power off.

Preinstalled widgets and applications

This topic provides an overall introduction to the widgets and applications that may preinstalled on
your phone.

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Widgets:

A widget is a small application window that you can place on a Home screen to provide quick and
easy access to information, an application or a function.
The following table provides a list of examples of some helpful widgets that might be preinstalled on
your Phone:

Widget

Description

Calendar

Check for the date and scheduled events for that date. Tap to open the
Calendar application.

Contact

View selected contacts. Tap to easily get in touch with the contact.

Digital clock

View the current time.

Google
Search

Search for contacts or an application in your phone, also for information
on the Internet.

Gmail

Check for recently received e-mails from your Gmail account.

Play Store

Access Android Market to download thousands of applications.

Music

Play music or other audio files.

Facebook

View last shares in your page, tap to open the current share and open
your facebook application.

Applications

An application is a software program that enables you to perform a specific task.
The following table lists some applications that might be preinstalled on your phone.

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Appication

Description

Gmail

Manage and view your Gmail account messages

Gtalk

The known application for communication by chatting, voice, and video
calls through the internet.

Youtube

View and play the Youtube videos in your phone.

Facebook

Stay connected to your Facebook account to view and share the latest
updates in your page.

Email

Manage your Email account, send and receive your email messages
through the different accounts.

Play Store

Access Android Market to download thousands of applications, games,
and media.

Music

Play music or other audio files.

Google Maps

Viewing Google maps.

Navigation

Locations and navigating by Google maps.

File Browser

Browse and manage your memory files.

News &
weather

Get the latest weather updates and latest news in the different fields.
My prayer

Prayer times, Hijri date, and alarm for each pray time.

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Home

Home screens

As the starting points to use your phone, Home screens display the status of your phone and provide
you with access to applications. By default, the main Home screen is displayed whenever you turn on
your phone or press the Home button.

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Status Bar: Presents icons to show network status, battery power, and connection details.
Notification area displays those icons associated with end-user notifications such as: email

messages, calls, etc.
Google search is an on-screen Internet search engine powered by Google™. Touch to access the
Voice Actions feature where you can verbally enter a search term and initiate an online search.

• Widgets are self-contained on-screen applications (not shortcuts). These can be placed onto any
of the available screens (Home or extended).

• Shortcuts are icons that launch available device applications such as Camera, YouTube, Voice talk,
Contacts, Phone, Email, Play Store, etc.

Extended Home screen

The Home screen extends beyond the screen width to provide more space for adding icons, widgets,
and more.
There are five Home screens. Tap a blank area on the screen and slide your finger left or right
horizontally to view the other Home screens.

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You can customize the five Home screens to meet your personal preferences. For example, you can
change the main Home screen, add or remove widgets or applications shortcuts, change the
wallpaper and so on.

Hint: The default home screens contents maybe changed from what is shown in the above photo.

Phone status and notifications

Phone status icons

These are the icons that may appear on the phone status area of the status bar:

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3G data (EVDO) is connected and active

1x data is connected in idle status (no data transfer)

GSM EDGE data service is connected

Wireless connection Wi-Fi is on

GSM Signal strength

Flight mode

CDMA-1X/3G(EVDO) signal strength

Battery level

Bluetooth is on

Vibration mode is activated

Speaker is on

No signal

Microphone is muted

Cord headset is connected

Data synchronization is in progress

Alarm is set to on

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Notification icons

The icons that may appear on the notifications area of the status bar:

New Email message

New Gmail message

New Facebook message

New Gtalk message

New SMS

Calendar notification

USB mode is connected

New application update is available

General warning notification

Missed call

Music is playing

USB debugging mode is connected

Call in progress

Memory is full

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Checking notifications

Notification icons on the status bar report the arrival
of new messages, calendar events, alarms , missed call and so on.
You can also open the phone setting meny by tapping the Settings
icon next to the date displayed in the dropped panel.
You can also open widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off
certain settings of your phone, such as WLAN, Data, GPS,

RotateLock, Brightnees , Bluetooth, Mute.

Opening the Notifications panel

When a new notification icon displays in the status bar,
press and hold the status bar, then slide your finger
downward to open the Notifications panel.

Closing the Notifications panel

Do one of the following:

1. Press and hold the bottom bar of the Notifications panel, then slide your finger up the

screen.

2. Press the Back button.

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Personalize your phone

Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen

Place application icons on your Home screen to open applications quicker.
You can also add shortcuts for a music playlist and many other items to your
Home screen.
The shortcuts available depend on the applications that are installed on your
phone.

1. Touch the All Apps icon on your Home screen.

2. Touch Apps at the top of the screen.

From the main applications screen, you can

 Move between screens: swipe left or right.
 Drag a Apps to a Home screen: Touch and hold the application

icon, drag the App to an empty area on the Home screen where you
want to place it, and lift your finger.

Delete icons on the main interface

1. Long press the icon on the main interface until it’s enlarged.

2. Drag the icon into Remove Area on the top of he screen to delete it.

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Adding a widget to your Home screen

A wide selection of widgets is available for you to choose from, such as
Calendar, Music, Photo Album, and more. You can also install new widget
for the different applications that you can download and install from
Google Play. To a dd a widget to one of your home screens:

1. Touch the All Apps icon on your Home screen.

2. Touch Widgets at the top of the screen.

From the main Widgets screen, you can

 Move between screens: swipe left or right.
 Drag a widget to a Home screen: Touch and hold the

widgets icon slide your finger where you want to place it, and lift
your finger.

Create folders on your Home screen

Use folders to group related applications and other shortcuts to keep your Home screen tidy and
organized.
To creat folders in the HOME screen follow the steps:

 Press and hold an application icon ,move and drop it onto the top of another application icon then

a folder will be created.

 You can add more apps into this folder with the same step.
Simply tap the folder to open it so you can access the applications and shortcuts inside the folder.

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Renaming a folder

1. Tap the folder to open it.

2. Press the folder bellow title bar.

3. Enter a new folder name and then tap OK.

Wallpaper

Personalizing your Home screen wallpaper with your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to
change the feel of your phone and give it a fresh look. Browse the collection of wallpapers included in
your phone or choose from photos that you have taken with the camera.
You can also change your Home screen to use an animated wallpaper.
You can change the wallpaper by one of the following:

1. Press HOME > MENU , and then tap Wallpapers.

2. Or Long press “Home screen” to open the menu “Choose wallpaper from”, then choose

Wallpapers

You can choose the wallpaper you want from:

 Gallery
 Live wallpapers
 Wallpapers

and Select the wallpaper and press “Set wallpaper” to complete.

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Copying files to and from the Storage card

Connect the phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
When the Connect to PC notice appears in notification panel, press and hold the status bar, then
slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel and press on the option Charging , then
tap USB mass storage. the connected phone is recognized as a removable disk. Navigate to this
removable disk and open it. Do one of the following:

 Copy the files from the computer to the phone’s storage card’s root folder.
 Copy the files from the phone’s storage card to a folder in your computer or computer

desktop.

 Copy files from the computer to the internal storage.
 Copy the files from internal storage to a folder in your computer or computer desktop.

After copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected phone) as required by
your computer’s operating system to safely remove your phone.

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Making Calls

VEGA IV DM-994 from Brava is a Dual Mode smart phone that enables you dialing either through the

CDMA or GSM network. You can tap to make call using CDMA UIM card or tap to
make call using the GSM SIM card.
You can call number using your phone either by dialing a number directly, or using the Smart Dial
feature to search and call a contact in your contacts list or a number from call history.

1. Press HOME , and then tap the phone icon .

2. when you enter digits or letters, the panel displays numbers and names that match the keys you

tapped.

If you enter a wrong digit, tap to erase that digit. to erase the entire number, press

and hold .

3. Tap “All Match Items” to close the phone keypad and to see the matching numbers or

contacts. To browse through the filtered list, slide your finger up or down the list slowly.

4. To make a call, do one of the following:
 If there are no matching contacts in the list, after entering the number, tap Call icon of G or C

for making the call.

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 If matched contact is there, tap the phone number or contact from the list.
 To call a different phone number associated with the contact, tap the associated number that

appear in the filtered list.

Smart Dial

The phone dialer’s Smart Dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call. Simply enter

the phone number or first few letters of the person you want to call. Smart Dial automatically
searches and filters your contacts list stored on your phone, and the phone numbers from the call
history.

Calling a phone number in a text message

1. Press HOME , tap Applications , then tap Messaging , and then tap the message

with the phone number.

2. Inside the message, tap the number you want to call.

3. new menu will appear with options “Make call”, “save as contact” and “copy” .

4. Tap “Make call” to call the number in the message.

Making a conference call

To make a conference call you can make a call to the first party. after establishing the connection,
make call to the second party then choose merge from the in-call options, to do follow the steps (this
service may differs from the GSM operator to the CDMA operator):

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1. Press HOME , and then tap . dial the first number you want to call.

2. Tap add call fom in-call options, then enter the second party number you want to add

to conference, then press dial icon,

3. When the second party answer tap “Merge calls” .

4. Now you can speak a conference call with all parties.

Making an emergency call

On the phone dialer screen, dial the Local Emergency number , then tap Call.
Your phone can only operate when in a CDMA or GSM service area.

Received Calls

When you receive a phone call from a contact, the incoming call screen appears and displays the
caller ID icon, name, and phone number of the calling party. When you receive a phone call from
someone who is not stored in Contacts, only the default caller ID icon and phone number appear on
the incoming call screen.

Answering an incoming call

The display will turn on showing the incoming call screen. Tap the green answer icon and slide
your finger horizontally to the right to answer the incoming call.
To mute the ringing sound without rejecting the call, Press any VOLUME button.

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Rejecting an incoming call

 When you receive a phone call , the incoming call screen displays the caller ID.
 Tap the red reject icon and slide your finger horizontally to the left to reject the incoming

call. You can also reject the call by sliding up to send a short message

During Call options

When making call there are many options you can choose from:

Add Call : you can invite many participants to a conference call, this feature deponds on the
Network operator support for the service.

Ending a call:Tap this icon to end the call.

Dial Pad : to input numbers during the calls.

Bluetooth/Speaker : to connect/disconnect bluetooth headset so you can speak without

holding the phone or to operate the loud speaker during the call.

Mute : to mute your voice to the other party.

Hold : to hold the call.

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Call Log (History)

When you miss a call, the missed call icon ( ) appears in the Status bar. check the Call log in the
dial pad screen to check who the caller was or view all your dialed, received and missed calls.

 Press HOME , and then tap phone icon . press Call log.
 The screen will be splitted into two sections

the left for all Calls: (All, missed , received, dialed).
the right for all Cards: (CDMA and GSM, CDMA, GSM).

 You can check the dialed, received and missed calls by

filtering the calls from the All calls list.

 In the call log list, each call are indicated by its

appropriate icon as missed call, answered call, or dialed call. Also, each call is identified by its
network icon iether CDMA call (C) or GSM call (G).

Favorites

The favorates tab contains the prefered contacts that are frequently used by you for quickly
calling or sending message. You can add any contact from your contacts list to favorates list by
taping the Star of the contact so it will appear in the favorates list.

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In Contacts, you can easily manage your communications with contacts via phone, messaging, and
email.
If you are synchronizing contacts with your Google account, with your
PC, and/or with an Exchange Server, any contacts stored in those
accounts are displayed in contacts.
The contacts on your phone are synced with your Google account
contacts stored on the Web.
To view the contacts on your phone do one of the following:

 Press the HOME , and tap Contacts .
 Press the Home key and tap send key , then choose

Contact tab in the top of the screen.
The contacts you select as favorites are listed in the Favorites tab.
If your contact is online and if you are signed in to Google Talk, their online status will appear.

Browse through your contacts by sliding your finger up and down on the screen. Tap the screen to
stop the scrolling.
TIP: To find a contact quickly from the Home screen, press the search botton then type the name
you want to search. Your contact list appears and resolves to the letters you have typed.

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Managing your Contacts

Add a new contacts

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. On the bottom of the contact screen, tap add new +.

3. Select where to save the Contact, for example CDMA, GSM, Phone or Gmail Account.

4. Tap the Name field, enter the first and last name of the contact.

5. Enter the contact information in the fields provided.

6. In the top of the screen tap Done to save the contact information. Or back button to cancel and

go back to contacts screen.

Display contacts

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. On the contact screen, You can select from the following:

Contacts: to display all the contacts you have created or that has been added automatically.
Favorites: to display the contacts you have added as favorites.
Groups: to display the contacts you have added in specific groups such as Family, Friend, Work

and so on.

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Editing/ Deleting contacts

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. To edit a contact, tap the contact name from the contact list, tap the Menu icon and then tap

Edit.

3. To delet e a contact, tap the contact from the contact list, tap the Menu icon , and then tap

Delete.

4. To join the same contacts, press MENU, and then tap Auto Join.When asked to confirm, tap OK.

Backing up your contacts to the Storage Card

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. Press MENU, and then tap Import/Export > Export to SD card.When asked to confirm, tap OK.

Importing contacts from the Storage Card

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. Press MENU, and then tap Import/Export > Import from SD card.

Contacts display options

1. Press HOME , and then tap Contacts .

2. Press MENU, and then tap Contacts to display.

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3. Change in the display options and select from the available contacts types that you want to

display in the contacts list.

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Using the onscreen keyboard

When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard
becomes available.

Changing the onscreen keyboard layout

Your VEGA IV Phone from Brava comes with the default keyboard and differnet keyboards, You can
choose from layouts to suit your typing style. To change the keyboard type, do the following:

 While you are opening a text box, such as writing message, press in the text field to show the

default keyboard , in the notification bar slide down to chose the “Select input method”. then

a list of available keyboard will appears.

 Select the keyboard layout that you want to use. Choose from the following example:

 Android Keyborad. This is the default keyboard layout.
 Go Keyboard keyboard has many features supporting arabic and English.

Hint: You can install any other different keyboard from the Google Play market.

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Messages lets you compose and send text (SMS) and multimedia messages
(MMS) to other mobile phones.

To open your message inbox, press HOME , and then tap Application
icon > Messaging.
You can scroll down to view more messages.

 Red point indicates unread messages in the list.
 Tap to open the message and read the content.
 Messages are listed as threads, each thread shows the messages

history of each sender/receiver.

Sending text and multimedia messages

Send short text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) to other mobile phones. If you
exceed the limit on the number of characters for a single text message, your text message will be
delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message. These are called concatenated
messages.
Multimedia messages can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice, an audio or video file, a
picture slideshow.

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The Messages application automatically converts a text message into a multimedia message when
you enter an email address in the “To” field, add a message subject, attach an item, or compose a
message.
Hint: The MMS downloading process depends on the default Data Connection which can be set form
the Setting->Wireless & network->Mobile Networks->Data connection.

Sending a text message

1. Press HOME , and then tap Messages.

2. On the All messages screen, tap on the left bottom of the screen

to write a new message.

3. Fill in one or more recipients. You can:
o Enter phone numbers directly in the “To” field. If you’re sending

the message to several phone numbers, separate the phone
numbers with a comma.

o Tap the icon, and then select the phone numbers of the

contacts to whom you want to send the message. You can also
select contact groups as recipients.

o When you have selected all the message recipients, tap Done.
o Tap the text box that contains the text “Tap to compose”, and then start writing your

message.

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o When done, tap Send to send the text message.

To receive delivery reports and know when a text message is received, in the All messages
screen, press MENU and then tap Settings. In the SMS settings section, select the Delivery
reports check box.

Sending a multimedia (MMS) message

1. Press HOME , and then tap Messaging.

2. On the All messages screen, tap new message. The Compose screen opens.

3. Fill in one or more recipients. You can:

o Enter phone numbers or email addresses directly in the “To” field. If you’re sending the

message to several recipients, separate the phone numbers or email addresses with a comma.
As you enter information, any matching phone numbers or addresses from your contacts list
are displayed. Tap a match to enter that number or address directly.

o Tap the icon, and then select the contacts to whom you want to send the message. You

can also select contact groups as recipients.

4. When you have selected all the message recipients, tap Done.

5. You can add a subject line by pressing MENU and then tapping Add subject.

6. Tap the text box that contains the text “Type message”, and then start writing your message.

7. In the right top of the screen tap icon Attach .

On the Attach window, select from the following file attachments:

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Picture: attach Pictures from your storage card.
Capture Picture: Select Camera to take a photo and attach it.
Videos: attach a video from your storage card.
Capture video: Select Camera to take a video and attach it.
Audio: to attach a music file or voice recording from your storage card.
Record audio: Select Voice Recorder to make a voice recording and attach it.
Slideshow: Opens the Edit slideshow screen. Tap Add slide to create a new slide. Tap the

created slide (for example, Slide 1), tap Insert picture, and then select the picture you want to
add to the slide. You can also navigate to the text box and enter a caption for the picture. When
finished, tap Done to attach the slideshow to your message.
VCard: Select to send a contacts in the message.

8. When you have finished composing the multimedia message, tap CDMA or GSM to Send.

Setting text and multimedia message options

Press HOME , and then tap Messaging. On the All messages screen, press MENU and then tap
Settings to set the text or multimedia message options. You can set the following:
Delete old messages: to delete old messages as limits are reached.

Storage Settings
Text message limit: set the number of SMS messages from the same sender before deleting old.

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Multimedia message limit: set the number of MMS messages from the same sender before
deleting old.

SMS settings

Delivery reports

Select this option to receive a report on the delivery status of your message.

CDMA card messages
manage messages stored on your CDMA UIM card.
GSM card messages
manage messages stored on your GSM SIM card.

MMS Settings

Delivery reports

Select this option to receive a report on the delivery status of your message.

Auto-retrieve

Select this option to automatically retrieve all your MMS messages completely.
When selected, the MMS message header plus the message body and attachments will
automatically download to your phone. If you clear this check box, only the MMS message header
will be retrieved and shown in your All messages screen.

Roaming auto-retrieve

Select this option to automatically retrieve your MMS messages while roaming on other networks.

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MMS READING MODE

Vertical mode

Select this option if you want to view the mms message in vertical sliding screen to read them.

Notification settings

Notifications

Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a new text or
multimedia message arrives

Select CDMA ringtone

Select a ringtone that is specific to CDMA UIM recieved SMS and MMS messages.

Select GSM ringtone

Select a ringtone that is specific to GSM SIM recieved SMS and MMS messages.

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Your VEGA IV phone can receive messages from your POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts at anytime
and anywhere wherever there is internet connection.

Email Setup

Add e-mail account

1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

2. Tap Email icon . The Email setup screen appears guiding you through the setup process. If

your Email has already an account, then after opening the email application press options then
accounts then add account.

3. Tap Next.

4. Slide open the display to reveal the keyboard.

5. Type your e-mail address and password to your e-mail account.

6. Tap Next.
 The application will automatically configure the settings for many common e-mail services.

Before you go to your Inbox, you can name the account (if you don’t, your e-mail address will
be used). You are also asked to type your name as you want it to display on outgoing
messages. You must complete this field before you can tap Next and go to your Inbox.

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 If your account is not automatically configured, follow the prompts to type the e-mail server,

protocol, and other account information yourself. After your account settings have been
verified, tap Next to go to your Inbox.

Delete Email Account

You can always remove a POP3 or IMAP e-mail account from your phone. To delete:

1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

2. Tap Email icon to display your inbox.

3. Go to your Inbox.

4. Press the Menu key.

5. Tap accounts.

6. Tap and hold the account you want to delete.

7. Tap Remove account.

8. Tap oK to remove.

Read Email messages

1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

2. Tap Email icon to display your inbox.

3. Tap the message to open.

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Send Email messages

1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

2. Tap Email icon to display your inbox.

3. Press the Menu key.

4. Tap Compose, the keyboard will be displayed.

5. Type a name or e-mail address in the To field. Matching contacts will appear. Select the

contact or continue typing. If you want to add CC or BCC addresses, tap +Cc/Bcc.

6. Type the subject and message.

7. To attach pictures, press the Menu key.

8. Tap the Add attachment.

9. Tap Send.

If you have more than one account and want to send an e-mail from a specific account, chose that
account name by taping the menu key then accounts. After that you can press the Menu key and tap
Compose.

Gmail Setup

Your phone can receive messages from your Gmail account by signing into your phone, you are
automatically set up by signing to your Gmail account to get the different services by Google, such as
syncing your account and contacts, Google play, Gtalk, ..etc. You will be able also to receive your e­mail messages, and there are no additional steps needed to set up Gmail on your phone.

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Web Browsing

Connect

Your smartphone uses the mobile phone network (over the air) or a Wi-Fi connection to automatically
access the Web.
Note: Surfing the Web or downloading data over the mobile phone network uses your monthly data
subscription allowance.
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for faster Internet access, tap the status bar at the top of the
home screen and drag it down.
Tap the Wi-Fi icon available notification to select a preferred network.
You can connect to the internet also through the data service provided by your network service
provider either CDMA-1x/EVDO or GSM GPRS/EDGE.
Note: If you can’t connect, contact your service provider to get the correct connection settings.

To open the browser do the following:

1. Press HOME , then tap the Browser button.

2. Wirte the URL address you want to browse.

Note: You can download and install different web browsers such as Google Chrome from Google
Play Store.

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Android Market™ (Play Store)

Android Market™ provides you with direct access to software developers
throughout the world. It is the place to go to find fun games and cool
applications.

Browse contents

When you first enter Android Market, you will see featured items, a list of item
categories, a link to search, and a link to My downloads.
Scroll through the featured items or select a category to browse its contents,
then select a subcategory. Within each subcategory you can select to view
items sorted By popularity or By date.
Note that all items in a subcategory are listed in each tab; those in the By
popularity tab are sorted most popular to least popular, and those in the By
date tab are sorted newest to oldest. You can also search for specific application by its name using
the search box on the top of the play store application.

To access:

1. Connect to the internet through network operator CDMA/EVDO or GSM GPRS/EDGE, or Wi-Fi

Connection.

2. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

3. Tap Play Store .

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Social Networks

Facebook

Facebook for Android application

The Facebook application on your phone lets you keep up and stay close with your friends in

Facebook.... It offers most of the features that you are familiar with when using Facebook on your

computer, such as like, comment, share, …etc.

Press HOME , applications and then tap Facebook.
If this is your first time to use Facebook, follow the onscreen instructions to sign in to your Facebook
account.

YouTube

YouTube is a free online video streaming service that allows anyone to view and share videos that
have been uploaded by the YouTube members. You do not need a YouTube account to browse and
view videos.

Watch YouTube videos

1. Connect to the internet through network operator or Wi-Fi Connection.

2. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

3. Tap YouTube . The main YouTube screen appears showing popular video categories.

4. Tap the category and the video in that category.

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Search for YouTube videos

1. Press HOME , then tap the applications button.

2. Tap YouTube . The main YouTube screen appears showing

popular video categories.

3. Press the Menu key.

4. Tap Search.

5. Open the display to reveal the keyboard.

6. Type your search.

7. Tap Search.

Google Talk

Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program. It lets you communicate and make voice and

video chat with other people that also use Google Talk.

Signing in to Google Talk

If you signed in to your Google Account when you first set up the phone, you are already signed in to
Google Talk.

1. Press HOME , and tap the applications > Talk > Sign in.

2. Enter your Google Account username and password, and then tap Sign in.

When you are signed in to Google Talk, your online status in Google Talk will also appear in
other Google Apps such as Gmail/Google Mail and Google Maps.

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Signing out of Google Talk

If you are not going to use Google Talk for an extended period of time, we recommend that you sign
out of Google Talk to save battery power; in the Friends list, press MENU, and then tap More > Sign
out.

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VEGA IV DM-994 from Brava has several tools to help you organize your daily life such as Alarm
clock, Calendar, Calculator and you can install many other tools that may help you from Play Store.

Alarm clock

To add an alarm, press Home > Apps> Clock> Set alarm, then
Add Alarm, enter alarm details.
To turn on an alarm, tap the check box.
When an alarm sounds, select Dismiss to turn it off or tap the screen to
snooze for five minutes.

Calendar

Your calendar events can be viewed in different ways:
Tap > Agenda, Day, Week, or Month.
When you tap an event, more details appear.
Tip: Add a calendar widget to your home screen by taping and holding the
Calendar Widget and drag it into an empty space in the HOME screen.

Add calendar events

In the Calendar screen tap MENU, Chose New Event. Enter the event details like the name, start
time and other. set a reminder so you don’t forget the event.

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(When you set the reminder time to 1 minutes, it plays Alarm before 1 minute of the event start
time.)
Tip: Reminders will play only if you’ve selected a notification ringtone.
When you finish entering event details, tap DONE.

Calculator

Your calculator has basic and advanced views. To change views, press Menu > Advance
panel/Basic panel. To clear results, press clear button.

Simple torch

Your phone has simple torch application help you to light up the darkness condition using the dual
flash light.

Viewing documents

You can browse and edit your different documents such as word file, Excel, PDF, and power point by
using the different available applications for the Android operating system in the Google Play Store,
such as Kingsoft Office and Quick Office

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Camera Basics

Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos of your trip and encounters
with your phone’s 5MP camera with the Auto Focus function.
Photos and videos captured with the camera will be stored onto internal SD card or external microSD
card, according to the selected default storage in the Storage settings.

To open the camera in photo mode and take photos, press HOME , applications and then

tap Camera icon .

Viewfinder screen

When in photo mode, the Viewfinder automatically
rotates to match the direction you’re holding
your phone. This lets you easily capture photos
in portrait or landscape orientation.

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Taking a photo

press HOME , applications and then tap Camera icon .
On the Viewfinder screen, tap the options as follow:

Zoom: Before taking the photo, you can zoom in first on your subject.
Flash mode: set the flash light on , off or auto.
Exposure: Increase or decrease the amount of aperture time.
Captured Sound: Set the capture sound on or off.
Scene mode: Set the Scene mode to Action, night or Auto.
Settings: Set different settings for camera like Picture size, Focus mode, Face Detection, Colour

effect, anti Banding and Restore defaults.

Select the camera: to change between the front camera or back camera.

Capturing a video

press HOME , applications and then tap Camera icon ..
in the camera screen, you can switch to the camcorder mode by taping the camcoder
button.
If your subject is dimly lit, tap the Flash button

on the Viewfinder screen turn on the camcorder flash.

You can also set other options as follows:

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Zoom: you can zoom in/out during capturing the video.
Flash mode: to turn on the camcorder flash.
Record Sound: Set the capture sound on or off of starting and ending the recording.
480P: to set video quality SD(720x480), high, low and MMS low.
Settings: Set settings for camera like anti Banding and Restore defaults.
Select the camera: to change between the front camer or back camera.

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By using the Gallery application, you can view photos and watch videos that

you’ve taken with your phone’s camera, downloaded, or copied onto your

storage card.

To open the Gallery, press HOME , applications and then tap Gallery

icon .
For photos that are in your storage card, you can do basic editing such as
rotate and crop. You can also easily make a photo as your contact picture
or wallpaper and share photos with your friends.
Simply tap an album to view the photos and/or videos in that album.

Viewing photos and videos

After selecting an album from the Gallery application’s Albums screen, you can browse through the

photos and videos of that album either in filmstrip or grid view. Tap a photo or video to view it in full
screen.

Watching video

The screen automatically switches to landscape mode when you play a video. Use the onscreen
controls to play, pause, or stop the video. The video is displayed in full screen size.

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Enjoy listening to songs and music on your phone using the Music
application.

To open the Music, press HOME , applications and then tap

Music icon .
Your music is organized into four categories: Artists, Albums, Songs,
and Playlists. Select a category to view the lists within each.
Once in a category, keep selecting until you reach the music you want to
play. For example, if you select the Artists category, you will see a list of
artists in A–Z order. If you select an artist, the list opens to display that
artist’s albums. Select an album, and the album’s song list displays.

Access and play music

Press HOME , applications and then tap Music icon .
Tap Songs. You can also tap Artists, Albums, or Playlists.
Tap the song to play.

Add songs to new playlist

1. Press HOME , applications and then tap Music icon .

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2. Tap Songs.

3. Tap and hold the song that you want to add to the playlist, tap Add to playlist.

4. Tap New, slide open the display to reveal the keyboard.

5. Type the name for the playlist.

6. Tap Save.

You can easily add a song as your ringtone. Tap and hold the song and then select Use as phone
ringtone.

Delete playlists

1. Press HOME , applications and then tap Gallery icon .

2. Tap Playlist.

3. Tap and hold the playlist you want to delete, tap Delete.

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Using Google Maps

Google Maps lets you track your current location, view real-time traffic
situations (depends on the service availability), and receive detailed
directions to your destination. It also provides a search tool where you can
locate places of interest, or view locations in street level.

 You need an active mobile data or Wi-Fi connection to use Google Maps.
 The Google Maps application may not covering every country or city.

Viewing locations

Turning on location services
Before you open Google Maps and find your location or search for places of
interest, you must enable location sources.

1- Press HOME , applications and then tap Settings > Location services.
2- Select Use network, Use GPS satellites, or both.

Selecting Use GPS satellites lets you locate places of interest at street level. However, this
requires a clear view of the sky and more battery power.

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Finding your location

 Press HOME , applications and then tap Maps .
 On the Google Maps screen, tap My Location, then Your location will be shown on the

map as a blinking blue dot according to the results coming from the GPS Cordinates.

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Wi-Fi Connection

Your phone can connect to Wi-Fi ntworks. To connect:

1. Press HOME , applications .

2. Tap Settings.

3. In the Wireless & networks.Tap WLAN right button to turn it on. Tap the

WLAN to open WLAN settings

4. Your phone will scans for the available Wi-Fi networks.

5. Tap the Wi-Fi network that you want to connect to.

6. Tap Connect. If the network is secured, then you will be required to

enter the network lock key. If the network requires static IP address then
from the advance options.

Another way to turn on Wi-Fi

Tap the status bar at the top of the Home screen and drag it down. Tap the WLAN icon to turn it on.

Manually add your new network connection

1. Tap Add network

2. Enter the Network SSID. This is the name of your

Wireless Access Point.

3. Tap the Security field and select a security option. This

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must match the current security setting on your target
WAP.

4. If secured, you will also need to enter your WAP’s

Password.

5. Tap save to store the new information and connect to your target WAP.

Manually Scan for a Wi-Fi Network

1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Tap Scan.

All available Wi-Fi networks are displayed.

Wi-Fi Advanced Settings

The Wi-Fi settings - Advanced menu allows you to set up
many of your device’s Wi-Fi service, including:

 Network notification when an open network is available.
 Setting your Wi-Fi sleep policy
 Avoid poor connections
 Viewing your device’s MAC and IP Address.

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Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Direct allows device-to-device connections so you can
transfer large amounts of data over a Wi-Fi connection.

1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Wi-Fi ➔ Options

2. Tap Wi-Fi Direct.

3. On your phone, tap Searching.

4. The device searching for other Wi-Fi Direct devices

5. Once the device you want to connect to is displayed, tap on it.

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Bluetooth®

Your phone comes with Bluetooth wireless function version 4.0 with low
energy technology BLE, Bluetooth will enable a data connection between your
phone and other Bluetooth wireless devices such as phones, computers and
headsets.
Prepare a Bluetooth wireless headset to pair your phone with a Bluetooth
headset, make sure that your headset is fully charged and that you put the

headset into pairing mode. See your Bluetooth headset’s manual for more

information.

Turn on the Bluetooth feature and pair with a headset

Tap the status bar at the top of the home screen and drag it down. Tap the
Bluetooth icon to turn on the bluetooth function.

1. Press HOME , applications .

2. Tap Settings.

3. In the Wireless & networks,Tap Bluetooth right button to turn it on.

5. Tap Bluetooth. Your phone will scans for available Bluetooth devices.

6. Tap the headset to select it.

7. Slide open the display to reveal the keyboard and type the PIN if required.

8. Tap oK.

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FM Radio

Listening to the radio

FM Radio lets you listen to FM radio stations on your phone.
You need to connect a headset first to the audio jack of your phone to use
FM Radio. FM Radio uses the stereo headset as the FM radio antenna.

1. Press HOME , applications then FM Radio.

2. The first time you open FM Radio, it automatically scans for the

available FM stations, saves them as presets, and play the first FM

station found.
To repeat scanning and saving of FM stations, press MENU, and then tap
Scan & Save.

3. Press BACK to stop the auto-scan.

On the FM Radio screen, you can:

1. Tap any of the down stored frequencies for the station you want to listen to.

2. Tap to go to the previous available FM station, or to the next available FM station.

3. Tap the VOLUME UP / DOWN buttons on the side of the phone to adjust the volume.

4. Tap the speaker icon to switch the speaker on/off.

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The various settings available help you to personalize and optimize your phone.
The following table lists the main menu items on the Android Settings screen.

item

Description

Wireless & networks
Wireless & networks

Configure and manage connections to networks
and devices through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile
networks.

Device

Dual SIM Settings

Open/Close the connection with the SIM/UIM
Cards networks.

Call Settings

Configure the call settings in both CDMA and GSM
network such as voicemail, call forwarding and so
on.

Sound

Configure the volume level and type; configure
ringtones and alarms.

Display

Configure brightness, wallpapers, and other
screen settings.

Storage

Monitor the used and available space on your
phone internal storage.

Battery

View battery usage for applications and services
currently running. Touch an item for more
information, or to configure options for managing
power use.

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Apps

View details about the applications installed on
your phone, manage application data, close
applications, and set whether you want to permit
the installation of applications that you obtain
from Web sites and e-mail.

PERSONAL

Location services

Configure how you want the phone to determine
your location and how you want to share your
location with Google and others.

Security

Configure the different security settings for your
phone such as screen lock, owner info, SIM/UIM
lock, …etc.

Language & input

Select the language that you want to work with
on your phone and configure the input method.
With spelling correction and voice search.

Backup & reset

Back up data or reset your phone.

Accounts

Accounts

This menu allows you to set up, manage, and
synchronize accounts, including your Google and
email accounts.

System

Date & time

Set date and time.

Accessibility

Enable or disable accessibility technologies

System upgrades

Check and upgrade with new version of the
system.

Developer options

This section contains the different settings related

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to developers.

About phone

View information about your phone.

To access any item, do the following:

1. From the main Home screen, tap the Android Settings icon, or tap the applications icon and then

tap Settings . The Android Settings screen opens.

2. Tap an item from the main menu. The submenu for the item is displayed.

Wireless & networks

Use Wireless & networks settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices
through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile networks, and a USB connection. You also can use Wireless &
networks settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks (VPNs),
connect other devices to the Internet using your phone’s mobile data connection, and turn off all
radios by enabling the Airplane mode.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Wireless & networks menu.

Menu

Submenu

Description

Wi-Fi

ON/OFF

Turn on or turn off Wi-Fi.

Options menu:
Scan

Tap scan and all available Wi-Fi networks are displayed

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Options menu:
WPS Pin Entry

WPS is a method for establishing a wireless network in
a secure and simple manner.

Options menu:
Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Direct allows device to device connections so you
can transfer larg amounts of data over a Wi-Fi
connection.

Options menu:
Advanced

Setting the different wireless options, such as:
Network notification: notify when a near network is
available.
WLAN sleep policy: Used to control the time of the
sleep.

Bluetooth

ON/OFF

Bluetooth Turn on or turn off the Bluetooth feature.

Options menu:
Rename phone

To change Bluetooth name.

Options menu:
Visibility timeout

Set the time of your phone to be visible to other
Bluetooth devices. This function is only available when
Bluetooth is on.

Options menu:
Show received
files

Display the files that have been received.

Scan for devices

Scan for nearby available Bluetooth devices. When the

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Data Usage

the best way to assess your data is to look at what

you’re actually using (either via your bills or via a data

usage monitor)

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Airplane mode

When airplane mode is enabled, all wireless connections
are disabled, and you cannot connect to networks. If
allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws and
regulations, you can continue to use other features,
such as playing music,watching videos, checking your
calendar , viewing pictures, and so on.

VPN

Select the type of VPN to add.

• Add PPTP VPN: Set up a connection to a VPN with
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP).

• Add L2TPVPN: Set up a connection to a VPN with

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP).

• Add L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN: Set up a connection to a
VPN with Preshared key-based L2TP/IP sec (Internet
Prot ocol Security).

• Add L2TP/IPSec CRT VPN: Set up a connection to a

VPN with certificate-based L2TP/IP sec.

Tethering &
portable

USB tethering: Share your phone’s mobile network

data connection with your computer through a USB

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hotspot

connection.
.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot: Share your phone’s mobile
network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Setup Wi-Fi hotspot: Open a screen with settings to
turn on or turn off the hotspot and to set its SSID (its
broadcast name) and security features

Bluetooth tethering: Allow you to sharing internet
phone over bluetooth

Mobile
networks:

Network settings

Manage Network settings of each network.
CDMA: Change the network operating mode: CDMA /
Evdo (auto mode). Also change the cdma roaming
mode.
Also, manage the Access Point Names (APNs) available
for CDMA-1X/EVDO data connectivity.
GSM: Change the network operators seaching mode.
Also, manage the available Access Point Names for
GSM/GPRS data connectivity.

Mobile
networks:

Data enabled

Disable this setting to prevent your phone from
transmitting data on any mobile network. This is useful
if you are traveling in an area where you do not have a
mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data

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use on local carriers’ mobile networks.

Note: Disabling this setting does not prevent your
phone from transmitting data on other wireless
networks, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Mobile
networks:

Data connection

Select the default data connection type either GSM or
CDMA.

Dual SIM Settings

Use Dual sim settings to control which SIM/UIM cards want to enable or disable.

Call Settings

Use this menu for adjusting the CDMA and/or GSM call setting.
CDMA call settings include voicemail service settings, Voice privacy, call waiting and call forwarding
settings.
GSM call settings include fixed dialing numbers, voicemail settings, call forwarding, call waiting and
caller ID.
The common settings for both CDMA and GSM are:

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Outgoing call answer notification: Enable or Disable the vibration when outgoing call is
answered.
TTY Mode setting
DTMF tone Setting

Sound

Use the Sound settings to configure how , and at what volume, the phone plays music and audio
from other media, notification ringtones, and alarms. You also can use these settings to pick the
notification ringtone you prefer and set whether you hear audible feedback when touching, locking,
or unlocking the screen.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Sound menu.

Menu

Submenu

Description

General

Volumes

Adjust the volume of music and audio from other
media, notification ringtones, and alarms.

Call ringtone
and vibrate

CDMA phone
ringtone

Select the ringtone to sound when you receive a call
through CDMA UIM.

GSM phone
ringtone

Select the ringtone to sound when you receive a call
through GSM S`IM.

Vibrate when
ringing

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System

Default Notification

Select the ringtone to sound when you receive a
notification, such as incoming e-mails.

Audible touch tones

Play sound when pressing dial pad to make call.

Dial pad touch
tones

Touch sounds

When enabled, sounds play when you touch icons and
other items on the screen.

Screen lock sounds

When enabled, tones play when you unlock and lock
the screen.

Vibrate on touch

Emergency tone

Display

Use the Screen settings to configure brightness, auto-rotate screen and other screen features.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Display menu.

Menu

Description

Brightness

Adjust the brightness of the screen. Drag the brightness
slider horizontally or touch the desired portion on the
slider. The length of the highlighted bar on the slider
indicates the brightness of the screen.

Wallpaper

Enable you to change the wllpaper of the home screen

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Auto-rotate
screen

Enable or disable the screen auto-rotatation function.
When enabled, the screen switches the orientation to
landscape or portrait view as you
rotate the phone.

Timeout

Select a timeout value for how long the screen remains
on after the last operation. For the longest battery life
between charges, use the shortest
convenient timeout value.

Font size

Select the size of font

Proximity
Calibration

To adjust the sensor of the LCD light during call.

GSensor Adjust

To adjust the appropriate settings of accelerometer
within your phone

Storage

Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone internal storage and
the installed flash media card.

The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Storage menu.

Menu

Submenu

description

System space

Total space

View the total space on an installed in the system
storage such as apps data and media.

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External SD card

Total space

View the total space on an installed flash media
card.

Available Space

View the available space on an installed flash media
card.

Erase SD card

Erase the data on the installed flash media card
and prepare it for use with your phone.

Internal storage

Total space

View the total space on the internal storage.

A vailable

View the available space on the phone internal
storage.

Erase phone
storage

Erases all data on the phone storage, such as music
and phones.

Battery

Us see how much battery power is used for device activites. The battery level displayes in percentage.
The amount of time battery was used also displays. Battery usage displays in percentage per
application

Apps

Use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to
manage their data, to force them to stop if they do not function correctly, and to set whether you
want t o permit the installation of applications that you obtain from Websites and e-mail.

The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Applications menu.

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Menu

description

Manage apps

Open a list of the applications installed on the phone to
check the application information or remove the
application.

Pereffered
install location

Change the preferred installation location.

Location Services

The Location services settings allow you to set up how the
phone will determine your location and the sensor settings
for your phone.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the location services menu.

Menu

description

Use network

allows applications to use data from mobile network and
wi-Fi to help determine your location

GPS satellites

allows applications to use GPS to pinpoint your location

Location &
Google search

allows Google to use your location data for improved
search results and other services

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Security

The Security settings allow you to determine the security
level for your phone.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the security menu.

Menu

Submenu

description

Screen Lock

Configure lock

screen

• None: Never lock the screen.

• Pattern : Set an unlock pattern to unlock the screen

by pattern drawing.

• Face Unlock: Look at your phone to unlock it.

• PIN : Set a PIN (numeric) to unlock the screen.

• Password : Set a password (alphanumeric) to unlock

the screen.

SIM/UIM card
lock

Setup SIM/UIM
card lock.

Note: This option is only available for the WAN­supported models.
Configure the phone to require entering the SIM PIN to
use the phone

Passwords

Make password
Visible

Enable to show the password as you type.

Device
administration

Device
administrators

Activate an application to be a device administrator for
your phone.Then, your IT personnel are able to perform
some administrative tasks on your phone through the
application.

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Unknown sources

Allow installation of apps from unknown sources.

Credential
storage

Use secure
credentials

Enable to allow applications to access your phone’s

encrypted store of secure certificates and related
passwords and other credentials.

Install from SD
card

Install a secure certificate from the flash media card
installed on the phone.

Set password

Set or change the password for your secure credential
storage.

Clear credentials

Delete all secure certificates and related credentials and
erase the credential storage password.

Language & input

Use the Language & input settings to select the language you want to work with on your phone, and
to configure the settings of input method.

Menu

Submenu

description

Language settings

Select language

Select the language to use for the text on your
phone.

Spell checker

Spell checker uses entries from your contact list.

Personal dictionary

Allow you to add personal words for instant
recognition. This will make your typing experience
faster.

Default input

Default input

Choose the default keyboard when entering text.

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method settings

method settings

Go keyboard

Google voice typing

Speech

Voice search

Voice search to configure the voice language,
speech output and block offnsive words

Text-to-speech
output

 Speech rate: set the speed at which the text

is spoken.

 Listen to an example: Play a sample of

speech synthesis (available if voice data is
installed).

Pointer

Pointer speed

This option sets your pointer speed.

Backup & reset

Use By this option, The Google server will back up all of your settings and data. The following table
shows list of the menu settings.

Menu

description

Backup my
data

Back up app data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings
to Google servers

Automatic
restore

When reinstalling an app, restore backed up settings
and data

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Factory data
reset

From this menu you can reset your phone and sound
settings
to the factory default settings

Accounts

Use the Accounts to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts.
You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and synchronize
data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically .
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Accounts and Sync menu.

Hint: Data traffic will not stop if you disable the Sync feature. If you want to save your data traffic
plan by wireless, please disable the Data link from notifiction bar (slid down the notification bar by
your finger from up to down, then disable the data icon).

Menu

Submenu

description

Manage accounts

All the Google Accounts and other accounts you
have added to the phone are displayed under
Manage accounts . Different options are
displayed when you touch an account depending on
the account type.
For each Google Account, the kinds of data that can

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be synchronized to the phone are listed. Touch the
option to start synchronizing that kind of data.
To add an account, touch Add account from the top
right corner of the screen.
To delet e an account, touch the account and then
touch Remove account from the top right corner of
the screen.
Note: Removing an account also deletes all of its
messages, contacts,and other data from the phone.

Date & time

Use Date & time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You also can use these
settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the
network.
To enable a setting, tap the setting item to select the check box. To disable a setting, tap the setting
item to clear the check box.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Date and Time menu.

Menu

Submenu

description

Date & time
settings

Automatic

Disable to manually set the date and time. Enable
to obtain the current time from the
wireless network.

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Set date

If Automatic date & time is unchecked, tap to
manually set the date.

Set time

If Automatic date & time is unchecked, tap to
manually set the time.

Select time zone

If Automatic time zone is unchecked, tap to
manually set the time zone.

Use 24-hour format

Enable to display the time using the 24-hour time
format.

Select date format

Set the format for displaying dates.

Accessibility

Accessibility services are special features to make using the phone easier for those with certain
physical disabilities. Use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have
installed on your phone.
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the Accessibility menu.
Note: If no accessibility-related applications are installed, after you touch Accessibility from the
settings panel, you are prompted to download accessibility software. Touch OK if you want t o
download. Otherwise, touch Cancel .

Menu

Submenu

description

Accessibility
Settings

Accessibility

Select this option to enable all installed accessibility
plug-ins.

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Power button

Power button ends
call

During call, pressing power ends call instead of
turning off screen.

Speak passwords

To reads out password information

Touch & hold delay

Lets users set the recognition time for tapping and
holding the screen

Enhance web
accessibility

System upgrade

Check new version: Scan for the latest update.

Notify me when have update: : To enable or disable the notification of the update.

Connect mode: To select connection mode (Wi-Fi only, Wi-Fi + Mobile data).

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Developer options

Use the developer options to set options for application development.

Menu

description

General

Desktop backup password

Protect the desktop with a backup password ID

Stay awake

Screen will never sleep while charging

Protect SD card

Apps must request permission to read SD card

Debugging
USB debugging

When enabled, allows debugging when the device
is
attached to a PC by a USB cable.
Note: This setting is used for development
purposes.

Allow mock locations

This setting is used by developers when
developing
location-based applications

Select debug app

To debugging an application.

Wait for debugger

Input
Show touches

Displays touch interactions on the screen

Pointer location

Highlights the data that was touched on the
screen.

Drawing

Show layout bounds

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Show GPU view updates

Areas of the screen flash when they update.

Show surace updates

Window animation scale

Configure the scale for animation(ranges from off
to 10x).

Transition animation scale

Configure the scale for transitioning when using
animation (ranges from off to 10x).

Animator duration scale

This is a new setting and this affects automatic
animations in Android, such as swipe speeds when
you swipe something away from Recent Apps (it
affects the speed of which the list gets re­ordered)

Disable HW overlays

Every application that is displaying things on the
screen will share video memory and will have to
constantly check for collision and clipping to
render a proper image, this can cost a lot of
processing power.

Force GPU rendering

Uses a 2D acceleration in applications

Monitoring

Strict mode enabled

Makes the screen flash when applications perform
long operations on the main thread.

Show CPU usage

Screen highlights the current CPU usage

App

Don't keep activities

To destroy every activity as soon as the
application is closed.

Background process limit

To set the number of processes that can run in

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the background. Options are: Standard limit, No
background processes, and 1 to 4 processes at
most

Show all ANRs

ANRs to display a prompt when applications
running in the background are not responding.

About phone

Use About phone settings to check for information about your phone, including the status, battery
use, legal information, hardware and software versions, and model number .
The following table lists the settings that you can configure through the About Phone menu.

Menu

Description

System updates

Open a screen that reports the latest availabile Android software updates
for your phone.

Status

View information about your batter y status, mobile network connection,
and other details.

Battery use

View a list of the applications and operating system components you have
used since you last charged the phone, sorted by the amount of power
they have used.

Legal information

Obtain legal information about the software included with your phone.

Model number

View your phone model number .

Android Version

View details about the versions of your phone’s hardware and operating

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system software.This information is useful if you need to work with your
carrier’s support team.

Build number

Shows the software version build number in your phone.

Brava Gate

Stay connected with Brava through the "Brava Gate" applications by which you will get several
services provided by Brava Techno to its valued clients, such as:

- Faster after sales support.

- Brava latest products detailes.

- Latest news and updates from Brava (Brava Inbox).

- Dailly contents and awards.

By running Brava Gate for first time and if you don't have a Brava
Gate account already have an account then just login with your
account.

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If there is any problem while using your mobile phone, please check according to the following

table otherwise contact the nearest Brava customer service center to you.

FAQ

Item to be checked

The telephone does
not charge properly

Make sure that the charger is correctly connected to the phone and
the power socket.

Make sure you are using a charger specifically designed for this
phone.

The phone does
not switch on

Check the battery charge level.

Make sure the battery is properly installed.

Press and hold the ON key until the screen comes on.

SIM/UIM card is
Inserted, but
cannot read the
information in the
card.

Please check if the SIM/UIM card is inserted properly ;
Please check if your RUIM card is valid.

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The mobile phone

displays “Input
PUK”

Please communicate with the service provider to get the PUK code
and use it to unlock the RUIM.

Unable to dial a
number

Make sure you have dialed a valid phone number.

Check if your phone is connected to the network.

Weak talk quality

Please check if the phone signal is strong enough;
If you are in the building, please move the phone or move near to

the window.

The other party
cannot hear you
during a call

Please check if your mike has been blocked by fittings or other
blocks.

The receiver
volume is low

Check if the receiver volume is set to maximum.

The phone signal is
poor or switches
off frequently

Make sure the phone antenna is not damaged.

Check the phone signal strength.

If there is no signal, use your phone in a location where the signal is
strong.

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The phone displays

“out of network”

or "Emergency
calls" .

Check if you are in an area where the signal is weak (in a tunnel or
surrounded by building). Move to another location and try again.

Make sure you are not trying to use a service that you haven’t

subscribed to. If you require this service, contact the network for
details.