Cat S30 User Manual
Cat® S30 Smartphone
User manual
Please Read Before Proceeding
Safety Precautions
Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile
phone.
Despite the nature of this rugged device, avoid hitting, throwing, dropping, crushing,
bending and puncturing, your mobile phone.
Avoid using your mobile phone in a damp environment, such as the bathroom.
Prevent your mobile phone from being intentionally soaked or washed in liquid.
Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is prohibited to use phones or when the
phone may cause interference or danger.
Do not use your mobile phone while driving.
Follow any rules or regulations in hospitals and health care facilities. Switch off your
mobile phone near medical apparatus.
Switch off your mobile phone in aircraft. The phone may cause interference to control
equipment of the aircraft.
Switch off your mobile phone near high-precision electronic devices. The phone may
affect the performance of these devices.
Do not attempt to disassemble your mobile phone or its accessories. Only qualied
personnel are allowed to service or repair the phone.
Do not place your mobile phone or its accessories in containers with a strong
electromagnetic eld.
Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone. Radiation from the
phone may erase the information stored on them.
Do not put your mobile phone in a high-temperature place or use it in a place with
ammable gas such as a gas station.
Keep your mobile phone and its accessories away from young children. Do not allow
children to use your mobile phone without guidance.
Use only approved batteries and chargers to avoid the risk of explosions.
Observe any laws or regulations on the use of wireless devices. Respect others’
privacy and legal rights when using your wireless device.
Do not use the mobile phone in airplanes, hospital, gas stations, or professional
garages.
For medical implants patient (heart, insuline, etc), keep the mobile phone 15cm
away from the implant and, while calling, keep the phone on the opposite side of the
implant.
Strictly follow the relevant instructions of this manual while using the USB cable.
Otherwise your mobile phone or PC may be damaged.
Legal Notice
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CAT, CATERPILLAR, BUILT FOR IT, their respective logos, “Caterpillar Yellow,” the
“Power Edge” trade dress as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are
trademarks of Caterpillar and may not be used without permission.
Bullitt Mobile Ltd is a licensee of Caterpillar Inc.
Bullitt Mobile Ltd.’s and third-party trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means without prior written consent of Caterpillar Inc.
The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software and
possible licensors. Customers shall not in any manner reproduce, distribute,
modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, reverse engineer, lease, assign, or
sublicense the said software or hardware, unless such restrictions are prohibited by
applicable laws or such actions are approved by respective copyright holders under
licenses.
Notice
Some features of the product and its accessories described herein rely on the software
installed, capacities and settings of local network, and may not be activated or may be
limited by local network operators or network service providers. Thus the descriptions
herein may not exactly match the product or its accessories you purchase.
The manufacturer reserves the right to change or modify any information or
specications contained in this manual without prior notice or obligation.
The manufacturer is not responsible for the legitimacy and quality of any products that
you upload or download through this mobile phone, including but not limited to the
text, pictures, music, movies, and non-built-in software with copyright protection. Any
consequences arising from the installation or usage of the preceding products on this
mobile phone shall be borne by yourself.
NO WARRANTY
The contents of this manual are provided “as is”. Except as required by applicable
laws, no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited
to, the implied warranties of merchantability and tness for a particular purpose, are
made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or contents of this manual.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no case shall the manufacturer
be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages, or lost prots,
business, revenue, data, goodwill or anticipated savings.
Import and Export Regulations
Customers shall comply with all applicable export or import laws and regulations
and will obtain all necessary governmental permits and licenses in order to export,
re-export or import the product mentioned in this manual including the software and
technical data therein.
Contents
Welcome to the Cat® S30 Smartphone ............................................................ 1
Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone .............................................................................. 1
Key Functions at Your Fingertips ..................................................................................... 1
Getting Started with Your Mobile Phone ........................................................................ 2
Powering On or Off Your Mobile Phone ......................................................................... 4
Getting to Know the Home Screen ................................................................................. 4
Using the Touchscreen .................................................................................................... 5
Locking and Unlocking the Screen ................................................................................. 5
Display ............................................................................................................. 6
Display layout ................................................................................................................... 6
Notication Panel ............................................................................................................ 7
Shortcut Icons ................................................................................................................... 7
Folders ............................................................................................................................... 8
Wallpapers ........................................................................................................................ 8
Transferring Media to and from Your Mobile Phone ..................................................... 8
Using the Airplane Mode (Aeroplane) ............................................................................ 9
Phone ............................................................................................................... 9
Making a Call .................................................................................................................... 9
Answering and Rejecting a Call .....................................................................................10
Other Operations During a Call ......................................................................................10
Using Call log ................................................................................................................... 11
Contacts ......................................................................................................... 12
Communicating with Your Contacts ...............................................................................13
Using the On-screen Keyboard ......................................................................................14
Messaging ...................................................................................................... 14
SMS and MMS .................................................................................................................14
Email .................................................................................................................................16
Wi-Fi ............................................................................................................... 18
Bluetooth ....................................................................................................... 18
Entertainment ................................................................................................ 20
Taking Photos and Recording Videos ............................................................................ 20
Enjoying Music ............................................................................................................... 22
Listening to FM Radio .................................................................................................... 23
Google Services ............................................................................................. 24
Using Google Maps™ ..................................................................................... 26
Using YouTube™ ............................................................................................. 27
Using Google Play .......................................................................................... 27
Synchronizing Information ............................................................................. 29
Managing Your Accounts ............................................................................................... 29
Customizing Your Account Synchronization ................................................................. 30
Using Other Applications ............................................................................... 30
Using the Calendar ......................................................................................................... 30
Using the Alarm .............................................................................................................. 31
Calculator ........................................................................................................................ 32
Managing Your Mobile Phone ......................................................................... 32
Setting the Date and Time .............................................................................................. 32
Setting the Display ......................................................................................................... 33
Setting Phone Ringtone ................................................................................................. 33
Conguring the Programmable Button ........................................................................ 34
Setting Phone Services .................................................................................................. 34
Protecting Your Mobile Phone ....................................................................................... 35
Managing Applications .................................................................................................. 35
Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory ............................................................. 36
Resetting Your Mobile Phone ......................................................................................... 36
Hardware Reset Of Your Device ..................................................................................... 36
Viewing E-label ............................................................................................................... 37
Appendix ........................................................................................................ 38
Warnings and Precautions ............................................................................................. 38
Accessories ..................................................................................................................... 39
Cleaning and Maintenance ............................................................................................ 40
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) ................................................................................... 41
Emergency Call ............................................................................................................... 41
FCC Statement ................................................................................................................ 41
Industry Canada Statement ........................................................................................... 42
RF Exposure Information (SAR) .................................................................................... 43
Prevention of Hearing Loss .......................................................................................... 44
Declaration of Conformity ............................................................................................. 44
CE SAR Compliance ....................................................................................................... 45
Disposal and Recycling Information ............................................................................. 45
Welcome to the Cat® S30 Smartphone
The S30 4G smartphone is designed for the outdoors, with features to cope with challenging
environments. It’s certied to the highest industry standard for ruggedness, IP68, so it’s
waterproof and the screen can even be used with wet ngers. It has excellent scratch-resistant
glass, is dustproof and can withstand being dropped from a height of 1.8m. It also has a quad
core (1.1Ghz) processor running the latest version of Android™5.1 (Lollipop), with access
to Google Play™ meaning there is no compromise between performance and protection.
Complementing the durable design features, the S30 boasts performance enhancing
applications enabling you to enjoy web browsing, messaging, music and more with its high
capacity battery and expandable memory of up to 64GB.
Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone
Phone at a Glance
1. Front camera
2. Earpiece
3. Rear camera
4. Microphone/ Speaker
5. LED ash
6. MicroSD card slot
7. Nano SIM card slot
8. Volume / Camera buttons
9. Headphone port
10. Back button
11. Recent Apps button
12. Home button
13. Programmable button
14. Power button
FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW
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Key Functions at Your Fingertips
Power button
Home button
Recent Apps button
Back button
Volume/ Camera
buttons
• Press to turn on your mobile phone.
• Press and hold to open the Phone options menu.
• Press to lock or wake the screen when your mobile phone is on.
• Press at any time to display the Home screen.
• A long press of the Home button will display the Google™ icon. Touch the
icon on the display to launch Google search or Google Now™.
Press to list the recent applications used.
• Press to display the previous screen you were working in.
• Use to close onscreen keyboard.
When in the camera app, press the Volume/ Camera buttons to instantly
take your pictures. The Volume/ Camera buttons also have other
functionalities when the camera app is not in use.
• Volume – Press the Volume up button (
Volume down button ( ) to decrease the volulme.
• Screenshot – Press both Power + Volume down buttons (
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+ ) simultaneously.
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Getting Started with Your Mobile Phone
Installing a Memory Card
1. Open the microSD card slot cover.
2. Insert a microSD card as shown.
Note:
∙ Insert the microSD card with the gold contacts facing up, push the memory card all the way until
you hear a locking sound.
∙ To remove the microSD card, press against the edge of the memory card and release it.
∙ Do not force the microSD card as this could damage the memory card or slot.
Installing a Nano SIM card(s)
1. Open the SIM card slot cover.
2. Pull out the SIM tray.
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3. Put the nano SIM card(s) in the SIM tray as indicated on the tray guide.
4. Insert the SIM tray into the SIM card slot.
Note:
∙ Put the nano SIM card(s) in the SIM tray, with the card(s) gold contacts facing up, push the tray all
the way until you hear a locking sound.
∙ To remove the nano SIM card(s), press the tray inwards and release quickly and pull the tray out to
remove. Then remove the nano SIM card(s).
Charging the Battery
The S30 has an embedded battery, to charge the battery:
1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the charger.
Note:
Use only Cat
device or cause batteries to explode.
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approved chargers and cables. Unapproved equipment may cause damage to the
2. Open the USB port cover. Connect the USB cable to the USB port of your phone.
Note:
Be careful not to use excessive force when plugging the USB cable.
Be aware of the correct orientation of the plug. Damage can be caused by attempting to insert the
connector incorrectly, this is not covered by the warranty.
3. Connect the USB to the appropriate AC mains plug and connect safely to the mains power
supply.
4. When charging is complete, remove the connector from the device and then remove the wall
charger.
Note:
If the battery is completely discharged, it may take a few minutes before the charging icon appears.
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Important Information About the Battery
If the battery has not been used for a long period of time, you may not be able to power on
your mobile phone immediately after you begin charging the battery. Allow the battery to
charge for a few minutes with the phone powered off before attempting to power on the
phone. The on-screen charge animation may not be displayed during this period.
The time required to charge the battery depends on the environmental temperature and the
age of the battery.
When the battery power level is low, the phone plays an alert and displays a prompt. When the
battery power is almost exhausted, your phone will power off automatically.
Powering On or Off Your Mobile Phone
Powering On Your Mobile Phone
Press the Power button ( ).
The rst time you power on your phone, you will see a Welcome screen. Select your preferred
language and touch the Start icon to continue with the set up process.
Note:
If personal identication number (PIN) protection is enabled on your SIM Card, you will be asked to
enter your PIN before the Welcome screen. A Wi-Fi or Data connection is needed to complete the set
up process.
You will now be prompted to sign in with your existing Google account, or set up a new
account and complete the set up process.
Note:
You can skip the account set up process to complete at another time. A Google account is required to
use some of the Google services on offer through your device.
Powering Off Your Mobile Phone
1. Press and hold the Power button to open the Phone options menu.
2. Touch Power off.
Getting to Know the Home Screen
After you sign in, or when you power on the phone, the Home Screen opens. The Home Screen
is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. This displays application icons,
widgets, shortcuts and other features. You can customize the Home Screen with different
wallpaper and display the items you want.
The Home Screen has the Launcher icon (
applications (apps).
). Touch this to view and launch installed
Note:
A long press on an empty space on the Home Screen will launch the shortcut to Wallpapers, Widgets
and Settings.
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Using the Touchscreen
Touchscreen Actions
Touch: Touch using your ngertip to select an item, conrm a selection, or start an application.
Touch and hold: Touch an item with your ngertip and continue to press down until your
mobile phone responds. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch
the screen and hold down until the menu appears.
Swipe: Move your nger across the screen either vertically or horizontally. For example, swipe
left or right to switch between pictures.
Drag: Touch and hold the desired item with your nger. Drag the item to any part of the screen.
You can drag an icon to move or delete it.
Rotating Your Mobile Phone Display
The orientation of most screens will rotate with the phone as you turn it from upright to
sideways and back again. See page 33.
Locking and Unlocking the Screen
Locking the Screen
When your mobile phone is on, press the Power button to lock the screen. When the screen is
locked, you can still receive messages and calls.
If you leave your mobile phone undisturbed for a while, the screen will lock automatically.
Unlocking the Screen
Press the Power key to wake up the screen. Then drag the lock icon ( ) to the middle of the
screen to unlock the screen.
To use the Camera function directly from the locked screen, drag the camera icon (
left which will launch the camera App.
To use the Phone function directly from the locked screen, drag the phone icon (
which will launch the phone App.
Note:
If you have set up a screen lock, you will be prompted to unlock the screen. For details, refer to
“Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock“ on page 35.
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Display
Display layout
Notications and Status Information
The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. This displays notication icons, such as
missed call or received messages (on the left) and phone status icons, such as battery status
(on the right), along with the current time.
Notication icon
Status Icons
Connected to 3G mobile network Vibrate mode
Connected to GPRS mobile network Location is found
Connected to EDGE mobile network Battery is very low
Connected to HSDPA mobile network Battery is low
Connected to HSPA+ mobile network Battery is partially drained
Connected to 4G mobile network Battery is full
Roaming Battery is charging
Mobile network signal strength FM Radio is turned on
No signal Airplane mode
Connected to a Wi-Fi network Connected to a Bluetooth device
Status icons
Notication Icons
New email message Missed call
New multimedia message Speakerphone is activated
Alarm is set Phone microphone is muted
Upcoming event Downloading data
Data is syncing Phone is connected via USB cable
Problem with sign-in or sync New text message
A screenshot is captured
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Notication Panel
Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an incoming
event. The notication panel also informs you about alarms and settings — for example,
when an alarm is activated. Open the notication panel to see the wireless network operator
or to view a message, reminder, or event notication.
Opening the Notication Panel
1. When a new notication icon appears on the notication bar, touch the notication bar, and
then drag down to open the notication panel.
2. Touch a notication to open the related application.
Closing the Notication Panel
To directly close a notication (without viewing), simply touch and hold the notication and
drag it to the left/right of the screen.
To close the notication panel, slide the bottom of the panel upwards to close the notications
panel.
Shortcut Icons
Adding a New Screen Item
1. From the Home screen, touch to display all the applications.
2. To add an item, drag the application icon to a specic Home screen.
Moving a Screen Item
1. Touch and hold an application icon on the Home screen until the icon enlarges.
2. Without lifting your nger, drag the icon to the desired position on the screen, and then
release it.
Note:
There must be enough space for the icon to t on the current Home screen panel.
Removing a Screen Item
1. Touch and hold an application icon on the Home screen until the icon enlarges.
2. Without lifting your nger, drag the item to Remove.
3. When the item turns red, release your nger to remove it from the Home screen.
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Widgets
A widget lets you preview or use an application. You can place widgets on your Home screen
as icons or preview windows. Several widgets are installed on your phone by default. More
widgets can be downloaded on Google Play. To add a widget to one of the screens:
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the Home screen.
2. Touch WIDGETS to display the available widgets.
3. To add an item, drag your desired widget to a specic Home screen.
Folders
Creating a Folder
Drag the application icon or shortcut and drop it on top of similar applications.
Renaming a Folder
1. Touch a folder to open it.
2. On the title bar of the folder, enter the new folder name.
3. When complete, touch the Back key.
Wallpapers
Changing the Wallpaper
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the Home screen.
2. Touch WALLPAPERS.
3. Scroll through the available options to set a wallpaper of your choice.
4. Touch Set wallpaper to set the desired wallpaper as the Home screen wallpaper.
Transferring Media to and from Your Mobile Phone
Transfer all your favorite music and pictures between your mobile phone and PC in Media
Device MTP mode.
1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable and MTP mode will be activated.
2. Your phone should be displayed as a removable device displaying phone Internal storage
and if a memory card is inserted, SD card will also be visible.
Note:
If using a MAC you will need to download drivers from: http://www.android.com/letransfer/
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Using the Airplane Mode (Aeroplane)
Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s wireless connections. Rather than
powering off your phone, you can set it to Airplane mode.
1. Press and hold the Power button.
2. Touch Airplane mode in the options menu.
Or using the Settings application, access the Wireless & Networks menu and selecting the
Airplane mode.
Phone
There are several ways to place a phone call. You can dial a number, select a number in your
contacts list, on a Web page, or from a document that contains a phone number. When you are
on a call, you can either answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can
also set up conference calls with several participants.
Note:
Contact your network operator to learn whether it supports conference calls and how many
participants you can add.
Making a Call
To make a call, you can use the Phone application, or select a number from Contacts or Call
Log.
When you are on a call, you can touch the Home key to return to the Home screen and use
other functions. To return to the calling screen, drag the notication bar down and touch
Current call.
Making a Call with the Dialer
1. From the Home screen, touch . Then touch to display the dialer.
Note:
You can also access Phone application by touching
2. Touch the appropriate numeric keys to enter the phone number.
Tip: Your mobile phone supports the SmartDial function, that is, when you touch numbers on the
dialer, the phone automatically searches among your contacts and lists the matching results based
on the accuracy. Close the keypad to view more possible matches.
3. After entering the number, or selecting the contact, touch
and then Phone ( ).
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Making a Call from Contacts
1. From the Home screen, touch to display the contact list. If you are already within the
Dialer, touch All contacts to display the contact list.
Note:
You can also access Contacts application by touching
2. In the list, touch the contact you want to call.
3. Touch the phone number to call the contact.
and then Contacts ( ).
Making a Call from Call log
1. Touch > Phone ( ). Swipe the screen to access RECENTS tab. You will see the list of
latest calls. If you cannot nd the desired contact, tap View full call history to display all call
history.
2. Touch the contact in the list and tap CALL BACK to make the call.
Answering and Rejecting a Call
Answering or Rejecting an Incoming Call
When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens with the caller ID and any
additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts.
• To answer a call, touch
• To reject the call, touch
• To reject and send a message directly to the caller, touch and drag it to upwards ( ) and
select one of the available template message options or touch Write your own... to compose
your message.
Note:
When you touch
, it disappears from the screen.
and drag it to the right ( ).
and drag it to the left ( ).
Ending a Call
During a call, touch to hang up.
Other Operations During a Call
Making a Conference Call
If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can connect the second call
to the call you are on. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also set up a
conference call with multiple callers.
Note:
Contact your network operator to learn whether it supports conference calls and how many
participants you can add.
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1. To initiate a conference call, dial the number of the rst person to be on the call. While you
are on that call, touch
2. Touch Add call and enter the phone number of the person you want to join the conversation.
.
3. Touch
placed on hold.
4. Once the additional call has been connected, touch
5. To add more people, touch
6. To end the conference call and disconnect everyone, touch
, or select someone from your Call Log or Contacts. The rst call is automatically
and tap Merge calls.
and repeat steps 2 to 4.
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Switching Between Calls
If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can switch between the two
calls.
1. While you are on two calls, touch on the lower left corner of the display the contact’s name
or phone number.
2. The current call is placed on hold and you are connected to the other call.
Using Call log
The Call log contains a list of calls that you have dialed, received, or missed. You can use
the call log to quickly nd a recently called number or add an incoming number to your
contact list.
Saving an entry to Contacts
1. Touch on the Home screen, then touch .
2. Touch Call History.
3. Touch the icon of the entry you want to add. For example,
4. Touch
5. Either add to existing contact or touch Create new contact (
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Removing an entry from the list
1. Touch on the Home screen, then touch .
2. Touch Call History.
3. Touch the icon of the entry you want to delete. For example,
4. Touch
5. Touch Delete.
6. Touch OK to conrm that you want to delete the contact.
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