Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending
on the software of the phone. Actual color may vary.
Your phone is designed to make it easy for you to access a wide variety of
content. For your protection, we want you to be aware that some applications
that you enable may involve the location of your phone being shared. For
applications available through Cricket, we offer privacy controls that let you
decide how an application may use the location of your phone and other
phones on your account. However, the Cricket privacy tools do not apply to
applications available outside of Cricket. Please review the terms and
conditions and the associated privacy policy for each location-based service
to learn how location information will be used and protected. In addition,
your Cricket phone may be used to access the Internet and to download,
and/or purchase goods, applications, and services from Cricket or elsewhere
from third parties. Cricket provides tools for you to control access to the
Internet and certain Internet content. These controls may not be available for
certain devices which bypass Cricket controls.
The nano-SIM card and the microSD card can be installed or removed
while the phone is turned on.
Warning! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any nonstandard
nano-SIM card cut from a SIM card. You can get a standard nano-SIM card
from your service provider.
1. Here is the SIM card and here is the
SD card.
2. SIM card metal strip down and insert
SIM card slot.
3. MicroSD card metal strip down, insert
SD card slot.
4. Slide the battery into the back of the
phone so that the gold contacts at the
top right align, and push down until it
clicks into place.
5. Replace the cover on the back of the
phone; making sure it is lined up
before pressing it into place around
all of the edges.
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Charging the battery
Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on,
soon as possible.
If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the screen. As you
charge your phone, the screen will tell you the exact battery level each time
you wake up your phone.
Warning! Use only approved chargers and USB Mico cables. The use of
unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to
explode.
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phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or ,
appear in the Status Bar.
Note: If the battery is extremely low, you may be unable to power
on the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again
after charging the phone for at least 20 minutes. Contact customer
service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.
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Extending the battery life
Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi usage, and
GPS functionality can drain your battery. You can follow the helpful tips below
to conserve your battery power:
• Use the Battery saver feature in Settings.
• Reduce the screen backlight time.
• Lower the screen brightness.
• Turn auto-sync, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth off when not in use.
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• Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications using this
function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location;
each query drains your battery.
Powering your phone on/off
• Press and hold the Power key to power on your phone.
• To turn it off, press and hold the Power key to open the options menu.
Tap Power off.
Note: If the phone freezes or takes too long to respond, press and hold the
Power key for about 25 seconds to res
settings (see Settings – Backup & reset), you may need to set it up before
using it.
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Select to either Copy your data from a phone or the cloud or Set up as
new to get a fresh start. Follow the prompts.
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Locking/Unlocking the screen and keys
Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone
into Sleep mode) when not in use and also to turn the screen back on and
unlock it when you need it.
To lock the screen and keys:
To quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the Power key.
Note: To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen
after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to
receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off.
To unlock the screen and keys:
eht sserP .1Power key to turn the screen on.
Note: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN, or password for your phone (see
Settings– Security with screen locks), you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter
the PIN/password to unlock your screen.
Using the touch screen
Your phone’s touch screen lets you control actions through a variety of
touch gestures.
• Tap – When you want to type using the on-screen keyboard, select
onscreen items (such as application and settings icons), or press
• Press and Hold – To open the available options for an item (for example,
a message or link in a web page), press and hold the item.
• Swipe or Slide
vertically or horizontally across the screen.
• Drag
you have reached the target position.
• Pinch – In some apps (such as Maps and Photos), you can zoom in and
together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).
• Rotate the Screen – For most screens, you can automatically
change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning
the phone sideways.
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Getting to know your phone
(back)
Microphone
Headset portProximity and light sensor
Touch screen
Home
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Earpiece
Camera lens
Status and
Volume key
Power key
Recent appsBack keys
Key functions
KeyFunction
Power key Press and hold to turn Airplane mode on or off, reboot,
Home key Press to return to the home screen from any
Recent apps keyPress to see recently used applications.
Back keyPress to go to the previous screen.
Volume keyPress or hold to turn the volume up or down.
Camera
Flash
or to power off.
Press to change your phone to Sleep mode.
Press to wake up your phone.
application or screen.
Press and hold to access Google Search or
Google Assistant.
Getting to know the home screen
The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s applications, functions,
and menus. You can customize your home screen by adding shortcuts,
folders, widgets, and more.
You can customize the default ringtone for incoming calls and the default
Notes:
•
• See Contacts – Editing contacts – Setting a ringtone for a contact for how
to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact.
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paT .3Set date, Set time, or Select time zone to change each setting.
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Setting the date and time
Turning system sounds on/off
eht sserP .1Home key > > > Sound > Other sounds.
paT .2Dial pad tones, Screen locking sounds, Charging sounds, Touch
sounds, or Vibrate on tap to toggle on and off.
Adjusting volumes
1. Press the Home key > > > Sound.
to adjust the volume for each type of audio.
Note: You can adjust the media volume when a media application is in use
by pressing the Volume key. If no media application is active, press the Volume key to adjust the ringtone volume (or the earpiece volume during a
call), or tap and drag a media volume slider to adjust other types of volume.
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Switching to silent mode or vibration mode
You can set the phone to silent mode by using one of the following methods.
• Press and hold the Volume down key when no media application is
active to show the ringtone sound management window. When the phone
vibrates, it is switched to silent mode with vibration; press the Volume down key again to switch to silent mode without vibration.
•
swipe down again to access the Quick Settings. Tap tttooonnnoooDDDbbbrrruuutttsssiiiddd, to
switch the phone to vibrate or silent mode or turn on the sound.
• Press the Home key > > > Sound.
Tap Default notication ringtone and Default alarm ringtone、
Wireless Emergency Alerts、Other sounds.
Using Do not disturb mode
You can limit interruptions with Do not disturb mode. This mode silences your
phone so that it doesn’t make sounds or vibrate when you don’t want it to.
Turning on Do not disturb mode
and swipe down again to access the Quick Settings.
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Applying new wallpapers
You can set the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen.
1. Press and hold any blank area of a home screen.
paT .2WALLPAPERS.
My photos
wallpaper.
Note: In addition, you can press the Home key >
Wallpaper to pick an image from Photos, Wallpapers, or an
animation from Live Wallpapers.
to choose the image or animation you want to use as the
> > Display >
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Notes:
• With the proximity and light sensor, your phone can automatically
adjust the screen brightness for available light. Tap Adaptive brightness
in the Display settings screen to turn the feature on or off.
• You can also use the Quick Settings to manage the screen brightness.
Protecting your phone with screen locks
You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When enabled, you
need to press and hold the screen, and then draw a pattern or enter a
numeric PIN or password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.
Tap Swipe to enable screen lock and allow unlocking with a quick drag
•
of your nger vertically across the screen.
• Tap Pattern to create a pattern that you must draw to unlock the screen.
• Tap PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a password that you must
enter to unlock the screen.
contents to show when the phone is locked, then tap DONE.
Note: If you forget the pattern, PIN, or password you set, you will need to
contact your service provider.
Protecting your phone with screen pinning
You can use the screen pinning feature to keep an app in view, so others
cannot switch to other apps or access your personal information.
Turning on screen pinning
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select a security option, and following on-screen instructions if you do not
already have a pattern, PIN, or password set up.
Pinning a screen
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If there are many application tags, swipe right on the front TAB.
Unpinning the screen
To unpin the screen and return to normal use, press and hold the Recent
apps key and back key.
When turning on screen pinning, if you selected Lock device when unpinning,
press and hold the lock screen and draw the pattern or enter the PIN/
password.
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Knowing the basics
Monitoring the phone status
The Status Bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and service
status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons you may see.
Indicators and icons
the left side. Below are some of the icons you may see.
Indicators and icons
Indicator What it means
EDGE connected
3G connected
4G connected
4G LTE connected
Airplane mode
No signal
Signal strength
Do not disturb mode on
/
Speakerphone on
Phone microphone off
Wired headset connected
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Indicator What it means
Alarm set
Battery low
Battery full
/
Battery charging
Silent mode
Vibration mode
Bluetooth on
Connected to a Wi-Fi
network
Wi-Fi in use
GPS on
Indicator What it means
New SMS/MMS
/
New message(s) from
the Email app
New message(s) from
/
the Gmail app
Missed call
Call in progress
Call on hold
Indicator What it means
Song playing
Upcoming event
Bluetooth
New Wi-Fi network
detected
Downloading data
Sending data
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screen.
•
screen or press the Back key.
•
•
Note:
Using quick settings
change the most common settings for your phone.
Settings.
•
Wi-Fi: Tap to turn on or off Wi-Fi.
•
SIM: Tap to enable or disable data access over the mobile network.
• Battery: Tap to turn on or off to reduce performance and background
data . Battery saver turns off automatically when your phone is charging .
• Do no disturb: Tap to turn on or off the Do not disturb feature.
•
Flashlight: Tap to turn on or off the ashlight .
•
Auto-rotate: Tap to turn on or off the auto-rotate screen feature .
•
Bluetooth: Tap to turn on or off Bluetooth.
•
Airplane mode: Tap to turn on or off airplane mode .
•
Location: Tap to turn on or off the GPS function .
Note: At the top of the Quick Settings screen, tap to change positions of
the Quick Setting icons, and
hold some icons to open their Settings menu.
tap to get to the Settings menu
. Press and
Managing shortcuts and widgets
Adding shortcuts and widgets
eht sserP .1Home key > to view apps.
Or, to view widgets, press and hold an empty area of the home screen and
select WIDGETS.
the available widgets.
3.
Press and hold a widget or an app icon and drag it to a home screen panel.
Moving shortcuts or widgets
2. Drag it to the place you need.
Removing shortcuts or widgets
2. Drag it to X Remove at the top of the screen to remove it.
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Adjusting widget size
the WIDGETS.
Note: Not all widgets can be resized.
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Rearranging the primary shortcuts
The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the
bottom of all home screens. You can keep up to four items in addition to Apps
in the primary shortcuts area. Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to
rearrange the area.
Organizing with folders
You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts to
a folder. You can move or remove folders the same way as moving or
removing shortcuts.
Creating a folder
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release it. A new folder will be created and the icon is put into the folder.
Renaming a folder
below
2. Tap the folder name and enter a new name.
3. Tap .
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2. Release the icon and it will be put into the folder.
Removing icons from a folder
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2. Press and hold the icon you want to remove and then drag it to a new
location and release the icon to the current home screen or drag it to
X Remove to remove it altogether.
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Entering text
You can enter text using the on-screen keyboard. Some apps open it
automatically. In others, you open it by tapping where you want to type. You
can press the Back key to hide the on-screen keyboard. You can also enter
text by speaking with the Google voice typing feature.
The Google keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer
keyboard. When screen auto-rotation is enabled, turn the phone
sideways and the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape.
The landscape keyboard is not supported in all applications.
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• Tap the alphabetic keys to enter letters.
Press
numbers. For example, to enter È,
press and hold
accented letters and number 3 appear.
Then slide to choose
• As you type, suggested words appear above the keyboard. Tap a correctly
suggested word to select it; press and hold a suggested word to see
additional word options.
• Tap
• Tap to delete the text before the cursor.
•
• Tap to use Google Voice typing.
to use uppercase. Double tap to lock uppercase. This key also
changes to indicate the current case you are using:
uppercase, and
Tap
more.
keyboard.
one-handed typing. Tap /
keyboard, respectively. Tap
to select numbers and symbols. You can then tap
accented letters or
the available
and
È.
when locked in uppercase.
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to change to a smaller keyboard for easier
to switch to the right-hand or left-hand
to switch back to the full-sized keyboard.
for lowercase, for
Glide typing
The Google keyboard supports the gesture-typing feature. Use this feature to
input a word by sliding from letter to letter on the keyboard.
To enable and use gesture typing:
dloh dna sserP .1 on the Google keyboard, and then tap Google
Keyboard settings.
2. Tap Gesture typing>Enable gesture typing if this feature is turned off.
End of the word
Start of the word
Notes:
• Tap to type when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, simply
tap the key once.
•
when you begin to trace the next word.
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Google Voice typing
Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert
speech to text. You must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network
to use it.
paT .1 or
to access the voice-typing feature.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.
3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it.
Tip: Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or
“exclamation point” to enter punctuation.
Opening and switching apps
Opening an app
1. Press the Home key > .
Swipe
Switching between recently opened apps
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you’ve recently used opens. If you’ve been using more apps recently than
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Editing text
• Move the insertion point: Tap where you want
to type. The cursor blinks in the new position,
and a tab appears below it. Drag the tab to
move the cursor.
Select text: Press and hold or double tap
•
within the text. The nearest word highlights,
with a tab at each end of the selection.
Drag the tabs to change the selection, or
tap
SELECT ALL
selection.
• Cut or copy: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then tap CUT or
COPY to cut or copy the text to the clipboard.
• Replace text with the clipboard text: Select the text you want to
replace. Then tap PASTE.
• Insert text from the clipboard: Move the cursor to the insertion point
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to highlight all words for
PASTE.
Note: You can swipe a thumbnail left or right to remove it from the list, or tap
CLEAR ALL to remove all thumbnails.
Uninstalling or disabling an app
eht sserP .1Home key > to open the application list screen.
2. Press and hold an application icon and drag the icon to X Remove or
Uninstall at the top of the screen.
Notes:
• Pre-installed apps may not be uninstalled.
Tap > Reset app preferences > RESET APPS to restore disabled apps and
reset app preferences.
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Home key >
> > Apps.
Connecting to networks and devices
Connecting to mobile networks
Controlling mobile data use
To enable or disable data access:
eht sserP .1Home key > >
eht edilS .2Mobile Data switch to enable or disable mobile data use.
To get data services when roaming:
roaming.
Note:
eht sserP .1Home key >
eht edilS .2International roaming switch to enable or disable roaming.
Setting access point names
You can use the default Access Point Names (APNs) to connect to the
Internet. To add a new APN, you may need to contact your service provider for
the required information.
Names.
2. Tap .
3. Tap each item to enter the required information.
4. Tap
Note: To set the APN to default settings, tap > Reset to default.
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> Save.
> More > Cellular networks.
> > More> Cellular networks > International
> > More> Cellular networks Access Point
>
Setting network type
operators.
one to manually register.
Or, tap Choose automatically to automatically select your preferred
paT .2SEARCH NETWORKS to search for all available networks and select
Connecting to Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet
access at distances of up to 300 feet, depending on the Wi-Fi router
and your surroundings.
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a Wi-Fi network
eht sserP .1Home key > > > Wi-Fi .
eht edilS .2Wi-Fi switch to the Onposition to turn on Wi-Fi.
3. Tap a network name to connect to it.
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Note: Your phone automatically connects to previously used Wi-Fi networks
when they are in range.
eht sserP .1Home key > > > Wi-Fi.
2. Slide the Wi-Fiswitch to the Onposition.
3. Tap
4. Slide the switch to the On
5. Tap > Advanced.
position.
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