eTalk MYFLIX User Manual
Contents
Check it out
Get Started
First look
Insert the SIM and microSD cards
Charge up & power on
Sign in
Connect to Wi-Fi
Explore by touch
Improve battery life
Learn the basics
Home screen
Help & more
Search
Notifications
App notifications
Status ic ons
Volume
Do not disturb
Lock screen
Quick settings
Speak
Direct Share
Picture-in-Picture
Customize your phone
Redecorate your home screen
Choose apps & widgets
Customize sounds & appea rance
Apps
Phone
Messages
Chrome™
Camera
Photos
Duo
Calendar
More app s
Google Play
Contacts
Maps
Drive
Music, movies, TV & YouTube
Clock
Connect, share & sync
Connect with Wi-Fi
Connect with Bluetooth wireless
Share files with your computer
Share your data conne ction
Print
Sync to the cloud
Use a memory card
Airplane mode
Mobile network
Protect y our phone
Screen lock
Screen pinning
Backup & restore
Encrypt your phone
Your privacy
App safety
Data usage
Troublesh oot your ph one
Restart or remove an app
Restart your phone
Check for software update
Reset
Stolen phone
Accessibility
Create a shortcut
Make your phone speak
Speak to your phone
Change your phone’s display
Change your phone’s sounds
Hearing aids (U.S. only)
Get more help
Where is my legal, safety, & regulatory
information?
Service & repairs
Copyright & trademarks
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When you’re up and running, explore what your phone can d o.
Topic Location
Find these fa st: Wi-Fi, ai rplane mode,
flashlight, and more.
Quick se ttings
Choose new wallpaper, set ringtones, and
add widgets.
Customize your phone
Experience crisp, clear photos, movies,
and videos.
Camera
Browse, shop, and download apps.
Apps
Keep your info safe. Se t up your password
and more.
Protect your phone
Ask questions, get answers.
Speak Share your Internet connection.
Wi-Fi hotspot
This product meets the applicable national or international RF exposure
guidance (SAR guideline) when used normally against your head or, when worn
or carried, at a distance of 5 mm from the body. The SAR guideline includes a
considerable safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of
age and health.
Caution:
Before using your phone, please read the Legal information. Swipe up from
bottom > Settings > About phone > Legal information.
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Get Started
Get Started
First look
Let’s get started. We’ll guide you through startup and tell you a bit about your phone’s
features.
»
Wake up:
Press the Power button again.
»
Reboot:
To reboot your phone, press and hold the Power button, then tap
Restart.
Tip:
To add security to your pho ne, see
Protect your phone.
Volume buttons
Your volume buttons can help:
»
Ringer volume:
Press the buttons when your phone is ringing to silence it.
»
Earpiece volume:
Press the buttons during a call.
»
Music/video volume:
Press the buttons during a song or video.
Tip:
For more on volume control, see
Volume
Note:
Certain apps and features may not be available in all countries.
Power button
Your Power button helps in a few ways.
»
Power on/off:
Press and hold the Power button, then tap
Power off
. When your
phone is off, press and hold the Power button to turn it on.
»
Sleep:
To conserve battery power or prevent accidental touches, put the touchscreen
to sleep by pressing the Power button.
Get Started
Insert the SIM and microSD cards
To activate phone service, you might need to insert a SIM card, or this may have been
done for you. You can also add a microSD card, which is optional and sold separately.
Remove the back cover
To insert SIM and memory cards, remove the back cover.
Caution:
Don’t use tools to remove the cover—doing so may damage your phone.
Put in the cards
Caution:
Make sure you use the correct size SIM card and don’t cut the SIM card.
Nano SIM
Note:
If you need to remove the SIM card, follow the instructions below.
Take off the back cover.
Put your finger in the notch at the botto m
corner o f the bac k cover an d pry off the cover.
Caution:
Do not pull the USB port
part to r emove t he back cover.
Push the SIM card to right from
the SIM slot, then pull the card
from the right to remove it.
Get Started
Charge up & power on
Put on the back cover. Charge your phone fully and turn the power on. Follow the
screen prompts to get started.
Sign in
If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if not, you can create an
account during setup. Signing into your Google account lets you access, sync, and
backup your stuff. You can see your Google apps, contacts, calendar, photos, and more.
Connect to Wi-Fi
For faster Internet access and to conserve data use, swipe the status b ar down twice,
then tap to connect to Wi-Fi. For full instruction s, see
Connect with Wi-Fi
.
Note:
This phone supports apps and services that may use a lot of data, so make sure
your data plan meets your needs. Contact your service provider for details.
Explore by touch
Find your way around:
»
Tap:
Choose an icon or option.
»
Touch and hold:
See more options.
»
Drag:
Move items on the home screen.
»
Swipe:
Scroll through lists or between screens.
»
Pinch or double-tap:
Zoom in and out on websites, photos, and maps.
»
Twist:
Twist a map with two fingers to rotate it, and pull two fingers down to tilt it.
»
Back:
Tap Back to go to the previous screen.
»
Home:
Tap Home to return to the home screen.
»
Recents:
Tap Recents
to see your recent apps (or browser tabs), and tap an app
to reopen it. Double tap to quickly switch between your recent apps. To remove an
app from the recent list, swipe it up, to remove all apps from the recent list, swipe
right and tap CLEAR ALL. To scroll the list, swipe left or right.
Note:
You don’t need to remove apps from Recents for your phone to run efficiently.
»
Split screen:
From the recent apps list, touch and hold an app and then tap Split
screen, the app will turn to the top of the screen to view two apps at once. Not all apps
will work in split screen. To close the split screen, drag the dividing line to the bottom
of the screen.
Tips
»
Menus:
When you see , ,
screen.
you can tap it to open options for the current
» To add, edit, or delete accounts, swipe up from bottom
>
Settings > Accounts.
» To set up email accounts, see
Gmail.
» For help with your Google a ccount, visit www.google.com/accounts.
»
Close Keyboard:
To close a keyboard, Tap Back .
Put in the battery & put on the cover
Charge up & power on
Press and hold the
Power button until the
screen lights up.
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Improve battery life
Your phone processes tons of information. Depending on what you use, that can take a
lot of power.
When your phone is stationary, not charging, or not in use for a period of time,
unnecessary background processes are shut down to optimize battery life.
» To see what’s using up battery power, swipe up
from bottom >
Settings
>
Battery
,tap menu >
Battery usage.
» To help improve battery life, swipe up
from bottom
>
Settings > Battery
>
Battery saver,
and turn it on.
Tip:
To quickly open
Settings
, swipe down on th e status bar and tap .
Battery Tips
To save even more battery life between charges, you could reduce:
» Widgets that stream information to y our home screen, like news or weather.
» Unused accounts: Swipe up from bottom
>
Settings > Accounts.
» Recording or streaming videos or mu sic.
Learn the basics
Home screen
The home screen is what you see when you turn on your phone. From here you can
explore apps and more.
Note:
Software updates happen frequently, so your screen may look a little different.
Swipe down for
notifications and
settings.
Search by typing or
say "OK, Google.”
Swipe up from
bottom to see all
your apps.
Tips
»
Open app list:
Swipe up from bottom to see all your apps.
»
Return home:
To return to the home screen from an y location, tap Home.
»
Pages:
To add a page, drag an app to the right side of the screen until you see a new
page. You can add multiple pages. To see other pages of shortcuts and widgets (if
available), swipe the hom e screen left.
»
Settings:
To quickly open common settings, swipe the status bar down. To
open more settings, tap .
Learn the basics
»
Customization:
To personalize your home screen, see
Customize your phone.
Search
On the home screen, tap the Google Search box for a text search or tap to search by
voice.
When you type, suggestions appear below the search field:
»
To search for a suggestion, tap it.
» To search for text in the search field, tap on the keyboard.
Tip:
To close the keyboard, tap .
App notifications
You may see a notification dot on an app. This app notification, or
badge, tells you the app has an update or an announcement, such
as a new email or a missed call. Press and hold the app for m ore
information, options, or app shortcuts.
Wireless Emergency Alerts (U.S. & some countries)
Note:
For more on voice search, see
Speak
.
Notifications
At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you about new
messages or events. If you don’t know what the icon means,
swipe the status bar down for details.
Wireless Emergency Alerts, also known as CMAS or PLAN,
is a U.S. national emergency alert system. Emergency alerts
can pop up to tell you about a national or local crisis. After
you close an alert, you can reopen it by swiping up from
bottom >
Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced
>
Emergency alerts.
WIRELESS
EMERGENCY
ALERTS
CAPABLE
TM
Tip:
Getting too many notifications? Touch and hold a notification to see which app is
sending them to you. Then you can turn them off.
Swipe down to see your
notifications
.
Tap a notification to open it, or
choose an option, such as
REPLY
.
Tip: Swipe left or right to
remove a notification.
Some notifications show more
options when you slide them
halfway.
Tap
CLEAR ALL
to clear all the notifications.
Tip:
To quickly change common settings, swipe the status bar down. For more, see
Quick settings.
Tip:
Emergency alerts have a special sound and vibration that is two seconds long,
followed by one second, then another one second.
To choose which types of alerts you receive, swiping up from bottom > Settings
>
Apps & notifications > Advanced > Emergency alerts
. The U.S. and local governments
send these alerts through your service provider. So you will always receive alerts for the
area where you are, and you won’t receive alerts if you’re outside of th e U.S.
For more, visit www.ctia.org and search “wireless emergency alerts.”
Status icons
Icons at the top right of th e screen tell you about phone status:
Status Icons
Network strength
Do not disturb
Wi-Fi in range/connected
Alarm set
Bluetooth earphone connected
Data Saver on
Airplane mode
Battery Saver
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Battery charging/full
Volume
Press the side volume buttons up or down to select a ringer volume from high to
silence, tap access to sound interface that show all volume controls.
Slide the bar to
increase/decrease
volume.
Slide the bar of Ring
volume to the left to
set to vibrate.
Do not disturb
To turn off some or all sounds, swipe the status b ar down with two fingers,
and tap Do
not disturb
. T hen tap the switch to turn it on, mute device but allow
exceptions, select one of these options:
»
Calls:
Allow from starred contacts and repeat callers. Tap Allow calls, select From anyone,
From contacts only, From starred contacts only or Don’t allow any calls as you need.
To create an exception for repeat callers that allows a call from the same person
within a
15
minute period
, tap Allow repeat callers to turn it on.
»
SMS, MMS, and messaging apps:
Tap Allow messages to select From anyone, From contacts
only, From starred contacts only or Don’t allow any messages as you need.
Swipe up to open the camera.
»
See all exceptions:
Tap See all exceptions to select the options as you need, whe n
Do Not Disturb is on, sound and vibration will be muted, except for the items you
allow above.
»
Restrict notifications
: Select No sound from notifications, No visuals or sound from
notifications or choose indefinitely as you need. Tap Custom to Custom
restrictions.
»
Default duration:
Select Until you turn off, Ask every time or customize how long
you want to only hear priority interruptions.
»
Schedules:
Set the schedules as you need.
Lock Screen
Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when you don’t.
Add a lock screen message
For anyone who finds your phone.
Swipe up for voice assist.
Swipe up to unlock your screen.
Status Icons
Learn the basics
» Screen off and on:
Press the
Power
button to turn the screen off and on.
»
Screen lock:
To unlock the screen, sw ipe up from bottom of the locked screen.
To app ly security to the lock screen (recommended), se e
Screen lock.
»
Notifications:
Double tap a notification in the lock screen to open it.
Tip:
To prevent notifications from appearing in the lock screen, swipe up from
bottom >
Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications > Notifications on
lockscreen > Don’t show notifications.
»
Owner info:
To add a message to your lock screen, swipe up from b ottom
>
Settings
> Display > Advanced > Lock screen display
> Lock screen
message.
»
Screen timeout:
To change your timeout (screen locks automatically), swipe up
from bottom >
Settings > Display > Advanced > Screen timeout.
Quick settings
For quick acce ss to
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode
, brightness, and other settings,
swipe the status bar or lock screen down. For even more settings, tap .
Tap
to rearrange your settings and add or remove settings.
Turn Wi-Fi on/off.
Set screen brightness
.
Tap an icon to turn it on/off.
Speak
Google Voice™
Use Google voice commands to tell your phone what you want.
»
Use voice to make a call:
Tap on the home screen or say “Ok Google” to control
your phone by voice.
The say “Call” and then a contact name or number. Or,say “Sent text,” “ Go to” an
app, or “Help”.
Voice to text
On a keyboard, tap , then speak your message or search text. You can also speak
punctuation.
Google Assistant™
Note:
This feature may not be available in all languages.
Ask your phone questions, find answers and set tasks using the Google Assistant.
To turn on the Google Assistant, swipe up from bottom
>
Settings > Google
>
Account services
>
Search, Assistant & Voice > Google Assistant.
Touch and hold Home
from any screen, then speak or type a command. You can also
say, “Ok Google” to open the Google Assistant.
Screen search
Note:
This feature may not be available in all languages.
Screen search provides information based on the app you’re in. Touch and hold Home
while in an app.
To turn Screen search on/off, swipe up from bottom
>
Settings > Google
>
Account services
>
Search, Assistant & Voice > Google Assistant > Assistant >
Phone > Use Screen contex t.
For more on the Google Assistant, visit
https://suppor t.google.com/a ssistant.
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Direct Share
In some apps, you can sha re something directly to an app or conversation.
Select the share option within an app, then choose an app to share.
Picture-in-Picture
If you’re watching a video, on a video call, or using navigation, and you change screens,
your video continues to p lay in a small window on your screen.
» Tap the small window to enlarge it, then tap it again to return to it.
» Tap the small window to enlarge it, then tap the to close it.
» Tap Home to put video in small window.
» Drag video around your screen.
Note:
Not all apps support th is feature.
Select an app to share information.
Tap the video to return to it.
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