Foxx FOXXD MIRO User Manual

About this Manual

Thank you for choosing FOXXDTM MIROTM smartphone. In order to keep your phone in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference.

Table of Contents

1. About Your Phone ----------------------------------------------------- 4

1.1 Overview ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4

1.2 Getting started ---------------------------------------------------------- 4

1.3 Home screen------------------------------------------------------------ 6

2. Applications ----------------------------------------------------------- 12

2.1 Camera ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12

2.2 Photo gallery ---------------------------------------------------------- 13

2.3 Clock -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

2.4 Sound recording ----------------------------------------------------- 14

2.5 FM radio---------------------------------------------------------------- 15

2.6 Playing music --------------------------------------------------------- 15

2.7 Calendar --------------------------------------------------------------- 15

3. Text Input -------------------------------------------------------------- 16

3.1 Using on-screen keyboard ---------------------------------------- 16

3.2 Text editing ------------------------------------------------------------ 16

4. Making a Call --------------------------------------------------------- 17

4.1 Wi-Fi Calling ---------------------------------------------------------- 17

4.2 Placing a call ---------------------------------------------------------- 17

4.3 Answering or rejecting a call -------------------------------------- 18

4.4 Retrieving your call history ---------------------------------------- 18

4.5 Accessibility ----------------------------------------------------------- 18

5. Contacts---------------------------------------------------------------- 21

5.1 Adding a contact ----------------------------------------------------- 21

5.2 Importing, exporting and sharing contacts -------------------- 21

5.3 Accounts --------------------------------------------------------------- 22

6. Messaging ------------------------------------------------------------- 23

6.1 Write a message ----------------------------------------------------- 23

6.2 RCS Message -------------------------------------------------------- 24 3

7. Email -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26

7.1 Adding an email account------------------------------------------- 26

7.2 Sending an email ---------------------------------------------------- 26

8. Getting Connected -------------------------------------------------- 27

8.1 Connecting to the Internet ----------------------------------------- 27

8.2 ChromeTM -------------------------------------------------------------- 27

8.3 Connecting to a computer ----------------------------------------- 28

8.4 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection --------------- 28

9. Google Maps---------------------------------------------------------- 29

9.1 My Location ----------------------------------------------------------- 29

9.2 Search for a location ------------------------------------------------ 30

9.3 Get directions --------------------------------------------------------- 31

10. Google Play Store --------------------------------------------------- 32

10.1 Find an application -------------------------------------------------- 32

10.2 APP download and install ----------------------------------------- 33

10.3 Manage your applications ----------------------------------------- 33

11. Data Backup ---------------------------------------------------------- 34

12. Factory Reset --------------------------------------------------------- 35

13. Applications & Internal Storage ---------------------------------- 36

13.1 Applications ----------------------------------------------------------- 36

13.2 Internal phone storage --------------------------------------------- 36

14. Safety and Use ------------------------------------------------------- 37

15. General information ------------------------------------------------- 47

16. One Year Limited Warranty --------------------------------------- 48

17. Troubleshooting ------------------------------------------------------ 50

1. About Your Phone

1.1 Overview

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Setting up

Replacing the back cover

Inserting the Nano SIM card

Follow instructions illustrated in the above picture, insert the nano SIM into the SIM compartment with the gold contacts facing down. Remove the SIM card by pushing the top of the SIM card from the opening and pulling it out.

Installing the microSD card

Install the microSD card with the gold contacts facing down. Remove the microSD card by pulling out of the slot.

Charging the phone

Insert micro USB end of the charging cable into the charging port of your phone. Plug the charger into a wall outlet or insert the regular end of the charging cable into any external USB port.

1.2.2 Powering on the phone

Press and hold the Power key for a few seconds to power on.

Setting up your phone for the first time

The first time you power on the phone, you should set it up following these steps:

1. Select the phone's language, and then press “START”.

2. Connect to Wi-Fi. When the "Learn about Wi-Fi Calling" pop-up

appears, you can either select "SKIP" or "LEARN MORE".

3. Choose “Copy apps & data” options by following the prompts.

4. Set up Gm ail™ and Services by f ollowing the prompts, view Terms and

select “I agree”.

5. Set up the “Pro tect your phone feat ure”. This feature preve nts others

from using your phone without your permission.

6. Next, the Google Services page will be displayed. Choose the services

you wish to use and se lect “Next” from the options at the bottom of your screen.

Note: Even without a SIM card installed, your phone will still power on and you will be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network and use some of the phone features.

1.2.3 Powering off your phone

While the phone is on, press and hold the Power key until the pop-up menu appears, select “Power off” to confirm.

1.3 Home screen

You can organize all of the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) that you use most frequently to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the Home key to get back to the Home screen. Swipe the Home screen right to view additional screens.

1.3.1 Status bar

From the status bar you can view notification icons and current call, Wi-Fi and signal status icons. Details are in the following figures.

2G connected

Connected to a

Bluetooth device

2G in use

Bluetooth is on

4G connected

Speakerphone is on

4G in use

Headset connected

4G LTE connected

Battery is very low

4G LTE in use

Battery is low

No SIM card

inserted

Battery is partially

drained

Status bar

• Touch and drag down to open the notification panel.

Search bar

• Touch text box to enter text search screen.

• Touch voice icon to enter voice search screen.

Application/Folder

• Touch an icon to open an application, folder,

etc.

Favorite tray applications

•Touch to open an application.

•Touch and hold to move an application.

Signal strength

Battery is full

No signal

Battery is charging

Vibrate mode

Airplane mode

Connected to a Wi-

Fi network

Alarm is set

GPS is on

Both USB tethering

and portable

hotspots are on

New Gmail message

Missed call

New Email message

Call forwarding is on

New text or

multimedia message

Connected to VPN

Problem with SMS

or MMS delivery

Radio is on

Download completed

New voicemail

Wi-Fi Calling

Upcoming event

An open Wi-Fi

network is available

Screenshot captured

Quick Setting panel and Notifications panel

Touch and swipe down the Status bar to open the Quick Settings panel, the Notifications panel is also shown when there are pending notifications. From the Quick Settings panel, touch a desired icon to make changes.

1.3.2 Search bar

The phone’s Home screen has a pre-installed Google search function bar. As usual, enter the text/phrase to search by text, touch then speak the

word/phrase to search by voice.

1.3.3 Lock/Unlock screen

To protect your phone and privacy, a variety of patterns, PIN or Password can be created to lock your phone screen.

To create a screen unlock pattern, touch Settings > Security & location > Screen lock > Pattern, then draw your own pattern.

Quick Settings panel

• Touch to extend the Quick Settings panel.

Clear All

• Press to clear all displayed notifications.

Notifications panel

To create a screen unlock PIN or Password, touch Settings > Security & location > Screen lock > PIN or Password, then set your PIN or Password.

To lock phone screen, press the Power key once. To unlock phone screen, press the Power key once to light up the screen, then draw your unlock pattern or enter PIN or Password.

Note: This phone provides quick access to the camera without unlocking screen. When the screen is lit up by pressing the Power key, you can see

a camera icon at the right bottom corner. Swiping it to the left will open the camera app. However, you have to unlock the screen to access other functions.

1.3.4 Personalize your Home screen Add

Touch and hold an item (a folder, an application, or a widget) to activate the “Move” mode and drag the item to any Home screen you prefer.

Reposition

Touch and hold an item to be repositioned to activate the “Move” mode,

drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another panel.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the “Move” mo de and

drag the item up to the top of the icon.

Create folders

To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of

another. To rename a folder, open it a nd touch the folder’s tit le bar to input

the new name.

Wallpaper customization

Touch Settings on the applications screen, then touch Display > Wallpaper to customize wallpaper.

1.3.5 Volume adjustment

You can set the media, alarm and ring volume preferences by pressing the Volume up/down key, or by touching Settings > Sound to set the volume.

2. Applications

2.1 Camera

Touch the camera icon on the Home screen, you can use the camera APP to take photos and videos, and then share with people, further you can select a photo as your wallpaper.

2.1.1 Taking a picture

To take a picture, touch the camera icon on Home screen to open camera APP, aim the lens at the subject, make necessary adjustments,

then touch or press volume key to take a photo.

2.1.2 Recording a video

To record a video, touch the camera icon on Home screen, touch

to switch to the video camera . Then touch to start recording

and touch again to stop recording. You can pause the recording by clicking the icon in the upper right corner, click the icon to resume

Touch to select scenes

Touch to enter camera settings

Touch to select special effects

Touch to switch front/back camera

Touch to view picture/video you have taken

Touch to turn on/off HDR

Touch to take a picture

Touch to switch between video/panorama mode

recording, and touch the screen to take a photo during the recording, the video is saved automatically when ending the recording.

2.2 Photo gallery

Touch the Gallery icon on Home screen, you can view, edit, share, delete your pictures/videos saved on your phone or memory card.

2.2.1 Photo

When viewing photos, you can view photos in a slideshow, and view photo details. You also have options to delete, share photos, set photos as contact photos, or set photos as wallpapers, etc.

To edit, touch a picture and select to edit. When finishing changes, touch “SAVE” to save changes or touch to discard changes.

To share, touch a picture and select , it brings up a menu for you to choose: Messaging, Add to Maps, Bluetooth, Gmail, Save to Drive, Upload to Photos etc.

To delete, touch a picture and select , then touch ”OK” to delete o r touch ”CANCEL”.

To make a slideshow, touch a picture > touch the menu , select “Slideshow”, you can view photos in a slideshow mode.

To set picture as, touch a picture > touch the menu , select ”Set picture as”, then you can set the picture as wallpaper or contact photo.

To see the photo details, touch a picture > touch the menu ,

select ”Details”, you c an view details such as Tit le, Time, Location, Fi le

size, Path, etc.

To print, touch a picture > touch the menu , select ”Print”, you can print a photo via proper printer setting up.

2.2.2 Video

Similarly, when viewing video items, select a desired video, touch to play the video. Further, touch the video, you can select or to either

share or delete the video, you can have more choices by touch the menu

, then pick an option, Slideshow, Trim, Mute, or Details for further action.

2.3 Clock

Touch clock on Home screen, you can set alarm, clock, timer, stopwatch, etc.

2.3.1 Setting an alarm

Touch , select “ALARM” > touch to add an alarm. When done, you should see an alarm icon in the status bar. When the alarm goes off, you

can click SNOOZE or swipe left to snooze, or touch DISMISS or swipe right to dismiss.

2.3.2 Setting a world clock

Touch , select “CLOCK” > touch to bring up a list of world cities, touch the checkbox to select cities to be added, back to the clock interface you will see those cities displayed.

2.3.3 Setting a timer

Touch , se lect “TIMER” > touch the number to e nter time, when done touch to start the timer. If the time entered is wrong, touch to delete.

When the time is up, you can touch "STOP" to end the timer or touch "ADD 1 MIN " to add time.

2.3.4 Setting a stopwatch

Touch , select “STOPWATCH”, touch the ti me inside the circle or touch

to start. Once started, you can touch RESET to reset record, touch

“LAP” to record time, touch the time inside the circle again or touch to pause, touch RESET to reset record, touch “SHARE” to share the record.

2.4 Sound recording

Touch on home screen to open the APP, touch to start recording, touch to pause recording. Once done, touch to bring up you an

option to select “SA VE” or “DISCARD”. Other options can be found by

touching to display Recording list. You can replay any item on the list by touching it. Long press any item on the list to bring up further options

for you to choose: to rename a recorded file, to share, and to delete.

2.5 FM radio

Touch on home screen, you can listen to music and news on FM radio. To use the FM Radio, you have to plug in a headset which serves as the radio antenna.

2.6 Playing music

Touch on Home screen to play music or recorded files. Note some files which may not support the format or exceed the limit may not play properly. Select a music file and you can control playback with following icons.

Icons

Functions

Touch to pause playback

Touch to resume playback

Touch to skip backward, or scan backward

Touch to skip forward, or scan forward

Touch to change the repeat mode

Touch to activate shuffle mode

Touch to show the current playlist

2.7 Calendar

Touch the date on home screen, you can use the calendar to add events and manage events. To delete or edit an event you have added, touch the

event to bring up options, to edit, “Save” to save the event, to select “Delete” and confirm when prompted.

3. Text Input

3.1 Using on-screen keyboard

On-screen keyboard settings

Touch Settings > System > Language & input > Virtual keyboard, several options become available for your selection. You can change the keyboard orientation once Auto-rotate is enabled.

3.2 Text editing

To edit text:

• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.

• The following options will be shown: CUT, COPY, PASTE, SHARE,

SELECT ALL.

4. Making a Call

4.1 Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calling allows you to make and receive phone calls and messages over a Wi-Fi connection. Once you see the Wi-Fi Calling icon in the

Status bar, your phone is ready for Wi-Fi Calling. Important! You must have an E911 address registered with your account

in order to use Wi-Fi Calling. You can register an E911 address via the myMetro® Android™ app t hat is either pre-installed on your phone, or available for download from the Google PlayTM Store. If you do not have an Android smartphone, you can call 611 to update the address.

4.2 Placing a call

Place a call using Call by touching the Application tab from the Home screen and select Call .

To make a regular phone call, choose from the following options:

• Enter the desired number directly into the dial pad, then touch , or tap on the contact to place a call.

• If an error is made when typing in a phone number, you can delete the incorrect digit(s) by touching .

• To hang up a call, touch .

Touch to display dial pad

Slide to access the call history and contact

Touch and hold to access the Voice Mail

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