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User’s Guide
Q50 / Q57 Smartphone
Password Reminder:
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Contents
What’s in the Box: ..................................................................................................... 3
Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 4
Getting Started .......................................................................................................... 5
Buttons and Connections ............................................................................................................5
Charging the Battery ....................................................................................................................6
Inserting and removing the SIM card ..........................................................................................6
Set up your phone ........................................................................................................................6
Unlocking and Powering On and Off ...........................................................................................6
Connecting to the network and internet ....................................................................................7
Connecting to the Internet with WiFi ................................................................................. 7
Connecting to the Internet with 3G .................................................................................... 8
Using Android ............................................................................................................ 9
The Home Screen .........................................................................................................................9
Notifications .............................................................................................................................. 10
Quick Settings............................................................................................................................ 12
Importing Contacts from your SIM card .................................................................................. 13
Changing the Wallpaper ........................................................................................................... 13
Using the Camera ...................................................................................................................... 14
Using the Keyboard ................................................................................................................... 15
Making a phone call .................................................................................................................. 17
Calls & Voicemail ....................................................................................................................... 18
Email .......................................................................................................................................... 19
Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Storage ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Connecting to a PC .................................................................................................................... 21
Arrange & work with Apps ....................................................................................................... 22
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................... 23
Resetting your device to Factory Defaults ............................................................................... 23
Getting further help and support ............................................................................................. 23
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Thank you for choosing Gemini Devices
• If your mobile phone is lost or stolen, please contact your network
provider or a sales agent immediately.
• When you contact your network provider or a sales agent, they will
need to know the IMEI number of your mobile phone (remove battery
to expose the number located on the label back of phone). Please copy
this number and keep in a safe place for future use.
• The IMEI number can also be found on the outer box of your product.
• We recommend keeping your phone up to date with the latest
software to ensure optimal performance. You will be notified when an
update is available, but you can also manually check for updates using
the GD Updater app installed on the phone.
What’s in the Box:
• Q50 or Q57 Smartphone
• Screen protector on the Phone
• SanDisk 8GB Micro SD Card (Pre-installed
into phone)
• Battery
• Micro USB Lead
• Mains Charger
• Headphones
• This User Guide
Included Micro SD Card
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Recommendations
• Only the battery and battery charger specified by Gemini should be
used with your phone.
• Please do not use your phone near flammable or explosive gases.
• Please do not subject your phone to high temperatures, high humidity
or dusty places.
• Turn off your mobile phone where the phone is not permitted, such as,
on an airplane or in hospitals. Using the mobile phone in those places
may impact the normal operation of electronic devices and medical
instruments. Check your alarm clock settings to confirm that your
mobile phone will not be turned on automatically during flight.
• Avoid having the mobile phone come into contact with water or other
liquids. If liquids enter the phone, this could cause a short circuit,
battery leakage or other malfunction.
• Do not dispose of old batteries with everyday domestic waste. Please
dispose of old batteries at the directed places with specific rules for
their disposal in your country.
• Please do not throw batteries into a fire, as this will cause the battery
to catch fire and explode.
• When installing the battery, do not use force or pressure, as this may
cause the battery to leak, overheat, crack and catch fire.
• Please do not disassemble or modify the battery or phone.
• If the battery overheats, changes colour, or becomes distorted during
use, charging, or storage, please stop using it and replace it with a new
battery.
• If the liquid from the battery comes in contact with skin or clothing
this could cause burning of the skin. Immediately use clear water to
rinse and seek medical advice if necessary.
• Please do not let the battery become wet as this may cause the
battery to overheat, smoke and corrode.
• Please do not use or place batteries in places of high temperature such
as in direct sunlight, as this may cause the battery to leak and
overheat, lower performance and shorten the battery’s life.
• Please do not continuously charge for more than 24 hours.
• Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the mobile phone, battery and charger.
• Please do not use alcohol, thinner, benzene or other solvents to wipe
the mobile phone.
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Getting Started
Buttons and Connections
Image above shows the Q57
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Charging the Battery
• Ensure the battery is installed (arrow facing up), fix rear cover and
then connect the charger to the mobile phone.
• When the battery level indicator does not flash this indicates the
battery is full and charging has been completed. If the phone is off
during charging, the charging complete image also appears on the
screen. The charging process often takes 3 to 4 hours. During charging,
the battery, phone and charger may get warm, this is normal.
• Upon the completion of charging, disconnect the charger from power
supply and from the mobile phone.
• Note: During charging, the phone must be placed in well-ventilated
environment of ＋5℃ ~ ＋40℃.
Inserting and removing the SIM card
• Turn off the phone; remove the battery and unplug other external
power supplies. Insert a SIM card into one of the SIM holders as shown
in the phone.
• When you need to remove a SIM card, turn off the phone, remove the
battery and then remove the SIM card from the holder.
Warning: Turn off your phone before removing the SIM card. Never insert or
remove the SIM card when an external power supply is connected.
Set up your phone
The first time you turn on the phone, you’ll see a Welcome screen.
• To choose a different language, touch the menu.
• To continue, touch the icon and follow the instructions.
Unlocking and Powering On and Off
To Power On press the power or home button until the screen lights up. To
power off hold down the power button and a menu will appear with this
option. To wake the smartphone from sleep or put it back to sleep click the
power button once.
Unlocking the Screen
You will need to unlock the screen before using your smartphone. To do this,
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place your finger on the padlock icon and drag towards the edge of the outer
circle. If you have setup a PIN or other lock method you will need to enter this
instead of swiping.
Locking the Screen
By default the smartphone locks itself automatically after 1 minute if unused.
To manually lock the screen, press the power button. The screen will go blank
and your device will be locked.
Connecting to the network and internet
When powered on, your phone searches for available mobile networks
automatically (the screen will show that network searching is underway). If
your phone has found an available network, the name of network service
provider appears at the centre of screen and also at the bottom of the lock
screen.
Note: Making an emergency call - If “only for emergency calls” appears on the
screen, it indicates that you are beyond coverage (service area) for your
network, however you can still make emergency calls depending on the signal
intensity.
Connecting to the Internet with WiFi
Your smartphone can connect to any router that supports the 802.11b/g/n
standard. To connect to your wireless network:
1. Touch Settings, Wireless & Networks then Wi-Fi.
2. Touch the Wi-Fi Off/On toggle.
3. Touch your network name from the list.
4. Input your password.
If you are not sure what your password is it can normally be found on the
side/underneath of your router. This is normally case sensitive so please enter it
exactly as shown. If you are unsure please call your ISP who should be able to
remind you of your password. If you have problems connecting to your Wi-Fi try
changing the router security settings to WPA/WPA2.
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Connecting to the Internet with 3G
As the phone is a dual SIM device you will need to select which SIM you would
like to use for data before you can use the internet.
After inserting a SIM card and powering on you will see the popup similar to
that shown in Figure A below.
• Touch change.
• Touch Data connection (shown in Figure B).
• Select your network/SIM card from the list.
• This SIM card will now be used for data/internet connections.
Figure A
Figure B
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Using Android
The Home Screen
The home screen is the first screen you see after unlocking your device. You
can use multiple screens to store shortcuts to your favourite apps or widgets.
At the bottom of the home screen, notice the All Apps icon.
Touch it to see all the apps and widgets installed on your device.
To add an app or widget to a Home screen:
1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app or widget.
2. Touch the All Apps icon.
3. Swipe right, if necessary, to find the app or widget you want.
4. Touch & hold the app or widget until the Home screen appears, slide it into
place, and lift your finger.
The middle of your Home screen can hold app and widget icons, plus folders.
• To open an app, folder, or widget, touch its icon.
• To rename a folder, touch its name.
• To combine two icons in a folder, slide one quickly over the other
• To see additional Home screens, swipe your finger quickly left or right.
• At the top of the screen you'll find Google Search, which lets you
search your device or the Internet. Touch Google to type your search
terms, or to speak them.
You can combine several app icons in a folder. Drop one app icon over another
on a Home screen, and the two icons will be added to a new folder.
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Notifications
Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and
alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as file downloads.
When a notification arrives, its icon appears at the top of the screen. Icons for
pending notifications appear on the left, and system icons showing things like
Wi-Fi signal or battery strength on the right:
To open the notification shade, swipe down from the top left corner of any
screen.
Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as
email previews or calendar events. The item at the top is always expanded if
available.
To open the related app, touch the notification icon on the left. Some
notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within
the notification. For example, Calendar notifications allow you to Snooze
(remind you later) or send email to other guests.
When you’re finished with a notification, just swipe it away. To dismiss all
notifications, touch the Dismiss icon at the top right of the notification shade.
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You can perform these actions from the notification shade:
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Quick Settings
Use Quick Settings to easily toggle Wi-Fi, manage display brightness, open the
main Settings menu, and more. To open Quick Settings, swipe down from the
top right corner of any screen:
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Importing Contacts from your SIM card
To import your contacts from your old phone, first of all make sure they are
located on your SIM card and that the card is inserted into the phone.
1. Go to the People app and touch the menu button on the bottom left of
the front of the phone.
2. Select Import/export from the menu.
3. Select your SIM Card from the list (your network will be shown) and
touch Next.
4. Touch next again to copy the contacts to your Phone. You can then
choose the contacts you wish to copy.
5. Touch OK in the top right of the screen. You will see a notification
showing you how many contacts have been copied.
Changing the Wallpaper
Wallpapers are images from the Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera,
synced from Picasa, and so on), still images included with the system, and live
images (such as an animation or a map that centres on your location). They
take the place of the default background for your Home screens.
1. Touch & hold anywhere on a Home screen that's not occupied.
A list of options appears.
2. Touch a wallpaper source:
Gallery. Choose from pictures that you've taken with Camera or
downloaded to your device.
Live Wallpapers. Choose from a scrolling list of animated wallpapers.
Wallpapers. Choose from thumbnails of default images, or touch a
thumbnail for a larger version.
3. To set a wallpaper image, touch Set wallpaper or, for Gallery images,
determine the cropping and touch Crop.
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Using the Camera
The Camera app is a combination camera and camcorder that actually consists
of two cameras, one facing toward you and one facing away from you.
You can view photos and videos you take with Camera in the Gallery app.
To take pictures and videos, first touch the Camera icon on a Home or
All Apps screen.
When Camera opens, you can:
• Take a picture: Touch the blue button.
• View the most recently taken picture: Sweep your finger from
right to left on the screen.
• Switch recording modes: Touch the camera icon in the bottom
right to switch between camera, camcorder and panorama
modes.
• Zoom: Use 2 fingers to pinch the screen and zoom in and out.
While the Camera is open, you can also touch the icon in the bottom
right to view additional camera settings including HDR mode,
exposure, white balance and image resolution.
Also while in the settings view, use this button to toggle between
the front and rear cameras.
The flash can be set to auto, on or off using this icon.
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Using the Keyboard
You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it
automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type.
As you type, the keyboard displays suggestions above the top row of keys. To
accept a suggestion, touch it.
Basic Editing
• Move the insertion point: Touch 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: Touch & 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.
The tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To
make it reappear, touch the text again.
• Delete text: Touch to delete selected text or the characters
before the cursor.
• Cut, copy, paste: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then touch
the Paste , Cut , or Copy button:
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To make the keyboard go away, touch Done.
Tips and Shortcuts
• Type capital letters: Touch the Shift key once to switch to capital
letters for one letter.
Or touch & hold the Shift key while you type. When you release
the key, the lowercase letters reappear.
• Turn caps lock on: Double-tap or touch & hold the Shift key , so it
changes to . Touch the Shift key again to return to lowercase.
• Show numbers or symbols: Touch the ?123 key. To see more choices,
touch the = \ < key.
• Quickly access common punctuation and symbols: Touch & hold the
key to the right of the space bar (full stop key).
• Type special characters: Touch & hold the Shift key while you
touch a key with a small grey character in its corner to enter the grey
character.
Touch & hold any key to see alternative letters, symbols, or numbers,
which you can then touch to type.
• Change input language or keyboard: Touch & hold the key to the left
of the space bar (with ... in the lower-right corner), and then release it.
The Input options menu appears. Choose the option you want to
adjust.
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Making a phone call
You can place calls from the Phone app , the People app , or other apps or
widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number,
you can usually touch it to dial.
To dial using the Phone app:
1. Touch the Phone icon on a Home or All Apps screen.
Notice the three tabs at the top of the phone. You can make calls from any of
them.
• The Dialler tab lets you dial manually. Touch the keys to enter the
number, then touch the Phone icon below the keypad to start dialling.
If you enter a wrong number, touch to erase digits.
To dial an international number, touch & hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + )
symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the country, followed by the
full phone number.
• The Call log tab shows recent calls. Touch a call to return it.
• The Contacts tab shows the numbers you frequently call at the top, and
all your contacts below. Touch to dial.
You can switch applications during a call – for example, to look up information
by using the web browser.
To return to the Phone app while a call is in progress Swipe down from the top
of the screen to reveal your notifications then touch the green phone icon.
To end a call in progress, touch the End Call icon at the bottom of the
screen.
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Calls & Voicemail
When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens, displaying the
caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you’ve entered in
contacts
All incoming calls are recorded in the Phone app’s Call log tab. If you miss a
call, you receive a notification.
To answer the call touch and drag the white phone symbol icon to the right
onto the green phone symbol.
To silence the ringer before answering the call, press the Volume Down button
on the side of your phone.
Listening to voicemail
When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the
Status area at the top left of your screen.
To access your voicemail:
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen to view your notifications.
The voicemail notification displays the number of unread messages and a
number to dial.
2. Touch new voicemail.
Your phone dials the voicemail service. Follow the instructions to retrieve your
messages.
To change your voicemail service or other settings:
1. Touch the Phone icon on a Home or All Apps screen.
2. Touch Menu, then Settings.
3. Touch the voicemail setting you want to change, or dial the number listed to
access other voicemail settings.
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Email
You can setup one or several email accounts on your device.
Adding an email account
1. Touch the email icon.
2. In the e-mail address box enter your email address.
3. Enter your password in the password box.
4. Touch Next.
5. Manual settings (optional) – The device should detect your other
settings automatically, however should you need to enter them
manually click Manual settings to make any required changes.
6. Set your preferences and touch Next.
7. Enter an account name and your display name then touch Next.
If you have problems connecting to the account please check all of your
settings with your email service provider. You may have to set the account up
manually if settings are not detected automatically during step 4.
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Settings
The settings screen can be accessed by touching the settings icon in the
application launcher or in the pull down notification bar at the top of the
screen.
These options allow you to configure your device to your requirements.
The following are some of the key options available:
Please note that you can get to application specific settings by touching the
settings button on your device whilst you are in an application.
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Storage
Built in Storage
Your device comes complete with 8GB storage built in. However the Android
operating system divides this space up into 2 sections, internal storage and
phone storage.
The Internal storage is reserved for use by applications and the operating
system. You may not see all of the space available for use as the rest is used by
Android. You cannot access this area from your computer. The phone storage
area shows the rest of the free space. This is the storage that you see when
you plug your device into your computer and should be used to hold your
movies and music etc.
Using a Micro SD Card
Available storage can be expanded using a Micro SD card of up to 32GB in
capacity. An 8GB is included and pre-inserted into your phone.
To insert a Micro SD Card:
1. Power off your device and remove the back cover and battery. Insert
the Micro SD card into the slot as shown inside the phone. You may
need to use a pen or similar implement to push the card fully into
place.
2. Replace the battery and back cover and power on the phone. The
device will automatically prepare the card for use.
Connecting to a PC
To copy files to and from your device via your PC:
1. Connect the device to the computer using the supplied USB cable. You
will see a notification in the status bar that the device is connected.
2. You should see a pop up on your computer asking you if you want to
browse the device. You can also see the device under “My Computer”.
3. To copy files you can now drag and drop files to and from your device.
4. To disconnect from your computer unplug the USB cable.
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Arrange & work with Apps
To see all your apps, touch the All Apps icon on any Home screen.
The main All Apps screen opens. This is where you can see all your apps. You
can move app icons to any of your Home screens.
From All Apps, you can
• Move between screens: Swipe left or right.
• Launch an app: Touch its icon.
• Place an app icon on a Home screen: Touch & hold the app icon, slide
your finger, and lift your finger to drop the icon in place.
• Explore your widgets: Touch the Widgets tab at the top of any All
Apps screen.
• Get more apps. Touch the relevant app store icon in the list of app
icons.
Adding Applications
To download apps you need an account with an App store. Our devices come
preloaded with the Amazon Appstore.
Uninstalling Applications
To remove an app icon from the Home screen, touch and hold it, slide your
finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the Remove
icon.
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Troubleshooting
Resetting your device to Factory Defaults
If you need to reset your device to the factory default settings for any reason
please follow the process below:
WARNING!!!
Please be aware any information currently on the device
will be permanently erased by following this procedure.
1. Go to applications screen and touch the settings button.
2. Touch the Backup & reset option.
3. Select Factory data reset.
4. Leave the erase phone storage option un-ticked & touch “Reset
phone”.
5. Touch “erase everything”.
6. The unit will now reset itself back to factory defaults and any previous
information/data will have been permanently erased.
Getting further help and support
Please see our support site below for further help and support with your
device including how to install software updates if available and much more:
http://www.geminidevices.com/support.html
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