Hisense U980 User Manual

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Contents

Read Before Proceeding ............................................ 1

Safety Precautions .................................................. 1

Personal Information and Data Security ............... 3

Getting Started .......................................................... 5

Key Functions at Your Finger tips .......................... 5

Inserting the SIM/USIM card ................................. 6

Inserting SD card .................................................... 6

Installing the battery .............................................. 7

Removing the battery ............................................. 7

Charging the battery............................................... 7

Battery performance ............................................... 8

Basic operations ........................................................ 9

Turning your phone on and off .............................. 9

Desktop manager .................................................... 9

Making a call .......................................................... 11

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Contact others ......................................................... 12

Phone ..................................................................... 12

Call log ................................................................... 12

Contacts ................................................................. 12

Messaging .............................................................. 14

Email....................................................................... 15

Gmail ...................................................................... 16

Surf the Internet ..................................................... 17

Maps ....................................................................... 17

Getting Connected ................................................ 18

Entertainment ......................................................... 21

Using Other Applications ......................................... 25

Managing Your Mobile Phone .................................. 28

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Read Before Proceeding

Safety Precautions

Please read the safety precautions carefully to
ensure the correct use of your mobile phone.

1. Do not crash, throw, or puncture your mobile
phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and
bending of your mobile phone.

2. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist
environment, such as the bathroom. Prevent
your mobile phone from being soaked or
washed in liquid.

3. Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is
prohibited to use or when the phone may
cause interference or danger.

4. Do not use your mobile phone while driving.

5. Follow any rules or regulations in hospitals and
health care facilities. Switch off your mobile
phone near medical apparatus.

6. Switch off your mobile phone in aircraft. The
phone may cause interference to control
equipment of the aircraft.

7. Switch off your mobile phone near
high-precision electronic devices. The phone

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may affect the performance of these devices.

8. Do not attempt to disassemble your mobile
phone or its accessories. Only qualified
personnel are allowed to service or repair the
phone.

9. Do not place your mobile phone or its
accessories in containers with a strong
electromagnetic field.

10. Do not place magnetic storage media near
your mobile phone. Radiation from the phone
may erase the information stored on them.

11. Do not put your mobile phone in a
high-temperature place or use it in a place with
flammable gas such as a gas station.

12. Keep your mobile phone and its accessories
away from children. Do not allow children to
use your mobile phone without guidance.

13. Use only approved batteries and chargers to
avoid the risk of explosion.

14. Observe any laws or regulations on the use of
wireless devices. Respect others’ privacy and
legal rights when using your wireless device.

15. Strictly follow the relevant instructions of this
manual while using the USB cable. Otherwise

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your mobile phone or PC may be damaged.

16. This manual is for reference only, please refer
to the material object as standard.

Personal Information and Data Security

The use of some functions or third-party
applications on your device could result in your
personal information and data being lost becoming
accessible to others. Several measures are
recommended to help you protect personal and
confidential information.
 Place your device in a safe area to prevent it

from unauthorized use.

 Set your device screen to lock and create a

password or unlock pattern to unlock it.

 Periodically back up personal information kept

on your SIM/USIM card, memory card, or
stored in your device memory. If you change to
a different device, be sure to move or delete
any personal information on your old device.

 If you are worried about viruses when you

receive messages or emails from a stranger,
you can delete them without opening them.

 If you use your device to browse the Internet,

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avoid websites that might pose a security risk
to avoid theft of your personal information.

 If you use services such as Wi-Fi tether or

Bluetooth, set passwords for these services to
prevent unauthorized access. When these
services are not in use, turn them off.

 Install or upgrade device security software and

regularly scan for viruses.

 Be sure to obtain third-party applications from

a legitimate source. Downloaded third-party
applications should be scanned for viruses.

 Install security software or patches released by

Hisense or third-party application providers.

 Some applications require and transmit

location information. As a result, a third-party
may be able to share your location information.

 Your device may provide detection and

diagnostic information to third-party application
providers. Third party vendors use this
information to improve their products and
services.

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Getting Started

All the pictures in this guide are for your reference

only. Your phone’s actual display features may be

different to those described here, depending on its
software version.

Key Functions at Your Finger tips

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Power key

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Front Camera

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Volume keys

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Light Sensor

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Headset jack

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Rear camera

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Receiver

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Flash

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Microphone

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Speaker

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USB connector

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Touch screen

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Inserting the SIM/USIM card

Your phone must work with a card provided by your
service provider. Your card contains all your
subscription information.
Insert SIM/USIM card with the metal contacts facing
down and the cut corner aligned with that of the slot.
Notes:

1. If no card is installed, the string of “No SIM
card”will display on the screen, if there are
errors in the insertion, or your card is damaged,
the string of “No service” will display on the
screen after your phone is powered on.

2. If your card is PIN-locked ，you must enter PIN
before the phone can start working. Please
contact your network service provider if you
need.

3. When inserting card, please keep it away from
possible damage caused by static, scratch and
bend, and put it where is not available for
children.

Inserting SD card

Insert SD card with the metal contacts facing down
and the cut corner aligned with that of the slot.

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Installing the battery

You must install and charge the battery to use your
phone. Insert the ridge at the top of the battery into
the base of the phone, make sure to touch the metal
contact on the phone, then push the battery down
and snap it into place.
Note:
Your phone is designed to be used only with original
batteries and chargers. Use of other batteries or
chargers may cause damage to your phone and the
warranty will be void.

Removing the battery

Make sure your phone is powered off to avoid the
important information getting lost.
Hold battery bottom and remove the battery from the
phone.

Charging the battery

New batteries are shipped partially charged. Before
you can use your phone, you need to charge the
battery. Some batteries will have best performance
after several full charge/discharge cycles.

1. Connect data cable and charger, plug one end
into your phone’s data port.

2. Plug the other end of the charger into the
appropriate electrical outlet (100~240V AC).

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3. When your phone indicates that the battery is
fully charged, remove the charger.

Notes:

1. Before charge, make sure the battery is installed
in the phone.

2. The battery can discharge gradually even when
your phone is powered off. If the battery is
drained for a long time, the information stored in
the phone could possibly be lost. So even you
don’t need to use your phone for a long period,
you should charge the battery some times to
keep it away from drained.

3. You need longer charging period with the lower
voltage.

4. Charging time will be longer if the cellphone is
operated during charging.

5. The normal charge temperature is during 0℃

-40℃.

Battery performance

2500mAh (standard battery)

Standby time*

166hours

Talk time*

240 minutes

 Many conditions can affect battery’s standby

time, such as local network conditions, phone’s
settings, frequent operations, using data
services, etc.

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 The battery performance is also affected by

charge state and temperature.

Basic operations

Turning your phone on and off

Turn on the phone: Press and hold Power key for
more than 3 seconds to turn on your phone.
Turn off the phone: Press and hold Power key to pop
up option menu, select “Power off”. If it is powered off,
you can not receive, make a call or do other
operations.

Desktop manager

Lock the screen

The screen lock prevents unwanted actions on the
touch screen when you are not using your phone.
When the phone is left idle for a set period, the
screen locks automatically if you enabled screen
lock in Settings Security.

Unlock the screen

You can unlock the screen according to your
settings.
The default way is pulling the lock to right after your
screen is enabled with pressing power key.

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Add icon：

Press and hold a selected icon on main menu and
drag it to desktop after you feel it vibrating. Put it
where you intend to, then you can release it.

Delete icon：

Press and hold a selected icon on desktop, you will
find a “×Remove” icon appear after you feel it
vibrating. At this time drag the icon to “×Remove”
icon, then release.

Status bar

A status bar at the top of the screen displays phone
status information and notifications.

Change the wallpaper

Long press the desktop space, and then pop up the
following menu: Gallery /Live Wallpapers/ Theme
Wallpapers.

Notification panel

You can open notifications such as unread
messages or missed calls directly from the
notification panel.
How to open the panel:
Hold the status bars with your finger, and drag it
downwards.

Accessing Applications and Widgets

To access the application list, on the Home screen,

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touch .
From the application list, you can:

• Touch an icon to open an application.

• Touch the WIDGETS tab to switch to the widget

list.

Managing Folders on the Home Screen

• To create a folder: Drag an application icon onto

another application icon to create a new folder
that contains both icons.

• To rename a folder: On the Home screen, touch a

folder, and then touch the folder name field
beneath it.

• To delete a folder: On the Home screen, touch

and hold a folder, and then drag it to the “×
Remove” icon.

Making a call

Click to enter dialer interface on idle screen or main
menu screen, input phone number and click to
make a call, click the End buttonto end a call. If you
make a mistake, you can click to delete the
number or hold it to delete all numbers .

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Contact others

Phone

Input phone number, click to make a call, click

to delete the number you do not need or hold it

to delete all numbers.

Call log

1. Enter to view All calls, Missed calls, Incoming
calls, Outgoing calls.

2. Select and view the detailed information about
it.
Hold a selected call pop up submenu.

Contacts

All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a
list that you can scroll through.
Click menu key, pop up the submenu: Contacts to
display/Import/Export/Accounts/Settings/Copy/Memo
ry status/Batch operation .

Add a contact

Click , you can add a new contact to the phone or
card.

Search for a contact

1. Click ;

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2. Enter the first few letters of the contact name,

all contacts beginning with these letters
appear.

Adding a Contact to Your Favorites

Touch a contact in the phone, and then touch the
star on the right of the contact’s name. The star turns
white.

Editing a Contact

You can make changes to the information you have
stored for a contact at any time.

1. In the contacts list, touch the contact you want to
edit,

2. Touch .

3. Touch the category of contact information you
wish to change: name, phone number, email
address, or any other information you recorded
earlier.

4. Make the desired changes to the contact
information, and then touch “DONE”. To cancel
all of your changes, touch “CANCEL”.

Using a microSD Card to Back Up
Contacts

1. In the contacts list, touch Menu key.

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2. Touch “Import/ Export” in the displayed menu

to select you needed.

3. Touch OK to export your phone contact's

information to the installed microSD card.

4. You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the

microSD card to your computer. The files are
stored in the microSD card's folder.

Managing Groups

Creating a Group

1. In the contact list, touch .

2. Touch in the displayed menu, and then
touch Create group.

3. Enter the name and note you want to assign to
the group, and then set a ringtone for it.

4. Click “DONE”.

Messaging

The Messaging application allows you to exchange
text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages
(MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-capable
phone.

Create message

Click“CREATE MESSSAGE”, Input receiver’s phone
number and edit contents.

For phone number:

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 You can click the keyboard to input number

directly.

 You can select number from contacts.
 You can select several numbers to send.

Notes:

If the message editing is interrupted by incoming calls,
alarm clock, powering off, the entered texts will be
saved temporarily.

1. Click “Type message” to edit the message.
Click Menu key, Click “Add subject” to add the
message subject. Your mobile phone is now in
multimedia message mode.

2. When you are ready to send the message, click
“ ”or“ ”.

Opening and Viewing a Multimedia
Message

1. In the message list, touch the message thread
you wish to view.

2. Touch the multimedia message to view the
message.

Email

Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips.
With your phone’s Email application, you can use
your email account with some popular email services

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on your phone.

Adding an Email Account

When using the Email application for the first time,
you must configure an email account. The Email
setup wizard helps you to configure your account. A
number of popular email systems are supported. You
can work with the same email service that you use on
your PC or you can select another email service that
you use on your PC or you can select another email
service.

1. Touch Email on the main menu.

2. Enter the account name and the Password, then
touch Next.

3. When setting finish, touch Next..

Viewing an Email Message

On the accounts screen, touch the email account you
want to use.

Gmail

You can access and use Gmail to read and write
email from your account on any mobile device or
browser. Gmail is not just about email. Your Gmail
name and password can provide you access into to
all Google apps and services.
To launch Gmail, touch the Gmail icon on a
Home or All Apps screen.
The phone can load the default mailbox.

1. Read email.

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Touch a message to read it. Unread message are
bold.

2. Organize email.

Check the box beside a message to select it. Then
use the icons and menu along the bottom of the
screen to manage the selected messages.

3. Change your settings.

Touch the Menu key to change your preferences, get
setting or Help.
No matter where you are within Gmail, you can
always get back to the Inbox by touching in the
top left corner of the screen.

Surf the Internet

Maps

Maps enables you to find your current location, view
real-time traffic conditions (depending on availability
in your area), and get detailed directions to your
destinations. You can view satellite images, traffic
maps, or other kinds of maps of your current or other
locations.

1. Enabling the Location Service

Enable the location service before using Maps to find
your location or search for places of interest.

1) On the main menu, touch “Settings”.

2) Touch Location access.

3) Select the GPS satellites.

2. Searching for Places of Interest

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1) On the map, touch .

2) Enter appropriate keywords in the search box,

and then touch the search icon.

3) The search results are displayed. Touch a place

you are interested in. The Maps application will
shows its location on the map.

3. Getting Directions.

1) When viewing a map, touch .

2) Enter your start point in the first text box and

your destination in the second.

3) Touch the icon for driving, public transit, or

walking directions.

4) Touch GET DIRECTIONS. Directions are

displayed in a list.

5) Touch a direction in the list to show it on the

map.

Getting Connected

1 Mobile Networks

Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to
use your network operator’s 2G/3G service (if
available) when you turn on the phone for the first
time. Note that the SIM/USIM card must be inserted.

Checking the Network Connection

1. Touch “Settings” on the main menu.

2. Touch More > Mobile networks> Access Point
Names.

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3. Touch Access Point Names to check the
network.

2 Wi-Fi

Turn on Wi-Fi

1. Touch “Settings” on the main menu.

2. Touch Wi-Fi to select ON.

Connecting to a Wireless Network

1. Touch “Settings” on the main menu.

2. Touch Wi-Fi. You will see a list of detected
Wi-Fi networks in the Wi-Fi networks section.

3 Bluetooth

Your mobile phone has Bluetooth, which allows you
to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth
devices so you can share files with your friends, talk
hands-free with a Bluetooth headset, or even transfer
photos from your phone to your PC.
If you are using Bluetooth, remember to stay within
10 meters (33 feet) of the other Bluetooth devices to
which you want to connect. Be aware that obstacles
like walls or other electronic equipment may interfere
with your Bluetooth connection.

Turning On Bluetooth

1. Touch Settings on the main menu.

2. Touch Bluetooth to select ON. When Bluetooth
is turned on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the
notification bar.

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3. Touch Bluetooth settings, and then touch the
device’s name to make your mobile phone
visible to other Bluetooth devices.

Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device

Before you use Bluetooth, pair your mobile phone
with another Bluetooth device as follows:

1. Ensure that the Bluetooth function on your
mobile phone is enabled.

2. On the main menu, touch Settings > Bluetooth.
Your mobile phone will then scan for Bluetooth
devices in range.

3. If required, enter the pairing password to
complete the connection.

4 Browser

Your mobile phone comes with an Internet browser
pre-installed.

Opening the Browser

1.

Touch Browser on the main menu.

2.

When known or open Wi-Fi networks and
mobile data networks are available at the
same time, your phone will preferably select a
Wi-Fi network for Internet access.

3. Touch Menu Key to open the browser options
menu.

Opening a Webpage

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1.

In a browser window, touch the URL field at the
top of the screen.

2.

As you enter the address, matching webpage
addresses will appear on the screen.If you see
the address you want, touch it and go directly to
that webpage or complete entering your desired
webpage.

Entertainment

In addition to being a communication device and
personal assistant, your mobile phone also provides
you with a multitude of entertainment possibilities.
You can take photos, create videos and audio clips,
and download and listen to music.

Taking Photos and Recording Videos

The camera is a combination of camera and
camcorder that you can use to shoot and share
pictures and videos.

Opening Your Camera

1.

Touch Camera to open the camera. The
camera opens in landscape mode, ready to
take a picture or record a video.

2.

Touch Back Key to close the camera.

Click the icon to set the camera mode:

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Icon

Function

Set exposure intensity

Change to smile mode

Change to HDR mode.

Change to scene mode.

Set flash mode

Set exposure,colour effect,scene
mode,etc.

Take a photo

Click camera to enter camera interface.
In the preview interface:

1. View photos you have taken.

2. Set the photo’s parameter.

3. Click to take a photo.

Recording a Video

1.

Open the camera application, and then switch it
to camcorder mode.

2.

If necessary, change the camcorder settings.

3.

Frame the scene with which you want to start
your video.

4.

Touch to start recording a video.

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Using the Gallery

Your Gallery application can automatically search
for pictures and videos on your mobile phone and
microSD card. Use Gallery to sort photos and
videos into folders, view and edit pictures, watch
videos, and set a picture as wallpaper or as a photo
for a contact.

Opening the Gallery

The Gallery application categorizes your pictures and
videos by storage card and displays these files in
folders. Touch a folder to view the pictures or videos
inside.

View a picture

1.

In Gallery, touch the folder that contains the
pictures you want to view.

2.

Touch the picture to view it in full-screen mode.

Note:

The picture viewer supports the rotation function.
When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture
adjusts itself to the rotation.

Play Music

Before you using music player, you must copy music
files from your computer to the microSD card.
Once you have done this, the player will search for
music on the microSD card. After the search is
complete, you will be able to view all available music

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files in the music library.
Click to enter music player.

1. Artists: view different artists’ songs.

2. Albums: view different albums list.

3. Songs: view all songs list.

4. Playlists: view current playlist and saved
playlist.

5. Now playing:view the playing song.

Listening to the FM Radio

The FM radio lets you listen to FM radio programs on
your mobile phone. Since the FM radio uses the
provided wired stereo headset as its antenna, before
opening the application, connect the headset to your
phone’s the audio jack.
Search radio settings and play it.

Using Anyview cast

You can push the screen of your mobile device to
display on your TV.
Operating introduction:

1. Touch Anyview cast on the main menu.

2. Turn on the Anyview cast, When Anyview cast is
turned on, you will see a list of detected TV
devices name displayed.

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3. Touch the TV devices name,connecting the TV
devices and the phone.

4. After the connecting established,the screen of
the mobile device is projected to the TV screen.

Using Other Applications

Calculator

Perform basic arithmetics such as addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division.

1. Touch the Calculator application icon.

2. Touch the numbers and operation symbols to
do the calculation.

3. Touch to clear the result one by one,
touch and hold to clear all.

Calendar

The Calendar app lets you view and edit your
schedule.
To change the Calendar view, touch the date at the
top left corner and choose Day, Week, Month, or
Agenda.
Create agenda

1. Press menu key and click “New event” button.

2. Before you can add an event, you must add at

least one calendar account to your device and
make a calendar visible.

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3. Input Event name / Location / Time and so on.

4. Click “DONE”button.

The new agenda will appear on the calendar menu
when you entering again.

Clock

Touch the Clock application icon.

Alarm

Turn Alarm on

1. Click to enter the Alarm list, find the desire

alarm.

2. Click “OFF” to turn on the alarm.

On the alarm menu, click menu key to pup up the

settings menu.
Notes ：

1. The alarm clock will still work even the phone is
powered off.

2. Don’t set the phone in silence mode to
guarantee the alarming effect (unless if the
vibrate mode is set to always on).

3. Please change the battery in a minute or else the
information stored in the phone will be lost, in the
low electric power.

Stopwatch

Click the to enter stopwatch.
Click “START” to start the stopwatch, click the

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to record the time;
Click “STOP”to stop the time, click “ ”clear all
record.

Count down

Click the ,enter the time, then click “START”to
start count.

Sound Recorder

You can record for a long time, please make sure
your microSD card has enough storage.
Record:

1. Keep the phone near the sound source.

2. Click “ ” to record, click “ ” to stop.

3. Finish the record, you can select “Discard”
or “Save”.

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Managing Your Mobile Phone

To configure your mobile phone, touch Setting.

Wireless & networks

 Select different card or mode select.
 Set call settings such as:supplementary

services，vibrating after connected,etc.

 Click to turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and set

them.

 View the data usage.
 Click “More”, you can do the follow:

 Click to turn on Airplane mode.
 Set up VPN.
 Set the Tethering & portable hotspot.
 Set Mobile Network
 Turn on or off USB Internet.

Device

1. Audio profiles:

Select different predefined profiles.

2. Display

 Turn on or off Lock screen notifications .
 Set scences.
 Select the Theme.
 Choose the wallpaper from Gallery/Live

Wallpapers / Theme wallpapers.

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 Turn on or offAuto-rotate screen.
 Adjust the brightness.
 Select the font size.
 Adjust the delay before the screen automatically

turns off.

 Turn on or off wireless display.

3. Storage

View the external (Micro-SD) and internal memory
storage capacity and usage.

4. Battery

View the battery usage data based on the process
and application that were consuming the battery.

5. Apps

Manage and remove installed apps; View and control
downloaded apps，apps in SD card, currently running
services;

Personal

1. Location services

Turn on or off Access to my location/ GPS satallites /

Wi-Fi&mobile network location.

2. Security

 Lock screen with None/Slide/Face Unlock/ Voice

Unlock/Pattern/ PIN or Password.

 Edit owner information displayed on the lock

screen.

 Require a numeric PIN or Password to decrypt

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your phone each time you power it on.

 Set up SIM card lock and edit passwords.
 Make the password visible or not.
 Select device administrators.
 Allow installation of non-market apps or not.
 Disallow or warn before installation of apps that

may cause harm.

 Display trusted CA certificates;
 Install crtificates from SD card
 Remove all certificates.

3. Language &input

 Select language.
 Turn on or off Pesonal dictionary..
 Select default language.
 Set the voice search and Text-to-speech output.
 Set the Pointer speed.

4. Backup& reset

Turn on or off Back up my data;
Click Reset phone to erase all data in phone.

System

1. Date and time

Set the date, time, time zone and formats.
 The current date and time will display on the idle

screen if you choose automatic.

 If you do not choose automatic, please set the

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date, time zone.

 Set the format of time and date.

2. Scheduled power on/off

Select auto power on/off and select the time.

3. Accessibility

 Turn on or off Talkback.
 Turn on or off magnification gestures/ large text/

power button ends call/ auto-rotate screen/
speakpasswords/Accessibilityshortcut/text-to-sp
eech output.

 Select the Touch&hold delay time.
 Enhance web accessiblity.

4. About phone

Touch the SettingsAbout phone, then you can

see sub menu as follows:

 System updates
 Status, to check the status of the battery, SIM,

IMEI information,Wi-FI & Bluetooth address, IP
address,serial number and up time.

 Legal information, to see the legal information

from open source and google legal

 Model number,etc.