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3 Getting started
3.1 Installing the SIM Card and the Battery
A SIM card carries useful information, including your mobile
phone number, PIN (Personal Identifi cation Number), PIN2,
PUK (PIN Unlocking Key), PUK2 (PIN2 Unlocking Key),
IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity), network
information, contacts data, and short messages data.
Note: After powering off your mobile phone, wait for a few
seconds before removing or inserting an SIM card.
Exercise caution when operating an SIM card, as friction or
bending will damage the SIM card. Properly keep the mobile
phone and its fi ttings such as the SIM cards beyond children’s
reach.
Installation
• Hold the Power key for a while and select power off to power
off the mobile phone
• Remove the cover on the rear of the handset.
• Insert the SIM Card into the SIM Card slot gently with the
corner cutting of the card aligning to the notch of the slot
and the gold plate of the card facing downward, until the
SIM Card cannot be further pushed in.
• With the metallic contacts of the battery facing the metallic
contacts in the battery slot, install the battery.
Note: The SD card is a miniature object. Keep it out of reach
of children.
3.2 Charging the Battery
• Your mobile phone monitors and displays the battery state.
• Normally the remaining energy of the battery is indicated by
the battery level icon at the upper right corner of the display
screen.
• When the battery energy is insuffi cient, the mobile phone
prompts “Battery low”.
Using a travel adapter:
• Install the battery into the mobile phone before charging
the battery.
• Connect the adapter of the travel charger with the charging
slot in the mobile phone. Ensure that the adapter is fully
inserted.
• Insert the plug of the travel charger to an appropriate power
outlet.
• During the charging, the battery level grids in the battery
icon keep fl ickering till the battery is fully charged.
• The battery icon ceases to fl icker when the charging
process is complete.
Note: Ensure that the plug of the charger, the plug of the
earphone, and the plug of the USB cable are inserted in the
right direction. Inserting them in a wrong direction may cause
charging failure or other problems. Before the charging,
ensure that the standard voltage and frequency of the local
mains supply match the rated voltage and power of the travel
charger.
Optimizing battery life
You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning
off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how
applications and system resources consume battery power.
To guarantee the optimal performance of your battery, please
stick to the following rules:
• Turn off radios that you aren’t using. If you aren’t using WiFi, Bluetooth, or GPRS, use the Setting application to turn
them off .
• Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen
timeout.
• If you don’t need them, turn off automatic syncing for Gmail,
Calendar, Contacts, and other applications.
Note: On the Home screen, press Menu icon and touch
Settings > About phone > Battery use. The Battery Use screen
lists the applications that have been using the battery, from
greatest to least battery use. The top of the screen displays
the time since you were last connected to a charger or, if
you’re currently connected to one, how long you were running
on battery power before you connected to a charger. Then
each application or service that used battery power during
that time is displayed, in order of the amount of power they
used. Touch an application in the Battery Use screen to learn
details about its power consumption. Diff erent applications
off er diff erent kinds of information.
3.3 Linking to the Networks and devices
Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices,
including mobile networks for voice and data transmission,
Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as
headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer,
to transfer fi les from your phone’s SD card and share your
phone’s mobile data connection via USB.
Connecting to mobile networks
When you assemble your phone with a SIM card, your phone
is confi gured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice
calls and for transmitting data.
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide
Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending
on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.
Touch Settings > Wireless & networks > WLAN settings.
Check Wi-Fi to turn it on. The phone scans for available Wi-Fi
networks and displays the names of those it fi nds. Secured
networks are indicated with a Lock icon.
Note: If the phone fi nds a network that you connected to
previously, it connects to it.
Touch a network to connect to it. If the network is open, you
are prompted to confi rm that you want to connect to that
network by touching Connect. If the network is secured,
you’re prompted to enter a password or other credentials to
connect.
Connecting to Bluetooth devices
Blueto oth is a short-range wireless communications
technology that devices can use to exchange information
over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common
Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or
listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable
devices, including laptops and cell phones.
Touch Settings>Wireless & networks > Bluetooth. Check
Bluetooth to turn it on.
You must pair your phone with a device before you can
connect to it. Once you pair your phone with a device, they
stay paired unless you un-pair them.
Your phone scans for and displays the IDs of all available
Bluetooth devices in range. If the device you want to pair with
isn’t in the list, make it discoverable. phone’s SD card and the
computer.
Connecting to a computer via USB
You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable,
to transfer music, pictures, and other fi les between your
phone’s SD card and the computer.