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Get Started
♦ Your KYOCERA Hydro Plus (page 2)
♦ Get Your Phone Ready (page 3)
♦ Use Your Phone (page 4)
♦ Customer Support (page 12)
♦ Notes (page 12)
This section introduces you to the basics of getting
started with your KYOCERA Hydro Plus. Visit http://
www.uscellular.com/ for the complete User Guide
and additional information.
2 Get Started
Your KYOCERA Hydro Plus
< Front >< Top >
Proximity Sensor/
Light Sensor
< Side >
Volume
Button
Internal Antennas
Headset Jack
Self Camera Lens
Smart Sonic
Receiver (Internal)
Touchscreen
Charger/Accessory Jack
LED Indicator
Back Camera Lens
Power Button
< Back >
< Bottom >
Microphones
Camera Flash
Speaker
SIM Card Slot/
microSD Card Slot
(Internal)
Get Your Phone Ready
Install the Battery
1. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently
press into place.
2. Replace the cover, making sure all tabs on the
cover align with the battery compartment slots
and press down until the cover snaps into
place.
Charge the Battery
1. Plug the smaller end of the micro-USB cable
into the phonee’s charger/accessory jack.
2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the
charger, and then plug the charger into an
electrical outlet.
Turn the Phone On
Press and hold the Power button to turn your
phone on.
Turn the Screen On and Off
Press the Power button to turn the screen on and
off.
Unlock the Screen
Touch and hold the screen and flick the key icon
which appears under your finger toward the
unlock icon .
Turn the Phone Off
Press and hold the Power button and then touch
Power off > OK to turn the phone off.
Get Started 3
Use Your Phone
Voicemail
Set Up Your Voicemail
All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to
your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned
off. You should set up your voicemail and personal
greeting as soon as your phone is activated:
1. Touch > Phone to display the phone
dialpad.
2. Touch and hold .
3. Follow the voice prompts to create your
password and record your name and greeting.
It is strongly recommended that you set a voicemail
password. Without a password, anyone who has
access to your phone can access your messages.
Retrieve Your Voicemail
Touch and hold on the phone dialpad.
From any other phone:
1. Dial your wireless phone number.
2. When your voicemail answers, press the
asterisk key (*).
3. Enter your password.
4 Get Started
Phone Calls
Make a Phone Call
1. Touch > Phone to display the phone
dialpad.
2. Touch the digits of the number you want to call
on the dialpad. Touch to delete one or
more digits.
3. Touch at the bottom of the screen to place
the call.
4. Touch when you are finished.
Respond to an Incoming Call
On the incoming call screen, flick the Anwswer
icon .
Flick the Ignore icon to send the call to your
voicemail inbox.
Flick the Ignore & Text icon to ignore the call
and send a message to the caller.
Note: While on a call and holding the phone near
your face to speak, the touchscreen
automatically deactivates to avoid accidental
screen presses. When you move the phone
away from your face, the touchscreen
automatically reactivates.
Display Settings
Add App Shortcuts or Widgets to the Home
Screen
1. Touch > .
2. Slide the APPS or WIDGETS screens to find the
item you want to add to the home screen.
3. Touch and hold the app icon or a widget and
move your finger to find the place to add it to.
The blue frames which appear on the screen
indicate where you might place the item.
4. Release your finger.
Move or Remove Items on the Home Screen
Touch and hold the item you want to move or
remove from the home screen.
▪ To move the item, drag it to a new area and
release it.
▪ To remove the item, drag it to “X Remove” at
the top of the screen and release it when it turns
red.
Change the Wallpaper
1. Touch and hold the empty area on the home
screen.
2. Select an option:
▪ Gallery/Graphics to use saved or captured
images on your phone.
▪ Live Wallpapers to use Live wallpapers.
▪ Wallpapers to use preset wallpapers.
3. Select an image, crop it if necessary, and touch
OK or Set wallpaper.
Sound Settings
Adjust the Volume
1. Touch > > Settings > Sound.
2. Touch Volumes and use the sliders to set the
volume level for Music, video, games, &
other media, Ringtone & notifications, and
Alarms.
3. Touch OK to save your settings.
Tip: You can adjust the ringer volume in standby
mode (or the earpiece volume during a call) by
using the volume button on the left side of your
phone.
Mute All Sounds
Press the volume button down in standby mode
until you see or on the status bar.
Select a Ringtone
1. Touch > > Settings > Sound >
Phone ringtone.
2. Select the app to use and select if using the
app Always or Just once.
3. Select a ringtone from the available list. Touch
OK if required.
2. Select the app to use and select if using the
app Always or Just once.
3. Select a notification sound from the available
list. Touch OK if required.
Select a Vibration Pattern
1. Touch > > Settings > Sound >
Vibrate pattern.
2. Touch a vibrate pattern from the available list
and touch OK.
6 Get Started
Contacts
View Contacts
1. Touch > > People.
2. Scroll through the list to view your contacts.
Add a New Contact
1. Touch > > People > .
2. Add as much or as little information as you
want.
▪ To add information in a field, touch the field to
display the touchscreen keyboard.
▪ To assign a number or address type (such as
MOBILE, WORK, HOME, etc.), touch the label
next to the number or address field.
▪ To assign a picture, touch the icon next to the
name, and select to take a picture or choose
a picture from Gallery.
3. Touch DONE when you are finished.
Edit Contacts
1. Touch > > People.
2. Touch a contact to open it, and then
touch > Edit.
▪ Touch a field to add or edit information.
3. Touch DONE when you are finished.
Note: To delete a contact, touch > Delete >
OK.
Messaging
Send a Message
1. Touch > > Messaging > .
2. Enter a phone number or email address in the
Enter up to 10 recipients field.
Tip: Enter a name saved in Contacts to call up the
phone number or email address. Touch a
match from an available list.
Tip: Touch next to the field to access your
Contacts.
3. Touch the Type message field and type your
message.
▪ To attach pictures or files, touch and
select a file.
▪ To add a subject or insert a smiley,
touch > Add subject or Insert smiley,
and then type a subject or select a smiley.
4. When you are finished, touch or .
Access Messages
Tou ch > > Messaging. Touch a
message to open and read it.
If you have a new message notification, drag the
status bar down to open the Notifications panel.
Touch a message to open and read it.
Email Setup
Set Up a Gmail® Account
1. Touch > > Gmail.
2. Follow the instructions to set up or sign in to a
Gmail account.
Note: Although you need a Gmail account to use
certain features such as Google Play™, you
do not have to use Gmail as the default
account for your phone.
Note: When setting up a new Google Account, you
will be prompted to add a secondary email
address. Enter a second Gmail address or
any other email address from which you
currently send and receive email. This
address is used to authenticate your account
should you ever encounter problems or forget
your password. It is strongly encouraged for
Android users so you can regain access to
Google Mobile™ services and purchases on
your phone.
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Get Started 7
Set Up an Email Account
1. Touch > > Email.
2. Follow the instructions to sign in to your email
account.
▪ If you are adding an account from a common
email provider, such as Windows Live Hotmail
or Yahoo Mail, enter your email address and
password and touch Next. Your email should
be set up automatically.
▪ If you are adding an account from a less
common email provider, or if you have
additional settings to configure, enter your
email address and password and touch
Manual setup. Follow the instructions to
provide the required information.
Note: If you are not sure about your account, touch
Next after entering your email address and
password. If your phone can’t autoconfigure
your account, you’ll then be asked to
configure it manually.
8 Get Started
®
Set Up a Microsoft
1. Touch > > Settings >
Add account > Corporate.
2. Enter the Exchange server account details and
touch Next.
Exchange® Account
▪ Contact your Exchange Server administrator
for required sign-in information.
3. Select the frequency and sync options and
touch Next.
4. Identify your new account with a unique name
and touch Next.
Send an Email Message
1. Touch > > Email or Gmail.
▪ If necessary, touch the email account you
want to use.
2. On the email account inbox, touch .
3. Enter an email address or contact name in the
To field.
4. Enter a subject and a message.
▪ To add attachments, touch > Attach file,
Attach picture, or Attach video and select
an attachment.
5. Touch .
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