Lenovo K8 Note User Manual

Lenovo K8 Note

At a glance

Start

Home screen & apps Control & customise

Accessibility

Contacts

Messages

Email

Type

Google Apps™

Browse

Photos & videos

Music

Locate & navigate

Organise

Connect & transfer

Protect

Want more?

Troubleshoot

Safety

Hot topics

Search topics

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a quick look

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First look - Lenovo K8 Note

Let's get started. We'll guide you through start-up and tell you a bit about your phone's features.

Note: software updates happen frequently, so your phone may look a little different.

Back

Front

cameras

Headset

camera

jack

Selfie flash/

SIM card tray

light

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microSD card tray

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Volume

Music key

buttons

Go to Settings >

Power button

Music key for more

Press:

information.

display on/off.

Press & hold:

Google

Duo Contacts Calendar Play Store

phone on/off.

Back

Home

Recents

Microphone

USB/

Speaker

Charger

Tips & tricks

•Start: insert the SIM card or cards in your phone and charge up. Then power on and follow the screen prompts to set up your phone. See “Start: Lenovo K8 Note”.

•Top topics: just want a quick list of what your phone can do? See “Hot topics”.

•Help: all your questions about your new phone answered right on your phone. Swipe up> Lenovo Help. Want even more? See “Get help & more”.

Note: certain apps and features may not be available in all countries.

Caution: before using your phone, please read the Legal information by swiping up> Settings > Legal information.

At a glance

At a glance

First look - Lenovo K8 Note

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See what your phone can do.

Topic	Location
Find these fast: Wi-Fi,	See “Quick settings”.
aeroplane mode, torch and
more.
Pinch, zoom, swipe and more.	See “Controls and
	gestures”.
Choose new wallpaper, add	See “Redecorate your
widgets and more.	Home screen”.
Find the right settings to get	See “Take photos”.
the perfect shot.
Access the Internet.	See “Browse”.
Browse, shop and download	See “Download apps”.
apps.
Keep your info safe. Set up	See “Protect”.
your password and more.
Never get lost again.	See “Locate & navigate”.
Save data charges. Use Wi-Fi.	See “Wi-Fi networks”.
Stuck? Confused?	See “Get help & more”.

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Put in the SIM cards

Charge up & power on

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Put in the SIM cards

Your phone supports using two SIM cards.

Caution: make sure you use the correct sized SIM cards and don't cut the SIM cards.

Nano SIM

Put in the nano SIM cards.

With the phone facing up, insert the SIM tool into the SIM card tray hole to pop out the tray. Put the nano SIM cards in with the gold contacts down.

SIM 1

SIM 2

(optional)

.

Push the tray back into your phone.

Charge up & power on

Charge your phone fully and turn the power on. Then select your language and follow the screen prompts to get started.

Charge up.

Before using your phone, fully charge it with the charger provided.

Power on.

Press and hold Power until the screen lights up.

Start

let's get up and running

Start

Sign in

Battery life

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Sign in

After you power on, just follow the screen prompts to get started.

If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account – if not, you can create an account during setup. Signing in to your Google account lets you access, sync and back up your stuff. See your Google apps, contacts, calendar, photos and more.

Tips and tricks

•Wi-Fi network: for faster Internet access or to conserve

mobile data use, swipe the status bar down with two fingers, then tap > Wi-Fi. There's more in “Wi-Fi networks”.

•Accounts: to add, edit, or delete accounts, swipe up >

Settings > Accounts. To set up email accounts, see

“Email”.

For help with your Google account, visit www.google.com/accounts.

Note: this phone supports apps and services that may use a lot of data, so make sure your data plan meets your needs. Contact your service provider for details.

Battery life

Your phone processes tons of information. Depending on what you use, that can take a lot of power.

When your phone is stationary, not charging or not in use for a period of time, unnecessary background processes are shut down to optimise battery life.

To see what’s using up battery power, swipe up >

Settings > Battery.

To help improve battery life, swipe up > Settings >

Battery > Battery saver, and turn it on.

Tip: to quickly open Settings, swipe down on the status bar with two fingers and tap .

Tips and tricks

To save even more battery life between charges, you could reduce:

•Bluetooth® use: swipe up > Settings > Bluetooth and turn it off when you don't need it.

•GPS use: swipe up > Settings > Location > Mode >

Battery saving to turn off GPS tracking.

•Display brightness: swipe up > Settings >

Display > Brightness level and drag the brightness slider left. Make sure Adaptive brightness is also turned on.

•Display timeout delay: swipe up > Settings >

Display > Sleep > (shorter setting).

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•Activity of seldom used apps: swipe up >

Settings > Battery, then tap Menu> Battery optimisation > All apps. Tap the app you want to adjust,

then tap Optimise.

•Widgets that stream information to your Home screen, such as news or weather.

•Unused online accounts that you registered: swipe

up > Settings > Accounts. Tap the account you want to remove. Tap it again, then tap Menu> Remove account.

•Recording or watching videos, listening to music or taking pictures.

Home screen & apps

you have quick access

Home screen & apps

Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more

Search

Status & notifications Volume & interruptions Do not disturb Download apps

Take care of your apps Update your phone

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Quick start: Home screen & apps

The Home screen is what you see when you turn on your phone. From here you can explore apps and more.

Note: software updates happen frequently, so your screen may look a little different.

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Search by typing or say "Ok Google."

				Contacts
Google			Duo		Calendar	Play Store

Swipe up to see all your apps.

Tips and tricks

• Open app list: swipe up , then swipe up to scroll through apps.

• Return: to return to the Home screen from any location, tap Home .

•Pages: to add a page, drag an app to the right side of the screen until you see a white bar. You can add multiple pages. To see other pages of shortcuts and widgets (if available), swipe the Home screen left.

•Settings: to quickly open common settings, swipe the

status bar down with two fingers. To open more settings, tap .

• Shortcuts: swipe up , touch and hold an app, then drag it to one of your Home screen pages. To see all your apps, swipe up .

•Apps: to remove an app from a Home screen page, touch and hold the app, then drag it toRemove. (The app isn't removed from your phone, just the Home screen.)

To uninstall apps from your Home screen, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Uninstall. (You can't uninstall some apps. See “Take care of your apps”.)

•Customisation: for more about changing your Home screen, see “Redecorate your Home screen”.

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Home screen & apps

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Help & more

Watch a tutorial. Read a how-to. Find out anything about your phone.

Find it: Swipe up> Lenovo Help

Search

In the middle of the Home screen, tap the Google Search box for a text search or tap to search by voice.

When you type, suggestions appear below the search field:

•To search for a suggestion, tap it.

•To search for text in the search field, tap on the keyboard.

Tip: to close the keyboard, tap .

Status & notifications

At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you about new messages or events. If you don't know what an icon means, swipe the status bar down for details.

Tip: getting too many notifications? Touch and hold a notification to see which app is sending them to you. Then you can turn them off.

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11:35 AM									Swipe down to see
									your notifications.
				11:35 AM
	Calendar
Weekly staff meeting
10:30 – 11:30									Tip: to remove a notification,
	Messenger · 17m								swipe left or right.

Karen Travis

Can you come on Sat.?

CLEAR ALL Tap to clear your notifications.

Tip: to quickly change common settings, swipe the status bar down with two fingers. For more, see “Quick settings”.

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Home screen & apps

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Icons at the top right of the screen tell you about phone status:

Status Icons

Network strength		Do not disturb
/	Wi-Fi in range/	Portrait/Auto-rotate
connected
/	Bluetooth on/	Data saver
connected
Aeroplane mode		/ Battery charging/full

Note: apps you download from Google Play™ might show other icons in the status bar to alert you to specific events.

Volume & interruptions

Press the side volume buttons up or down to select a ringer volume from high to vibrate.

Ring		Tap to show all volume
		controls. Tap again to
Media		show only the ringtone
		volume.

Alarm			Set the ringtone,
			media or alarm
			volume.
			Tap an icon to mute
			or set to vibrate.

Do not disturb

To turn off some or all sounds, swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap Do not disturb. Select one of these options:

•Total silence: turn off all sounds and alarms. Override sound settings from other apps. Set how long to stay in this mode, or choose indefinitely.

•Alarms only: set how long you want to only hear alarms, or choose indefinitely. Tap MORE SETTINGS to customise which other interruptions to receive.

•Priority only: set how long you want to only hear priority interruptions, or choose indefinitely. Tap MORE SETTINGS to customise which interruptions to receive.

Tip: to create an exception for repeat callers that allows a call from the same person within a 15 minute period, tap

MORE SETTINGS > Priority only allows > Repeat callers.

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Home screen & apps

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Download apps

Google Play™

Get music, movies, books, apps, games and more.

Find it: Play Store

•Search: use the search bar to search for apps.

•Download: to download an app, tap it to see details, then tap INSTALL or the BUY button.

•Share: to share an app you found on Google Play, tap it to see details and then tap .

•Reinstall: to show or reinstall apps you downloaded from Google Play, tap > My apps & games.

•Use a computer: to find and manage apps from any computer, go to http://play.google.com using your Google account and password.

There, you can browse apps on the big screen, manage your apps across devices (such as a phone and tablet) and even set new apps to download to your devices.

•Enjoy music, movies and more: you can also use Google Play to download music, movies, TV programmes and more. See “Play Music” and “Play Movies & TV” apps.

•Get help: to get help and more, tap .

Apps from the web

You can get apps from other online app stores using your browser.

Tip: choose your apps and updates carefully, as some may impact your phone's performance – see “Choose carefully”.

Note: when installing an app, make sure you read the alerts that tell you what information the app will access. If you don't want the app to access this information, cancel the installation.

To let your phone install apps that are not on Google Play, swipe up > Settings > Security, then tap the Unknown sources switch to turn it on.

For information about downloading files from your browser, see “Downloads”.

Choose carefully

Here are a few tips:

•To help prevent spyware, phishing or viruses, use apps from trusted sites, such as Google Play.

•In Google Play, check the app's ratings and comments before installing.

•If you doubt the safety of an app, don't install it.

•Apps use up memory, data, battery and processing power – some more than others. If you're not happy with how much memory, data, battery or processing power an app is using, uninstall it.

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Home screen & apps

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•Monitor children's access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate content.

•Certain apps may not provide completely accurate information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal health.

Set app permissions

You will only be asked for permissions when you use a feature in an app, instead of immediately when you install the app.

To modify the app permissions settings, swipe up > Settings > Apps, then select the app and tap

Permissions.

To modify the app permissions by app type (such as Calendar or Camera) at any time, swipe up >

Settings > Apps, then tapSettings > App permissions.

Take care of your apps

Find it: swipe up , then swipe up to scroll through apps To close the apps screen, tap Homeor Back .

•Uninstall apps: to remove an app from a Home screen page, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Remove. The app isn't removed from your phone, just the Home screen.

To remove an app from your phone, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Uninstall.

To disable an app or force it to stop running, swipe up > Settings > Apps.

DISABLE removes the app from your menu – to enable it, reopen this window and tap ENABLE (tap Disabled to get quicker access to the disabled apps list first).

If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: press and hold the Power button. When you see the Power off option, press and hold it to select the Reboot to safe mode option. Your phone restarts with Safe mode in the lower left. Then, try removing the app.

•Reinstall apps: to reinstall apps from Google Play, swipe

up > Play Store, then tap> My Apps & games. The apps you downloaded are listed and available for

download.

•See app data usage: to show which apps are using the most data, swipe up > Settings > Data usage. For more, see “Data usage”.

Update your phone

Use your phone to check, download and install phone software updates.

If your phone notifies you about an update, follow the instructions to download and install it.

To manually check for updates, swipe up > Settings >

About phone > System updates.

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Home screen & apps

Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more

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Your phone downloads updates over your Wi-Fi connection (if available) or mobile network. We recommend that you download updates over a Wi-Fi connection. Remember, these updates can be quite large (25 MB or more) and may not be available in all countries.

Note: when updating your phone, make sure you have enough battery power to complete the update.

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how it acts & looks

Control & customise

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Take control of your phone.

•Touch, press and speak: learn phone gestures and commands. See “Controls and gestures”.

•Customise your Home screen: to put widgets such as a clock, interactive calendar and more on your Home screen, see “Redecorate your Home screen”.

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Touch and hold an empty spot to change widgets, wallpaper and more.

Tap a shortcut to open. Touch and hold to move or delete.

Google

Duo

Contacts

Calendar

Play Store

Drag shortcuts on top of each other to make a folder.

Tips and tricks

•Speak: tapin a search window oron a keyboard.

•Add a Home screen page: drag an app icon to the right side of the Home screen until a new page appears. You can add multiple pages.

•Quick settings: to change Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Aeroplane mode and other settings, swipe the status bar down with

two fingers. For even more settings, tap .

• Can't find a setting? Swipe up > Settings > .

Controls and gestures

Touch

Find your way around:

•Tap: choose an icon or option.

•Touch and hold: see more options.

•Drag: move items on the Home screen.

•Swipe: scroll through lists or between screens.

•Pinch or double tap: zoom in and out on websites, photos and maps.

•Twist: twist a map with two fingers to rotate it, and pull two fingers down to tilt it.

•Back: tap Back to go to the previous screen.

•Home: tap Hometo return to the Home screen.

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•Recents: tap Recentsto see your recent apps (or browser tabs) and tap an app to reopen it. Double tap to

quickly switch between your recent apps.

To remove an app from the recent list, swipe it left, right or tap . To scroll the list, swipe up or down.

Tip: you don't need to remove apps from Overview for your phone to run efficiently.

•Split screen: from the recent apps list, touch and hold an app and then drag it to the top of the screen to view two apps at once. Not all apps will work in split screen.

•Menus: whenorappears on a screen, you can tap it to open options for the current screen.

•Close Keyboard: to close a keyboard, tap .

Press Power button

Your Power button helps in a few ways.

•Power off: press and hold the Power button, then tap

Power off.

•Sleep: to conserve battery power, prevent accidental touches or to wipe smudges off your touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing the Power button.

•Wake up: press the Power button again.

•Reboot: to reboot your phone, press and hold the Power button until the screen goes dark and your phone restarts.

Tip: to add security to your phone, see “Protect”.

Press Volume buttons

Your volume buttons help in a few ways:

•Ringer volume: press the buttons when your phone is ringing to silence it.

•Earpiece volume: press the buttons during a call.

•Music/video volume: press the buttons during a song or video.

Tip: for more on volume control, see “Volume & interruptions”.

Press Music key

Your Music key helps in a few ways:

•Music control: want to play or pause a song? Want to play the next or previous song? See “Music key”.

•Customised features: press and hold the Music key to turn the torch on or off, open the back camera, capture

your phone’s screen or open an app. To customise the Music key, swipe up > Settings > Music Key, then

select an option.

Speak

Just tell your phone what you want.

Tip: speak naturally but clearly, as if using a speakerphone.

•Dialling and commands: say "OK Google" to control your phone by voice. See “Download apps”.

To dial, say "Call" and then a contact name or phone number. Or, say a command such as "Send text", "Go to" an app or “Help” for voice command help.

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Tip: if a contact has more than one number, you can say which number to call (for example, "Call Joe Black Mobile" or "Call Suzi Smith Work").

•Search: tapon the Home screen to search by voice or say “OK Google” to speak your search.

•To change your voice input and text-to-speech settings, swipe up > Settings > Languages & input.

• Text entry: on a keyboard, tap , then speak your message or search text. You can also say punctuation.

Tip: To make your phone read out loud, see “TalkBack”.

On, off, lock & unlock

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when you don't. To turn the screen on, press the Power button.

•Screen off and on: press the Power button to turn the screen off and on.

•Screen lock: to unlock the screen, touch and drag up. To use a pattern, PIN or password to unlock your screen, swipe up > Settings > Security > Screen lock (see “Screen lock”).

You can also use the fingerprint sensor on your phone. After you set it up, you’ll see it on the lock screen instead

of the regular lock. To find lock/unlock settings, swipe up> Settings > Security > Fingerprint.

•Notifications: double tap a notification in the lock screen to open it. You'll be prompted to enter your password.

•Owner info: to add a message to your lock screen, swipe up > Settings > Security, tap> Lock screen message.

Tip: don't put your mobile number as your contact info unless you can access your voicemail from another device.

•Screen timeout: to change your timeout (screen locks automatically), swipe up > Settings > Display >

Sleep.

Customise sounds & appearance

Customise your phone's sounds and display settings:

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Thanks for finding my phone!

Add a lock screen message for anyone who finds your phone.

Drag up for voice assist.

Drag up to unlock your screen.

Drag up to open the camera.

•Ringtone and notifications: swipe up > Settings > Sound.

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•Vibrate or silent: to make your phone vibrate, turn on

Also vibrate for calls. To turn off ringtones for incoming calls, swipe up > Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone > None.

•Ringtone for a contact: to set a personal ringtone for a

contact, swipe up > Contacts, tap the contact, then tap > Menu> Set ringtone.

•Display settings: to change brightness, animation and other display settings, swipe up > Settings >

Display.

•Rotate: in many apps, the touchscreen switches from portrait to landscape when you rotate your phone. To turn this on or off, swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap Auto-rotate or Portrait.

•Language and region: to set your menu language and region, swipe up > Settings > Languages & input > Languages.

Redecorate your Home screen

For quick access to your favourite things, customise your Home screen the way you want.

•Change wallpaper: touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen, then tap WALLPAPER.

•Add a Home screen page: drag an app to the right side of the Home screen until a new page appears. You can add multiple pages.

• Add shortcuts: swipe up , touch and hold an app, then drag it to one of your Home screen pages. To see all your apps, swipe up > Settings > Apps.

•Create shortcut folders: drag one shortcut onto another. Add more shortcuts by dragging them onto the first shortcut. To name the folder, tap it and enter a name below the apps.

•Add widgets: touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen, tap WIDGETS, touch and hold a widget, then drag it to your Home screen.

•Resize widgets: you can resize some widgets – touch and hold a widget until you feel a vibration, then release. Drag the white circles at the edges to resize.

•Move or delete widgets & shortcuts: touch and hold a widget or shortcut until you feel a vibration (or see

the icon expand if vibrate is turned off). Then drag it to another spot, another page orRemove.

Note: removing a shortcut from your Home screen doesn't uninstall the app from your phone.