Meizu M351 User Manual

M351

USER MANUAL

Welcome!

An Internet phone of a brand new generation, is designed to Meizu M351

bring users countless surprise and joy.

users are welcome to visit the official MEIZU website at: http://www.meizu.com

On our website, users can browse for software, download firmware upgrades,

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This manual was last updated January 18, 2011.

This manual was last updated July 22, 2013.

Meizu M351

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Important Notices ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Getting Started ................................................................................................................................................ 6

Getting Started............................................................................................................................................... 6

Accessories....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Phone Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 7

Battery................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Touch Screen...................................................................................................................................................... 11

Firmware Upgrade........................................................................................................................................... 13

Power on, off and the lock screen............................................................................................................. 14

Home Screen..................................................................................................................................................... 15

Text Input............................................................................................................................................................ 17

How to Start....................................................................................................................................................... 19

File Transfer......................................................................................................................................................... 19

Safe Removal of Disk....................................................................................................................................... 20

Network Connection........................................................................................................................................ 20

App Guide ........................................................................................................................................................ 21

Phone................................................................................................................................................................ 21

Messag ing ....... ... ....... ... ....... .......... .......... ....... ... ....... ... ....... ... ....... ... ....... ... ....... ... ...... 25

Browse r... .... ... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... ... .... ....... .... ....... .... ... .... ..... 27

Email. .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... .. 32

Music. ....... ... .... ... ....... ....... ....... ....... ... ....... ....... ....... ....... ... .... ... ....... ....... ....... ... .... ... ... 36

Video......................................................................................................................................................... 38

Galler y... ....... ... .... ... .... ... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ... .... ... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ... .. 40

Camera... ... .......... ... ... .......... ... .......... ... ... .......... ... .......... ... .......... ... ... .......... ... .......... ... 42

Ap p Center...... ... .............. .............. ... .............. ... .............. .............. ... .............. ... ........ 43

Documents...... ... ... ... ................ ... ... ................... ... ... ................ ... ... ... ................ ... ... ... . 45

Calendar........ ... .......... ... ... .......... ... ............. ... .......... ... ... .......... ... ............. ... .......... ... ... 47

Notes.......... ... ... .......... ... ... ............. ... ... .......... ... ... ............. ... ............. ... ... ............. ... .... 4 9

Al arm Cloc k ... ... ... .................... ... ... .................... ... ... .................... ... ... .................... ... . 50

Recorder............. ... ... .......... ... ... ............. ... ............. ... ............. ... ... .......... ... ... ............. .. 51

Calculator.. ............. ... ... ............. ... ... ............. ... ... ................ ... ... ............. ... ... ............. .. 52

Settings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ........................................................... 53

19Basic Operations ...............................................................................................................................................

Other ........................................................................................................................................................ 58

Troub leshooting. ........... ........... ........... ... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ... 5 8

Ca re tips ........ ........ ........ ..................... ........ ........ ........ ........ ..................... ........ ........ .... 59

Impor tant Notice s 5

Important Notices

To avoid unwanted damages, please read the following information before using MEIZU M351.

• Traffic safety

• Safe operation

• Interference

• Hospitals

• Flights

• Gas stations

• Demolition sites

• Service & repairs

• Accessories

• Water damage

• Backups

• Connecting with

other devices

Please comply with all local laws and regulations. Keep users' hands free while driving.

When using a wireless device may cause in terference or danger; turn the phone off. All wireless devices may be susceptible to interference, which could affect performance. Please turn off the phone in hospitals during situations where it may inter fere with medical equipment. Follow safety instructions provided by airline staff. Wireless devices can cause interference in aircrafts.

Do not use the device at gas stations when refueling. Do not use this device near gas or other chemicals. Follow any local restrictions. Do not use the device near demolition sites.

Only qualified personnel may ser vice or repair this device.

Please use original accessori es and batteries. Do not use incompatible products.

This device is not water resistant. Keep it dry.

Back up important information stored on the phone to prevent the loss of valuable data. Before connecting to any other device, read its user guide for detailed safety instructions. Do not connect with incompatible products.

• Emergency calls

Af ter starting up, ensure the phone has network reception. If necessary, unlock the device from standby mode. Open the Phone app, enter the emergency number, and tap the call button. Tell the emergency staff about users' location and the relevant circumstances.

Getting Started

Accessories

Included in package:

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USB cable

Power adapter

SIM card adapter and

cutting template

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Warranty Cer tificate

• The above picture is only for reference, with the possibility that accessories available in users' area are different.

• users can buy accessories from a certified MEIZU store, or the official MEIZU website (http://en.meizu.com).

• Please only use software from MEIZU’s official software center. MEIZU will not be held accountable for any problems caused by unofficial software.

Phone Overview

Name of the phone parts

• Front

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1 Rec eiver

2 Infra red sen sor

3 Front c amera

4 Touch screen

5 Home bu tton

• Top

• Bottom

1 Headp hone jack

2 Power / lock b utton

1 Micro U SB port

2 Main mi croph one

3 Louds peake r

• Left Side

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• Back

1 Volume c ontro l key

2 Back co ver ope ning spri ng

1 Rea r camera Flash

2 Noise -cancel ing mic ropho ne

3 Flash light

4 Back co ver

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Buttons

Using M351, different keys gives users access to different phone functions.

Here are some commonly used shortcuts and methods of operation.

Briefly press this button to lock / activate the screen;

Power button

Holding this button will cause a "Power Off/Restart" dialog box

to pop up;

Increases and decreases volume;

Volume keys

When locked, double tap the home button to activate it;

Home button

When unlocked, tap to return to the Home screen; During a call, press the Home button to return to the Home screen. The Power button can be used to hang up.

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Batter y

Charging the battery

M351 is equipped with built-in rechargeable batter y.

Note: Do not at tempt t o remove the back cover to take out or repai r the battery.

Use only the supplied power adapter and USB cable to charge the battery.

Do not remove the batter y from the phone when charging the phone through

power adapter or automobile-used adapter.

• How to charge the phone:

1. Make sure t he USB cable is plac ed correctly,

and the n plug the cable into the M35 1’s micro USB

port which is in the bot tom of the pho ne;

2. Plug t he powe r adapter into a p ower ou tlet with

stand ard AC power applicab le to the p hone.

If the battery is critical, the M351 will not boot. Connect it to a power adapter, and M351 will display the charging animation. The Locked screen would display charging status. When the battery is full, a full green batter y would be shown on the Locked screen, and the animation stops. Disconnect the power adapter from the power outlet, and then disconnect the M351.

Note:

1. If the b atter y is c ritical , the M35 1 will no t boot.

Pleas e tr y bo oting a ft er 5 minu tes of charg ing.

2. It nor mally takes 2- 3 hours to fully charge t he phone.

This ca n vary depend ing on if t he phon e is on, if there

are any c alls wh ile cha rging , etc.

3. For sa fety re asons , please us e the sta ndard U SB cabl e

and pow er adap ter.

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Touch Screen

The main way to control the phone system is using users' fingers to operate icons,

buttons, menu items, the keyboard and other items on the touch screen.

What’s more, users can change the direction of the screen.

• Touch / tap

Touch the screen gently with users' finger.

• Hold

Use user s' finger to touch and hold on

the touch screen.

• Double-tap

Tap the screen twice.

In the web browser, users can swipe to browse

fastly. users can also double tap to zoom in

and out of the web page.

• Drag

Touch and hold an icon, and then

move it to a desired location.

• Quick swipe or Swipe

Swipe users' fingers vertically or

horizontally with quick dragging

motion. users can switch content pages

within an app by using this gesture.

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• Pinch

In some applications such as the Gallery

or Browser, users can use two fingers to

pinch and zoom in and out of photos

and web pages.

• Rotate

When supported, the phone automatically changes screen orientation depending

on how users hold it. This can be turned off unde r “Settings” > “Display”.

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Firmware Upgrade

How to upgrade the firmware

1. Use the USB cable to connect the Meizu M351 with a computer, and copy

the new firmware (update.bin) to the M351 root director；

2. Safely unplug the USB and turn off the Meizu M351.

Note: Pleas e make su re the ph one has s uffic ient ba ttery,

or it mig ht be unabl e to upgr ade or bo ot due to p ower fa ilure .

3. Start the phone while simultaneously holding the "Power" button

and "Volume Up" button (as pictured).

4. Wait until the "System Upgrade" appear s on the screen.

5. Tap the "Star t" icon to begin the upgrade process or tap the "Cancel" icon

to exit upgrade mode.

If data erasing is needed, please check "Clear Data" option before u pgrading.

Only the phone data (such as notes, messages, contacts) will be removed.

Data on the SD card (such as music and photos)

will remain intact.

6. Do not power off the device while upgrading.

7. When the upgrade is complete, M351 will automatically reboot.

* To download the latest firmware, software and drivers; please visit

http://www.meizu.com

Note: Email s are not backed up on Fl yme. When c leari ng data , users wil l lose al l users' em ails.

users can also upg rade th e firmware by sy stem- provi ded upg rade func tion; m ore det ails

pleas e go to "Se ttings" > "About p hone".

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Power on, off and Lock screen

Powering on

Hold down the "Power button" until the phone shortly vibrates and the

logo is displayed.

If users' SIM card on the M351 has a PIN code enabled, users will need to enter a

PIN code after powering on the phone.

If users enter the wrong PIN for three times, users will need users' PUK code to

unlock the device. Please contact users' network operator for users' PUK code.

Restart or powering off

To power off or restar t the phone, hold down the "Power button" until the popup

selection box appears, and then select "Power off" or “Restart”.

More controls

Hold down the "Power button" until the popup selection box appears. Here, users

find shortcut controls for sile nt mode, vibration, fli ght mode, and more.

“ ”

Locking and unlocking the screen

By default, M351 will automatically lock and shutdown the screen to save battery if

users do not touch it for one minute. Under its locked state, the touch screen will not

respond to any operation, but users can still enjoy the music, answer the phone, etc.

Press the Home button to activate the phone screen, and drag “ ” icons upwards

to designated area to unlock the screen. If a screen password has been set, users will

need to enter users' unlock password at this point. Screen lock settings can be found

under "Settings" > "Security" > "Set Up Screen Lock".

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Home Screen

The home screen displays app icons, folders, and various widgets such as weather

and information, etc. users can choose pictures to be users' home screen wallpapers.。

Home screen icons

Tap any icons to launch their respective apps.

• Browse

Swipe the home screen to the left and right to browse users' icons list.

Touch the “ ” scroll bar to look through all users' apps.

• Adding

Tap the “Settings” icon on the home screen and choose “Customize” to

add items on the screen.

“Themes”, “Live Wallpapers”, “Wallpapers” and “Gallery Wallpapers”.

Themes: original default themes as well as themes designed and

provided by third parties.

Live Wallpapers: Tap “Live Wallpapers”>choose one> “Set Wallpaper”

Wallpapers: Tap “Wallpapers” menu (which is provided by the system)

to set a system-provided picture as standby wallpaper or

home screen wallpaper.

Galler y Wallpapers: Tap “Galler y”>“Galler y Wallpapers” >“Set Wallpaper”.

New folder

Drag one icon to another icon, a new folder would be automatically created.

Widgets

Hold the screen until users see an option of “Widget”, tap it and then choose

the widget that users want to add. Hold the chosen widget and drag it to the

wanted screen.

• Moving and deleting

Anywhere on the Home screen users can tap and hold an icon to detach it from

the icons grid, and then drag the icon to move it to any blank area. Drag the

icon to the edges of the screen to jump to the previous or next Home screen. A

detached icon can also be deleted or uninstalled by dragging it downwards

unto the “Uninstall” or “Remove” area to delete the app or widget.

Note：Syste m appli cations c annot b e unins talled.

Notif ication B ar

Displ ays date, app noti ficat ions, s ignal streng th,

battery s tatus and time.

Widge ts and Icon s

Displ ays widge ts, app s and fol ders, etc.

Botto m Str ipe

Conta ins three icons for Phone , Browser and Me ssagi ng.

users can a lso cus tomiz e users' own strip e by drag ging

the app s icons to this area.

butto n Tap the but ton to en ter the P hone fu nction;

butto n Tap the but ton to en ter Web Browser;

butto n Tap the but ton to en ter Mes sagin g.

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Notification Bar

This bar displays date, notifications (such as new email, calendar reminder, aler t,

current calling status and the device status, etc.), signal strength, batter y status

and time.

• Open notification bar

Notification bar : Show users' network prov id er a nd a ll o th er received notifications.

When no tificat ion is received, slid e down fr om the No tific ation bar and a pa nel wil l be drag ged out.

Touch on the notific ation c an open the correspondi ng app. F or othe r notification s such as n ew voic e

mail or n etwork off-li ne, users c an open t he network list di rectly in current page to reconne ct to the

Inter net. Sl ide the read not ificati ons to de lete.

• Close notification bar

Hold and slide up the icon to close or touch anywhere outside the

notification bar.

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Text input

users can use the phone to input text by using the keyboards on the screen to add

contact information, write text messages, or take notes memos, etc.;by using the

on-screen keyboard, users can input Chinese, English, symbols and numbers.

Using the keyboard

1. When u sers touch a text input area, the keyboard w ill automatic pop-up, m arked by the

blink ing curso r.

2. Proc eed to ta p the keys on the keyboard .

• Keyboards

When is displayed in the lower left corner of the keyboard:

Tap and hold ，to open the "Select input method" popup menu, where

users can choose among "Simplified Chinese - Pinyin", "Stroke", "Handwriting",

"Other input methods" and “Settings” (with which users can set users'

keyboard preferences).

Tap to switch to the English keyboard, displayed as .

English keyboard

When is displayed in the lower left corner of the keyboard, English language

input is selected.

To type uppercase letters, touch ，so that the icon becomes illuminated .

Tap again to switch to lowercase .

Double tap the to keep letters uppercase .

Number s and symbols

Tap the icon to enter numbers and tap the icon enter symbols. Tap

icon to select other symbols.

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Hiding the keyboard

While typing, users can tap ，button so as to see the contents clearly.

The button near the “enter ” key can also hide the keyboard. Touch the

input area to activate the keyboard again.

• Text editing

Apps such as text files, emails, messages and other apps which adopts

multi-line editing suppor t copy and paste function. Tap and hold a text input

area to activate the text editing popup with the following options:

"Copy all" Copy all contents of the text input area to the clipboard.

"Select all" Select all contents of the text input area.

"Select" Select the current word. The arrow keys can be used to adjust

the selection.

"Cut" Cut the selected text.

"Copy" Copy selected text to the clipboard.

"Paste" Paste the latest clipboard item into the text area.

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Basic Operations

How to Start

When using the M351 for the first time, please follow the steps outlined below:

1. Connect the M351 to users' computer wi th the USB cable, which will simultaneously

charge the M351.

2. Pull the notifications bar down > tap "USB Storage" control key (lights up when

turned on) to turn on storage connection to users' computer;

3. Copy music, videos, photos and other files from users' computer to corresponding

folder s on the M351.

4. Pull the notifications bar down > tap the "USB Storage" control key (lights down

when turned off ) to terminate the connection to users' computer.

5. Disconnect the USB cable of the M351 and computer.

6. Start using the device.

users can begin listening to music, watching videos and making phone calls

by tapping corresponding icons to launch the apps on the Home screen.

File Transfer

Note: Pleas e make su re the M3 51dev ice is co nnected to the c omputer.

users can download music, video, photos and other files from disks and websites and

then copy them to the M351 USB device. The following the example shows how to copy

music to M351:

1. Sele ct the docu ments u sers want to copy on users' c ompute;

2. Sele ct [Copy] o r pre ss Ctrl + C;

3. Doub le-clic k [Comp uter] d eskto p icon to open the C omput er wind ow and double clic k [Re movable Disk ];

4. Brow se to the M usic fo lder.

5. Sele ct [Paste] o r press C trl + V. 6 When th e files have been co pied, t he musi c files wil l appea r in the [M EIZU M351 ] Music f older. Disco nnect the d evice a nd laun ch the Musi c app to listen to music.

For the M351 to automatically recognize users' media, please place the files to their

corresponding folders on the M351: copy videos to the Video folder, photos to the

Photo folder, music to the Music folder, or the program of M351may not be able to

recognize the files correctly. users can browse through al l files in the Documents app.

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