Congratulations on becoming a proud owner of the Micromax
A57 Android mobile phone. You have now joined the millions of
satisfied Micromax customers spread across the Globe. Your A57
device offers you these exciting features and much more:
Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
8.89 cm Display
Camera
1 GHz Processor
External Memory (Expandable to 32 GB)
Dual SIM
Multimedia
GPS
Gravity sensor
Wi-fi
GPS
Bluetooth 2.1
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Contents
1Welcome2
1.1Exciting Features .............................................................................................. 2
2Phone Layout5
2.1 Keys and Parts ................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Icons and Indicators ........................................................................................ 6
You can dial a phone number or touch a number in your
contacts.
You can also place from the Call log or contacts.
4.1 Make a Call
1. Tap the icon on main menu or the home screen to
dial the desired number...
Touch the icon on main menu or the home screen
to make a call from call log, contact, groups or favorites.
To dial an international number, touch and hold the 0 key
to enter the Plus (+) symbol, and then enter the
international country prefix, followed by the phone
number
Touch the icon to dial the number.
Press the Volume Up/ Down keys to adjust the call
volume.
You can access Call Logs, Contacts or groups from the
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dialer screen.
While during a call, touch the icon to end
a call.
4.2 Conference Call
If you dial or accept a new call when you are already on a call,
you can or merge the calls into a conference call.
1. Place a call to the first participant.
2. When you are connected, touch the Add call icon, the first
participant is put on hold and you are prompted to dial
the second contact.
3. Place the next call, using the phone tab, the Call log, or
your contacts.
4. When you are connected, touch Merge calls. The
participant is added to the conference call.
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4.3 Disable Phone Calls (Airplane mode)
Some locations may require you to turn off your mobile,
Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth wireless connections.
1. Press and hold the Power button.
2. Touch the Airplane mode.
4.4 Using the Touch screen
You can use the touch screen in the following ways:
Touch: Acts on items on the screen, such as application
and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the
onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons.
Touch and hold: Touch and hold an item on the screen
until an action occurs.
Drag: Touch and hold an item and move your finger on the
screen until you reach the target position.
Swipe or slide: Quickly slide your finger across the surface
of the screen, (without dragging an item). For example,
slide the screen up or down to scroll a list,.
Double-tap: Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other
screen to zoom. For example, double-tap a section of a
webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width
of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the
Camera zoom, in Maps, and in other applications.
Pinch: In some applications (Such as Maps, Browser, and
Gallery) you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on
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Button
Press
Back: Opens the previous screen you were
working in, even if it was in a different app.
Home: Opens Home screen.
View context menu for working on various
screens/applications
The status bar shows the time,
signal strength, battery status,
and notification icons.
the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom
out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).
Rotate the screen: On most screens, the orientation of the
screen changes as you rotate it. You can turn this feature
on and off.
4.5 Using the Phone’s Buttons
The phone’s buttons and soft buttons offers a lot of functions
and shortcuts.
4.6 Open and Close the Launcher
Touch the Launcher Icon to open the main menu.
You can add an application icon to the Home screen by
pressing and holding it until it vibrates and enters Home
screen and the release your finger.
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Press Home icon or Back icon to close the Launcher.
4.7 Switch to Recently Used Application
1. Press and hold the icon for a few seconds.
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Touch an icon to open
an application
2. Touch an icon to open its application. Or press to
return to the current application.
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Tap items on the Home screen
to open them. Touch and hold an
empty spot to add a shortcut to
an application, a widget and so
on
Touch the menu icons to open the
menus on the screen such as home
screen, main menu, call logs and so
on.
The status bar shows the time,
signal strength, battery status, and
notification icons.
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When you sign in, the home screen opens.
The main menu screen is your starting point to access
all the features on your phone.
AAt the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time,
status, and notifications.
Touch the main menu icon at the bottom of the screen
to view all installed applications.
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5.1 Customize Home Screen
You can add applications, shortcuts, widgets, and other items
to any part of the Home screen or change the wallpaper.
Shortcuts: Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked
webpage, a favorite contact, a destination in Maps, a
music play list, etc.
Custom Shortcut: Lets you define your own shortcut
Widgets: Add any application (widgets) to your Home
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screen, Including clock, music player, pictures and so on.
You can also download widgets from Android Market.
Folders: Add a folder where you can organize Home
screen items, or folders that contain all your contacts,
contacts with phone number, or starred contacts. Your
folder’s contents are kept up to date automatically.
Wallpapers:Choose different types of wallpapers as
desired.
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The phone provides you with Context menus and Options
menus for accessing the features in an intuitive way.
6.1 Context Menus
You can open context menu by touching on any
screen.
Not all screens have context menus. If you touch
on a screen that has no context menu, nothing happens.
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Opens the dialer
Options menu
Context menu
6.2 Options menus
Options menus contain tools that apply to specific items on
the screen. You can open an option by touching and holding
an item on the screen. Not all items have options menus.
When you touch and hold some items on a screen, an
Options menu opens.
6.3 Menu Icons
You have the following menu icons to easily let you access its
important features:
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Opens messaging
Opens the main menu
Opens the call logs
Opens the browser
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To configure your Internet:
1. Go to Settings> Wireless & Networks >Mobile Networks>
Dual SIM Settings >Tap Data Enabled.
2. By default, your network provider sends the access point
name settings via SMS, or it comes with your SIM card.
You may need to install these settings. After this, you can
choose from the listed access point names. If the access
point names are not listed by default, please contact your
network provider for the same.
3. To add any operator Access point Name, go to settings >
Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point
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Name.
4. After you have selected or configured the access point
name, go to Settings> Wireless & Networks >Mobile
Networks and tap Data Enabled to enable Internet
connection.
7.1 Access Internet via Wi-Fi
To browse the Internet via Wi-Fi:
1. Go to Menu> settings> wireless & networks and then tap
Wi-Fi.
2. Next, go to Menu> settings> wireless & networks > Wi-Fi
Settings and then enable Wi-F i. Next, select the WIFI
connection listed under Wi -Fi networks.
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Notification icons informs you of new messages and events.
When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the status
bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly.
8.1 Open the Notifications Panel
Drag the status bar down from the top of the screen as
shown below.
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The Notifications panel displays your network provider
You can use Messaging to exchange text messages and
multimedia messages with your friends.
You can also press the key and open the context
menu to work on messages and their settings.
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A Message becomes an MMS if you send it to an email
address, or add multimedia media file(s).
9.1 Create and Send Multimedia Message
1. Touch compose new message.
2. Enter or select a mobile phone number.
3. Touch the composition text box and enter your message
body.
4. Touch the key to open the context menu.
5. Touch icon to attach various types of files.
6. Send the MMS.
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9.2 Forward a message
1. Open a message and then touch that message in a
message conversation window.
2. Touch Forward in the menu that opens.
3. Add a contact.
4. Touch Send to send the message.
You can also Copy message text, Save message to SIM card,
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View message details and delete message.
9.3 Lock a Message
You can lock a message so it won’t be deleted if you reach
your storage limits.
1. Touch and hold message in a message window.
2. Touch Lock message in the menu that opens. Unlock a
message by touching and holding it and then touch
Unlock message.
9.4 Using the Onscreen Keyboard
Some applications display the keyboard by default. In others,
you touch a text field where you want to enter text, to open
the keyboard.
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Tap this icon to select
desired contact from
phonebook
Touch once to capitalize
the next letter you type.
Touch and hold for caps.
Press space or a
punctuation mark to enter
the highlighted suggestion.
Use the icon to erase characters.
After typing, press icon to close the keyboard.
9.5 Enter Various Characters
Press the symbols key to switch to the numbers and
symbols keyboard.
Touch and hold the text field to open a menu and to
copy/cut texts.
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Touch settings to change
them
Drag left/right to
togglebetween
video/camera mode.
Touch to take picture/ video.
View albums and
photos
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10.1 Camera
Your camera’s pictures and videos are stored in the SD card,
so you must insert one to use the Camera. You can copy
pictures and videos from the SD card to a PC and vice versa.
10.2 Gallery
You can use the Gallery to view pictures and play videos and
share files.
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Slide left or
right to view
more albums
1. Touch the Gallery icon in the main menu or in the camera
mode.
2. Open Gallery from the camera by tapping and
touching Gallery.
3. Touch an album to open and view its contents.
4. Touch a picture or a video in an album to view it.
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1. Open the main Gallery window.
2. Tap the key and then touch Share.
3. Check or uncheck the albums you want toshare.
4. Touch Share again at the context menu. In themenu that
opens, touch the application to use tosharetheselected
albums.
You can share via email, Bluetooth, Gmail messaging and so
on.
10.3 Music
You can easily transfer your favorite music from your PC to
the SD card and experience a whole world of interesting and
melodious music.
Touch the key or the intuitive buttons and icons
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on the phone in music interface to enjoy the features of
your music player.
Press the phone’s volume up/down keys on the left side
of the mobile phone to adjust the volume.
10.4 FM Radio
You can listen to your favorite FM channels using the inbuilt
FM receiver of your phone.
Touch the key or the intuitive buttons and icons
on the phone in Radio interface to explore and enjoy the
features of your inbuilt FM radio.
Press the phone’s volume up/down keys on the right
side of the mobile phone to adjust the volume.
10.5 Record Sounds
You need to have a memory card inserted on your phone to
use sound recorder.
1. Touch Sound Recorder in the main menu.
2. Tap to start recording a voice clip. “Recording”
appears when it is recording a voice clip.
3. Tap to stop and save the recording.
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You can set up a corporate, Google account etc on your device.
You can do this by tapping Settings> Accounts & sync> Add
Account:
.
11.1 Why Use a Google Account
Your Google Account lets you take full advantage of Google
applications and services that you may want to use, such as
Gmail, Google Maps, Navigation, Android Market, YouTube,
Messaging, and many more.
Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices,
including Wi-Fi, GPRS, Bluetooth, devices, such as headsets. You
can also transfer files to/from your PC through the data cable.
12.1 Connect to Internet
Refer to section 7 for details.
12.2 Connect to Wi-Fi Networks
Refer to Section 7.1 for details.
12.3 Pair With Bluetooth Devices
1. Go to Settings > Wireless & networks> Bluetooth
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settings.
2. If Bluetooth is off, check Bluetooth to turn it on. Your
phone scans and display the Bluetooth devices in range.
3. If the device you want to pair with is not in the list, make
it discoverable.
4. If your phone stops scanning before you make the other
device discoverable, touch Scan for devices.
5. Touch the ID of the other device in the list Settings to
pair them. If you are prompted to for a password, enter
any password on one device and enter the same
password you entered in the other device to be paired.),
If the pairing is successful, your phone connects to the
device.
Please read the following guidelines regarding the use of your
phone. Not following them may be dangerous or illegal.
Certification Information (SAR)
Your phone is designed not to exceed the limits of emission
of radio waves recommended by international guidelines.
These guidelines include safety margins designed to assure
the protection of all persons, regardless of age and health.
SAR (specific absorption rate) is the unit of body-absorbed
RF quantity when the phone is in use. SAR value is
ascertained according to the highest RF level generated
during laboratory tests.
The true SAR level during phone usage will be far lower
than this level.
The SAR value of the phone may change depending on
factors such as how close you are to a network tower, use of
accessories and other enhancements.
The highest SAR value of the device is 0.857 W/kg (head)
and 0.602 W/kg (body) averaged over 1 gm of human
tissue.
The SAR value may differ depending on national reporting,
testing requirements and the network band.
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SAR Recommendations
Use a wi reless hands-free system (headphone, headset)
with a low power Bluetooth emitter.
Please keep your calls short and use SMS whenever more
convenient. This advice applies especially to children,
adolescents and pregnant women.
Prefer to use your cell phone when the signal quality is
good.
People having active medical implants should preferably
keep the cell phone at least 15 cm away from the implant .
Maintain a preferable distance of 15 mm from the device.
Safe Driving
Do not use the phone while driving. When you have to use
the phone, please use the personal hands-free kit.
Please do not put the phone onto any passenger seat or any
place from which it may fall down in case of vehicular
collision or emergency braking.
During Flight
Flight is influenced by interference caused by the phone. It
is illegal to use a phone on the airplane. Please turn off your
phone or switch to flight mode during a flight.
In Hospitals
Your Phone’s radio waves may interfere with the
functioning medical devices. Consult a physician or the
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manufacturer of the medical device to determine whether
they are adequately shielded from external Radio Frequency.
Switch off your device when regulations instruct you to do
so.
Do not carry the wireless device in the breast pocket.
Turn off the phone if there is any reason to suspect that
interference is taking place.
Unsafe Areas
Please turn off your phone when you are close to a gas
station or in the vicinity of any place where fuel and
chemical preparations, or any other dangerous goods are
stored.
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Your device is a product of superior design and craftsmanship
and should be handled with care: The following suggestions will
help you protect your phone:
Keep the device dry. If your device gets wet, remove the
battery without turning on the device, wipe it with a dry
cloth and take it the service center.
Do not store the device in high or cold temperature. High
temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices and
damage batteries.
Do not use or store th e device in dusty, dirty areas. Its
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moving parts and electronic components can be damaged.
Do not attempt to open the device other than as instructed
in this guide. Repairing the phone by yourself other than
our authorized service agents/centers goes against the
warranty rules.
Do not drop, knock, or shake the device. Rough handling can
break internal circuit boards and fine mechanics.
Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or strong
detergents to clean the device. Only use a soft, clean, dry
cloth to clean the surface of the device.
Do not store your device near magnetic fields or allow your
device to come in contact with magnetic fields for extended
period of time.
Battery Recommendations:
Please put the battery in a well-ventilated place out of direct
sunlight. Charge the battery at room temperature range.
If the time span of the battery after charging becomes much
shorter than usual, the battery life is at an end. Replace the
battery with a new battery of the same make and
specification.
Do not discard the battery with household trash. Please
dispose of used battery according to your local
environmental laws and guidelines.
Use manufacturer approved batteries, chargers, accessories
and supplies. Mic romax will not be responsible for user’s
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The WEEE logo (shown at the left) appears
on the product (battery, handset, and
charger) to indicate that this product must
not be disposed off or dumped with your
other household wastes. You are liable to
dispose of all your electronic or electrical
waste equipment by relocating over to the
specified collection point for recycling. of
such hazardous waste.
Collection and proper recovery of your electronic waste
equipments at the time of disposal will allow us to help preserve
the environment. Recycling of the electronic waste equipment will
ensure safety of human health and environment. For more
information on best practices for disposal of electronic and
electrical waste, please visit to our web site:
www.micromaxinfo.com/weee.php.
safety when using unapproved batteries or accessories.
Recycle Your Phone
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content displayed in the mobile phone. In such a case, the
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