realme Smartphone ColorOS 5.0 User Guide
Content
1. Welcome Page........................................................................................................................ 6
2. Safety Information .................................................................................................................. 6
3. Get started .............................................................................................................................. 11
3.1. Quick look ......................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1. ColorOS 5.0 Features ............................................................................................. 11
3.1.2. Sleep/Wake button ............................................................................................. 17
3.1.3. Menu, Home and Return buttons ....................................................................... 20
3.1.4. Volume buttons ................................................................................................... 24
3.1.5. Micro-USB port .................................................................................................... 26
3.1.6. Headset jack ........................................................................................................ 27
3.1.7. SIM and SD cards ................................................................................................. 27
3.1.8. Accessories came with realme phone ................................................................. 29
3.1.9. Charging the battery ........................................................................................... 30
3.1.10. Gesture & Motion ............................................................................................... 32
3.1.11. Key combinations ................................................................................................ 37
3.1.12. Status Icons ......................................................................................................... 39
3.2. Configuration Settings ............................................................................................. 41
3.2.1. Fingerprint, Face and Passcode ........................................................................... 41
3.2.2. Set up other mail and calendar accounts ............................................................ 54
3.2.3. Transfer data from the old phone to realme smartphone .................................. 55
3.2.4. Date and Time ..................................................................................................... 59
3.2.5. Language and Region .......................................................................................... 61
3.2.6. Connect to the Internet ....................................................................................... 63
4. What's new in ColorOS 5.0 ...................................................................................................... 64
4.1. AI Feature ................................................................................................................ 64
4.1.1. Smart Assistant ...................................................................................................... 64
4.2.1. Smart album search and cleanup ........................................................................ 67
4.2.2. Quick actions menus ........................................................................................... 70
4.3. AI Scene Recognition and AI Beauty ....................................................................... 71
4.4. Assistive Ball ............................................................................................................ 80
4.5. Full Screen Multitasking .......................................................................................... 83
4.6. Quick actions menus ............................................................................................... 85
4.7. Take and edit a screenshot ...................................................................................... 86
4.8. Control Center ......................................................................................................... 89
4.9. New features of Photos ........................................................................................... 91
4.10. New features of Camera.......................................................................................... 96
4.11. Screen Recording ..................................................................................................... 99
4.12. Hide Home screen icon ......................................................................................... 101
4.13. VIP Contacts .......................................................................................................... 104
4.14. Tips ........................................................................................................................ 105
4.15. Transfer data from the old phone to realme smartphone .................................... 107
5. Basics ..................................................................................................................................... 109
5.2. Use apps ................................................................................................................ 109
5.3. Share from apps .................................................................................................... 112
5.4. One-click cleanup .................................................................................................. 113
5.5. Lock the running background apps ....................................................................... 115
5.6. View, zoom in and out ........................................................................................... 116
5.7. Smart & Convenient Operation ............................................................................. 118
5.7.1. Navigation Keys ................................................................................................... 118
5.7.1. Swipe-up Gesture Navigation ............................................................................ 125
5.7.2. Assistive Ball ...................................................................................................... 128
5.7.3. Full Screen Multitasking .................................................................................... 131
5.8. Change the screen orientation .............................................................................. 133
5.9. Split-screen ............................................................................................................ 135
5.10. Take and edit a screenshot .................................................................................... 138
5.11. Control Center, Notification, and Status Bar ......................................................... 141
5.12. Smart Assistant ...................................................................................................... 146
5.13. Search .................................................................................................................... 149
5.14. Test ........................................................................................................................ 151
5.14.1. Add or change keyboard languages .................................................................. 151
5.14.1. Type, edit, and delete text ................................................................................ 153
5.14.2. Prediction .......................................................................................................... 156
5.14.3. Voice typing ....................................................................................................... 159
5.14.4. TouchPal for realme........................................................................................... 161
5.15. Sound, Vibration, and System Feedback ............................................................... 163
5.16. Charge and monitor the battery ........................................................................... 166
5.17. Location Service .................................................................................................... 168
5.18. Use the phone internationally .............................................................................. 170
5.19. Power Saver ........................................................................................................... 171
6. Personalize your realme phone ............................................................................................. 173
6.2. ColorOS 5.0 device name ...................................................................................... 173
6.3. Personalize the Home screen ................................................................................ 174
6.2.1. Organize the Home screen ................................................................................ 174
6.2.2. Home screen widgets & Transition Effects ........................................................ 177
6.3. Change the wallpaper ........................................................................................... 180
6.4. Lock screen magazine ............................................................................................ 182
6.5. Adjust the screen brightness and color temperature ........................................... 184
6.6. Change auto-lock time .......................................................................................... 185
6.7. Change the font size .............................................................................................. 186
6.8. Keyboard and input method ................................................................................. 187
6.8.1. Customize the look of the keyboard ................................................................. 187
6.8.2. Keyboard Layout ................................................................................................ 188
6.8.3. Trends ................................................................................................................ 191
6.8.4. Keyboard general settings ................................................................................. 192
6.9. Set up Startup Manager ........................................................................................ 194
6.10. Clone Apps ............................................................................................................ 196
6.11. Manage Default App ............................................................................................. 197
6.12. Gesture & Motion ................................................................................................. 198
6.13. Preset device on/off time ...................................................................................... 203
6.14. Game Acceleration ................................................................................................ 204
6.15. App display in Full-screen ...................................................................................... 208
7. Apps ...................................................................................................................................... 210
7.1. Phone ............................................................................................................................. 210
7.1.1 Make and Answer Phone Calls ............................................................................. 210
7.1.2. Conference calls .................................................................................................. 216
7.1.3. Block calls ............................................................................................................ 217
7.1.4. Emergency calls ................................................................................................... 219
7.1.5. Carrier’s Call Settings........................................................................................... 220
7.2. Message ................................................................................................................ 222
7.2.1. Send and receive messages ............................................................................... 222
7.2.2. Customize message settings .............................................................................. 224
7.3. Contacts................................................................................................................. 227
7.3.1. Add a contact .................................................................................................... 227
7.3.2. Edit and delete a contact ................................................................................... 229
7.3.3. Import and export contacts ............................................................................... 232
7.3.4. SIM contacts ...................................................................................................... 234
7.3.5. Manage contacts ............................................................................................... 236
7.3.6. Back up your contacts ....................................................................................... 238
7.3.7. VIP Contacts ...................................................................................................... 239
7.4. Phone Manager ..................................................................................................... 240
7.4.1. Scan and optimize the phone ............................................................................ 240
7.4.2. Clean Storage .................................................................................................... 241
7.4.3. Privacy Permissions ........................................................................................... 243
7.4.4. Virus Scan .......................................................................................................... 246
7.4.5. Payment protection ........................................................................................... 247
7.4.6. Frequently Used Functions................................................................................ 248
7.4.7. Common Problems Detection ........................................................................... 251
7.4.8. WeChat Cleaner................................................................................................. 253
7.5. Weather................................................................................................................. 256
7.6. Camera .................................................................................................................. 259
7.6.1. Take photos ....................................................................................................... 259
7.6.2. Take a selfie ....................................................................................................... 265
7.6.3. Shoot video ....................................................................................................... 271
7.6.4. Camera settings ................................................................................................. 273
7.7. Photos ................................................................................................................... 274
7.7.1. Photos overview ................................................................................................ 274
7.7.2. Albums .............................................................................................................. 275
7.7.3. Memories .......................................................................................................... 280
7.7.4. People................................................................................................................ 283
7.7.5. View and use photos and videos ....................................................................... 286
7.7.6. Edit photos and videos ...................................................................................... 291
7.8. Music ..................................................................................................................... 295
7.8.1. Music ................................................................................................................. 295
7.8.2. Change sort mode ............................................................................................. 296
7.8.3. Scan local songs ................................................................................................. 297
7.9. Videos .................................................................................................................... 299
7.10. Theme Store .......................................................................................................... 302
7.10.1. Online phone theme ......................................................................................... 302
7.10.2. Online wallpaper ............................................................................................... 303
7.10.3. Manage your downloads ................................................................................... 304
7.11. Clock ...................................................................................................................... 306
7.11.1. Set Alarm Clocks ................................................................................................ 306
7.11.2. Add and view clocks for locations around the world ........................................ 309
7.11.3. Use the stopwatch ............................................................................................. 310
7.11.4. Set the timer ..................................................................................................... 311
7.12. Files ....................................................................................................................... 312
7.12.1. Optimized File management ............................................................................. 312
7.12.2. Fast file browsing ............................................................................................... 316
7.12.3. View and manage files ...................................................................................... 317
7.12.4. Clean Storage .................................................................................................... 319
7.12.5. Remotely Manage Phone Files .......................................................................... 321
7.13. Calculator .............................................................................................................. 322
7.14. Sound Recording ................................................................................................... 324
7.14.1. Recorder ............................................................................................................ 324
7.14.2. Manage recordings ............................................................................................ 325
7.15. Compass ................................................................................................................ 327
7.16. Chrome .................................................................................................................. 328
7.16.1. Search the web .................................................................................................. 328
7.16.2. Browse the web ................................................................................................. 331
7.16.3. Quick accesses ................................................................................................... 336
8. Safety & Privacy ..................................................................................................................... 339
8.1. Device security ............................................................................................................... 339
8.1.1. Lock screen password ....................................................................................... 339
8.1.2. Smart Lock ......................................................................................................... 341
8.1.3. Payment protection ........................................................................................... 343
8.1.4. Set up a SIM card lock ....................................................................................... 344
8.1.5. Virus Scan .......................................................................................................... 346
8.1.6. Pseudo Base Station Blocking............................................................................ 346
8.1.7. Protect Personal Information ............................................................................ 347
8.2. Device administration ........................................................................................... 348
8.2.1. Allow and install apps from unknown sources .................................................. 348
8.2.2. App permissions ................................................................................................ 350
8.2.3. Hide Home screen icon ..................................................................................... 351
8.2.4. Kids Space .......................................................................................................... 354
8.2.5. Block unwanted calls and messages ................................................................. 356
8.2.6. Find my device................................................................................................... 358
8.3. Privacy ................................................................................................................... 359
8.3.1. Location Service ................................................................................................ 359
8.3.2. Join User Experience Project ............................................................................. 361
8.3.3. Privacy Protecting and Security Warning .......................................................... 362
8.4. Advanced ............................................................................................................... 363
8.4.1. Screen pinning ................................................................................................... 363
9. Share Internet connection and files ...................................................................................... 365
9.1.1. Tether your phone’s Internet connection .......................................................... 365
9.2. Share Files ............................................................................................................. 368
9.2.1. Wireless file sharing .......................................................................................... 368
9.2.2. Wired file sharing .............................................................................................. 373
9.2.3. Share from apps ................................................................................................ 375
10. Restart, update, reset, and restore ....................................................................................... 376
10.1. Restart the phone.................................................................................................. 376
10.2. Back up and restore the phone ............................................................................. 377
10.2.1. Back up your realme phone .............................................................................. 377
10.2.2. Restore data on your phone .............................................................................. 380
10.3. Reset the phone .................................................................................................... 384
10.4. Reset password with fingerprint ........................................................................... 386
11. Barrier-free ............................................................................................................................ 389
11.1. TalkBack ................................................................................................................. 389
11.2. Magnification Gestures ......................................................................................... 391
11.3. Press Power Button to End Call ............................................................................. 393
12. Safety, handling and support ................................................................................................ 394
12.1. Health & Safety ..................................................................................................... 394
12.1.1. Using Environment ............................................................................................ 394
12.1.2. Battery Safety .................................................................................................... 395
12.1.3. Charger Usage Notes ......................................................................................... 397
12.2. Traffic Safety .......................................................................................................... 399
12.3. FCC Compliance Statement ................................................................................... 400
Pictures, settings and paths might differ from your phone, but that do not affect the
description in this article.
1. Welcome Page
2. Safety Information
Read through the following information carefully. Failure to follow these safety
precautions could result in danger or illegal activities.
Safe Startup
Do not switch on the device when phone use is prohibited or when it may
cause interference or danger.
Traffic Safety First
Traffic safety is always of first importance. Use of phones and headphones
while driving a vehicle or riding a bicycle is not recommended and is illegal in
some areas. Obey and follow all related local laws.
Switching off Device at Gas Stations
Turn off your phone when in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere,
such as gas stations or any other fueling area. Sparks in such areas could
cause an explosion or fire, resulting in serious injury or even death.
Switching off Device When On Board an Airplane
Wireless devices might be prohibited while in the air in some countries or
regions. Obey all related local laws and turn off your phone or switch to
airplane mode.
Switching off Device near Medical Equipment
Hospitals or healthcare facilities might use radio-frequency-sensitive
equipment. Obey the relevant rules and regulations.
Switching off Device at Blasting Areas
To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn off your phone when in a
“blasting area” or in areas posted “Turn off two-way radio.” Obey all signs and
instructions.
Radiation
Nearly every electronic device gives off radiation. Mobile phone use does not
increase the risk of getting brain cancer or other head tumors. Its effect in
humans is negligible.
Interference
Nearly every electronic device is susceptible to interference for external
sources if inadequately shielded or designed. As a result, your phone may
cause interference with other devices.
Temperature
Operate your phone in a place where the temperature is always between 10℃
to 45℃. Using or storing your phone in a too hot or too cold environment
might damage the battery, or even cause your phone to short-circuit or burn.
Proper Usage
Use your phone appropriately. Do not touch the antenna area unnecessarily
when the phone is turned on. Do not drop, disassemble, crush, bend, deform,
puncture, incinerate, or insert foreign objects into your phone.
Qualified Maintenance and Service
Never attempt to repair or modify the phone yourself. If your phone has any
hardware or software failure, do not use it until you take it to an authorized
service provider. Do not disassemble or root your phone yourself, otherwise
the warranty service will be terminated immediately.
Batteries, Chargers and other Accessories
Do not dismantle the built-in lithium-ion battery of your device. Use only the
batteries, chargers and other accessories authorized by realme, for third-party
accessories might cause damage or danger.
Waterproofness
Your device is not waterproof. Do not use your device in rain, or other wet
locations.
Avoiding Hearing Damage
Permanent hearing loss may occur if the receiver, speakerphone, headphones,
or earpieces are used at high volume. You can adapt over time to a higher
volume of sound that may sound normal but can be damaging to your hearing.
Set the volume to a safe level to protect your hearing.
Avoiding Eyestrain
Your device’s screen color and brightness might have a different degree of
stimulation to your eyesight. Long-term viewing of your phone in normal or
darker environments will damage your eyesight. When watching video or
reading text on your phone, avoid prolonged use, take breaks and turn on eye
protection mode to prevent eyestrain.
Glass Parts
The outside cover of your phone’s screen, front/rear camera and flash is made
of glass. This glass could break if your phone is dropped on a hard surface or
receives a substantial impact. Do not attempt to touch or clean the broken
glass. Stop using your phone until the glass is replaced by an authorized
service provider.
Connecting to Other Devices
Before connecting to other devices, carefully read the user manual for more
detailed, accurate and safety instructions. Do not connect to incompatible
products.
Being Aware of Laser Safety
If your phone supports laser focusing, carefully read the user manual before
using it. Failure to follow instructions might lead to harmful radiation exposure.
To prevent direct exposure to laser beam, do not attempt to open your phone’s
outer shell, or avoid keeping close contact with laser light.
3. Get started
3.1. Quick look
3.1.1. ColorOS 5.0 Features
ColorOS 5.0 Features
With ColorOS 5.0, new designs and capabilities make your phone not only
look beautiful, but work beautifully. The powerful AI chip helps your phone to
understand images and recognize people, objects, and scenes. The
new-designed full screen delivers a more immersive experience. The Smart
Assistant lets you get things done more intuitively and conveniently. ColorOS
5.0 cares what you care, and let the phone makes sense of your life.
Brand-new visual design
Coloros 5.0 features a slew of interface tweaks and improvements that make
the system feel both faster and more polished. The all-screen design brings a
new visual experience and one-handed usability. The Home screen color is
newly redesigned, text is bolder, and most app icons have a brand-new look.
Phone apps are redesigned with smoother dynamic effects. The Control
Center is customizable and there are options to include a wider range of
settings.
New Photos and Camera capabilities
Memories. Using the on-device facial recognition and AI detection of what’s in
your images, your phone can combine photos into themed mini-movies
complete with transitions and a soundtrack. It can recognize and bundle
together photos the that feature certain people, or scenes like hiking or the
beach, and category categorize your photos while your phone is plugged and
locked. See Memories.
Edit photos and video. You can edit your photos and video in the Photos app
directly using a set of professional editing tools, including cropping, adding text
and filters, and more. See Edit photos and videos.
People. In the Photos app, there’s an album called “People.” Much like
“Memories”, it uses facial technology to identify the people in the pictures or
combine one with similar facial features, then group pictures of the same
people together. See People.
Smart album search and cleanup. You can search your photo library
depending on the date, location, people, and content of the photos on your
device. In Phone Manager, you can also clean up photos in batches such as
similar and blurry photos. See Smart album search and cleanup.
Front 3-HDR. When capturing images in bright sunlight or shade using the
front facing camera, front 3-HDR helps you to adjust the ratio of light to dark in
the photo and make your subject look better. See New features of Camera.
AI Beauty. Personalized AI Beauty provides functionality for precise
recognition and delicate beautification of each individual facial feature.
Everyone is unique in the camera. See New features of Camera.
AR stickers. The Camera app offers many stickers for you to edit and decorate
your selfies. Express yourself daily through fun stickers and add fun to boring
backgrounds. See New features of Camera.
New intelligent features
Smart Assistant. The Smart Assistant aggregates combines information from
Weather, Steps Tracker, and Events, and puts them into an active day
summary of what’s on tap for today. Quick apps and favorite contacts allow
you to open an app or call someone with only one tap. You can also customize
Smart Assistant to better suit your needs, and to emphasize what you actually
care about. See Smart Assistant.
Navigation Gestures. Four kinds of new swipe-up navigation gestures are
added to your phone, and you can choose one that suits you most. See
Navigation Gestures.
Assistive Ball. Assistive Ball is a fantastic feature that enables you to fully take
advantage of Multi-Touch features through the touch screen. It doubles as
virtual navigation keys, and even enables you to open notification center, enter
One-hand Mode or take a screenshot. See Assistive Ball.
Full screen multitasking. Full Screen Multitasking can hold app icons or
notification bubbles, so you can still read and reply to messages without
interrupting your games or videos, as they go app-in-app. See Full Screen
Multitasking.
Control Center. The Control Center includes a wider range of settings, and is
able to list up to 20 shortcuts. You can select the shortcuts to display, and
rearrange them to better suit your needs. See Control Center.
App display in full screen. The feature makes sure your app looks the best at
its best it can. When turn it on, the system will make some changes in on your
app to accommodate the new screen's size and rounded corners. See App
display in full-screen.
Quick actions menus. Press and hold an app icon to bring up "Quick Actions,"
which offers shortcuts to specific features within that app. When the menu
appears, click the shortcut you would like to use, then the app will open directly
to that feature. See Quick actions menus.
Enhanced safety
Hide Home screen icon. Without deleting the app from your phone, you can
simply hide the app icons from view if you want to quickly hand in your phone
off to someone else and don’t want them having access to seeing personal
data contained saved within on some apps. See Hide Home screen icon.
Easy-to-use functions
Common problems detection. Phone Manager allows you to quickly
diagnose common problems. It lists all the test results of the system, and
intuitively display the abnormal items. See Common Problems Detection.
Clone Phone. With Clone Phone, all the contents in on your old phone will be
quickly and easily copied to your new device. You can also select the data to
be cloned, ignoring those that are no longer needed.
Split-screen. The split-screen mode allows you to divide the screen into two
areas, which each area shows a different scene at the same time. Now you
can watch a movie and chat with friends at the same screen. See Split-screen.
Screen recording. With ColorOS 5.0, you can record a 30 minutes video of
what you're doing onscreen. You can even narrate it, too. Save the video, then
you can view, edit, and share the recording using the Camera app. See Screen
Recording.
Screenshot editing tool. When you take a screenshot in ColorOS 5.0, you can
open the screenshot right up and edit it with the markup tools, or take a long
screenshot. Using the screenshot editing feature, you can capture what's on
the screen of your phone and then add text, crop, highlight specific areas, and
more. See Take and edit a screenshot.
Volume control. When you press the Volume Button, you can adjust the
ringtone, media and alarm sound simultaneously.
VIP Contacts. When your phone is set not to be disturbed, you can add certain
people to VIP Contacts and allow them to override the phone settings and
have their calls come through. See VIP Contacts.
Functions for buttons and combination keys
To learn more features, see Quick Look at realme phone.
3.1.2. Sleep/Wake button
The Wake/Sleep button on the right side of your phone has a number of
different uses.
When the phone is on
Wake or lock the screen: With the phone is powered on, press the Wake/Sleep
button once and it will wake the phone up to the point that you can see the lock
screen, like the clock and any notifications that are setup to display there.
When the phone screen is awakened, pressing this button will blacken the
screen and lock the phone.
Take a screenshot: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons
at the same time and your phone will take a picture of whatever is displayed on
the screen. Click the screenshot, and then choose to a take a long screenshot,
send, edit or delete the screenshot. If you save the screenshot, you can view it
on Photos.
End a call: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Accessibility] and turn on
[Power Button Ends Call], then you can press the Sleep/Wake button to end
phone calls.
Turn off the phone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds,
whether the phone is on the lock screen or home screen, it will ask you to slide
down to power off the device.
Force restart the phone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Up
buttons for about 10 to 12 seconds until your device is turned on. View force
restart your phone.
When the phone is off
Turn on the phone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds
until you see the realme logo.
Force Restart the phone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Up
buttons until your device is turned on. View force restart your phone.
Enter Recovery Mode: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down
buttons at the same time to enter Recovery Mode.
3.1.3. Menu, Home and Return buttons
ColorOS 5.0 replaces the traditional hardware buttons with on-screen virtual
navigation keys, also offers you fast and fluid
You can change the order of the virtual keys, and set them to appear only
when needed to free space on the screen.
Enable virtual navigation keys. Virtual navigation keys are default on. If you
want to enable them manually, go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Navigation Keys] and click Virtual Key Navigation.
gestures
to operate your phone.
Change the order of virtual navigation keys. The keys follow the typical order
for realme: Menu, Home, and Return from left to right. If you are left-handed,
you can change them to the return-home-recent order.
Hide the virtual navigation keys. When you launch a full-screen app, the keys
will automatically hide, and can be brought back with a simple swipe:
When in portrait mode, swipe up from the bottom.
When in landscape mode, swipe from the bottom to the left.
Manually hide the virtual navigation keys. To set the keys to appear only when
needed, go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] > [Navigation Keys] and
enable Virtual Navigation Keys Can Be Hidden. Then you can click on
the left-lower corner of the screen to hide the keys, and swipe from the bottom
to reveal them.
Immersive navigation background: The system set multiple colors for the
navigation background to match the color scheme of the popular apps. The
background color is default white, and it will become translucent or immersive
when you open some of the third-party apps.
3.1.4. Volume buttons
Volume buttons give you easy access to adapt over time to a proper volume of
sound. It refers not simply ringer or media, the phone also keeps track of the
volume level separately in headphone, microphone and speaker.
Media volume: When listening to music, videos and phone calls, use the
buttons on the side of the phone to adjust the volume. For information about
avoiding hearing loss, see Security Information.
Ringer volume: Use the Volume buttons to control the volume for the ringer
and alerts. When you press and hold the volume down button, your phone will
switch to silent mode.
Alarm volume: Use the Volume buttons to set the volume for alarm. The alarm
still plays a sound when the phone is in silent mode.
Call volume: When making or receiving phone calls, use the volume buttons to
adjust the volume of the call.
* You can also adjust the volume (except call volume) in [Settings] > [Sound &
Vibration].
Controlling the camera: Volume buttons can also be used to control your
camera. Go to [Settings] > [Camera] > [Volume Button] and set up the volume
buttons for Shutter or Zoom.
3.1.5. Micro-USB port
Micro-USB port is the connector on the bottom of your device where your
battery charger connects. It also doubles as the data port, which lets you
transfer data to and from a personal computer or other USB devices. Plug the
cable in the port to charge or transfer data.
Notice:
1. Repeated connecting and disconnecting of your cable can cause the port to
wear out, resulting in a poor connection to your cable.
2. Never force a connector into the port, for that might cause damage.
3.1.6. Headset jack
The headset jack is an audio socket that accepts a 3.5mm audio plug. Plug
your headset in the jack to listen to music, videos and phone calls. Do not force
a mismatched headset into the jack for that might cause damage.
3.1.7. SIM and SD cards
SIM card
* Insert the SIM card before turning on your phone. If you hold a new SIM card, you
might need to wait until it is activated by the carrier before you can use it.
A SIM card is provided by your carrier and is used to activate your phone's
mobile network. Because it has a small amount of memory, the SIM card not
only enables communications between two persons, but stores information
such as phone numbers, security data and more. When using the mobile
network, you need to pay charges. To avoid high charges, you can shop data
plans with your carrier, or shop international data roaming plans when traveling
abroad.
Insert the SIM card: Most realme Smartphones support Dual SIM. You can
choose to insert one or two.
1. Insert the card needle into the hole outside the card tray to pop it open.
2. Pull out the card tray and place SIM card(s) on it.
3. Put the card tray back in as the same orientation that you removed it.
Remove the SIM card: Remove the card(s) in the same way that you insert
it(them).
SD card
The SD card is a way to store and transfer images, music, video and other
data. You can insert a SD card in your phone to expand phone’s memory.
SIM1, SIM2 and SD cards share the same card tray. Insert your SD card in the
same way that you insert the SIM card(s).
3.1.8. Accessories came with realme phone
Along with the handset, the accessories came with are headset, USB
Connecting cable, Power adapter, SIM card tool and Phone case.
Notice：All photos shown are for illustration purpose ONLY. Actual products
may vary due to product enhancement.
USB Connecting cable: Use the cable to connect your phone to the computer
to charge and transfer files, or use it with the power adapter to charge.
Power adapter: Connect the power adapter to your phone using the included
cable, then plug it into a standard power outlet to charge the phone.
SIM card tool: Use to pop out the SIM card tray.
Phone Case: Use to protect against drops and shock damage on the corners
and rear of your phone.
3.1.9. Charging the battery
How to charge the battery:
Notice：All photos shown are for illustration purpose ONLY. Actual products
may vary due to product enhancement.
Charge with the jack: Connect adapter to your phone using the USB cable,
then plug it into a standard power outlet to charge the phone.
Connect to a computer to charge: Use the cable to connect your phone to the
computer to charge. Your phone will charge slowly if you connect it to the
computer.
Charge with Power Bank: Connect Power Bank to your phone, and your phone
will be charged wherever you go. It is an absolute necessity if you are a
frequent traveler.
Charging Notice:
1. Charge the phone with the original charging accessories (including adapter,
cable and power bank).
2. It is recommended to charge your phone in a place where the temperature is
between 15° C to 40° C. Extreme ambient temperatures will affect flash
charging system.
3.1.10. Gesture & Motion
Gestures
realme smartphone is designed to understand gestures. You can use gestures
such as tap, swipe, drag and spread to operate your phone.
To set up complex gestures for specific functions, go to [Settings] > [Smart &
Convenient] > [Gesture & Motion].
Screen-off Gestures
To set up screen-off gestures, you need to turn it on first.
Double tap to turn screen on: Turn it on to wake up your locked screen with a
double-click on the screen.
Draw O to start camera: When turn it on, you can draw O on the locked screen
to open Camera app.
Draw V to open torchlight: When turn it on, you can draw V on the locked
screen to open the torchlight.
Music control: When turn it on, you can draw ‖ to pause/play a track, or draw
< or > to switch the track when the screen is off.
Add more screen-off gestures: realme smartphone of ColorOS 5.0 gives you 7
options, which are Draw ^, Slide up, Slide down, Slide left, Slide right, Draw M
and Draw W. Choose one to unlock the phone, call someone or start an app.
3-Finger Gesture
Take a screenshot. Swipe down the screen with three fingers.
Use Split-screen. Under the interface of an app, swipe ups the screen with
three fingers to enter split-screen mode.
Motion
The motion-sensing technology is used in realme smartphone. Use it to let
your phone response to motion.
Smart call
Auto call when place at the ear: Before you can use auto call, you need to set
the default SIM card for calling. Go to a contact detail, call detail, message
conversation or info interface, put the phone near your ear and your phone will
automatically call that specific person.
Auto answer when near the ear: This function lets your phone to answer any
incoming calls automatically when putting the phone near your ear.
Switch from speaker for calls: Use it to automatically switch from speaker to
receiver when you put the phone near your ear during phone calls.
Flip to mute incoming calls: Use it to silence the ringer by turning the phone
over on a table or other flat surfaces.
Mistouch Prevention Mode
Turn it on to prevent incorrect operations if the lock screen is covered.
Take selfies
Open Camera app and switch to the front camera. Click > Gesture on the
top of the screen. Pose the same hand gesture towards the camera, once the
camera captures that, it will take a photo automatically after two seconds. You
can change your pose and expression within this two seconds.
3.1.11. Key combinations
Generally, you can use two buttons of your phone to generate a specific result.
The common key combinations include:
When phone is on
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons: Your phone will take a
screenshot for the current page. To take a long screenshot, click the
screenshot, then click Longshot.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons: If the phone isn’t
responding, press and hold the button combination for at least eight seconds
to force restart your phone.
When phone is off
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons: Phone will enter
Recovery Mode, which does help to update the system, wipe data, check disk
and more.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons: Phone will be force
restarted. Press and hold the two buttons until your phone is turned on.
3.1.12. Status Icons
Status icon
What it means
Mobile network signal
Shows whether you’re in range of operator’s
network and can make and receive calls.
The more bars, the stronger the signal.
Airplane Mode
Shows that airplane mode is on. Phone’s
wireless communication abilities are
disabled.
/
LTE/ LTE – A
4G network is available, including LTE and
LTE-A. Your phone can connect to the
Internet over that network.
/
UMTS/WCDMA
3G UMTS network is available. Your phone
can connect to the Internet over that
network.
EDGE /GSM
EDGE (GSM) network is available. Your
phone can connect to the Internet over that
The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about your
realme smartphone:
network.
Wi-Fi
Shows that your phone is connected to a
Wi-Fi network. The more bars, the stronger
the signal. See
Connect to Wi-Fi
.
Call Forwarding
Call forwarding is turned on.
VPN
You’re connected to a network using VPN.
Quiet Time
Quiet Time is turned on.
Portrait orientation lock
Phone screen is locked in portrait
orientation.
Alarm
An alarm is set up on your phone.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is on, or your phone is connected
to a Bluetooth device.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Tethering is on.
Silent
Silent Mode is on.
Vibrate when silent
Phone vibrates when Silent mode is on.
HD Voice
Your phone is on a voice call over VoLTE.
Wireless Display
Wireless projector is connected.
Location Service
Location Service is on.
No service
Your phone has no signal.
Power Saving
Power Saving Mode is on.
LOGG-ING
Get a log for testing
Message
Message notification
Voice over LTE
Your operator’s VoLTE service is available.
HD Voice works to make your calls.
Game acceleration
Optimize the game display configuration to
fully utilize hardware resource
International Roaming
Your phone is using International Data
Roaming.
Kids space
Addiction prevention
Payment protection
Payment environment detection
3.2. Configuration Settings
3.2.1. Fingerprint, Face and Passcode
Setting a passcode, face ID and fingerprint on your realme phone are security
measures that all users should take. Follow these steps to set a passcode that
will be needed to unlock your phone and access the information stored on it.
Use a passcode on your realme phone
Set the passcode
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint & Passcode], click [Turn on Passcode].
You'll be prompted to enter a 6-digit numeric code. If you want to use other
passcode types, Click[Other Encryptions].
Click [Other Encryptions]. You can choose from two types of passcodes:
Click Pattern Code and draw a pattern with at least four dots connected.
Click 4-Digit Numeric Code and set a numbers-only passcode that contains
four characters.
Click 4-16 Digit Numeric Code and set a numbers-only passcode that contains
four to sixteen characters.
Click 4-16 Digit Alphanumeric Code and set a passcode that contains four to
sixteen numbers and/or letters as your preference.
Draw your pattern or enter your passcode.
Re-draw or re-enter your pattern or passcode to confirm it and activate it.
Change the passcode
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint, Face & Passcode], click [Modify Passcode].
Draw or enter your current pattern or passcode.
Draw or enter your new pattern or passcode. If you want to use other
passcode types, click [Other Encryptions] at the bottom of the screen.
Re-draw or re-enter your pattern or passcode to confirm it and activate it.
Turn off the passcode
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint & Passcode], click [Turn off Passcode].
Draw or enter your current pattern or passcode to confirm.
View more details in Set and use a passcode with your realme smartphone.
Use a fingerprint on your realme phone
Before you can add a fingerprint, you need to create a passcode for your
realme phone. You can use fingerprints for:
Unlocking the phone from the lock screen.
Making purchases without entering a passcode.
Encrypting apps
Protecting files
Add a fingerprint
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint, Face & Passcode], click [Add a Fingerprint].
Follow the on-screen instructions, placing your finger gently on the Home
button until your fingerprint is recorded.
Repeat step 1 and 2 for as many fingers as you like.
Delete or Rename a fingerprint
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint & Passcode], click the fingerprint you've added.
Enter a name for your fingerprint, or click [Delete Fingerprint].
Use fingerprint to reset passcode
Before you can use the reset feature, you must add at least one fingerprint to
your phone and enabled Fingerprint Unlock.
Reset Passcode methods:
Restart the phone, enter the wrong passord five times and wait 30 seconds.
Then click Use Fingerprint to Reset passcode ,verify your fingerprint and reset
the passcode.
When your phone is unlocked, go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint, Face and
Passcode], enter the wrong passcode five times and wait 30 seconds. Then
click Reset Passcode, verify your fingerprint and reset the passcode.
Enroll a Face on your realme phone
Before you can add a fingerprint, you need to create a passcode for your
realme phone. You can use fingerprints for:
Unlocking the phone from the lock screen.
Encrypting apps
Protecting files
Enroll a face
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint, Face & Passcode], click [Enroll Face].
Follow the on-screen instructions. To get the ideal effect, keep the phone
20-50cm away from your face and position your whole face in the circle until
the enrollment is done. Avoid very bright or dim environment when enrolling
your face.
Delete Enrolled Faces
Go to [Settings] > [Fingerprint, Face & Passcode], click [Delete Enrolled
Faces].
Use Face for screen unlocking, App Lock and File Safe. Go
to [Settings] ＞ [Fingerprint, Face& Passcode] >[Use Face to], then turn on the
features you want to use.
View more details in Add and use a fingerprint on your realme Smartphone.
3.2.2. Set up other mail and calendar accounts
In addition to the apps that come with your phone, if you want to use other mail
and calendar apps, add the accounts to your phone to let the apps associated
with those accounts sync with your phone.
Set up an account. Go to [Settings] > [Accounts and Sync], then click [Add
Account].
Repeat the steps for as many accounts as you like.
3.2.3. Transfer data from the old phone to realme
smartphone
You can transfer over all of your data - with no risk or loss of quality,
using Clone Phone. With Clone Phone, you don't need to leave any of your
data behind with your previous device. Take it all with you in three easy
steps:From an iPhone to an realme Phone
1. On your realme Phone, go to [Tools] > [Clone Phone], then select "This is
the new phone" and "Import From an iPhone". Connect your phone to the
Internet when promoted.
2. Sign in the iCloud account of your old iPhone. Enter the Apple ID verification
code you received on your iPhone or in the SMS and start computing cloud
data.
From an Android Phone to an realme Phone
1. On your realme phone, go to [Tools] > [Clone Phone], then select "This is
the new phone" and "Import from an Android Phone".
2. On your old phone, click [Clone Phone] from the Home screen, select "This
is the old phone" and scan the QR Code generated by the new phone to
start cloning.
You can also select the data (Personal Data, System Data, Applications,
Storage Data) to be cloned by clicking "Manually Select the Data to be Cloned."
3. Enter the lock screen password to continue.
View more details in Transfer data with Clone Phone.
3.2.4. Date and Time
Knowing the time and date is crucial to keeping on schedule. If you want to set
the date and time display on your realme phone, or if you're out of synch or
need a time update, just start with step 1 as below.
1. Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Date & Time], click it.
2. 24- Hour Format. Switch from 12-hour or a 24-hour format optionally.
3. Automatically Set Date and Time. Enable [Automatically Set Date and
Time] if you want to use the data given by your network provider or your
GPS, or you can set the time yourself if you prefer. See step 4.
4. Set Manually. You can manually set the time and date. To do so,
disable [Automatically Set Date and Time], and then:
Select your time zone. Click [Time Zone] and select the location you
would like to adjust your time to.
Change the date and time. You will see the date and time appear under
the current time zone. Drag your finger across each column to change the
date and time. Scroll wheels will appear to allow you to change the date
and time simultaneously.
View more details in Set up date and time on your realme smartphone.
3.2.5. Language and Region
realme smartphone offers you an easy access to configure it to display
information in another language. If you want to change its language to yours,
or if you've relocated to a new country, you can change language and region
by following a few easy steps.
1. Go to [Settings] > [Language & Region], click it.
2. Find your desired region. Click Region and change the region you want to
use.
3. Find your desired language.
Click [Language], you will see a list of languages. Scroll down to find the
language you wish to use.
Select your desired language and click "Done." A confirmation message
will appear at the bottom of your screen. Confirm the change by clicking
"Change to ____." Then your realme phone will be in the new desired
language.
3.2.6. Connect to the Internet
realme smartphone connects to the Internet whenever necessary, using
a Wi-Fi connection or mobile network.
Wi-Fi connection
1. Go to [Settings] > [Wi-Fi], or swipe down from the top of your screen to open
Control Center, then tap . The detected Wi-Fi networks will be displayed.
2. Tap the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to.
3. Fill in the password if required.
Mobile data connection
Go to [Settings] > [Dual SIM & Cellular] and enable [Mobile Data], or swipe
down from the top of your screen to open Control Center, then tap .
Notice: Enabling the mobile networks connection may result in extra cost.
Check with your mobile network service carrier.
4. What's new in ColorOS 5.0
4.2. AI Feature
4.1.1. Smart Assistant
The Smart Assistant combines information such as Weather, Steps Tracker,
and Events, and puts them into an active day summary of what’s on tap for
today. Quick apps and favorite contacts allow you to open an app or call
someone with only one tap. You can also customize Smart Assistant to better
suit your needs, and to emphasize what you actually care about.
Open Smart Assistant. Go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] and turn on
[Smart Assistant]. Or swipe right from the left edge of the Home screen, then
click Turn on Smart Assistant.
Customize Smart Assistant widgets. Scroll to the bottom of Smart Assistant
screen, and then click Edit. Click or to add or remove widgets. To
arrange the order of your information, touch and hold , then drag to a new
position.
Information you can get from Smart Assistant:
Quick Functions: Provides you with quick access to apps. Click , click
Add More Apps, and then choose an app. You can open the app directly
by clicking its icon in Smart Assistant.
Weather: Provides you with weather conditions of your current location.
Steps Tracker: Keeps track of your daily steps and distance covered.
Events: Keeps track of all your events in the Calendar app.
Favorite Contacts: Lets you make call with one tap. Click , then choose
a contact. Click the head portrait to call the person.
4.2.1. Smart album search and cleanup
Search the album intelligently. Using the on-device facial recognition and AI
detection of what’s on your images, your phone can now recognize and bundle
together photos with the same facial feature or scenes like hiking or being on
the beach, or more.
To search your photos by categories, click , and then type keywords of
what you’re looking for. For example, you can search things like “food” or “car.”
Photos will display all the images you have on your library that are a match. It
also tells you exactly how many images match your keyword.
Categories you can search include:
Time. Search for a date, or a festival name. The phone will recognize
which country the image was taken in, and search for festivals in that
country, such as Diwali festival in India.
Place. You can search for a location, specific to a street name.
People. Search the name of a specific people. See People.
Things and scenes. The phone presets 54 labels. You can search a label,
including its synonyms, using multilingual languages.
Recent. Click Recent to see images and videos saved in the last 7 days.
Content of the image. Search English or Chinese texts that is contain on
the image, then phone will detect the image which contains the texts.
Clean the albums intelligently. You can quickly clean your duplicate, similar or
blurry photos in [Phone Manager] > [Clean Storage] > [Photo Cleaning].
Your phone compares and looks for similarities in different photos and finds
duplicates as well as photos of the same subject, beautified pictures, and
blurry photos. You can also manage your screenshots and recently deleted
photos, or go to Photos directly.
4.2.2. Quick actions menus
Quick Actions let you do the things you do most often, in a faster way and in
fewer steps. Press and hold an app icon to bring up Quick Actions menu,
which offers shortcuts to specific features within that app. When the menu
appears, click the shortcut you would like to use, then the app will open directly
to that feature.
To turn the quick actions menu on or off for an app, go to [Settings] >
[Homescreen & Lockscreen Magazine] > [App Shortcut].
Most of the phone’s applications support this feature. For example, go to your
Home screen and press and hold on the icon for the Twitter app, you’ll see a
mini menu that lets you quickly search in Twitter, share tweets, send
messages, scan QR code, view app info, or delete the app.
When long pressing a quick action of an app, you can add that feature as a
shortcut to the Home screen.
4.3. AI Scene Recognition and AI Beauty
With ColorOS 5.0, the camera will tune up camera settings based on the scene
it detects. It intelligently and accurately analyzes the scene and object you're
shooting and pick the best brightness, exposure, color, and contrast for you.
Also, personalized AI Beauty provides functionality for precise recognition and
delicate beautification of each individual facial feature. You can take the best
selfie with ease.
AI Scene Recognition. The camera identifies 16 different scenes when taking
photos, such as a delicacy of dessert or a spectacular sunrise. It allows you to
take great pictures with automatic adjustments made intelligently, heightening
the chances you capture those special moments.
AI Beauty. The Facial Recognition technology can identify up to 296 facial
recognition spots while clicking selfies. Whether you’re taking a selfie or taking
a photo with other people, the camera will make different changes for each
individual facial feature, which make the men look more masculine and let the
ladies exude great femininity. Everyone is unique in the camera.
Identifying up to 296 facial recognition spots while clicking selfies.
Providing up to 8 million beauty schemes by identifying race, gender, age,
skin color, and skin quality.
Beautifying up to four people in a photo when taking a photo with others.
Swipe-up Gesture Navigation
The four-different swipe-up gestures of ColorOS 5.0, which provides access to
the Home screen, app switcher, and the upper page, are the most intuitive,
natural, and fun interactions when you use the phone. Compared with the
previous version, you have more gesture layouts to choose from. Select one
that suits you most and use it for navigation rather than rely on button clicks
alone.
Use swipe-up navigation gestures. Go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Navigation Keys] and click [Swipe-up Gesture Navigation].
Back at both sides. Swipe up from the left or right bottom to return to upper
page, swipe up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe
up from the middle bottom and pause 1 second to view recent tasks.
Simple gestures. Swipe up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen,
and swipe up from the middle bottom and pause 1 second to view recent
tasks.
Back on the right. Swipe up from the left bottom to view recent tasks, swipe up
from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe up from the right
bottom to return to upper page.
Back on the left. Swipe up from the left bottom to return to upper page, swipe
up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe up from the
right bottom to view recent tasks.
Hide Gesture Guide Bar. Gesture Guide Bar is the translucent line at the
bottom of the screen, which allows you to quickly distinguish the left, middle
and right swipe-up regions. To hide the guide bar, turn on [Hide Gesture Guide
Bar].
Prevent mistakenly touching. Turn on [Mistouch Prevention]. To use gesture
navigation when the app is in Landscape Mode, you need to swipe up to bring
up the guide bar first, then swipe up again in the same area.
Swipe-up Gesture Navigation
The four-different swipe-up gestures of ColorOS 5.0, which provides access to
the Home screen, app switcher, and the upper page, are the most intuitive,
natural, and fun interactions when you use the phone. Compared with the
previous version, you have more gesture layouts to choose from. Select one
that suits you most and use it for navigation rather than rely on button clicks
alone.
Use swipe-up navigation gestures. Go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Navigation Keys] and click [Swipe-up Gesture Navigation].
Back at both sides. Swipe up from the left or right bottom to return to upper
page, swipe up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe
up from the middle bottom and pause 1 second to view recent tasks.
Simple gestures. Swipe up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen,
and swipe up from the middle bottom and pause 1 second to view recent
tasks.
Back on the right. Swipe up from the left bottom to view recent tasks, swipe up
from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe up from the right
bottom to return to upper page.
Back on the left. Swipe up from the left bottom to return to upper page, swipe
up from the middle bottom to get to the Home screen, and swipe up from the
right bottom to view recent tasks.
Hide Gesture Guide Bar. Gesture Guide Bar is the translucent line at the
bottom of the screen, which allows you to quickly distinguish the left, middle
and right swipe-up regions. To hide the guide bar, turn on [Hide Gesture Guide
Bar].
Prevent mistakenly touching. Turn on [Mistouch Prevention]. To use gesture
navigation when the app is in Landscape Mode, you need to swipe up to bring
up the guide bar first, then swipe up again in the same area.
4.4. Assistive Ball
Applying the Assistive Ball feature provides options to access several regular
phone features through the touchscreen, rather than the tactile buttons. It
enables you to use the virtual navigation keys with just one finger, and also
open the notification center, take a screenshot, and more. When you perform
gestures that are difficult for you, Assistive Ball can help.
Assistive Ball lets you perform a wide range of features:
Return to upper page
Go to the Home screen
View recent tasks
Open Notification Center
Lock the screen
Enter One-hand Mode
Take a screenshot
To configure the Assistive Ball menu, go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Assistive Ball], then choose one operation mode:
Gesture Operations. Below Gesture Operations, you can assign different
actions to a single tap, double tap, or long press. For example, assign “Home”
to “Touch and hold”, then you can long press the Assistive Ball to go to the
Home screen.
Tap Menu. There are five shortcuts for enabling different features in Tap Menu.
Click a shortcut and change the option to the one you preferred. On any
screen, click the Assistive Ball to pop up the shortcut menu.
When Assistive Ball is on, you can hold the floating button and pull it around
the screen to any location to get it out of the way or make it more accessible.
Adjust the transparency of the Assistive Ball when not in use. Go to [Settings] >
[Smart & Convenient] > [Assistive Ball], then drag the slider.
Hide the Assistive Ball automatically in full screen. Go to [Settings] > [Smart &
Convenient] > [Assistive Ball] and turn on [Hide Ball Automatically in Full
screen]. To reveal the Assistive Ball, swipe down from the top of the screen.
4.5. Full Screen Multitasking
When using an app in Landscape mode, you can open a second app while the
other one is in the foreground. Just swipe inwards from the edge of the
notched area (the topmost part of the phone’s screen, the one where front
camera is located) to bring up apps or functions, click an app icon, then you
can operate the app above the other one, in a floating window.
Multitask with the floating mini app. Go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Full Screen Multitasking] and toggle the slider to green.
* When the phone is set to block notifications and you receive new messages
from quick apps, notifications won’t pop up, while a red spot will display on the
app icons.
* When the phone doesn’t block notifications and you receive new messages
from quick apps, notifications will be displayed with a banner on the top screen.
Click Reply in Floating to start full screen multitasking.
Add and rearrange quick apps. Click Quick Apps, then drag next to the
app up or down. You can add up to 3 apps.
Rearrange quick functions. Click Quick Functions, then drag next to the
function up or down.
Note: The quick app needs to support the floating window feature. If some of
its functions aren’t working properly, use the app in full-screen mode.
4.6. Quick actions menus
Quick Actions let you do the things you do most often, in a faster way and
fewer steps. Press and hold an app icon to bring up Quick Actions menu,
which offers shortcuts to specific features within that app. When the menu
appears, click the shortcut you would like to use, then the app will open directly
to that feature.
To turn the quick actions menu on or off for an app, go to [Settings] >
[Homescreen & Lockscreen Magazine] > [App Shortcut].
Most of the phone’s applications support this feature. For example, go to your
Home screen and press and hold on the icon for the Twitter app, you’ll see a
mini menu that lets you quickly search in Twitter, share tweets, send
messages, scan QR code, view app info, or delete the app.
When long pressing a quick action of an app, you can add that feature as a
shortcut to the Home screen.
4.7. Take and edit a screenshot
You can capture what’s displayed on the current screen, and take long
screenshots of your conversations on any messenger, or the screenshot of a
full web page, or screenshot of some long pages in apps. Also, you can edit
the screenshots directly on the Photos app using a set of professional editing
tools.
Capture the current page
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons for about 2
seconds, the screen will briefly flash white, and you'll hear a shutter
sound if your phone's sound is on.
Gesture Screenshot: Go to [Settings] > [Smart & Convenient] >
[Gesture & Motion] and turn on [3-Finger Screenshot]. Then swipe
down the screen with three fingers to take a screenshot.
Capture a long screenshot
With realme smartphone, you can easily take longer and scrolling screenshot
with simple clicks.
To capture long screenshots:
1. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons for about 2
seconds, or swipe down the screen with three fingers to take a
screenshot of the current page.
2. Click the screenshot, click Long screenshot, then scroll the page up or
down and stop until you have finished capturing all the contents you
want.
3. Click Done to generate a long screenshot. The image is saved on the
Photos app.
Edit a screenshot
After you've taken a screenshot, click it, then click Edit. You can use the fancy
new markup features to optimize it instantly, such as cropping, adding text,
light, filters, and more. Click Done to save your changes.
4.8. Control Center
Control Center gives you instant access to the most frequently used features,
and allows you to view recent and earlier notifications with just a swipe. You
can open Control Center from anywhere on your phone—from any app or
screen, even from the lock screen.
Open Control Center. Swipe down from the very top of any screen (except the
notch at the top center of the display). You'll see the shortcuts listed on top,
and notifications below.
Customize the shortcuts. By default, the phone will list ten shortcuts when you
open Control Center. Click or swipe down the screen to show other
shortcuts.
To change or rearrange the shortcuts, click on the top, then hold down
and drag an icon to your preferred position. To save your changes, click
.
Control the brightness. Drag the slider to adjust the brightness of the screen.
When you drag the slider, other parts of Control Center will be temporarily
hidden.
4.9. New features of Photos
With ColorOS 5.0, the Photos app gets amazing updates. Here are some of
the ones you may find most useful.
Memories
Using the on-device facial recognition and AI detection of what’s on your
images, your phone can combine photos into themed mini-movies complete
with transitions and a soundtrack. It can recognize and bundle together photos
the feature certain people, or scenes like hiking or being on the beach, and
category categorize your photos while your phone is plugged and locked. See
Memories.
People
In the Photos app, there’s an album called “People.” Much like “Memories”, it
uses facial technology to identify the people in the pictures or combine
identifications, then group pictures of the same people together. See People.
Optimized album management
In addition to the frequently used social apps, images downloaded from
third-party apps will be saved in Rarely-used Album. You can put other
albums into Rarely-used Album by clicking Select > Set as rarely-used.
Your photos will be put into sequential order by modification time. In other
words, once an old photo or video has been modified, it will be saved as
the latest photo or video.
Photos downloaded from spam applications will be controlled by phone’s
blacklist and will not displayed in albums.
Photos and videos editing tool
Edit a photo. Click a photo in Photos, then click Edit. You can use the
fancy new markup features to optimize it instantly, such as cropping,
adding text, light, filters, and more.
Edit a video. Click a video in Photos, then click Edit. You can crop the
video, add a filter, soundtrack, text, and watermark to the video. See Edit
photos and videos.
Smart album search and cleanup
You can search your photo library depending on the date, location, people,
and content of the photos on your device. In Phone Manager, you can also
clean up photos in batches such as similar and blurry photos. See Smart
album search and cleanup.
4.10. New features of Camera
With ColorOS 5.0, the Photos and Camera app get amazing updates. Here are
some of the ones you may find most useful. Click New features of Photos to
view Photos updates.
Turn Depth Effect on or off for a photo
Click to turn on Depth Effect. A photo that includes a depth effect blurs the
background while keeps the face in the foreground perfectly focused. To
ensure the best results, keep the person within two meters from the lens.
Front 3-HDR
When capturing images in bright sunlight or shade using the front facing
camera, front 3-HDR helps you to adjust the ratio of light to dark in the photo
and make your subject look better.
AR stickers
The Camera app offers many stickers for you to edit and decorate your selfies.
Open Camera, click STICKER, then click to add an AR sticker. Express
yourself daily through fun stickers and add fun to boring backgrounds.
AI Beauty
The Facial Recognition technology can identify up to 296 facial recognition
spots when clicking selfies. Personalized AI Beauty provides functionality for
precise recognition and delicate beautification of each individual facial feature.
Everyone is unique in the camera.
When you take photos with other people, your phone will beautify up to four
people in a photo.
4.11. Screen Recording
With ColorOS 5.0, you can record a video of what you're doing on the screen.
You can even narrate on the background it, too. Save the video, then you can
view, edit, and share the recording using the Camera app.
Record your screen. Swipe down from the top of the screen to open Control
Center, then click .After a 3-second countdown, the screen recording starts.
Screen recording is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. To stop the recording,
click on the screen and a notification will appear that says "The screen
recording has been saved. Click the notification to open the Photos app and
review your video.
Record with sound. Go to [Settings] > [Screen Recording] and turn on [Allow
sound recording]. Then the audio from your phone's microphone will be
captured in the video recording.
Adjust the video resolution. Go to [Settings] > [Screen Recording], click [Video
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