User Guide
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started ...........................5
Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turning your Phone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Locking and Unlocking your Phone . . . . . . . . .11
Using Alphabetic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Using Symbol and Numeric Mode . . . . . . . . . .27
Using Emoticon Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Using Text Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Using Your People List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Linking People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Synchronizing Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
People Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Additional People Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Recent Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 8: Applications .............................71
GPS Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
App Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ATIV Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bing Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Music+Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
My Verizon Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
NFL Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
OneNote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Paper Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Section 9: Connections .............................90
Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
PC Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Section 10: Changing Your Settings ........95
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Restricting Children's Access to Your
Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . 141
Section 1: Getting Started
This section reviews how to get started by configuring
your hardware, activating your service, and setting up your
voice mail.
Setting Up Your Phone
Prior to use, it is necessary to install both the battery and
Installing the SIM Card
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM Card) is a “smartcard”
that houses personal information, such as your mobile phone
number, calling plan, account information, and content, such
as contacts, text messages, and call history.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE SIM Card is compatible with any
Verizon Wireless 4G LTE certified device. You can move the
With the battery removed, carefully slide the SIM card
into the SIM card socket (as shown) until the card locks
into place.
Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into the
phone and that the upper-left angled corner of the card
is positioned as shown.
Installing the Battery
1. Insert the battery into the opening on the back of
the phone, making sure the three metal connectors
align (1).
2. Gently press down to secure the battery (2).
4. Press the cover down into place.
5. Press down firmly along the edges of the cover to
ensure that the cover is flush with the phone. You
should hear a light click as the cover locks in place.
Charging a Battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. The
Wall/USB Charger, which is used to charge the battery, is
included with your phone. Use only approved batteries and
chargers. Long backlight settings, searching for service,
vibrate mode, browser use, and other variables may reduce
the battery’s talk and standby times.
Using the Wall/USB Charger
1. Connect the USB cable to the power adapter.
2. Plug the power adapter into a standard electrical
outlet.
3. Connect the small end of the USB cable into the
phone’s Micro USB Charging Port.
4. When charging is finished, remove the flat end from
the interface connector jack on the phone.
Caution! Failure to unplug the wall charger before you
remove the battery can cause damage to the phone.
Low Battery Indicator
When the battery is weak and only a few minutes of talk time
Memory Card
Your device supports optional, removable, microSD or
microSDHC memory cards (not included) for storage of
music, pictures, and other files.
For more information about using memory cards, see “Phone
Storage” on page 102.
Installing a Memory Card
Removing a Memory Card
Warning! To prevent damage to data stored on the memory
card, unmount the card before removing it from the
device.
1. From the Home screen, touch Settings. Under the
system menu, touch phone storage ➔ SD card ➔
Turning your Phone On or Off
To turn ON, press and hold the Power/Lock button.
To power OFF, press and hold the Power/Lock button
and follow the prompts.
Note: The display language is preset to English at the factory.
To change the language, use the Language menu. For
Using the Start-Up Wizard
The very first time you turn on your phone, the Start-up
Wizard screen will guide you through the basics of setting up
your device.
Follow the prompts to choose a default language, country/
region and time zone, date and time, Wi-Fi network.
• To get apps, play games, automatically sync Windows Live
Setting Up Your Voice Mail
1. From the Home screen, touch .
2. Dial *86 and touch Call, or touch voicemail.
3. If you hear a greeting, press # to interrupt, and follow
the setup tutorial.
Note: These steps may be different depending on your
Important! Voice mailboxes not set up within 45 days will be
canceled. Your voice mailbox is not password
protected until you create a password by
following the setup tutorial.
Visual Voice Mail
View a list of messages without dialing into a mailbox. Listen
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone
This section outlines some key features of your phone and
describes the screen and the icons that appear when the
phone is in use. It also shows how to navigate through
the phone.
Front View
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4. Indicator icons: Shows the information needed to
operate your phone, such as the received signal
strength, phone battery level, and time. If the icons are
not showing, touch the top of the display to show them.
5. Display: Shows the information needed to operate
your phone, such as the Application Tiles, icons, and so
on.
7. Home: Access the Home screen from any screen.
Touch and hold to activate the voice search engine.
8. Bing search: Access the Bing search engine, which
allows you to search for items on the internet, scout,
music, vision, and voice. For more information, refer to
“Bing Search” on page 18.
Note: Some applications, such as People and Store, display a
Back, Top, and Bottom View
The following items can be found on the back, the top, and
the bottom of your phone.
1. IR transmitter: Used to emit infrared signals used for
controlling external devices.
2. 3.5mm headset jack: Plug in for accessories.
3. Power/Lock: Press and hold the Power/Lock button
until the phone switches on. Also be use to lock or
unlock the touch screen. For more information on
locking your phone, see “Locking and Unlocking your
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8. Volume: Adjust the ringer volume while in standby
mode or adjust the voice volume during a call. When
receiving an incoming call, briefly press down either
volume key to mute the ring tone. Also use to adjust
the volume while playing music or videos, press the
volume key to display additional controls.
9. Rear-facing camera: Use to take pictures and record
Display Layout
Your display screen provides a wealth of information about
the phone’s status and options, as well as providing access
to application icons. For more information, refer to “Front
View” on page 13.
Indicator Icons
This list identifies the symbols that appear on your phone’s
Displays when your battery is charging and displays
battery charge level. Displays when the phone is
connected to a computer via a supported USB cable
connection.
Battery critically low, which means your battery
needs to be charged soon or your phone will turn off.
Displays when your connection to an EVDO network
is active.
Displays when your connection to an EVDV network
is active.
Displays when your connection to a UMTS network is
active.
Bing Search
Bing Search provides an onscreen Internet search engine. It
also lets you link to Local Scout, listens to music and
searches for it, scans text that can be used as a search term,
and lets you say a search term.
Tip: Some applications, such as People and Store, display a
search button that allows you to search within that
Displays when Bluetooth is activated, but your phone
has not connected with a Bluetooth device.
Displays when Wi-Fi is connected, active, and
communicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP).
Displays when Wi-Fi is connected, active, and
communicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP).
6. Touch vision to scan barcodes, QR Codes,
Microsoft Tags, book covers, CDs, DVDs, or text.
7. Touch voice (in the search bar) to use Voice Search.
Speak the word you want to search for, and then follow
the onscreen instructions.
8. Touch Options
to access the following options:
• Music history: After touching music and
2. Speak the words that you would like to search on or
the action that you would like to perform.
The following examples show the flexibility of the
speech engine:
• “Call Chris mobile”
• “Find coffee in Seattle”
• “Open calendar”
Menu Navigation
You can tailor the phone’s range of functions to fit your needs
using menus. Menus, sub-menus, and features can be
accessed by scrolling through onscreen menus.
Locking and Unlocking your Phone
To unlock your phone:
1. Press the Power/Lock button located on the upper
Navigating to the Application Menu
1. At the Home screen, swipe the screen to the left.
2. The Application Menu displays.
3. Touch one of the application icons to launch the app.
4. Swipe the screen up or down to access all of the
available application icons.
5. To return to the Home screen, swipe the display to the
Customizing Your Home Screen
You can customize your Home screen by doing the following:
• Adding and removing application tiles on the Home screen
• Repositioning application tiles
• Changing the background
Adding a Tile from the Applications Menu
Removing a Tile from the Home Screen
To delete an Application Tile from your Home screen, follow
these steps:
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the Application
Tile that you want to remove.
2. Touch unpin to delete the Tile.
Resizing Tiles On the Home Screen
Tiles may be displayed as small, medium, or large tiles.To
resize an Application Tile on your Home screen, follow these
steps:
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the Application
Tile that you want to resize.
2. Touch
, , or to toggle between small,
3. Touch the Background field to choose an image
location:
•photo: Sets a photo as the Lock screen background.
Touch the change photo field to select a photo from
your photo albums. Slide the photo within the window
to crop it, and then touch to save.
•Bing: Randomly sets professional Bing images as the
Changing the Color Theme
You can change the color theme of your phone by following
these steps:
1. From the Home screen, swipe the screen to the left to
display the Application Menu, and then touch
Settings.
2. Under the system menu, touch theme.
Section 3: Entering Text
This section describes how to select the desired text input
method when entering characters into your phone.
This section also describes the predictive text entry system
that reduces the amount of key strokes associated with
entering text.
Keys
You can enter characters into your phone by using an
onscreen, QWERTY, portrait or landscape keyboard. In both
formats, the keys are associated with alphabetic letters,
special characters, or numbers, as shown in the following
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