UMTS 2100 GSM 850/900/1800/1900
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Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
>Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select. See
Navigation on page 13.
1 Press and hold down .
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested
and select OK.
3 Select a language.
4 Select Yes to use the setup wizard
while settings are downloaded.
If you want to correct a mistake when
you enter your PIN, press .
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card, which you get from your network
operator, contains information about
your subscription. Always turn off your
phone and detach the charger before
you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card
before you remove it from your phone.
See To copy names and numbers to the
SIM card on page 25.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by your network operator.
Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it
starts with emergency number digits,
for example, 112 or 911. You can see
and call an emergency number without
entering a PIN.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM
card lock on page 68.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when you
turn your phone on. See Using pictures
on page 44.
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Phone status
Master reset
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on
page 13.
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key sound
2 Scroll to an option and select Edit.
3 Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortc.
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to certain functions.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New events – missed calls and new
messages.
• Running apps – applications that are
running in the background.
• My shortcuts – add your favourite
functions to access them quickly.
• Internet – quick access to the
Internet.
File manager
You can use the file manager to handle
files saved in the phone memory or on
a memory card.
You may have to purchase a memory card
separately.
Memory card
Your phone supports Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding
more storage space to your phone. It
can also be used as a portable memory
card with other compatible devices.
You can move and copy files between
your phone, a computer and a memory
card. Files are saved on the memory
card first and then in the phone
memory. Unrecognized files are saved
in the Other folder.
You can create subfolders to move or
copy files to. You can select more than
one or all the files in a folder at the same
time for all folders except Games and
Applications.
If the memory is full, delete some
content to create space.
File manager tabs
The file manager is divided into three
tabs, and icons indicate where the files
are saved.
2 Scroll to a folder and select Open.
3 Select Options > Mark > Mark several.
4 For each file you want to mark, scroll
to the file and select Mark.
To delete a file from the file manager
1 From standby select Menu > Organizer
> File manager.
2 Find the file and press .
Phone language
You can select a language to use in
your phone.
To change the phone language
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Language > Phone
language.
2 Select an option.
Entering text
You can use multitap text input or
T9™ Text Input to enter text. The
T9 Text Input method uses a built-in
dictionary.
To change text input method
• When you enter text, press and hold
down .
To shift between capitals and
lower-case letters
• When you enter text, press .
To enter numbers
• When you enter text, press and hold
down – .
To enter full stops and commas
• When you enter text, press .
To enter text using T9™ Text Input
1 From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text
message.
2 If is not displayed, press and hold
down to change to T9 Text Input.
3 Press each key only once, even if the
letter you want is not the first letter on
the key. For example, to write the word
“Jane”, press , , , .
Write the whole word before looking at
the suggestions.
4 Use or to view suggestions.
5 Press to accept a suggestion.
Multitap input only applies when latin
characters are selected as input
language.
To add words to the built-in
dictionary
1 When you enter text using T9 Text
Input, select Options > Spell word.
2 Write the word using multitap input and
select Insert.
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese
characters:
• Stroke input
• Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for
example, to enter Chinese names and
Chinese short messages.
Input method may be different when
Simplified Chinese has been selected as
the phone language.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and
holding .
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function to
speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter
a stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate
row of the most frequently used
characters containing that stroke or
relating to that letter appears at the
bottom of the screen.
If the character you want is not
displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing until the character
you want is displayed. Alternatively,
you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin
letter and a new set of characters will
immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the
previous row, press . To select a
character in the candidate row, press
the navigation key.
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke
categories. Each category is
represented on the keypad by one of
the keys - . The Wild Card
key , is used when you are not
sure of which stroke to use.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined
in the table below:
The basic building units of Chinese
characters are components that are
made up of strokes. After entering the
first two strokes of the desired
character, the component and
character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the
candidate row.
Using components is a fast method
for entering complex characters.
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to“ 信 ”, press .
3 Move the cursor to “ 息 ”, press
The wild card key , is used to
supplement unclear strokes in entering
characters. If you want to enter “ 互 ”,
but you only know that “一 ” is the first
and the last stroke of the character
and that the total number of strokes
is four, enter , , , .
The character is displayed in the
candidate row.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required
Pinyin letters, and the phone will make
various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules of
Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin
letters on the keypad.
Number KeyPinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced
by v.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Press , , .
2 When “xin” is highlighted, press
or and select “ 信 ”, then press .
(If you want to enter any of the other
suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll
up or down to the desired combination,
then press ).
3 Press again to select “ 息 ”, when
“ 息 ” is highlighted.
Input punctuation, symbols and
smilies
Under any Input mode, > Options >
Add symbol, or > Add item to see the
table of punctuation marks, symbols
and smilies. Use the navigation key to
make a selection. Press to enter
a space into the text.
You need to turn on your phone and
be within range of a network.
To make a call
1 From standby enter a phone number
(with international country/region code
and area code, if applicable).
2 Press .
See Video call on page 22.
You can call numbers from your contacts
and call list. See Contacts on page 23,
and Call list on page 27. You can also
use your voice to make calls. See Voice
control on page 28.
To end a call
• Press .
To make international calls
1 From standby press until a “+”
sign appears.
2 Enter the country/region code, area
code (without the first zero) and phone
number.
3 Press .
To re-dial a number
• When Retry? appears select Yes.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
waiting. When the call connects, your
phone gives a loud signal.
To answer a call
• Press .
To reject a call
• Press .
To change the ear speaker volume
during a call
• Press the volume key up or down.
To mute the microphone during a call
1 Press and hold down .
2 Press and hold down again to
resume.
To turn the loudspeaker on during
a call
• SelectSpkrOn.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
using the loudspeaker. This could
damage your hearing.
Your phone switches automatically
between GSM and 3G (UMTS)
networks depending on availability.
Some network operators allow you
to switch networks manually.
To switch networks manually
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the Connectivity tab > Mobile
networks > GSM/3G networks.
2 Select an option.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports international
emergency numbers, for example, 112
and 911. These numbers can normally
be used to make emergency calls in
any country/region, with or without the
SIM card inserted, if a 3G (UMTS) or
GSM network is within range.
In some countries/regions, other
emergency numbers may also be
promoted. Your network operator may
therefore have saved additional local
emergency numbers on the SIM card.
To make an emergency call
• From standby enter 112 (the
international emergency number) and
press .
To view your local emergency
numbers
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Special numbers
> Emergency nos.
Video call
See a person on the screen during
calls. Both parties need a subscription
that supports the 3G (UMTS) service,
and you need to be within range of
a 3G (UMTS) network. 3G (UMTS)
service is available when appears.
To make a video call
1 From standby enter a phone number
(with international country/region code
and area code if applicable).
You can save names, phone numbers
and personal information in Contacts.
Information can be saved in the phone
memory or on the SIM card.
Default contacts
You can choose which contact
information is shown as default. If
Phone contacts is selected as default,
your contacts show all the information
saved in Contacts. If you select SIM
contacts as default, your contacts show
names and numbers saved on the SIM
card.
To select default contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Default contacts.
3 Select an option.
Phone contacts
Phone contacts can contain names,
phone numbers and personal
information. They are saved in the
phone memory.
To add a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select Add.
3 Enter the name and select OK.
4 Enter the number and select OK.
5 Select a number option.
6 Scroll between tabs and select the
fields to add information.
7 Select Save.
To call a phone contact
When Chinese has been selected
as the phone language
To call a contact written in Chinese
characters
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
Press and hold down to switch
the search language to Chinese. Then
enter the first strokes or all strokes of
the contact you want to call (a maximum
of 10 strokes).
2 When the contact is highlighted, press
or to select a number and press
or Options > Make video call.
To call a contact written in Latin
characters
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
Press and hold down to switch
the search language to English. Then
enter the first letters or all letters of the
contact you want to call (a maximum
of 10 letters).