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Some of the services in this manual are not
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Please contact your network operator or service
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Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom
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When you register as a subscriber with a network
operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity
Module) card. The SIM card contains a computer
chip that keeps track of your phone number, the
services included in your subscription, and your
phonebook information, among other things.
If you have been using a SIM card in another phone,
make sure that your information is saved to the SIM
card before you remove it from the other phone. For
example, contacts may have been saved in the phone
memory % 24 Phonebook.
SIM card and battery
information
Always turn off the phone and detach the charger
before you insert or remove a SIM card.
It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon
appears when charging.
the label side up and the connectors facing each
other.
3 Place the back cover as shown in the picture
and slide it into place.
4 Open the connector cover and connect the
charger to the phone at the flash symbol. The
flash symbol on the charger plug must face
upwards.
5 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery
icon appears on the screen.
6 Wait approximately 4 hours or until the battery
icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. If
you do not see the battery icon after this time,
press any key or
to activate the screen.
7 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
5
Getting started
PIN (Personal Identity Number)
You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number) to
activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is
provided by your network operator. When you
enter your PIN, the digits are hidden with an *,
unless your PIN starts with the same digits as an
emergency number, for example 112. This is so
that you can see and call an emergency number
without entering a PIN
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN,
delete the number by pressing
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the
SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked
appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key) % 81 SIM card lock.
% 24 Emergency calls.
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Available services
Some services and functions described in this user
guide are network- or subscription-dependent.
Because of this, all menus may not be available in
your phone.
This symbol indicates that a service or function is
network- or subscription-dependent.
Please consult your network operator for more
information about your subscription.
Make sure that the phone is charged before you turn
it on. When you have turned the phone on, you can
use a setup wizard to quickly and easily prepare your
phone for use.
Setup wizard
You can use the setup wizard to help you get
started with the basic settings in your phone. If you
do not want help the first time you turn on your
phone, you can select to use the wizard later. You
can also select to start the wizard from the menu
system at any time. The wizard gives you tips on
how to use the keypad and guides you through the
following settings:
• Language setting.
• Time and time format.
• Date and date format.
• Copying names and numbers from your SIM
card to Contacts in the phonebook.
Getting started
To start the setup wizard from the
menu system
1 } Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard.
2 Select language for your phone.
3 To use the wizard } Yes and follow the
The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.
Some submenus include tabs that appear on the
screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and
select an option.
1
2
1 Press to go to the desktop.
Press to select highlighted items.
Move , , , through menus and tabs.
Most SIM cards automatically set the language used
in the menu to the language of the country/region
where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the
case, the predefined language is English. If you use
the setup wizard to help you get started with your
phone, you will be asked to select phone language,
% 6 Setup wizard.
3
You can always choose Automatic language by pressing
8888 in standby.
You can always choose English by pressing 0000
in standby.
To change the phone language
1 } Settings} the General tab }Language
} Phone language.
2 Select a language.
Help texts
More information, explanations or tips about
selected features, menus or functions are available
in your phone.
To get help
Scroll to the menu item } Info.
Getting to know your phone
Shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts, or you can
create your own shortcuts from standby.
Using keypad shortcuts
Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the
number of the menu to which you want to go. For
example, to reach the fifth menu item, press .
To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items,
press , and respectively. To get
back to standby, press and hold .
Creating standby shortcuts
You can create your own shortcuts and use to go
directly to that function.
To create a standby shortcut
1 Press in a direction for which there is no
predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked
if you want to create a shortcut.
} More to enter a list of options. There are different
alternatives in the list of options depending on where
you are in the menus.
Entering letters
There are two ways of entering letters, for example,
when writing a message or writing a name in the
phonebook:
• Multitap text input
You press each key as many times as needed to show
the letter you want.
• T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary
to recognize the most commonly used word for each
sequence of key presses. This way, you press each
key only once, even if the letter you want is not the
first letter on the key.
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Getting to know your phone
Writing languages
Before you start entering letters, you need to select
the languages that you want to use when writing.
When writing, you can switch to one of your
selected languages by pressing and holding
To select writing language
1 } Settings} the General tab }Language
} Writing language.
2 Scroll to the language that you want to use for
entering letters and mark each language you
want. }
OK to exit the menu.
To enter letters using multitap text
input
1 To enter text, you have to be in a function
where text input is possible, for example
} Messaging } Write new } Text message.
2 Press the appropriate key, – ,
or , repeatedly until the character you
want appears on the screen.
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
display.
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 or press and hold the key
corresponding to the number above the character
you want to enter.
Getting to know your phone
Input methods in detail
Stroke input
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 basic building units of Chinese characters are
components that are made 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.
Example of stroke input
For example, to enter “信息”
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press .
3 Press again to select “ 息 ”.
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 display, according to the pronunciation rules
of Mandarin.
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Getting to know your phone
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Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on
the keypad.
Number KeyPinyin Letter
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v.
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
Example of Pinyin input
For example, to enter “
1 Press , , .
2 When is highlighted, press or
—¯ˇ
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
Fuzzy Pinyin is an option for the Pinyin input
method, which contains additional spelling
alternatives.
When in Pinyin input mode, press More
} Fuzzy Pinyin } On.
Input punctuation, symbols and
smilies
Under any Chinese input mode, press ,
to see the table of punctuations, symbols and
smilies.
Use the navigation key to make a selection.
Press to enter a space into the text.
File manager
Items such as pictures, videos, sounds, themes and
games are saved as files in folders. All files that the
”
phone cannot recognize are saved in the Other
folder. The phone has several predefined folders.
You can create your own subfolders in the
predefined folders, to which you can move your
saved files.
When handling files, you can select several files
).
at the same time to delete, send or move to a folder.
Getting to know your phone
To move a file to a folder
1 } File manager and select a folder.
2 Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that you
want to move }
More } Manage files
} Move to folder.
3 Select the folder you want to move the file to,
or select New folder and name the folder } OK.
To create a subfolder
1 } File manager and select a folder.
2 } More } New folder and enter a name for the
folder.
3 } OK to save the folder.
To select several files
1 } File manager and select a file }More
} Mark several.
2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark or
Items that are downloaded, or received using
Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port,
text or picture messages may be copyright-protected.
If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or
send that file – a message will appear to inform you
about this. You can also select to view information
for the file.
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Getting to know your phone
Quick keys
Useful key combinations are described below.
Navigating menus
Enter the main menu
and select menu items.
Navigate in the menu
and lists.
Delete an itempress when in
Enter a list of options}More
Enter the status menu to
see, for example, date,
profile, free memory
and model name.
Change the language to
Automatic
Change the language to
English
Go back to standbypress and hold
lists
press a volume
button once
8888
0000
Making and receiving calls
Make an emergency callenter the international
Set the phone to silentpress and hold
Call your voicemailpress and hold
Enter call list} Calls
Before you can make or receive any calls, you must
turn on the phone and be within range of a network.
% 6 Turning on the phone and making calls.
Networks
When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects
your home network if this is within range. If it is not
within range, you may use another network, provided
your network operator has an agreement that allows
you to do so. This is called roaming.
You can select the network you want to use, or you
can add a network to your list of preferred networks.
You can also change the order in which networks are
selected during an automatic search. For all such
options }
You can call numbers from the call list and the
Phonebook ,% 29 Call list, and % 24 Phonebook.
You can also use your voice to make calls, % 30 Voice
control.
1 Enter the area code and the phone number.
2 } Call to make the call.
3 } End call to end the call.
To change the speaker volume during
a call
Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to
increase or decrease the speaker volume during a
call.
To turn off the microphone during a
call
1 Press } Mute microphone, or press and hold
2 } Unmute, or press and hold again, to
until the icon for muted microphone is
displayed.
resume the conversation.
Receiving calls
When you receive a call, the phone rings and
Answer? is displayed.
If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification service and the caller’s number is
identified, the number is displayed.
Calling
If you have saved the number in the phonebook,
the name and number are displayed. If you have
assigned a picture to a contact, the picture is also
displayed. If the number is a restricted number,
Withheld is displayed.
To answer a call
} Yes.
To reject a call
} No or quickly press a volume button twice.
Missed calls
If you have missed a call, Missed calls: appears in
standby indicating the number of missed calls.
} Yes to view the missed calls in the call list. If you
The phone re-dials the number up to ten times or
until:
• The call is connected
• You press Cancel
• You receive a call
Automatic redialling is not available for data calls.
Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting.
When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud
signal.
To re-dial a number
If the connection of the call failed and Retry? is
displayed }Yes.
Making international calls
When you make an international call, the +
replaces the international prefix number of the
country/region from which you are calling.
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Calling
To make international calls
1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on
the screen.
2 Enter the country/region code, area code
(without the leading zero) and phone number
} Call.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports the international emergency
numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these
numbers can normally be used to make an emergency
call in any country/region, with or without a SIM card
inserted, if a 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
Enter, for example, 112 (the international emergency
number) }Call.
To view your local emergency
numbers
} Phonebook } Options } Special numbers
} SOS numbers.
You can save your phonebook information in the
phone memory, as contacts, or on the SIM card, as
names and numbers. You can choose which
phonebook – contacts or SIM numbers – is shown
as default.
For useful information and settings in either of
these phonebooks } Options.
Contacts
You can save up to 510 numbers in your contacts.
You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal
information, such as email, Web and street addresses,
to the contacts.
When you add information to a contact, the
information is organized under five tabs. Use
, and to scroll between the tabs and their
information fields.
,
Calling
SIM numbers
On your SIM card, you can save entries as a name
with a single number. The number of entries you can
save depends on the amount of memory available on
the SIM card, see Phonebook}Options} Advanced
} Memory status.
Contact your network operator or service provider for
more information.
Contacts or SIM numbers as default
phonebook
If you select to use contacts as default, your
phonebook will show all information saved in
contacts. If you select SIM numbers as default, the
phonebook will only show names and numbers
saved on the SIM card.
To select contacts or SIM numbers
as your phonebook
1 } Phonebook } New contact } Add.
2 Enter the name directly or press Add and enter
the name } OK.
3 Enter the number directly or press Add and
enter the number } OK.
4 Select a number type.
5 Scroll between the tabs and select fields to
enter more information. To enter symbols, for
example, @ in an email address }
Symbols and
select a symbol } Insert.
6 When you have entered the information you
want for your contact }
Save.
To add a SIM number
If SIM numbers is your default phonebook, follow the
same steps as for adding a contact. You can add only
name and number to the SIM numbers phonebook.
Pictures and personal ringtones
You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to
a phonebook contact. When that person calls, the
picture is displayed (provided your subscription
supports the Calling Line Identification service)
and the ringtone is played.
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Calling
To add a picture or a personal
ringtone to a contact
1 } Phonebook and select the contact you want
to add a picture or ringtone to } More
} View & edit.
2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select Picture: or
Ringtone: } Edit. This takes you to Pictures or
Sounds in the File manager menu.
3 Select a picture or sound. } Save to save the
picture or sound.
Calling from the phonebook
You can call one of the numbers saved for one of
your contacts, or a number on your SIM card.
If contacts is the default phonebook, you can
choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card.
} Phonebook } Options } Advanced
} Send all contactsand select a transfer method.
Checking the memory
With the memory status function in your
phonebook, you can check how many positions you
have left in the phone memory and SIM memory.
To check the memory
} Phonebook } Options } Advanced
} Memory status.
Calling
Synchronizing contacts
You can back up and synchronize your contacts
with a phonebook on the Web. For more
information about a phonebook on the web, please
contact your service provider.
1 } Phonebook }Options } Sync. contacts
} Select.
2 If you have more than one account, select
which account to use }
have an account in the phone. % 70 To enter
the remote synchronization settings
Select. If you do not
Call list
The numbers of the last 30 calls that you have
made are saved in the call list. If your subscription
includes the Calling Line Identification service and
the caller’s number is identified, the call list also
shows the numbers of answered and missed calls.
In addition to the call list with all numbers, there
are also separate lists for dialled, answered and
missed calls, organized under tabs.
To call a number from the call list
1 } Calls from standby and select a tab.
2 Scroll to the name or number you want to call
} Calls and scroll to the tab with all calls } More
} Delete all.
Speed dialling
You can save the phone numbers that you want to
reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone and on
your SIM card. To speed dial with contacts as
default phonebook, numbers have to be saved as
contacts, and to speed dial with SIM numbers as
default phonebook, numbers have to be saved on
your SIM card.
To speed dial
From standby, enter the position number and } Call.
To set the position number for speed
dialling
1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed dial and
scroll to the position to which you want to add
a phone number }
2 Select a number.
Add.
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Calling
To replace a number in the speed dial
list
1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed dial.
2 Scroll to the number } Replace. Select a new
number for the position.
Voicemail
If your subscription includes an answering service,
callers can leave a voicemail message when you
cannot answer a call.
Receiving a voicemail message
Depending on your network operator, you are
informed that someone has left a message by a text
message or by a voicemail icon. Press Yes to read
the text message and call the voicemail service to
listen to the message.
Calling your voicemail service
You can easily call your voicemail service by
pressing and holding . If you have not set your
voicemail number, you will be asked if you want to
enter the number. } Yes to enter the number. You
get the number from your service provider.
• Activate voice control by saying a “magic word”.
• Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree
kit.
You can save approximately 30 recorded words as
voice commands in the phone. Voice commands
cannot be saved on the SIM card. There are
25 seconds available for voice commands. When
recording, make sure that you are in a quiet
environment and try to use names that are distinct
from each other
using voice commands.
Before voice dialling
You must first activate the voice dialling function
and record your voice commands. An icon appears
next to a phone number that has a voice command.
% 33 Tips when recording and
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