• Touch: display menu options. On the Home screen,
touch to access Wallpaper, Widgets and Settings.
• Touch & hold: this shows you images of your most
recently-used apps. Touch an image to open the
associated app, or swipe it left or right to remove it
from the list.
Home key
• While on any app or screen, touch the Home key to
return to the main Home screen.
• Touch & hold this key to access Google Now & Voice
Search.
Back key
• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close
a dialogue box, options menu, the Notification panel,
etc.
These keys are visible when the screen lights up.
Power key
• Press: activate the lock screen/wake up the screen.
• Press and hold: show the pop-up menu to select from
Power off, Restart, Airplane, etc.
Press and hold: power on.
• Press and hold the Power key and the Volume down
key to capture a screenshot.
Volume keys
• During a call, they adjust the earpiece or headset
volume.
• In Music/Video/Streaming mode, they adjust the
media volume.
• In general mode, they adjust the ringtone volume.
• Mute the ringtone of an incoming call.
• In Camera mode, pressing either volume key captures
a photo.
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1.2 Getting started
1.2.1 Set-up
Removing or installing the back cover
Inserting or removing the SIM card
You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls.
Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it
into its housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove
the SIM card, press and slide it out.
Your phone only supports micro-SIM card. Do not attempt
to insert other SIM types like mini and nano cards,
otherwise you may damage your phone.
Installing the microSD card
Place the microSD card with the chip facing downwards and
slide it into its housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To
remove the microSD card, press and slide it out.
Charging the battery
To charge the battery, connect the charger to your phone and
mains socket. You can also charge your phone via a USB cable.
To reduce energy wastage, disconnect your charger from
the plug when the battery is fully charged.
To reduce your phone’s power consumption, switch off
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or apps running in the background
when not needed. In Settings you can also lower the
brightness of the screen, and shorten the length of time
before the screen goes to sleep.
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1.2.2 Power on your phone
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take
a few seconds before the screen lights up. Unlock your phone
(Slide, PIN, password or pattern) if necessary and confirm. The
Home screen will display.
If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it,
contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with
your phone. Store this information in a safe place when not in
use.
Set up your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone you will be asked to set
the following options: language, mobile data, Google account,
date & time, etc.
1 Select the phone’s language, then touch Next.
2 Select Mobile Data, then touch Next.
3 Setup Google account: Touch Setup now. If you have a
Google Account, touch Existing to sign in, then enter your
Email and password. If you forget your password, you can go to
http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. Touch Next to skip to
the next step.
4 Set your date and timezone, you can also choose Automatic
time zone, then touch Finish to confirm.
If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted you will still
be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google
account and to use some features.
1.2.3 Power off your phone
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone
options appear, then select Power off.
1.3 Home screen
You can bring all your favourite items (apps, shortcuts, folders and
widgets) to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the Home
key to switch to the Home screen.
a
The Home screen extends on either side of the screen to allow
more space for adding apps, shortcuts, etc. Slide the Home
screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the
Home screen. The white spot in the lower part of the screen
indicates which screen you are viewing.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch and drag down to open the
b
Notification panel
Google Search bar
• Touch a to enter text search screen
• Touch b to enter voice search screen
Slide left or right to view other panels on the
Home screen
Favourite tray apps
• Touch to enter the app
• Touch and hold to move or change apps
Application tab
• Touch to open All apps
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1.3.1 Using the touchscreen
Touch
To access an app, touch it with your finger.
Touch and hold
Touch and hold the Home screen to access the available options
for setting the wallpaper.
Drag
Touch and hold an item to be able to drag it to another location.
Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen to scroll up and down lists, screens of apps,
images, web pages, etc.
Flick
Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.
Pinch/Spread
Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw
them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.
Rotate
Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to
landscape by turning the phone sideways.
1.3.2 Status bar
From status bar, you can view both phone status (on the right
side) and notification information (on the left side).
Status icons
GPRS connectedNo SIM card inserted
EDGE connectedVibrate mode
3G connectedRinger is silenced
HSDPA (3G) connected
HSPA (3G) connectedBattery is very low
4G connectedBattery is low
Connected to a Wi-Fi
network
Bluetooth is onBattery is full
Connected to a
Bluetooth device
Airplane modeHeadset connected
Alarm is setNo signal
GPS is onSignal strength
Roaming
Phone microphone
is mute
Battery is partially
drained
Battery is charging
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Notification icons
New GmailTM messageCall in progress
New text or multimedia
message
Problem with SMS or
MMS delivery
New Hangouts
message
Missed call
Call on hold
Call forwarding is on
New voicemailUploading data
Upcoming eventDownloading data
Data is synchronisingDownload finished
No microSD card
installed
Song is playing
An open Wi-Fi network
is available
Phone is connected via
USB cable
Screenshot errorRadio is on
USB tethering is on
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
is on
Screenshot captured
Carrier data use
threshold approaching
or exceeded
System update
available
Connected to VPN
International Roaming
is enabled
International Roaming
is disabled
Notification panel
Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel
or Notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. When there are
notifications, you may touch and drag the Status bar with two
fingers to access Quick setting panel directly. From the Notification
panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by
notification icons or view wireless service information.
Touch to access Quick setting bar
Touch and drag the Status bar with two fingers
to access Quick setting bar
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Touch a notification and slide it sideways to delete it.
Touch the icon
to clear all event–based notifications (other
ongoing notifications will remain).
Touch
and then the Settings icon to access Settings.
Quick setting bar
• Touch icons to enable/disable functions or
to change modes
• Touch & hold to show the settings
1.3.3 Search bar
The phone provides a Search function which can be used to
locate information within applications, the phone or the web.
a
a Search by text
• Touch Search bar from the Home screen.
• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.
• Touch
on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.
b Search by voice
• Touch
from Search bar to display a dialog screen.
• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search
results will display for you to select from.
b
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1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen
To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock your phone
screen with a variety of patterns, PIN or password, etc. through
Settings > Security > Set up screen lock.
To create a screen unlock pattern (Follow onscreen
instructions)
• Touch Settings > Security > Set up screen lock > Pattern.
• Draw your own pattern.
Draw your unlock pattern
Touch to confirm by drawing pattern again
To create a screen unlock PIN/Password
• Touch Settings > Security > Set up screen lock > PIN or
Password.
• Set your PIN or password.
To lock phone screen
Press the Power key once to lock the screen.
To unlock phone screen
Press the Power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock
pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to unlock
the screen.
If you have chosen Slide as the screen lock, touch and drag the
right to unlock the screen.
icon
1.3.5 Personalise your Home screen
Add an app or widget
Touch the Application tab
widget to activate the Move mode, and drag the item to any
Home screen.
Reposition an app or widget
Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move
mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You
can move items both on the Home screen and the Favourites tray.
Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the
item to another Home screen.
, then touch and hold the app or
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Remove
Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move
mode, drag the item up to the top of Remove icon, and release
after the item turns red.
Create folders
To make it easier to organise apps and shortcuts on the Home
screen and the Favourite tray, you can add them to a folder by
stacking one item on top of another. To rename a folder, open it
and touch the folder’s title bar to input the new name.
Wallpaper customisation
Touch and hold an empty area on the Home screen or go to
Settings > Display > Wallpaper to customise your wallpaper.
1.3.6 Volume adjustment
Using volume key
Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the vibrate
mode, press the Volume down key until the phone vibrates.
Press the Volume down key once more to activate the silent
mode.
Using Settings menu
Drag down the notification panel and touch
settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Sound, you can
set the volume of calls, notification, system and etc. to your
preference.
and then the
2 Text input
2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard
Onscreen keyboard settings
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select
Settings > Language & input, then touch the Settings icon
on the right of Google keyboard.
Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen
Keyboard orientation. You can also adjust it by changing the
settings (go to Settings > Display > Orientation).
2.1.1 Google keyboard
Touch to enter text or numbers
Touch to switch between "abc/Abc" mode;
Touch & hold to switch between "abc/
ABC" mode
Touch & hold, then select to enter symbols/
emoticons
Touch & hold to show input options; when Wi-Fi or data connection is
on, touch to enter voice input
Touch to switch between the symbol and numeric keyboard
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2.2 Text editing
You can edit the text you have entered.
• Touch and hold or double-tap on the text you would like to
edit.
• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.
• The following options will show: Select all
and Paste .
• Touch the icon
You can also insert new text
• Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank space,
the cursor will blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move
the cursor.
• If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show PASTE icon
which allows you to paste any text you have previously copied.
to confirm.
, Cut , Copy
3 Phone call, Call log & People
3.1 Phone call
3.1.1 Placing a call
You can easily make a call using Phone. Touch the Application
tab from the Home screen and select Phone.
Touch to show the dialpad
Contacts
Touch and hold to access voicemail
Call log
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Enter the number you want from the dialpad directly or select a
contact from People or Call log by touching tabs, then touch
to place the call.
The number you entered can be saved to People by touching
key and selecting Add to contacts.
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by
touching
To hang up a call, touch
International call
To dial an international call, touch and hold
enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone
number and finally touch .
Emergency call
If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency number and
touch
SIM card and without typing the PIN code.
.
.
to enter "+", then
to make an emergency call. This works even without a
3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call, touch .
• Slide the icon right to answer the call;
• Slide the icon left to reject the call;
• Slide the icon up to reject the call by sending a preset
message.
To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down key
directly.
3.1.3 Calling your voicemail
Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing
calls. It works like an answering machine that you can consult
at any time.
To access your voicemail, touch and hold
To set your voicemail number, touch
Voice call > Voicemail.
If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon
Status bar. Open the Notification panel, touch New voicemail.
on Phone tab.
key and touch Settings >
appears on the
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3.1.4 During a call
To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down
key.
Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to
retrieve the call.
Touch to display Dialpad.
Touch to end the current call.
Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to
unmute the call.
Touch to activate the speaker during the current call.
Touch this icon again to deactivate the speaker.
Touch to add the number to new contact.
To avoid misoperation on touchscreen during a call,
screen will be locked automatically when you put the
cellphone close to your ear; and it will be unlocked when
the cellphone is taken away from your ear.
3.1.5 Managing multiple calls
With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time.
Conference calls
You can set up a conference call.
• Place a call to the first participant of the conference call.
• Touch
• Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to
conference and touch
Contacts or Call log.
• Touch icon
• During a conference call, touch
talk privately to one of the participants. Touch
participant from the conference, touch to talk privately to
the participant and hold on other participants.
• Touch
callers.
(1)
and select Add call.
. You can also add participants from
to start a conference call.
to drop a participant or to
to drop the
to end the conference call and disconnect all
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3.1.6 Call settings
Touch key and select Settings from Phone screen, the
following options are available:
Voice call
• Voicemail
Voicemail
service
Voicemail settings
• Call forwarding
Touch to configure how your calls are always forwarded or when
you are busy, unanswered or unreachable.
• Additional settings
Caller ID
Call waiting
Call waiting status
Opens a dialog box where you can select
your carrier’s voicemail service or another
service.
If you are using your carrier’s voicemail
service, this opens a dialog box where you
can enter the phone number to use for
listening to and managing your voicemail.
You can enter a comma (,) to insert a pause
into the number — for example, to add a
password after the phone number.
Opens a dialog box where you can set
whether your phone number is displayed
when making calls.
Mark the check box to notify you of a new
incoming call.
Check the call waiting status of your
phone.
• Video call
Local video
replacement
(1)
You can choose a picture from your
collection to display when the Camera is
unreachable.
Outgoing video
call
Incoming video
call
Touch to display local video when you
place a call.
Touch to display local video when receiving
an incoming call.
Other settings
• Fixed dialing numbers
Fixed Dialing Number (FDN) is a service mode of SIM, where
outgoing calls are restricted to a set of phone numbers. These
numbers are added to the FDN list. The most common practical
application of FDN is for parents to restrict the phone numbers
which their children can dial.
For security reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by
entering SIM PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service
provider or SIM maker.
• Minute reminder
Mark the check box to enable minute reminder at 50s of every
minute during a call.
• Vibrate reminder
Mark the check box to enable vibration when the call is
connected.
• Power key ends call
Mark the checkbox to enable hangup function of Power key
during a call.
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• Dual mic noise reduction
Mark the checkbox to turn on dual mic for noise reduction.
• Quick responses
Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject
a call with messages.
• TTY mode
Touch to set TTY mode.
• International dialing assist
Mark the checkbox to activate.
3.2 Call log
You can view your call history by touching from the Phone
screen to view call history in categories of Incoming calls,
Outgoing calls, and Missed calls.
Touch a contact or number to view information or further
operations.
You can view detailed information of a call, launch a new call
or send messages to a contact or number, or add numbers to
People (only available for unsaved phone numbers), etc.
Touch the photo
To clear the entire call memory, touch
to open the Quick Contact panel.
key and Delete.
3.3 People
You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronise
these with your Gmail contacts or other apps on the web or on
your phone.
When using People for the first time you are asked to
add new contacts, import contacts from your SIM card
or synchronise contacts from other app accounts to
your phone.
3.3.1 View your contacts
To access People app, touch the Application tab on the Home
screen, then select People.
Touch key to display contacts list option menu.
Following actions are enabled:
• Delete contact
• Contacts to
display
• Import/Export
• Accounts
• Settings
• Share visible
contacts
Contact list
Touch to view your contact groups
Touch to view your favourite contacts
Touch icon to open Quick Contact panel
Touch to view the contact’s detailed
information
Touch to search in Contacts
Touch to add a new contact
Select and delete unwanted contacts.
Choose contacts to display.
Import or export contacts between phone,
SIM card, and microSD card, or share
contacts.
Manage the synchronisation settings for
different accounts.
Access to contact display settings.
Share contacts with others by sending
the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth,
Email, SMS, etc.
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3.3.2 Managing contact groups
The contact group helps you to improve the organisation of your
contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Contact
group screen.
Touch the icon
to view local groups. To create a new group,
touch the icon , enter the new name and touch DONE to
confirm. If you have added accounts to your phone, touch the
icon to view groups in accounts.
3.3.3 Adding a contact
Touch the Application tab on the Home screen, select the
People, then touch the icon in the contact list to create a
new contact.
Touch to save
Touch to take a photo or select a picture for
the contact
Touch to add a new label
Touch to open other available labels
If you want to add more information, touch Add another field to
add a new category.
When finished, touch DONE to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch
key and then Discard.
Add to/remove from Favourites
To add a contact to favourites, you can touch a contact to view
details then touch
To remove a contact from favourites, touch
to add the contact to favourites.
on contact details
screen.
Only phone and account contacts can be added to
favourites.
3.3.4 Editing your contacts
To edit contact information, touch key in the contact details
screen, then touch Edit. When finished, touch DONE.
Change a contact’s default phone number
The default phone number (the number which has priority when
making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed
under the contact name.
To change the default phone number, touch and hold the number
you want to set as the default number from the contact’s details
screen, then select Set default. A
This choice is only available when the contact has more than
one number.
Delete a contact
To delete a contact, touch
contact (details) screen.
On contacts list screen, touch
select the contact(s) you want to remove and touch OK to
confirm. Touch Select all and then OK to delete all contacts,
touch CANCEL to exit.
appears after the number.
key and touch Delete from
key and then Delete contact,
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The contact you have deleted will also be removed from
other applications on the phone or web the next time
you synchronise your phone.
3.3.5 Communicating with your contacts
From contact details screen, you can communicate with your
contacts by making a call or exchanging messages.
To launch a call, touch the phone number.
To send a message, touch the icon
number.
Use Quick Contact for Android
Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android,
then you can touch the number or the icon
want to connect.
The icons available on Quick Contact panel depend on the
information you have for the contact and the applications/
accounts on your phone.
on the right side of the
for the way you
3.3.6 Importing, exporting and sharing contacts
From the Contacts screen, touch key to open the options
menu, touch Import/Export, then select to import/export
contacts from/to your SIM card, Phone, microSD card, Phone
storage, Accounts, etc.
To import/export a single contact from/to your SIM card, choose
an account and target SIM card, select the contact you want to
import/export, and touch OK to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to your SIM card, choose an
account and target SIM card, touch Select all and touch OK to
confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending
the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
To do this, touch a contact you want to share, touch
and Share from contact details screen, then select the app to
perform this action.
key
3.3.7 Displaying contacts
You can configure which group of contacts, for each account,
you want to display in the People list. Touch
Contacts to display from contacts list screen, then you can
choose contacts to display.
key and then Settings, you can Sort list by Given
Touch
name or Family name, as well as View contact names as Given
name first or Family name first.
key and then
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3.3.8 Joining/Discarding contacts
To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to
existing contacts in a single action.
Touch the contact which you want to add information to, touch
key and then Edit, then touch key in edit screen and
touch Join.
At this time, you are required to select the contact whose
information you want to join with the first contact. The information
from the second contact is added to the first one, and the second
contact will no longer be displayed in the contacts list.
To separate contact information, touch the contact whose
information you want to separate, touch
then touch key in edit screen and touch Separate, touch
OK to confirm.
keyand then Edit,
3.3.9 Synchronising contacts in multiple accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronised from
multiple accounts, depending on the apps installed on your
phone.
To add an account, touch
Settings, then touch Add account.
You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like
Google, Corporate, etc.
As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed
information, like username, password, etc.
You can remove an account and all associated information from
the phone. Open the Settings screen, touch the account you
want to delete, touch
then confirm.
Sync
You can synchronise an account on Accounts screen, touch an
account in the list, then touch
on Quick setting bar to get to
key and then select Remove account,
keyand select Sync now.
4 Messaging & Email
4.1 Messaging
Your phone can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS
messages.
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then select
Messaging.
All messages you receive or send out can be saved
in your phone memory or SIM card. To view SMS
messages stored on your SIM card, touch key
from Messaging screen, then touch Settings > Text
messages (SMS) > Manage SIM messages.
4.1.1 Create a new message
On the message list screen, touch the new message icon to
write new text/multimedia messages.
• Touch to view the whole message thread
• Touch & hold message threads to delete
messages or to add shortcut
Touch to create a new message
Touch to search in all messages
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Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on the Type
name or number bar or touch
to add recipients, then touch
the Type text message bar to enter the text of the message.
When you’ve finished, touch to send the text message.
An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as
several SMS. Specific letters (like accents, for example)
will also increase the size of the SMS, so this may cause
multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations,
slides and audio to other compatible phones and e-mail
addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files
(image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or Subject or email
addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient’s phone
number in the Type name or number bar, touch Type text
message bar to enter the text of the message. touch
key
to open the option menu, touch Add subject to insert a subject,
and touch
When finished, touch
to attach picture, video, audio and so on.
to send the multimedia message.
Attach options:
• Pictures
• Capture picture
• Videos
• Capture video
• Record audio
• Audio
• Slideshow
• Contact
• Calendar
Access Gallery or File manager to select a
picture as attachment.
Access Camera to capture a new picture
for attaching.
Access Gallery or File manager to select a
video as attachment.
Access Camcorder to record a new video
for attaching.
Access Sound Recorder to record a new
record.
Access music from Ringtone or Audio.
Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add
slide to create a new slide, and touch
currently existing slide to edit it (see
following picture). Touch
to get more
options, like slide duration setting, music
adding, etc.
Access People to select one or more
contact(s) to attach.
Access Calendar to select one or more
event(s) to attach.
Touch to go to previous or next slide
Touch to preview current slide
Touch to edit the title of this slide
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