Telecom R83 User Manual

Telecom

R83

Mobile Phone

User Manual

LEGAL INFORMATION

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ZTE Corporation reserves the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications in this guide without prior notice.

The Bluetooth

trademark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such trademarks by ZTE Corporation is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

This product supports expandable memory up to 32GB microSD(HC) card as an optional accessory. External memory card is not included in the box.

The microSD logo is a trademark of the SD Card Association.

Ver. 1.5 August 2013

This product is user-upgradeable. Please check for updates at zte.co.nz or use the built in System Updates app.

In the event of a device lock up press and hold the power key for 10 seconds to restart your device.

Contents

Device Overview ...................................................... 5

The Home Screen .................................................. 14

Customise your device with Settings .................. 15

Making Calls ........................................................... 31

Messaging .............................................................. 38

People ..................................................................... 53

Using the Drive Mode App .................................... 60

Accounts ................................................................ 60

Email ....................................................................... 62

Gmail

................................................................... 66

Calendar ................................................................. 70

Google Talk ............................................................ 72

Google+ .................................................................. 75

Using the Chrome Browser ................................... 77

Google Location Services ..................................... 79

Using the Camera .................................................. 83

Gallery ..................................................................... 87

Music....................................................................... 90

Google ‘Play Music’ ............................................... 92

FM Radio ................................................................. 94

Other Apps ............................................................. 96

Settings Summary ............................................... 102

Troubleshooting ................................................... 104

General Safety Warnings..................................... 107

Technical Specifications ..................................... 116

IMPORTANT NOTICE – LIQUID AND DUST PROTECTION

Your device is waterproof to 1m depth but should never be deliberately immersed in any liquid.

Always close the port covers after use to maintain protection against liquid and dust.

Close the port covers by pressing the cover firmly into the case and sliding back and forth to fully seal.

The headphone socket is protected against liquid ingress, if you get water inside the headphone port, please invert the device to drain the liquid. Do not leave liquid inside the socket.

The battery is sealed and is not user replaceable. See your warranty card for full warranty terms and conditions.

Device Overview

Key Functions

Key Function

Power Key

Press to wake up your phone

Press and hold to select Silent, Vibrate or Flight mode, to Restart your device or power on & off Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode.

Back

Touch to go to the previous screen Touch to exit applications

Home

Touch to return to the Home Screen

Press and hold to view recent apps

Options

Touch for current Options menu

Apps View all your system apps

Volume Keys

Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.

Can be used to take photos in camera mode.

Status LED Indicator

Red

Less than 10% charge

Orange

Between 10 – 70%

Green

More than 70% charge

LED Flashing

Message or Missed Call Notification

Insert the SIM Card and microSD Card*

1. Locate and open the SIM port on the left hand side of the

phone.

2. Hold the SIM card with the gold contacts facing down and the

cut corner facing the top of the phone as shown and slide it into the card holder. Press it home so it clicks into place.

3. If you wish to increase the memory capacity insert a microSD

card (*optional) up to 32GB with the metal contacts facing down as shown above. Push it fully home until it clicks into place. The microSD card is not included in the box.

4. Remember to always close the port covers after use.

Charging the Battery

The back cover is sealed and the battery is not user replaceable. Do not attempt to open the back cover which will void your warranty.

To charge the battery:

1. Insert the charger lead carefully. Ensure that the plug is

inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charger jack.

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet.

3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged.

4. Remember to close the charging port to maintain protection

against liquid ingress.

How much charge have you got?

If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the screen. As you charge your phone, the lock screen will tell you the battery level each time you wake up your phone.

If the phone is on, you’ll see the charging icon / on the status bar.

Battery and Charging Tips

• Only use the AC charger and USB lead supplied. Insert the

charger lead carefully.

• Be careful to avoid tripping over or pulling on the lead whilst it

is plugged in.

• Physical damage to the charging port is NOT covered by

warranty.

• The phone can also be charged by connecting it to a

computer using the USB lead supplied.

• Avoid high temperatures and direct sunlight. The battery will

not charge above 45°C

• Do not leave the battery in a discharged state. Charge the

battery promptly when flat.

• Keep your handset cool. High temperatures degrade the

battery more quickly.

• Normal charge time is 3-4 hours. Do not leave on charge for

more than 24hrs.

• After 2-3 charge/discharge cycles the battery life will improve.

From then on use top up charging to recharge frequently and always charge promptly when flat.

• When not using the phone for long periods switch off and

store in a cool place.

• With poor network conditions (less than 2 bars) battery life is

reduced, turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not in use to extend battery life.

External Antenna Port

Your device provides an external RF antenna port for connecting to approved devices. Using an external antenna can enhance your coverage, provide better quality service and higher data rates in marginal signal areas.

• Only use approved connectors suitable for ZTE devices.

• Always insert and remove the RF connector carefully.

• Do not pull or trip on the RF lead whilst it is plugged in.

• Damage to the RF port will make your device unusable and is

not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.

• Remember to close the port cover after use.

External RF Port

Powering On/Off

• Press and hold the Power Key to turn on your phone.

• To turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the

options menu. Touch Power off and then touch OK.

TIP If you see FTM during power up this indicates Factory Test

Mode and is initiated by holding the Volume Down key during power on. Press the Power key for 3 seconds to exit FTM mode.

Setting Up for the First Time

When you first power on your phone or after a factory reset (see

Settings – Backup and Reset

), you need to enter some settings

before use.

1. The default language is English (New Zealand) touch to

change if required or touch Start.

2. Select Yes if you have a Google account or No to skip.

3. Configure the Google location options and touch Next.

4. You will be prompted to accept the terms of Google service.

Touch Next to continue.

5. Set your Location preferences

6. Enter a preferred user name if required

7. Touch Finish to complete the setup.

8. Further assistance is given in the form of pop ups describing

how to use various features. Press OK to clear these notices.

Using the Touch Screen

Your phone’s touch screen lets you control actions through a variety of touch gestures.

• Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.

• Press and Hold (long press)

To open the available options for an item (for example, a message or link in a Web page), press and hold the item.

• Swipe or Slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

• Drag

To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

• Pinch

In some apps (such as Maps, Chrome, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).

• Rotate the phone to change from portrait to landscape.

Locking/Unlocking your phone

Press the Power Key to turn the screen on or off and to lock and unlock the device. The default screen lock is set to Long Press. Press and hold the padlock icon to unlock your device. Swipe the padlock icon to unlock your device directly to your chosen application (eg Phone, Messages, Camera, Calendar etc).

Long Press the Padlock Swipe the padlock to To unlock your screen: unlock to an application:

To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. Review this setting at Settings – Display – Sleep.

Clock, touch to set alarms

The Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for applications, functions, and menus. You can customize your home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Swipe the screen left or right to display additional screens.

Status & Notifications

Drag the notifications bar down to review

Back Home Options

Google Search

Wallpaper, press and hold to personalise

Browser

Messaging

Apps

People

Phone

Customise your device with Settings

Use the Settings menu to set up your device exactly as you like it. The quickest way to access the Settings menu is to swipe down on the home screen and touch the Settings icon . You can also access from Apps > Settings. Swipe down from the top of the screen to access the Quick Settings panel.

Quick Settings Panel

Swipe down from the top of the screen and use the Quick Settings panel to quickly switch functions on and off. Blue is active, grey is switched off.

Change Ringtones and Notifications

Ringtone sets the incoming call sound and Notifications are used for incoming SMS, MMS, Email and other information updates.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Sound

2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification

3. Touch the available tones and press OK to choose, or

Cancel to exit.

TIP: To set a personalised ringtone for a caller, go to the People app, select the contact, touch

Options > Set

ringtone. The contact must be stored on the handset to use

this feature.

Adjusting Volumes

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Sound > Volumes

2. Set the volume for music, video, games & other media or the

ringtone and notification volume independently.

3. Touch OK to save.

TIP: When the handset is idle, touch the volume keys to adjust the ring volume. When playing any media press the volume keys to adjust the media volume.

Enable Silent or Vibrate mode in the following ways:

• Press and hold the Power Key and then touch to

enable silent mode, touch to enable vibrate mode, or touch to disable silent mode.

• With no media application running press the volume keys to

control the ring volume.

• Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Sound > Silent mode,

and touch Off, Vibrate or Mute. Also enable Vibrate when ringing from this menu.

Changing the System Language

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Language & input >

Language.

2. Select your chosen language.

Setting the Date and Time

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Date & time.

2. Clear the Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone

check boxes to manually set the date, time and time zone

3. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format.

Change your background Wallpaper

1. Touch Home to return to your home screen

2. Press and hold on the home screen (long press)

3. Select home or lock screen.

4. Select from Gallery, Live Wallpapers, or Wallpapers and

choose the image or animation you want to use. Some cropping may be needed for Gallery images.

5. Touch Done at the top of the screen (for Gallery images) or

Set wallpaper for other images.

Changing Screen Brightness

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Display > Brightness

2. Uncheck the Automatic brightness box to set the brightness

manually, otherwise it is automatically adjusted to background conditions by a sensor at the top of the phone.

3. Touch OK. TIP The automatic brightness sensor is on the left side of the

earpiece. If this sensor is blocked (eg by a case or sticker) then the screen brightness will always be low. Make sure this sensor area is kept clear.

Protect Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can change the default (long press) screen lock to a variety of alternate screen locks. The phone supports face recognition, pattern lock, a numeric PIN or a password.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Security.

2. Touch Screen lock.

3. Select from Long Press, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or

Password.

• If you touch Pattern a short tutorial about creating an

unlock pattern appears. Follow the prompts to draw and confirm your pattern.

• If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a

numeric PIN or a password to unlock your screen.

• If you select Face Unlock you are guided through the face

recognition application to lock and unlock your handset.

The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen, your chosen screen lock method will be activated.

IMPORTANT: Screen lock options are listed in the approximate order of the strength of their security, starting with None and Long Press, which provide no security.

If you forget your unlock pattern, PIN or password and have NOT set a Google account you will need to hard reset your device which will erase all user data and apps stored on your handset. From the locked screen, touch Emergency call, enter the code *983*987# and follow the instructions.

Protect Your Phone With Encryption

After encryption is applied you need to enter a numeric PIN or password each time you power on your phone and without the password the data is encrypted so cannot be read by anyone else.

WARNING! Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data.

Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is stolen, and may be required in some organisations.

Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:

1. Set a lock screen PIN or password.

2. Connect your phone to the charger to charge your battery.

3. The encryption process may take up to one hour. If you

interrupt the process you may lose data or your phone can end up in an unusable state.

When you're ready to proceed:

4. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Security > Encrypt

phone.

5. Read the instructions encryption carefully.

The Encrypt phone button is not available if the battery is not sufficiently charged or your phone is not plugged in.

If you are unsure about proceeding then touch the Back Key.

6. Touch Encrypt phone.

7. Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch

Next.

8. Touch Encrypt phone again. The encryption process starts and displays its progress, the

phone may restart several times. When encryption is complete, you are prompted to enter your

PIN or password. Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time

you power on your phone, to decrypt it.

Monitor the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and service status information on the right side. You can monitor the phone status by checking the following status icons.

GPRS network

No Network signal

EDGE network

Signal strength (no data)

3G 3G network

Signal strength (data ready)

4G LTE network

Mobile data in use

HSDPA network

Wi-Fi on but not connected

Flight mode

Wi-Fi connected, no data

Updates available

Wi-Fi with internet access

Battery flat

Wi-Fi data in use

Battery low

Ringer off

Battery partially drained

Muted (microphone off)

Battery full

Vibrate mode

Battery charging

Speaker on

Bluetooth on

Wired headset connected

Manage Notifications

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification alerts on the left. You can view the following notification icons.

New SMS

microSD card not mounted

New MMS

microSD card removed

New Email

Upcoming event

New Gmail message

Call on hold

New Google Talk

message

New Wi-Fi network detected

Problem with

SMS/MMS delivery

Downloading data

Missed call

Sending data

Call in progress USB tethering is on

USB connected

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot or

Wi-Fi direct is on

Song is playing

GPS is on

Bluetooth is on

Open/Close the Notifications Panel

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you've configured your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can open the notifications panel to view the details of notifications.

• To open the notifications panel, swipe your finger down from

the top of the screen.

• TIP: In the notifications panel, touch at the top of the

screen as a shortcut to the system Settings menu.

• To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up from the

bottom of the screen or touch the Back Key.

Respond to or Remove a Notification

In the notification panel, you can respond to a notification or remove the notifications.

• To respond to a notification, just touch it.

• To remove a notification, swipe it sideways.

• To remove all notifications, touch in the top right corner.

• Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google

Talk, have notification settings that you can adjust.

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets

Add Shortcuts and Widgets

1. Touch Home Key > > Select the Widgets tab at the top

of the screen.

2. Swipe right to view all available widgets

3. Press and hold a widget or shortcut and drag it to your

chosen Home Screen.

Example to add a Direct Dial icon

Follow steps 1 and 2 above and select Direct Dial. Add your favourite contact to the Direct Dial widget and now you have a shortcut on your home screen to dial that favourite contact.

Move Shortcuts or Widgets

1. Press and hold a widget or shortcut on the screen.

2. Drag it to your chosen location.

Remove Shortcuts or Widgets

1. Press and hold a widget or shortcut on the Home Screen.

2. Drag it to to remove it.

Rearrange the Favourites Tray

The Home Screen includes a customisable favourites tray visible from all extended Home Screens. You can drag apps, shortcuts, folders, and other priority items in or out of the favourites tray for instant access from any Home Screen.

To remove items from the favourites tray:

Press and hold an item in the favourites tray and drag it out of the tray.

To add items to the favourites tray:

Press and hold an item and drag it onto the favourites tray. If the favourites tray is full, you need to remove an item in the

tray.

Entering Text

The onscreen keyboard will pop up whenever you need to enter text. Just tap in any text entry box to open the keyboard. Some apps open it automatically. Touch the Back Key to hide the onscreen keyboard if required.

Go to Settings > Language & input > Default to change the default keyboard if required.

Android Keyboard

The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the phone sideways and the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape. The landscape keyboard is not supported in all applications.

• Touch the alphabet keys to enter letters. Press and hold

specific keys to enter associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, press and hold then slide to

choose È.

• Touch once to change to upper case . Double-tap

for caps-lock .

• Touch to delete the text before the cursor.

• Touch and to select numbers and symbols.

• Press and hold the full stop to access common punctuation.

• Press and hold and then swipe to choose emoticons.

• Touch to use Google’s networked voice to text.

• Press and hold to change the input languages or set up

the Android keyboard.

• In the Android keyboard you can press and hold the Space

Bar to select alternate input methods.

Change to the TouchPal Keyboard

From any text entry mode pull down the Notifications bar and touch ‘Choose input method’. You can also go to Apps > Settings > Language & input > Default.

The TouchPal keyboard offers three layouts which you can swipe between to select Full QWERTY, 12-Key PhonePad and CooTek T+. You can also use TouchPal Curve

to trace each word in one gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without lifting until you reach the end of the word.

ToucPal QWERTY Keyboard

TouchPal 12-Key PhonePad

• Touch a key repeatedly until the desired letter or symbol

appears. If word prediction is enabled ( ), just touch the keys once and choose the right word.

TouchPal CooTek T+

• Touch to enter the left letter on the key; Double-tap or flick

right to enter the right letter/symbol on the key. If word prediction is enabled ( ), just touch the keys and choose

the right word.

TouchPal Curve:

1. In the TouchPal keyboard screen, touch and tick the

Curve check box, and then touch Close.

2. Move your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard to

trace a word.

3. Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added

automatically when you begin to trace the next word.

NOTE: TouchPal Curve is only available in the Full QWERTY layout.

Start of the word

End of the word

Editing Text

• Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type.

The cursor blinks in the new position, and a tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

• Select text: Press and hold or double-tap within the text.

The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection.

• Cut, copy, paste: Select the text you want to manipulate.

Then touch the Cut , Copy , or Paste button.

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