Telecom R83 User Manual

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LEGAL INFORMATION

No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation.

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

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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.

Making Calls

1. Touch Home >

2. If the numbers are not visible

touch the phone icon at the top or swipe the screen to move between the tabs.

3. Enter digits on the dial pad. The

phone displays best matches for existing contacts. Touch

to delete wrong digits.

4. Press Options to add a 2 second

Pause or a Wait

5. Press and hold the 0 key to

enter the plus (+) symbol for international dialling.

6. Touch the Call icon to

make the call.

7. During a call touch the dial pad

icon to enter numbers if required.

TIP: Whenever you see a phone number or handset icon, touch it to make a call.

End a Call

During a call, touch on the screen.

Incoming Calls

Drag the handset icon to to answer the call.

Press the volume keys to mute the incoming ring.

Drag the handset icon to to reject the call.

Drag the handset icon to to reject the call and send a preset text message to the caller.

TIP: The default text responses can be edited at Dialler > Options >

Settings > Quick responses.

Make a Call from Call History

1. Touch Home > > for call history.

2. Touch the call record for more details, touch to call.

Create a Contact from Call History

1. Touch Home > > for call history.

2. Touch the call record for more details, touch to add to

Contacts

3. Touch an existing contact to modify or Create New

Contact to save to a new entry.

Other Actions in Call History

1. Touch Home > > for call history.

2. Touch the call record for more details:

• Touch the number to call it

• Touch to send a message

• Touch to view contact details

• Touch to add the number as a contact

Delete Call History Records

1. Touch Home > then select the tab.

2. Touch Options > Clear call log

3. Touch OK to delete all call logs.

4. To remove an individual number, touch the call record then

touch Options > Remove from call log.

Calling from the Dailer Contacts Tab

1. Touch Home > then touch the Contacts tab .

2. Flick the screen up or down to view all your contacts with

phone numbers. TIPS: Search for a contact by touching on the bottom of

the screen or use the blue scroll bar to flick through A-Z.

3. Touch a contact or number to call it.

Call a Favourite Contact

1. Touch Home > and then touch the Contact tab .

2. Your favourite and frequently called contacts or numbers are

listed at the top of the screen. Touch a contact or number to call it.

Options During a Call

During a call, you will see a number of onscreen options. Touch an option to select it.

• Touch to turn on or off the speaker.

• Touch to mute or unmute your microphone.

• Touch to make a new call, the first call is put on hold.

• Touch to switch to the dialer, eg to send keytones.

• Touch to merge separate calls into a conference call.

• Touch to end the current call.

Managing Multi-party Calls

When call waiting and three-way call features are available, you can switch between two calls or set up a conference call.

Switch Between Current Calls

When you’re on a call, your phone screen informs you that another call is coming in and displays the caller ID.

To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call:

Drag over to answer the call. (This puts the first caller on hold and answers the second call.)

To switch between two calls: Touch Options > Swap or touch the switch calls icon

Set Up a Conference Call

With this feature, you can talk to two people at the same time.

1. On the dialer screen, enter a number and touch .

2. Once you have established the connection, touch and

dial the second number. (The first call is put on hold)

3. When you’re connected to the second party, touch . If the other party hangs up, you and the remaining caller stay

connected. If you initiated the call and hang up, all callers are disconnected.

To end the conference call, touch .

Use Fixed Dialling Numbers

Fixed Dialling Numbers (FDN) allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers. This feature requires carrier support and the PIN2 code.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Fixed

Dialling Numbers.

2. The following options are available:

• Enable FDN: Input the PIN2 code to enable.

• Change PIN2: Change the PIN2 code for FDN access.

• FDN list: Manage the FDN list.

NOTE: Entering an incorrect PIN2 code more times than allowed can cause the phone to lock. Contact your service provider for assistance.

Set Voicemail

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Voicemail

2. The default Voicemail service is configured for your carrier.

3. Touch Setup to edit the voicemail number if necessary.

Set DTMF Tones

Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones are used in internet banking and other phone operations. If keytones are not recognised by the far end application then set to Long.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > DTMF Tones

2. Touch Normal or Long

Using Speed Dial

Press and hold the 1 ~ 9 keys from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number.

Key 1 is programmed for your voicemail and key 3 is programmed for international message bank. Key 3 can be changed if required.

To assign a speed dial key:

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Speed dial

2. Touch a speed dial key.

3. Enter a phone number or touch the Contacts icon

4. Touch OK.

Call Barring

Call barring feature allows you to forbid certain types of calls from your phone. This feature requires carrier support.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Call Barring

Settings.

2. Set the restriction of specific types of calls from your phone.

Call Forwarding

Call forwarding allows you to forward incoming calls to another phone number or to your voicemail service.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Call forwarding

2. Touch the available options (Always forward, Forward

when busy, Forward when unanswered, or Forward when unreachable) to configure.

Caller ID and Call Waiting

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Additional

settings

2. Caller ID determines if your number is displayed to other

parties.

3. Call waiting notifies you of incoming calls during a call and is

enabled by default.

Messaging

You can use Messaging to exchange text messages(SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS).

Touch from the Home Screen

• Touch to write a new text message.

• Touch to search your messages

• Touch an existing message thread to open the conversation.

• Touch the mic icon to use Google voice to text.

Send a Message

1. On the Messaging screen, touch at the bottom.

2. Touch the To field, and enter the recipient’s number or, if the

recipient is stored in People as a contact, the first letters of the recipient’s name. As matching contacts appear, you can touch a suggested recipient.

3. Touch the Type message field to enter your text message.

4. Touch the paper clip icon to add attachments:

Pictures

Select a picture to add to your message

Capture picture

Take a photo and add to your message

Videos

Select a video clip to attach to your message

Capture video

Shoot a video clip and add to your message

Audio

Select an audio file to add to your message

Record audio

Record an audio file and add to your message

Slideshow

Edit a slideshow and add to your message

Files

Access files from the external memory card if fitted.

Insert contact

Select a contact to add to your message as an attachment

5. Touch to Send.

Reply to a Message

Messages you receive are appended to existing threads from the same number or sender. If the new message comes from a new number, a new thread is created.

1. Touch from the Home Screen, touch the thread that you

want to reply to.

2. Type your reply in the text box. Touch the attach icon to

send an MMS.

3. Touch to Send.

Forward a Message

1. Touch from the Home Screen, touch the thread that you

want to forward

2. Press and hold the message

3. Touch Forward in the menu that opens

4. Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if

required

5. Touch to Send.

Viewing Details About a Message

1. Press and hold a message in a thread.

2. Touch View details to see information about the message,

such as message type, sender, recipient, or date.

Delete Messages or Threads

To delete messages in a thread:

1. Touch from the Home Screen

2. Press and hold the thread to delete the whole thread

3. Touch a message, press and hold on the message to delete

an individual message

4. Press OK to confirm.

Change Message Settings

Touch Options > Settings in the Messaging screen to change Messaging settings.

Connect to a Wi-Fi network

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position to turn on Wi-Fi.

3. Touch Wi-Fi to view available networks. Previously

connected networks will connect automatically.

4. Touch a network name to connect to it, enter the password to

connect.

Get Notified of Open Networks

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position.

3. Touch Options > Advanced > Tick the Network

notification check box.

When Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. Clear the check box to turn off notifications.

Add a hidden Wi-Fi Network

You can add a Wi-Fi network manually if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range.

To connect to a secured network, you first need to get the security details from the network's administrator.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position, touch Wi-Fi

3. Touch + to add a new network.

4. Enter the network SSID (name). If necessary, enter security

or other network configuration details.

5. Touch Done when finished.

Forget a Wi-Fi Network

To delete a Wi-Fi network that you no longer use or if you don’t want to connect to it automatically:

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position, touch Wi-Fi

3. Touch the Wi-Fi network name and then touch Forget.

Using Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Direct allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other without the need for wireless access points (hotspots).

NOTE: Activating this feature will disconnect your current Wi-Fi network connection.

Connect to a Wi-Fi Direct Device

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi > Options > Wi-Fi

direct.

2. Your phone will search for other Wi-Fi direct devices.

3. Touch a device name to begin the connection process.

NOTE: The target device must also have Wi-Fi Direct service activated and running before it can be detected by your phone.

4. Touch Connect.

The other device will receive a Wi-Fi Direct connection prompt and need to accept the request for connection.

5. Once connected the device is displayed as “Connected” in

the Wi-Fi Direct devices list.

6. Wi-Fi Direct requires other compatible applications and

devices to use the feature.

Using Apps

1. Touch Home > to open the Apps

2. Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it. When you run an application, if you press the Home key and start

another app, the original app is still open in the background.

1. Press and hold the Home key to view the recent apps.

2. Scroll up and down and touch the required app to return to it.

3. Tip: Go to Apps > Task Manager to close any unwanted

apps, or remember to use the Back key to close it.

Change Network Settings

Your device is pre-configured to connect to your carrier’s network. Do not change network settings unless instructed by your carrier.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Mobile networks >

Network operators

2. Touch Search networks to search manually

3. Touch a network in the network list to register, touch Select

automatically to connect automatically to your carrier.

Control Mobile Data Use

To enable or disable data access:

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Mobile networks

2. Touch the Data enabled check box to enable or disable

data access over the mobile network.

To enable data services when roaming:

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Mobile networks

2. Tick the Data roaming check box.

IMPORTANT: Data roaming may incur significant charges. Use 2G Network Only to Save Power

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Mobile networks.

2. Tick the Use only 2G networks check box to save battery

power, data services will be limited.

Set Access Point Names

APN settings control Internet and MMS access and are pre-set for your carrier. Contact your service provider to get the APN details.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Mobile networks >

Access Point Names.

2. Touch Options > New APN.

3. Configure as specified by your service provider.

4. Touch Options > Save to complete.

TIP: To restore your original APN settings touch Options > Reset to default.

Using Bluetooth

Bluetooth® is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed.

Turning Bluetooth On/Off

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON or OFF position.

When Bluetooth is on, the icon will appear in the Status bar.

Making Your Phone Visible

In order to work with other phones or devices that have Bluetooth, you need to make your phone ‘visible’ to them.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch ON, touch Bluetooth

3. Touch your device name on the top of the screen to make

your phone visible or invisible.

TIP: Touch Options > Visibility timeout to set the Bluetooth visibility timeout.

Change the Device Name

When your phone is visible it will broadcast the name shown at the top of the Bluetooth screen.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch ON, touch Bluetooth

3. Touch Options > Rename phone.

4. Edit the name and touch Rename.

Pair with a Bluetooth Device

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch ON, touch Bluetooth

3. Your phone displays available Bluetooth devices in range.

4. Touch the device you want to pair with. Follow the instructions to complete the pairing. If you're prompted

to enter a passcode, try entering 1110 or 1234 or consult the documentation that came with the other device.

Connect to a Bluetooth Device

Once you've paired with a Bluetooth device, you can connect to it manually; for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after it is back in range.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth and make

sure Bluetooth is turned on.

2. In the list of paired devices, touch a paired but unconnected

device.

Disconnect a Bluetooth Device

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth and make

sure Bluetooth is turned on.

2. In the list of paired devices, touch a device to disconnect.

3. Touch OK to disconnect it.

Remove Pairing from a Bluetooth Device

Delete a pairing connection with a Bluetooth device. To connect to the device again, you may need to enter or confirm a passcode again.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. In the list of paired devices, touch Options

3. Touch Unpair.

Connect to your Computer via USB

Connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable supplied to transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. Your phone stores these files in internal storage or on a removable microSD card. MAC users will need to download and install the Android File Transfer application.

If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off before you can use USB transfer between your phone and computer.

Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB

1. Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable.

2. Open the Notification panel or follow the on screen pop up to

choose the desired connectivity mode:

• Charge only: no PC connectivity will occur

• USB Mass Storage: Connect to your memory card

• Install driver: Opens a virtual CDROM to install the

handset drivers for use with PC connectivity.

• Connect to PC software, connect to PC sync software

•

Media device (MTP): Transfer media files on Windows, or using Android File Transfer on Mac.

• Camera (PTP): Transfer photos using camera software,

and transfer any files on the computers that don’t support MTP.

• USB tethering: Share your handset internet connection

via the USB port to your PC.

Disconnect Your Phone From the Computer

To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unplug the USB cable when you’re finished.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection via USB

You can access the Internet on your computer via the USB tethering feature of your device. The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and will result in data charges.

1. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable.

2. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More > USB tethering

3. Tick the USB tethering check box. A new network

connection will be created on your computer.

4. To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck USB

tethering or disconnect the USB cable.

NOTE: You can’t access the device or microSD storage while

connected in tethering mode.

Share Your Mobile Data via Bluetooth

If your computer supports Bluetooth tethering you can configure your phone to share it's mobile data connection with your computer.

1. Pair your phone with your computer via Bluetooth.

2. Configure your computer to obtain its network connection

via Bluetooth. For more information, please see your computer's documentation.

3. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More

4. Tick the Bluetooth tethering check box. Your computer is

now sharing your phone's data connection.

5. To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck Bluetooth

tethering.

Share Your Mobile Data as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Enable the Wi-Fi hotspot feature to share your network data with other devices via Wi-Fi.

NOTE: When the Wi-Fi hotspot feature is enabled, you cannot access the internet via Wi-Fi. You remain connected to the Internet via your mobile data network.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Portable hotspot, On.

2. Touch Portable hotspot

3. Select Configure to view the SSID, security settings and

password for your hotspot.

4. Switch off Portable hotspot to stop sharing.

Remove the microSD Card From Your Phone

If you need to remove the microSD card while the phone is on, you should unmount it first.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Storage.

2. Slide down the screen, select Unmount SD card > OK

Erase microSD Card

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Storage.

2. Slide down the screen and touch Erase SD card > Erase

SD card > Erase everything.

NOTE: The formatting procedure permanently erases all the data

on the microSD card and is not recoverable.

Connect to Virtual Private Networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions to let people access local network resources when not in the office, or when connected to a wireless network.

Depending on the type of VPN you are using, you may be required to enter your login credentials or install security certificates before you can connect to your VPN. You can get this information from your network administrator.

Lock screen PIN or Passwords must be set before configuring the VPN function.

Add a VPN

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch Add VPN profile and fill in the information provided

by your network administrator.

3. Touch Save - The VPN is added to the list on the VPN

screen.

Connect to a VPN

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch the VPN that you want to connect to.

3. When prompted, enter any requested credentials, and then

touch Connect

Modify a VPN

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Press and hold the VPN that you want to modify.

3. Touch Edit network > Touch Save when done.

Delete a VPN

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Press and hold the VPN > Delete network

Internet Call Settings

To add an Internet calling (SIP) account:

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Accounts.

2. Touch ADD ACCOUNT.

3. Follow the instructions from your service provider.

4. Touch SAVE.

To configure which calls use Internet calling:

You can configure your phone to place all calls using Internet calling (when you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network), just calls to Internet calling addresses, or to ask each time you place a call.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings >Use Internet

calling.

2. Touch the Internet calling option you want.

To configure your phone to receive Internet calls:

By default, your phone is configured to make Internet calls, but not to receive them. You can configure your phone to listen for Internet calls made to an Internet calling account added to your phone.

1. Touch Home > > Options > Settings > Accounts

2. Tick the Receive incoming calls check box. Checking this

setting will reduce your battery life.

People

Add contacts to your phone and synchronise them with your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing.

To see your contacts, touch Home > . From there, touch the tabs on the top of the screen to quickly switch to contact groups

or favourites .

1. Touch Home > and touch the all contacts tab to

access your contact list.

2. Scroll through the list to view all your contacts.

3. Touch a contact to view its details. TIP: If you have a lot of contacts stored, you'll see a slider when

you touch the right side of the screen. To go directly to a letter, press and hold the slider and drag it to a letter.

Adding a New Contact

1. Touch Home > and touch the all contacts tab .

2. Touch to add a new contact.

3. Touch the account field on the top of the screen to choose

where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts will be synced automatically with your account online.

4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses,

and other information.

5. Touch DONE to save the contact.

Setting Up Your Own Profile

You can create your own name card in your phone.

1. Touch Home > and touch the all contacts tab .

2. Scroll to the top of the screen and touch Set up my profile.

3. Edit your profile information and touch DONE.

Import, Export, and Share Contacts

You can import/export contacts from/to your SIM or microSD card. This is useful when transferring contacts between different devices.

Import your SIM card Contacts to add more features such as dedicated Ringtone, Photos etc.

Import Contacts From the SIM Card

1. Touch Home > > Options

2. Touch Import/export > Import from SIM card.

3. (If you have an account, Select the save account)

4. Touch to select the contacts to import and then touch .

Import Contacts From the microSD Card

1. Touch Home > > Options

2. Touch Import/export > Import from SD card.

3. Select an account to save the contacts.

4. Select the vCard file(s) in the microSD card and touch OK.

Export Contacts to the SIM Card

1. Touch Home > > Options

2. Touch Import/export > Export to SIM card.

3. Touch to select the contacts and then touch .

Export Contacts to the microSD Card

1. Touch Home > > Options

1. Touch Import/export > Export to SD card.

2. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file.

Touch OK to create the file in the microSD card.

Share Contacts

1. Touch Home > , touch the all contacts tab .

2. Touch Options > Select item(s).

3. Touch to select the contacts you want to share and then

touch .

4. Choose to share the contacts via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail,

Messaging or WiFi Direct.

Add a Contact to Favourites

You can add the contacts used frequently to Favourites, so you can find them quickly.

1. Touch Home > and touch the all contacts tab .

2. Touch a contact and then touch to add to favourites.

Remove a Contact From Favourites

1. Touch Home > > touch the favourites tab .

2. Touch a favourite contact and then touch .

Using Groups

1. Touch Home > and touch the contact groups tab

2. Touch to create a new group.

3. Touch the account field on the top of the screen to choose

an account for the group.

4. Enter the group name and touch DONE.

Add Members to a Group

1. Touch Home > and touch the contact groups tab

2. Touch a group and then touch .

3. Touch to select the contacts to add as group members.

4. Touch .

Delete a Group

1. Touch Home > > touch the contact groups tab .

2. Touch a group and then touch Options > Disband group.

3. Touch OK to disband the group. The contacts in the group

will not be deleted.

Edit a Group

1. Touch Home > > touch the contact groups tab .

2. Touch a group and then touch Options.

3. Touch Rename group to edit the group name. Or touch

Select item(s) to select the members you don’t need and remove them.

Searching for a Contact

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch on the bottom of the screen.

3. Input the contact name to search. The contacts matched

will be listed.

Edit Contact Details

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch a contact to edit and then touch Options > Edit.

3. Edit the contact and touch DONE when finished

Set a Ringtone for a Contact

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch a contact to set a ringtone and then touch Options >

Set ringtone (Contact must

be saved on the phone)

3. Select a ringtone and touch OK.

Delete a Contact

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch a contact to delete and touch Options > Delete.

3. Touch OK to confirm.

To delete several contacts:

1. Touch Options > Select item(s) in the all contacts screen.

2. Touch to select the contacts to remove and then touch .

3. Touch OK to confirm.

Join Contacts

Your phone can synchronise with multiple accounts containing your contact information (such as Google, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook and Twitter). When you synchronise your phone with those accounts, each account adds a separate contact entry in the Contacts list.

The Join and Separate feature is only available in the menu after synchronising multiple contact sources. If you are only using SIM or Phone Contacts this option is not available.

You can merge all the separate information of multiple accounts into one record in the Contacts list.

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch a contact to set as the prime contact. This is the

contact you will see in the list after the joining.

3. Touch Options > Join. The phone will list the suggested

contacts to join.

4. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with

the first contact.

The information from the second contact is added to the first contact, and the second contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list.

Separate Contact Information

If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone.

1. Touch Home > .

2. Touch a contact you want to separate, to view its details.

3. Touch Options > Edit > Options > Separate.

4. Touch OK to confirm. The contact information is separated into individual contacts in

the list of contacts.

Using the Drive Mode App

The Drive Mode application supports voice commands for Calling, Navigation, Weather and Music. It also has a safe mode which will ignore all incoming calls and SMS messages so you are not disturbed while driving.

1. Home > Apps > Drive Mode

2. The first time you open the App there are three demo screens.

Swipe to view each one before starting.

3. Once you start the app it will stay powered on and illuminated.

• Follow the instructions to wake up your device. You need

to say the wake up phrase each time you want to issue a command. The handset will respond, wait for the pip before speaking the command:

• Say “Call John” to initiate a call. The call is made in

loudspeaker (hands free) mode.

• Say “Weather” to access local weather reports

• Say “Navigation” to open the Google Maps app

• Say “Safe Mode” to enable safe mode which will ignore

incoming calls and messages.

• Touch the information icon for more suggestions.

Accounts

You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts, depending on the apps installed on your device.

Add an Account

1. Home > Apps > Settings > + Add Account

2. Touch the type of account you want to add.

3. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required information.

Most accounts require a username and password, but the details may vary. You may also need to obtain some information from your IT support or system administrator.

When the account is successfully added, it is displayed in the

Accounts list.

Remove an Account

Removing an account will delete it and all information associated with it from your device, such as emails and contacts.

1. Home > Apps > Settings > Accounts

2. Touch the account.

3. Touch Options > Remove account

Configuring Account Sync

1. Home > Apps > Settings > Accounts > Touch the account

The account sync status is displayed. turns green if automatic sync is enabled and grey when disabled.

Sync Manually

1. Home > Apps > Settings > Accounts

2. Touch the account you want to sync.

3. Touch Options > Sync now.

Change an Account’s Sync Settings

1. Home > Apps > Settings > Accounts

2. Touch the account you want to change. The Sync settings

screen appears, showing a list of information the account can sync.

3. Check or uncheck items as required. Checked items will be

kept in sync when auto-sync is turned on.

Home > Apps > Email.

Use it to read and send emails from services other than Gmail.

Set Up the First Email Account

1. When you open Email for the first time, enter your email

address and password and then touch Next. NOTE: Your device will connect to the Internet and verify

incoming and outgoing server settings before proceeding to the next step. If the email service provider is not recognised you need to enter the incoming and outgoing server settings. Please contact your email service provider for more information or go to Play Store and download your email provider’s application.

2. Set the email checking frequency, download options, account

name and other settings. Touch Next when you finish.

Your phone will open the inbox and start to download emails.

TIP: Touch Options > Account settings and touch ADD ACCOUNT at the top right to add additional email accounts.

Checking Your Emails

Your device can automatically check for new emails at the interval you set when setting up the account.

You can also check new emails manually by touching in any of the email account’s boxes. Touch Load more messages at the bottom of the email list to download earlier messages.

Delete, Reply, Forward or Move Emails

1. Open the email, touch the required icon:

2. Edit your message and touch to send when done.

Mark an Email as Unread

You can return a read email to the unread state—for example, to remind yourself to read it again later. You can also mark a batch of emails as unread.

• While reading a message, touch Options > Mark as unread.

• While in a message list (for instance, the inbox), touch the

checkboxes before the messages and then touch .

Delete multiple Emails

From the inbox select multiple messages using the check boxes,

then touch > OK.

Writing and Sending an Email

1. Open your email Inbox.

2. Touch to open the compose screen.

3. If you have more than one email accounts added on the

device, touch the sender line to select the account you want to use for sending the message.

4. Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field.

Separate each recipient with a comma. You can also touch to select recipients from your contacts.

5. Enter the email subject and compose the email text.

6. Touch Options > Attach file to add audio files, images,

videos and other types of files as attachment.

7. Touch at the top right of the screen to send the

message.

Edit an Email Account

You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for email, how you’re notified of new mails, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mails.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch Options > Settings and touch the account whose

settings you want to change.

3. Apply any changes and touch the Back Key when finished.

Add a Signature to your Emails

You can set a plain text signature for every outgoing email message, such as your name and contact information.

1. Open the Email app.

2. Touch Options > Settings > select the account

3. Touch Signature and enter the text.

4. Touch OK.

Add another Email Account

You can add more email accounts and manage each separately.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch Options > Settings and touch ADD ACCOUNT at the

top right of the screen.

3. Set up the account as you have done previously.

Remove an Email Account

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen

2. Touch Options > Settings and select the account

3. Touch Remove account > OK.

Changing General Email Settings

General settings apply to all email accounts.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch Options > Settings > General

3. Apply any changes and touch the Back Key when finished.

Gmail

After you sign in to your Google account on the device, you can send and retrieve Gmail messages with the Gmail app.

Open Your Gmail Inbox

Home > Apps > Gmail. The Inbox screen appears.

If you haven’t signed in, you will be prompted to do so or create a new account.

Touch at the bottom right of the screen to refresh your Inbox and download new messages.

Switching Accounts

Gmail displays conversations, messages, and settings from one Google account at a time. If you have signed in to more than one Google account on your device, you can switch accounts and view information in each account.

1. From your Inbox, touch the current account at the top of the

screen.

2. From the drop-down menu, touch the account you want to

see. The account’s Inbox will open.

Writing and Sending a Message

1. Open your Gmail Inbox and switch to the account you want to

use for sending the message.

2. Touch .

3. Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field.

Separate each recipient with a comma.

4. Enter the email subject and compose the email text.

5. Touch Options > Attach file to add an attachment.

6. Touch at the top right to send the message.

Adding a Signature to Your Gmail Messaging

You can set a few lines of plain text as signature for every outgoing Gmail message. The signature you set on the device is independent of the signature you use for Gmail on the web.

1. Open the Gmail app.

2. Touch Options > Settings and select the account you want

to add signature to.

3. Touch Signature and enter the text.

4. Touch OK. Tap back as required to return to previous menus.

Reply or Forward a Message

1. Open the Gmail message you want to reply to or forward.

2. Do the following as required

To…

touch

Reply to all

touch > Reply all

Forward the message,

touch

> Forward

3. Enter your message and touch the send icon

Working With Received Attachments

When a message has an attachment, Gmail displays information about that attachment at the top of the message.

Depending on the attachment type, the applications installed on your device as well as your settings, you may preview, view, play, save the attachment, or check information about the attachment.

TIP: For documents with multiple pages, touching the Preview option will only download the pages you view, whereas touching View, Play, or Save will download the entire file and taking more time and data.

Search your Messages

You can search for messages using words that appear in addresses, subjects, labels, or contents.

NOTE: If you search while the phone doesn’t have an active Internet connection, only messages synchronised onto your device can be searched.

1. Open the Gmail app and touch or the Search Key.

2. Enter the words to search for and touch Search or the search

icon on the screen keyboard. As you type, suggestions may appear below the search field.

You can touch a suggestion to search for it right away, or touch the arrow next to it to add its text to the search field.

3. In the search results, touch the message you are looking for.

Working With Labels

Message labels include both labels you create and default labels such as Sent, Starred, and Outbox. You can organise your emails by labelling them or adding stars to them. Labels also help you sort your messages, just like folders.

To label or change labels:

1. Open the Gmail app and touch the checkbox as shown:

2. Touch the label icon at the bottom of the screen.

3. Check or uncheck labels in the new screen and touch OK.

To add stars to messages:

1. Open the Gmail app and touch the checkbox on the message

2. At the bottom of the screen, touch Options > Add star.

To view messages by label:

1. Open the Gmail app and touch the label icon

2. Touch the required label to view messages with that label. TIP: You can also touch the name of your account at the top of

the screen. Then touch one of the labels listed in RECENT.

Changing Gmail Settings

Touch Options > Settings in any Gmail screen to change General settings, which apply to all Gmail accounts, or other

settings that only apply to specific accounts.

Calendar

Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar once you sign into your Exchange account on the phone.

Touch in the Home Screen and select Calendar.

Viewing Your Calendars and Events

Change Calendars

1. Open the Calendar app.

2. Touch Options > Calendars to display.

3. In the new screen, touch the calendars to check the

calendars you want to see or uncheck the calendars you’d like to hide.

Events from hidden calendars are not shown in the Calendar app.

Change Calendar Views

Touch icons at the bottom for Month, Week, Day, and Agenda. From Month view touch any day to jump to that day’s events.

TIPS:

• In Month view, swipe vertically to see earlier months and later

months.

• In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see earlier

weeks/days and later weeks/days.

• Touch Today at the top to quickly return to today.

View Event Details

In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an

event to view its details.

Create an Event

1. In any Calendar view, touch New event to create a new entry.

You can also touch the Day to add an event to that time spot, touch again to add the event details

2. Enter a name, location, duration, and other additional details

about the event. NOTE: If you have more than one calendar, you can choose

the calendar to which to add the event by touching the current calendar above the Event name box.

3. Touch DONE at the top of the screen to save the new event.

Edit, Delete or Share a Calendar Event

1. Find and touch the event to edit, delete or share.

2. Touch to edit the details

3. Touch to delete the event

4. Touch to share the event

Changing Calendar Settings

To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda) then touch Options > Settings.

You can change General settings, which apply to all accounts, or other settings that only apply to specific accounts.

Google Talk

Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Talk, on a phone, on the web, or with a desktop application.

You must sign in to your Google account before you can use Google Talk.

Touch in the Home Screen and select Talk. The first time you launch Talk, touch the account to sign in. Your friends list is then displayed.

NOTE: You remain signed in to Google Talk until you explicitly sign out, go to your friends list and touch Options > Sign out.

Adding a Friend

1. In the friends list, touch at the top right of the screen.

2. Enter your friend’s address and touch DONE.

Your friend’s address in Google Talk is a Gmail or other email address that is configured to connect to Google Talk.

NOTE: If other people try to add you as a friend, you receive a notification in the status bar and the invitation appears in your friends list. Touch the invitation to Accept, Decline, or Block.

Changing Your Online Status

1. Touch your own entry at the top of your friends list.

2. In the screen that opens, touch your current status to change

it (or to sign out of Talk).

3. Enter a status message or if you already have one, edit it.

In addition to the standard status settings, you can also touch Change to a recently-used status to select a message that you’ve entered previously.

4. Touch the Back Key to return to your friends list.

Chatting With Friends

1. Touch a friend in your friends list to open a chat.

2. Enter your message and touch . You can also touch or

to initiate a video or voice chat if the friend is online.

Switch Between Active Chats

If you have more than one active chat you can switch between chats as follows:

• Touch the Back Key to return from one chat to the friends list.

Then touch the other friend you want to chat with.

• While you are in one chat screen with a friend, swipe left or

right to switch to the chat screen with the other friend.

Use Group Chat

1. On a chat screen, touch Options > Add to chat.

2. Touch the name of the friend to invite.

The friend you invited and the current participants receive an invitation to a group chat. Each one who accepts the invitation joins the group chat. In a group chat, everyone can see everyone else’s messages. Group chats appear at the top of your friends list, with a group chat icon.

End the Chat

From the chat screen touch Options > End chat. Touch Options > End all chats from the friends list to end all

chats.

Changing Google Talk Settings

On any chat screen or friends list, touch Options > Settings to change Google Talk settings for your account.

Google+

Google+ is a social networking service offered by Google. The Google+ application on your device enables you to manage your data, chat with online contacts, organise them in different circles, and share your selected information.

Touch in the Home Screen and select Google+. The first time you open the Google+ app, select the instant upload and contact sync options.

Organising Your Contacts

1. Open the Google+ app.

2. Touch the g+ icon at the top to see the menu.

3. Touch Find People

4. Touch Add next to a suggested person.

Getting Updates

1. Open the Google+ app.

2. Touch the drop down box at the top to choose groups :

 All Circles  What’s hot shows popular posts on Google+.  Friends  Family  Acquaintances  Following  Nearby

Chatting With Contacts

You can chat with your Google+ contacts through instant messaging, similar to sending a text with the Messaging app.

1. Touch the g+ icon > Messenger or select from Apps >

Messenger.

2. Touch to create a new message.

3. Touch to add recipients, they can be contacts or circles.

4. Enter the message.

5. Touch to send the message.

Checking Photos

You can see your own photo albums and those shared by other users.

Touch Photos in the Google+ app to see all available albums.

Checking and Managing Your Profile

1. Touch Profile in the Google+ app.

2. Swipe left or right to see your posts, personal info, and

photos.

 Touch the ABOUT tab and you can change your profile

photo.

 Touch the PHOTOS tab and open a photo. You can add

comments to it, delete it, or set it as your profile photo.

Using the Chrome Browser

The browser also opens when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text message.

1. Select the Chrome icon from the Home Screen

2. Tap the address bar to enter web addresses using the keypad

3. Tap the New tab icon to open a new tab

4. Tap Options > Bookmarks to select an item from your

Bookmarks or Most visited tabs.

Chrome welcome Blank new page Bookmarks tab screen (most visited)

TIP

Press Options > New incognito tab to open private browsing.

Browser Settings

Press Options to access your browser Settings:

Other devices

Sync your Chrome searches across multiple devices

Find in page

Search the current page

Request desktop site

Request a full size version of the page

Settings

View Chrome settings

Help

Access the Chrome Help guide on line.

Google Location Services

Switch location services on to use Navigation, Places, Latitude, and Google Maps.

1. Touch Home > Apps > Settings > Location services

2. Select the location options you want to use.

Check Google’s location service to use Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate location; check GPS

satellites to use GPS satellites to determine your location.

Find Your Location

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Maps.

2. Touch at the top right. The map centres on a blue blinking dot that indicates your

location.

Search for a Location

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Maps.

2. Touch at the bottom or touch the Search Key.

3. Enter details in the search box at the top. You can enter an

address, a city, or a type of business or establishment, for example, “museums in Wellington.”

4. Previous search suggestions and popular searches appear in

a list below the search box. You can touch a suggestion to search for it.

TIP: Touch to use voice search.

5. Touch the search icon on the keyboard. Markers with letter

labels indicating search results appear on the map.

6. Touch a marker to open a balloon that contains a label with

summary information about the location.

7. Touch the balloon to open more information, as well as

options for obtaining directions and on line content.

Get Directions to your Destination

Maps provide directions for travel by foot, public transport, or car.

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Maps.

2. Touch at the bottom.

3. Enter a start and end point and select the mode of

transportation (car, public transit, or walking). If you have enabled My Location, this will appear in the start point field by default.

4. Touch GET DIRECTIONS. The directions to your destination

are marked on the map. Touch the left or right arrow to see the direction step by step. You can also touch DIRECTIONS

LIST to see your route displayed in a list.

Search Local Places

Google Local helps you find businesses and establishments around you. You can rate these places and get recommendations

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Local. Or from

the Maps app, touch the top left of the screen and select Local.

2. Your location, when found, is shown at the top.

3. Select a place category to search

You can also use the button at the top to search. NOTE: Tou ch Options > Add a search to add new place

categories.

4. Tap a result to check out the details and reviews. You can

also see the place on Maps, find out how to get there, give that place a call, add your rating and more.

Sharing Location

Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations and share status messages with each other.

While using Maps, touch the top left of the screen and select Join Latitude.

After joining you can touch the top left of the screen in Maps and select Latitude or touch > Latitude from the Home Screen

to see your status as well as that of your selected friends. In Latitude, you can do the following operations.

• Touch to refresh

• Touch MAP VIEW to see friends on Maps. You can touch the

left/right arrow to switch between each friends and yourself.

• Touch to add new friends to Latitude from contacts, via

email addresses, or from suggested friends.

• Touch Options to show or hide friends.

• Touch Options > Location Settings to change Latitude

settings or sign out of Latitude service.

Searching With Text

1. Start the Search app in one of the following ways.

• Touch in the Home Screen and select Search.

• Touch the Google Search box at the top of the Home

Screen.

• Touch the Search Key in certain apps to search for

related information.

2. Enter the terms you want to search for and touch , or

touch a search suggestion.

Searching by Speaking

1. Touch the microphone icon to the right of the search box

2. Your speech is analysed and the search is initiated.

If Google Search didn’t quite understand what you said, you are presented with a list of similar-sounding terms. Touch the correct term to start the search.

Change Search and Voice Search Settings

Touch the Google Search box on the home page, touch Options > Settings to set Searchable items.

Using the Camera

You can take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored to the phone’s memory card or the phone’s internal storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app.

Capture a Photo

1. Touch from the Home Screen and select Camera.

2. Aim the camera at the scene and make any necessary

adjustment.

3. You can press the shutter or the volume keys to take the

shot.

4. Touch the shutter button or press the Volume Up or Volume

Down Key to take the picture.

Camera Settings

Scene mode

Set auto or night setting

Grid Show a composition grid on the display

Shutter tones

Select different shutter sounds

Picture size

Change the image resolution size

Face

Enable blink detection, which will delay the shot if detected

Image

Manually change the Exposure, Brightness,

Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness.

White Balance

Set white balance parameters for various lighting conditions

ISO

Change the ISO settings

Review Time

Set if you wish to review the last shot taken

Geo-tag

Apply location tagging to the photo

Restore Defaults

Restore default camera settings

Camera control icons

Camera Mode*

Normal

Normal camera setting

Panorama

Compose a panorama shot using multiple images

Timing mode

Set a 2, 5 or 10 second self timer for auto

shutter. Touch the screen to change the timer.

Rapid Capture

Capture a series of shots in rapid succession

Smile Detection

Take a shot automatically when a smile is detected in the frame

Effects*

Apply effects Monochrome, Sepia or Negative

Flash Mode*

Set the flash mode On, Off or Auto

Switch camera

Switch between the front or rear cameras.

* Note: Camera mode, effects and flash settings are only available on the main camera (rear).

Recording a Video

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Camera

2. Select Video mode on the camera / video switch

3. Touch the video icon to start / stop recording

4. Touch the Volume keys to zoom in and out

Video Settings

Video Quality

720P, 480P, VGA, QVGA, QCIF

Time lapse

Take periodic shots at intervals from 1 to 10 seconds.

White Balance Select white balance options for various

lighting conditions.

Geo-tag

Apply location tagging to the video

Restore Defaults

Restore default camera settings.

Switch camera Change between the front and back cameras

Video Control Icons

Gallery

Touch in the Home Screen and select Gallery to view your pictures and videos.

Touch an individual picture to view it, delete, edit, share, or set as wallpaper, or Contact.

Press and hold the photo to select multiple shots to share or delete.

Double tap or pinch out on a photo to zoom.

Touch options to select multiple shots or to sort by date or location.

Share options:

Play and Share Videos

1. Open the gallery, videos are shown by the play icon

2. Press and hold to share , or delete the video

3. Touch the video to start playing.

4. Touch the screen to view the playback and other controls:

Music

(Note there are two music players, Music and Play Music)

Copying Music Files to Your Phone

Before using Music or Play Music, you need to copy audio files from your computer to your phone. See Connecting to Your Computer via USB for details on establishing the connection.

Use the computer to copy music and other audio files onto the memory card.

TIP: If an album has accompanying artwork in JPEG format, rename the artwork file albumart.jpg and include it with the album songs in the same folder. The device will recognise the image as the album artwork and display it in the Music app.

Use the Music app

Touch in the Home Screen and select Music to view your music library. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to view by Albums, Artists, Songs, Top 10, Playlists, Folders, or Genre.

Touch a song in the library to play that track:

Create a Playlist

1. From the Song tab view, touch Options > Add to playlist

2. Touch New.

3. Type the playlist name and touch Save. The playlist is created and the song you selected is added to the

playlist. Use the same method to add Artists or Albums to a playlist from the Artists or Albums tabs.

Add a Song to a Playlist

1. Long press on the song

2. In the menu that opens, touch Add to playlist.

3. Touch the name of the playlist you want the song added to.

Remove a Song From a Playlist

1. Touch the Playlists tab in the library then select the Playlist

2. Touch the Options button on the song > Remove from

playlist.

3. If you chose Delete, the song will be deleted from your library

Play, Delete or Rename a Playlist

1. Touch the Playlists tab in the music library to see all the

playlists.

2. Long press on a playlist and touch Play, Rename or Delete

in the menu that opens.

NOTE: These options may not be available for certain automatically created playlists, such as Recently added.

Google ‘Play Music’

The Play Music

application works with Google’s online

music store and streaming service.

Touch in the Home Screen and select Play Music. If you are prompted, select an account to access its online music library.

The app searches your online library and your device for music and playlists before displaying your combined music library, organised by Playlists, Recent, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres. Swipe left or right when holding the device upright, or touch the view name at the top left of the screen when holding the device on its side.

Album View Track View Player View

Basic controls are also available when you are not in the player screen.

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In other apps, flick down the notification panel. Touch the song title to restore the playback screen, or just pause/ resume playback or skip to the next/previous song.

• When the screen is locked, the playback controls and

summary info is displayed on top of the screen.

Managing Playlists

Create playlists to organise your music files into sets of songs, so that you can play the songs you like in the order you prefer.

To create a playlist or add a song to a playlist:

Press and hold the song or touch to the right of the song, select Add to playlist.

To remove songs from a playlist:

1. Open the playlist in the Playlists tab of the music library.

2. Press and hold the song or touch to the right of the song,

select Remove from playlist.

To Play, Rename or Delete a playlist:

1. Swipe to the Playlists tab in the music library to see all the

playlists.

2. Press and hold a playlist or touch next to the playlist.

3. Touch Add to queue, Rename or Delete

FM Radio

Use the FM radio to search and listen to your favourite FM stations. Insert the 3.5mm headset which acts as the antenna. If you receive an incoming call while listening to the radio, the radio will be suspended during the call.

Scanning and Saving Channels

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select FM Radio.

2. Touch the Options > Scan & save all channels. All

previously saved favourite channels will be removed.

The favourite channels are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Swipe left or right to see more.

Listening to FM Radio

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select FM Radio.

2. Touch one of the favourite channels at the bottom.

3. Your current favourite is highlighted in red.

4. You can also move the frequency slider to select a particular

station or use the scan up and down arrow buttons.

TIP: Touch Options > Speaker to listen to the radio programs through the device speaker.

Adding a Radio Station to Favourites

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select FM Radio.

2. Move the frequency slider to the desired channel or scan up

or down with the arrow buttons.

3. Press the + button to add the station to your favourites.

4. Press and hold on the new channel button to rename if

required.

Other Options and Settings

To remove a channel from favourites:

1. Press and hold the channel to remove from favourites.

2. Touch Options > Remove from favourites.

To turn off FM radio automatically:

Touch the Options > Sleep Timer and select the time you want to turn off the radio.

A count-down clock appears above the frequency and the radio is turned off when the clock counts down to 0:00

Touch at the bottom left of the screen to switch the radio off manually.

To set your radio region:

FM radio frequency ranges differ in different regions. Touch Options > World region to select a different FM

frequency range eg for the US. NOTE: When changing to a new region setting your favourites

are cleared but not deleted. Change back to the previous region and your favourites are restored.

Other Apps

Using the Alarm

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Alarm or touch the

analogue clock directly from the Home Screen

2. Touch a default alarm to configure it, or touch + Add Alarm to

create a new alarm.

3. Set the time, repeat, alarm tone, label and press More to see

the Snooze, Duration, and Volume options.

4. After Saving an alarm touch the bell icon to enable or disable

the alarm.

5. Touch Options > Bed Clock Preferences to set up bed clock

Enable bed clock

Turn on or off the bed clock function.

Bed clock never sleeps

Keep the bed clock screen turned on when charging the device.

6. Touch Options > Bed Clock to open the bed clock.

7. Touch Back to return to the Alarm screen.

Backup & Restore

Touch in the Home Screen and select Backup & restore. Touch Back up data or Back up apps to back up your device. Touch Restore data or Restore apps to restore from previous

back ups. An external memory card (microSD) is required to use this app.

Calculator

Touch in the Home Screen and select Calculator.

TIPS: Touch or , or swipe left or right to switch

between different panels. You can also hold the device on its side to see all calculator buttons.

File Manager

Quickly access all of your images, videos, audio clips, and other types of files on your device and the memory card.

Touch in the Home Screen and select File Manager. Touch the folder name at the top of the screen to switch between the memory card storage and the phone storage.

Kingston Office

Touch in the Home Screen and select Kingston Office to view Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or PDF files.

News and Weather

News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories

about common topics. You can also customise the news topics that are displayed.

Touch in the Home Screen and select News & Weather. Swipe left or right to view weather forecast and news headlines.

Touch Options to refresh news and weather or to change settings.

Notepad

Touch in the Home Screen and select Note pad to save and view text notes.

Touch +New to create a new note, enter your text and touch Save when done.

Touch a note to view its content, touch Edit, Delete, Share, or Export from the options.

Play Books

Touch in the Home Screen and select Play Books to read ebooks purchased from Play Store.

Touch a book cover displayed in Play Books to start reading it. You can also touch the Play Store icon to buy more books on line

or touch to search by book title or author name. Select Options > Make available off line if required.

Play Movies

Touch in the Home Screen and select Play Movies to watch movies you rent from Play Store as well as your personal videos stored on the device.

• Touch Movies to download movies from Play Store

• Touch Personal Videos to display videos taken on your

device. Touch a video to play it.

Play Store

Touch in the Home Screen and select Play Store. You can buy or rent music, books, movies, apps, and download them to your device.

Record a Voice Memo with Sound

1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Sound recorder.

2. Touch the red record icon to start recording

3. Touch the stop icon to stop

4. Touch the play icon to replay the last recording

5. Touch My records to review all your recordings

Software Update Service

Touch in the Home Screen and select System update. Check the current status, check for updates, or change settings.

Task Manager

Touch in the Home Screen and select Task Manager to view or stop applications.

• Touch Close All to close unwanted apps. Default system

apps will continue to run.

• Touch a task to view more details on the app.

• Touch the Apps tab to manage all the apps on your device.

• Touch the Resources tab to view real-time system resources.

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Timer (Countdown and Stopwatch)

Touch in the Home Screen and select Timer to use stopwatch or countdown timer.

Stopwatch allows you to record lap times, while Countdown allows you to set a time and count down to 0.

Touch the field to set the countdown value in HH:MM:SS

Torch

Open the built in torch application from the Apps menu or from the Quick Launch panel when you pull down the top of the screen. If the app is running you can select Shake to activate to switch the torch on or off.

World Time

Touch in the Home Screen and select World time to check local time for cities around the world.

Touch + at the bottom to add a new city or country. Touch multi-select then the check box to delete an item.

YouTube

Touch in the Home Screen and select YouTube. You can watch YouTube videos or upload your own.

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