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Edition Time: March 21, 2017
Getting started.................................................7
Getting to know your phone
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7
Knowing the keys........................................................8
Setting Up Your Phone................................................ 8
Charging the battery
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11
Extending the battery life..........................................12
Powering on/off.........................................................13
Setting up for the first time
.......................................
13
Locking/unlocking the screen and keys................... 13
Using the touch screen.............................................14
Getting to know the home screen
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16
Knowing the basics
........................................
18
Monitoring the phone status.....................................18
Managing notifications..............................................18
Entering text
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19
Editing text................................................................ 20
Opening and switching apps.....................................20
Use two apps in split-screen mode
............................
21
Uninstalling an app................................................... 22
Hiding apps................................................................22
Connecting to networks and devices........... 23
Connecting to mobile networks
................................
23
Connecting to Wi-Fi................................................... 24
Connect to another device via Wi-Fi Direct®..............26
Connecting to Bluetooth devices
..............................
26
Connecting to your computer via USB......................28
Using the microSD card as portable or phone storage
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29
Sharing your mobile data connection.......................32
Connecting to virtual private networks..................... 34
Phone calls.................................................... 36
Placing and ending calls
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36
Answering or rejecting calls
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36
Working with the call history.....................................37
Calling your contacts................................................ 38
Contacts.........................................................39
Checking contact details
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39
Adding a new contact................................................39
Setting up your own profile.......................................39
Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts
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40
Working with favourite contacts................................41
Searching for a contact............................................. 42
Editing contacts
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42
Web accounts
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44
Adding or removing accounts...................................44
Configuring account sync......................................... 44
Email.............................................................. 46
Setting up the first email account
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46
Checking your emails................................................46
Responding to an email.............................................46
Writing and sending an email
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47
Adding and editing email accounts...........................48
Changing general email settings.............................. 48
Message+....................................................... 49
Opening the message+ screen
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49
Sending a message................................................... 49
Replying to a message..............................................50
Forwarding a message
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50
Web browser
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51
Opening the browser.................................................51
Using multiple browser tabs......................................51
Downloading files
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52
Changing Chrome settings........................................52
Camera........................................................... 53
Capturing a photo
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53
Recording a video......................................................54
Using manual camera mode.....................................55
Music.............................................................. 56
Playing your music
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56
Managing playlists.....................................................58
Settings.......................................................... 59
Wireless and networks...............................................59
Device
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61
Personal.....................................................................64
System.......................................................................68
Troubleshooting............................................ 70
Getting to know your phone
Press and hold to turn on or off
flight mode, reboot, turn on or off
vibration or sound, power off, or
take a screen shot.
Press to turn off or on the screen
Press or hold either end of the key to
turn the volume up or down.
Touch to return to the home screen
from any application or screen.
Touch and hold to use Google
Touch to go to the previous screen.
Touch to see recently used apps.
Power off your phone before remov ing or replacing the battery.
Power off your phone before installing or removing the
nano-SIM card. The microSDXC card (optional) can be installed
or removed while the phone is turned o n, but you need to
unmount it before removing it.
To avoid damage to the phone, do no tu se any other kind of SIM
cards, or any non-standard nano-SIM card cut from a SIM card.
You can get a standard nano-SIM card from your service
1. Insert your fingernail into the slot at the bottom left of the
back cover and lift it up gently.
2. Install the nano-SIM card and the microSDXC card
Slide the nano-SIM card into the card ho lder.
Hold the microSDXC card with the cut corner oriented
as shown and slip it into the card slot.
3. Insert the battery. Make sure the con nectors on the battery
go into the battery compartment first and align with the
connectors in it. Gently push down on the battery until it
4. Install the back cover in the order and direction as shown in
Your phone’s battery should have eno ugh power for the phone
to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully
charge the battery as soon as possi ble.
If the battery is low, there will be a po p-up message on the
Use only approved chargers and cables . The use of unapproved
1. Connect the adapter to the chargi ng jack. Ensure that the
adapter is inserted with the correct o rientation. Do not
force the connector into the chargin g jack.
accessories could damage your pho ne or cause the battery to
explode.
2. Connect the charger to a standard AC po wer outlet. If the
phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon , such as or ,
3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged.
If the battery is extremely low, you may be unable to power on
the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again
after charging the phone for at least 20 m inutes. Contact the
customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after
Extending the battery life
Active applications, screen brightness level s, Bluetooth and
Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality can drain your battery. You
can follow the helpful tips below to co nserve your battery
Use the battery saver feature in Settings .
appear on the status bar.
Reduce the screen backlight time.
Lower the screen brightness.
Turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and auto-sync off when not in use.
Disable the GPS function when no t in use. Most
applications using this function will periodically query the
Press and hold the Power key to turn on your phone.
To power off, press and hold the Power key to open the
options menu and touch Shut down .
Setting up for the first time
When you first power on your pho neafter you purchase it or
reset it to factory settings (see Backup a nd reset), you need to
do some settings before using it.
Touch the language field to select th e language. Then follow
the on-screen prompts to set up you r phone.
Locking/unlocking the screen and keys
Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put
the phone to sleep mode) when not in use and to turn the
screen back on and unlock it when you need it.
To lock the screen and keys:
To quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the
To save battery power, the phone au tomatically turns off the
screen after some time of inactivity. Yo u will still be able to
receive messages and calls while the p hone screen is off.
To unlock the screen and keys:
1. Press the Power key to turn the screen on.
GPS satellites for your current locatio n, and each query
drains your battery.
- or -
Double-tap on the screen to turn it on.
NOTE:
2. Swipe up on the screen.
Swipe from a shortcut icon at the bottom to open the
Touch a notification twice cons ecutively to open the
Your phone’s touch screen enables you to control actions
through a variety of touch gestures.
When you want to type using the ons creen keyboard,
select items on the screen such as the application and
settings icons, or press the onscreen buttons, simply touch
To open the available options for an item (for example, a
message or link in a web page), tou chand hold the item.
To enable this feature, select > Settings > Display >
Double tap to wake from the home screen.
- or -
- or -
NOTE:
You can edit the shortcut icons on the lock screen. Select
> Settings > Display > Edit Locksc reen shortcuts from
the home screen, touch a shortcut to ch ange it, or touch Add
shortcut to add one.
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger
vertically or horizontally across the screen.
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
In some apps (such as Maps and web browser), you can
zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at
once and pinching them together (to zoom out) o r
spreading them apart (to zoom in).
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen
orientation from portrait to landscape by turn ing the phone
The auto-rotate feature needs to be enabled for the screen
Getting to know the home screen
The home screen is the starting poin tfo r your phone’s
applications, functions, and menus .You can customise your
home screen by adding shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.
Extended home screen panels
orientation to automatically change. Touch > >
Settings > Display > When device is rotated and select
Rotate the contents of the screen.
You can also access the screen rotation control by sliding
down the status bar twice, slide left and touch
Auto-rotate/Portrait.
Your home screen is extendable, prov iding more space for
shortcuts, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the
home screen to see the extended pa nels. You can add or
remove home screen panels, or adjus t their order.
To add a new home screen panel:
1. Touch and hold an empty area o fth e home screen to
access the home screen thumbnails.
2. Slide left until appears.
3. Touch to create a new hom e screen panel.
To adjust the order of a home scre en panel:
1. Touch and hold an empty area o fth e home screen and
slide left or right to view the hom e screen thumbnails.
2. Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it left or right to the
To open your favourite home sc reen app:
You can slide right on the home screen to open your favourite
1. Slide right if necessary on the ho me screen to access the
2. Slide right on the screen to open you rfav ourite app.
NOTE:
To lock or unlock your home sc reen layout:
After the home screen layout is locked, you cannot add/remove
/adjust the home screen panel, add/remove/move items on
the home screen, or change the wallpaper.
1. Touch and hold an empty area o fth e home screen to
access the home screen thumbnails.
2. Touch / to lock/u nlock the home screen layout.
Touch > > Settings > Display > F avourite app
panel to turn on of off this feature, o r touch Favourite home
screen app to select your favourite app .
Monitoring the phone status
The status bar at the top of the home s creen provides phone
and service status icons on the right si de. Below are some of the
Signal strength
4G connected
Do not disturb mode
on (Alarms only or
Priority only)
Do not disturb mode
on (Total silence)
Connected to a
Wi-Fi®network
The status bar at the top of the home s creen provides
notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you
New Wi-Fi network
detected
Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot on
Open/close the notificationpanel
Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar
events, and alarms, as well as ong oing events, such as when
you are playing music. You can open th e notification panel to
view the details of notifications.
To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down
from the top of the screen.
To close the notification panel, s wipe your finger up on the
Enable or disable inputmethods
1. Touch > > Settings > Languages & input >
2. Touch Manage keyboards.
3. Slide the switches beside the inpu tm ethods to enable or
Some default input methods may not be disabled.
screen or touch .
You can enter text using the ons creen keyboard. Some apps
open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where
you want to type. Touch to hide the onscreen keyboard.
You can also enter text by speaking with the Google voice
typing feature.
disable them.
NOTE:
1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, touch
the icon at the bottom right corner of the s creen.
2. Select the input method you need.
NOTE:
The icon appears only when more than one i nput method
is installed and enabled.
Choose the input method settings by tou ching >
Settings > Languages & input > Vi rtual keyboard from the
home screen. You can set the current inp ut method and
choose the settings for input method s.
Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type.
The cursor blinks in the new positio n, and a tab appears
below it. Drag the tab to move the cu rsor.
Select text: Touch and hold or do uble-tap within the text.
The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the
selection. Drag the tabs to change th e selection.
Cut or copy: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then
touch CUT or COPY to cut or copy th e text to the
Replace text with the clipboard text : Select the text you
want to replace. Then touch PASTE .
Insert clipboard text to the text field :To uch and hold
the tab below the cursor and then select PASTE.
Opening and switching apps
1. Touch > to open the application list screen.
2. Slide up or down on the screen and to uch an app to open it.
NOTE:
Switch between recently opened apps
1. Touch . The apps you’ve used recently are dis played in
2. Touch a tab to open that app.
Use two apps in split-screen mode
1. Open the first app you want to us e and then touch and
2. You can do one of the following.
If the app you need is in the recent apps list, touch it to
Touch > to find the app you need and open
Drag the slider on the right side of the screen to the initial letter
of the app you need, or touch the s earch box at the top to
search for apps.
a series of tabs. Slide up and down to see all the tabs.
NOTE:
You can swipe a tab sideways or touch X on the tab to remove it
from the screen; touch on the tab to lock it; touch CLEAR
ALL to remove all unlocked tabs.
NOTE:
Double-tap to quickly switch between two mo strecently
opened apps.
You can work with two apps at the same time in split-screen
mode.
NOTE:
Some apps may not support split-screen mode.
hold . The screen is divided into two.
set it as the second app.
it as the second app.
To turn off split-screen mode, touch and hold , or drag the
handle on the screen to the edge of the screen.
1. Touch > to open the application list screen.
2. Touch and hold an application icon a nd drag the icon to
(Uninstall) at the top of the screen.
3. Touch OK to uninstall the app.
The pre-installed apps may not be uninstalled.
You can hide apps in the application list screen.
1. Touch > to open the application list screen.
3. Touch the apps you want to hide and to uch .
Touch > > > Hide app to view all the hidden
apps at the top. You can touch the hidden apps and touch
to display them again in the applicatio n list screen.
NOTE:
NOTE:
Connecting to networks and
Connecting to mobile networks
To enable or disable data access:
1. Touch > > Settings > Data usage.
2. Touch the Mobile data switch to ena ble or disable mobile
data use.
To get data services when roaming:
1. Touch > > Settings > More > Mobile networks.
2. Touch the Data roaming switch if it is turned off.
Data roaming may incur significant roa ming charges.
Select preferred network type
1. Touch > > Settings > More > Mobile networks.
2. Touch Preferred network type and touch the type of
To connect to the Internet you can us e the default Access Point
Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact
the service provider to get the necessary information.
1. Touch > > Settings > More > Mobile networks.
2. Touch Access point names and then touch .
3. Touch each item to enter the info rmation you get from
4. Touch > Save to complete.
network you prefer the phone to conn ect to.
your service provider.
To set the APN to default settings, touch > Reset to default.