Touch: display menu options. On the Home screen, •
touch to access Wallpaper, Widgets and Settings.
Touch & hold: this shows you images of your most •
recently-used apps. Touch an image to open the
associated app, or swipe it left or right to remove it
from the list.
Home key
While on any app or screen, touch the • Home key to
return to the main Home screen.
Touch & hold this key to access • Google Now & Voice
Search.
Back key
Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close •
a dialogue box, options menu, the Notification panel,
etc.
These keys are visible when the screen lights up.
Power key
Press: activate the lock screen/wake up the screen.•
Press and hold: show the pop-up menu to select from •
Power off, Restart, Airplane, etc.
Press and hold: power on.
Press and hold the • Power key and the Volume down
key to capture a screenshot.
Volume keys
During a call, they adjust the earpiece or headset •
volume.
In Music/Video/Streaming mode, they adjust the •
media volume.
In general mode, they adjust the ringtone volume.•
Mute the ringtone of an incoming call.•
In Camera mode, pressing either volume key captures •
You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls.
Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it
into its housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove
the SIM card, press and slide it out.
Your phone only supports micro-SIM card. Do not attempt
to insert other SIM types like mini and nano cards,
otherwise you may damage your phone.
Installing the microSD card
Place the microSD card with the chip facing downwards and
slide it into its housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To
remove the microSD card, press and slide it out.
Charging the battery
To charge the battery, connect the charger to your phone and
mains socket. You can also charge your phone via a USB cable.
To reduce energy wastage, disconnect your charger from
the plug when the battery is fully charged.
To reduce your phone’s power consumption, switch off
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or apps running in the background
when not needed. In Settings you can also lower the
brightness of the screen, and shorten the length of time
before the screen goes to sleep.
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take
a few seconds before the screen lights up. Unlock your phone
(Slide, PIN, password or pattern) if necessary and confirm. The
Home screen will display.
If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it,
contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with
your phone. Store this information in a safe place when not in
use.
Set up your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone you will be asked to set
the following options: language, mobile data, Google account,
date & time, etc.
1 Select the phone’s language, then touch Next.
2 Select Mobile Data, then touch Next.
3 Setup Google account: Touch Setup now. If you have a
Google Account, touch Existing to sign in, then enter your
Email and password. If you forget your password, you can go to
http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. Touch Next to skip to
the next step.
4 Set your date and timezone, you can also choose Automatic
time zone, then touch Finish to confirm.
If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted you will still
be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google
account and to use some features.
Power off your phone1.2.3
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone
options appear, then select Power off.
Home screen1.3
You can bring all your favourite items (apps, shortcuts, folders and
widgets) to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the Home
key to switch to the Home screen.
a
The Home screen extends on either side of the screen to allow
more space for adding apps, shortcuts, etc. Slide the Home
screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the
Home screen. The white spot in the lower part of the screen
indicates which screen you are viewing.
Status bar
Status/Notification indicators•
Touch and drag down to open the •
b
Notification panel
Google Search bar
Touch • a to enter text search screen
Touch • b to enter voice search screen
Slide left or right to view other panels on the
Home screen
Favourite tray apps
Touch to enter the app•
Touch and hold to move or change apps•
Carrier data use
threshold approaching
or exceeded
System update
available
Connected to VPN
International Roaming
is enabled
International Roaming
is disabled
Notification panel
Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel
or Notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. When there are
notifications, you may touch and drag the Status bar with two
fingers to access Quick setting panel directly. From the Notification
panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by
notification icons or view wireless service information.
Touch to access Quick setting bar
Touch and drag the Status bar with two fingers
to access Quick setting bar
To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock your phone
screen with a variety of patterns, PIN or password, etc. through
Settings > Security > Set up screen lock.
To create a screen unlock pattern (Follow onscreen
instructions)
Touch • Settings > Security > Set up screen lock > Pattern.
Draw your own pattern.•
Draw your unlock pattern
Touch to confirm by drawing pattern again
To create a screen unlock PIN/Password
Touch • Settings > Security > Set up screen lock > PIN or
Password.
Set your PIN or password.•
To lock phone screen
Press the Power key once to lock the screen.
To unlock phone screen
Press the Power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock
pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to unlock
the screen.
If you have chosen Slide as the screen lock, touch and drag the
right to unlock the screen.
icon
Personalise your Home screen1.3.5
Add an app or widget
Touch the Application tab , then touch and hold the app or
widget to activate the Move mode, and drag the item to any
Home screen.
Reposition an app or widget
Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move
mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You
can move items both on the Home screen and the Favourites tray.
Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the
item to another Home screen.
Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move
mode, drag the item up to the top of Remove icon, and release
after the item turns red.
Create folders
To make it easier to organise apps and shortcuts on the Home
screen and the Favourite tray, you can add them to a folder by
stacking one item on top of another. To rename a folder, open it
and touch the folder’s title bar to input the new name.
Wallpaper customisation
Touch and hold an empty area on the Home screen or go to
Settings > Display > Wallpaper to customise your wallpaper.
Volume adjustment1.3.6
Using volume key
Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the vibrate
mode, press the Volume down key until the phone vibrates.
Press the Volume down key once more to activate the silent
mode.
Using Settings menu
Drag down the notification panel and touch
settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Sound, you can
set the volume of calls, notification, system and etc. to your
preference.
and then the
Text input2
Using the onscreen keyboard2.1
Onscreen keyboard settings
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select
Settings > Language & input, then touch the Settings icon
on the right of Google keyboard.
Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen
Keyboard orientation. You can also adjust it by changing the
settings (go to Settings > Display > Orientation).
Google keyboard2.1.1
Touch to enter text or numbers
Touch to switch between "abc/Abc" mode;
Touch & hold to switch between "abc/
ABC" mode
Touch & hold, then select to enter symbols/
emoticons
Touch & hold to show input options; when Wi-Fi or data connection is
on, touch to enter voice input
Touch to switch between the symbol and numeric keyboard
To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down
key.
Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to
retrieve the call.
Touch to display Dialpad.
Touch to end the current call.
Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to
unmute the call.
Touch to activate the speaker during the current call.
Touch this icon again to deactivate the speaker.
Touch to add the number to new contact.
To avoid misoperation on touchscreen during a call,
screen will be locked automatically when you put the
cellphone close to your ear; and it will be unlocked when
the cellphone is taken away from your ear.
Managing multiple calls3.1.5
With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time.
Conference calls
You can set up a conference call.
Place a call to the first participant of the conference call. •
Touch •
Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to •
conference and touch
Contacts or Call log.
Touch icon •
During a conference call, touch • to drop a participant or to
talk privately to one of the participants. Touch
participant from the conference, touch to talk privately to
the participant and hold on other participants.
Touch • to end the conference call and disconnect all
callers.
Touch key and select Settings from Phone screen, the
following options are available:
Voice call
Voicemail•
Voicemail
service
Voicemail settings
Call forwarding•
Touch to configure how your calls are always forwarded or when
you are busy, unanswered or unreachable.
Additional settings•
Caller ID
Call waiting
Call waiting status
Opens a dialog box where you can select
your carrier’s voicemail service or another
service.
If you are using your carrier’s voicemail
service, this opens a dialog box where you
can enter the phone number to use for
listening to and managing your voicemail.
You can enter a comma (,) to insert a pause
into the number — for example, to add a
password after the phone number.
Opens a dialog box where you can set
whether your phone number is displayed
when making calls.
Mark the check box to notify you of a new
incoming call.
Check the call waiting status of your
phone.
Video call •
Local video
replacement
(1)
You can choose a picture from your
collection to display when the Camera is
unreachable.
Outgoing video
call
Incoming video
call
Touch to display local video when you
place a call.
Touch to display local video when receiving
an incoming call.
Other settings
Fixed dialing numbers•
Fixed Dialing Number (FDN) is a service mode of SIM, where
outgoing calls are restricted to a set of phone numbers. These
numbers are added to the FDN list. The most common practical
application of FDN is for parents to restrict the phone numbers
which their children can dial.
For security reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by
entering SIM PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service
provider or SIM maker.
Minute reminder•
Mark the check box to enable minute reminder at 50s of every
minute during a call.
Vibrate reminder•
Mark the check box to enable vibration when the call is
connected.
Power key ends call•
Mark the checkbox to enable hangup function of Power key
during a call.
Mark the checkbox to turn on dual mic for noise reduction.
Quick responses•
Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject
a call with messages.
TTY mode•
Touch to set TTY mode.
International dialing assist•
Mark the checkbox to activate.
Call log3.2
You can view your call history by touching from the Phone
screen to view call history in categories of Incoming calls,
Outgoing calls, and Missed calls.
Touch a contact or number to view information or further
operations.
You can view detailed information of a call, launch a new call
or send messages to a contact or number, or add numbers to
People (only available for unsaved phone numbers), etc.
Touch the photo
to open the Quick Contact panel.
To clear the entire call memory, touch key and Delete.
People 3.3
You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronise
these with your Gmail contacts or other apps on the web or on
your phone.
When using People for the first time you are asked to
add new contacts, import contacts from your SIM card
or synchronise contacts from other app accounts to
your phone.
View your contacts3.3.1
To access People app, touch the Application tab on the Home
screen, then select People.
Touch key to display contacts list option menu.
Following actions are enabled:
Delete contact•
Contacts to •
display
Import/Export•
Accounts•
Settings •
Share visible •
contacts
Contact list
Touch to view your contact groups
Touch to view your favourite contacts
Touch icon to open Quick Contact panel
Touch to view the contact’s detailed
information
Touch to search in Contacts
Touch to add a new contact
Select and delete unwanted contacts.
Choose contacts to display.
Import or export contacts between phone,
SIM card, and microSD card, or share
contacts.
Manage the synchronisation settings for
different accounts.
Access to contact display settings.
Share contacts with others by sending
the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth,
Email, SMS, etc.
The contact group helps you to improve the organisation of your
contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Contact group screen.
Touch the icon
to view local groups. To create a new group,
touch the icon , enter the new name and touch DONE to
confirm. If you have added accounts to your phone, touch the
to view groups in accounts.
icon
Adding a contact3.3.3
Touch the Application tab on the Home screen, select the
People, then touch the icon in the contact list to create a
new contact.
Touch to save
Touch to take a photo or select a picture for
the contact
Touch to add a new label
Touch to open other available labels
If you want to add more information, touch Add another field to
add a new category.
When finished, touch DONE to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch
key and then Discard.
Add to/remove from Favourites
To add a contact to favourites, you can touch a contact to view
details then touch
To remove a contact from favourites, touch
to add the contact to favourites.
on contact details
screen.
Only phone and account contacts can be added to
favourites.
Editing your contacts3.3.4
To edit contact information, touch key in the contact details
screen, then touch Edit. When finished, touch DONE.
Change a contact’s default phone number
The default phone number (the number which has priority when
making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed
under the contact name.
To change the default phone number, touch and hold the number
you want to set as the default number from the contact’s details
screen, then select Set default. A
This choice is only available when the contact has more than
one number.
Delete a contact
To delete a contact, touch
contact (details) screen.
On contacts list screen, touch
select the contact(s) you want to remove and touch OK to
confirm. Touch Select all and then OK to delete all contacts,
touch CANCEL to exit.
The contact you have deleted will also be removed from
other applications on the phone or web the next time
you synchronise your phone.
Communicating with your contacts3.3.5
From contact details screen, you can communicate with your
contacts by making a call or exchanging messages.
To launch a call, touch the phone number.
To send a message, touch the icon
number.
Use Quick Contact for Android
Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android,
then you can touch the number or the icon
want to connect.
The icons available on Quick Contact panel depend on the
information you have for the contact and the applications/
accounts on your phone.
on the right side of the
for the way you
Importing, exporting and sharing contacts3.3.6
From the Contacts screen, touch key to open the options
menu, touch Import/Export, then select to import/export
contacts from/to your SIM card, Phone, microSD card, Phone
storage, Accounts, etc.
To import/export a single contact from/to your SIM card, choose
an account and target SIM card, select the contact you want to
import/export, and touch OK to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to your SIM card, choose an
account and target SIM card, touch Select all and touch OK to
confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending
the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
To do this, touch a contact you want to share, touch
and Share from contact details screen, then select the app to
perform this action.
key
Displaying contacts3.3.7
You can configure which group of contacts, for each account,
you want to display in the People list. Touch key and then Contacts to display from contacts list screen, then you can
choose contacts to display.
Touch key and then Settings, you can Sort list by Given
name or Family name, as well as View contact names as Given
name first or Family name first.