Vodafone Smart Ultra 7 Instruction Manual

User manual

Smart ultra 7

VFD 700

CJA28PA02AAA

Table of Contents

1 Your phone ........................................................................... 3

1.1 Keys and connectors ....................................................................3

1.2 Getting started ................................................................................5

1.3 Home screen ....................................................................................8

2 Text input ............................................................................17

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard ................................................17

2.2 Text editing ....................................................................................18

3 Phone call, Call log & People .......................................19

3.1 Phone call ......................................................................................19

3.2 Recents ............................................................................................24

3.3 Contacts ..........................................................................................24

4 Messaging & Email ..........................................................29

4.1 Message+ ........................................................................................

4.2 Gmail/Email ..................................................................................33

5 Calendar , Alarm clock & Calculator .........................36

5.1 Calendar ..........................................................................................36

5.2 Clock .................................................................................................37

5.3 Calculator .......................................................................................38

6 Getting connected ...........................................................39

6.1 Connecting to the Internet .....................................................39

6.2 Chrome ............................................................................................41

6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices.........................................41

6.4 Connecting to a computer via USB .....................................42

6.5 Safely removing the microSD card from your phone ..43

6.6 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection ..............43

6.7 Connecting to virtual private networks .............................44

7 Google Play Store ............................................................45

8 Multimedia applications ...............................................46

8.1 Camera.............................................................................................46

8.2 Gallery ..............................................................................................48

8.3 Play music ......................................................................................50

8.4 Video player ...................................................................................51

9 Google Maps .......................................................................... 52

9.1 Get My Location ...........................................................................52

9.2 Search for a location ..................................................................53

9.3 Save a location .............................................................................53

9.4 Open Street View for a location ............................................53

9.5

Get driving, public transportation or walking directions ...

10 Others ..................................................................................55

10.1 File Manager ..................................................................................55

10.2 Sound Recorder ...........................................................................55

10.3 Radio .................................................................................................56

11 Settings ...............................................................................57

11.1 Wireless & networks ...................................................................57

11.2 Device ...............................................................................................59

11.3 Personal...........................................................................................62

11.4 System .............................................................................................66

12 Update your phone’s software ....................................69

13 Product safety information ..........................................70

14 Telephone warranty ........................................................80

15 Accessories ........................................................................82

16 Specifications ....................................................................83

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1 Your phone

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Back key

Home key

Micro-USB connector

Front camera

Touch screen

Recents key

Camera

Volume up

Volume down Power key

Recents key

• Touch: this shows your recently-used apps. Touch an app to open it, 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.

• Long press 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.

Power key

• Press: activate the lock screen/wake up the screen.

• Long press:

Show the pop-up menu to select from Shut down, Restart, Flight mode.

Mute the ringer and toggle Vibrate functions.

Power on.

• Long press 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.

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1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Setup

Removing or installing the back cover

Charging the battery

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls.

Power off your phone before inserting or removing the SIM card.

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 or nano cards, as you may damage your phone.

Inserting or removing the microSD card

Power off your phone before inserting or removing 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.

To charge the battery, connect the charger to your phone and mains socket. You can also charge your phone via a USB cable.

Your phone has an embedded battery, so it is not removable. Unauthorised personnel are strictly prohibited from disassembling it. To reduce energy wastage, disconnect your charger from the plug when the battery is fully charged. To reduce your phone’s power consumption, switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or apps running in the background when not needed. In Settings you can also lower the brightness of the screen, and shorten the length of time before the screen goes to sleep.

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1.2.2 Power on your phone

Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take a few seconds before the screen lights up. Unlock your phone (Swipe, PIN, password or pattern) if necessary and confirm. You will then see the Home screen.

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 .

2. Insert SIM card or skip it.

3. Select Wi-Fi network, then touch NEXT.

4. Setup Date & time, touch NEXT.

5. Input your Name, then touch NEXT.

6. Set up email, then touch NEXT.

7. Protect your phone, set screen lock now or touch SKIP to move to

next setup.

8. Select Google services, once finished, touch NEXT.

9. App permissions, touch NEXT.

10. Experience improvement, then touch NEXT.

11. Select Help tips, then touch NEXT.

When all the other options (Date & time, App permissions, and etc) are configured, the setup of your device will be complete.

If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted, you will still be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use some features.

1.2.3 Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone options appear, then select Shut down.

1.3 Home screen

In the Home screen the bottom set of icons is always visible, whichever of your Home pages you are on. This also includes the Application tab, which will show all your available apps.

Touching the Home key always takes you to your main Home screen, and you can personalise all your Home screens by adding your favourite apps, shortcuts and widgets to them.

a b

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

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

• Long press to move or change apps

Application tab

• Touch to open All apps

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1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To open an app, touch it with your finger.

Long press

Long press the Home screen to access the available options for setting the wallpaper or add widgets.

Drag

Long press an item to be able to drag it to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down lists, screens of apps, images, web pages, etc.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.

1.3.2 Status bar

From status bar, you can view both phone status (on the right side) and notification information (on the left side).

Status icons

GPRS connected GPS is on

EDGE connected No SIM card inserted

3G connected Vibrate mode

HSDPA (3G) connected Ringer is silenced

HSPA (3G) connected Do not disturb mode

4G connected

Data roaming Battery is very low

Signal strength Battery is low

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on Battery is full

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Flight mode Headset connected

Alarm is set

Phone microphone muted

Battery is partially drained

Battery is charging

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Notification icons

New Gmail TM message Call in progress

New text or multimedia message

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

Missed call

Call on hold

New Hangouts message Call forwarding is on

New voicemail Uploading data

Upcoming event Download finished

Data is synchronising

No microSD card installed

Song is playing

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Phone is connected via USB cable

Screenshot error Radio is on

USB tethering is on System update available

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Screenshot captured

More notifications are hidden

Connected to VPN

International Roaming is enabled

International Roaming is disabled

Notification panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick settings panel and drag down again to open the Quick settings panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From the Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information.

Touch to access the Quick

settings bar

Touch and drag downwards twice to access the Quick settings bar

Touch a notification and slide it sideways to delete it. Touch the icon to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain). Touch and then the Settings icon to access Settings.

The customised picture will show if you set up your profile in the Contacts application .

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Please refer to "3.3.1 View your contacts"

Quick settings bar

•Touchiconstoenable/disable

functions or to change modes

•Touchthedownarrowtoview

settings

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1.3.3 Search bar

The phone provides a Search function which can be used to find the information you want on your phone, in your applications or on the web.

a Search by text

• Touch the Search bar from the Home screen.

• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.

• Touch on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.

b Search by voice

• Touch from the Search bar to display a dialog screen.

• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search results

will display for you to select from.

1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock your phone screen with a variety of patterns, PIN or password, etc. through Settings > Security >

Screen lock.

To create a screen unlock pattern (Follow onscreen instructions)

• Touch Settings > Security > Screen lock > Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm by

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Touch Settings > Security > Screen lock > PIN or Password.

• Set your PIN or password.

To lock phone screen

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

drawing pattern again

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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 Swipe as the screen lock, slide upward to unlock the screen, slide left to access Camera and slide right to access Phone.

1.3.5 Personalise your Home screen

Add an app or widget

Touch the Application tab , then long press the app to activate the Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen.

Reposition an app or widget

Long press 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.

Remove

Long press 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

Long press an empty area on the Home screen or go to Settings > Display > Wallpaper to customise your wallpaper.

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using volume key

Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the vibrate mode, press the Volume down key until the phone vibrates. Press the Volume

down key once more to activate the silent mode.

Using Settings menu

Drag down twice from the notification panel and touch the settings icon

to open Settings, then touch Sound & notification. You can set the

volume of calls, notification, system and etc. to your preference.

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2 Text input

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard

Onscreen keyboard settings

Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings > Language & input.

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 > When device is rotated > Rotate the contents of the screen).

2.1.1 Android keyboard

Touch to enter text or numbers

Touch to switch between "abc/ Abc" mode; Long press to switch between "abc/ ABC" mode

Touch to switch between the symbol and numeric keyboard

Long press, then select to enter symbols/ emoticons

2.2 Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Long press or double touch the text you want to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.

• The following options will show: CUT, COPY, PASTE, SHARE and

SELECT ALL.

You can also insert new text

• Touch where you want to type, or long press a blank space: the cursor will blink and a blue tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

• If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show PASTE which allows you to paste any text you have previously copied.

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3 Phone call, Call log & People

3.1 Phone call

3.1.1 Placing a call

To make a call when the phone is active, go to the Home screen and touch the Phone icon in the Favourites tray.

Call log Contacts

Touch to show the dial pad

Long press to access voicemail

Enter the number you want from the dial pad directly or select a contact from CALLS or CONTACTS by touching those tabs, then touch to place the call.

The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching and select Add to contacts.

If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching .

To hang up a call, touch .

International call

To dial an international call, long press to enter "+", then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and finally touch .

Emergency call

If your phone has network coverage, dial the emergency number and touch to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.

3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call

When you receive a call, a call window will be presented on top of the screen. Touch to dismiss a call or to answer a call.

Touch the call window to open the Phone call screen.

On the Phone call screen, touch

• Slide the icon right to answer the call;

• Slide the icon left to reject the call;

• Slide the icon up to reject the call by sending a preset message.

To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down key.

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3.1.3 Calling your voicemail

Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine that you can access at any time.

To listen to your voicemail, long press on Phone tab.

To set your voicemail number, touch key and touch Settings > Calls >

Voicemail.

If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon appears on the Status bar. Open the Notification panel, touch New voicemail.

3.1.4 During a call

To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key.

3.1.5 Managing multiple calls

With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time.

Conference calls

You can set up a conference call.

• Place a call to the first participant of the conference call.

• Touch and select Add call.

• Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to conference

and touch . You can also add participants from CALLS or CONTACTS.

• Press menu icon to start a conference call.

• During a conference call, touch to drop a participant or to talk

privately to one of the participants. Touch to drop the 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.

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3.1.6 Call+ settings

From the Phone screen, touch the key and select Settings the following options are available:

• Voicemail

Service

Opens a dialog box where you can select your carrier’s voicemail service or another service.

Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to retrieve the call.

Touch to display dial pad.

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 place call to another contact.

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Setup

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.

Sound Vibrate

Touch to select the notification sound. Mark the check box to enable vibration when the

call is connected.

• Fixed Dialling Numbers

Fixed Dialling 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.

• Hearing aids

Mark the checkbox to enable hearing aid compatibility.

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Depending on your network operator.

• Noise reduction

Mark the checkbox to suppress your background noise during calls.

• Call forwarding

Touch to configure how your calls are always forwarded or when you are busy, unanswered or unreachable.

• Call barring

You can activate or deactivate the call barring for outgoing and incoming calls. The various options are:

All outgoing calls All outgoing calls are barred. International

Outgoing international calls are barred.

outgoing calls International

except home

Outgoing international calls except those to your country of subscription are barred.

All incoming calls All incoming calls are barred. Incoming calls

Incoming calls are barred when you are abroad.

while roaming Cancel all Deactivate all call barring. Change barring

password

Change the original barring password for activating call barring.

• Additional settings Caller ID

Opens a dialog box where you can set whether your phone number is displayed when making calls.

Call waiting

Mark the check box to notify you of a new incoming call.

Sounds and vibration

Configure your sounds and vibrations system settings

Quick responses

Edit quick responses for incoming calls.

3.2 Recents

You can view your call history by touching from the Phone screen to view call history.

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 Contacts (only available for unsaved phone numbers), etc.

Touch the photo to open the Quick Contact panel.

To clear the entire call memory, touch the key from the phone screen and touch Clear call history.

3.3 Contacts

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.

3.3.1 View your contacts

To access the Contacts app, touch the Application tab on the Home screen, then select Contacts.

Touch to view your favourite contacts

Touch to set up your profile and your picture will show

Touch an icon to open the Quick Contact panel and view the contact’s detailed information

Contact list

Touch to add a new contact

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