Vodafone VF-895N User Manual

User manual

VF-895N

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Table of Contents

1 Your phone ................................................................4

1.1 Keys and connectors .....................................................4

1.2 Getting started ................................................................. 7

1.3 Home screen ...................................................................10

2 Text input .................................................................20

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard ..................................20

2.2 Text editing ......................................................................21

3 Phone call, Call log & People ............................22

3.1 Phone call ........................................................................22

3.2 Recents ..............................................................................29

3.3 Contacts ............................................................................29

4 Messaging & Email ...............................................36

4.1 Messaging ........................................................................

4.2 Gmail/Email ....................................................................42

5 Calendar , Alarm clock & Calculator ..............45

5.1 Calendar ............................................................................45

5.2 Clock ...................................................................................47

5.3 Calculator .........................................................................

6 Getting connected ................................................50

6.1 Connecting to the Internet .......................................50

6.2 Chrome .............................................................................. 53

6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices .........................53

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6.4 Connecting to a computer via USB .......................54

6.5 To safely remove the microSD card from your

phone .................................................................................55

6.6 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection 56

6.7 Connecting to virtual private networks ...............57

7 Google Play Store ................................................58

8 Multimedia applications ....................................59

8.1 Camera...............................................................................

8.2 Gallery ................................................................................ 61

8.3 Play music ........................................................................64

8.4 Videos.................................................................................65

9 Google Maps ...........................................................66

9.1 Get My Location ............................................................. 66

9.2 Search for a location ....................................................67

9.3 Save a location ...............................................................67

9.4 Open Street View for a location ..............................68

9.5 Get driving, public transpor tation or walking

directions .......................................................................... 68

10 Others .......................................................................69

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

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

10.3 Radio ...................................................................................70

11 Settings ....................................................................72

11.1 Wireless & networks .....................................................72

11.2 Device .................................................................................75

11.3 Tap & pay ..........................................................................78

11.4 Personal.............................................................................78

11.5 System ...............................................................................83

12 Update your phone’s software .........................86

13 Product safety information ...............................87

14 Telephone warranty .............................................99

15 Accessories ......................................................... 101

16 Specifications ...................................................... 102

1 Your phone

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

LED light

Front camera

Touch screen

Back key

Home key

Micro-USB connector

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Recents key

Camera flash/

Camera

Recents key

• Touch: this shows you images of your recently-used

Home key

• While on any app or screen, touch the Home key to

• Touch & hold this key to access Google Now & Voice

Back key

• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close

These keys are visible once the screen lights up when you set the Always on by touching Settings > Display >Touch key light duration.

Flashlight

Volume up

Volume down

Power key

apps. Touch an image to open the associated app, or swipe it left or right to remove it from the list.

return to the main Home screen.

Search.

a dialogue box, options menu, the Notification panel, etc.

Power key

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

• Press and hold: show the pop-up menu to select from

Shut down, Restart, Airplane mode. 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.

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1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Set-up

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

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.

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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 b attery, connect the cha rger to your phone and mains socket. You can also charge your phone via a USB cable.

Your phone is battery embedded design with removable back cover and not removable battery. Unauthorized personnel are strictly prohibited from disassembling the phone. 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.

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. 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 Wi-Fi, then touch Skip.

3. Select Date & time, then touch Next.

4. Select Name, then touch Next.

5. Select Google services, then touch Next.

6. Select a home screen, then touch Next.

7. Select Help tips, then touch Next.

Then your phone is setup and ready to use.

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

The device provides two kinds of home screen style, standard home screen and simple home screen for your choices.

You could set at the first time you start the device or always set by touching Settings > Home.

In simple home screen, all the features you need, presented in an intuitive and attractive design.

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.

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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

• Touch and hold to move or change apps

Application tab

• Touch to open All apps

The Home screen extends on either side of the screen to allow more space for adding apps, shor tcuts, 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. In standard home screen, slide right to access flipboard and your favourite apps. Flipboard allows you to quick access to your personalized news and social networks, You could set by touching Settings > Display >

Favourite applications.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an app, touch it with your finger.

Touch and hold

Touch and hold the Home screen to access the available options for setting the wallpaper.

Drag

Touch and hold 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.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

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).

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Status icons

GPRS connected No SIM card inserted

EDGE connected Vibrate mode

3G connected Ringer is silenced

HSDPA (3G) connected

HSPA (3G) connected Battery is very low

4G connected Battery is low

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on Battery is full

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode Headset connected

Alarm is set Roaming

GPS is on Signal strength

Phone microphone is mute

Battery is partially drained

Battery is charging

Notification icons

New GmailTM message Call in progress

New text or multimedia message

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

New Hangouts message

New voicemail Uploading data

Upcoming event Download finished

Data is synchronising

No microSD card installed

Song is playing

Screenshot error Radio is on

USB tethering is on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Screenshot captured

More notifications are hidden

Missed call

Call on hold

Call forwarding is on

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Phone is connected via USB cable

System update available

Connected to VPN

International Roaming is enabled

International Roaming is disabled

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Notification panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel and drag down again to open the Quick setting 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 Quick setting bar

Touch and drag twice downward to access Quick setting 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 Contacts application .

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Please refer to "3.3.1 View your contacts"

Quick setting bar

•Touchiconstoenable/disable

functions or to change modes

•Touch&holdtoshowthesettings

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1.3.3 Search bar

The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the phone or the web.

a Search by text

• Touch 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 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.

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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 c reate a screen unl ock p attern (Follow onscre en

instructions)

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

• Draw your own pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confi rm by drawing pattern again

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.

To unlock phone screen

Press the Power key once to light up the screen or double tap to

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wake

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 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.

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The function must be enable first by touching Settings > Display and

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then enable Double tap to wake.

Remove

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.

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 enter Settings , th en to uch Sound & notification, you can set the volume of calls, notification, system and etc. to your preference.

2 Text input

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard

Onscreen keyboard settings

Touch the Appli cation tab from the Home screen , s elect

Settings > L anguage & input.

Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation

Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientati on. You can also adjust it by changing the settings (go to Setting s > Display > When device is

rotated>Rotate contents of the screen).

2.1.1 Android keyboard

Touch to enter text or numbers

Touch to switch

between "abc/

Abc" mode; Touch & hold to switch between

"abc/ABC" mode

Touch to switch between the symbol and numeric keyboard

Touch & hold, then select to enter symbols/ emoticons

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2.2 Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Touch and hold or double-tap on the text you would like to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.

• The following options will show: Select all , Cut , Copy

and Paste .

• Touch the icon to confirm.

You can also insert new text

• Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank space, the cursor will blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

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

3 Phone call, Call log & People

3.1 Phone call

3.1.1 Placing a call

You can easily make a call using Phone. Touch the Application tab from the Home screen and select Phone.

Call log

Contacts

Touch to show the dial pad

Touch and hold to

access voicemail

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Enter the number you want from the dial pad directly or select a contact from People or Recents by touching tabs, then touch

to place the call.

The number you entered can be saved to People by touching key or 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, touch and hold 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 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, 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 directly

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 consult at any time.

To access your voicemail, touch and hold on Phone tab.

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

settings > Voicemail.

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

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3.1.4 During a call

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 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 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.

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 .

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

conference and touch . You can also add participants from People or Recents.

• Touch icon to start a conference call.

• During a conference call, touch to drop a par ticipant 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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Depending on your network operator.

3.1.6 Call settings

Touch key and select Settings from Phone screen, the following options are available:

General settings

• Contacts display options

Sort by

Name format

• Sounds and vibrate

Phone ringtone Dialpad tones

Also vibrate for calls

• Other

Quick responses

Call settings

• Voicemail

Service

Setup

Sound Vibrate

Touch to set the contacts display by First name or Last name.

Touch to set the name format by First name first or Last name first.

Touch to set the ringtone of phone. Mark the checkbox to activate the dial

pad tones. Mark the checkbox to activate vibration

when the call is connected.

Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject a call with messages.

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.

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 secu rity reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by entering SIM PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service provider or SIM maker.

• Service Dialling Numbers

You can place a call from the SDN list.

• TTY mode

TTY mode can be used by people who are deaf, have poor hearing or speech impairments. Touch to set TTY mode.

• DTMF tones

Dual Tone Multi-Frequency, or DTMF is a method for instructing a telephone switching system of the telephone number to be dialed, or to issue commands to switching systems or related telephony equipment. Touch to enable DTMF tones. Touch to set the length of DTMF tones.

• 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

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.

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3.2 Recents

You can view your call history by touching Phone screen to view call histor y.

Touch a conta ct or number to view informati on or furt her 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 from the phone screen and touch Call history, then touch and then touch

Clear call log.

RECETNS

from the

3.3.1 View your contacts

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

Touch to search in Contacts

Touch to view your favourite contacts

Touch to set up your profile and your picture will show

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

Contact list

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.

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.

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Touch to add a new contact

After set up your profile, your picture will show and the icon in quick setting screen will vary together.

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