ZTE Avid 4G User Manual

ZTE Avid™4G

CDMA/LTE Mobile Phone

User Manual

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LEGAL INFORMATION

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SRS TruMediaTM, a feature-rich audio solution tuned specifically
for mobile devices, provides a cinema-like surround headphone

is a trademark of SRS

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performance with deep, rich bass.

Version No.: R1.0

Edition Time : 2012.9.20

We offer self-service for our smart terminal device users. Please
visit the ZTE official website (at www.zte.com.cn) for more
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Information subject to the website.

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ZTE Corporation expressly disclaims any liability for faults and
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Contents

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Getting Started

Your Phone at a Glance

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Knowing the Keys

Key

Function

Power Key

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Press and hold to power on, select phone
modes, turn on /off airplane mode, restart,

or power off.

•

Press to turn off or on the touch screen.

Home Key

•

Touch to return to the home screen from any
application or screen.

•

Touch and hold to see recently used
applications.

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Key

Function

Menu Key

Touch to get the options for the current screen.
Back Key

Touch to go to the previous screen.
Volume Keys

Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.

Installing the UICC Card, microSD
Card, and Battery

Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery or
the UICC card. The microSD card can be installed and removed
while the phone is turned on. Unmount the microSD card before
removing it.

1. Remove the back cover.

2. To use the 4G LTE network, insert the UICC card with the

gold-colored contacts facing down.

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TIP: A soft block beside the UICC card bracket keeps the
card in place. You may need to gently press the block down
when removing the card from the phone.

3. Hold your microSD card with the metal contacts facing down

and slide it in.

NOTE: microSD logo is a trademark of the SD Card
Association.

4. Insert the battery by aligning the gold contacts on the battery

with the gold contacts in the battery compartment. Gently
push down the battery until it clicks into place.

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5. Press the cover gently back into place until you hear a click.

Charging the Battery

When you first get your new phone you’ll need to charge the
battery.

6. Connect the adapter to the charger jack. Ensure that the
adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force
the connector into the charger jack.

7. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet.

8. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged.

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How much charge have you got?

The phone will prompt you to charge the battery when it is low
with a message on the screen. As the phone is being charged,
you can see the exact battery level each time you turn on the
screen (by pressing the Power Key).

If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or ,
appear on the status bar.

Powering On/Off

Make sure the battery is charged before powering on.

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Press and hold the Power Key to turn on your phone.

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To turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the
options menu. Touch Power off > OK.

Setting Up for the First Time

When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or
reset it to factory settings (see Settings – Personal – Backup and

Reset), follow the onscreen instructions to set it up.

1. Touch the language field to select the language you want to
use and then touch Start.

2. Touch Get an account to create a Google account or touch

Sign in to sign in to your account. You can also touch Not
now to set up an account later.

After signing in, configure the Google backup and restore
options and touch Next. If you are prompted and would like

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to make any purchase from the Google Play Store, enter
your credit card information and touch Save.

3. Configure the Google location options and touch Next.

4. Enter your name which the phone uses to personalize some
apps and touch Next.

5. Touch Finish to complete the setup.

NOTE: If the phone cannot connect to a mobile network, it would
prompt you to connect to a Wi-Fi network.

Locking/Unlocking the Screen & Keys

You can quickly lock the screen and keys to prevent unwanted
operations and protect your privacy.

To lock the screen and keys:

Press the Power Key, or leave the phone idle for a while before
it automatically gets locked.

To unlock the screen and keys:

1. Press the Power Key to turn the screen on.

2. Drag over and release your finger.

NOTE: If you have set a long press lock, a face unlock, an
unlock pattern, a PIN or password for your phone (see chapter

Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks),

you’ll need to touch and hold the lock icon, look at your phone,
draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock.

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Using the Touch Screen

Your phone’s touch screen lets you control actions through a
variety of touch gestures.

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Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select
onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or
press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.

•

Touch and Hold

To open the available options for an item, (for example a
message or link in a Web page), touch 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. While dragging, do not release
your finger until you have reached the target position.

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Pinch

In some apps (such as Maps and Gallery), you can place two
fingers on the screen at once and pinch them together (to
zoom out) or spread them apart (to zoom in).

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Rotate the screen

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen
orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone
sideways.

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Getting to Know the Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s
applications, functions, and menus. You can customize your
home screen by adding application shortcuts, folders, widgets,
and more.

Status &
Notifications

Widgets

Google Search

Wallpaper

All apps

Phone

People

Shortcuts

MetroWEB

Messaging

Extended Home Screens

Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen, providing
more space for shortcuts, widgets, and folders. Simply swipe left
or right to see the extended home screens.

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Personalizing

Changing the System Language

3. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Language & input > Language.

4. Select the language you need.

Setting the Date and Time

5. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Date & time.

6. Uncheck Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone
if you want to set the date, time and time zone by yourself.

7. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format.

Changing Ringtone & Notification
Sounds

You can customize the default ringtone for incoming calls and
the default notification sound.

8. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Sound.

9. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification.

10. Scroll through the ringtone list and select the ringtone you
want to use.

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11. Touch OK.

TIP: In addition to setting a default ringtone for all incoming calls,
you can assign a special one for any person in your contacts list.
See People – Editing Contacts.

Adjusting Volumes

12. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Sound > Volumes.

13. Adjust the volume for music, video, games, and other media,
the ringtone and notification volume, and the alarm volume.

14. Touch OK to save.

TIP: You can adjust the media volume when a media application
is in use by pressing the Vol ume Key s. If no media application
is active, press the Vol ume Key s to adjust ringtone volume (or
the earpiece volume during a call).

To enable the silent or vibration mode:

You can set the phone to the silent or vibration mode by using
one of the following methods.

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Press and hold the Power Key and then touch to enable
the silent mode, touch to enable the vibration mode, or
touch to disable the silent mode.

•

Press and hold the lower end of the Vol ume Key s when no
media application is active to switch to vibration mode. Press
again to turn off vibration and mute ringtone and notification
sound.

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Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >

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Sound > Silent mode, and touch Off, Vibrate or Mute.

Applying New Wallpapers

You can set the wallpaper for the home screen or lock screen.

15. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > Wallpaper.

16. Touch Gallery, Wallpape rs, or Live Wallpapers and choose
the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper. For
Gallery, touch the album first and then the image to start
cropping.

17. Touch DONE at the top of the screen (for Gallery images) or
Set wallpaper.

Changing Screen Brightness

18. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Display > Brightness.

19. Check Automatic brightness to make the phone adjust the
screen brightness automatically, or uncheck it to adjust the
brightness manually.

20. Touch OK.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen
Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When
enabled, you need to use a long press (touch and hold) or swipe

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gesture, look at the phone, draw a pattern or enter a numeric
PIN or password, to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.

21. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Security.

22. Touch Screen lock.

23. Touch Long press, Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or
Password.

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Touch Long press to enable screen lock and allow
unlock with a ‘touch and hold’ gesture. You can unlock
the screen by touching and holding at the center of
the display.

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Touch Swipe to enable screen lock and allow unlock with
a ‘swipe’ or ‘drag’ gesture. You can unlock the screen by
dragging over on the display.



Touch Face Unlock to let the phone capture your face.
You can unlock the screen by looking at the phone. You
also need to set a pattern or PIN in case the phone
cannot recognize your face.



Touch Pattern to create a pattern that you must draw to
unlock the screen.

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Touch PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a
password you must enter to unlock your screen.

The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen,
you must long press, swipe, look at the phone, draw your unlock
pattern or enter your PIN or password to unlock it.

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Protecting Your Phone With Encryption

You can encrypt all the data on your phone to protect your
privacy. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password
each time you power on the phone.

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.

Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:

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Set a PIN or password as the screen lock.

•

Charge the battery.

•

Keep the phone connected to the charger.

•

Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you
must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.

When you're ready to turn on encryption:

24. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Security > Encrypt phone.

25. Read the information about encryption carefully.

The Encrypt phone button is dimmed if your battery's not
charged or your phone's not plugged in.

WARNING! If you interrupt the encryption process, you will
lose data.

26. Touch Encrypt phone.

27. Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Next.

28. Touch Encrypt phone again.

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The encryption process starts and displays its progress.
Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your
phone may restart several times.

When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your
PIN or password.

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Knowing the Basics

CDMA 1X connected

No signal

CDMA EVDO connected

Signal strength

LTE connected

Mobile data in use

Airplane mode

Ringer off

Battery dead

Vibrate mode

Battery low

Bluetooth on

Battery partially drained

Connected to a Wi-Fi
network

Battery full

Wi-Fi in use

/

Battery charging

Wired headset connected

Alarm set

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone
and service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the
icons you may see.

Managing Notifications

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides

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notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you

New SMS

microSD card unmounted

New MMS

microSD card removed

New Email

Upcoming event

New Gmail message

Updates available

New Google Talk
instant message

New Wi-Fi network detected

Problem with SMS/
MMS delivery

Downloading/receiving a file
Missed call

Sending a file

Call in progress

USB tethering is on

USB connected

4G mobile Wi-Fi hotspot on

/

Song is playing

GPS on

may see.

Open/Close the Notification Panel

You can open the notification panel to view the details of
notifications on the status bar.

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To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down from
the top of the screen.

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To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up from the
bottom of the screen or touch the Back Key.

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Respond to or Remove a Notification

In the notification panel, you can respond to a notification or
remove it.

•

To respond to a notification, just touch it.

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To remove a notification, swipe it left or right.

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To remove all notifications, touch .

TIP: In the notification panel, touch to get the Settings
menu.

Use Quick Settings

Open the notification panel and you can turn on or off some
frequently used features with the buttons at the top, including
sound, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and airplane mode.

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets

Add Shortcuts and Widgets

29. Touch the Home Key > .

30. If you want to add a widget, touch WIDGETS.

31. Touch and hold a widget or an app icon and drag it to the
home screen.

Move Shortcuts or Widgets

32. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the home screen.

33. Drag it to the place you need.

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Remove Shortcuts or Widgets

34. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the home screen.

35. Drag it to to remove it.

Adjust Widget Size

36. Touch and hold a widget on the home screen and then
release it.

37. An outline appears around the widget. Drag the outline to
resize the widget.

NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized.

Organizing With Folders

You can create folders on the home screen and add several
shortcuts in a folder.

Create a Folder

1. Touch and hold a shortcut on the home screen.

2. Drag the shortcut icon up to and release your
finger. A new folder is created and the shortcut is added into
the folder.

3. If needed, drag more shortcuts and drop them into the folder.

Rename a Folder

38. Touch a folder to open it.

39. Touch the folder name field and enter a new name.

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Remove Shortcuts From a Folder

40. Touch a folder to open it.

41. Touch and hold the shortcut you want to remove and then
drag it to the home screen.

42. Release the shortcut and it will be removed from the folder.

Rearranging the Favorites Tray

The home screen includes a customizable favorites tray at the
bottom visible from all home screens. You can drag shortcuts
and folders into the favorites tray for quick access to often used
features.

The favorites tray can hold up to four items. You can drag items
from the favorites tray to the home screen.

Entering Text

You can enter text using onscreen keyboards. Touch a text field
to display the keyboard. You can touch the Back Key to hide it.

Change Input Methods

43. Touch a text field to display an onscreen keyboard. The icon

appears on the status bar.

44. Open the notification panel and touch Select input method.

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45. Touch the input method you need.

Swype Text Input

While you can touch the onscreen keyboard to enter text, Swype
Text Input can also speed up text input with a tracing finger
gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without
lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.

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Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold a
key to enter the number or symbol located at the top of the
key. Keep holding the key to bring up a series of characters
available for that key, including associated accented letters,
symbols or numbers.

For example, in English mode, touch and hold to enter

5. Keep holding the key to open a character and number list.
You can select to enter t, þ, ^, or 5.

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Touch to use uppercase or lowercase. This key also
indicates the current case: for lowercase, for
uppercase, and when locked in uppercase.

•

Touch to change the text input language. Touch and
hold this key to open a pop-up menu for language selection.

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Touch to select numbers and symbols. Touch to enter
the alternate symbol on a key. Touch to go back to enter
letters. Touch and hold to open a 10 key adding machine
style keyboard.

•

Hold or touch to open an emoticon list. You can touch

to find more emoticons.

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Touch to delete a character before the cursor. Touch and
hold to delete an entire word.

•

Touch to start a new line.

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Touch to use voice input.

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Touch and hold to open the Swype settings.

To enter text via Swype:

Move your finger from letter to letter to trace a word without
lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.

The following example shows how to enter the word “here”. Put
your finger on “h”, and without lifting, slide it to “e”, and then to
“r”, and back to “e”. When complete, lift your finger off the screen
and the matched words are displayed.

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End of the word

Start of the word

Tips for using Swype Text Input:

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To enter double letters, scribble slightly or make a loop on
the letter. For example, to get the "ll" in "hello", scribble (or
make a loop) on the "l" key.

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Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added
automatically when you “Swype” the next word.

Android Keyboard

The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop
computer keyboard. In some applications, you can turn the
phone sideways to use a larger keyboard in landscape display.

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Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold
some specific keys to enter associated accented letters or
numbers. For example, to enter è, touch and hold and
then slide to choose è.

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Touch to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock
uppercase. This key also changes to indicate the current
case you are using: for lowercase, for uppercase, and

when locked in uppercase.

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Touch to delete the text before the cursor.

•

Touch to select numbers and symbols. You can then
touch to find more. Also, often used symbols are
displayed above the keyboard.

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Touch and hold and then swipe to choose the emoticons.

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Touch to use Google’s networked voice input.

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Touch to change the input languages or set up the
Android keyboard.

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Touch Input Settings

Choose the touch input settings by touching the Menu Key >
System settings > Language & input from the home screen.

In the KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS section, you can set
the default input method and choose the settings for input
methods.

Editing Text

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Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type.
The cursor blinks in the new position. Drag the tab that
appears below the cursor to move the insertion point.

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Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap the text. The
nearest word highlights. Drag the tabs at either end of the
selection to change the selected text.

•

Cut or copy: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then
touch the Cut or Copy button to cut or copy the text to
the clipboard.

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Replace text with the clipboard text: Select the text you
want to replace. Then touch or PASTE.

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Insert text from the clipboard: Move cursor to the insertion
point and then touch and hold the tab below the cursor.
Release the finger and touch PASTE.

Opening and Switching apps

Open an App

46. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

47. Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it.

Switch Between Recently Opened Apps

48. Touch and hold the Home Key.

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A list opens, showing the names and thumbnails of apps
you’ve used recently. You can scroll the list up and down.

49. Touch a thumbnail to open that app.

You can swipe a thumbnail sideways to remove it from the
list.

Connecting to Networks and
Devices

Connecting to Mobile Networks

Get Data Services When Roaming

50. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
More > Mobile networks.

51. Check Data roaming.

IMPORTANT: Data roaming may incur significant roaming

charges.

Select Permitted Roaming Systems

52. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
More > Mobile networks.

53. Touch System select and choose if you want to restrict
roaming to MetroPCS systems only.

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Connecting to Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi provides wireless Internet access at distances of up to 100
meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi
Network

54. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Wi­Fi.

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

You phone automatically searches for Wi-Fi networks in
range and displays their names and security settings. Your
phone also connects to previously linked networks when they
are in range.

56. Touch a network name to connect to it. If the network is
secured, enter a password or other credentials.

Add a Wi-Fi Network

You can add a Wi-Fi network if it does not broadcast its name
(SSID), or when it is not in range.

57. Tou c h t he Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Wi-
Fi.

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

59. Touch ADD NETWORK and enter the network SSID (name).
If necessary, enter security or other network configuration
details.

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60. Touch Save.

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices

Bluetooth® is a short-range wireless communication technology.
Phones or other devices paired through Bluetooth can exchange
information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters.

Turn Bluetooth On/Off

61. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Bluetooth.

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

When Bluetooth is on, the icon appears in the status bar.

Make Your Phone Visible

In order for other phones or devices that have Bluetooth to be
able to find your device, you need to make your phone ‘visible’ to
them.

63. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Bluetooth.

64. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON position.

65. Touch your device name near the top of the screen to make
your phone invisible or visible to nearby Bluetooth devices.

NOTE: Touch the Menu Key > Visibility timeout to set the
Bluetooth visibility timeout of your phone.

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Pair With a Bluetooth Device

66. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Bluetooth.

67. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON position.

68. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of
all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could touch
SEARCH FOR DEVICES if you wanted to scan again.

69. Touch the device you want to pair with.

Follow the instructions to complete the pairing. If you're
prompted to enter a passcode, refer to the document for the
other Bluetooth device for information on pairing mode and PIN.

TIP: For some Bluetooth devices, such as a Bluetooth headset,
you may need to touch it on the paired devices list after pairing
to get connected before you can use it normally.

Connecting to Your Computer via USB

You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable
and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions.
Your phone stores these files in internal storage or on a
removable microSD card.

If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off before you
can transfer files.

Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB

70. Connect your phone to the PC with a USB cable. A menu
opens showing available connection types.

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TIP: You can also open the notification panel and touch
Connected as … to open the connection types menu.

71. Choose one of the following options:



Charge only: Charge your phone via USB.



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.



Install driver: Install the driver needed for connecting
your phone to your PC software, as a media device or
camera, or to share mobile network. You only need to
install the driver on the same PC once.

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

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.

72. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Storage.

73. Scroll down and touch Unmount SD card > OK.

74. The icon appears in the status bar and you can now
safely remove the microSD card from the phone.

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Erase microSD Card

You can erase all data on the microSD card.

75. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Storage.

76. Scroll down the screen and touch Erase SD card > Erase

SD card > Erase everything.

CAUTION: The files on the card CANNOT be retrieved after the

process.

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection

You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tethering
or by activating the mobile hotspot feature to create a portable
Wi-Fi hotspot.

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 4G mobile
network connection and may result in data charges.

NOTE: If your phone has a microSD card or USB storage, you
can’t mount it on your computer while USB tethered.

77. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable. You
may need to install the driver first (see Connecting to

Networks and Devices – Connecting to Your Computer via
USB – Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB).

78. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

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79. Check USB tethering. A new network connection will be
created on your computer.

80. To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck USB
tethering or disconnect the USB cable.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi­Fi Hotspot

You can share your phone’s mobile data with other devices by
turning the phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The feature
needs 4G network connection and may result in data charges.

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

81. Touch the Home Key > > 4G Mobile Hotspot.

82. Touch OK to close the reminder and check 4G Mobile
Hotspot.

83. After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi
network name (SSID). You can use other devices to search
for the hotspot and connect to it.

To stop sharing, uncheck 4G Mobile Hotspot.

TIP: To make your hotspot distinct from others and protect it
from unauthorized use, you can touch the Menu Key >
Configure mobile hotspot to rename the hotspot (Network
SSID) and change its security setting.

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Connecting to Virtual Private Networks

VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and
other institutions to let people access local network resources
from outside the 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.

Add a VPN

84. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
More > VPN.

85. Touch Add VPN network and fill in the information provided
by your network administrator.

86. Touch Save.

TIP: Touch and hold a VPN to edit or delete it.

Connect to a VPN

87. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
More > VPN.

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

89. When prompted, enter any requested credentials, then touch
Connect.

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Phone Calls

You can place calls from the Phone app, the People app, or
other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever
you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial.

Placing and Ending Calls

Place a Call by Dialing

90. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

91. In the dialer tab , enter the phone number with the on­screen keypad. Touch to delete incorrect digits.

NOTE: As you enter digits, your phone searches for contacts
that match. If you see the number you want to dial, touch
next to it in order to place the call immediately without
entering the rest of the number.

92. Touch the Phone icon below the keypad to dial.

TIP: To make an international call, touch and hold the 0 key to
enter the plus (+) symbol. Next, enter the country code, followed
by the city/area code and then the phone number.

End a Call

Touch to end the call.

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Answering or Rejecting Calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens,
displaying the Caller ID or the information about the caller that
you've entered in People. You can answer or reject the call, or
reject it with a text message.

Answer a Call

When you receive a phone call, drag over to answer the
call.

NOTE: To silence the ringer before answering the call, press the
Vol ume Key s up or down.

Reject a Call

When you receive a phone call, drag over to reject the
call.

You can also drag over to reject the call and send a
preset text message to the caller.

TIP: To edit the text response from within the Phone app, touch
the Menu Key > Settings > Excuse Messages and then touch
a message.

Working With the Call Log

The Call Log is a list of all the calls you've placed, received, or
missed. It provides a convenient way to redial a number, return a
call, or add a number to your contacts.

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To open the call log, touch the Home Key > > Call Log or
touch the tab in the Phone app.

Place a Call From the Call Log

1. Open the call log.

2. Touch beside a number to call back.

NOTE: You can touch a number to view more information about
the calls. Touch at the bottom of the screen to select the call
log type you want to view.

Add a Call Log Number as a Contact

1. Open the call log.

2. Touch a number to view call history with that number.

3. Touch .

4. To add the number to an existing contact, touch a contact

in the list. To add a new contact, touch CREATE NEW
CONTACT.

Delete the Call Log

1. Open the call log.

2. Touch the Menu Key > Clear call log.

3. Touch OK to delete all call logs.

NOTE: You can also touch a record in the call log screen, and
touch the Menu Key > Remove from call log to delete all
records of that number in the call log.

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Calling Your Contacts

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch and then touch the
People tab .

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

TIP: Your favorite contacts and frequently called contacts or
numbers are listed at the top of the screen. You can also

touch to search for a contact.

3. Touch a contact or number to call it.

Checking Voicemail

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

2. Touch and hold the 1 key in the dialer. If prompted, enter
your voicemail password.

3. Follow the voice prompts to listen to and manage your
voicemail messages.

NOTE: To set your voicemail service, touch the Menu Key >
Settings in the dialer and touch Voi cema il serv ice or Voice mai l
settings. For detailed information, please contact the service

provider.

Using Options During a Call

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

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•

Touch to turn on or off the speakerphone.

•

Touch to mute or unmute your microphone.

•

Touch to make another call separately from the first call,
which is put on hold.

•

Touch to switch to the dialer, for example to enter a code.

•

Touch to merge the separate calls into a single
conference call.

•

Touch to end the current call.

WARNING! Because of higher volume levels, do not place the
phone near your ear during speakerphone use.

Managing Multi-party Calls

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

NOTE: The call waiting and three-way call features need
network support and may result in additional charges. Please
contact your service provider for more information.

Switch Between Current Calls

If a new call comes in while you’re on a call, drag over to
answer the call. The first call is put on hold and the new call is
connected.

To switch between the two calls, touch SWAP.

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Set Up a Conference Call

Excuse
Messages

Edit quick responses to rejected callers. See

Phone Calls – Answering or Rejecting Calls –
Reject a Call.

Voicemail service

Select a voicemail service provider.

Voicemail
settings

Specify a voicemail number.

Call Timers

View and clear call timers and data statistics.

TTY mode

Select a TTY mode for your phone to work
with a teletypewriter, or to turn TTY off.

Hearing aids

Turn on or off hearing aid compatibility.

DTMF Tones

Set the length of DTMF tones.

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

1. Place a call.

2. After the call is connected, touch and dial the second
number. The first call is put on hold automatically.

3. When the second call is connected, touch .

If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, you
and the remaining caller stay connected. If you set up the
conference call, touch and both lines are disconnected.

Adjusting Your Call Settings

Touch the Home Key > > dialer tab > Menu Key >
Settings to open the call settings menu.

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Speed dial

Set speed dialing keys and numbers.

Auto-Answer

Have the phone automatically answer
incoming calls after an amount of time you set.

Additional
settings

Set the international dialing code and allow
the phone to replace ‘+’ in the phone number
with the international dialing code when you
make a call.

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People

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with
the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that
support contact syncing.

To see your contacts, touch the Home Key, then touch .
From there, you can touch the tabs on the top of the screen to
quickly switch to the contact groups or favorite contacts .

Adding a New Contact

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch and touch the all
contacts tab .

2. Touch , or Create a new contact (if there are no
contacts).

3. Touch the account field near the top of the screen to choose
where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the
contacts can be synced automatically with your account
online.

4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses,
and other information.
TIP: Scroll to the bottom and touch Add another field to add
more types of information.

5. Touch DONE to save the contact.

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the top of the contact list, to set up your own business card
which can be exchanged electronically with other devices
through messaging, email, or Bluetooth.

Transferring Contacts

You can import/export contacts from/to your microSD card. This
is useful when you need to transfer contacts between different
devices. You can also quickly share your contacts using
Bluetooth, email or messages.

Import Contacts From the microSD Card

Before importing, you may need to export contacts on another
device to a vCard file (see the device’s instructions on how to
export) and copy it to the phone’s microSD card.

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

2. Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Import from SD
card.

3. Select an account in which to save the contacts.

4. If there are more than one vCard files on the microSD card,
choose whether to import one, multiple, or all of them, then
touch OK.

5. Select the vCard file(s) on the microSD card and touch OK to
begin importing.

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Export Contacts to the microSD Card

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

2. Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Export to SD card.

3. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file.
Touch OK to create the file on the microSD card.

Share Contacts

Share selected contacts as a vCard file by sending it via
Bluetooth or as an attachment in a mail or message.

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch and then touch the all
contacts tab .

2. Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s).

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

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

Working With Favorite Contacts

Your phone automatically adds frequently used contacts to the
favorite contacts tab. You can also manually add contacts to
favorites.

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch and touch the all
contacts tab .

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2. Touch a contact and then touch next to the contact name
to add it to favorites. Touch to remove from favorites.

Working With Groups

View Your Contact Groups

1. Touch the Home Key, touch and then touch the contact
groups tab .

2. Scroll through the list to view the preset groups and any
groups you have created.

3. Touch a group to view its members.

NOTE: To send messages to the group members, you can touch

next to the group and select message recipients from the

listed group members.

Add a New Group and Members

1. Touch the Home Key, touch and then 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.

5. Touch .

6. Touch the contacts you wish to select as the group members.

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NOTE: You can only add contacts that belong to the same
account as the group.

7. Touch .

NOTE: After a group is created, you can open it and touch the
Menu Key to change the group name (Rename group), delete
the group (Disband group), or select group members (Select
item(s)) and remove them from the group.

Searching for a Contact

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

2. Touch at the bottom of the screen.

3. Input any contact information (such as name, organization,
or number). The contacts matched will be listed.

Editing Contacts

1. Touch the Home Key, then touch .

2. Touch a contact and then touch the Menu Key.



Touch Edit to edit the contact.



Touch Delete to delete the contact.



Touch Share to send the contact information as a vCard
file via Bluetooth, mail, or message.



Touch Set ringtone to select a special ringtone for the
contact.

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

Check All calls to voicemail to have all calls from the
contact sent directly to your voicemail.

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Accounts

Adding an Account

You can add multiple Google Accounts, email accounts, and
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also add
other accounts, depending on the apps installed on your phone.

93. From the home screen, touch the Menu Key > System
settings > Accounts & sync.

94. Touch ADD ACCOUNT.

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

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

When the account is successfully added, it is displayed in the
Accounts & sync list.

To remove an account you have added, touch it in the Accounts

& sync list and then touch the Menu Key > Remove account >
Remove account.

Configuring Sync Settings

97. Open the Accounts & sync screen.

Your accounts and sync status are displayed. The icon
turns green if auto-sync is enabled for some or all of the

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account’s data, and gray if auto-sync is disabled.

98. Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off auto-sync for all
accounts.



When auto-sync is on, changes you make to information
on your device or on the web are automatically synced
with each other.



When auto-sync is off, you need to sync manually to
collect emails, updates, or other recent information.

99. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change.
The Sync settings screen appears, showing a list of
information the account can sync.

100.When auto-sync is on, check or uncheck items as you need.
Checked types of information on the device and the web will
be kept in sync.

Syncing Manually

1. Open the Accounts & sync settings screen.

2. Touch the account whose data you want to sync.

3. Touch the Menu Key > Sync now.

If auto-sync is on, only checked types of information is synced.

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Email

Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to read
and send emails from services other than Gmail.

Setting 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 in the
phone’s database, you need to select the type of your
account and enter server settings manually. Please contact
your email service provider for more information.

2. Set the email checking frequency, download options, account
name and other settings. Touch Next when you finish.

Your phone will show the inbox of the email account and start to
download email messages.

TIP: To add more email accounts, open Email to get the Inbox
screen. Then touch the Menu Key > Account settings and
touch ADD ACCOUNT at the top right of the screen.

Checking Emails

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

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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.

Replying to or Forwarding an Email

1. Open the email you want to reply to or forward from Inbox.

2. Do the following as you need:



To reply to the sender, touch > Reply.



To reply to the sender and all other recipients of the
original message, touch > Reply all.

To forward the email, touch > Forward.



3. Edit your message and touch .

Deleting an Email

You can delete an email from its folder. You can also delete a
batch of emails.

•

While reading a message, touch > OK.

•

While in a message list (for instance, the inbox), touch the
checkboxes in front of the messages and then touch >
OK.

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Writing and Sending an Email

101.Open your email Inbox.

102.Touch to open the Compose screen.

103.If you have more than one email account added on the
device, touch the sender line to select an account.

104.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 contacts.

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

106.Touch the Menu Key > Attach file to add audio files,
images, videos and other types of files as attachments.

107.Touch at the top right of the screen to send the
message.

Changing Email Settings

You can change a number of settings for each email account
and general settings that apply to all email accounts.

108.Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

109.Touch the Menu Key > Account settings.

110.Touch General to change general settings, or an email
account to change account settings.

111.Make the changes you want and touch the Back Key when
you finish.

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Gmail

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

NOTE: This feature may not be available in certain regions or
with certain service providers.

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Opening Your Gmail Inbox

Touch in the home screen and select Gmail. The Inbox
screen appears.

If you have signed in to more than one Google Account on the
phone, you can touch the current account at the top of the
screen and select another account from the drop-down menu.

Touch to refresh your Inbox and download new messages.

Writing and Sending a Message

112.Open your Gmail Inbox and switch to the account you want
to use for sending the message.

113.Touch .

114.Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field.
Separate each recipient with a comma.

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

116.To attach an image, touch the Menu Key > Attach file and
select a file from the image gallery.

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117.Touch at the top right of the screen to send the
message.

Replying to or Forwarding a Message

118.Open the Gmail message you want to reply to or forward to
another person.

119.Do the following as you need:

To reply to the sender, touch > Reply.





To reply to the sender and all other recipients of the
original message, touch > Reply all.

To forward the email, touch > Forward.



120.Edit your message and touch the send icon .

Changing Gmail Settings

Touch the Menu Key > Settings in any Gmail screen. Touch
General settings to change settings that apply to all Gmail

accounts, or touch an account to change account-specific
options.

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Messaging

paper clip icon beside the message text box and select

Use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and
multimedia messages (MMS).

Opening the Messaging Screen

To uc h in the home screen and select Messaging. The
Messaging screen opens, where you can create a new message,

search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread.

•

Touch to write a new text or multimedia message.

•

Touch to search for a message using keywords.

•

Touch an existing message thread to open the conversation
you’ve had with a certain number.

Sending a Message

1. In the Messaging screen, touch .

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 Ty pe mess age field and enter the text of your
message.

4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch the Menu
Key > Add subject to add a message subject, or touch the

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media files to attach to the message.



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.

5. Touch .

NOTE: You can also touch a message thread to write a
message to the number you have the conversation with.

Forwarding a Message

1. In the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the
message you want to forward.

2. Touch and hold the message.

3. Touch Forward in the menu that opens.

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

5. Touch .

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Deleting Messages or Threads

To delete messages in a thread:

1. On the Messaging screen, touch a thread.

2. Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s).

3. Check the messages you want to delete.

4. Touch > Delete.

To delete message threads:

1. On the Messaging screen, touch and hold one thread you
want to delete.

2. If there are more threads you want to delete, touch them one
by one.

3. Touch > Delete.

Changing Message Settings

Touch the Menu Key > Settings in the Messaging screen to
change message settings.

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Calendar

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

To open Calendar, touch in the home screen and select
Calendar.

Viewing Your Calendars and Events

Select Visible Calendars

1. Open the Calendar app.

2. Touch the Menu Key > Calendars to display.

3. 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

You can view your calendars in different forms. The app offers
four views: Month, Week, Day, and Agenda.

To change calendar views, touch the time period shown at the
top left and select the view you prefer.

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You can also change to Day view from Month view by touching
any day in the grid.

TIPS:

•

In Month view, swipe vertically to see previous months and
following months.

•

In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see previous
weeks/days and following weeks/days.

•

When you are viewing previous or future days, weeks, or
months, touch at the top to quickly switch 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

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event to view its details.

NOTE: In the event details screen, you can touch ,, , or
to edit, delete or send the event. You can also add or change
reminders.

Creating an Event

1. In any Calendar view, touch the Menu Key > New event.

You can also touch a spot in Day or Week view twice to add
an event to that time spot.

2. Add details about the event, such as event name, location,
and time span.

NOTE: If available, touch the calendar account shown above
the Event name box to change the calendar that the event is
added to. Only events added to an online calendar account
can be synced to the web.

3. Touch DONE to save the new event.

Changing Calendar Settings

To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view (Day, Week,
Month, or Agenda). Then touch the Menu Key > Settings.

You can change General settings, which apply to all accounts,
or touch an account to change account specific settings.

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Google Talk

After adding a Google Account, you can use Google Talk to
communicate in real time with other Talk users.

Signing into Google Talk

Touch in the home screen and select Talk . The first time you
launch Tal k, touch the account you want to sign in with. Your
friends list is then displayed.

NOTE: You remain signed in to Google Talk after launching the
Tal k app even if you switch to other apps, and until you explicitly

sign out. To sign out, go back to your friends list and touch the
Menu Key > 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 will receive
a notification in the status bar and the invitation appears in your
friends list. You can touch the invitation to Accept, Decline, or
Block.

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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 Tal k).

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. The chat screen for that

friend opens.

2. Type in a message and touch . You can also touch or

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

Switch Between Active Chats

If you have more than one chat going, you can switch between
these chats in one of the following ways.

•

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.

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Use Group Chat

When you’re chatting, you can invite additional friends to join a
group chat.

1. On a chat screen, touch the Menu Key > 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. Group chats appear at the top of your
friends list, with a group chat icon.

End the Chat

While on a chat screen, touch the Menu Key > End chat.

You can also touch the Menu Key > End all chats while in the
friends list to end all active chats.

Changing Google Talk Settings

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

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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, organize 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.

Organizing Your Contacts

9. Open the Google+ app.

10. Touch > Circles.

11. Enter the person you want to search for or select a
suggested person, and touch Add.

12. Check the circles you want the person to be added to, or
touch Create a new circle.

Getting Updates

1. Open the Google+ app.

2. Touch > Home.

3. Swipe up or down to see different information shared with
you by other users. Touch to choose what groups of
information are shown.

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

Nearby shows posts shared with you by users near your
current location.



All circles, Acquaintances, Family, Following, and
Friends show updates from people you’ve added to your

circles.



What’s hot shows popular posts on Google+.

Chatting With Contacts

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

13. Touch > Messenger in the Google+ app or touch from
the home screen > Messenger.

14. Touch to create a new message.

15. If you touched at the top, touch to add recipients.
They can be contacts or circles.

16. Enter the message.

17. Touch to send the message.

TIP: Touch > Hangouts to hold a video chat with your
friends.

Checking Photos

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

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Touch > My photos in the Google+ app to see all available
albums.

Checking and Managing Your Profile

18. Touch > Profile in the Google+ app.

19. Swipe up or down to see your posts and personal info.

Touch and you can change your profile photo.

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MetroWEB

Touch in the home screen and select MetroWEB to browse
web pages and search for information. The browser also opens
when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text
message.

Open a Web Page or Search the Web

121.Touch the address box at the top of the browser screen. If
the address box isn’t visible, swipe down a little to show it.

122.Enter the address (URL) of a web page. Or, enter terms you
want to search for. You can also touch the microphone icon

to search by voice.

123.Touch a suggestion or touch Go on the keyboard to open
the web page or search results.

TIP: Touch the Menu Key > Stop if you want to stop opening the
page.

Working With an Opened Page

While viewing most web pages, you can do the following
operation.

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Scroll: Swipe the screen in any direction.

•

Zoom out/in: Touch the screen with two fingers and pinch
them together or spread them apart.

•

Go back: Touch the Back Key to return to the page you’ve

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viewed previously in the same window.

•

Go forward: Touch the Menu Key > Forward.

•

Refresh the page: Touch the Menu Key > Refresh. Or touch
the address box and then touch .

•

Find text on the page: Touch the Menu Key > Find on page
and type the terms you want to search for.

•

Send the page URL to friends: Touch the Menu Key > Share
page and select how you want to send the URL.

•

Follow a link: Touch a link on the web page to open it.

•

Save the page for offline reading: Touch the Menu Key >
Save for offline reading. You can touch the Menu Key >
Bookmarks > SAVED PAGES to read them.

•

View information for the web page: Touch the Menu Key >
Page info.

TIPS:

•

Some web sites may redirect you to the mobile version of
their web pages, which mostly do not support scrolling or
zooming. If you want to view the desktop version, touch the
Menu Key and check Request desktop site.

•

Besides links, the browser also recognizes some phone
numbers, addresses, and similar information for you to act
on. Try touching them and see what happens.

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Using Multiple Browser Windows

You can open several browser windows at once and switch
between multiple web pages.

Touch the tabs icon to the right of the address box.

•

Touch + at the top right of the screen to open a new browser
window and load the homepage.

•

Swipe vertically and touch a thumbnail to switch to a browser
window.

•

Swipe a thumbnail horizontally or touch X to close the
window.

•

Touch the Menu Key > New incognito tab to open an
incognito window.

Using Bookmarks

Save web URLs as bookmarks to open them easily in the future.

To open a bookmarked web page, touch the Menu Key >
Bookmarks in a browser window and touch the bookmark.

Bookmark a Web Page

124.Open the web page.

125.Touch the Menu Key > Save to bookmarks.

126.Edit the bookmark label and address if necessary, or choose
a different account.

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Touch the name beside Add to to change the place where
the bookmark will be stored.

127.Touch OK.

Edit a Bookmark

128.Touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks.

129.Touch and hold the bookmark to edit.

130.Touch Edit bookmark.

131.Edit the label, address, account, or location of the bookmark
in the dialog that opens.

132.Touch OK.

NOTE: Certain preinstalled bookmarks may not be edited.

Delete a Bookmark

133.Touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks.

134.Touch and hold the bookmark to delete.

135.Touch Delete bookmark.

136.Touch OK.

NOTE: Certain preinstalled bookmarks may not be deleted.

Changing Browser Settings

To open the Browser settings screen, touch the Menu Key >
Settings.

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Maps, Navigation, Local, and
Latitude

Activating Location Services

To use Navigation, Local, Latitude, and find your location on
Google Maps, you must have location services turned on.

137.Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Location services.

138.Select the location options you want to use.

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Check Use Wireless Networks to use Wi-Fi and mobile
networks to determine your approximate location.

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Check Use GPS satellites to find your location through
GPS satellites.

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Check Use assisted GPS to use the network server to
assist GPS.

Getting Your Location

139.Touch in the home screen and select Maps.

140.Touch at the top right.

The map centers on a blue blinking dot indicating your location.

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Searching for a Location

141.Touch in the home screen and select Maps.

142.Touch and enter the place you’re looking for in the
search box at the top.

TIP: You can also touch beside the search box to use
voice search.

143.Touch Search or the search icon on the keyboard. Search
results appear as lettered balloons.

144.Touch a balloon to open a label with the name of the place.
Touch it to see more information.

Getting Directions to Your Destination

145.Touch in the home screen and select Maps.

146.Touch and enter a start and an end point and select the
mode of transportation. If your location has been detected, it
will appear as the default start point.

147.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.

NOTE: Touch > Navigation from the home screen to use

Google Maps Navigation (beta) and get turn-by-turn voice
directions.

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Searching for Local Places

The Local app helps you find all kinds of businesses and
attractions around you.

148.Touch in the home screen and select Local.

149.Wait while you are being located. Your location, when found,
is shown at the top.

150.Select a category and the information for that type of place
near you will be displayed. You can also touch to search
for a place (See Maps, Navigation, Local, and Latitude –

Searching for a Location).

NOTE: Touch the Menu Key > Add a search to add new
place categories.

151.Touch a result to check out details and reviews about it. You
can also see the place on Maps, get directions, give that
place a call, add your rating and review, and more.

Sharing Location

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

Touch in the home screen and select Latitude to start
location reporting and sharing. For first time use, touch the

Menu Key > Location settings and check Report from this
device and Enable location sharing. You can then do the

following operations.

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•

Touch to refresh friends’ status.

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Touch MAP VIEW to see friends on Maps. You can touch the
left/right arrow to switch between friends and yourself.

•

Touch to add new friends.

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Touch the Menu Key > Show stale friends / Hide stale
friends to show or hide friends who haven’t updated their

location with you for a while.

•

Touch the Menu Key > Location settings to change
Latitude settings.

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Google Search and Voice Search

You can search for information on the web or on your phone
using Google Search. The phone can also recognize your
speech and convert it for searches.

Searching With Text

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

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Touch in the home screen and select Search.

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Touch the Google search box at the top of the home
screen.

153.Enter the terms you want to search for and touch Search or
the search icon on the keyboard, or touch a search
suggestion.

Searching by Speaking

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

155.Speak the terms you want to search for. Your speech is sent
to Google for analysis.

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

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Changing Search and Voice Search
Settings

Open the Search app and touch the Menu Key > Settings to
set Searchable items and Google Search options.

To set Voice Search settings, touch in the home screen the

Menu Key > System settings > Language & input > Voice
Search.

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Camera

Number

Function

Touch and slide to adjust brightness. Appears only
when Brightness is turned on in Camera settings.

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

Capturing a Photo

156.Touch in the home screen and select Camera.

157.Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary
adjustment.

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Number

Function

Touch and slide to adjust zoom level.

Select camera settings.

Switch to camcorder or panorama mode.

Capture a photo.

View photos and videos captured.

Switch between the front camera and the back
camera.

Displays the current flash mode.

158.If Touch AF/AEC is turned on in camera settings, touch the

Set whether your location information is stored or not
with each photo you take.

area where you want the camera to focus. Green brackets
appear around the area you touched.

159.Lightly touch the blue button .

Customizing Camera Settings

Before taking a photo, you can touch to open the following
camera setting options.

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Turn the flash on or off.

Select how the camera adjusts colors in different kinds
of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for
your shots, or allow the camera to adjust the white
balance automatically.

Adjust the exposure. To let the camera set the exposure
automatically, touch 0.

Turn on or off brightness adjustment in the preview
screen.

Set the save location, picture size, focus mode, delay
timer, or color effect. Turn on/off touch AF (automatic
focus) / AEC (automatic exposure control), composition
line, or shutter sound. Restore default camera settings.

Capturing a Panoramic Photo

You can take wide panoramic photos in panorama mode.

1. Touch in the home screen and select Camera.

2. Touch > to switch to panorama mode.

3. Touch to start capturing the photo.

4. Slowly move the phone in any direction.

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5. Touch when you reach the end point of the panoramic

Number

Function

Hold the circle and slide to zoom in or out.

Change the camcorder settings.

Switch to camera or panorama mode.

Record a video.

photo.

Recording a Video

1. Touch in the home screen and select Camcorder, or
switch to the camcorder from the camera screen.

2. Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary
adjustment.

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Number

Function

View photos and videos you have captured.

Switch between the front and the back cameras.

3. Touch to start and to stop recording.

Turn the flash on or off.

Set whether your location information is stored
or not with each video you record.

Select how the camera adjusts colors in
different kinds of light to achieve the most
natural looking colors for your videos, or allow
the camera to adjust the white balance
automatically.

Set the time interval for recording time lapse
videos or turn off this feature to record normal
videos.

TIP: While the recording is in progress, you can touch the
screen to save the frame as a photo.

Customizing Camcorder Settings

Before recording a video, you can touch to open the
following camcorder setting options.

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QVGA, QCIF,

CIF, VGA,

WVGA, 480p,

720p

Adjust video size.
Set save location, color effects, delay timer or

restore default camcorder settings.

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Gallery

Touch in the home screen and select Gallery to view albums
of pictures and videos.

Working With Albums

When you open Gallery, all pictures and videos on your phone
are displayed in a number of albums.

Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains.

Touch and hold an album to share its contents ( ), view its
detail or delete it ( ).

Working With Pictures

Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen.
Double-touch the picture, or pinch two fingers together or spread
them apart to zoom out or in. Slide left or right to view other
pictures in the album.

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Number

Function

Touch to return to the album or up to the list of
albums.

Thumbnails of all the pictures and videos in the
album. Swipe horizontally to see more; touch a
thumbnail to view it in full screen.

Share the picture.

Delete the picture.

Touch the Menu Key to browse the album contents in a
slideshow, crop the picture, view picture file details, set it as a
contact photo or wallpaper, or to edit it.

NOTE: Not all the options may be available for certain albums or

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pictures.

Working With Videos

Touch an album in the gallery and then touch the thumbnail of a
video to start playing it.

Touch the video to view the playback controls. You can also
touch to share the video.

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Music and Play Music

Touch in the home screen and select Music to play audio
files on your phone.

Besides your local music tracks, the Play Music application also
works with Google Music to stream via mobile data or Wi-Fi songs
that you’ve added to your online Google Music library.

NOTE: The availability of Google Music is dependent on your
region. If it is not available, or you don’t have a wireless data
connection, you can only play music stored on your phone with
Play Music.

Copying Music Files to Your Phone

Before using Music, you need to copy audio files from your
computer to your phone or to its microSD card. See Connecting

to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Your Computer via
USB for details.

Use the computer to copy music and other audio files. You can
use folders to organize your music files.

Playing Music

Use the Music App

Touch in the home screen and select Music and your music
library is displayed. All your audio files are cataloged, according

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to the information stored in the files.

Number

Function

Album artwork.

Song, artist and album. Touch and hold to search for
related information.

Playback control. Skip songs or pause and resume
playback. Drag the slider to jump to any part of the song.

Touch to toggle repeat mode: no repeat, repeat the
current song, or repeat the current playlist.

Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to view your music library
organized by Artists, Albums, Songs, or Playlists.

Touch a song in the music library to listen to it. The following
playback screen appears.

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Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode, where
tracks are played in random order.

To uc h to op e n t h e c u rr e n t p la y l is t .

TIP: In the music playback screen, touch the Menu Key > Use
as ringtone to use the song as the default ringtone. See

Personalizing – Changing Ringtone & Notification Sounds.

Use the Play Music App

1. 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, organized by Playlists, Recent, Artists, Albums,
Songs, and Genres. To change views of your library, 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.

2. Touch a song to play it. The following playback screen
appears. Touch it to display more options.

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Number

Function

Touch to return to the music library.

Album, artist, and song name of the track.

Album artwork.

Playback control. Skip songs, pause and resume
playback, use shuffle or repeat. Drag the slider to jump
to any part of the song.

Rate the song.

View the current playlist (queue).

Search for music.

You can still control the music when you are not in the playback

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screen.

•

In the Play Music app, touch the Now Playing bar at the
bottom (portrait mode) of the screen to restore the playback
screen.

•

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 song.

•

When the screen is locked, the song information, album
cover as well as playback control is displayed on top of the
lock screen. You can pause/resume playback or skip songs.

Managing Playlists

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

Add a Song to a Playlist

1. Touch and hold the song in the music library.

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

3. Touch New (Music app) or New playlist (Play Music app), or
an existing playlist.

4. For a new playlist, type the playlist name and touch Save
(Music app) or OK (Play Music app).

Remove a Song From a Playlist

1. Open a playlist.

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2. Touch and hold a song and select Remove from playlist.

Delete or Rename a Playlist

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

2. Touch and hold a playlist and touch Rename or Delete in the
menu that opens.

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

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Videos

Touch in the home screen and select Videos to view your
video library and to play videos.

Playing and Controlling Videos

Touch a video in the video library to play it.

When playing the video, touch the screen to show the playback
controls.

•

Touch the pause/play icon at the center of the screen to
pause and resume the playback.

•

Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the video.

•

Touch at the top left of the screen or touch the Back Key
to stop the video and return to the video library.

Sharing Videos

1. Touch a video in the video library to play it.

2. Touch at the top right of the screen and select how you
want to share it.

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Sound Recorder

Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen
to them whenever you like.

1. Touch in the home screen and select Sound Recorder.

2. Touch to start recording.

3. Touch to stop recording. You can then touch to play
the recording.

4. Touch OK to save the voice recording, or touch Discard to
delete the recording.

TIP: You can find your recordings by touching the Menu Key >
My recordings. Touch one to play it. Touch and hold one to

share it or to delete it.

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More Apps

Alarm

Set alarms or turn the device into a bedside clock.

Setting a New Alarm

1. Touch in the home screen and select Alarm.

2. Touch a default alarm to configure it, or touch at the
bottom of the screen to create a new alarm.

3. Check Tur n on al arm and touch other items to set up the
alarm options, such as time, repeat, and ringtone.

4. Touch the Back Key to save and exit.

Using Bed Clock

Bed clock displays the current time and the next alarm.

1. Touch in the home screen and select Alarm.

2. If necessary, touch the Menu Key > Bed Clock Preferences
in the Alarm screen to set up bed clock options. Then touch
the Back Key to return to the Alarm screen.

3. Touch the Menu Key > Bed Clock to open the bed clock
screen.

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AppStore

Touch in the home screen and select AppStore. The
preloaded @metro AppStore on your MetroPCS phone keeps
the fun going with downloadable games, a large variety of
applications and customization tools. Purchase and
download your apps from your phone, or buy online from
metropcs.com!

Calculator

Touch in the home screen and select Calculator to do some
basic calculation.

TIP: Touch or , or swipe left or right to switch between
different panels. You can also hold the device on its side to see
all of the calculator buttons.

Chrome

Use Google Chrome to browse the Internet. Chrome on your
ZTE phone can sync bookmarks, browsing history, and opened
tabs from your Google account.

File Manager

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

Touch in the home screen and select File Manager. Touch

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