ZTE Avid 4G User Manual

ZTE Avid™4G

CDMA/LTE Mobile Phone

User Manual

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Edition Time : 2012.9.20

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Contents

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Getting Started

Your Phone at a Glance

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.

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Press to turn off or on the touch screen.

Home Key

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

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Touch and hold to see recently used applications.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

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Swipe or Slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 >

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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Charge the battery.

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Keep the phone connected to the charger.

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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.

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.

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

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.

Respond to or Remove a Notification

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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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