ZTE Axon 7 User Manual

User Manual

About This Manual

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Version No.: R1.2 Edition Time: June 13, 2016

Contents

About This Manual ................................................... 2

Getting Started ....................................................... 11

Getting to Know Your Phone ............................................ 11

Knowing the Keys ............................................................ 13

Installing the nano-SIM Cards and Storage Card .............. 13

Charging the Battery ........................................................ 16

Extending the Battery Life ................................................ 18

Powering On/Off .............................................................. 18

Setting Up for the First Time ............................................ 18

Locking and Unlocking the Screen and Keys ..................... 19

Using the Touch Screen ................................................... 20

Getting to Know the Home Screen ................................... 23

Personalizing.......................................................... 25

Changing the System Language ...................................... 25

Setting the Date and Time................................................ 25

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound ...................... 26

Turning System Sounds On and Off ................................. 26

Adjusting Volume ............................................................. 27

Switching to Silent or Vibration Mode ............................... 27

Using Do Not Disturb Mode ............................................. 28

Switching on Headset HiFi ............................................... 29

Applying New Wallpapers ................................................ 29

Setting the Theme ........................................................... 30

Changing Screen Brightness ............................................ 30

Setting the Home Screen Transition Effect ....................... 30

Protecting Your Phone with Screen Locks ........................ 31

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ..................... 32

Protecting Your Phone With Sound Lock .......................... 33

Using Your Fingerprint ...................................................... 33

Knowing the Basics ............................................... 35

Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 35

Managing Notifications ..................................................... 36

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ..................................... 39

Organizing With Folders ................................................... 40

Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts ................................... 41

Entering Text .................................................................... 41

Editing Text ...................................................................... 50

Opening and Switching Apps ............................................ 51

Uninstalling or Disabling an App ....................................... 51

Connecting to Networks and Devices .................. 52

Connecting to Mobile Networks ........................................ 52

Connecting to Wi-Fi .......................................................... 54

Using Wi-Fi Direct® .......................................................... 57

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices ...................................... 58

Exchanging Data via NFC ................................................ 61

Using Tap & Pay .............................................................. 61

Connecting to Your Computer via USB ............................. 62

Using the microSDHC Card as Portable Storage .............. 64

Using USB On-The-Go (OTG) ......................................... 65

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection .............................. 65

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................ 68

Phone Calls ............................................................ 70

Placing and Ending Calls ................................................. 70

Answering or Rejecting Calls ........................................... 71

Working With the Call History ........................................... 71

Calling Your Contacts ................................ ....................... 73

Checking Voicemail ......................................................... 73

Using Options during a Call ............................................. 73

Managing Multi-party Calls ............................................... 74

Adjusting Your Call Settings ............................................. 75

Contacts .................................................................. 81

Checking Contact Details ................................................. 81

Adding a New Contact ..................................................... 81

Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 82

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ..................... 82

Working with Favorite Contacts ........................................ 84

Working with Groups ........................................................ 84

Searching for a Contact ................................................... 86

Editing Contacts............................................................... 86

Web Accounts ........................................................ 88

Adding or Removing Accounts ......................................... 88

Configuring Account Sync ................................................ 88

Email ....................................................................... 90

Setting up the First Email Account .................................... 90

Checking Emails .............................................................. 90

Responding to an Email ................................................... 91

Writing and Sending an Email .......................................... 92

Adding and Editing Email Accounts .................................. 92

Changing General Email Settings ..................................... 93

Messaging .............................................................. 94

Opening the Messaging Screen ....................................... 94

Sending a Message ......................................................... 94

Replying to a Message ..................................................... 95

Forwarding a Message ..................................................... 95

Copying a Message ......................................................... 96

Changing Message Settings ............................................. 96

Calendar ................................................................. 97

Viewing Your Calendars and Events ................................. 97

Creating an Event ............................................................ 98

Editing, Deleting or Sharing an Event ............................... 99

Changing Calendar Settings ............................................. 99

Web Browser ........................................................ 100

Opening the Browser ..................................................... 100

Using Multiple Browser Tabs .......................................... 100

Downloading Files .......................................................... 101

Changing Browser Settings ............................................ 101

Camera .................................................................. 102

Capturing a Photo .......................................................... 102

Recording a Video ......................................................... 104

Using Other Camera Modes .......................................... 105

Using Manual Camera Mode ......................................... 106

Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings ...................... 106

Gallery ................................................................... 109

Opening Gallery ............................................................. 109

Working with Albums...................................................... 109

Working with Pictures .................................................... 110

Retouching Your Pictures ................................................ 111

Making a GIF Picture or a Collage ................................. 112

Playing Videos ............................................................... 113

Music ..................................................................... 114

Copying Music Files to Your Phone ................................ 114

Viewing Your Music Library ............................................ 115

Setting a Song as the Default Ringtone ........................... 115

Playing Music ................................................................ 116

Managing Playlists ......................................................... 117

Video Player ......................................................... 118

Opening the Video Library ............................................. 118

Playing and Controlling Videos ...................................... 118

Managing Video Files .................................................... 119

More Apps and Features ..................................... 120

Clock ............................................................................. 120

Download Manager ........................................................ 121

File Manager ................................................................ .. 121

My Voice ........................................................................ 122

Toolkit ............................................................................ 122

Voice Recorder .............................................................. 123

WeShare ........................................................................ 124

ZTE Rewards ................................................................. 124

Google Apps .................................................................. 124

Google Play™ Store ............................................ 126

Browsing and Searching for Apps ................................... 126

Downloading and Installing Apps .................................... 126

Creating a Google Wallet™ Account ............................... 127

You must have a Google Wallet account associated with your Google account to purchase items from the Google

Play Store app. To do so:................................................ 127

Managing Your Downloads ............................................. 127

Settings ................................................................ 128

Wireless and Networks ................................................... 128

Customized Features ..................................................... 130

Device ........................................................................... 132

Personal ........................................................................ 136

System........................................................................... 141

Troubleshooting ................................................... 143

For Your Safety .................................................... 147

General Safety............................................................... 147

FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) ............................. 148

FCC Regulations ........................................................... 150

Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) regulations for Mobile

Phones .......................................................................... 151

Distraction ..................................................................... 153

Product Handling ........................................................... 153

Electrical Safety ............................................................. 157

Radio Frequency Interference ........................................ 159

Explosive Environments ................................................. 160

Earpiece/Speaker

Proximity & light sensor

Touch screen

Front camera

8 MP

nano-SIM/

microSDHC

card tray

Speaker

Main microphone

Charging/USB Type-C jack

Indicator light Recent apps

Home button

Back button

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

Power key

Headset jack

Auxiliary microphone

Dual-flash

Fingerprint sensor

Volume button

Back camera

20 MP

Key

Function

Power button

 Press and hold to turn on or off airplane mode, control

sound and vibration, restart, or power off

 Press to turn off or on the screen display

Volume button

Press or hold the end of the button to turn the volume up or down.

Home button

 Touch to return to the home screen from any

application or screen.

 Touch and hold to use Google Search or Now on Tap.

Back button

 Touch to go to the previous screen.  Touch and hold when the screen is unlocked to use

voice command.

Recent apps

Touch to see recently used apps.

Knowing the Keys

NOTE: The positions of the Back button and Recent apps

are interchangeable through Settings > All settings >

Navigation.

Installing the nano-SIM Cards and Storage Card

The phone supports two nano-SIM cards, or can use one nano-SIM card and one microSDHC card that is not included.

You can install or remove a microSDHC while the phone is turned on. unmount the microSDHC card before removing it. For

more information, see Using the microSDHC Card as Portable

Storage.

WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any

other kind of SIM cards, or any non-standard nano-SIM card cut from a SIM card. Contact your service provider for a standard nano-SIM card.

1. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the hole next to the nano-SIM card tray on the left side of the phone.

nano-SIM 1 (right)

and 2 (left)

nano-SIM 1 (right)

and microSDHC (left)

2. Place the nano-SIM/microSDHC card on the tray with the gold-colored contacts facing down. Carefully slide the tray back into place.

NOTE: When two nano-SIM cards are installed, pay attention

to these restrictions.

 If one nano-SIM card connects to 4G LTE, the other

card can only connect to 3G or 2G networks.

 You can use either card for mobile data service. For

more information about how to switch the card the phone uses for mobile data service, see Manage

the nano-SIM Cardson.

 If one card is connected to a phone call, the other

card is unreachable.

Charging the Battery

The phone battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. Fully charge the battery as soon as possible.

When the battery is low, the phone displays a message on the screen. As the phone charges, the screen displays status bar with the exact battery level.

WARNING! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and USB

Type-C cables. Using unapproved accessories could damage the phone or cause the battery to explode.

CAUTION: Do not change the built-in rechargeable battery in

the phone. Only ZTE or a ZTE authorized service provider can change the battery.

NOTE: Use the charger included with your phone to charge

the battery. It is specially built to support QuickCharge

3.0.

1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack.

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC power outlet. If the phone is on, the phone displays a charging icon, such as or , on the status bar.

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

NOTE: If the battery is extremely low, the phone may not

power on even while charging. In this case, charge the phone at least for 20 minutes before trying to power on again. Contact the customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.

Extending the Battery Life

Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi use, and GPS functionality can drain the battery. Follow these tips to conserve battery power:

 Use the Power manager feature in Settings.  Reduce the screen backlight time.  Lower the screen brightness.  Turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and auto-sync off when not in use.  Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications

using this function periodically query the GPS satellites for current location, and each query drains the battery.

Powering On/Off

 Press and hold the Power key to turn on the phone.  To power off, press and hold the Power key and touch Shut

down.

NOTE: If the phone freezes or takes too long to respond,

press and hold the Power key for about 10 seconds to restart the phone.

Setting Up for the First Time

When you first power on the phone after purchase or reset it to factory settings, you need to set some settings before using it:

1. Touch the language field to select a language

2. Touch and follow the prompts to set up Wi-Fi, name, device protection, Google services, and other options.

For more information about resetting to factory settings, see

Backup and Reset

Locking and Unlocking the Screen and Keys

Follow these instructions to quickly lock the screen and keys, putting the phone to sleep mode, when not in use and to turn the screen back on and unlock it.

To lock the screen and keys to quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the Power key.

NOTE: To save battery power, the phone automatically turns

off the screen after inactivity. You can still receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off.

To unlock the screen and keys:

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

2. Swipe up on the screen.

- or Swipe right to use My Voice if the system language is set

to English or Spanish.

- or Swipe left to open the Camera app.

- or Touch a notification twice consecutively to open the related

app.

NOTE: If you set an unlock method such as a voice

command, fingerprint, pattern, PIN, or password for the phone you need use that method to unlock the

phone. For more information about setting these methods, see Protecting Your Phone With Screen

Locks.

Using the Touch Screen

The phone‟s touch screen enables you to control actions through touch gestures.

 Touch

To type using the onscreen keyboard, select items on the screen such as the application and settings icons, or press the onscreen buttons, touch them with your finger.

 Touch and Hold

To open the available options for an item, for example, a message or a link in a Web page, touch and hold the message or link.

 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 starting to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

 Pinch

In some apps, such as Maps, Web browser, and Gallery, you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in.

 Rotate the screen

Most screens automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape when the phone turns sideways.

NOTE: You must enable the auto-rotate feature for the

screen orientation to automatically change. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Display and switch on Auto-rotate screen. You can access the screen rotation control by sliding down the status bar twice and touching Auto-rotate.

Status bar

Primary shortcuts

Shortcut

Folder

Widgets

Getting to Know the Home Screen

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

Extended Home Screen Panels

To extend the home screen for more space for shortcuts, widgets, and more, swipe left or right on the home screen to see the extended panels. Add or remove home screen panels, or adjust their order.

To add a new home screen panel:

1. Touch the Home key > , or touch and hold an empty area

on the home screen and select Widgets.

2. Touch and hold an application icon or a widget and drag it to

the right edge of the screen to create a new home screen panel and put the icon or widget on it.

To delete a home screen panel:

1. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and slide

left or right to view the home screen thumbnails.

2. Touch on the top right corner of a thumbnail.

3. Touch OK. It also removes the items on the panel.

NOTE: You can no longer delete home screens when only

one remains.

To adjust the order of a home screen panel:

1. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and slide

left or right to view the home screen thumbnails.

2. Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it left or right to the

destination.

NOTE: Touch at the bottom of a home screen thumbnail

to set it as the main home screen.

Personalizing

Changing the System Language

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Language & input > Language.

2. Select the language.

Setting the Date and Time

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Date & time.

2. Set the date, time, time zone, time format, and lock screen clocks.

 To adjust the date and time automatically, switch on

Automatic date & time.

 To adjust the date and time manually, switch off

Automatic date & time and touch Set date / Set time to change the date and time.

 To adjust the time zone automatically, switch on

Automatic time zone.

 To adjust the time zone manually, switch off Automatic

time zone and touch Select time zone to set the correct

time zone.

 To adjust the format of time, switch on or off Use 24-hour

format.

 To display time other than your local time on the lock

screen, switch on Display dual clocks on lock screen and touch it to choose a city/time zone.

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound

Follow these instructions to customize the default incoming call ringtone, message tone, and the default notification sound.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration > Ringtones.

2. Touch the name of a nano-SIM card to set incoming call ringtone or message tone or touch Notification tone to set the default notification sound.

3. Select the ringtone or sound to use and touch OK.

4. To gradually increase incoming call ringtone volume, touch the Back key to return to the Sound & vibration screen and switch on Ringtone fade-in.

NOTES:

 Many applications use their own notification sound settings.  For more information about assigning a special ringtone to

and individual contact, see Set a Ringtone for a Contact.

 When selecting ringtones or sounds, touch the Music or

Recording tab to select an audio file on the phone or the

storage card.

Turning System Sounds On and Off

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration.

2. Switch on or off Dial pad tones, Screen locking sounds, Touch sounds, Vibrate on touch, or Silent boot.

Adjusting Volume

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration.

2. Drag the sliders below Ring volume, Notification volume, Media volume, and Alarm volume to adjust the volume for

each type of audio.

NOTE: To adjust the media volume when using a media

application, press the Volume key. When no media application is active, press the Volume key to adjust ringtone volume or the earpiece volume during a call.

Switching to Silent or Vibration Mode

Follow these instructions to set the phone to silent or vibration mode:

 Press the Volume key when no media application is active to

show the volume management window. Drag the slider to the left or keep pressing the lower end of the Volume key to switch the phone to vibration mode. Press the key again in vibration mode to switch the phone to silent mode.

 Swipe down from the top of the screen to open the notification

panel and drag the panel downwards. Touch Normal or Vibrate to switch the phone to vibration or silent mode.

 Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings >

Sounds & vibration > Sound mode and select Vibrate or Mute to switch to vibration or silent mode.

 Press and hold the Power key and touch Ring or Mute to

switch to silent or vibration mode.

NOTE: Silent and vibration modes do not silence alarms.

Using Do Not Disturb Mode

Use Do not disturb mode to limit interruptions and silence the phone prevent sounds and vibration.

To turn on Do not disturb mode:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration > Do not disturb > Do not disturb.

 Touch Always to turn on Do not disturb immediately and

keep it on until you turn it off.

 Touch Scheduled to turn Do not disturb on and off

automatically during specific periods. Touch Days, Start time, and End time to specify the periods during which Do not disturb is on

To set exceptions for Do not disturb mode:

You can set reminders, certain calls and messages as exceptions when Do not disturb mode is on, so these ringtones, sounds and vibration remain on.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration > Do not disturb.

2. When Do not disturb is on, touch the switches next to the items to allow. Touch Messages or Calls and set who can alert you of their messages or calls.

NOTES:

 The Do not disturb feature does not silence alarms.  To set exceptions based on apps, touch the Home key >

> Settings > All settings > Notifications. Select an

app and switch on Sound allowed in Do not disturb.

Switching on Headset HiFi

When using a wired headset, follow these steps to turn on headset HiFi:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Sounds & vibration.

2. Touch the Headset HiFi switch.

Applying New Wallpapers

Follow these steps to set the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Themes & wallpapers > Wallpapers.

2. Set the wallpaper for the home screen or the lock screen.

 Touch Home screen wallpaper or Lock screen

wallpaper and select a built-in static wallpaper, or touch Gallery to select a picture, crop it, and use it as the

wallpaper.

 While setting the lock screen wallpaper, touch ZTE

Locker > Apply to use dynamically changing pictures for

the lock screen.

 Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and

select the Wallpapers tab. Select a built-in image, a live wallpaper, or an image from your gallery.

 If you use ZTE Locker for the lock screen wallpaper,

swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen and touch Lock screen settings to download new wallpapers, select a layout or choose wallpaper for today.

Setting the Theme

1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen.

2. In the window at the bottom, touch Themes.

3. Select a theme you like.

NOTE:To change the theme in Settings, touch the Home

button > > Settings > All settings > Themes &

wallpapers > Themes.

Changing Screen Brightness

1. Touch the Home button > > Settings > All settings > Display > Brightness level.

2. Drag the slider to manually adjust the screen brightness.

NOTE: To set the phone to automatically adjust the screen

brightness for available light, turn the feature on and off by touching Automatic brightness in the

Brightness level window.

Setting the Home Screen Transition Effect

1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen.

2. In the window at the bottom, touch Effects.

3. When you pick an effect, the phone demonstrates how it works. Touch other effects until you find a favorite.

Protecting Your Phone with Screen Locks

When a phone lock is enabled, you need to swipe up on the screen, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password to unlock the phone‟s screen and keys. To create a screen lock to protect your phone, follow these steps.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Security > Screen lock.

2. Touch None, Swipe, Pattern, PIN number or Complex password.

 None disables the screen lock.  Swipe enables screen lock and allows unlocking with a

swipe gesture. The screen unlocks when you touch the display and swipe up.

 Pattern enables drawing and redrawing a pattern to

unlock the screen.

 PIN number or Complex password set a numeric PIN or

a password you must enter to unlock the screen.

NOTE: If you fail to remember the pattern, PIN, or password.

you must upgrade the phone software to use the phone. For more information, see Upgrading the

Phone Software.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning

Use the screen pinning feature to keep an app in view, so others cannot switch to other apps or access your personal information.

Turn On Screen Pinning

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Security > Screen pinning.

2. Touch the Screen pinning switch.

3. If you want to ask for the unlock pattern, PIN or password before unpinning the screen, switch on Ask for unlock pattern / PIN / password before unpinning when the screen lock has been set.

Pin a Screen

1. Ensure that screen pinning is turned on.

2. Open the app you want to keep in view.

3. Touch the Recent apps key.

4. If there are many app tabs, swipe up to find on the front-most tab.

5. Touch .

Unpin the Screen

To unpin the screen and return to normal use, touch and hold the Back button and the Recent apps button at the same time. If you set an unlock pattern, PIN, or password before unpinning the screen, swipe up on the lock screen and draw the pattern or enter the PIN or password.

Protecting Your Phone With Sound Lock

You can record your voice as the screen lock password. Others cannot unlock your phone even if they say the same words.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Voiceprint.

2. Touch Start now > Tap to record or Record again to start recording your voice password. The password must contain at least two different words.

3. Follow the screen prompts to record your voice three times and touch OK.

NOTE:

Your sound lock works when a screen lock (Pattern, PIN number or Complex password) is enabled. Swipe right in

the lock screen to unlock with your voice.

Using Your Fingerprint

With the fingerprint sensor on the back of your phone, you can register up to 5 fingerprints and use them to unlock the phone, or simply press the fingerprint sensor to take photos, or answer calls.

NOTE: You can only use the fingerprint feature when the

screen lock is enabled as Pattern, PIN number or Complex password. Resetting the screen lock erases to None or Swipe erases all registered fingerprints.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Fingerprint.

2. Touch Register or Fingerprint > Add fingerprint.

3. Follow the prompts to record the center and the edges of a finger.

4. Touch OK.

NOTE: Touch an existing fingerprint record to change its

name or delete it.

Set Fingerprint Actions

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Fingerprint.

2. Touch the switches next to Wake up and unlock your phone, Take photo, or Answer call.

 Wake up and unlock your phone: When the screen lock

is enabled with Pattern, PIN number, or Complex password, you can wake up the phone and unlock it with a registered fingerprint.

 Take photo: Press the fingerprint sensor to take a photo

when the Camera app is open without requiring fingerprint verification.

 Answer call: Press the fingerprint sensor to answer

incoming calls with requiring fingerprint verification.

EDGE/2G connected

No signal

3G/HSPA+ connected

Signal strength

4G LTE connected

No nano-SIM card installed

Silent mode

Airplane mode

Vibration mode

Bluetooth® on

Do not disturb mode

Connected to a Wi-Fi® network

Battery low

Wi-Fi in use

Battery partially drained

Speakerphone on

Battery full

Phone microphone off

Battery charging

GPS on

Alarm set

NFC on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on

Wired headset connected

Knowing the Basics

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen displays phone and service status icons on the right side. Here are some of the icons that display:

New SMS

Upcoming event

New message(s) from the Email app

New Wi-Fi network detected

New message(s) from the Gmail™ app

Downloading data Missed call

Sending data

Call in progress

USB connected

Call on hold

USB tethering on

Song playing

Managing Notifications

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen displays notification icons on the left. Here are some of the icons that display:

Open and Close the Notification Panel

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, alarms, and events, such as when you play music. Open the notification panel to view details of notifications.

 To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down on the

home screen or from the top of the screen.

 To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up on 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 the notifications. The notification panel also supports expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions right from the notification itself.

 Touch a notification to respond to it.  Slide down with one finger to expand certain notifications.

Wwipe two fingers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand or collapse certain notifications.

 Swipe the notification left or right to remove it.  To remove all notifications, touch the trash can under all

the notifications.

 To manage notifications, touch and hold a notification to

identify the application that created it. Touch and switch off Display notifications to hide future notifications from this app or configure other notification options for this app.

NOTE: If you block notifications for an app, you may miss

important alerts and updates. The notifications of some apps cannot be blocked.

Use Quick Settings

The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change the most common settings for your phone.

Open the notification panel and drag the panel down to find these Quick Settings on the screen.

 Wi-Fi: Touch to turn Wi-Fi on or off. Touch and hold to open

the Wi-Fi menu in Settings. For more information, see

Connecting to Wi-Fi.

 Data: Touch to turn on or off mobile data for either nano-SIM

card. Touch and hold to open the Dual SIM settings menu in Settings. For more information, see Manage the nano-SIM

Cards.

 Normal/Vibrate/Silent: Touch to switch between sound,

vibration, and mute. Touch and hold to open the Sound & vibration menu in Settings. For more information, see

Switching to Silent or Vibration Mode.

 GPS: Touch to turn on or off GPS. Touch and hold to open the

Location menu in Settings. For more information, see Location.

 Bluetooth: Touch to turn on or off Bluetooth. Touch and hold

to open the Bluetooth menu in Settings. For more information, see Connecting to Bluetooth Devices.

 Hotspot: Touch to turn on or off the Wi-Fi hotspot feature.

Touch and hold to open the Tethering & portable hotspot menu in Settings. For more information, see Share Your

Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot.

 Mi-POP: Touch to turn on or off the Mi-POP feature. Touch

and hold to open the Mi-POP menu in Settings. For more information, see Mi-Pop.

 Auto-rotate: Touch to turn on or off the auto-rotate screen

feature.

 Airplane: Touch to turn on or off airplane mode.  Smart power: Touch to turn on or off Smart Power. Touch

and hold to open the Power manager menu in Settings.

 Long standby: Touch to turn on or off Long Standby Mode.

Touch and hold to open the Long Standby Mode menu in Settings.

 Lock: Touch to lock the screen.  NFC: Touch to turn on or off the NFC feature. For more

information, see Exchanging Data via NFC.

 Flashlight: Touch to turn on or off the flash.  Sync: Touch to turn on or off auto-sync of account data.

Touch and hold to add a new account on the phone. For more information, see Accounts and Web Accounts.

 Dual SIM settings: Touch to open the Dual SIM settings

menu in Settings. For more information, see Manage the

nano-SIM Cards.

 Dolby: Touch to turn on or off the Dolby Atmos feature.

Touch and hold to open Dolby Atmos settings.

 Brightness: Uncheck Auto and drag the brightness slider to

adjust the screen brightness.

NOTE: In the Quick Settings screen, touch at the top to

get to the Settings menu; touch the battery icon to open the Battery Usage screen in Settings; touch

EDIT at the bottom to change control switch position.

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets

Add Shortcuts and Widgets

1. Touch the Home key > .

- or To add widgets, touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select Widgets.

2. Slide up or down to browse through available applications, or left or right to find the widget you need.

3. Touch and hold a widget or an application icon and drag it to a home screen panel.

NOTE: While holding the item, drag it to the right edge of the

screen to create a new home screen panel and put the item on it.

Move Shortcuts or Widgets

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

2. Drag it to the place you need.

Remove Shortcuts or Widgets

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

2. Drag it to to remove it.

Adjust Widget Size

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

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

NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized.

Organizing With Folders

To create, move, or delete folders on the home screen and add shortcuts to a folder, follow these steps:

1. Touch and hold a shortcut on the home screen and drag it to

at the top left.

2. Release the shortcut. The phone creates a new folder to which you can add shortcuts

3. To add more shortcuts to the folder, touch and hold each shortcut and drag it over the folder before releasing it.

NOTES:

 You can move or remove folders the same way as

moving or removing shortcuts.

 Touch the folder and touch the name field to rename the

folder.

 Drag the folder to to delete the folder and replace

its shortcuts on the home screen.

Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts

The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the bottom that is visible from all home screens. You can keep up to four items in the primary shortcuts area. Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to rearrange it.

Entering Text

Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text. Some apps open it automatically. To open it, touch where you want to type. Touch the Back button to hide the onscreen keyboard. You can also use the Google voice typing feature to enter text by speaking.

Enable or Disable Input Methods

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings >

Language & input > Current Keyboard.

2. Touch Choose keyboards at the bottom.

3. Slide the switches beside the input methods to enable or disable them.

Change Input Methods

1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, touch

at the bottom of the screen.

2. Select the input method you need.

NOTE: The keyboard icon displays only when more

than one keyboard input method is installed and enabled.

Google Keyboard

The Google Keyboard is a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. When screen auto-rotation is enabled, turn the phone sideways and the keyboard changes to landscape.Not all applications support the landscape keyboard.

 Touch the keys to type letters. Touch and hold some specific

keys to enter associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, touch and hold and the available accented letters and number 3 appear. Slide to choose È.

 As you type a word, candidates appear above the keyboard.

Touch to select the correct one; touch and hold to see more choices.

 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.

 Touch to delete the text before the cursor.  Touch to select numbers and symbols. ouch to

find more.

 Touch to enter miniature icons, such as expressions,

horoscopes, and animals.

 Touch to use Google voice typing.  Touch and hold to change the input language or set up

the Google Keyboard.

Gesture Typing

The Google Keyboard supports the gesture typing feature. You use this feature to input a word by sliding through the letters.

To enable and use gesture typing:

1. Touch and hold on the Google Keyboard and touch

Google Keyboard Settings.

Start of

the word

End of the word

2. Touch Gesture Typing and touch Enable gesture typing if

this feature is off.

3. Move your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard to trace

a word without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.

NOTES:

 Touch on a letter to enter a single letter.  Lift your finger at the end of the word. It automatically adds a

space when you begin to type the next word.

TouchPal Keyboard

TouchPal Keyboard offers three layouts: FULL, PHONEPAD and T+. Touch to select a layout or an input language.

Use Curve® and Wave™ to speed up text input by moving your finger from letter to letter or word to word without lifting your finger.

The FULL Layout

The FULL layout offers an input experience similar to a computer keyboard.

 The alphabetic keys: Touch the keys to enter letters. Touch a

key and slide to choose more characters.

 The shift key: Touch to use uppercase. Double-tap

to lock uppercase. This key also changes to indicate the current case: for lowercase, for uppercase, and

when locked in uppercase.

 Word prediction: Touch and hold or and tap the

prediction switch to turn on or off prediction.

 Pre-defined texts: Touch to enter digits, symbols, and

other pre-defined texts. You can touch the arrow keys to turn pages, or touch to go back to the alphabetic keys. Slide up

on the space key or touch to enter Emojis and emoticons.

 The delete key: Touch to delete text before the cursor.

You can also slide left on the key to delete an entire word.

 More options: Touch to access additional functions of

TouchPal, use voice input, edit text, change keyboard themes, and more.

The PHONEPAD Layout

This layout is similar to a phone keypad.

Touch an alphabetic key repeatedly until the desired letter appears. You can also touch and hold the key and slide left or right to choose the letter or number you need.

If word prediction is enabled ( ),touch the keys once and choose the right word.

The T+ Layout

Touch to enter the left letter on the key; double-tap or flick right to enter the right letter or symbol on the key. Touch and hold a key and slide left or right to choose more letters and symbols.

If word prediction is enabled ( ),touch the keys and choose the right word.

Curve Word Gesture

Use Curve to enter text by moving your finger on the screen from letter to letter to enter each word.

To enable and use Curve:

1. On the TouchPal keyboard, touch > Settings > Smart input and check Curve® - Word gesture.

2. Touch the Back button to return to the text field. Open the

TouchPal keyboard and switch to the Full layout.

End of the word

Start of

the word

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

NOTES:

 Curve is only available in the Full layout.  Touch to enter a single letter.  Lift your finger at the end of the word. The phone

automatically adds a space when you begin to trace the next word.

Wave Sentence Gesture

Use Wave to enter words by dragging candidate words to the space key.

To enable and use Wave:

1. On the TouchPal keyboard, touch > Settings > Smart

input and check Wave - Sentence gesture.

2. Touch the Back key to return to the text field. Open the

TouchPal keyboard and switch to the Full layout.

3. Touch or use Curve to enter the first word. As the first word displays on the text field, candidate words appear on the keyboard to choose as the following word.

4. Drag the correct candidate word to the space key to add the word to the text field. If no candidate word is correct, enter the words normally.

NOTE: Wave is only available in the Full layout.

Google Voice Typing

Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert speech to text.

1. Touch to access the voice typing feature when using the Google Keyboard.

Or touch and select Google voice typing.

2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.

3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it.

NOTE: To enter punctuation, say "comma," "period,"

"question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point".

Input Method Settings

Choose the input method settings by touching > Settings > All settings > Language & input from the home screen.

In the Keyboard & input methods section, set the current input method and choose the settings for input methods.

Editing Text

 Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type.

The cursor blinks in the new position. A tab appears under it. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

 Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap in the text. The

phone highlights the nearest word, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection.

 Cut or copy: Select the text to manipulate and touch CUT or

COPY to cut or copy the text to the clipboard.

 Replace text with the clipboard text: Select the text to

replace and touch PASTE.

 Insert clipboard text to the text field: Touch and hold the

tab below the cursor and select PASTE.

Opening and Switching Apps

Open an App

1. Touch the Home key > .

2. Slide up or down on the screen and touch an app to open it.

Switch Between Recently Opened Apps

1. Touch the Recent apps button to display apps you‟ve recently used in a series of tabs. Slide up and down to see all the tabs.

2. Touch a tab to open that app.

NOTE: Swipe a tab sideways or touch X on the tab to

remove it from the screen. Touch CLEAR ALL to remove all tabs.

Uninstalling or Disabling an App

1. Touch the Home button > to open the app list screen.

2. Touch and hold an application icon and drag the icon to

(Uninstall) or (Disable) at the top of the screen.

3. Touch OK to uninstall or disable the app.

NOTES:

 You cannot uninstall pre-installed apps and you cannot

disable all apps.

 To find disabled apps, touch the Home key > >

Settings > All settings > Apps. Touch the disabled app and

touch Enable to restore it.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Mobile Networks

Manage the nano-SIM Cards

The phone supports two nano-SIM card working at the same time. You can turn the nano-SIM cards on or off, choose the default card for calls and data, and set the network mode or other mobile network options for each card.

To turn on or off a card:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings.

2. Touch the switch next to a card.

NOTE: Touch a card name to edit the name or view the

number of the card.

To set the default card for calling and data:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings.

2. Touch the mobile data switches to turn on or off mobile data, or touch Default SIM for calling or Default SIM for calling by voice & motion and select a card.

NOTE: You can use either card for mobile data service, but

not both at the same time. For more information, see

Gesture & Motion for calling by voice and motion.

Control Mobile Data Use When Roaming

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings > Mobile networks.

2. Touch a card tab at the top.

3. Check or uncheck the Data roaming box.

NOTE: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges.

Select Network Type

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings > Network mode.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card name.

3. Touch the type of network you prefer to connect to.

Set Access Point Names

To connect to the Internet, use the default Access Point Names (APN). To add a new APN, contact your service provider for the necessary information.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings > Mobile networks.

2. Touch a card tab at the top.

3. Touch Access Point Names.

4. Touch .

5. Touch each item to enter the information from your service provider.

6. Touch > Save to complete.

NOTE: To set the APN to default settings, touch > Reset

to default.

Select Network Operator

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Dual SIM settings > Mobile networks.

2. Touch a card tab at the top.

3. Touch Network operators.

4. Touch Search networks to search for all available networks and select one to register manually or touch Choose

automatically to select preferred network automatically.

Connecting to Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 300 feet, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

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

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position to turn on Wi-Fi.

3. Touch a network name to connect to it.

4. If the network is secured, enter the password and touch Connect.

NOTE: The phone automatically connects to previously

used Wi-Fi networks when they are in range.

Get Notified of Open Networks

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced.

4. Slide the Network notification switch.

When Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. Switch off this option to turn off notifications.

Add a Wi-Fi Network

Follow these instructions to add a Wi-Fi network if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range. To connect to a secured network, you need the security details from the network's administrator.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Add network.

4. Enter the network SSID (name). If necessary, enter security or other network configuration details.

5. Touch Save.

Connect to a WPS Network

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) simplifies adding the phone to the access points that support WPS.

Use one of these methods to connect your phone to a wireless network using WPS.

Method one: WPS button (Recommended)

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > WPS Push Button.

4. Press the WPS button on the access point and the access point will recognize your phone and add it to the network.

Method two: PIN number

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > WPS Pin Entry.

4. The WPS PIN displays on the screen. Enter the PIN number into the access point's setup page.

After entering the PIN, the phone automatically finds the access point and configures the connection.

NOTE: For more information about the access point‟s WPS

feature, refer to its user documents.

Forget a Wi-Fi Network

To make your phone forget the details of a Wi-Fi network you added, for example, if you don‟t want the phone to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use, follow these steps:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings >

Wi-Fi.

2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to On.

3. Touch > Saved networks.

4. Touch the Wi-Fi network name and touch Forget.

Adjust Advanced Wi-Fi Settings

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Touch > Advanced to adjust these settings.

 Network notification: Get notifications in the status bar

when Wi-Fi is on and an open network is available.

 Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Set to keep Wi-Fi on in

sleep mode.

 Install certificates: Install certificates for connecting to

certain Wi-Fi networks.

 Wi-Fi Direct: Use the Wi-Fi Direct feature. For more

information, see Using Wi-Fi Direct®.

 WPS Push Button: Connect to a WPS network through

the push button method.

 WPS Pin Entry: Connect to a WPS network through the

phone PIN method.

 MAC address: Check the MAC address.  IP address: Check the phone‟s IP address.

Using Wi-Fi Direct®

Wi-Fi Direct allows Wi-Fi devices to share files and data directly by connecting to each other without the need for wireless access points (hotspots).

To connect through Wi-Fi Direct:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Wi-Fi.

2. If Wi-Fi is off, slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > Wi-Fi Direct. The phone searches for other devices enabled with Wi-Fi Direct connections.

4. Touch a device name below Peer devices and select Connect to connect with it.

The other devices receive a connection prompt and must accept the request for connection. Both devices may need to enter a common PIN.

5. After connecting the device displays as “Connected” in the

Peer devices list.

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 30 feet. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before communication occurs.

Turn Bluetooth On/Off

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On or Off position.

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

Change the Device Name

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Bluetooth is off.

3. Touch > Rename this device.

4. Edit the name and touch Rename.

Pair With Another Bluetooth Device

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Bluetooth is off. The phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all

available Bluetooth devices in range. Touch > Refresh to scan again.

3. Touch the device to pair with.

4. Confirm that the Bluetooth passkeys are the same between the two devices and touch PAI or enter a Bluetooth passkey and touch PAIR.

Pairing is successful when the other device accepts the connection or both devices enter the same passkey.

NOTE: The Bluetooth passkey may be fixed for certain

devices, such as headsets and hands-free car kits. You can try entering 0000 or 1234, the most common passkeys, or refer to the documents for that device.

Forget (Unpair With) a Bluetooth Device

To make the phone forget its pairing connection with another Bluetooth device, follow these steps:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Bluetooth and ensure that Bluetooth is turned on.

2. In the list of paired devices, touch the icon beside the

Bluetooth device you want to forget.

3. Touch Forget.

To connect to the device again, you need to search it and enter or confirm a passkey again.

Send Data via Bluetooth

1. Open the appropriate application and select the file or item to share.

2. Select the option for sharing through Bluetooth. The method may vary by application and data type.

3. Touch a Bluetooth device the phone paired with or wait for it to search for new devices and touch one of them.

Receive Data via Bluetooth

1. Turn Bluetooth on before trying to receive data through Bluetooth.

2. Flick down the status bar and touch .

3. Touch ACCEPT to start receiving the data.

Received files are automatically stored in a dedicated folder in the phone, for example, Bluetooth. You can access them with the File Manager app.

NOTE: The phone automatically imports received contacts

(vCard files) to your contact list.

Exchanging Data via NFC

Near Field Communication (NFC) allows the phone to exchange data with another NFC-enabled device when they touch each other or are in close proximity.

Depending on the applications installed on the phone, the phone may work as a transit pass or as an access pass. This functionality is subject to applicable terms and conditions from the vendor.

To use this feature, tap the back of the phone against an NFC-enabled access point.

To turn on and use NFC:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More.

2. Slide the NFC switch to the on position.

3. To share Web pages, contact information, YouTube videos or other content on the phone to another NFC-capable device, touch Android Beam and slide the switch to On.

Using Tap & Pay

You can tap and pay with your phone at merchants that accept contactless payments.

Set Up Tap & Pay

To tap and pay, you must turn on NFC on your phone.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More.

2. Slide the NFC switch to On.

Manage Apps Using Tap & Pay

If you have more than one app that lets you tap and pay, you can choose a default. The default app is the one automatically used when you tap and pay at a store. You can browse Google Play Store for more payment apps. Payment apps must support the tap and pay functionality to display. The phone does not support money transfer apps and Android Beam.

To set the default payment app:

1. Open the payment app and turn on tap and pay.

2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Tap & pay.

3. Select your default payment app.

Turn off Tap & Pay

To turn off tap & pay:

 Turn off NFC on the phone. Touch the Home key > >

Settings > All settings > More and slide the NFC switch to Off. This also turns off Android Beam and other NFC

features.

- or -

 Turn off the tap & pay functionality in the payment app. Not all

payment apps support this option.

Connecting to Your Computer via USB

You can connect the phone to a computer with a USB cable and transfer music, pictures, and other files in to and from the phone. The phone stores these files in its internal storage.

When using USB tethering, you must turn it off before using USB to transfer files between the phone and computer.

Connecting the Phone to a Computer through USB

1. Connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable.

2. Open the notification panel and touch (Connected to a PC).

3. Choose one of these options:

 Charge only: Charge the phone using USB.  Install driver: Install the driver some USB connection

modes, such as MTP, need. You only need to install the driver on the PC once.

NOTE: You can install the driver on the PC by

running the executable file in the new CD-ROM drive.

 Connect to PC software: Use computer software to

manage data, such as contacts, music, videos, and messages on your phone.

 Media device MTP: Transfer files on Windows

Mac®.

PC or

NOTE: For Windows XP, install the drivers and

Media Player 11 or later when you use a Media device, MTP, for the first time.

 Camera PTP: Transfer photos using camera software.

NOTE: To make the phone connect to the computer

automatically using the selected connection type, check Do not remind me again.

Connect with Windows Media® Player

You can sync music, picture, and video files from the computer to the phone using Windows Media Player on the computer.

1. Connect the phone with the computer through USB and choose Media device MTP.

2. Open Windows Media Player and synchronize music, picture, and video files.

Disconnect the Phone from the Computer

To disconnect the phone from the computer, unplug the USB cable when you finish.

Using the microSDHC Card as Portable Storage

You can use a microSDHC card as portable storage to save photos, music, videos, downloaded files, and more.

When you install a microSDHC card on the phone for the first time, the phone mounts the card as portable storage by default.

You can open the notification panel and touch the microSDHC card name, select Use as portable storage and touch NEXT >

DONE. To remove the microSDHC card from the phone:

If you need to remove the microSDHC card while the phone is on, you must unmount it first.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Storage.

2. Touch next to the card name in the Portable storage section.

3. When the screen displays that the card is safely ejected, remove it from the phone.

To erase and format the microSDHC card:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Storage.

2. Touch the card name in the Portable storage section.

3. Touch Format > Erase & format.

4. Touch Done.

CAUTION: Formatting erases all the data on the microSDHC

card and the files CANNOT be retrieved.

Using USB On-The-Go (OTG)

The phone supports USB On-The-Go. You can connect the phone and a USB peripheral device, such as a USB flash drive, a USB mouse, or a USB keyboard, with an OTG adapter cable.

When you connect the phone with a USB flash drive, you can browse the files on the flash drive; connect the phone with a USB mouse and navigate the phone with the mouse.

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection

You can share your phone‟s data capabilities through tethering or

by activating the Wi-Fi hotspot feature to create a mobile hotspot.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection Using USB

You can access the Internet on your computer using the phone‟s USB tethering feature. The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges.

NOTE: You cannot transfer files between the phone and the

computer using USB while the phone is USB tethered.

1. Connect the phone to the computer with a USB cable.

2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3. Switch on USB tethering. A new network connection is created on your computer.

NOTE: To stop sharing the data connection, switch off USB

tethering or disconnect the USB cable.

Share the Mobile Data Connection Using Bluetooth

If the computer can obtain an Internet connection through Bluetooth, you can configure the phone to share its mobile data connection with the computer.

1. Pair the phone with the computer through Bluetooth.

2. Configure the computer to obtain its network connection through Bluetooth. For more information, see the computer's documents.

3. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

4. Switch on Bluetooth tethering to share the phone‟s data connection with the computer.

NOTE: Switch off Bluetooth tethering to stop sharing the

data connection.

Share the Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Turn the phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share the phone‟s data connection with other devices. Using this feature requires a data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges.

NOTE: You cannot use the phone‟s Wi-Fi to access the

Internet when the portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature is enabled. The phone remains connected to the Internet through the mobile data network.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

2. Switch on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID).

3. On another device, locate the phone through Wi-Fi and connect with it to use the phone‟s mobile data.

NOTE: To stop sharing the data connection, switch off

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Set Your Wi-Fi Hotspot

You can change the name of the phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID), secure the portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and set other options.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

2. Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot and set these options.

 Network name: Enter or edit a network SSID, a name

other devices see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

 Security: Choose a security option, None - not

recommended or WPA2 PSK to allow other users to access your Wi-Fi hotspot only when they enter the correct password. When you select WPA2 PSK, touch the Password field to edit the security password.

 Broadcast network name (SSID): Check to broadcast or

uncheck to hide the network name (SSID). If the broadcast is disabled, other users need to get your network SSID to find the Wi-Fi hotspot.

3. Touch Save to save your settings.

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks

Virtual private networks, VPNs, allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions to let people access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network. Depending on the type of VPN you are using, you may be required to enter login credentials or install security certificates to connect to the VPN. Ask the network administrator for this information.

Add a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch at the top right corner and fill in the information provided by your network administrator.

3. Touch Save.

The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen.

NOTE: You must set a lock PIN or password before using

VPN.

Connect to a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch the VPN to connect to.

3. When prompted, enter requested credentials, and touch

Connect.

Modify a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch next to the VPN to modify.

3. Edit the VPN settings.

4. Touch Save.

Phone Calls

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

Placing and Ending Calls

Place a Call by Dialing

1. Touch the Home key > > Phone.

2. If the dialpad is closed, touch to display it.

3. Enter the phone number or the contact name with the dialpad. Touch to delete incorrect digits.

NOTE: As you enter the phone number or the contact name,

4. Touch below the keypad to dial.

NOTE: To make an international call, touch and hold the 0

NOTE: To redial the last call, touch when the

End a Call

During a call, touch on the screen.

the phone searches for matching information in contacts. When you see the number and contact to call, touch it to place the call immediately.

key to enter the plus (+) symbol. Enter the country code, followed by the city/area code and the phone number.

phone number field is empty to automatically type the number.

Answering or Rejecting Calls

When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens, displaying the caller ID or information about the caller you entered in the Contacts app. You can answer or reject the call, or reject it with a text message.

Answer a Call

When you receive a phone call, slide down to answer the call.

NOTE: To silence the ringer before answering the call, press

the Volume key or the Power key.

Reject a Call

When you receive a phone call, slide up to reject the call. You can touch to reject the call and select a preset text

message or write one to send to the caller.

Working With the Call History

The call history is a list of all the calls placed, received, or missed. It is a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your contacts.

To open the call history, touch the Home key > > Phone. If the dialpad is visible, touch to hide it and view the full call

history.

Place a Call From the Call History

1. Open the call history.

2. Touch a listing to call back.

NOTE: You can touch All calls, Incoming calls, Outgoing

calls, Missed calls, or Rejected calls to filter the records by call type.

Add a Number from Call History as a Contact

1. Open the call history.

2. Touch next to a listing.

3. Touch .

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

existing contact and select a contact in the list. To add a new contact, touch New contact. For more information, see

Adding a New Contact.

Take Other Actions on a Call History Entry

Open the call history and touch next to a listing to view detailed call information.

 Touch to delete the entry.  Touch and hold the number and select Edit before calling to

edit the number in the dialer before calling it, or select Copy the number to copy the number to the clipboard.

 Touch to call the number.  Touch to send a message to the number.  Touch at the top right to view the contact details.

NOTE: Touch and hold a listing in the call history screen and

select Delete call history to remove the listing or Delete multiple call records to select and remove multiple listings.

Calling Your Contacts

1. Touch the Home key > > Contacts.

2. Touch next to a contact to place the call.

Checking Voicemail

If you set the phone to divert calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. To check messages:

1. Touch the Home key > > Phone.

2. If the dialpad is closed, touch to display it.

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

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

NOTE: To set up voicemail, see Set Voicemail. For detailed

information, contact the service provider.

Using Options during a Call

During a call, the phone displays screen options you can touch to select.

 Touch to switch to the keypad to enter a code, for

example, the PIN for your voicemail or bank account, during the call.

 Touch to mute or unmute the microphone.  Touch to turn on or off the speakerphone.  Touch to make another call separately from the first call,

that is put on hold.

 Touch to put the call on hold.  Touch to put the caller you are speaking to on hold, and

switch to the other call that is on hold.

 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: Using the call waiting and three-way call features

Switch between Current Calls

When you‟re on a call and another call comes in, the phone screen informs you and displays the caller ID.

requires network support and may result in additional charges. Contact your service provider for more information.

To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call:

 Touch to answer the call. This puts the first caller on hold

and answers the second call.

 Touch to reject the second call.  Touch to reject the second call and select a preset text

message or write one to send to the caller.

To switch between two calls: Touch to switch back to the other call.

Set Up a Conference Call

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

1. Place the first call.

2. After establishing the connection, touch and dial the second number. This puts the first caller on hold.

3. When you‟re connected to the second party, touch .

If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, you and the remaining caller stay connected. If you initiated the call and are the first to hang up, all callers are disconnected.

To end the conference call, touch .

Adjusting Your Call Settings

Set Speed Dials

Touch and hold the 2 through 9 keys on the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number.

The number key 1 is voicemail speed dial.

To assign a speed dial key:

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Speed dial.

2. Touch a speed dial key.

3. Enter a phone number or select one from the contact list.

4. Touch Turn on.

Configure Auto-Answer

You can configure your phone to answer calls automatically when you are not in a call.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Auto-answer.

2. Check Auto-answer to turn on this feature.

3. Touch Time to wait before auto-answering a call to set the

wait time.

4. Touch Auto-answer a call only when to set the condition

when auto-answer works.

Set TTY Mode

The phone is a TTY compatible device that can allow people with hearing or speech disabilities to communicate by telephone. Connect the TTY device to the phone‟s headset jack. Select a TTY mode for the phone to work with a TTY device, or turn TTY off.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings >

Accessibility > TTY mode.

2. Select one of these options. Consult your teletypewriter manufacturer‟s manual if necessary.

 TTY Off: Users who can hear and talk can disable TTY

support.

 TTY Full: Users who cannot talk or hear may use this

mode to send and receive text messages through a TTY device.

 TTY HCO: Users who can hear, but cannot talk, may use

this mode to listen to conversation of the other party, and respond using text messages.

 TTY VCO: Users who can talk, but cannot hear, may use

this mode to talk through the phone and receive responses through text messages.

Set Hearing Aids

The phone supports Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC). When you turn on hearing aid compatibility and use a hearing aid with a telecoil to answer the phone, it helps you hear more clearly during the phone call.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings >

Accessibility.

2. Check Hearing aids to turn on hearing aid compatibility.

CAUTION: Do not turn on the Hearing aids option unless

you use a hearing aid with a telecoil. Using this setting without a hearing aid or with a hearing aid without a telecoil may be harmful to your hearing.

Set Voicemail

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Carrier settings.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card and touch Voicemail.

3. Configure voicemail settings.

 Touch Service to select the voicemail service provider.

Your carrier is the default.

 Touch Setup > Voicemail number to edit the voicemail

number.

 Touch Sound to select the notification sound for new

voicemails.

 Check Vibrate to enable vibration for notification.

Bar Certain Calls

Call barring allows you to forbid certain types of calls from the phone.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Carrier

settings.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card and touch Call barring settings.

3. Set the restriction of specific types of calls from your phone.

Use Fixed Dialing Numbers

Use Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Carrier settings.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card and touch Fixed Dialing Numbers.

3. Set the following options.

 Enable FDN: Input the PIN2 code to enable the FDN

feature.

 Change PIN2: Change the PIN2 code for FDN access.  FDN list: Manage the FDN list.

NOTE: Your carrier provides the PIN2 code. Entering an

incorrect PIN2 code more times than allowed can get your nano-SIM card locked. Contact the service provider for assistance.

Forward Incoming Calls

Call forwarding feature allows you to forward your incoming calls to another phone number.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Carrier settings.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card and touch Call forwarding.

3. Touch an available option (Always forward, When busy,

When unanswered, or When unreachable) to enable it.

Set Sound and Vibration

Set the sound and vibration for incoming calls and dialpad sounds.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings >

Ringtone and keypad sound.

2. Touch the option to configure.

 Touch a nano-SIM card name to select the ringtone for

incoming calls to that card.

 Touch Dialpad touch sounds to select the sound that

plays when you touch the dialpad keys. Touch the switch on the right to turn this feature on or off.

 Check Vibrate when ringing to enable vibration for

incoming call notification.

Set DTMF Tones

To can set the length of Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signal tones, follow these steps:

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > DTMF tones.

2. Touch Normal or Long.

Use LTE Network for Calls

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) allows transferring of voice over LTE networks and provides faster call connections and better call quality.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > More.

2. Touch the VoLTE voicecall to turn it on or off.

Use Call Waiting

Call waiting notifies you of incoming calls when you are in a call.

1. Touch the Home key > > > Call settings > Carrier

settings.

2. Touch a nano-SIM card and touch Additional settings > Call

waiting.

3. Check Call waiting.

NOTE: Contact the service provider to check if call waiting is

available.

Contacts

You can add contacts to 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 > Contacts. From there, you can touch the tabs on the top of the screen to quickly switch to contact groups or the Phone app.

Checking Contact Details

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts to access your contact list.

2. Scroll through the list to view all your contacts.

3. Touch a contact to view its details.

NOTE: A list of initials displays on the right side of the screen.

Adding a New Contact

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch to add a new contact.

3. Touch the account field near the top of the screen to choose

4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses,

5. Touch Save.

Drag the list up or down to the initial letter you need.

where to save the contact. You can save the contact on the phone, a nano-SIM card, or a Web account you added.

and other information.

Setting Up Your Own Profile

To create your own name card in your phone:

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Set my profile.

If a profile has already been set up, touch the existing profile below My profile and touch .

3. Edit your profile information. Touch ADD more information

to add more details if you want.

4. Touch Save.

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts

You can import and export contacts to and from your nano-SIM card or the phone storage. This is especially useful when you need to transfer contacts between different devices. You can also quickly share contacts using Bluetooth, Google Drive, Email, Gmail, Android Beam (NFC), or Messaging.

Import Contacts From the nano-SIM Card

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Import/Export contacts > Import contacts >

Import from SIM1/2.

3. If you added contact accounts other than the phone, select an

account in which to save the contacts.

4. Check the contacts you need and touch Import.

Import Contacts From the Phone Storage

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Import/Export contacts > Import contacts > Import from storage.

3. If you added contact accounts other than the phone, select an account in which to save the contacts.

4. Select the vCard file(s) and touch OK.

Export Contacts to the nano-SIM Card

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Import/Export contacts > Export contacts > Export to SIM1/2.

3. Check the contacts you need and then touch Export.

Export Contacts to the Phone Storage

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Import/Export contacts > Export contacts >

Export to phone storage / an SD card.

3. Select the contact accounts that will be exported.

4. The phone prompt with the name of the vCard file and the

directory in which to save the file. Touch OK to create the file.

Share Contacts

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Manage contacts > Share multiple.

3. Check the contacts to share and touch Share.

4. Choose how to share the contacts. Options depend on the applications and services installed.

Working with Favorite Contacts

Favorite contacts are at the top of the contacts list.

Add a Contact to Favorites

Add contacts you use frequently to favorites for easy access.

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch a contact and then touch at the top.

Remove a Contact From Favorites

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts and touch a favorite

contact.

2. Touch a favorite contact and then touch at the top.

Working with Groups

View Your Contact Groups

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts and touch the Groups tab.

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

3. Touch a group to view its members.

NOTE: To send a message or an email to all or some of the

group members, touch from the groups list.

Set Up a New Group

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts and touch the Groups tab.

2. Touch New group to create a new group.

3. If you added contact accounts other than the phone, select an account for the new group.

4. Touch the Group name field and enter the group name.

5. Touch Save.

6. Touch and select the contacts you wish to be the group members.

7. Touch Add.

Delete a Group

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts and the Groups tab.

2. Touch a group and touch > Delete.

3. Touch OK to disband the group. The contacts in the group

will not be deleted.

Edit a Group

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts and touch the Groups tab.

2. Add or remove group members or rename the group as you

wish.

 Touch to select contacts and add them to the group.  Touch > Remove members to select group members

and touch Remove members to move them out of the group.

 Touch > Rename to give the group a new name and

touch Save.

Searching for a Contact

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch the number of all the contacts to enter the contact name or any information the contact has to search for it.

When the system language is English or Spanish, you can also touch to use voice search.

The phone lists the contacts that match.

Editing Contacts

Edit Contact Details

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch a contact to edit and touch .

3. Edit the contact and touch Save.

Set a Ringtone for a Contact

You can assign a special ringtone to a contact to help identify the caller when you hear the ringtone.

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch a contact to set a ringtone for and touch .

3. Touch the current ringtone next to to select a ringtone, or touch the current vibrate pattern next to to select a

vibration pattern.

4. Touch Save.

Delete Contacts

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Manage contacts > Delete multiple.

3. Check the contacts to remove and touch Delete.

4. Touch OK to confirm.

Join Duplicate Contacts

As the phone synchronizes with multiple online accounts, you may see duplicate entries for the same contact. You can merge separate contact information into one entry in the contacts list.

1. Touch the Home key > Contacts.

2. Touch > Manage contacts > Combine duplicate contacts.

3. Touch the partially duplicate contacts whose information you want to join.

4. Touch Combine duplicates.

The phone combines fully duplicate contacts and partially duplicate contacts you selected.

Web Accounts

Adding or Removing Accounts

You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® accounts, and. other kinds of accounts depending on the apps on your phone.

Add an Account

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Accounts > Add account.

2. Touch the type of account to add.

3. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password. You may need to get some information from IT support or the system administrator.

The account displays in the Accounts menu.

Remove an Account

Removing an account deletes it and all information associated with it, such as emails and contacts.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Accounts.

2. Touch the account category and touch the account.

3. Touch > Remove account > Remove account.

Configuring Account Sync

Configure Auto Sync Setting

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings >

Accounts.

2. Touch and check or uncheck Auto-sync data.

 When automatic sync is on, changes you make to

information on your the or the Web automatically sync with each other.

 When automatic sync is off, you need to sync manually

to collect emails, updates, or other recent information.

NOTE: For more information about using the Quick Settings

screen to turn auto sync on or off, see Use Quick

Settings.

Manually Sync

When auto-sync is off, you can sync account data manually.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Accounts.

2. Touch the account category and then the account you want to sync.

3. Touch > Sync now.

Change an Account’s Sync Settings

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > All settings > Accounts.

2. Touch the account category and the account. The Sync screen displays with a list of information the account can sync.

3. When auto-sync is enabled, switch on or off the items. The

types of information that switch on are kept in auto-sync. When auto-sync is disabled, touch a listing to sync that type of information between the phone and the Web.

Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to receive and send emails from your webmail or other accounts, using POP3 or IMAP, or access your Exchange ActiveSync account for your corporate email needs.

Setting up the First Email Account

1. Touch the Home key > > Email.

2. Select an email server and enter the email address and password.

3. Touch LOG IN to let the phone retrieve the network parameters automatically.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the setup.

The phone displays the email account‟s inbox and starts to download email messages.

Checking Emails

The phone automatically checks for new emails at the interval you set when setting up the account.

You can check new emails manually by dragging down on the message list.

To check earlier emails for your IMAP or POP3 accounts, swipe upwards to the bottom of the message list and touch More messages.

Responding to an Email

You can reply to, forward, delete and manage messages.

Reply to or Forward a Message

1. Open the email in the Inbox and:

 To reply to the sender, touch > Reply.

 To reply to the sender and all recipients of the original

email, touch > Reply all.

 To forward the email to someone else, touch >

Forward.

2. Edit your message and touch .

Mark or Flag a Message

To mark an email as read or unread, or flag important emails with a star:

 While reading a message, touch > Mark as unread.  While in a message list, for example, the Inbox, touch and

hold a message to select it and touch > Mark as read/unread.

 While reading a message, touch to flag the message.  While in a message list, for example, the Inbox, touch and

hold a message to select it and touch to flag the message.

 Flick to the top of the message list and touch MARK ALL

AS READ to mark all messages in the folder as read.

Delete a Message

To delete one or more messages from a folder:

 While reading a message, touch .  While in a message list, for example, the Inbox, touch and

hold a message to select it and touch .

Writing and Sending an Email

1. Open your email Inbox and touch .

NOTE: If you have more than one email account on the

phone, touch the Cc/Bcc line to show the sender information and select the account to use for sending the message.

2. 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 your contacts.

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

4. Touch to add images, videos and other types of files as

attachments.

5. Touch at the top right of the screen to send the

message.

Adding and Editing Email Accounts

Add an Email Account

After setting up your first email account, you can add more email accounts and manage them separately. For more information, see Setting Up the First Email Account)

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch > > Settings > Add an account.

3. Follow the prompts to set up the account as you did with the first one.

NOTE: See Add an Account for information about adding

accounts from the Settings app.

Edit an Email Account

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch > > Settings and touch the account for the

settings you want to change.

3. Make the changes and touch the Back button when

finished.

The options you can configure depend on the type of account. For some accounts, you may set the signature; for other accounts, you may change more settings such as servers, name, or folder.

Changing General Email Settings

General settings apply to all email accounts.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touch > > Settings.

3. Below General, touch Notifications to set ringtone and vibration for new messages, or touch Pattern lock to set a pattern lock that you must draw to access your emails.

Messaging

You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS).

Opening the Messaging Screen

Touch the Home key > . The Messaging screen opens.You can create a new message, search for messages, delete 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 to select message threads for deletion.  Touch an existing message thread to open the conversation

you‟ve had with a certain number.

Sending a Message

1. On the Messaging screen, touch at the bottom.

2. Add recipients using one of these methods:

 Touch the To field and manually enter the recipient‟s

number or the contact name. If the phone offers suggestions, touch the one to add.

 Touch to select recipients from your contacts or call

log.

3. Touch the Enter a message field and enter the message text.

4. To send a multimedia message, touch to add a subject or attach a file to the message.

5. Touch . If two nano-SIM cards are installed, touch or to send with nano-SIM card 1 or 2.

NOTE: You can include email addresses as recipients for a

multimedia message.

NOTE: You may be charged for a multimedia message if

you add a subject or an attachment to a text message.

Replying to a Message

Received messages are appended to existing threads.

1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread with the message to reply to.

2. Type your reply in the text box at the bottom. Touch to

reply with an MMS.

3. Touch . If two nano-SIM cards are installed, touch or to send with nano-SIM card 1 or 2.

Forwarding a Message

1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread with the

message to forward.

2. Touch and hold the message and touch Forward in the

menu that opens.

3. Type or choose a recipient for the message. You may also

edit the content.

4. Touch . If two nano-SIM cards are installed, touch or to send with nano-SIM card 1 or 2.

Copying a Message

You can copy text messages between the nano-SIM card and the phone storage.

Copy a Message to the Phone

1. On the Messaging screen, touch > Settings > SMS/MMS settings > Manage SIM1/2 messages.

2. Touch and hold a message and touch Copy to phone memory.

Copy a Message to the nano-SIM Card

1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to copy.

2. Touch and hold the message and touch Copy to the SIM

card in the menu that opens.

Changing Message Settings

Touch > Settings in the Messaging screen to change the messaging settings.

Calendar

The phone Calendar works with the Web-based Google Calendar™ service to create and manage events, meetings, and appointments. It works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar after 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 > Display calendars selected.

3. Touch the calendars to check the ones to see and uncheck the ones to hide.

Events from hidden calendars are not shown in the Calendar app.

Change Calendar Views

The app offers four views: Month, Week, Day, and Agenda. To change calendar views, touch the current time at the top left

and select the view you prefer.

 In Month, Week, or Day view, swipe horizontally to see

previous and future months, weeks, or days.

 In Agenda view, swipe vertically to see all your events.  When viewing past or future days, weeks, or months, touch

at the top right to quickly switch to today. The number in

the icon is the date.

View Event Details

In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view the details.

In Month view, touch a day to view events on that day. Touch an event to view its details.

Creating an Event

1. In any Calendar view, touch at the top.

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

2. Enter the event name, location, start time, and end time.

Touch More to add more information, such as reminders, repeat, time zone, and account.

NOTE: Different accounts may present different event

details you can complete.

3. Touch Save.

Editing, Deleting or Sharing an Event

1. Find the event to edit, delete, or share.

2. Open its details screen. For more information, see View

Event Details.

3. Make the change:

 To edit the event, touch and touch Save to save

changes.

 To delete the event, touch > OK.  To share the event, touch and choose how to share.

Changing Calendar Settings

To change the calendar settings, open a calendar view (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda), and touch > Settings.

Web Browser

Use Browser to view Web pages and search for information.

Opening the Browser

Touch the Home key > > Browser to launch the web browser.

- or

Touch a Web link such as in an email or a text message.

1. Open the Browser app.

2. Touch the address box at the top.

3. Enter the Web page address or URL, or terms to search for.

4. Touch a URL or search suggestion or touch Go / on the

keyboard to open the Web page or search results.

Using Multiple Browser Tabs

You can open several Web pages at the same time (one page in each tab) and switch between them freely.

To open a new browser tab: Touch > New window.

To switch between tabs:

1. Touch . Titles of opened tabs appear as a list.

2. Touch the title to open.

NOTE: Swipe a title horizontally or touch its X to close the

tab.

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