ZTE Blade 3 User Manual

ZTE Blade III

WCDMA/GSM Mobile Phone

User Manual

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Edition Time : 2012.07.10

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Contents

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

Your Phone at a Glance ....................................................... 11

Knowing the Keys ................................................................12

Installing the SIM Card, microSD Card, and Battery ............ 13

Charging the Battery ............................................................ 15

Powering On/Off ...................................................................16

Setting Up for the First Time ................................................16

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys .............................17

Using the Touch Screen .......................................................18

Getting to Know the Home Screen ......................................19

Personalizing ...............................................................21

Changing the System Language .......................................... 21

Setting the Date and Time ...................................................21

Changing Ringtone and Notication Sound ......................... 21

Adjusting Volumes ...............................................................22

Applying New Wallpapers ....................................................23

Changing Screen Brightness ...............................................23

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ..........................24

Protecting Your Phone With Encryption ...............................25

Knowing the Basics ....................................................27

Monitoring the Phone Status ................................................ 27

Managing Notications ......................................................... 28

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Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ........................................ 30

Organizing With Folders.......................................................31

Rearranging the Favorites Tray ...........................................32

Entering Text ........................................................................33

Editing Text ...........................................................................39

Opening and Switching apps ...............................................40

Connecting to Networks and Devices .......................41

Connecting to Mobile Networks ...........................................41

Connecting to Wi-Fi..............................................................43

Using Wi-Fi Direct ................................................................ 45

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices ......................................... 46

Connecting to Your Computer via USB ................................49

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection .................................50

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ................................53

Phone Calls ..................................................................56

Place a Call by Dialing ......................................................... 56

Answering or Rejecting Calls ............................................... 57

Working With the Call Log ....................................................57

Calling Your Contacts ........................................................... 59

Checking Voicemail ..............................................................60

Using Options During a Call ................................................. 60

Managing Multi-party Calls ..................................................61

Adjusting Your Call Settings .................................................62

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People ...........................................................................67

Opening Your Contact List ...................................................67

Adding a New Contact .........................................................67

Setting Up Your Own Prole ................................................68

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ........................68

Working With Favorite Contacts ...........................................70

Working With Groups ...........................................................71

Searching for a Contact .......................................................73

Editing Contacts ................................................................... 73

Accounts ......................................................................76

Adding or Removing Accounts .............................................76

Conguring Account Sync ....................................................77

Email .............................................................................79

Set Up the First Email Account ............................................79

Checking Your Emails .......................................................... 80

Responding to an Email ....................................................... 80

Writing and Sending an Email ..............................................81

Adding Signature to Your Emails .........................................82

Adding and Editing Email Accounts .....................................82

Changing General Email Settings ........................................ 84

GmailTM .........................................................................85

Opening Your Gmail Inbox ...................................................85

Switching Accounts ..............................................................85

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Writing and Sending a Message ..........................................86

Adding Signature to Your Gmail Messages .........................86

Replying to or Forwarding a Message .................................87

Working With Received Attachments ...................................87

Searching for Messages ......................................................88

Working With Labels ............................................................88

Changing Gmail Settings .....................................................90

Messages .....................................................................91

Opening the Messages Screen ............................................ 91

Sending a Text Message ......................................................91

Sending a Multimedia Message ........................................... 92

Replying to a Message ........................................................93

Forwarding a Message ........................................................93

Viewing Details About a Message ........................................93

Deleting Messages or Threads ............................................94

Changing Message Settings ................................................ 94

Calendar .......................................................................95

Viewing Your Calendars and Events ....................................95

Creating an Event ................................................................97

Editing or Deleting an Event ................................................97

Changing Calendar Settings ................................................ 98

Google Talk .................................................................99

Signing In to See Your Friends ............................................99

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Adding a Friend .................................................................... 99

Changing Your Online Status .............................................100

Chatting With Friends.........................................................100

Changing Google Talk Settings ..........................................101

Google+ ......................................................................102

Organizing Your Contacts ..................................................102

Getting Updates ................................................................. 102

Chatting With Contacts ......................................................103

Checking Photos ................................................................ 103

Checking and Managing Your Prole .................................104

Browser ......................................................................105

Opening the Browser .........................................................105

Working With an Opened Page ..........................................107

Using Multiple Browser Windows ....................................... 108

Downloading Files .............................................................. 109

Using Bookmarks ............................................................... 109

Changing Browser Settings ............................................... 110

Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude .................. 111

Activating Location Services .............................................. 111

Getting Your Location ......................................................... 111

Searching for a Location .................................................... 111

Getting Directions to Your Destination ............................... 112

Searching for Local Places ................................................ 113

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Sharing Location ................................................................ 114

Google Search, Voice Search, and Voice Actions .. 115

Searching With Text ........................................................... 115

Searching by Speaking ...................................................... 115

Using Voice Actions ........................................................... 116

Changing Search and Voice Search Settings .................... 116

Camera .......................................................................117

Capturing a Photo .............................................................. 117

Customize Camera Settings .............................................. 118

Recording a Video .............................................................. 119

Customizing Camcorder Settings ......................................120

Gallery ........................................................................122

Opening Gallery ................................................................. 122

Working With Albums ......................................................... 122

Working With Pictures ........................................................123

Working With Videos ..........................................................126

Music ..........................................................................127

Copying Music Files to Your Phone ...................................127

Viewing Your Music Library ................................................127

Playing Music ..................................................................... 129

Managing Playlists ............................................................. 130

Play Music ..................................................................132

Playing Your Music ............................................................. 132

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Managing Playlists ............................................................. 134

Video Player ...............................................................136

Opening the Video Library .................................................136

Playing and Control Videos ................................................136

Managing Video Files .........................................................137

FM Radio ....................................................................138

Scanning and Saving Channels ......................................... 138

Listening to FM Radio ........................................................ 138

Adding a Radio Station to Favorites ..................................139

Other Options and Settings ................................................ 140

Sound Recorder .........................................................141

Recording a Voice Memo ...................................................141

Playing a Voice Memo .......................................................141

More Apps ..................................................................142

Alarm .................................................................................. 142

Backup and Restore ..........................................................143

Calculator ........................................................................... 143

File Manager ...................................................................... 143

News and Weather .............................................................143

Note pad ............................................................................144

Software Update Service ...................................................144

Task Manager.....................................................................144

Timer ..................................................................................145

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World Time .........................................................................145

YouTube .............................................................................145

Play Store ...................................................................146

Browsing and Searching for Apps ......................................146

Downloading and Installing Apps .......................................146

Managing Your Downloads ................................................147

Settings ......................................................................148

Wireless and Networks ......................................................148

Device ................................................................................ 150

Personal ............................................................................. 152

System ............................................................................... 155

Troubleshooting ........................................................157

For Your Safety ..........................................................163

General Safety ................................................................... 163

Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure .......................................164

Distraction .......................................................................... 166

Product Handling ...............................................................167

Electrical Safety .................................................................171

Radio Frequency Interference ...........................................172

Explosive Environments ..................................................... 174

Declaration of RoHS Compliance ............................175

Disposal of Your Old Appliance ...............................176

EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .....................177

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Getting Started

Your Phone at a Glance

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Knowing the Keys

Key Function

• Press and hold to turn on or off Flight

mode, enable silent mode, vibration

Power Key

Home Key

Menu Key

Back Key Touch to go to the previous screen.

Search Key

Volume Keys

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mode or sound, or to power off.

• Press to switch your phone to Sleep

mode.

• Press to wake up your phone.

• Touch to return to the Home Screen

from any application or screen.

• Touch and hold to see recently used

applications.

Touch to get the options for the current
screen.

• Touch to search information on the cur­rent screen or application.

• Touch and hold to use Google voice ac­tion.

Press or hold to turn the volume up or

down.

Installing the SIM Card, microSD Card, and

Battery

Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery or

the SIM card. The microSD card can be installed and removed

while the phone is turned on. Unmount the microSD card before

removing it.

1. Remove the back cover.

2. Hold the SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown and

slip it into the card holder.

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

and slide it in.

NOTE: microSD logo
sociation.

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

with the gold contacts in the battery compartment. Gently

push down on the battery until it clicks into place.

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

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is a trademark of the SD Card As-

Charging the Battery

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

1. Connect the adapter to the charger jack. Ensure that the

adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force

the connector into the charger jack.

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

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

How much charge have you got?

If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the

screen. As you charge your phone, the screen will tell you the

exact battery level each time you wake up your phone.

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If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as

appear on the status bar.

or ,

Powering On/Off

Make sure the SIM card is in your phone and the battery is
charged.

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

• To turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the op-

tions menu. Touch Power off and then touch OK.

Setting Up for the First Time

When you rst power on your phone after you purchase it or re-

set it to factory settings (see Settings – Personal – Backup and

Reset), you need to do some settings before using it.

1. Touch the language eld to select the language you want to

use and then touch Start.

2. Set the date, time, and time zone, or use date and time data

provided by the network. Then touch Next.

3. Touch Get an account to create a Google account or touch
Sign in to sign in to your account.

You can also touch Not now to set up an account later.

4. Congure the Google location options and touch Next.

5. Enter your name which the phone uses to personalize some

apps and touch Next.

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6. You will be prompted to accept the terms of Google service.

Touch Next to continue.

7. Touch Finish to complete the setup.

NOTE: If the SIM is not installed, the phone would prompt you

to connect to a Wi-Fi network before asking you to sign in to a

Google account.

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys

Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys when not

in use and to turn the screen back on and unlock it when you need.

To lock the screen and keys:

To immediately 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 a certain period of time when you leave it idle.

You will still be able to 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. Touch and hold

NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password for
your phone (see chapter Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone

With Screen Locks), you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter the

PIN/password to unlock your screen.

at the center of the screen.

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Using the Touch Screen

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

• Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select

items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or

press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your nger.

• Touch and Hold

To open the available options for an item (for example, a

message or link in a Web page), touch and hold the item.

• Swipe or Slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your nger vertically

or horizontally across the screen.

• Drag

To drag, press and hold your nger with some pressure be-

fore you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not

release your nger until you have reached the target position.

• Pinch

In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can

zoom in and out by placing two ngers on the screen at once

and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them

apart (to zoom in).

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• Rotate the screen

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen

orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone

sideways.

Getting to Know the Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s applica-

tions, functions, and menus. You can customize your home

screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets,

and more. Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen.

Swipe the screen left or right to display additional screens.

Status &

Notications

Google Search

All apps

Phone

People

Browser

Messages

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Extended Home Screens

Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen, providing

more space to add icons, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left

or right on the screen to see the extended Home Screens.

To add or remove an extended Home Screen:

1. Touch the Home Key to return to the Home Screen.

2. Touch the Menu Key > Personalization > Screen edit.

3. Touch

Touch

To adjust the order of an extended Home Screen:

1. Touch the Home Key to return to the Home Screen.

2. Touch the Menu Key > Personalization > Screen edit.

3. Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it to the place you
need.

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to add more extended Home Screens.

on a thumbnail to remove a screen.

Personalizing

Changing the System Language

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

2. Select the language you need.

Setting the Date and Time

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >

Date & time.

2. Clear the Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone

check boxes if you want to set the date, time and time zone

by yourself.

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

Changing Ringtone and Notication Sound

You can customize the default ringtone for incoming calls and

default notication sound quickly.

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > Personalization.

2. Touch Phone ringtone or Notication ringtone.

3. Scroll through the ringtone list and select the ringtone you

want to use.

4. Touch OK.

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TIP: See chapter People – Editing Contacts – Set a Ringtone for

a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual

contact.

Adjusting Volumes

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >

Sound > Volumes.

2. Adjust the volume for music, video, games, and other media,

the ringtone and notication volume, and the alarm volume.

3. Touch OK to save.

TIP: You can adjust the media volume when a media application

is in use by pressing the Volume Keys. If no media application is
active, press the Volume Keys to adjust ringtone volume (or the
earpiece volume during a call).

To enable the silent or vibration mode:

You can set the phone to the silent or vibration mode by using

one of the following methods.

• Press and hold the Power Key and then touch

the silent mode, touch

touch

• Press the Volume Keys down when no media application

is active. When the

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to disable the silent mode.

to enable the vibration mode, or

icon appears in the status bar, the

to enable

phone is set to the vibration mode. When the
pears in the status bar, the phone is in the silent mode.

• Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >
Sound > Silent mode, and touch Off, Vibrate or Mute.

icon ap-

Applying New Wallpapers

You can set the wallpaper for the Home Screen or Lock Screen.

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

2. Touch Home or Lock screen.

3. Select a wallpaper source from Gallery, Live Wallpapers, or

Wallpapers and choose the image or animation you want to

use as the wallpaper. Some cropping may be needed for Gal­lery images.

4. Touch CROP at the top of the screen (for Gallery images) or

Set wallpaper.

NOTE: Live Wallpapers are not available for the Lock Screen.

Changing Screen Brightness

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Dis-

play > Brightness.

2. Tick the Automatic brightness box to make the phone ad­just the screen brightness automatically, or clear the tick box
to adjust the brightness manually.

3. Touch OK.

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Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When

enabled, you need to draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or

password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Se-

curity.

2. Touch Screen lock.

3. Touch Pattern, PIN or Password.



If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you

must draw to unlock the screen. The rst time you do this, a

short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears. Then

you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.



If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a

numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your

screen.

The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen,
you must draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or pass-

word to unlock it.

IMPORTANT: Screen lock options are listed in the approximate
order of the strength of their security, starting with None and

Long press, which provide no security. Pattern provides minimal

security, although it can be more convenient than the stronger
options.

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Protecting Your Phone With Encryption

You can encrypt all the data on your phone: Google Accounts,
application data, music and other media, downloaded informa­tion, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or pass-

word each time you power on your phone.

WARNING! Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to

an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which

erases all your data.
Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is
stolen, and may be required or recommended in some organiza­tions. Consult your system administrator before turning it on. In
many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is con­trolled by the system administrator.

Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:

1. Set a lock screen PIN or password.

2. Charge the battery.

3. Keep the phone connected to the charger.

4. Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you

must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.

When you're ready to turn on encryption:

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Se-

curity > Encrypt phone.

2. Read the information about encryption carefully.

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The Encrypt phone button is dimmed if your battery's not

charged or your phone's not plugged in.

If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch

the Back Key.

WARNING! If you interrupt the encryption process, you will

lose data.

3. Touch Encrypt phone.

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

5. Touch Encrypt phone again.

The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryp-

tion can take an hour or more, during which time your phone

may restart several times.
When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your

PIN or password.

Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time

you power on your phone, to decrypt it.

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Knowing the Basics

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and
service status information on the right side. You can monitor the

phone status by checking the following status icons.

GPRS connected No signal

EDGE connected Signal strength

3G connected Mobile data in use

HSPA connected Ringer off

Flight mode Vibrate mode

Battery at Bluetooth on

Battery low

Battery partially drained Wi-Fi in use

Battery full

/ Battery charging Alarm set

No SIM card installed

Connected to a Wi-Fi

network

Wired headset con­nected

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Managing Notications

Notication Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notication

alerts on the left. You can view the following notication icons.

New SMS microSD card unmounted

New MMS microSD card removed

New Email Upcoming event

New Gmail message Call on hold

New Google Talk

instant message

Problem with SMS/

MMS delivery

Missed call Sending data

Call in progress USB tethering is on

USB connected

/ Song is playing GPS on

Updates available

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New Wi-Fi network de­tected

Downloading data

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot or
Wi-Fi direct is on

Open/Close the Notication Panel

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar

events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when

you've congured your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can open

the notication panel to view the details of notications.

• To open the notication panel, swipe your nger down from

the top of the screen.

• To close the notication panel, swipe your nger up from the

bottom of the screen or touch the Back Key.

Respond to or Remove a Notication

In the notication panel, you can respond to a notication or re-

move the notications.

• To respond to a notication, just touch it.

• To remove a notication, swipe it left or right.

• To remove all notications, touch

• Most apps that send notications, such as Gmail and Google

Talk, have notication settings that you can adjust.

TIP: In the notication panel, touch

list to get to the Settings menu quickly.

in the top right corner.

at the top of notications

Use Quick Settings

The Quick Settings in the notication panel make it convenient to

view or change the most common settings for your phone.

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Open the notication panel and you can nd the following Quick

Settings on the top of the screen. Slide left or right to view the

setting options.

• Auto-rotate: Touch to turn on or off the Auto-rotate feature.

• Sound: Touch to turn on or off vibration.

• Wi-Fi: Touch to turn on or off Wi-Fi.

• Data: Touch to enable or disable data access over the mobile

network.

• Bluetooth: Touch to turn on or off Bluetooth.

• GPS: Touch to turn on or off GPS function.

• Sync: Touch to turn on or off account sync.

• Airplane mode: Touch to turn on or off the airplane mode.

• Brightness: Touch to adjust the screen brightness.

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets

Add Shortcuts and Widgets

1. Touch the Home Key > > Widgets.

2. Touch Widgets or Shortcuts to view the available widgets
and shortcuts.

3. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut and drag it to the Home

Screen.

Move Shortcuts or Widgets

1. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the Home Screen.

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