ZTE Blade Max 2S User Manual

User Manual

About This Manual

Thank you for choosing this ZTE mobile device. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference.

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For Your Safety to be sure to use your phone properly and safely.

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Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: September 20, 2018

Contents

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

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

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

Installing the nano-SIM Card and the microSDXC™ Card. 14

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

Powering Your Phone On/Off ............................................. 18

Setting Up Your Phone for the First Time ........................... 18

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys ........................... 18

Getting to Know the Home Screen .................................... 20

Personalizing ......................................................... 22

Changing the System Language ........................................ 22

Switching to Vibration or Silent (Do Not Disturb) Mode ..... 22

Setting Silent (Do Not Disturb) Mode Preferences ............. 23

Applying New Wallpapers .................................................. 24

Setting the Home Screen Options ..................................... 24

Using Night Light ............................................................... 25

Showing or Hiding the Navigation Keys ............................. 25

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ........................ 26

Using Your Fingerprint ....................................................... 27

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ...................... 29

Knowing the Basics ............................................... 31

Phone Status Icons ............................................................ 31

Notification Icons ............................................................... 32

Using Quick Settings ......................................................... 32

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ...................................... 33

Organizing With Folders .................................................... 34

Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts ................................... 35

Using App Shortcuts .......................................................... 35

Notification Dots ................................................................ 36

Entering Text...................................................................... 37

Opening and Switching Apps ............................................. 41

Using Two Apps in Split-Screen Mode ............................... 42

Connecting to Networks and Devices .................. 43

Connecting to Mobile Networks ......................................... 43

Connecting to Wi-Fi ........................................................... 44

Using Wi-Fi Direct.............................................................. 47

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices ...................................... 47

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

Using the microSDXC Card as Portable or Device Storage

.......................................................................................... 50

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection ............................... 54

Phone Calls ............................................................ 57

Placing and Ending Calls ................................................... 57

Answering or Rejecting Calls ............................................. 58

Working With the Call History ............................................ 59

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

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

Adjusting Your Call Settings .............................................. 63

Contacts ................................................................. 70

Adding a New Contact ....................................................... 70

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ...................... 70

Setting a Ringtone for a Contact ........................................ 72

Joining Duplicate Contacts ................................................ 73

Separating Contact Information ......................................... 73

Web Accounts ........................................................ 74

Adding or Removing Accounts ........................................... 74

Configuring Account Sync .................................................. 75

Email ....................................................................... 77

Setting Up the First Email Account .................................... 77

Checking Your Emails ........................................................ 77

Writing and Sending an Email ............................................ 78

Responding to an Email ..................................................... 78

Adding and Editing Email Accounts ................................... 79

Changing General Email Settings ...................................... 80

Messages ............................................................... 81

Opening the Messages Screen .......................................... 81

Sending a Message ........................................................... 81

Adding an Attachment ........................................................ 82

Replying to a Message ...................................................... 83

Forwarding a Message ...................................................... 83

More Message Options ...................................................... 84

Web Browser .......................................................... 85

Opening the Browser ......................................................... 85

Using Multiple Browser Tabs ............................................. 85

Downloading Files ............................................................. 86

Changing Browser Settings ............................................... 86

Camera .................................................................... 87

Capturing a Photo ............................................................. 87

Using Manual Camera Mode ............................................. 89

Using Other Camera Modes .............................................. 89

Recording a Video ............................................................. 90

Customizing Camera Settings ........................................... 91

Gallery ..................................................................... 94

Opening Gallery ................................................................ 94

Working With Albums ........................................................ 94

Working With Pictures ....................................................... 95

Making a GIF or a Collage ................................................. 96

Music ....................................................................... 98

Viewing Your Music Library ............................................... 98

Playing Music .................................................................... 98

Managing Playlists ........................................................... 100

Video ..................................................................... 101

Opening the Video Library ............................................... 101

Playing and Controlling Videos ........................................ 101

Voice Recorder ..................................................... 103

Recording a Voice Memo ................................................. 103

Playing a Voice Memo ..................................................... 103

Editing a Voice Memo ...................................................... 103

More Apps ............................................................ 105

Calculator ........................................................................ 105

Clock ................................................................................ 105

Dolby Audio...................................................................... 106

Downloads ....................................................................... 106

File Manager .................................................................... 107

Google Apps .................................................................... 107

Settings ................................................................ 110

Network & Internet ........................................................... 110

Connected Devices .......................................................... 112

Apps & Notifications ......................................................... 113

Features .......................................................................... 116

Battery ............................................................................. 116

Display ............................................................................. 117

Sound .............................................................................. 118

Storage ............................................................................ 118

Security & Location .......................................................... 119

Accounts .......................................................................... 122

Accessibility ..................................................................... 122

Google ............................................................................. 123

System ............................................................................. 123

Troubleshooting ................................................... 125

For Your Safety..................................................... 127

General Safety ................................................................ 127

FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) .............................. 128

FCC Regulations ............................................................. 130

Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Mobile

Phones ............................................................................ 131

CTIA Requirements ......................................................... 133

Distractions ...................................................................... 135

Product Handling ............................................................. 135

Electrical Safety ............................................................... 139

Radio Frequency Interference ......................................... 140

Explosive Environments .................................................. 142

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

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Speake

* Supports CTIA headsets only.

3.5mm headset jack*

Fingerprint sensor

Main microphone

Knowing the Keys

Key Function

Power key  Press and hold to power off, restart, or turn

Volume key

on or off airplane mode.

 Press to turn off or on the screen display.

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

(

Home key)

(

Back key)

Recent apps

(

key)

 Touch to return to the home screen from

any application or screen.

 Touch and hold to use the Google

Assistant.

Touch to go to the previous screen.

 Touch to see recently used apps.  Double-tap to switch to the most recent

application.

 Touch and hold while using an app to

activate split-screen mode.

Installing the nano-SIM Card and the microSDXC™ Card

There is no need to power off the phone before installing or removing the nano-SIM card.

The microSDXC card (optional, not included) can be installed and removed while the phone is turned on. When the phone is on, unmount the microSDXC card before removing it (see Using the

microSDXC Card as Portable or Device 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. You can get a standard nano-SIM card from your service provider.

1. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the hole on the card tray.

2. Pull out the card tray. You can place a nano-SIM card on the right card slot, and place a microSDXC card on the left card slot, as shown. Carefully slide the tray back into place.

Charging the Battery

Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a network signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible.

If the battery is low, a pop-up message will appear on the screen.

WARNING!

Use only ZTE-approved chargers and USB Type-C cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode.

WARNING!

Do not remove the back cover. The battery is not removable. Removal may cause fire or explosion.

NOTE:

Use the USB Type-C charger that comes in-box with your phone to charge the battery. It’s specially built to support Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 2.0.

1. Connect the charger adapter to the charging jack. Do not use force.

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC power outlet. If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or ,

appear in the status bar.

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

NOTE:

If the battery is extremely low, you may be unable to power on the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again after charging the phone for at least 20 minutes. Contact customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.

Powering Your Phone On/Off

 Press and hold the Power key to turn on your phone.  To turn it off, press and hold the Power key to open the

options menu. Touch Power off.

NOTE:

If the phone freezes or takes too long to respond, you can press and hold the Power key for about 10 seconds to restart the phone.

Setting Up Your Phone for the First Time

When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or reset it to factory settings, you need to do some settings before using it.

Select the language field and follow the on-screen prompts to set up your phone.

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys

Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone into sleep mode) when not in use and also to turn the screen back on and unlock it when you need 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 some time of inactivity. 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. Swipe up on the screen.

- or -

Swipe from to use the Google Assistant, or swipe from

to open the camera.

- or Touch a notification twice consecutively to open the related

app.

NOTE:

If you have set a fingerprint, an unlock pattern, a PIN, or a

password for your phone (see Using Your Fingerprint and

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks), you’ll need to press

your finger against the fingerprint sensor, draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.

Getting to Know the Home Screen

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

Status bar

Widgets

Folder

Shortcut

Primary shortcuts

Extended Home Screen Panels

Your home screen is extendable, providing more space for shortcuts, widgets, or folders. Simply swipe right to left on the home screen to see the extended panels. You can also add, remove or move home screen panels.

To add a new home screen panel:

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

2. Swipe left through the home screen thumbnails until you see

. Touch to create a new home screen panel.

3. Touch or .

To delete a home screen panel:

1. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen. You can slide left or right to view the home screen thumbnails.

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

3. Touch OK if prompted. The items on the panel will also be removed.

To move a home screen panel:

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

slide left or right to view the home screen thumbnails.

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

place you need.

NOTE:

Touch at the top of a home screen thumbnail to set it as the main home screen.

Personalizing

Changing the System Language

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > System > Languages & input > Languages. The first

language in the list is the default system language.

2. Touch Add a language and then the language you need.

3. Touch and hold a language and move it to the top to switch to that language.

NOTE:

To remove languages from the list, touch > Remove and select the languages you want to delete.

Switching to Vibration or Silent (Do Not Disturb) Mode

You can set the phone to vibration or silent (Do Not Disturb) mode by using one of the following methods.

 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 Volume down 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 Sound, Vibrate, or Silent to switch the phone to vibration or silent mode or turn on the sound.

 Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Sound >

Notification mode and select Vibrate or Mute to switch to

vibration or silent mode.

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

panel, and drag the panel downward. Touch Do not disturb or Alarms only to turn on or off silent mode.

NOTES:

 Alarms are still allowed in silent mode. You can also allow

certain notifications marked as priority.

 To quickly turn off silent mode, press the Volume key and

touch TURN OFF NOW.

Setting Silent (Do Not Disturb) Mode Preferences

You can set allowed and blocked disturbances, or manage rules that turn on or off silent mode automatically.

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb preferences.

2. Touch an option to configure.

 Priority only allows: Set allowed disturbances in silent

mode.

 Block visual disturbances: Set the condition for

blocking notifications on the screen.

 Automatic rules: Touch an existing rule to set or delete it,

or touch Add more to create new rules.

Applying New Wallpapers

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

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

2. Touch WALLPAPERS.

3. Swipe left or right on the wallpaper panel along the bottom of

the screen to select a wallpaper, or touch My photos to choose the image you want to use as the wallpaper.

4. Touch or SET WALLPAPER and follow the instructions

on the screen.

NOTES:

 Alternatively, you can swipe up on the home screen and

touch Settings > Display > Wallpaper to set the wallpaper.

 For images from My photos, pinch or spread to select the

part you want to use.

Setting the Home Screen Options

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

2. Touch HOME SETTINGS.

3. You can customize the home screen by setting its options, including the app badge, the home screen transition effect,

the icon layout, the theme, Mi-Board, and the menu options of apps.

NOTE:

When Mi-Board is enabled, you can slide right on the leftmost home screen to open the Google Assistant.

Using Night Light

You can enable Night Light to tint the screen amber for eye care, or set a schedule when Night Light will be turned on.

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Display > Night Light.

2. Turn on the switch beside Status to enable Night Light.

- or If you want to set a schedule when Night Light will be turned

on automatically, touch Schedule and select an option.

3. Drag the slider below Intensity to adjust the eye care effect when Night Light is on.

Showing or Hiding the Navigation Keys

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Features > Navigation keys.

2. To hide the navigation keys, switch off Always show navigation bar and touch on the navigation bar. To

display the navigation keys again, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you need to swipe up on the screen, and then draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Screen lock.

2. Touch None, Swipe, Pattern, PIN, or Password.

 Touch None to disable screen lock protection.  Touch Swipe to enable screen lock and allow unlocking

with a “swipe” gesture. You can unlock the screen by swiping up on the screen.

 Touch Pattern to create a pattern that you must draw to

unlock the screen.

 Touch PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a

password that you must enter to unlock the screen.

3. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select whether to protect your phone by requiring your pattern, PIN or password before it starts up. Then follow the on-screen prompts to continue.

NOTE:

When this feature is enabled, your phone cannot receive calls, messages, or notifications until it starts up.

4. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select how you would like notifications and their contents to show when the phone is locked, and then touch DONE.

NOTE:

Remember the pattern, PIN or password you set. Otherwise, you will have to contact the customer service to upgrade the phone software.

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 quickly open a selected app, or use other touch-control and swipe functions.

NOTE:

The fingerprint feature is available only when a screen lock (Pattern, PIN, or Password) is enabled. When the screen lock is reset to None or Swipe, all registered fingerprints are erased.

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Fingerprint > Fingerprint management.

2. Enter the screen lock pattern, PIN, or password you set. If you haven’t set a screen lock, follow the prompts to set it.

3. Touch REGISTER or Add fingerprint.

4. Follow the prompts to record a fingerprint.

5. Touch OK.

NOTE:

Touch an existing fingerprint record to change its name or delete it.

Set Fingerprint Functions

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Fingerprint > Fingerprint management.

2. Enter the screen lock pattern, PIN or password you set.

3. Touch to enable or disable the fingerprint functions:

 Wake up and unlock your phone: Press the fingerprint

sensor to unlock the phone with a registered fingerprint when the screen is off or locked.

 Quick launch app: When the screen is off or locked, you

can quickly open a selected app with a registered fingerprint. Each registered fingerprint can be assigned to a different app.

Set Touch-Control and Swipe Functions

1. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Fingerprint.

2. You can set the following options, for which no fingerprint verification is needed.

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

when the Camera app is open.

 Answer call: Press the fingerprint sensor to answer

incoming calls.

 View notification drawer: Swipe down on the fingerprint

sensor to open the notification panel.

 View recent apps: When viewing the home screen,

swipe up on the fingerprint sensor for recent apps.

 View pictures: Swipe left or right on the fingerprint

sensor to view pictures in Gallery.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning

You can 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. Swipe up on the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Screen pinning.

2. Touch the On/Off switch.

3. Touch YES.

4. For added security, you can switch on Lock device when unpinning, select a security option, and follow the on-screen instructions if you do not already have a pattern, PIN, or password set up.

Pin a Screen

1. Ensure that screen pinning is turned on.

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

3. Touch .

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

5. Touch .

Unpin the Screen

1. To unpin the screen and return to normal use, touch and hold .

2. If you have enabled the Lock device when unpinning option,

swipe up on the lock screen and draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password. You can also unlock the screen with your fingerprint if you have registered one.

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