ZTE BLADE V Ultra
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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Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
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Contents
Getting Started......................................................... |
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Getting to Know Your Phone .............................................. |
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Key Functions .................................................................... |
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Installing the nano-SIM Card and microSDXCTM Card |
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(Optional)........................................................................... |
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Charging the Battery ........................................................ |
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Powering You Phone On/Off............................................. |
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Setting Up for the First Time............................................. |
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Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys ............................ |
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Using the Touch Screen ................................................... |
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Extending Home Screen Panels....................................... |
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Choosing Your Wallpaper ................................................. |
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Personalizing ......................................................... |
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Changing the System Language ...................................... |
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Setting the Date and Time................................................ |
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Turning System Sounds On/Off ........................................ |
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Using Do not Disturb Mode .............................................. |
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Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks........................ |
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Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ..................... |
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Knowing the Basics............................................... |
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Status and Notification Icons ............................................ |
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Entering Text.................................................................... |
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Connecting to Networks and Devices.................. |
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Connecting to Mobile Networks........................................ |
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Connecting to Wi-Fi ......................................................... |
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Connecting to Bluetooth Devices ..................................... |
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Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection.............................. |
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Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................ |
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Phone Calls ............................................................ |
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Placing Calls.................................................................... |
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Answering or Rejecting Calls ........................................... |
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Checking Voicemail ......................................................... |
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Using Options During a Call............................................. |
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Managing Multi-party Calls............................................... |
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Adjusting Your Call Settings ............................................. |
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Contacts ................................................................. |
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Adding a New Contact ..................................................... |
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Searching for a Contact .................................................. |
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Editing Contacts .............................................................. |
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Messages................................................................ |
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Opening the Messages Screen ........................................ |
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Sending a Message......................................................... |
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Changing Message Settings ............................................ |
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Browser .................................................................. |
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Opening the Browser ....................................................... |
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Using Multiple Browser Tabs............................................ |
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Downloading Files............................................................ |
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Changing Browser Settings .............................................. |
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Camera ................................................................... |
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Capturing a Photo ............................................................ |
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Recording a Video............................................................ |
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More Apps and Features....................................... |
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Music ............................................................................... |
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Clock ............................................................................... |
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File Manager.................................................................... |
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Voice Recorder ................................................................ |
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Google Apps .................................................................... |
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For Your Safety ...................................................... |
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General Safety................................................................. |
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FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) ............................... |
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FCC Regulations.............................................................. |
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Distraction........................................................................ |
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Product Handling ............................................................. |
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Electrical Safety ............................................................... |
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Radio Frequency Interference .......................................... |
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Explosive Environments ................................................... |
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Getting Started
Getting to Know Your Phone
Auxiliary microphone
Frontcamera
nano-SIM/ microSDXC card tray
Touch screen
Home key
Back key
Headset jack
Proximity& light sensor
Earpiece
Volume keys
Power key
Recent apps key
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Dual-lens |
Flash |
camera |
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Fingerprint |
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sensor |
Speaker |
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Charging/USB |
Main |
type-C jack |
microphone |
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KeyFunctions
Key |
Function |
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Press and hold to restart, turn airplane mode |
Power key |
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onor power off. |
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Press to turn off or on the screen display. |
Volume keys |
Press or hold to turn the volume up or down. |
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Installing the nano-SIM Card and
microSDXCTM Card(Optional)
The nano-SIM card can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on.
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.
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microSDXC card
nano-SIM card
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Charging the Battery
Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible.
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.
1.Connect the charger to a standard AC power outlet. If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as 
or 
, appear on the Status Bar.
2.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 the
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customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.
Powering You Phone On/Off
Press and hold the Power key to power on your phone.
To power off, press and hold the Power keyand touch Power off.
Setting Up 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.
Touch the language field to select a language. Then touch LET'S GO and follow the prompts to set up your Wi-Ficonnection, date & time, name, fingerprint, Google services and other options.
Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys
Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone to sleep mode) when not in use and to turn the screen back on and unlock it when you need it.
Locking 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
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screen after some time of inactivity. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off.
Unlocking the Screen and Keys
1.Press the Power key to turn the screen on.
2.Swipe 
to 
to unlock the phone, or
Swipe 
to 
to select multimedia apps.
Swipe 
to 
to select messaging apps.
Swipe 
to 
to select favorite apps.
Double-tap a notification to open the related app.
NOTE:
If you have set apattern, PIN or password for your phone, you’ll need to draw the pattern, or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.
Using the Touch Screen
Your phone’s touch screen enables you to control actions through a variety of touch gestures.
Touch
When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items on the screen such as the application and settings icons, or press the onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.
Touch and Hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a
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message or link in a web page), touch and hold the item.
Swipe or Slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Drag
To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.
Pinch
In some apps (such as Maps orweb browser), 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
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.
Extending Home Screen Panels
Your home screen is extendable, providing more space forshortcuts, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the home screen to see the extended panels. You can add or remove home screen panels, or adjust their order.To add a new home screen panel:
1. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen.
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2. Slide the home screen thumbnails right and touch 
.
Choosing Your Wallpaper
You can set the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen.
1. From the home screen, touchthe Arrow 
>Settings>Display >Advanced >Wallpaper.
2.Touch My photosor select a built-in wallpaper and use it as the wallpaper.
NOTE:
Other way to set the home screen wallpaper and the lock screen wallpaper:
Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and select the WALLPAPERS tab. Then select a built-in image, or an image from your gallery.
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Personalizing
Changing the System Language
1. From the home screen,touch the Arrow 
>Settings>System>Languages & input> Languages.
2.To add a system language, touch Add a language, and thenselect the language you need.
3.Touch and hold 
next to the language you want to use, anddrag it to the top of the list.
Setting the Date and Time
1.From the home screen,touchthe Arrow 
>Settings> System > Date & time.
2.Set the date, time, time zone, and time format.
To adjust the date and time automatically, touch to turn onAutomatic date & time.
To adjust the date and time manually, touch to turn offAutomatic date & time and touchSet date / Set time tochange the date and time.
To adjust the time zone automatically, touch to turn onAutomatic time zone.
To adjust the time zone manually, touch to turn off Automatictime zone and touchSelect time zone to set the correcttime zone.
To adjust the time format, touchUse 24-hour format.
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Turning System Sounds On/Off
1.From the home screen, touchthe Arrow
>Settings>Sound >Advanced.
2.Inthe Other sounds and vibrations section, touch the switch beside each option to turn it on or off.
Using Do not Disturb Mode
You can limit interruptions with Do not disturb mode. This mode silences your phone so that it doesn’t make sounds or vibrate when you don’t want it to.
1. From the home screen, touchthe Arrow
>Settings>Sound > Advanced>Do Not Disturb preferences.
2. Set the following options:
TouchPriority only allows to select which types of notifications will be permitted when Do not disturb is enable.
TouchBlock visual disturbances to prevent notifications silenced by Do not disturb from peeking/popping up on the screen and/or from turning on the screen when it is off.
Under Automatic rules, manage rules for automatically turning on Do not disturb. You can touch an existing rule to enable, disable, modify, or delete it, or touchAdd more to create a new rule.
There are two types of rules:
Time rule: Do not disturb mode will be activated automatically according to the days, start time, and end
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time you set.
Event rule: Do not disturb mode will be activated automatically during calendar events. You can choose to apply the rule to events from a specific calendar or any, and according to your reply to the event invitation. TouchEvent to enable and configure the preset event rule.
3.When modifying or creating a rule, you can touchDo Not Disturb preferences to set the mode: Priority only, Alarms only, or Total silence.
NOTES:
To set a Do not disturb exception for a specific app, from the home screen, touch the Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications, and then touchNotifications. Select the app you want, and then touchthe slider to allow or block its notifications.
You can activate Do not disturb mode from the Quick Settings menu. Slide the Status Bar down twiceto open Quick Settings, and then touchDo not disturb.To quickly turn off Do not disturb mode, press eitherof the Volume keys and touchTURN OFF NOW.
Protecting Your Phone With Screen
Locks
You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. Whenenabled, you need to swipe up from screen, and then drawa pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to unlock thephone’s screen and keys.
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1. From the home screen, touchthe Arrow 
>Settings>Security &Location>Screen lock.
2.TouchNone, Swipe, Pattern, PIN, or Password.
TouchNone to disable screen lock protection.
TouchSwipe to enable unlocking by swiping up on the lock screen.
TouchPattern to create a pattern that you must draw tounlock the screen.
TouchPIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a passwordthat you must enter to unlock the screen.
3.For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select how you would likenotifications and their contents to show when the phone islocked, and then touchDONE.
NOTE:
Remember the pattern, PIN, or password you set. Otherwise,you will need to upgrade the phone software to use the phone.
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.
Turning On Screen Pinning
1. From the home screen, touch the Arrow 
>Settings>Security &Location> Screenpinning.
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