ZTE Boost V55 User Manual

ZTE Blade A3 2019 –

Boost V55

User Manual

LEGAL INFORMATION

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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Notice

ZTE Corporation reserves the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications in this guide without prior notice. This manual has been designed with the utmost care to ensure the accuracy of its content. However, all statements, information and recommendations contained therein do not constitute a warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Please refer to For Your Safety to be sure to use your phone properly and safely. We offer selfservice for our smart terminal device users. Please visit the ZTE official website (at http://www.ztedevices.com) for more information on self-service and supported product models. Information on the website takes precedence.

Disclaimer

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microSDXC Logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.

Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

Instructional Icons

NOTE

Additional information, supplementary instruction or tips for the operation of the product.

CAUTION

Safety information that, if ignored, may cause minor damage to the equipment or service interruption.

WARNING

Safety information that, if ignored, may cause serious damage to the equipment or danger to personal safety.

Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: March 2019

Contents

Getting Started ......................................................... 9

Overview ........................................................................ 9

Knowing the Keys ........................................................ 11

Setting Up Your Phone ................................................ 12

Charging the Phone ..................................................... 14

Powering On/Off .......................................................... 15

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

Knowing the Home Screen ........................................... 16

View Notifications and the Quick Settings Panel .......... 17

Personalizing ......................................................... 18

Choosing Your Wallpaper ............................................ 18

Removing Items from Your Home Screen .................... 18

Using Do Not Disturb Mode .......................................... 19

Knowing the Basics ............................................... 21

Monitoring the Phone Status ........................................ 21

Managing Notifications ................................................. 22

Using Quick Settings .................................................... 23

Opening and Switching Apps ....................................... 24

Security .................................................................. 25

Protecting Your Phone with a Screen Lock .................. 25

Protecting Your Phone with Screen Pinning ................. 26

Connecting to Networks ....................................... 28

Connecting to Mobile Network ...................................... 28

Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network .................................... 29

Connecting to Devices .......................................... 30

Bluetooth® ................................................................... 30

Wi-Fi Direct® ................................................................ 31

Connecting to a Computer via USB ............................. 32

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection ................. 33

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection through Tethering

.................................................................................... 33

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

.................................................................................... 34

Phone Calls ............................................................ 35

Placing Calls ................................................................ 35

Answering or Rejecting Calls ....................................... 36

Contacts ................................................................. 39

Creating a Contact ....................................................... 39

Searching for a Contact ............................................... 39

Importing and Exporting Contacts ................................ 40

Setting a Ringtone for a Contact .................................. 41

Joining Duplicate Contacts .......................................... 42

Separating Contact Information ................................... 43

Setting Call/Message Blocking .................................... 43

Gmail ....................................................................... 45

Setting up the First Email Account ............................... 45

Writing and Sending an Email ...................................... 45

Responding to an Email ............................................... 46

Messages ............................................................... 47

Opening the Messages Screen .................................... 47

Sending a Message ..................................................... 47

Message Options ......................................................... 48

Message Settings ........................................................ 49

Camera ................................................................... 50

Taking Pictures ............................................................ 50

Recording Videos ......................................................... 51

Using Other Camera Modes ......................................... 52

Gallery .................................................................... 53

Opening Gallery ........................................................... 53

Sharing Pictures and Videos ........................................ 53

Retouching Your Pictures ............................................. 53

Play Music .............................................................. 55

Playing Your Music ...................................................... 55

Managing Playlists ....................................................... 55

Settings .................................................................. 57

Network & Internet ....................................................... 57

Connected Devices ...................................................... 59

Apps & Notifications ..................................................... 59

Battery ......................................................................... 61

Display ......................................................................... 61

Scheduled Power On/Off .............................................. 61

Sound .......................................................................... 61

Storage........................................................................ 62

Security & Location ...................................................... 62

Users & Accounts ........................................................ 64

Accessibility ................................................................. 65

Google......................................................................... 65

System ........................................................................ 65

Software Update .......................................................... 66

For Your Safety ...................................................... 67

General Safety ............................................................ 67

Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ..................................... 69

Distractions.................................................................. 71

Product Handling ......................................................... 71

Electrical Safety ................................ ........................... 77

Radio Frequency Interference ..................................... 78

Explosive Environments .............................................. 80

Technical Specifications ....................................... 82

CE Caution.............................................................. 83

Battery Caution ............................................................ 83

USB Port ..................................................................... 83

Proper Use .................................................................. 83

Disposal of Your Old Appliance ........................... 85

Getting Started

camera

Touch

screen

Earpiece/

Speaker

Power key

Indicator light

Volume keys

Microphone

Overview

Front

Flash

Headset jack

Back camera

Charging/

micro-USB port

Knowing the Keys

Key

Function

Power key

Press and hold to turn on or off airplane mode, restart or power off. Press to turn off or on the screen display.

Volume key

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

(Home key)

Touch to return to the home screen from any application or screen. Touch and hold to use the Google Assistant.

(Back key)

Touch to go to the previous screen.

(Recent apps key)

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

Screen Capture

Press and hold the Volume Down and Power key at the same time.

Android Recovery

Hold the Volume Down key, then power On your device.

Power Restart

Hold the Power key for 10 seconds to restart your device.

Setting Up Your Phone

The nano-SIM card can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on.

Power off your phone before removing or replacing the battery.

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. Place your finger into the slot at the bottom of the back cover, and gently lift and remove the cover.

2. Install the nano-SIM card and the microSDXC card as

nano-SIM

card

microSDXC

card

shown.

3. Insert the battery, making sure the connectors align. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.

4. Replace the back cover.

Charging the Phone

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 cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode.

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 customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.

Powering On/Off

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

menu and touch Shut Down > OK.

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 to select the language you want to use and then touch START. Then follow the prompts to set up Wi-Fi, name, screen lock, Google services, and other options.

Knowing 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 folders, shortcuts, and more.

Your home screen is extendable, providing more space for shortcuts and folders. Touch and hold a shortcut or folder and drag it to the right edge of the screen to create an extended panel for the shortcut/folder. Swipe left or right on the screen to switch between panels.

View Notifications and the Quick

Settings

Pull down from the top of the screen

Settings Panel

Pull down from the top of the screen to view any Notifications. Pull down again to open the quick settings panel:

Touch the Settings icon as a shortcut to the Settings menu:

Personalizing

Choosing Your Wallpaper

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

1. Touch and hold on a blank area of the home screen and touch WALLPAPERS.

2. Touch My photos to select an image or directly touch a built-in static wallpaper. For images in My photos, you can pan and zoom on them to select the area you need.

3. Touch Set wallpaper.

4. Touch Home screen, Lock screen, or Home screen and lock screen.

NOTE:

You can also set the wallpaper by opening the Settings app and selecting Display > Wallpaper.

Removing Items from Your Home Screen

1. Touch and hold the item you want to delete.

2. Drag it to Remove to delete it.

NOTE:

If the item is an app icon, you may also drag it to Uninstall and touch OK to uninstall the app. Some preinstalled apps cannot be uninstalled.

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.

Turn on Do Not Disturb Mode

1. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers to access the Quick Settings.

2. Find and touch the word “Do not disturb.”

3. Touch Total silence, Alarms only, or Priority only depending on whether you want to allow exceptions. You can customize the exceptions when Priority only is selected.

4. Touch Until you turn off Do Not Disturb if you want to turn off Do not disturb mode manually; touch or to set the time before Do not disturb mode turns off automatically.

5. Touch DONE.

NOTE:

Press the Volume key when no media application is active to show the volume bar. Drag the slider to the left or keep pressing the Volume down key to turn on vibration. Press the key again to turn on Alarms only.

Set Do Not Disturb Mode

1. Swipe up from the home screen and touch Settings >

Sound > Do Not Disturb preferences.

2. Touch the following options as you need:

 Priority only allows: Set reminders, events,

message senders, and callers that you specify as exceptions.

 Block visual disturbances: Set Do not disturb mode

to block visual disturbances. Turn on/off the switches to choose whether to block visual notifications when the screen is on and off.

 Automatic rules: If you want to turn on and off Do

not disturb mode during certain periods or events, use the default time rules and event rule, or touch Add more to set new rules.

Knowing the Basics

3G connected

No signal

4G connected

Signal strength

Mobile data in use

Flight mode

Vibrate on

Bluetooth® on

Do not disturb mode on (Alarms only or Priority only)

Connected to a Wi-Fi® network

Do not disturb mode on (Total silence)

Speaker on

Battery low

Phone microphone off

Battery full

Location service active

Battery charging

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on

Alarm set

Wired headset connected

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons you may see.

Managing Notifications

New SMS/MMS

USB tethering on

New message(s) from the Gmail™ app

Song playing

Missed call

Open Wi-Fi network detected

Call in progress

Downloading/ Receiving data

Call on hold

Uploading/Sending data

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see.

Open/Close the Notification Panel

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are playing music. You can open the notification panel to view the details of notifications.

 To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down

from the top of the screen.

 To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up on

the screen or touch the Back key.

Using Quick Settings

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

Swipe down from the status bar and drag the notification panel downwards to open the Quick Settings panel.

To turn on or off settings quickly:

1. Open the Quick Settings panel.

2. To turn on or off a setting, touch its tile. Touch and hold certain tiles to access more setting options. For example, touch and hold the Wi-Fi tile to open Wi-Fi settings.

To customize the Quick Settings panel:

You can add, remove or rearrange the tiles on the Quick Settings panel.

1. Open the Quick Settings panel.

2. Touch below the tiles and do one of the following.

 Touch and hold a tile and drag it to the position you want.  Touch and hold a tile and drag it to the Drag here to

remove section to hide it.

 In the Drag to add tiles section, drag a tile up to

show it in the Quick Settings panel.

Opening and Switching Apps

Open an App

1. Swipe up on the home screen to view apps.

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

NOTE:

Drag the slider on the right side of the screen to the initial letter of the app you need, or touch the search box at the top to search for apps.

Switch between Recently Opened Apps

1. Touch the Recent apps key. The apps you’ve used recently are displayed as a series of cards. Slide up and down to see all the cards.

2. Touch a card to open that app.

NOTES:

 You can swipe a card left to remove it from the screen,

which will free up running memory on the phone.

 Double-tap the Recent apps key to switch to the most

recent app.

Security

Protecting Your Phone with a Screen Lock

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

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

 Touch None to disable the screen lock.  Touch Swipe to allow unlocking with a ‘swipe'

gesture. Anyone can unlock the screen by touching the display and sliding up.

 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.

NOTE:

When setting up a Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, you can touch YES to enable or NO to disable secure start-up, which requires you to unlock before the phone starts up.

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 from the home screen and touch Settings > Security & location > Screen pinning.

2. Touch the Off switch.

3. To add security for unpinning, switch on Lock device when unpinning and set up a screen lock as prompted, or switch on Ask for unlock pattern/PIN/password

before unpinning if you’ve set a screen lock already.

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 .

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