Zte Compel User Manual
User Guide
ZTE Compel™
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Version No. : V1.0
Edition Time: July 2014
Manual No. : 079584506476
Devices purchased for use on AT&T’s system are designed for
use exclusively on AT&T’s system. You agree that you won’t
make any modifications to the Equipment or programming to
enable the Equipment to operate on any other system. A voice
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Contents
Getting Started .................................................... 1
Phone Setup ..................................................... 1
Powering Your Phone On/Off ...................................2
Getting Around ..................................................4
Get to Know Your Phone ........................................5
Key Functions ....................................................6
Phone Calls ........................................................12
How to Make Calls ..............................................12
How to Receive Calls ...........................................13
Adjusting Your Call Settings ....................................15
Contacts ...........................................................18
Importing and Exporting Contacts ............................18
Creating a Contact .............................................19
Adding a Contact to Favorites .................................19
Searching for a Contact .......................................20
Creating a New Group .........................................20
Entering Text ......................................................21
Google™ Keyboard .............................................21
Google Voice Typing ........................................... 22
TouchPal X Keyboard ..........................................22
Choosing Touch Input Settings ............................... 25
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Messaging ........................................................26
Message Box ................................................... 26
Sending a Message ............................................ 26
Changing Message Settings ................................... 27
Email .............................................................. 29
Creating an Email Account ....................................29
Receiving Email ................................................ 29
Composing and Sending an Email ............................30
Replying to or Forwarding an Email ...........................30
Deleting an Email Account .....................................31
Email Settings ...................................................31
Connecting to the Internet ..................................... 32
Adding a New GMS/UTMS/LTE Connection .................. 32
Turning on Wi-Fi® .............................................. 33
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network ............................... 33
Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status ........................... 33
Browsing the Internet ...........................................34
Opening a Web Page .......................................... 34
Browsing Options .............................................. 34
Opening Another Browser Window ...........................35
Using Bookmarks .............................................. 35
Changing Browser Settings ...................................36
Using Google Chrome™ .......................................36
Bluetooth® ....................................................... 37
Using Bluetooth ................................................ 37
Entertainment ...................................................39
Taking Pictures with Your Camera ............................39
Adjusting Camera Settings .................................... 39
Sharing a Picture ...............................................40
Opening Your Gallery .......................................... 41
Shooting Video with Your Camcorder ........................42
Adjusting Your Video Settings .................................42
Adjusting Other Settings ...................................... 42
Sharing a Video ................................................ 43
Playing Your Videos ............................................43
Adding Music to Your Phone ..................................44
Playing Your Music .............................................45
Making Memorable Memos ................................... 47
Applications ......................................................48
Clock ...........................................................48
Calculator ......................................................48
File Manager ...................................................48
Kingsoft Office .................................................49
Note ............................................................49
Task Manager ..................................................49
Timer ...........................................................50
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Twitter®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Voice Dialer ....................................................50
Google™ Applications ............................................51
Google Search and Google Now™ .............................51
Gmail™ ......................................................... 52
Google Play
Using Google Calendar ........................................ 54
Google Maps™ .................................................54
Google Music™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Google+™ ...................................................... 55
Hangouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Voice Search ................................................... 55
YouTube™ ......................................................55
Phone Settings ................................................... 56
Mobile Network Services ...................................... 56
Sound Settings ................................................56
Display Settings ................................................ 56
Setting Date and Time ........................................ 57
Language Settings ............................................. 57
Managing Your Device Memory ............................... 57
Security Settings ...............................................58
Managing Applications ........................................60
™ Store
............................................ 53
Factory Reset .................................................. 61
Managing Other Settings ......................................62
For Your Safety ...................................................64
General Safety .................................................64
FCC Regulations ...............................................66
RF Exposure Information (SAR) .............................. 67
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) .............................69
CTIA ............................................................70
Distraction ..................................................... 72
Product Handling .............................................. 72
Electrical Safety ............................................... 76
Interference ...................................................76
Explosive Environments ......................................78
Specifications ....................................................79
Warranty .........................................................80
Limited Warranty .............................................. 81
How to Get Warranty Service ................................. 82
Other Warranty Programs .....................................82
vContentsiv Contents
Getting Started
Phone Setup
Installing the micro-SIM Card and Battery
Power off your phone before installing or
replacing the battery or micro-SIM card.
Remove the back cover as shown.
Insert the micro-SIM card into the card
slot with the cut corner oriented as shown.
Insert the microSDHC™ (sold separately)
with the gold-colored contacts facing down.
Carefully insert the battery with the
contacts located against the metal springs.
Push down on the battery until it is
fully seated.
Replace the back cover.
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Charging the Battery
Note: For best performance, charge the battery fully prior to
using the phone for the first time.
Insert the charger’s connector into the
charging port. Be sure to insert the
connector in the correct orientation.
Do not force the connector into the port.
Plug the charger into a standard
AC wall outlet.
When the battery is fully charged, unplug the charger and
disconnect it from the phone.
Powering Your Phone On/Off
Make sure the micro-SIM card is in your phone and the battery is
charged.
• Press and hold the Power Key to power on your phone.
• To turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the
options menu. Tap Power off OK.
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 (see Phone Settings – Factory Reset),
you need to set up your phone settings before using it.
Tap the language field to select the language you want to use
and then tap .
If prompted, follow on-screen instructions to connect to a
Wi-Fi network.
Configure the Google location options and tap .
You will be prompted to accept the terms of Google service.
Tap to complete setup.
Switching to Sleep Mode
To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your phone in
a low-power-consumption state while the display is off. Your
phone also goes into Sleep Mode by itself when the display is
automatically turned off after a certain period of time, which you
can set by pressing System settings Display Sleep
from the home screen.
Press the Power Key to switch to Sleep Mode.
Waking Up Your Phone
Press the Power Key to activate your screen display.
Tap and hold the screen to unlock the screen.
Note: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN, or password for
your phone (see Phone Settings – Security) you’ll need to draw
the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.
2 Getting Started
3Getting Started
Getting Around
Touch Control
Use the touch screen to control your phone. The controls on
your touchscreen change dynamically depending on the tasks
you’re performing.
Tap the buttons, icons, or applications to select items or to
open applications. Keep your finger on an item to see the
available options.
Swipe the screen to scroll up, down, left, or right.
Drag and drop to move particular items across the screen.
Pinch with two fingers or double-tap the screen to zoom in/
out on a web page or an image.
Note: You can view the phone screen in portrait or landscape
orientation simply by holding it upright or turning it on its side.
Get to Know Your Phone
Headset jack
Light &
proximity
sensors
Earpiece
Volume
keys
Home
key
Back key
Indicator
Power key
Touch screen
Speaker
Flash
Micro USB
charging
port
Menu
key
Camera
lens
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Key Functions
Key Function
Power Key Press and hold to turn phone on/off, change
sound setting to silent/vibration/sound, set
to Airplane mode, or to restart the phone.
Press to switch your phone to Sleep Mode.
Press to wake up your phone.
Home Key Press to return to the main home screen
from any application or screen.
Press and hold to access Google Now.
Menu Key Press to see the options for the current
screen.
Press and hold to see recently used
applications.
Back Key Press to go to the previous screen.
Volume Keys Adjust the volume of the phone.
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Home Screens
You can customize your home screens. Set your own wallpaper,
add the widgets or application shortcuts you need, or remove
them as you like.
Status and
notification bar
Widget
Shortcuts
Navigating Your Home Screens
Your phone comes with three home screens, giving you more
space to add more items. Simply swipe your finger to the left or
right to see each home screen.
Choosing Your Wallpaper
Tap and hold a blank part of the home screen and tap
Wallpaper.
Tap Wallpaper for home screen or Wallpaper for lock screen.
Tap Gallery, Live, Photos, or Wallpapers and choose the
image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper.
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Tap OK (for Gallery images) or Set wallpaper.
Note: Live wallpapers and Photos are not available for the
lock screen.
Adding Items to Your Home Screen
Tap and hold a blank part of the home screen and tap
Widgets or Apps.
Tap and hold the icon of the item you wish to add and then
drag it to a home screen thumbnail at the bottom.
Removing Items from Your Home Screen
Tap and hold the item you want to delete until appears on
the screen.
Drag the item to and release your finger.
Status and Notification icons
Your phone will tell you exactly what’s going on by showing you
simple icons. Here’s what they mean.
Indicators and Icons
Indicator What it means Indicator What it means
GPRS connected No signal
EDGE connected Signal strength
3G connected
4G LTE
connected
Mobile data in
use
Ringer off
Creating a Folder
On a home screen, tap and hold an app icon and drag it to .
You can add more apps to the folder by dragging icons to the
folder.
Tap the folder to open it and access items in the folder.
To name the folder, open it and tap Folder.
Enter a name and tap Done.
Deleting Items from a Folder
Tap a folder to open it.
Tap and hold an icon and drag it to .
Getting Started Getting Started
Airplane mode Vibrate mode
Battery empty Bluetooth on
Battery low
Battery partially
drained
Battery full Alarm set
/
Battery charging
Connected to a
Wi-Fi network
Wired headset
connected
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Indicator What it means Indicator What it means
New SMS/MMS
New email Upcoming event
New Gmail
message
Problem with
SMS/MMS
delivery
Missed call
Call in progress Sending data
/
Song is playing
GPS on USB connected
microSDHC
card removed
Call on hold
New Wi-Fi
network
detected
Downloading
data
Updates
available
Using the Notifications Panel
The Notifications panel provides quick
access to alerts including new messages,
emails, and software updates.
• To open the Notications panel, tap
the top of the home screen and swipe
down with your finger.
• Swipe left or right to clear individual
notifications or tap to clear all.
•
Tap to access the full settings menu.
• To close the Notications panel, swipe
up from the bottom of the screen or
press .
Reopen Recently Used Applications
Press and hold from any screen. The phone will display
applications you used recently.
Tap the application you want to open.
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Phone Calls
How to Make Calls
There are many ways to make a call with your phone, and they’re
all easy to do.
Calling from the Dialer
From the home screen, tap > .
Enter the phone number with the
on-screen keypad. Tap to
delete wrong digits.
Tap to place the call.
Tip: To make international calls, tap
and hold the 0 Key to enter the “+”.
Calling from Your Contacts
From the home screen, tap .
Swipe your finger to scroll the
contacts list and tap next to
the contact you want to call.
Tips:
• You can search for a contact by tapping the search box at the
top of the screen and entering the contact name.
• You can also access your contacts by tapping
All Contacts.
Calling from Your Call History
From the home screen, tap .
Tap next to the number you want to call.
Calling from a Text Message
If a text message contains a phone number that you want to call,
you can make the call while viewing the text message.
From the home screen, tap .
Tap the conversation and then the message that contains the
phone number you need.
Tap the number.
Tap Call.
How to Receive Calls
Answering a Call
Slide down to answer the call.
Rejecting a Call
Slide up to reject the call.
Drag up to send a text message to the caller. Choose the
default message or send a custom one.
Muting a Call
During a call, you can mute your microphone so that the person
you are speaking to cannot hear you, but you can still hear them.
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Tap Mute to turn your microphone off. To turn your microphone
back on, tap Mute again.
Putting a Call on Hold
During a call, you can put it on hold by tapping More > Hold.
Tip: If you accept an incoming call while you’re on another call,
the first call automatically goes on hold. Tap More > Swap to
switch between the two callers.
Turning the Speakerphone On/Off
Tap Speaker during a call to turn the speakerphone on. Tap
Speaker again to turn off the speakerphone.
Adjusting Your Call Settings
You can open the Call Settings menu by tapping
Settings.
Tap to select a ringtone. You can choose
Phone ringtone
Vibrate pattern
Vibrate when
ringing
from default ringtones, music, and voice
recordings.
Choose from five different vibration
patterns.
Check the box to enable this option.
Adding a Call
During a call, tap More > Add call and dial a number. When you
call another number, the first call automatically goes on hold.
Swapping Calls
To switch between callers, tap More > Swap.
Merging Calls
To merge two calls and create a conference call, tap More >
Merge calls.
Note: The maximum number of callers on a call varies by carrier.
Ending a Call
Tap
to finish a call.
Phone Calls
Select a voicemail service provider
Voicemail
Dialpad touch
tones
Quick responses Edit Quick response to rejected callers.
Fixed Dialing
Numbers
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(your carrier is the default), or edit the
voicemail number if necessary.
Check this box to enable audible touch
tones for numbers on the dial pad.
Restrict outgoing calls to a fixed set of
numbers. To do this you must know your
SIM’s PIN2 code. Not all carriers support
this functionality.
Adjusting Your Call Settings (continued)
Choose a TTY mode after connecting
the TTY device to the phone’s headset
TTY mode
Hearing aids
DTMF tones
Speed dial Set speed dialing keys.
Noise reduction
Auto-Answer
Call Barring
Settings
port.
A TTY device can allow people who
have hearing or speech disabilities to
communicate by telephone.
Turn on/off hearing aid compatibility.
When you turn on the hearing aid
compatibility and use a hearing aid with a
Telecoil to answer the phone, it will help
you hear more clearly during the phone
call.
Set the length of dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) signal tones: Normal
or Long.
Check this box to improve the quality of
voice calls.
Set the phone to answer automatically
after one, three, or five seconds.
Forbid certain types of calls.
Phone Calls
Forward your incoming calls to a
different number. You can choose when
Call forwarding
Additional
settings
SIP Accounts Set up Internet calling accounts.
Use Internet
calling
IMS Account Enable/disable IMS service capability.
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to forward: Always forward, Forward
when busy, Forward when unanswered,
or Forward when unreachable.
Caller ID: Choose whether people you
call can see your number.
Call waiting: See new incoming calls while
you’re on another call.
Choose to use Internet calling for all calls
when data network is available, only for
Internet calls, or have the phone ask for
each call.
Contacts
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them
with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that
support contact syncing.
To see your contacts, tap on the home screen. From there,
you can tap the tabs on the top to quickly switch to Favorites
or Groups.
Importing and Exporting Contacts
You can import or export contacts from/to your micro-SIM card,
or microSDHC card. This is especially useful when you need to
transfer contacts between different devices.
Importing Contacts from the SIM Card or Exporting to
the Card
From the Contacts screen, press Import/export.
Choose to import or export contacts. If you have more than
one account set up on your phone, you will need to select the
account to which you’d like to import contacts. If not, your
phone will automatically display the contacts.
Tap the contacts you want to import or export.
• For import, tap and hold a contact and tap Import, or
tap Import all to import all contacts.
• For export, tap the contacts you want to export and tap ,
or tap to export all contacts.
Importing Contacts from microSDHC card or Exporting
to microSDHC card
From the Contacts screen, press Import/export.
Choose to import or export contacts. If you have more than
one account set up on your phone, you will need to select the
account to which you’d like to import contacts.
Note: Files will be saved to/pulled from the microSDHC card
when one is inserted in the phone.
• For import, you should have vCard les saved on the
microSDHC card. If there’s more than one vCard file,
choose to import one, multiple, or all vCard files. Tap the
vCard file and tap OK.
• For export, select a vCard type and tap OK to create the file
on the phone/microSDHC card.
Creating a Contact
From the Contacts screen, tap to add a new contact.
Tap AT&T Address Book to choose where to save the
contact.
Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses,
postal addresses, and other information.
Tap DONE to save the contact.
Adding a Contact to Favorites
From the Contacts screen, tap the contact you want to add
to Favorites.
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