ZTE Illustra User Manual

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MANUAL

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tronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microﬁlm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation. The manual is published by ZTE Corporation. We reserve the right to make modiﬁcations on print errors or update

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Edition Time: December 2012 Manual No.: Z081704100096

Getting Started ................................................ 3

Starting Up .......................................................... 3

Charging the Battery ............................................ 4

Switching Your Phone On/Off ................................ 4

Getting Around .................................................... 5

Getting to Know Your Phone ................................ 6

Phone Calls ..................................................... 12

How to Make Calls ............................................. 12

How to Receive Calls .......................................... 12

Adjusting Your Call Settings ................................ 13

Contacts .......................................................... 14

Importing and Exporting Contacts....................... 14

Sharing Contacts Information ............................. 14

Entering Text ...................................................16

Android™ Keyboard .......................................... 16

TouchPal Keyboard ............................................. 16

Choosing Touch Input Settings ............................ 17

Messaging ....................................................... 18

The Message Box ............................................... 18

Sending a Message ............................................ 18

Changing Message Settings ................................ 18

Email ................................................................ 20

Creating an Email Account.................................. 20

Receiving Emails ................................................ 20

Composing and Sending an Email ....................... 20

Replying to or Forwarding an Email..................... 21

Deleting an Account ........................................... 21

Email Settings .................................................... 21

Getting Connected to the Internet .............. 22

Adding a New GPRS/EDGE/3G Connection ......... 22

Turning on Wi-Fi® ............................................... 22

Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network ........................... 22

Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status ..................... 22

Browsing the Internet ................................... 23

Browsing Options ............................................... 23

Using Bookmarks ............................................... 23

Changing Browser Settings ................................. 23

Bluetooth® ...................................................... 24

Using Bluetooth ................................................. 24

Making the Most of Multimedia .................. 25

Taking Pictures with Your Camera ....................... 25

Shooting Video with Your Camcorder .................. 25

Playing Your Music ............................................. 25

Playing Your Videos ............................................ 26

Opening Your Gallery .......................................... 27

Making Memorable Memos ................................ 27

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Using Your Google™ Applications ............... 28

Gmail™............................................................. 28

Using Google Calendar™ .................................. 28

Using Google Talk™ .......................................... 28

Google Places™ ................................................ 29

Google Latitude™ ............................................. 29

Google Play™ Music ......................................... 29

Sorting Out Your Phone Settings .................30

Setting Time and Date ........................................ 30

Changing Display Settings .................................. 30

Sound Settings ................................................... 30

Language Settings .............................................. 30

Mobile Network Services .................................... 30

Security Settings ................................................. 30

Managing Your Device Memory .......................... 32

Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings ........................ 32

Managing Applications ....................................... 32

Managing Other Settings .................................... 33

Other Applications ......................................... 34

Alarms ............................................................... 34

Docs To Go ......................................................... 34

Note Pad ............................................................ 34

Calculator .......................................................... 34

Task Manager .................................................... 34

Stopwatch .......................................................... 34

For Your Safety ............................................... 35

General Safety .................................................... 35

Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ............................... 36

FCC Compliance ................................................. 36

Road Safety ........................................................ 37

Product Handling ............................................... 37

Electrical Safety .................................................. 39

Interference ........................................................ 39

Explosive Environments ...................................... 40

Speciﬁcations ................................................. 41

Notes ............................................................... 42

Starting Up

Installing the SIM Card and Battery

Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery or SIM card.

1. Remove the back cover.

2. Hold the SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card holder.

3. 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.

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

Installing the microSD™ Card

1. Hold your microSD card with the gold contacts facing down and slide it in.

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

Getting Started

Removing the Battery and SIM/microSD Card

1. Make sure that your mobile phone is off.

2. Remove the back cover.

3. Lift the battery up and out.

4. Slide the SIM out.

5. Open the microSD card holder. Slide the microSD card down gently and remove it.

Charging the Battery

When you ﬁrst 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.

Switching Your Phone On/O

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

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

• To switch it off, press and hold the Power Key to get the phone options. Select Power off, and then tap 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 Sorting out Your Phone Settings – Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings), you need to set up your phone settings before using it.

1. Tap Change language to change the language, if needed.

2. Tap the Android icon on the screen.

3. Create a Google™ account or Sign in to your account. You can also tap Skip to set up an account later.

4. Conﬁgure the Google location options and tap Next.

Switching to Sleep Mode

To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your device to a low-power-consumption state while the display is off. Your device also goes into Sleep Mode by itself when the display is automatically turned off after a certain period of time, which you can set in Settings > Display > Screen timeout.

Press the Power Key to switch to Sleep Mode.

Waking up Your Phone

1. Press the Power Key to activate your screen display.

2. Touch and hold the

NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN

or password for your phone (see Sorting out Your Phone Settings – Security Settings) you’ll need to

draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.

icon to unlock the screen.

Getting Around

Touch Control

Use the touch screen to control your phone. The controls on your touch screen change dynamically depending on the tasks you’re performing.

1. Tap the buttons, icons, or applications to select items or to open applications.

2. Keep your ﬁnger on an item to see the available options.

3. Swipe the screen to scroll up, down, left or right.

4. Point, drag, and drop to move particular items across the screen.

5. 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. (The landscape QWERTY keyboard is not supported in all applications.)

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

3.5mm

Headset

Jack

Earpiece

Volume Up/

Down Keys

Touch

Screen

Home Key Menu Key

Power Key

LED Indicator

Camera

Micro USB

Charging

Back Key Search Key

Lens

Port

Back

Cover

Key Functions

Key Description

Power Key Press and hold to turn on or off Silent or Airplane mode, or to power off.

Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. Press to wake up your phone.

Home Key Press to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen.

Press and hold to see recently used applications.

Menu Key

Back Key Press to go to the previous screen.

Search Key Press to search information on the current screen or application.

Volume Keys Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.

SpeakerMicrophone

Press for current screen options.

Getting Started

Home Screen

You can customize your Home Screen. Set your own wallpaper, add the widgets or application shortcuts you need, or remove them as you like.

Status &

Notiﬁcations

Shortcuts

Tap to open

the dialer

Tap to open

the main menu

Wallpaper

Tap to open the web browser

Extended Home Screen

The Home Screen extends beyond the screen width, giving you loads more space to add more stuff. Simply swipe your ﬁnger to the left or right, or tap the dots on the bottom corners of the screen, to see the extended Home Screen.

Choosing Your Wallpaper

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

2. Press the Menu Key and select Wallpaper.

3. Tap 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. Tap Save or Set wallpaper.

Adding Items to Your Home Screen

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

2. Swipe left or right to ﬁnd a part of the Home Screen with free space.

3. Press the Menu Key and select Add.

4. Select a category: Shortcuts, Widgets, Folders, or Wallpapers.

5. Choose the item you want to add to the Home Screen.

NOTE: You can press and hold a blank area of the

Home Screen to get to the category menu.

Removing Items from Your Home Screen

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

2. Press and hold the item you want to delete until the

icon appears on the screen.

3. Drag the item to the item turns red.

and release your ﬁnger when

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

GPRS connected

GPRS in use

EDGE connected

EDGE in use

3G connected

3G in use

No signal

Indicator What it means

Signal strength

Phone speaker off

Phone microphone off

USB connected

Battery ﬂat

Battery very low

Battery low

Battery partly drained

Battery full

Battery charging

Syncing

Vibrate mode

Airplane mode

No SIM card installed

GPS on

Recording phone call

microSD card removed

Getting Started

Indicator What it means

Preparing microSD card

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Alarm set

Wired microphone headset

Bluetooth® on

Speaker on

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

New mail

New SMS/MMS

Voicemail

New Gmail™ message

Missed call

Call in progress

Call on hold

Indicator What it means

Call forwarding

More (not displayed) notiﬁcations

Error or warning

New instant message

Upcoming event

Song is playing

Downloading data

Content downloaded and installed successfully

Sending data

New Wi-Fi network detected

Using the Notiﬁcation Panel

Swipe the status bar downward from the top of the screen to open the Notiﬁcation Panel, where you can see your calendar events, new messages, and current settings—such as call forwarding or call status. From here you can also open new messages, reminders, etc.

TIP: You can also open the Notiﬁcation Panel

by pressing the Menu Key > Notiﬁcations from the Home Screen.

Re-open Recently Used Applications

1. Press and hold the Home Key from any screen. The phone will display icons of applications you used recently.

2. Tap the application you want to open.

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

1. Press the Home Key > .

2. Enter the phone number with the on-screen keypad. Tap

to delete wrong digits.

3. Tap Call.

TIP: To make international calls, press and hold

to enter the “+”.

Calling from Your Contacts

1. Press the Home Key > .

2. Swipe your ﬁnger to scroll the contacts list and tap the contact you want to call.

You can search for a contact by tapping entering the contact name.

3. Tap the phone number you wish to call.

Calling from Your Call History

1. Press the Home Key > > Call log.

2. 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.

1. Press the Home Key >

and

2. Tap the conversation and then the message that contains the phone number you need.

3. Tap the number.

4. Tap Call.

Using Speed Dial

Press and hold 2 - 9 key from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number.

The number key 1 is reserved for your voicemail.

Assigning a speed dial key:

1. Press the Menu Key > Settings > Call settings > Speed dial from the Home Screen.

2. Tap a speed dial key.

3. Enter a phone number or tap the contact list.

4. Tap OK.

to select one from

How to Receive Calls

Answering a Call

Drag to the right to answer the call.

Rejecting a Call

Drag to the left to reject the call.

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:

Tap Mute to turn your microphone off. The mute icon will appear on the status bar. To turn your microphone back on, tap Mute again.

Putting a Call on Hold

During a call, you can put it on hold by pressing the Menu Key > Hold. The status bar.

TIP: If you accept an incoming call while you’re on

another call, the ﬁrst call automatically goes on hold. Press the Menu Key > Swap calls to switch between the two callers.

icon will appear in the

Turning the Speakerphone On/O

Tap Speaker during a call to turn the speakerphone on. This icon again to turn off the speakerphone.

will appear in the status bar. Tap Speaker

Ending a Call

Tap to ﬁnish a call.

Fixed dialing numbers

Voicemail service

Voicemail settings

Hearing aids Turn on or off hearing aid

Speed dial Set speed dialing keys and numbers. Call barring

settings Call

forwarding

Additional settings

Restrict outgoing calls to a ﬁxed set of numbers. To do this you must know your SIM’s PIN2 code.

Select a voicemail service provider.

Specify a voicemail number.

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.

Forbid certain types of calls.

Forward your incoming calls to a different number. You can choose when to forward: Always forward;

Forward when busy; Forward when unanswered, or Forward when unreachable.

Caller IDChoose whether people you

call can see your number.

Call

See new incoming calls

waiting

while you’re on another call.

Adjusting Your Call Settings

From the Home Screen, you can open the call settings menu by pressing the Menu Key > Settings > Call settings.

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