ZTE NX405H User Manual

NX405H

User Manual

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About the User Manual

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Copyright © 2014 ZTE CORPORATION.
All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior
written permission of ZTE Corporation.

ZTE Corporation reserves the right to make modifications on print errors or update
specifications in this manual without prior notice.

Don’t worry if the pictures we use to demonstrate your phone’s functions look a little
different from what you see on its screen. It’s the functions they represent that matter. If
the contents described in the user manual are inconsistent with the actual product due to
upgrade, please refer to the information subsequently released by the company.

Copyrights

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Android, Google Settings, News & Weather, Google, Voice Search, Hangouts, YouTube, Google+,
Gmail and Chrome are trademarks owned by Google, Inc.
The Bluetooth word and logos are registered trademarks of the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any
use of such marks by ZTE Corporation is under license. All other trademarks remain the
property of their respective owners.

Trademarks

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During the installation process of some third-party applications, issues of repeated restart
or abnormal operation of software might be caused by incompatibility of the third-party
applications, rather than the phone.

Installation of a third-party ROM or non-official operating system might bring security risk
and security threats. ZTE Corporation will not be liable for the security threats brought by
upgrade of the operating system.

Third-party Applications Statement

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In a call

New Email

Missed calls

Unread messages

Sleep mode enabled

Silent mode enabled

Flight mode enabled

Vibrate in silent mode

Connected to Wi-Fi

Silence incoming calls and notifications

Wi-Fi hotspots enabled

Vibrate on incoming calls and notifications

Music player on

Bluetooth on

Call forwarding enabled

Alarm on

GPS enabled

SIM/UIM card unavailable

Headset inserted

GSM network signal

Connected to GSM 3G network

GSM network signal

Connected to GSM 4G network

Battery full

Connected to CDMA 3G network

Charging

Low battery

Basic Operations

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Operation of the Keys

Power/Reboot/Lock key

Press and hold: turn on the phone; open the Phone options menu.
Press and hold more than 10 seconds: reboot the phone.
Press: turn off and lock the screen, or wake up the screen.

Home key

Press it to return to the home screen from any other interface.
Press and hold it to open the list of most recently used applications.

Menu key

Press it to open the tools menu of the current interface.
After Free Screenshot is enabled, press and hold it to enter the Free Screenshot mode.

Back key

Press it to return to the previous menu.

Volume key

Press and hold the upper key to raise the volume. Press and hold the lower key to lower the
volume, the lowest point being vibration only.

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Icons on the Status Bar

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Screen Control

You can control your phone through a series of operations on the screen.

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Touch:

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Slide:

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Press and hold:

menu specific to what you’re doing.

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Drag:

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Pinch or stretch:

together on the screen or stretch them apart to zoom out or in.

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Rotate:

mode to landscape mode.

select an item or option on the screen, or open an application.

swipe left/right or up/down on the screen to move what’s on the screen.

press your finger down and leave it there for a few seconds to open a

drag some items on the screen to accomplish certain operations.

in some applications (e.g., Gallery, Browser), pinch two fingers

in most screens, rotate your phone sideways to switch the screen from portrait

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Home Screen

The home screen appears when the phone is in idle mode. On the home screen, you can
check the status of your phone and access applications.

Extend home screen

The home screen can be extended to exceed the width of the screen to provide more space
for newly added applications, shortcuts, widgets, etc.
Slide left/right on the home screen to move to another section of the home screen.
Touch one of the small dots at the lower part of the screen to directly move to the relevant
screen. Press and hold the small dot area and drag to quickly navigate.

Quick launch toolbar

There are four icons at the bottom of the screen. You can move the applications or shortcuts
that you need to access most frequently into the quick launch toolbar.

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Press and hold an icon on the toolbar and drag it to the area outside the toolbar.

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Press and hold another icon on the screen you want to move, and then drag it to an empty
area inside the toolbar.

Show/hide notification bar

When a new notification icon appears in the notification bar, you can pull down the
notification bar to view the list of notifications and you can touch a notification to perform an
operation. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to hide the notification bar.

Move icons on home screen

To move an icon on the home screen, press and hold the icon you want to move, drag it to
your desired position on the screen and release it. Drag the icon to the navigation bar with
dots to quickly switch to another screen.

Press and hold the icon you want to move and release it to make it jump to the bottom of the
screen. Slide left or right to the target screen and touch the icon at the bottom of the screen
to make it jump to the target screen.

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Delete icons on home screen

To uninstall an application or remove a widget, press and hold the “Application” or “Widget”
icon and drag it to the “Remove/Uninstall” icon at the top of the screen.

Note: The preinstalled system applications cannot be removed.

Change desktop wallpaper

On the home screen, press the “Menu” key (bottom left corner of the phone), then
“Wallpaper” to choose a wallpaper.

Change desktop theme

On the home screen, touch “ThemeManager” to choose a theme.

Access recently used applications

Press and hold the “Home Screen” key (bottom middle of the phone) to open a list of most
recently used applications. Touch a thumbnail to enter the relevant application, swipe up
on an application thumbnail to remove the application from the list, and swipe down on an
application thumbnail to lock/unlock the application. Touch the round icon at the lower part
of the screen to clear the list. The locked applications won’t be removed.

Use shortcuts panel

On the home screen or in the process of using an application, pull down the notification bar
to open the shortcuts panel. Touch the shortcut icons to perform the related actions.

Create a folder and put items into the folder

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On the home screen, press and hold an icon and drag it to another icon on the screen to
create a folder containing these two icons.

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Press and hold other icons and drag them to the folder to add items to the folder.

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Lock & Unlock the Screen

Lock the screen

Press the “Power” key to lock the screen. The phone will automatically lock the screen after
it’s not used for a pre-chosen amount of time.

Lockscreen photo

When the screen is locked, press the “Power” key to light up the screen.
If the “Lockscreen Photo” function is enabled, slide two fingers to the left or right on any part
of the screen to display the lockscreen photos.

Touch the screen to stop them playing. Slide left or right to view photos, and touch the
screen again to resume auto-play.

To exit from the lockscreen photo, touch the “Home Screen” key or “Back” key, or slide two
fingers to the left or right.

Press the “Menu” key > “System Settings” > “Features” > “Lockscreen Photo” to enable/
disable lockscreen photo, set Play interval and select the folder.

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Show Music widget

When the screen is locked, press the “Power” key to light up the screen, and double-touch
the “Home Screen” key to display the Music widget.

Unlock the screen

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Press the “Power” key to light up the screen.

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Drag the “Unlock” icon to “Unlock” to unlock the screen, and drag the “Unlock” icon to
“Unlock to Camera” to directly enter the camera interface.

Change Screen Lock method

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On the home screen, press the “Menu” key > “System Settings” > “Security” > “Screen Lock.”

2. Choose the screen lock method.

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Calls

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Make a Call

Directly make a call

On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad. Touch the numeric
buttons to enter telephone numbers and touch the

button to make a call.

You can touch the first letter of a contact’s name on the dialing keypad to quickly search for
the contact. For example, if you want to call John, enter 5(JKL)-6(MNO)-4(GHI)-6(MNO).

Make a call from contacts

On the home screen, touch the “Contacts” icon, touch the contact you want to call and touch
the

button to make a call.

Make a call from the call logs

On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon, select a call in the log and touch it to make a call.

Make an international call

On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad, press and hold
the “0” key until “+” appears on the screen, and then dial the country/region code, city code
and phone number.

Make a call from messaging

1. On the home screen, touch the “Messaging” icon to open the messaging interface.

2. Touch a message to open it.

3. Touch the
call the sender.

icon to view the details of the message sender and touch the

button to

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Speed dial

On the dialing keypad, press and hold one of the number keys that you previously assigned
to a contact to quickly call the corresponding contact.

To assign a number to a contact, touch and hold one of the keys and follow the prompts.

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Call Settings

1. On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad.

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Press the “Menu” key > “Call Settings” to set up the options for calling. In the “Additional
Settings” menu, you can set up Fixed Dialing Numbers, Call Forwarding and Call Waiting.

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Answer a Call

The phone will ring or vibrate (depending on the current mode and settings) for an incoming call.

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If the screen is unlocked, touch the “Answer” icon to answer the call on the incoming call interface.

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If the screen is locked, drag the icon and swipe up to answer the call on the incoming call
interface.

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If you’ve activated “Motion Answer,” you can put the phone near your ear to directly
answer the call.

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Reject a Call

Screen unlocked

On the incoming call interface, touch the “Decline” icon to reject the call.
If you want to politely reject the call, you can touch the “Send SMS” icon to send a text
message.

Screen locked

On the incoming call interface, drag the
If you want to politely reject the call, you can drag the

icon to “Reject Call” to reject the call.

icon down farther to “Send SMS.”

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End a Call

During a call, touch the “End” icon to end the call.

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Options During a Call

Adjust the volume

During a call, press the volume key to adjust the volume.

Dialpad

During a call, touch the “Dialpad” icon to display the dialing keypad for easy operations.

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Speaker

During a call, touch the “Speaker” icon to enter the hands-free mode and touch the icon
again to resume.

Mute

Touch the “Mute” icon to turn off the microphone so the other party is unable to hear your
voice. Touch the icon again to turn mute off.

Add call

During a call, press the “Menu” key > “Add Call” to mute the phone and call another number.
You then can swap between the two calls by touching “Swap Calls” or combine them into a
conference call by touching “Merge Calls.” The function requires the support of the network
operator.

Record

During a call, press the “Menu” key > “Record.”

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Call Log

1. On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon.

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The call log is displayed on the screen. If you want to clear the call log, press the “Menu”
key > “Clear Call Log.”

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Voicemail

Note:

Please contact your network operator to get the number.

Prior to accessing the voicemail server, you must save the voicemail server number.

Set up voicemail

1. On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad.

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Press the “Menu” key > “Call Settings” > “Voicemail” > “Setup.”

3. Touch “Voicemail Number” to change the number.

Listen to voicemail

On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad, then press and
hold the “1” key to listen to voicemail.

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Contacts

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Create New Contact

1. On the home screen, touch the “Contacts” icon and select “New Contact.”

2. Enter the information for the new contact.

3. Select the storage location under “Save To.”

4. Touch “Done” to save.

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Search Contacts

After you enter “Contacts,” all contacts will be arranged in alphabetical order.

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Swipe up/down to scroll the list of contacts. You can also quickly scroll the list by dragging
your fingers along the right index.

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Touch “Quick Search,” and touch the first letter of a contact’s name to quickly locate the
contact. Touch “Find Contacts” at the top of the screen and enter a contact’s name to
quickly find the contact.

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Touch a contact’s name to view the details of the contact.

4. When a contact is open, you can touch
to them.

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1. Enter “Contacts” and select the contact you want to add to favorites.

2. Touch “Star.”

3. On the contacts interface, all favorite contacts are displayed at the top of the screen.

Add to Favorites

to call them and touch

to send a message

Note: You can only add the contacts stored in the phone to favorites.

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Contacts Group

1. Enter “Contacts” and touch the “Group” icon.

2. Touch the “Create Group” icon.

3. Enter a name for the group.

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Touch “Default Ring” to set the ringtone for the group, and enter a contact’s name or
touch

5. Touch “Done.”

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Open a group and touch “Text” or “Email” at the bottom of the screen to send a text
message or Email to all of the group members.

to select from the list of contacts.

Note: You can only add the contacts stored in the phone to a Group.

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Delete a Contact

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Enter “Contacts” and press the “Menu” key > “Delete Contact.”

2. Touch the contact(s) you want to delete and touch “OK.”

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Edit a Contact

1. Enter “Contacts” and select the contact you want to edit.

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Touch the “Edit” icon at the bottom of the screen.

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Scan Business Card

1. Enter “Contacts” and touch the “Scan” icon.

2. Center the business card in the viewfinder, touch the shutter button and the icon to
display the information from the business card on the screen.

3. Touch “Done.”

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Share a Contact

You can share a contact with others.

1. Enter “Contacts” and select the contact you want to share with others.

2. Touch the “Share” icon.

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Import & Export Contacts

You can move contacts from the SD card to the phone or from the phone to the SD card.

1. Enter “Contacts.”

2. Press the “Menu” key > “Advanced” and select from “Import/Export Contacts.”

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Messaging

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Send Messages

1. On the home screen, touch the “Messaging” icon to enter the messaging interface, and
touch the “Create” icon.

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Type a phone number into the “To” field.

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For multiple numbers, please separate them with a comma.

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You can also touch the icon to select your desired phone number from Contacts.

3. Type the message text into the “Type message” field. Touch the
Emoticon, Picture, Video, Audio, Phrase or Subject.

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Touch

to send the message.

icon to insert an

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Receive Messages

There is a notification in the notification bar upon the receipt of a new message. You can pull
down the notification bar and touch a message to view it.

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Delete Messages

In the messaging interface, press and hold a message thread, then select the message
thread(s) you want to delete, and touch the “Delete” icon at the bottom of the screen.

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Message Settings

On the messaging interface, press the “Menu” key > “Settings” to choose settings related to
messages.

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Email

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Set Up an Email Account

1. On the home screen, touch “Email.”

2. Enter your Email address and password and touch “Next.”

3. Follow the prompts on the screen.

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Check Emails

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If you have set up your Email account, touch “Email” to enter the inbox of this account.

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If you want to check Emails of more accounts, select “Settings” > “Add Account.”

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Touch the account’s name at the top of the screen to select the account you want to
check. Touch “Combined View” to check all of the Email accounts you’ve set up in one inbox.

4. Scroll the screen and check the Emails.

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Send an Email

1. On the Email interface, touch the “Compose” icon.

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Type the recipient’s address into the “To” field or touch the
from the list of contacts.

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If you need to send a CC or BCC, press the “Menu” key > “Add CC/BCC.”

4. Touch “Subject” to enter the Email subject.

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Touch the body of the message to enter the text.

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If you want to attach a file, touch the “Attach File” icon.

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Touch “Send” to send the Email or press the “Menu” key > “Save Draft” to save the Email
as a draft.

icon to select a recipient