ZTE Star 1 User Guide

ZTE Star 1

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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For Your Safety to be sure to use your phone properly and safely.

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Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time : Sep 16, 2014

Contents

Getting Started ....................................................... 11

Getting to Know Your Phone ............................................ 11

Knowing the Keys ............................................................ 12

Installing the micro-SIM Card and microSDHC™ Card ..... 12

Charging the Battery ........................................................ 14

Extending the Battery Life ................................................ 16

Powering On/Off .............................................................. 17

Restarting the Phone ....................................................... 17

Setting Up for the First Time ............................................ 17

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys .......................... 18

Using the Touch Screen ................................................... 19

Getting to Know the Home Screen ................................ ... 20

Personalizing.......................................................... 22

Changing the System Language ...................................... 22

Setting the Date and Time................................................ 22

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound ...................... 22

Turning On/Off Touch Sound ............................................ 23

Adjusting Volume ............................................................. 23

Switching to Silent Mode .................................................. 24

Applying New Wallpapers ................................................ 24

Changing Screen Brightness ........................................... 25

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ....................... 25

Protecting Your Phone With Encryption ............................ 26

Knowing the Basics ............................................... 29

Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 29

Managing Notifications ..................................................... 30

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ..................................... 33

Organizing With Folders ................................................... 34

Rearranging the Favorites Tray ........................................ 35

Entering Text .................................................................... 36

Editing Text ...................................................................... 38

Opening and Switching Apps ............................................ 39

Connecting to Networks and Devices .................. 41

Connecting to Mobile Networks ................................ ........ 41

Connecting to Wi-Fi® ........................................................ 42

Connecting to Bluetooth® Devices .................................... 45

Connecting to Your Computer via USB ............................. 49

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection .............................. 51

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................. 54

Phone ...................................................................... 56

Placing and Ending Calls ................................................. 56

Answering or Rejecting Calls ................................ ............ 57

Calling Your Contacts ....................................................... 58

Checking Voicemail .......................................................... 58

Using Options During a Call ............................................. 59

Managing Multi-party Calls ................................ ............... 60

People ..................................................................... 62

Checking Contact Details ................................................. 62

Adding a New Contact ...................................................... 62

Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 63

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ..................... 63

Working With Favorite Contacts ....................................... 65

Working With Groups ....................................................... 66

Searching for a Contact ................................................... 67

Editing Contacts............................................................... 68

Accounts ................................................................. 70

Adding or Removing Accounts ......................................... 70

Configuring Account Sync ................................................ 71

Email ....................................................................... 73

Setting Up the First Email Account ................................... 73

Checking Your Emails ...................................................... 73

Responding to an Email ................................................... 74

Writing and Sending an Email .......................................... 75

Adding and Editing Email Accounts .................................. 76

Changing General Email Settings .................................... 77

Gmail™ ................................................................... 78

Opening Your Gmail Inbox ............................................... 78

Switching Accounts .......................................................... 78

Writing and Sending a Message....................................... 79

Replying to or Forwarding a Message .............................. 79

Working With Received Attachments ................................ 80

Working With Labels ........................................................ 80

Changing Gmail Settings ................................................. 81

Messaging .............................................................. 82

Opening the Messaging Screen ....................................... 82

Sending a Message ......................................................... 82

Replying to a Message ..................................................... 83

Forwarding a Message ................................ ..................... 84

Copying a Message ......................................................... 84

Changing Message Settings ............................................. 84

Calendar ................................................................. 85

Viewing Your Calendars and Events ................................. 85

Creating an Event ............................................................ 86

Editing or Deleting an Event ............................................. 87

Changing Calendar Settings ............................................. 87

Google+™ ............................................................... 88

Getting Started With Google+ ........................................... 88

Signing out of Google+ ..................................................... 89

Browser .................................................................. 90

Opening the Browser ....................................................... 90

Downloading Files ................................ ............................ 91

Changing Browser Settings .............................................. 91

Maps ....................................................................... 92

Activating Location Services ............................................. 92

Getting Your Location ....................................................... 92

Searching for a Location .................................................. 93

Getting Directions to Your Destination .............................. 93

Google Now™ and Search .................................... 95

Enabling Google Now ...................................................... 95

Searching With Text ......................................................... 95

Searching by Speaking .................................................... 96

Changing Search Settings ............................................... 96

Camera .................................................................... 97

Capturing a Photo ............................................................ 97

Recording a Video ........................................................... 98

Customizing Camcorder Settings ..................................... 99

Gallery ................................................................... 101

Opening Gallery ............................................................. 101

Working With Albums ..................................................... 101

Working With Pictures .................................................... 101

Retouching Your Pictures ................................ ............... 103

Working With Videos ...................................................... 104

Music ..................................................................... 105

Copying Music Files to Your Phone ................................ 105

Viewing Your Music List ................................................. 106

Set a Song as the Default Ringtone ............................... 106

Playing Music ................................................................ 107

Managing Playlists ......................................................... 108

Play Music ............................................................ 109

Playing Your Music ........................................................ 109

Managing Playlists .......................................................... 111

Video ................................ ..................................... 112

Opening the Video Library .............................................. 112

Playing and Controlling Videos ....................................... 112

Managing Video Files ..................................................... 112

Sound Recorder ................................................... 114

Recording a Voice Memo ................................ ............... 114

Playing a Voice Memo .................................................... 114

More Apps ................................ ............................ 116

File Manager ................................................................ .. 116

Calculator ...................................................................... 116

Clock ............................................................................. 116

Downloads ..................................................................... 117

Flashlight ....................................................................... 118

NotePad ......................................................................... 118

YouTube ........................................................................ 118

Google Play™ Store ............................................ 119

Browsing and Searching for Apps ................................... 119

Downloading and Installing Apps ................................ .... 119

Creating a Google Wallet™ Account ............................... 120

Requesting a Refund for a Paid App ............................... 121

Managing Your Downloads ............................................. 121

Settings ................................................................ 123

Network ......................................................................... 123

Personal ................................ ........................................ 125

Operation ....................................................................... 127

System........................................................................... 128

Troubleshooting ................................ ................... 134

For Your Safety .................................................... 140

General Safety............................................................... 140

Distraction ..................................................................... 141

Product Handling ........................................................... 142

Electrical Safety ............................................................. 146

Radio Frequency Interference ........................................ 147

Explosive Environments ................................ ................. 148

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

Headset Jack

Front Camera

Volume Key

Power Key

Home Key

Menu Key

micro-USB Jack

Earpiece

Back Key

Speaker

Back Camera

Flash

Microphone

micro-SIM

card slot

microSDHC

card slot

Indicator light

Microphone

Proximity &

light sensor

Infrared Jack

Knowing the Keys

Key

Function

Power Key

 Press and hold to turn on or off airplane

mode, enable silent mode, vibration mode or sound, or to power off your phone.

 Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode or

wake it up.

Home Key

 Touch to return to the Home Screen from

any application or screen.

 Touch and hold to use Google search.

Menu Key

 Touch to get the options for the current

screen.

 Touch and hold to see recently used

applications.

Back Key

Touch to go to the previous screen.

Volume Keys

Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.

Installing the micro-SIM Card and microSDHC™ Card

Switch off your phone before installing or removing the micro-SIM card or the microSDHC card (sold separately). Unmount the

microSDHC card before removing it.

1. Use the tray eject tool to take out the card tray.

2. Put the micro-SIM card and microSDHC card into the card tray with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card slot.

WARNING!

To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any other kind of SIM card, or any non-standard micro-SIM card cut from a SIM card. You can get a standard micro-SIM card from your service provider.

NOTE:

microSDHC logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.

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.

If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the screen. As you charge your phone, the screen will tell you the exact battery level each time you wake up your phone.

WARNING!

Use only ZTE-approved chargers and cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode.

CAUTION:

Do not change the built-in rechargeable battery in your phone by yourself. The battery can only be changed by ZTE or ZTE authorised service provider.

1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charging jack.

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. If the phone is on, you‟ll see a charging icon, such as

or , appear

on the status bar.

3. 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 10 minutes. Contact customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.

Extending the Battery Life

Active applications, screen brightness levels, Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality and other certain features can all drain your battery. You can follow the helpful tips below to conserve your battery power:

 Reduce the screen backlight time.  Lower the screen brightness.  Turn auto-sync, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth off when not in use.  Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications

using this function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery.

Powering On/Off

 Press and hold the Power Key to turn on your phone.  To turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the

options menu. Touch Power off and then touch OK.

Restarting the Phone

If the screen freezes or takes too long to respond, try pressing and holding the Power Key for about 15 seconds to restart the phone.

Setting Up for the First Time

When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or reset it to factory settings (see Settings – System – Factory data

reset), you need to do some settings before using it.

4. Flick the language field to select the language and touch . Then follow the prompts to download applications, select theme, and other options.

NOTE:

If the micro-SIM is not installed, the phone would prompt you to connect to a Wi-Fi network before asking you to sign in to a Google account.

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys

Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone into sleep mode) when not in use and to turn the screen back on and unlock it when you need it.

To lock 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 screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off.

To unlock the screen and keys:

5. Press the Power Key to turn the screen on.

6. Touch and hold any blank area of the screen to unlock it.

NOTE:

If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or Sound Unlock for your phone (see the chapter Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone

With Screen Locks), you‟ll need to draw the pattern or enter the

PIN/ Sound Unlock to unlock your screen.

Using the Touch Screen

Your phone‟s touch screen lets you control actions through a

variety of touch gestures.

 Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select onscreen items such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.

 Touch and Hold

To open the available options for an item (for example, a 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, Browser, and Gallery), 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.

Getting to Know 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 application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left or right to display additional screens.

Extended Home Screens

Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen, providing more space to add icons, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the screen to see the extended Home Screens.

Personalizing

Changing the System Language

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > System > Language & input > Language.

2. Select the language you need.

Setting the Date and Time

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > System > Date & time.

2. Uncheck Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone if you want to set the date, time and time zone by yourself.

3. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format.

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound

You can customize the default ringtone for incoming calls and the default notification sound quickly.

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings >

Personal > Sound.

2. Touch Phone ringtone or Notification tone.

3. Scroll through the ringtone list and select the ringtone you

want to use.

4. Touch OK.

NOTE:

See chapter People – Editing Contacts – Set a Ringtone for a

Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual

contact.

Turning On/Off Touch Sound

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Personal > Sound settings.

2. Check or uncheck Touch sounds.

Adjusting Volume

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Personal > Volumes.

2. Drag the sliders to adjust the volume for each type of audio.

3. Touch OK to save.

NOTE:

You can adjust the media volume when a media application is in use by pressing the Volume Up/Down Key. If no media application is active, press the Volume Up/Down Key to adjust ringtone volume (or the earpiece volume during a call).

Switching to Silent Mode

You can set the phone to silent mode by using one of the following methods.

 Press and hold the Power Key and then touch to enable

silent mode, touch to enable silent mode with vibration, or touch to disable silent mode.

 Keep pressing the Volume Down Key when no media

application is active. When the icon appears on the status bar, the phone is set to silent mode with vibration. When the icon appears on the status bar, the phone is in silent mode.

Applying New Wallpapers

You can set the wallpaper for the Home Screen or Lock Screen.

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Personal > Wallpaper.

2. Touch Wallpaper for both, Home or Lock screen.

3. Select a wallpaper source from Gallery, Live Wallpapers, Photos or Wallpapers and choose the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper. Some cropping may be needed for Gallery images.

4. For Gallery images, touch SAVE. For Photos images, touch SETWALLPAPER. For Live wallpapers or Wallpapers, touch

Set wallpaper..

NOTE:

Live Wallpapers are not available for the Wallpaper for both. Live Wallpapers and Photos are not available for the Lock

Screen.

Changing Screen Brightness

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Personal > Brightness.

2. Check the Automatic brightness box to make the phone adjust the screen brightness automatically, or clear the checkbox to adjust the brightness manually.

3. Touch OK.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you need to touch and hold certain icon, look at the front camera, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to unlock the phone‟s screen and keys.

1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > System > Security.

2. Touch Screen lock.

3. Touch None, Long Press, Pattern, PIN.

 Touch Long Press to enable screen lock and allow

unlock with a „touch and hold‟ gesture. You can unlock the screen by touching and holding any blank area of the screen to unlock it.

 If you touch Pattern, you‟re guided to create a pattern you

must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears.

Then you‟re prompted to draw and redraw your own

pattern.

 If you touch PIN, you‟re prompted to set a numeric PIN or

a password you must enter to unlock your screen.

NOTE:

Screen lock options are listed in the approximate order of the strength of their security, starting with None and Long Press, which provide no security. A pattern provides minimal security, although it can be more convenient than the stronger options.

Protecting Your Phone With Encryption

You can encrypt all the data on your phone: Google Accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or a password each time you power on your phone.

WARNING!

Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset which erases all your data.

Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is stolen and may be required or recommended in some organizations. Consult your system administrator before turning it on. In many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator.

Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:

 Set a lock screen PIN.  Charge the battery.  Keep the phone connected to the charger.  Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process. You

must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.

When you're ready to turn on encryption:

4. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > System > Security > Encrypt phone.

5. Read the information about encryption carefully. The Encrypt phone button is dimmed if your battery is not

charged or your phone is not plugged in. If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch

the Back Key.

WARNING!

If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data.

6. Touch Encrypt phone.

7. Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Next.

8. Touch Encrypt phone again.

The encryption process starts and displays its progress.

Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your phone may restart several times.

When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your PIN or password.

Subsequently you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your phone in order to decrypt it.

Knowing the Basics

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.

GPRS connected

No signal

EDGE connected

Signal strength

3G connected

Mobile data in use

HSPA connected

No micro-SIM card installed

4G connected

Alarm set

Flight mode

Ringer off

Battery dead

Vibrate mode

Battery low

Bluetooth on

Battery charging

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Battery partially drained

Wi-Fi in use

Battery full

Wired headset connected

Managing Notifications

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.

New SMS

Upcoming event

New MMS

New Wi-Fi network detected

New Email

New Gmail message

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

Downloading data Missed call

Sending data

Call in progress

Tethering or HotSpot active

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