ZTE T-Mobile Vivacity User Guide

Introduction

Thanks for choosing the T-Mobile Vivacity.
This quick guide is designed to help you familiarise yourself with the mobile
phone's basic functions.
Please note the pictures we use in this guide are only used to demonstrate the
mobile phone’s functions, so they might be a bit different from what you see on
your mobile phone.

Powering On/Off Your Phone

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

• HoldthePower Key to switch on your phone.

• Toswitch itoff, hold Power Key to get the phone options. Select Power

off, and then tap OK.

Switching to Sleep Mode

To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your phone to a low-power­consumption 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 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. Drag the

NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password for your phone, you’ll

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

icon to the right.

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Your Home Screen

Status & Notifications

Wallpaper

Shortcuts

Tap to open the dialer.

Tap to open the main menu.

Tap to open the web browser.

Taking Pictures

1. Tap Home Key > > Camera to open the camera.

2. Aim the camera at the subject and then tap

Camera Settings

From the Camera Screen tap

size/quality, colour effect, ISO, anti-banding, saturation, contrast, sharpness,
and restore camera settings.

or to choose whether to save photo’s geographic location.

Tap

to set up focus mode, exposure, picture

to take the shot.

to change white balance setting.

Tap

Tap

or to turn on or off flash.

Tap 1x to zoom in or out.

or to use the back or front camera.

Tap

TIPS: To change quickly from camera to camcorder or vice versa, use the

switch

icon. Use the bar to adjust the brightness.

Shooting Videos

1. TapHomeKey> >Camcordertoopenthevideocamera.

2. Tap

Camcorder Settings

From the Camcorder Screen, tap

video/audio encoder, video duration, and restore camera settings.

Tap

Tap

together, including High, Low, MMS, YouTube, and custom mode.

Tap

to start shooting, and tap to stop.

to adjust colour effect, video quality,

to change white balance setting.

to change video quality, video/audio encoder, and video duration

or tto use the back or front camera.

Playing Music

Before you use the music player, please copy the music files to the microSD
card and insert the card into your phone.

1. Tap Home Key >

2. Tap Artists/Albums/Songs/Playlists tabs to get the songs you want to

play.

3. Tap a song from the list to start playing.

Track information;

tap and hold to search.

Tap to play the previous

track; hold to rewind.

Drag or tap to jump within

> Music to open the Music Screen.

the track.

Tap to view the Now
playing list.

Tap to turn on/off shuffle.

Tap to choose
repeating mode.

Tap to play the next tra ck;
hold to fast forward.

Play/Pause

Playing Videos

Before you use the video player, please copy the video files to the microSD card
and insert the card into your phone.

1. Tap Home Key >

saved on your microSD card.

> Videos. Your phone will display all video files

2. Tap the video file you want to play.

3. Tap on the screen to show or hide the control bar.

Tap to rewind.

Drag or tap to jump to

any part of the video.

Tap to fast forward.

Play/Pause

Turning On/Off USB Mass Storage

You can use the USB mass storage feature to transfer data between the
microSD card and PC.

To turn on USB mass storage:

1. Insert the microSD card into your phone and connect the phone to the PC
with a USB cable.

2. Flick down the notification panel and tap USB connected > Turn on USB

storage.

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To turn off USB mass storage:

Just flick down the notification panel and tap Turn off USB storage > Turn off

USB storage.

Bluetooth®

Turning Bluetooth On/Off

Tap Home Key > > Settings > Wire less & n etworks and tick the

Bluetooth check box. When Bluetooth is on, the

status bar.
If you want to turn Bluetooth off, just clear the Bluetooth check box.

Pairing With Another Bluetooth Device

To pair with another Bluetooth device, you need to turn the Bluetooth function
of both devices on and make the other Bluetooth device ‘visible’.

1. Tap Home Key >

settings.

2. Tap Scan for devices. Your phone will show all visible Bluetooth devices (in
range) in its Bluetooth devices list.

3. Select the device you want to pair with.

4. If required, enter your PIN and tap OK.

If a PIN is required, the same PIN should be entered on the other device.

> Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth

icon will appear in the

Connecting to the Internet

Using Wi-Fi

1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Wireless & networks.

2. Tick the Wi-Fi check box to turn Wi-Fi on.

3. Tap Wi-Fi settings.

The Wi-Fi access points, or “hotspots”, that your phone has detected are
displayed with their names and security settings.

4. Tap an access point to connect to it.
If security features are implemented, you’ll need to enter a password.

Using GPRS/EDGE/3G Connection

To get connected via GPRS/EDGE/3G you need a data plan with your service
provider. Also if the GPRS/EDGE/3G settings are not pre-configured on your
phone, please contact your provider to get the necessary information.

1. Tap Home Key >

networks > Access Point Names.

2. Tap Menu Key > New APN.

3. Tap each item to enter the information you get from your service provider.

4. Tap Menu Key > Save to complete.

TIPS: To set the APN to default settings, tap Menu Key > Reset to default.

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