AT&T Z998 User Manual

User Guide

AT&T Z998

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Version No. : V2.0 Edition Time: August 2013 Manual No. : 079584505366

Getting Started ....................................................................... 1

Phone Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Switching Your Phone On/Off .....................................................3

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 ..............................................................................17

Importing and Exporting Contacts ...............................................17

Creating a Contact ................................................................18

Adding a Contact to Favorites ....................................................19

Searching for a Contact ...........................................................19

Creating a New Group ............................................................19

Entering Text ........................................................................20

Android™ Keyboard ..............................................................20

TouchPal Keyboard ...............................................................21

Choosing Touch Input Settings .................................................. 24

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Messaging ........................................................................... 25

Message Box .....................................................................25

Sending a Message ............................................................... 25

Changing Message Settings ......................................................26

Email .................................................................................28

Creating an Email Account ...................................................... 28

Receiving Email ...................................................................28

Composing and Sending an Email ..............................................28

Replying to or Forwarding an Email ..............................................29

Deleting an Email Account .......................................................29

Email Settings ....................................................................29

Connecting to the Internet ........................................................30

Adding a New GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G/4G LTE Connection .......................30

Turning on Wi-Fi® .................................................................30

Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network ...................................................31

Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status ..............................................31

Browsing the Internet ..............................................................32

Opening a Web Page .............................................................32

Browsing Options ................................................................ 32

Opening Another Browser Window ............................................. 33

Using Bookmarks ................................................................. 33

Changing Browser Settings ...................................................... 34

Using Google Chrome™ ..........................................................34

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Bluetooth® .......................................................................... 35

Using Bluetooth ..................................................................35

Entertainment ......................................................................36

Taking Pictures with Your Camera ...............................................36

Adjusting Camera Settings ......................................................36

Sharing a Picture .................................................................37

Opening Your Gallery ............................................................38

Shooting Video with Your Camcorder ..........................................39

Adjusting Your Video Settings ...................................................39

Sharing a Video ...................................................................40

Playing Your Videos ..............................................................40

Adding Music to Your Phone ......................................................41

Playing Your Music ................................................................42

Making Memorable Memos ......................................................44

Applications .........................................................................45

Alarm .............................................................................45

Calculator ........................................................................45

Facebook® ........................................................................45

File Manager ......................................................................46

Kingsoft Ofﬁce ...................................................................46

NotePad ..........................................................................46

Task Manager .....................................................................46

Timer .............................................................................47

Twitter® ...........................................................................47

Voice Dialer .......................................................................47

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Google™ Applications ..............................................................48

Google Search and Google Now ................................................48

Gmail™ ............................................................................49

Google Play™ .....................................................................50

Using Google Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using Google Talk™ ................................................................51

Google Local™ .................................................................... 52

Google Music™ ....................................................................53

Google+™ ......................................................................... 53

Google Maps™ .................................................................... 53

Messenger ........................................................................ 53

Navigation ........................................................................ 53

News & Weather .................................................................53

Play Books ........................................................................54

Play Magazines ...................................................................54

Play Movies & TV .................................................................54

Voice Search ..................................................................... 54

YouTube™ ........................................................................54

Phone Settings ...................................................................... 55

Setting Date and Time ........................................................... 55

Display Settings ..................................................................55

Sound Settings ................................................................... 55

Language Settings ................................................................56

Mobile Network Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Security Settings .................................................................56

Managing Your Device Memory ..................................................59

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Factory Reset .....................................................................59

Managing Applications ...........................................................59

Managing Other Settings .........................................................60

For Your Safety ......................................................................62

General Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

FCC Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

RF Exposure Information (SAR) .................................................64

Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) ................................................65

CTIA ............................................................................... 67

Distraction ........................................................................68

Product Handling .................................................................68

Electrical Safety .................................................................. 72

Interference ...................................................................... 72

Explosive Environments ......................................................... 74

Speciﬁcations .......................................................................75

Warranty ............................................................................76

Limited Warranty .................................................................77

How to Get Warranty Service .................................................... 78

Other Warranty Programs .......................................................78

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Getting Started

Phone Setup

Installing the SIM Card and Battery

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

Remove the back cover as shown.

Insert the SIM card into the card slot with the

cut corner oriented as shown.

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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Inserting a microSD™ Card

Insert a microSD card (not included) with

the gold-colored contacts facing down.

Replace the back cover.

Removing the Battery and SIM/microSD Card

Power off your phone. Remove the back cover. Lift the battery up and out. Slide the SIM card out. Slide the microSD card out.

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.

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Switching Your Phone On/Off

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

• Press and hold the Power/Lock Key to turn on your phone.

• To turn it off, press and hold the Power/Lock 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.

Scroll the language list to highlight the language you need and then

tap Start.

If you have a Gmail account, tap Yes to sign in to Google. Tap No if you do not

have an account.

To create a Google account, tap Get an account. You can also tap

Not now to set up an account later.

Conﬁgure the Google location options and tap . Input your name and tap . Read the Google services information and tap . Tap Finish to complete setup.

Switching to Sleep Mode

To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your phone in 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 by pressing System settings Display Sleep from the home screen.

Press the Power/Lock Key to switch to Sleep Mode.

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Waking Up Your Phone

Press the Power/Lock Key to activate your screen display. Tap and hold to unlock the screen. Note: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN, or password for your phone

(see Phone Settings – Security Settings) you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.

Getting Around

Touch Control

Use the touchscreen 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.

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Get to Know Your Phone

Earpiece

Promixity

sensor

Status LED

Touchscreen

Micro USB

charging

port

Back key

Headset

jack

Power/lock key

Camera lens

Volume up/down keys

Home key

Menu key

Microphone

Camera lens

Flash

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Key Functions

Key Function Power/Lock Key Press and hold to turn phone on/off, change sound

Home Key Tap to return to the main home screen from any

Menu Key Tap to see the options for the current screen. Back Key Tap to go to the previous screen. Volume Keys Adjust the volume of the phone.

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.

application or screen. Tap and hold to see recently used applications.

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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

Favorite 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

From the home screen, press Wallpaper. Tap Home or Lock screen.

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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.

Tap Done (for Gallery images) or Set wallpaper.

Note: Live wallpapers are not available for the lock screen.

Adding Items to Your Home Screen

Tap . Tap the Apps or Widgets tab to ﬁnd the application or widget you desire. Tap and hold the icon of the item you wish to add and then drag it to the home

screen.

Removing Items from Your Home Screen

Tap and hold the item you want to delete until Remove appears on

the screen.

Drag the item to Remove and release your ﬁnger when the item turns red.

Creating a Folder

On a home screen, tap and hold an app icon and drag it to folder. 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 Unnamed 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 Remove. Release the icon when it turns red.

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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 Mobile data in use

4G LTE connected Ringer off

4G connected Vibrate mode

Airplane mode Bluetooth on

Battery empty

Battery low Wi-Fi in use

Battery partially drained

Battery full Alarm set

Battery charging

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Wired headset connected

microSD card unmounted

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Indicator What it means Indicator What it means

No SIM card installed

New SMS

New MMS Upcoming event

New email Call on hold

New Gmail message

New Google Talk instant message

Problem with SMS/ MMS delivery

Missed call Updates available

Call in progress

Song is playing GPS on

microSD card unexpectedly removed

Preparing microSD card

New Wi-Fi network detected

Downloading data

Sending data

USB debugging connected

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Using the Notiﬁcations Panel

The Notiﬁcations panel provides quick access to alerts including new messages, emails, and software updates.

• To open the Notiﬁcations panel, tap the top of the home screen and swipe down with your ﬁnger.

• Swipe right to clear individual notiﬁcations or tap X to clear all.

• Tap to access the full Settings menu.

• To close the Notiﬁcations 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

to enter the “+”.

Calling from Your Contacts

From the home screen, tap Contacts . 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

and entering the contact name.

• You can also access your contacts by tapping Contacts.

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Calling from Your Call History

From the home screen, tap Call log. 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

Drag to the center of the screen to answer the call.

Rejecting a Call

Drag to the center of the screen to reject the call. Drag to the center of the screen to send a text message to the caller. Choose

the default message or send a custom one.

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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. 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 Hold. Tip: If you accept an incoming call while you’re on another call, the ﬁrst call

automatically goes on hold. Tap 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.

Adding a Call

During a call, tap 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 Swap.

Merging Calls

To merge two calls and create a conference call, tap Merge calls. Note: The maximum number of callers on a call varies by carrier.

Ending a Call

Tap

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to ﬁnish a call.

Adjusting Your Call Settings

You can open the Call Settings menu by tapping Settings.

Fixed Dialing Numbers

Quick responses Edit Quick response to rejected callers.

Voicemail

TTY mode

Hearing aids

DTMF tones

Speed dial Set contacts as speed dials for keys 2-9.

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.

Select a voicemail service provider (your carrier is the default), or edit the voicemail number if necessary.

Choose a TTY mode after connecting the TTY device to the phone’s headset 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 multi-frequency (DTMF) signal tones: Normal or Long.

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Adjusting Your Call Settings (continued)

Call Barring Settings Forbid certain types of calls.

Forward your incoming calls to a different number.

Call forwarding

Additional settings

You can choose when 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.

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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 Contacts on the home screen. From there, you can tap the tabs on the top to quickly switch to Phone, Call log, or Favorites.

Importing and Exporting Contacts

You can import or export contacts from/to your SIM card, phone storage, or microSD 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. Or, just tap to select

all contacts.

Tap Import or Export.

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Importing Contacts from Phone Storage/microSD Card or Exporting to Phone Storage/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 microSD card when one is inserted

in the phone.

• For import, you should have vCard ﬁles saved on the Phone/microSD 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/ microSD 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.

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Adding a Contact to Favorites

From the Contacts screen, tap the contact you want to add to Favorites. Tap next to the contact’s name.

Searching for a Contact

Tap at the bottom of the Contacts screen. Enter the contact name you want to search for. Matching contacts will

be listed.

Creating a New Group

From the Contacts screen, tap . Tap . Enter the group name and tap Done. Tap and select the contacts you wish to be the group members. Tap . To send messages to the group members, you can tap a group and then

press Send group message.

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