ZTE VDF600 User Manual

Vodafone Smart prime 7

User Manual

About This Manual

Thank you for choosing this mobile device. I n order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference.

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Contents

Getting Started ................................................................... 10

Getting to Know Your Phone ................................................................ 10

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

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

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

Extending the Battery Life ................................................................... 15

Powering On/Off ................................................................................ 16

Setting Up for the First Time................................................................ 16

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys ............................................. 16

Using the Touch Screen ...................................................................... 18

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

Personalizing ...................................................................... 23

Changing the System Language .......................................................... 23

Setting the Date and Time .................................................................. 23

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound ......................................... 23

Turning On/Off System Sounds ........................................................... 24

Adjusting Volume ............................................................................... 24

Using Do Not Disturb Mode................................................................. 24

Applying New Wallpapers ................................................................... 26

Changing Screen Brightness ............................................................... 27

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ............................................ 27

Protecting Your Phone With Encryption ................................................ 28

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning ......................................... 29

Knowing the Basics .............................................................. 31

Monitoring the Phone Status .............................................................. 31

Managing Notifications ...................................................................... 32

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ....................................................... 35

Organizing With Folders ...................................................................... 36

Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts ..................................................... 36

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

Editing Text ........................................................................................ 40

Opening and Switching Apps ...............................................................41

Uninstalling an App ............................................................................ 42

Connecting to Networks and Devices ..................................... 43

Connecting to Mobile Networks .......................................................... 43

Connecting to Wi-Fi ............................................................................ 44

Using Wi-Fi Direct

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices ........................................................ 49

Exchanging Data via NFC .....................................................................51

Using Tap & Pay ................................................................................. 52

Connecting to Your Computer via USB ................................................. 53

Using the microSDXC Card as Portable or Internal Storage .................. 54

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection ................................................. 58

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................................... 60

............................................................................ 48

Phone Calls ........................................................................ 62

Placing and Ending Calls .................................................................... 62

Answering or Rejecting Calls ............................................................... 63

Working With the Call History .............................................................. 64

Calling Your Contacts ......................................................................... 65

Checking Voicemail ............................................................................ 65

Using Options During a Call ................................................................ 66

Managing Multi-party Calls ................................................................ 66

Adjusting Your Call Settings ................................................................ 68

Contacts ............................................................................ 73

Checking Contact Details ................................................................... 73

Adding a New Contact ........................................................................ 73

Setting Up Your Own Profile ................................................................ 74

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ........................................ 74

Working With Favourite Contacts ........................................................ 76

Searching for a Contact ...................................................................... 77

Editing Contacts ................................................................................. 77

Web Accounts ..................................................................... 80

Adding or Removing Accounts ............................................................. 80

Configuring Account Sync ................................................................... 81

Email ................................................................................. 82

Setting Up the First Email Account ...................................................... 83

Checking Your Emails ......................................................................... 83

Responding to an Email ...................................................................... 83

Writing and Sending an Email ............................................................. 85

Adding and Editing Email Accounts ..................................................... 85

Changing General Email Settings ........................................................ 86

Messaging ......................................................................... 87

Opening the Messaging Screen .......................................................... 87

Sending a Message ............................................................................ 87

Replying to a Message ....................................................................... 88

Forwarding a Message ....................................................................... 88

Changing Message Settings ............................................................... 89

Web Browser ....................................................................... 90

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

Using Multiple Browser Tabs ............................................................... 91

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

Changing Chrome Settings ................................................................. 92

Camera .............................................................................. 93

Capturing a Photo .............................................................................. 93

Recording a Video .............................................................................. 95

Using Manual Camera Mode .............................................................. 95

Using Other Camera Modes ................................................................ 96

Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings .......................................... 97

Gallery ............................................................................... 99

Opening Gallery ................................................................................. 99

Working With Albums ......................................................................... 99

Working With Pictures ...................................................................... 100

Retouching Your Pictures .................................................................. 101

Playing Videos.................................................................................. 102

Play Music ........................................................................ 103

Playing Your Music ........................................................................... 103

Managing Playlists ........................................................................... 105

Video Player ..................................................................... 107

Opening the Video Library ................................................................. 107

Playing and Controlling Videos ......................................................... 107

Managing Video Files ....................................................................... 108

FM Radio ..........................................................................110

Scanning and Saving Channels ......................................................... 110

Listening to FM Radio ....................................................................... 110

Editing a Saved Channel ................................................................... 111

Other Options and Settings ............................................................... 111

Sound Recorder ................................................................ 113

Recording a Voice Memo .................................................................. 113

Playing a Voice Memo ....................................................................... 113

More Apps ........................................................................ 115

Calculator ........................................................................................ 115

Clock ............................................................................................... 115

Downloads ....................................................................................... 116

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

Google Apps .....................................................................................117

Settings ........................................................................... 119

Wireless and Networks ..................................................................... 119

Device .............................................................................................. 121

Personal .......................................................................................... 126

System ............................................................................................ 131

Troubleshooting ................................................................ 133

For Your Safety .................................................................. 137

General Safety ................................................................................. 137

Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ............................................................ 138

Distraction ....................................................................................... 140

Product Handling .............................................................................. 141

Electrical Safety ............................................................................... 144

Radio Frequency Interference ........................................................... 145

Explosive Environments .....................................................................147

Declaration of RoHS Compliance ........................................ 151

Disposal of Your Old Appliance............................................ 152

EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ..................................... 153

Earpiece

Proximity & light sensor Volume key

Back key

Touch screen

Front camera

Recent apps key

Home key Power key

Indicator light

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

Headset jack

Charging/ micro-USB jack

Speaker Flash

Back camera

Back cover

Key

Function

Power key

 Press and hold to turn on or off flight mode, restart, or

power off.

 Press to turn off or on the screen dis play.

Home key

 Touch to return to the home screen from any application

or screen.

 Touch and hold to use Google Search or Now on Tap.

Back key

Touch to go to the previous screen.

Recent apps key

Touch to see recently used apps.

Volume key

Press or hold either end of the key to turn the volume up or down.

Knowing the Keys

Installing the micro-SIM Card and the microSDXC™ Card

The micro-SIM card can be installed or removed while the phon e is turned on. A microSDXC card (optional, not included) can be installed or removed while the phone is turned on. You need to unmount the microSDXC card before removing it. See

Using the microSDXC Card as Portable or Internal Storage

WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any other kind of SIM cards, or any non-standard micro-SIM card cut from a SIM card. You c an get a standard micro-SI M card from your service provider.

micro-SIM card

microSDXC card

1. Insert your fingernail into the slot close to the bottom right of the back cover and

lift it up gently.

2. Hold the micro-SIM card and the microSDXC card with the cut corner o riented

as shown and slip them into the card holde rs.

NOTE: Some applications may require a microSD XC card to work normally or may store certain dat a on it. Therefore, it is recommended that you keep a microSDXC card installed and no t remove or replace it randomly.

3. Align the back cover with the back of the phone and press the cover back into

place. Ensure that all the tabs are secure and there are n o gaps around the cover.

Charging the Battery

Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the p hone to turn on, find a

signal, and make a few calls. You should f ully 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 lock screen will show you the exact battery level on the status bar.

WARNING!

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

CAUTION:

Do not change the built-in rechargeab le battery in your phone by yourself. If yo ur battery need to be replaced, please contact Vodafone cu stomer support.

1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted

with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector i nto the charging jack.

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC power 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 pow er on the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again after charging the phone for at least 20 minutes. Contact the customer service if you still cannot pow er on the phone after prolonged charging.

Extending the Battery Life

Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetoot h and Wi-Fi usage and GPS functionality can drain your battery. You can f ollow the helpful tips below to conserve your battery power:  Reduce the screen backlight time.

 Lower the screen brightness.  Turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and auto-sync off when not in use.  Disable the GPS function when not in u se. Most applications using this function

will periodically query the GPS satellites for you r current location, and e ach query drains your battery.

Powering On/Off

 Press and hold the Power key to turn on your phone.  To power off, press and hold the Power key to open the options menu and touch

Shut down > OK.

NOTE: If the phone freezes or takes too long to respond, you ca n press and hold the Pow er key for about 16 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

Backup and Reset

Flick the language field to select the language. Then follow the on-screen prompts to set up your phone.

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

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys

Your phone allows you to quickly lock the screen and keys (put the phone to 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 t he Power key.

NOTE: To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off t he screen after som e time of inactivity. You will still be able to receive messages a nd calls while the phone screen is off.

To unlock the screen and keys:

1. Press the Power key to turn the screen on.

- or Double-tap on the screen to turn it on .

NOTE:

To enable this feature, select > Settings > Display > Double tap to wake from the home screen.

2. Swipe up on the screen.

- or Swipe from a shortcut icon at the bottom to open the rela ted app or feature.

- or -

Touch a notification twice consecutively to open the relat ed app.

NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, a PIN or a password fo r your phone (see

Your Phone With Screen Locks

PIN/password to unlock your screen.

NOTE: You can edit the shortcut icons on the lock screen . Select > Settings > Display > Edit Lockscreen shortcuts from the home screen, touch a shortcut to change it, or touch

Add shortcut to add one.

), you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter the

Protecting

Using the Touch Screen

Your phone’s touch screen enables y ou to control actions through a variety of touch gestures.

 Touch

When you want to type using the onscreen k eyboard, select items on the screen such as the application and settings i cons, or press the onscreen buttons , simply touch them with your f inger.

 Touch and Hold

To open the available options for an item (for example, a message or l ink in a web page), touch and hold the item.

 Swipe or Slide

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger ve rtically or horizontally across the screen.

 Drag

To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure b efore you start to move your finger. While dragging, do no t release your finger until you have reached the target position.

 Pinch

Status bar

In some apps (such as Maps, web browser, and Gallery), you can zo om in and out by placing two fingers on t he screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apar t (to zoom in).

 Rotate the screen

For most screens, you can automatically ch ange the screen orientation from portrait to la ndscape by turning the phone sideways.

NOTE: The auto-rotate feature n eeds to be enabled for the screen orientation to automatically change. Touch th e Home key > > Settings > Display > When

device is rotated and select Rotate the contents of the screen. You can also access the screen rotation control by sli ding down the status bar twice and touch Auto-r otate/Portrait.

Getting to Know the Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s ap plications, functions, and

menus. You can customize your home screen by adding s hortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.

Primary shor tcuts

Shortcut

Folder

Widgets

Google search

Extended Home Screen Pane ls Your home screen is extendable, prov iding more space for shortcuts, widgets, a nd

more. Simply swipe left or right on th e home screen to see the extended panels. You can add or remove home screen panels, or adjust their o rder.

To add a new home screen panel:

1. Touch the Home key > , or touch and hold an empty area of the home screen

and select WIDGETS.

2. Touch and hold an application icon or a widget and drag it to the right edge of

the screen to create a new home screen panel and put t he icon or widget on it.

NOTE:

No empty home screen panel is allowed to exist. If the icon, w idget or folder is the only item on the current home screen panel, the panel wil l be deleted as you remove the item.

To adjust the order of a home screen panel:

1. Touch and hold an empty area of th e home screen and slide left or right to view

the home screen thumbnails.

2. Touch and hold a thumbnail and dra g it left or right to the place you need.

To open your favourite home screen app :

You can slide right on the home screen to open your favourit e app quickly.

1. Touch the Home key and then slide righ t if necessary to access the leftmost

home screen.

2. Slide right on the screen to open your favourite app.

NOTE:

Touch the Home key > > Settings > Display and touch Home Sc reen to turn on of off this feature, or touch Favourite Home screen a pp to select your favourite app.

Standard Home Screen and Simple Home S creen The standard home screen has the standard Android lay out, while the simple home

screen provides improved accessibility and usability. Y ou can switch between them at any time according to your preference.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Home.

2. Select one home screen you need.

Personalizing

Changing the System Language

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Language & input > Language .

2. Select the language you need.

Setting the Date and Time

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Date & time.

2. Set the date, time, time zone, and tim e format.

 To adjust the date and time automatically, turn on Automa tic date & time.  To adjust the date and time manually, turn off Automat ic date & time and

touch Set date / Set time to change the date and time.

 To adjust the time zone automatically, turn on Autom atic time zone.  To adjust the time zone manually, turn off Automatic t ime zone and touch

Select time zone to set the correct time z one.

 To adjust the time format, touch Use 24-hour fo rmat.

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound

You can customize the default incoming call ringtone and the default notif ication sound.

1. Touch the Home key > > Set tings > Sound & notification.

2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification ringtone.

3. Select the ringtone you want to use. Touch More Ringtones o r More

Notifications on the top of the ringtone list to choose more audio files.

4. Touch OK.

NOTE:

See

Set a Ringtone for a Contact

contact.

for how to assign a special ringto ne to an individual

Turning On/Off System Sounds

1. Touch the Home key > > Se ttings > Sound & notification > Other sounds.

2. Touch Dial pad tones, Screen locking sounds, Charging s ounds, Touch sounds,

or Vibrate on touch .

Adjusting Volume

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notificatio n.

2. Drag the sliders below Media volume, Alarm volume and Ring volume t o adjust

the volume for each type of audio.

NOTE: You can adjust the media volume when a media application is in use by pr essing the Volume key. If no media application is active, press the Volume key to a djust ringtone volume (or the earpiece volum e during a call).

Using Do Not Disturb Mode

You can limit interruptions with Do not disturb mode . This mode silences your phone so that it doesn’t make sounds or vibra te when you don’t want it to.

To turn on Do not disturb mode:

1. Swipe down from the top of the screen wi th two fingers to access the Quick

Settings.

2. Touch (Do not disturb).

3. Touch Total silence, Alarms only, or Priorit y only depending on whether you

want to allow exceptions. You can cust omize the exceptions when Priority only is selected.

4. Touch Until you turn this off if you want to turn off Do not disturb mode

manually; touch or to set the time before Do not disturb mode turns off automatically.

5. Touch DONE.

NOTES:

 Press and hold the Power key and touch to turn on Alarms only quickly, or

touch to turn on vibration.

 Press the Volume key when no media a pplication is active to show the volum e

bar. Drag the slider to the left or keep pressing the Volume down key to turn on vibration. Press the key again to turn o n Alarms only.

 To turn off Do not disturb mode quickly, press either end of the Volume key and

then touch END NOW when the screen is unlocked, or press and hold the Power key and touch .

To set exceptions for Do not disturb mode (Pr iority only): You can set reminders, events, and callers that you specify as exceptions when Do

not disturb mode is set to Priority only .

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notification > Do not

disturb > Priority only allows.

2. Turn on the switch next to the items you want to allow. Touch Messag es or Calls

and set notifications from who can alert you to messages or calls.

NOTE: When Repeat callers is switched on, you ’ll receive a notification if someone calls you a second time within a 15 minute per iod, regardless of whether notifications from that person receive priority status.

To set a Do not disturb rule: If you want to allow all notification alerts through most o f the time, but want to limit

alerts during certain times (like at nig ht or on the weekends), you can set a ru le for Do not disturb mode.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settin gs > Sound & notification > Do not

disturb > Automatic rules.

2. Touch Add rule.

3. Enter the rule name, select Time rule or Event rule, and touch OK .

4. For a time rule, set the days, the start and end times, and set Do not disturb

mode. For an event rule, select a Goo gle Calendar you want to make the rule for, select the type of reply you want to use, and set Do not disturb mode.

NOTE: To turn on or off a schedule, touch a rule to open its details screen and then touch the on/off switch.

Applying New Wallpapers

You can set the wallpaper for the ho me screen and lock screen.

1. Touch and hold an empty place on the home screen and then touch

WALLPAPERS.

2. Slide left or right on the wallpaper panel to select a wallpaper or animation, or

touch My photos to choose the image you wa nt to use as the wallpaper. Pinch on the image to crop it if needed.

3. Touch Set wallpaper.

NOTE: In addition, you can touch the Home key > > Settings > Display > Wallpaper to pick an image from Gallery, Photos or Wall papers, or an animation from Live

Wallpapers.

Changing Screen Brightness

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Display > Brightness level.

2. Drag the slider to manually adjust the screen brightness.

NOTE: Your phone can automatically adjust the screen brightne ss for available light. Touch Adaptive brightness in the Displa y settings screen to turn the feature on or off.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. Wh en it is enabled, you n eed to swipe up on the screen, draw a pattern or enter a numer ic PIN or password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.

1. Touch the Home key > > Set tings > Security > Screen lock.

2. Touch None, Swipe, Pattern, PIN or Password.

 Touch None to disable the screen lock.

 Touch Swipe to enable screen lock and allow unlocking with a ‘ swipe'

gesture. You can unlock the screen by touching the display and sliding up.

 Touch Pattern to draw and redraw a pattern th at you must draw to unlock

the screen.

 Touch PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a password that you must

enter to unlock the screen.

3. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select how you want notifications a nd their

contents to show when the phone is locked. Then touch DONE.

NOTE: Remember the pattern, PIN or password you set. Otherw ise, you will have to upgrade the phone software to use the phone.

Protecting Your Phone With Encryption

You can encrypt all the data on your phone: your accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must draw an unlock pattern, or 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 une ncrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data.

Encryption provides additional protection in c ase your phone is stolen, and may be required or recommended in some organizations. Co nsult your system administrator before turning it on. In many cases t he pattern, PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator.

Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:  Set a screen lock pattern, PIN or password .

 Charge the battery.  Keep the phone connected to the charger .  Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: y ou must not interrupt it or

you will lose some or all of your data.

When you're ready to turn on encryption:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security > Encrypt phone.

2. Read the information about encryption carefully.

The ENCRYPT PHONE button is dimmed if your batte ry is not charged or your phone's not plugged in. If you change your mind about encr ypting your phone, touch the Back key.

WARNING!

If you interrupt the encry ption process, you will lose data.

3. Touch ENCRYPT PHONE.

4. Draw your screen lock pattern or enter your PIN or password, an d touch NEXT.

5. Touch ENCRYPT PHONE again. The encryption process starts. Encryption can take an ho ur or more, during which

time your phone may restart several times. When encryption is completed, you're prompted to draw the unlock pattern, o r enter your PIN or password. Subsequently you must draw you r unlock pattern, or enter your PIN or passwo rd each time you power on your phone in ord er to decrypt it.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Pinning

You can use the screen pinning feature to keep an app in view, so others cannot switch to other apps or access your per sonal information.

Turn On Screen Pinning

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Security > Screen pinning.

2. Touch the On/Off switch.

3. If you want to ask for the unlock pattern, PIN or password before unpin ning the

screen, switch on Ask for unlock pattern / P IN / password before unpinning when the screen lock has been set.

Pin a Screen

1. Ensure that screen pinning is turned on.

2. Open the app you want to keep in view.

3. Touch the Recent apps key.

4. If there are many app tabs, swipe up to find on the front-most tab.

5. Touch .

Unpin the Screen

To unpin the screen and return to normal use, t ouch and hold the Back key an d the Recent apps key at the same time.

If you have asked for the unlock pattern, PIN or password before unpinning the screen, swipe up on the lock screen and draw the patt ern or enter the PIN/password.

EDGE connected

No signal

3G/HSPA+ connected

Signal strength 4G connected

Flight mode

Do not disturb mode on (Alarms only or Priority only)

Bluetooth® on

Do not disturb mode on (Total silence)

Connected to a Wi-Fi® network

Vibration on

Speaker on

Battery low

Phone microphone of f

Battery par tially drained

GPS on

Battery full

Alarm set

Battery char ging

Knowing the Basics

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides ph one and service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons you may s ee.

New SMS/MMS

New Wi-Fi network detected

New message(s) from the Email app

Downloading data

New message(s) from th e Gmail™ app

Sending data Missed call

USB tethering on

Call in progress

Portable Wi -Fi hotspot on

Call on hold

microSDXC card mounted

Song playing

Wired headset connected

Managing Notifications

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides no tification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see.

Open/Close the Notification Panel

Notifi cations repo rt the arr ival of new messages, ca lendar even ts, and alarm s, as well a s ongoing e vents, such as when you are playin g music. Yo u can open t he notifi cation pane l to view the details of n otification s.

 To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down from the top of the

screen.

 To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up on the screen or touch the

Back key.

Respond to or Remove a Notification

In the notification panel, you can respond to a notificatio n or remove the notifications. The notification panel a lso supports expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions right from the notificatio n itself.

 To respond to a notification, just touch it.  Slide down with one finger to expand certain notificatio ns. You can also swipe

two fingers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand or collapse certain notifications.

 To remove a notification, swipe it lef t or right.  To remove all notifications, touch below all the notifications.  To manage notifications you have received, touch and h old a notification to

identify the application that created it. You can then touc h and enable Block all to hide future notifications from this app, or enable Treat as priority to show them when Do not disturb mode is set t o Priority only.

NOTE: If you block notifications f or an app, you may miss its important alerts and updates. The notifications of some apps cannot be blocked.

Use Quick Settings

The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change t he most common settings for your phone.

To access the Quick Settings, open the notification panel and drag the panel downwards, or swipe down from the top of t he screen with two fingers.

You can find the following Quick Settings:

 Brightness: Drag the brightness slider to adjust the screen brightness .  Wi-Fi: Touch to turn on or off Wi-Fi. To open W i-Fi settings, touch the Wi-Fi

network name. See

 Bluetooth: Touch to turn on or off Blue tooth. To open Bluetooth settings, touch

the word “Bluetooth”. See

 Do not disturb / Total silence / Alarms only / Priority only: T ouch to turn on Do

not disturb mode and select an option. Touch again to turn off Do not disturb mode. See

 Mobile data: Touch to view the mobile d ata usage, enable or disable data

access over the mobile network, and a ccess more settings.

 Flight mode: Touch to turn on or off f light mode.  Auto-rotate/Portrait: Touch to turn on or off the auto-rotate screen feature.  Torch: Touch to turn on or off the flash.  Location: Touch to turn location services on or off. See  Hotspot: Touch to turn on or off the portable Wi-Fi hotspot. See

Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

 NFC: Touch to turn on or off NFC. See  Battery saver: Touch to turn on or off Ba ttery saver. See

NOTE: In the Quick Settings screen , touch at the top to get to the Settings menu; touch the batter y icon to open the battery settings screen ; touch to manage

users or switch between t hem.

Connecting to Wi-Fi

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices

Using Do Not Disturb Mode

Location

Exchanging Data via NFC

Battery

Share Your

. .

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets

Add Shortcuts and Widgets

1. Touch the Home key > .

- or To add widgets, touch and hold an empty area of the ho me screen and select WIDGETS.

2. Slide up or down to browse the available applications or widgets.

3. Touch and hold a widget or an application icon and drag it to a h ome screen

panel.

NOTE:

While holding the item, you can drag it to the right edge o f the screen to create a new home screen panel and put the item on it.

Move Shortcuts or Widgets

1. Touch and hold a shortcut or widget on the home screen.

2. Drag it to the place you need.

Remove Shortcuts or Widgets

1. Touch and hold a shortcut or widget on the home screen.

2. Drag it to (Remove) to remove it.

Adjust Widget Size

1. Touch and hold a widget on the home screen and then release it.

2. An outline appears around the widget. Drag the outline to resize the widget.

NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized.

Organizing With Folders

You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts to a folder. You can move or remove folders the same way as mov ing or removing shortcuts.

1. Touch and hold a shortcut on the home screen and drag it quickly over another

shortcut.

2. Release the shortcut. A new folder will be created and both short cuts are added

into the folder.

3. To add more shortcuts into the folder, touch and hold each shortcut and drag it

over the folder before releasing it.

NOTE: Touch the folder and then touch the name field to rename the folder.

Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts

The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the bottom visible from all home screens . You can keep at most four items in the primary shortcuts area. D rag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to rearrange it.

Entering Text

You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some ap ps open it automatica lly. In

others, you open it by touching where you want to type. Touch the Back key to hide the onscreen keyboard. You can also enter text by speaking with the Google voice typing feature.

Enable or Disable Input Methods

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Language & input > Current Keyboard .

2. Touch CHOOSE KEYBOARDS at the bottom.

3. Slide the switches beside the input methods to enable or disable them.

NOTE:

Some default input methods may not be disabled.

Change Input Methods

1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon appears on

the status bar.

2. Open the notification panel and touch Change keyboard.

3. Select the input method you need.

NOTE:

The icon appear s only when more than one input method is installed and enabled.

Android Keyboard

The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a deskt op computer keyboard. When screen auto-rotation is enabled, t urn the phone sideways and the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape. The lan dscap e keybo ard is not s upporte d in a ll applications.

 Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and ho ld some specific keys to

enter associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, touch and hold and the available accented letters and number 3 a ppear. Then

slide to choose È.

 As you enter a word, candidates appear above the keyboard. Touch to select the

correct one; touch and hold to see more possible options.

 Touch to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock uppercase. This key also

changes to indicate the current case you are using: for lo wercase, for uppercase, and when locked in uppercase.

 Touch to delete the text before the cursor.  Touch to select numbers and symbols. You can then touch to

find more.

 Touch to enter miniature icons, such as expressions, horoscopes, an d

animals.

 Touch to use Google voice typing.

Start of

the word

End of the word

 Touch and hold to change the input language or set up the Android

Keyboard.

Gesture Typing The Android Keyboard supports the gesture t yping feature. You can use this feature

to input a word by sliding through th e letters. To enable and use gesture typing:

1. T ouch and hold o n the Android Keyboard and then touch Android

Keyboard Settings.

2. Touch Gesture Typing and then touch Enable g esture typing if this feature is

turned off.

3. Move your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard to trace a word without

lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.

NOTES:

 Touch when you want to. If you want to enter a single le tter, go ahead and touch.  Lift your finger at the end of the word . A space is added automatically when you

begin to input the next word.

Google Voice Typing

Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition serv ice to convert speech to text.

1. Touc h to access the voice typing feature when you are using t he Android

Keyboard. Or flick down the status bar w hen entering text and touch Change keyboard, and

then select Google voice typing.

2. W hen you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.

3. You can contin ue entering text to keep it or to delete it.

NOTE: Say "comma," "period," "question mark ," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation

point" to enter punctuation.

Input Method Settings

Choose the input method settings b y touching > Settings > Language & input from the home screen. In the Keyboard & input methods sect ion, you can set the current input met hod and

choose the settings for input methods.

Editing Text

 Move the in sertion poi nt: Touch w here you wan t to type. The cursor blinks in

the ne w position, and a tab ap pears below it. Drag the tab to move the cur sor.

 Select text: Touc h and hold o r double-t ap within the text. The nearest wor d

highli ghts, with a tab at each end of the selection. D rag the tab s to change the select ion.

 Cut or copy: Select the text you want to ma nipulate. Then touch CUT or COPY to

cut or copy the text to the clipboard.

 Replace text with the clipboard text: Select the text you want to replace. Then

touch PASTE.

Opening and Switching Apps

Open an App

1. Touch the Home key > to o pen th e app drawer scree n.

2. Slide up or down on the screen and touch an app to open it.

NOTE:

Drag the slider on the right side of the scree n to the initial letter of the app you need, or touch the search box at the top to search for apps.

Switch Between Recently Opened Apps

1. Touch the Recent apps key. The apps you’ve used recently are displayed in a

series of tabs. Slide up and down to see all the tabs.

2. T ouch a tab to open that app.

NOTE: You can swipe a tab sideways or touch X on the tab to remove it from the screen. Touch to remove all tabs.

Uninstalling an App

1. T ouch the Home key > to op en the application list screen.

2. T ouch and hold an application icon and drag the icon to (Uninstall) at the

top of the screen.

3. Touch OK to uninstall the app.

NOTE:

Some pre-installed apps cannot b e uninstalled.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Mobile Networks

Control Mobile Data Use

To enable or disable data access:

1. Touch the Hom e key > > Settings > Data usage.

2. T ouch the Mobile data switch to enable or disable mobile data use. To get data services when roaming:

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > More > Mobile networks.

2. T ouch the Data roaming switch if it is turned off.

NOTE: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges.

Select Preferred Network Type

1. Touch the Hom e key > > Settings > More > Mobile networks > Preferred

network type.

2. T ouch the type of network you prefer to connect to.

Set Access Point Names

To connect to the Internet you can use the default Acces s Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the se rvice provider to get the necessary information.

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > More > Mobile networks > Access

point names.

2. Touch .

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

4. Touch > S ave to complete.

NOTE:

To set the APN to default settings, touch > Reset to default.

Select Network Operator

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > More > Mobile networks > Network

operators.

2. Touch Search networks to search for all available netw orks.

3. T ouch a network in the network list to register manually.

You can also touch Choose autom atically to select preferred network automatically.

Connecting to Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Interne t access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wi-Fi Network

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position to turn on Wi-Fi.

3. Touch a network name to connect to it.

4. I f the network is secured, enter the password and touch CONNECT.

NOTE: Your p hone automat ically conn ects to previ ously used Wi-Fi ne tworks when they are in range.

Get Notified of Open Networks

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced.

4. S lide the Network notification switch. When Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifica tions in the status bar w hen your phone detects

an open Wi-Fi network. Switch off this option to turn off notificat ions.

Add a Wi-Fi Network

You can add a Wi-Fi network if the networ k does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range.

To connect to a secured network, you first need to get th e security details from the network's administrator.

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Add network .

4. E nter the network SSID (name). If necessary, enter security or other network

configuration details.

5. Touch SAVE.

Connect to a WPS Network

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a feature that make s it easy to add your phone to the access points which support WPS.

You can use one of the following methods to connect yo ur phone to a wireless network using WPS.

Method one: WPS button (Recommen ded)

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > W PS Push Button.

4. P ress the WPS button on the access point and the access point will recognize

your phone and add it to the network.

Method two: PIN number

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > W PS Pin Entry.

4. T he WPS PIN number displays on the screen. Enter the PIN number into the

access point's setup page.

After entering the PIN number, your phone automatically finds the access point and configures the connection.

NOTE: For detailed information about the WPS feature of the a ccess point, please refer to its user documents.

Forget a Wi-Fi Network

You can make your phone forget about the details of a W i-Fi network that you added for example, if you don’t want the phone to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use.

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. S lide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. T ouch the Wi-Fi network name and then touch FORGET.

Adjust Advanced Wi-Fi Settings

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Wi-Fi.

2. Touch > Advanced to adjust the following settings.

 Network notification: Get notifications in the status bar w hen Wi-Fi is on

and an open network is available.

 Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Set whether to keep Wi -Fi on in sleep mode.  Install certificates: Install certificates needed for connect ing to certain

Wi-Fi networks.

 Wi-Fi Direct: Use the Wi-Fi Direct feature. See  WPS Push Button: Connect to a WPS network via the pu sh button method.  WPS Pin Entry: Connect to a WPS network via the phone PIN method.

 MAC address: Check the MAC address.  IP address: Check the phone’s IP address.

Using Wi-Fi Direct

Using Wi-Fi Direct®

Wi-Fi Direct allows Wi-Fi devices to share files and data directly by connecting to each other without the need for wireless access points (h otspots).

Connect to Another Device via Wi-Fi Direct

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. I f Wi-Fi is off, slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position.

3. Touch > Advanced > Wi-Fi Direct . Your phone will search for other devices

enabled with Wi-Fi Direct connections.

4. T ouch a device name below Peer devices to connect with it.

The other device will receive a connection prompt and need to acce pt the request for connection. Both devices may n eed to enter a common PIN.

5. O nce connected the device is displayed as “Connected” in the Peer devices list.

Send Data via Wi-Fi Direct

1. O pen the appropriate application and select the file or item you want to share.

2. S elect the option for sharing via Wi-Fi Direct. The method may vary by

application and data type.

3. T ouch a device the phone has connected with or wait for it to search for new

devices and touch one of them.

Receive Data via Wi-Fi Direct

When an attempt to transfer data via Wi -Fi Direct is received, you can see a notification in the status bar. Open th e notification panel, touch the notification and select Accept to start receiving the data.

Received files are stored automatically in a dedicated folder ( instance). You can access them with the File Manager app.

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Connecting to Bluetooth Devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters (32.8 feet). The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed.

Turn Bluetooth On/Off

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Bluetooth .

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On or Off position.

When Bluetooth is on, the icon appears in the status bar.

Change the Device Name

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Blueto oth is off.

3. Touch > Rename this device.

4. Edit the name and touch RENAME.

Pair With Another Bluetooth Device

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Blueto oth is off.

Your phone automatically scans for an d displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could t ouch > Refresh i f you w ant to

sca n again .

3. Touch the device you want to pair with.

4. Confirm that the Bluetooth passkeys are the same between the two devices

and touch PAIR. Alternately, enter a Bluetoot h passkey and touch PAIR. Pairing is successfully completed when the other device accepts the connection or the same passkey is entered.

NOTE: The Bluetooth passkey may be fixed for certain devices, su ch as headsets and

hands-free car kits. You can try entering 0000 or 1234 (the mo st common passkeys), or refer to the documents for that device.

Forget (Unpair With) a Bluetooth Device

You can make your phone forget it s pairing connection with another Bluetooth device. To connect to the device again, you need to search it and enter or confirm a passkey again.

1. Tou ch the Home key > > Settings > B luetooth and ensure that Bluetooth is

turned on.

2. I n the list of paired devices, touch the icon beside the Bluetooth device

you want to forget.

3. Touch FORGET.

Send Data via Bluetooth

1. O pen the appropriate application and select the file or item you want to share.

2. S elect the option for sharing via Bluetooth. The method may vary by application

and data type.

3. T ouch a Bluetooth device the phone has paired with or wait for it to search for

new devices and touch one of them.

Receive Data via Bluetooth

1. T urn Bluetooth on before trying to receive data via Bluetooth.

2. F lick down the status bar and touch .

3. Touch ACCEPT to start receiving the data. Received files are stored automatically in a dedicated folder ( in the phone. You can access them with the File Manager app.

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Exchanging Data via NFC

Near Field Communication (NFC) allows your phone t o exchange data with another NFC-enabled device when they touch eac h other or in close proximity.

Depending on the applications that y ou have installed on your phone, you mig ht be able to use your phone as a transit pas s or as an access pass. To use this feature, tap the back of your phone against an NFC -enabled access point, subject to applicable terms and conditions from the particular vendor.

To turn on and use NFC:

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > More.

2. S lide the NFC switch to the on position.

3. I f you want to share web pages, contact information, YouTube videos or other

content on your phone to another NFC-capable device, touch Android Beam and

slide the switch to the On position.

Using Tap & Pay

You can tap and pay with your phone at the merchants t hat accept contactless payments.

Set Up Tap & Pay

To tap and pay, you must turn on NFC on your phone.

1. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > More.

2. S lide the NFC switch to the on position.

Manage Apps Using Tap & Pay

If you have more than one app that lets you t ap and pay, you can choose a default. Your default app is the one you’ll automatically use when you t ap and pay at a store. You can browse Google Play Store for more payment apps. Your payment apps need to support the ta p and pay functionality in order to show up. Money transfer apps and Android Beam aren’t suppor ted.

To set your default payment app:

1. O pen the payment app and turn on tap and pay.

2. T ouch the Home key > > Set tings > Tap & pay.

3. S elect your default payment app.

Turn Off Tap & Pay

You can turn off tap and pay in two ways:

 Turn off NFC on your phone. Touch the Home key > > Sett ings > More and

then slide the NFC switch to the off position. This also turns off Android Beam and other NFC features.

 Turn off the tap and pay functionalit y in your payment app. Not all payment apps

support this option.

Connecting to Your Computer via USB

You can connect your phone to a compu ter with a USB cable and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. Your phone stores these files in the phone storage or on a removable microSDXC card. If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off be fore you can use USB to

transfer files between your phone and computer.

Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB

1. C onnect your phone to the PC with a USB cable.

2. O pen the notification panel and touch (USB for ...).

3. C hoose one of the following options:

 Charging only: Charge your phone via USB.  Transfer files (MTP): Transfer files on Windows  Transfer photos (PTP): Transfer photos using camera software.

Connect With Windows Media® Player

You can sync music, picture, and video files from the computer to your phone via Windows Media Player on the computer.

1. C onnect the phone with your computer via USB.

or Mac®.

2. O pen the notification panel and touch (USB for ...).

3. Touc h Transfer files (MTP).

4. O pen Windows Media Player and synchronize music, picture, and video f iles.

Disconnect Your Phone From the Computer

To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unp lug the USB cable when you’re finished.

Using the microSDXC Card as Portable or Internal Storage

You can use your microSDXC card as por table storage when there's already content such as your media and other file s so that you don't lose them .

If your microSDXC card is new or doesn't ha ve content you want to keep, yo u can also set it up as an extension of the internal phone storage, and this requires formatting that prevents the mic roSDXC card from working with other devices.

Set Up the microSDXC Card as Portable Storage

When you install a microS DXC card that has not been used on your phone before, the phone will mount the card as portable sto rage by default.

You can also open the notification panel and t ouch the microSDXC card name, select Use as porta ble storage and then touch NEXT > DONE.

To remove the microSDXC card from your p hone: If you need to remove the microSDXC card used as portable storage while the phone

is on, you must unmount it first.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch next to the card name in the Portable storage section.

3. When the screen prom pts the card is safely ejected, you can now remove it from

the phone.

NOTE: If you unmount the microSDXC card , some apps may not work properly until the microSDXC card is remounted.

To erase and format the micr oSDXC card:

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch the card name in the Portable storage section .

3. Touch > Settings and then t ouch Format.

4. Touch ERASE & FORMAT.

CAUTION: The formatting procedure erases all the data on the mic roSDXC card, after which the

files CANNOT be retrieved.

Set Up the microSDXC Card as Internal Storage

If your microSDXC card is new or doesn't ha ve content you want t o keep, you can format the card and use it as i nternal storage of your phone. If you move the microSDXC card to another d evice, it’ll be formatted before it can b e used.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch the card name in the Portable storage section .

3. Touch > Settings and then t ouch Format as internal.

4. Touch ERASE & FORMAT.

CAUTION:

The formatting procedure erases all the data on the mic roSDXC card, after which the files CANNOT be retrieved.

5. The phone will prompt y ou to move your photos, files and some a pps from the

internal storage to the microSDXC ca rd. Select Move now or Move lat er and touch NEXT. Follow the onscreen instructions t o continue.

To move apps and data between the internal storage and the microSDXC card: If you've set up your microSDXC car d as internal storage, you can move your photos,

files and some apps fr om the internal storag e to the microSDXC card to free up internal storage space , or vice versa.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch Internal storage or the microSDXC card name .

3. Touch > Migrate data.

4. Touch MOVE.

To move an app between the internal stor age and the microSDXC card: If you've set up your microSDXC card a s internal storage, you can move your apps to

the card when the internal sto rage space is not enough. The apps can also be moved back to the internal stora ge.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Apps.

2. Touch the app you want to move.

3. Touch Storage.

4. Touch CHANGE and select Internal storage or your card name .

5. Touch MOVE.

NOTE:

Not all apps can be moved.

To remove the microSDXC card from your p hone: If you need to remove the microSD XC card used as internal storage while the phone

is on, you must unmount it f irst.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch your card name below Intern al storage.

3. Touch > Eject.

4. Touch EJECT.

5. When the screen prompts the card is safely ejected, you can now remove it from

the phone.

NOTE: If there are apps that were moved to the car d, you will not be able to open these apps after unmounting the card.

To reformat the microSDXC card as por table storage: If you no longer want to use your micr oSDXC card as internal storage, you can

reformat the card as por table storage.

NOTE: Before the formatting, make sure to back u p your media files to oth er devices and move the apps on the card to the internal phone storage.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Storage & USB.

2. Touch your card name below Intern al storage.

3. Touch > Format as portable.

4. Touch FORMAT.

CAUTION: The formatting procedure erases all t he data on the microSDXC card, after which the

files CANNOT be retrieved.

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection

You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tet hering or by activating the

Wi-Fi hotspot feature to create a mobile hotspot.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection via USB

You can access the Internet on your computer via the US B tethering feature of your phone. The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and ma y result in data charges.

NOTE: You cannot transfer files between you r phone and your computer when the phone is USB tethered.

1. C onnect your phone to your computer with a USB cable.

2. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > Tetherin g & portable hotspot.

3. S witch on USB tethering. A new network connection will be created on your

computer.

NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, switch off USB tethering or disconnect the USB cable.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth

If your computer can obtain an Internet connection via B luetooth, you can configure your phone to share its mobile data connectio n with your computer.

1. P air your phone with your computer via Bluetooth.

2. C onfigure your computer to obtain its network connection via Bluetooth. For

more information, please see your computer's documen tation.

3. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > T ethering & portable hotspot.

4. S witch on Bluetooth tethering. Your computer is now sharing your phone's data

connection.

NOTE:

To stop sharing your data connection, switch off Bluetooth tethering.

Share Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

You can share your phone’s data connection with other d evices by turning your phone

into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The feature nee ds data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges.

NOTE: When the portable Wi-Fi hotspot featu re is enabled, you cannot use your phone ’s Wi-Fi capability to access the Internet. You s till remain connected to the Internet via your mobile data network.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > Tetherin g & portable hotspot.

2. S witch on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi -Fi network name (SSID).

3. O n another device, locate your phone via Wi-Fi and connect with it to start using

the phone’s mobile data.

NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, switch off Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Set Your Wi-Fi Hotspot

You can change the name of your phone's Wi -Fi network (SSID), secure your portable

Wi-Fi hotspot, and set other options.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > T ethering & portable hotspot.

2. Touc h Set up Wi-Fi hotspot and set your name and s ecurity options as follows.

 Network name: Enter or edit a network SSID (name) tha t other devices see

when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

 Security: Choose a security option: None (not recom mended) or WPA2 PSK

(other users can access your Wi-Fi hotspot only if they en ter the correct password). When you select WPA2 PSK , touch the Password field to edit the security password.

3. Touch SAVE to save your settings.

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions to let people access local network reso urces when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless netw ork.

Depending on the type of VPN you are using, you may be required to enter your login credentials or install security certificates before you can connect to your VPN. You can get this information from your network administrat or.

Add a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch at the top right corner and fill in the information provided by your

network administrator.

3. Touch SAVE. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen.

NOTE: You must set a lock screen pattern, PIN or password before using VPN.

Connect to a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch the VPN that you want to connect to.

3. When prompted, enter any requested credentials, and then touch CONNECT.

Modify a VPN

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > More > VPN.

2. Touch beside the VPN that you want to modify.

3. Edit the VPN settings and then touch SAVE.

Phone Calls

You can place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a pho ne number, you can us ually touch it to dial.

Placing and Ending Calls

Place a Call by Dialing

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. Touch and enter the phone number or the contact na me with the dialpad.

Touch to delete incorrect digits.

NOTE: As you enter the phone number or the contac t name, your phone searches for matching information in your contacts . If you see the number and contact you want to call, touch it to place the call immediately.

3. Touch below the keypad to dial. You can also touch the search box at the to p of the Phone app screen and enter the

phone number or contact name you want to call. Touch t he matching contact or Call [number] to place the call.

NOTE: To make an international call, touch and hold the 0 key t o enter the plus (+) symbol. Next, enter the country code, followed by the city/area code and then the pho ne number.

NOTE: To redial the last call you made, just touch the Home key > > > and

touch again.

End a Call

During a call, touch on the screen.

Answering or Rejecting Calls

When you receive a phone call, the in coming call screen opens, displaying the caller ID or the information about the caller that yo u've entered in the Contacts app. You can answer or reject the call, or reject it with a text mess age.

Answer a Call

When you receive a phone call, drag over to answer the call.

- or If the screen is unlocked, touch ANSW ER to answer the call.

NOTE:

To silence the ringer before answering the call, press either end of the Volume key.

Reject a Call

When you receive a phone call, drag over to reject the call.

You can also drag over to reject the call and select a preset text message or edit one to send to the ca ller.

- or If the screen is unlocked, touch DISMISS to reject the call.

NOTE:

To edit the preset text response from within the Phone app, touch in the top search field and select Settings > Quic k responses.

Working With the Call History

The call history is a list of all the calls you've placed, received, or missed. It provides a convenient way to redial a number , return a call, or add a number to your contacts.

To open the call history, you can t ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Call History.

Place a Call From the Call History

1. Open the call history.

2. Touch beside a listing to call bac k.

NOTE: You can touch MISSED or ALL to filter the reco rds by call type.

Add a Number From Call History as a Contact

1. Open the call history.

2. Touch the contact icon in front of a number.

3. Touch on the contact information tab.

4. To add the number to an existing contact, touch a contact in th e list. To add a

new contact, touch Create new contact.

Take Other Actions on a Call History Entry

Open the call history, touch a listing a nd then touch Call details to view more call information.

 Touch to delete the entry.

 While viewing the call details, touch > Edit number before call to edit the

number in the dialer before calling it.

 Touch the contact icon in front of the entry to open the contact information tab

from the bottom, where you can send a message, call ba ck, edit the contact, add the contact to favourites, or add t he number to contacts.

NOTE:

Touch > Clear call his tory in the call history screen to dele te all history records.

Calling Your Contacts

1. T ouch the Ho me key > . Your fa vourite contacts and frequently called

contacts are displayed in the tab.

2. T ouch a contact to place the call, or touch or swipe to the tab to view all

your contacts, touch a contact and then touc h its number to make a call.

Checking Voicemail

If you have set the phone to diver t calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. Here’s how to check the messages they left.

1. T ouch the Ho me key > > .

2. T ouch and hold the 1 key in the dialer. If prompted, enter your voicemail

password.

3. F ollow the voice prompts to listen to and manage your voicemail messages.

NOTE:

See

Set Voicemail

please contact the service provider.

for how to set your voicemail service. For detailed informat ion,

Using Options During a Call

During a call, you will see a number of onscreen option s. Touch an option to select it.

 Touch to turn on or off the speaker.  Touch to mute or unmute your microphone.  Touch to sw itch to the keypad when you need to enter a code (for example,

the PIN for your voicemail or bank account) d uring the call.

 Touch to put the call on hold.  Touch to make another call separately from the first c all, which is put on

hold.

 Touch to merge the separate calls into a single conference call.  Touch for more call options. You can transfer the calls.

 Touch On hold at the bottom to put the caller you are speaking to on h old, and

switch to the other call that has been put on hold.

 Touch to end the current call.

WARNING! Because of higher volume levels, do not place the ph one near your ear during speakerphone use.

Managing Multi-party Calls

When the call waiting and three-way c all features are available, you can switch between two calls or set up a conference call.

NOTE: The call waiting and three-way call fea tures need network support and may result in

additional charges. Please contact your service provid er for more information.

Switch Between Current Calls

When you’re on a call and another call comes in, your phone screen informs you and displays the caller ID.

To respond to an incoming call while y ou’re on a call:  Drag over to answer the call. (This puts the first caller on hold and

answers the second call.)

 Drag over to reject the call.

NOTE:

You can also drag over to reject the call and select a preset text message or edit one to send to the ca ller.

To switch between two calls: Touch On hold at the bottom of the screen.

Set Up a Conference Call

With this feature, you can talk to two people at the sam e time.

1. Place the first call.

2. Once you have established the connection, touch and dial the second

number. (This puts the first caller on hold.)

3. When you’re connected to the second party, touch . If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, y ou and the remaining

caller stay connected. If you initiated t he call and are the first to hang up, all callers are disconnected.

To end the conference call, touch .

Adjusting Your Call Settings

Set Contact Display Options

You can set the order of the contacts displayed in the tab of the Phone app.

1. Touc h the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Display

options.

2. Touch Sort by or Name format to set the order o f the contacts and the format of

the contact names.

Set Sound and Vibration

Set the sound and vibration for inc oming calls as well as dialpad sounds.

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Sounds

and vibration.

2. T ouch the following options you want to configure.

 Touch Phone ringtone to select the ringtone for incoming call notificatio n.  Check Also vibrate for calls to enable vibration for inco ming call

notification.

 Check Dialpad tones to play sounds when you touch t he dialpad keys.

Edit Quick Response to Rejected Callers

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Quick

responses.

2. Touch a text message to edit it.

Internet Call Settings

To add an Internet calling account:

1. T ouch the Ho me key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

Calling accounts.

2. Touch SIP accounts and touch at the top right .

3. F ollow the instructions from your Internet calling service provider to configure

the settings for your account.

4. Touch SAVE.

To configure which calls use Internet ca lling: You can configure your phone to use Internet calling (via Wi-Fi or mobile data) to

place all calls or just calls to Internet calling addresses.

1. T ouch the Ho me key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

Calling accounts.

2. Touch Make calls with.

3. S elect the option you need.

 If you want to use Internet calling for all calls, touch yo ur SIP account.  If you only want to use Internet calling for calls to Internet call accounts,

touch your mobile network.

 If you want to make a choice each time you make a call, touch Ask first.

NOTE:

To select which accounts can make calls, touch All calling accounts in the Calling accounts screen and switch on or off t he accounts.

To automatically stop Internet calls: You can configure the phone to automatically stop Inter net calls when the other party

does not support Internet calling.

1. T ouch the Ho me key > > (in the t op search field) > Settings > Calls >

Calling accounts.

2. Touch Use SIP calling > Only for SIP calls.

To configure your phone to receive Inter net calls: By default, your phone is configured to m ake Internet calls, but not to ensure that

you will receive them. But you can configure your phone t o listen for Internet calls made to an Internet calling account you added to your p hone.

1. T ouch the Ho me key > > (in the t op search field) > Settings > Calls >

Calling accounts.

2. C heck Receive incoming calls. Checking this setting will reduce your battery life

between charges.

Set Voicemail

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls.

2. Touch Voicemail to configure voicemail settings.

 Touch Service to select the voicemail service provider. Your car rier is the

default.

 Touch Setup > Voicemail number to edit the voicemail number.  Touch Sound to select the notification sound for new voicemails.  Check Vibrate to enable vibration for notification.

Use Fixed Dialling Numbers

Fixed Dialling Numbers (FDN) allows you to re strict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers.

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls.

2. Touch Fixed dialling numbers and the follo wing options are available.

 Enable FDN: Input the PIN2 code to enable the FDN feature.

 Change PIN2: Change the PIN2 code for FDN access.  FDN list: Manage the FDN list.

NOTE:

The PIN2 code is provided by your carrier. Entering an incorrect PIN2 code more times than allowed can get your micro-SIM card locked. Contact the service provider for assistance.

Forward Incoming Calls

Call forwarding feature allows you to forward your incom ing calls to another phone number.

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

GSM call settings > Call forwarding .

2. T ouch an available option (Always forward, When busy, When unanswered , or

When unreachable) to enable it.

Set Caller ID and Call Waiting

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

GSM call settings > Additional settings.

2. Touch Caller ID to choose whether your number is disp layed when someone

receives your outgoing call. Or check Call w aiting to get notified of incoming calls during a call.

NOTE:

Please contact the service provider to check whether th e caller ID and call waiting features are available.

Bar Certain Calls

Call barring feature allows you to forbid certain types of c alls from your phone.

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

GSM call settings > Call barring .

2. S et the restriction of specific types of calls from your phone.

Set Speed Dials

You can touch and hold the 1 ~ 9 key s from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number.

The number key 1 is reserved to speed dial your voicemail. To assign a speed dial key:

1. T ouch the Home key > > (in the top search field) > Settings > Calls >

Speed dial.

2. T ouch a speed dial key.

3. E nter a phone number or select one from the contact list.

4. Touch OK.

Contacts

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize t hem with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing.

To see your contacts, touch the Home key > . From there, you can touch t he tabs on the top of the screen to q uickly switch to favou rite contacts.

Checking Contact Details

1. Touch the Home key > and touch th e ALL CONTACTS tab to access your

contact list.

2. Scroll through the list to view all your contacts.

3. Touch a contact to view its details.

NOTE: If you have a lot of contacts stored, you'll se e a slider on the right side of the screen. Drag the slider to the initial letter yo u need.

Adding a New Contact

1. Touch the Home key > .

2. Touch to add a new contact.

3. Choose where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts

will be synced automatically with your account online.

4. Enter th e contact nam e, phone nu mbers, email addresses, and other

inform ation.

5. Touch to save the contact.

Setting Up Your Own Profile

You can create your own name card in your phone.

1. Touch the Home key > and touch th e ALL CONTACTS tab.

2. Touch Set up my profile.

If a profile has already been set up, touch the listing beside ME and touch

3. Edit your profile information.

4. Touch .

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts

You can import/export contacts from/to yo ur micro-SIM card, the phone storage or the microSDXC card. This is especially useful when you n eed to transfer contacts between different devices. You can also quickly share con tacts using Bluetooth, Google Drive, Wi-Fi Direct, Gmail, Andr oid Beam (NFC), Messaging, etc.

Import Contacts From the micro-SIM Card

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. Touch > Import/Expor t > Import from SIM card.

3. S elect an account in which to save the contacts.

4. C heck the contacts you need and then touch .

Import Contacts From the Phone Storage or the microSDXC Card

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. Touch > Import/Expor t > Import from .vcf file.

3. S elect an account in which to save the contacts.

4. Touch and find the vCard file(s) on the phone storage or microSDXC card

and touch one to import contacts.

NOTE:

Touch > Show SD card if needed to find your vCard file(s).

Export Contacts to the micro-SIM Card

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. Touch > Import/E xport > Export to SIM card.

3. C heck the contacts you need and then touch .

Export Contacts to the Phone Storage or the microSDXC Card

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. Touch > Import/Ex port > Export to .vcf file.

3. Touch and s elect the directory in which the vCard file will be saved. Touch

> Show SD card if needed.

4. E dit the file name if needed and touch SAVE to create the file.

Share Contacts

1. T ouch the Home key > and touch the ALL CONTACTS tab.

2. Touch and hold the contact you want to share.

3. C heck more contacts if needed and then touch > Share.

4. C hoose how to share the contacts. Options depend on the applications and

services installed.

Working With Favourite Contacts

In the favourite contacts tab, you can find you r favourite contacts and frequently contacted contacts.

Add a Contact to Favourites

You can add the contacts you use fre quently to FAVOURITES so that you can find them quickly.

1. T ouch the Home key > and touch the ALL CONTAC TS tab.

2. T ouch a contact and then touch at the t op.

Remove a Contact From Favourites

1. T ouch the Home key > and touch the FAVOUR ITES tab.

2. T ouch a favourite contact and then touch at the top.

Searching for a Contact

1. Touch the Home key > .

2. Touch at the top of the screen.

3. Input the contact name or any information the contact has to search for it. Th e

contacts matched will be listed.

Editing Contacts

Edit Contact Details

1. Touch the Home key > .

2. Touch a contact you need to edit and then touch .

3. Edit the contact and touch .

Set a Ringtone for a Contact

Assign a special ringtone to a cont act, so you know who is calling when you hear the ringtone.

1. Touch the Home key > .

2. Touch a contact you want to set a ringtone for and then touch .

3. Touch > Set ringtone.

4. Select a ringtone you like and touch OK.

5. Touch .

Delete Contacts

1. T ouch the Home key > and touch the ALL CONTAC TS tab.

2. Touch and hold the contact you want to remove.

3. C heck more contacts if needed and then touch > Delete.

4. Touch OK to confirm.

Join Contacts

As your phone synchronizes with multiple online accounts , you may see duplicate entries for the same contact. You can merge all the separate information of a contact into one entry in the contacts list.

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. T ouch a contact entry to display the contact’s details and then touch .

3. Touch > Merge .

4. T ouch the contact whose information you want to join with the first entry.

5. Touch . The information from the second contact is a dded to the first contact, and the

second contact is no longer displayed in the contacts list. You can repeat these steps to join another contact to th e main contact.

Separate Contact Information

If contact information from different s ources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your ph one.

1. T ouch the Home key > .

2. T ouch a contact entry you have merged and want to separate, and then touch

3. T ouch > Separate.

4. Touch OK to confirm.

Web Accounts

Adding or Removing Accounts

You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsof t Exchange ActiveSync® accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts dep ending on the apps installed on your phone.

Add an Account

1. Touc h the Home key > > Settings > Accounts > Add account.

2. Touc h the type of account you want to add.

3. F ollow the onscreen steps to enter the information about the account. Most

accounts require a username and password , but the details ma y vary. You may also need to obtain some information from IT support or your system administrator.

When the account is successfully added, it is displayed in the Accounts menu.

Remove an Account

Removing an account will delete it and all informatio n associated with it from your phone, such as emails and contacts.

1. Touc h the Home key > > Settings > Accounts.

2. Touc h the account category and then touch the account.

3. Touc h > Remove a ccount > REMOVE ACCOUNT.

Configuring Account Sync

Configure Auto Sync Setting

1. Touc h the Home key > > Settings > Accounts.

2. Touc h and c heck or uncheck Auto-sync data.

 When automatic sync is turned on, change s you make to information on

your phone or on the web are automatically synced with e ach other.

 When automatic sync is turned of f, you need to sync manually to collect

emails, updates, or other recent informatio n.

Sync Manually

1. Touc h the Home key > > Settings > Accounts.

2. Touc h the account category and then the account you want to sync.

3. Touc h > Sync now. Or touch the types of information you want to sync.

Change an Account’s Sync Settings

1. Touc h the Home key > > Settings > Accounts.

2. Touc h the account category and then the account. The Sync screen appears,

showing a list of information the account ca n sync.

3. W hen auto-sync is enabled, switch on or off items as y ou need. The types of

information switched on on the phone and the web will be kept in auto -sync.

When auto-sync is disabled, touc h a listing to sync that type of informatio n between the phone and the web.

Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to receive and send emails

from your webmail or other accounts, usin g POP3 or IMAP, or access your Exchange ActiveSync account for your corpo rate email needs.

Setting Up the First Email Account

1. W hen you open Email for the first time, enter your email address and password .

2. T ouch NEXT to let the phone retrieve the network parameters au tomatically.

NOTE: You can also enter these details manually by touching MANUAL SETUP or when automatic setup fails.

3. F ollow the on-screen instructions to finish the setup. Your phone will show the inbox of the email account and start to download email messages.

Checking Your Emails

Your phone can automatically check for new emails at the interval you set when setting up the account.

You can also check new emails manually by dr agging down on the message list.

Responding to an Email

You can reply to or forward a mes sage that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways.

Reply to or Forward an Email

1. Open the email you want to reply to or forward from the Inbox.

2. D o the following as you need:

 To reply to the sender, touch .

 To reply to the sender and all recipients of the original email, touch

or > Reply all.

 To forward the email to some one else, touch or > Forward.

3. E dit your message and touch .

Mark an Email as Unread

You can return a read email to the unread state - for example, to remind yourself to read it again later. You can also mark a batch of emails as unread.

 While reading a message, touch .  While in a message list (for ins tance, the Inbox), touch the sender images

beside the messages and then touch .

Delete an Email

You can delete an email from its folder. You can also delete a batch of emails.

 While reading a message, touch .  While in a message list (for inst ance, the Inbox), slide a message left or right

to delete it, or touch the sender images beside the messages and then touch

NOTE:

If you accidentally delete one, touch UNDO to retrieve it.

Writing and Sending an Email

1. O pen your email Inbox and touch .

NOTE: If you have more than one email account added on the p hone, touch the sender line to select the account you want to use fo r sending the message.

2. E nter a contact name or email address in the To field. Se parate each recipient

with a comma.

NOTE:

To send a carbon copy or blind carbon copy to other recipients , touch to open the Cc/Bcc field and enter the co ntact names or email addresses .

3. E nter the email subject and compose the email text.

4. Touc h > Attach file to add audio files, images, videos and other types

of files as attachmen ts.

5. Touc h at the top right of the screen to send the message.

Adding and Editing Email Accounts

Add an Email Account

After setting up your f irst email account (see you can add more email accounts and manage them se parately.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touc h > Settings > Add ac count.

3. F ollow the prompts to set up the account as you did with the firs t one.

Setting Up the First Email Account

Edit an Email Account

You can change a number of settings for an account, inc luding how often you

check for email, how you’re notif ied of new mails, your email signature, and details

about the server s the account uses to send and receive mails.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touc h > Settings and touc h the account whose settings you want to

change.

3. Mak e the changes and touch when you fin ish.

Changing General Email Settings

General settings apply to all email accou nts you add.

1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen.

2. Touc h > Settings > Genera l settings.

3. Mak e the changes and touch when you fin ish.

Messaging

You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) an d multimedia messages (MMS).

Opening the Messaging Screen

Touch the Home key > > Messaging. The Messaging screen opens, where you can create a new message, search for

messages, or open an ongoing message threa d.

 Touch to write a new text or multimedia mes sage.  Touch to search for a message using keywords.

 Touch to view all your messages, unre ad messages, or favourite

messages.

 Touch an existing mes sage thread to open the conver sation you’ve had with a

certain num ber.

Sending a Message

1. O n the Messaging screen, touch at the bottom right corner.

2. A dd recipients by one of the following ways.

 Touch the To field and manually enter the recipient’s number or the

contact name. If the phone presents a f ew suggestions, touch the one you want to add.

 Select recipients from your contact s or call log by touching .

3. Touc h the Type message field and enter the message t ext.

4. I f you want to send a multimedia message, touch to add a message

subject, pictures, audios, videos or other f iles to the message.

5. Touc h .

NOTE:

You can also include email addresses as recipients for a m ultimedia message.

NOTE: Do not add a message subject or any attac hment if you want to send a text message. Otherwise you may b e charged for a multimedia messa ge.

Replying to a Message

Messages you receive are appended to exis ting threads of the same number. If the new message comes from a new number, a new thread is create d.

1. O n the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to

reply to.

2. Type your reply in the text box at the bottom. You can touc h if you want to

reply with an MMS.

3. Touc h .

Forwarding a Message

1. O n the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to

forward.

2. Touc h and hold the message and then touc h Forward in the menu that opens.

3. E nter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want.

4. Touc h .

Changing Message Settings

Touch > Settings in the Mess aging screen to change the messaging settings.

Web Browser

Use Chrome to view web pages a nd search for information.

Opening the Browser

Touch the Home key > > Chrome to launch the web browser. Chrome also opens when you t ouch a web link - for example, in an email or a text

message.

Open a Web Page or Search the Web

1. O pen the Chrome app.

2. Touc h the address box at the top of the w eb page.

3. E nter the address (URL) of a web page or enter terms you want to searc h for.

You can also touch to search by voice.

4. Touc h a URL or search suggestio n or touch enter key on the keyboa rd to open

the web page or search results .

NOTE:

Touch > if you want to stop opening the p age.

Set the Homepage

Your homepage shows when you touch the Home button o n the left of the address box. Follow the steps below t o edit the homepage.

1. O pen the Chrome app.

2. Touch > Settings > Homepage.

3. S lide the switch to the On position if it is turned off.

4. Touch Open this page.

5. E dit the homepage URL and touch Save.

Using Multiple Browser Tabs

You can open several web pages at the same time (one page in e ach tab) and switch between them freely.

To open a new browser tab:

Touch > New tab. A new browse r tab opens. To switch between tabs:

1. Touc h the Recent apps key. The opened tabs appear togeth er with your recent

apps.

NOTE:

You can choose to separate the tabs a nd recent apps in the Chrome settings.

2. S wipe vertically to scroll through the list of opened tab s.

3. Touc h the thumbnail of the tab you want to open.

NOTE:

Swipe a thumbnail horizontally or touc h its X to close the tab.

Downloading Files

1. T ouch and hold an image or a link to a file or to another web page.

2. I n the menu that opens, touch Save image or Save link. The downloaded files are saved to your phon e or the microSDXC card. You can view

or open them in the Downloads app.

Changing Chrome Settings

You can configure a number of settings to customiz e the way you browse the web, including several that you can use to co ntrol your privacy.

To open the Chrome settings screen, touch > Settings.

Camera

You can use your phone to take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored on the microSDXC card you have installed or in the phone s torage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app.

Capturing a Photo

1. Touc h the Home key > > Camera.

NOTE: When the phone is in sleep mode or in the lock screen, press the Volume up key twice quickly to open the front camera, or press the Volume down key twice quickly to open the back camer a.

2. A im the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjust ment. Auto

camera mode is used by default.

Number

Function

Switch between the front and back cameras.

Set a time delay before the camera t akes a picture automatically after you touch t he shutter icon.

Change the flash setting, onl y available for the back camera.

Turn on or off the HDR feature.

Change the camera settings.

View pictures and videos you have taken.

Capture a picture.

Capture a video clip.

Select the manual or auto camera mo de, or use filters, scene, smile detection, inter val capture, panorama, or multi-exposure modes. Some camera modes are only available for the back camera.

WARNING!

Keep a safe distance when using the f lash. Do not point the flash towards the eyes of people or animals.

NOTE:

You can spread or pinch on the screen to zoom in or out before t aking pictures.

3. Touc h the area where you want the camera to focus, o r leave the camera to

autofocus on the center of the image.

4. L ightly touch .

Recording a Video

1. T ouch t he Hom e key > > Camera.

2. A im the camera at the subject. You can touch any area on the screen that you

want the camcorder to focus on befor e and during recording.

NOTE:

You can spread or pinch on the screen to zoom in or out before and during recording.

3. Touc h to s tart recording. You can also touch / to pause or

resume recording.

NOTE:

While the recording is in progress, y ou can touch to save the frame as a separate photo.

4. Touc h to stop recording .

Using Manual Camera Mode

You can use manual camera mode to adjust more cam era options for you photo such as ISO, white balance, exposure, e tc.

1. T ouch t he Hom e key > > Camera.

2. Touc h Manual.

3. A im the camera at the subject and you can make the following adjustments.

 Drag to any area on the screen that you want to focus on.

 Drag to any a rea on the screen where you want the camera to meter

exposure so as to adjust the photo brightness.

 Touch to sh ow the grid or the golden spiral, or hide it.

 Touch to enable or disable the level guide.

 Touch to change wh ite balance scenario or leave it at Auto .

 Touch to select ISO level or leave it at Auto.

 Touch to a djust the photo exposure.

4. Touc h the shutter icon to t ake the photo.

Using Other Camera Modes

Besides capturing photos and videos in the tr aditional way, your camera app offers othe r powerful and interesting camera modes. Touch Mode in the v iewfinder screen to find them all.

 Filters: Use special f ilters to capture pictures.  Scene: Select a scene to capture pictures .  Smile detection: Capture pictures automatically when dete cting smiles.  Interval cap ture: Capture time lapse pictures at the inter val you select.  Panorama: Capture panora ma pictures.  Multi-exposure: Capture two pictures fo r collage.

NOTE:

Some camera modes are not available for t he front camera.

Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings

Before capturing a photo or a video, you can touc h to open the following camera and camcorder settin g options.

NOTE:

Some camera and video options will ch ange according to different camera modes .  CAMERA

 Picture size: Set the image size fo r your photo.  Full screen: Set the viewfinder screen as full s creen or not when the back

camera is in use.

 Point-and-shoot: Available for the front camera. When this feature is

enabled, you can touch the viewfinder screen to take a photo u sing the front camera.

 Shutter sound: Turn on or off the shutter sound .  QR code reader: Read the QR code in th e viewfinder screen.  Location tag: Select whether to store the location inform ation in your

captured photos and videos.

 Review: Select whether to review the picture after you shot it. You can also

set the review time.

 Volume key control: Use the Volum e key as the shutter button or to zoom in

and out.

 Save original image: Choose to sav e the original images when taking HDR

pictures.

 Storage location: Touch Save loc ation to change the storage location for

captured photos and videos.

 Restore defaults: Restore default c amera and video settings.

 VIDEO

 Video quality: Set the quality for your vid eo.  Time lapse: Set the time interval between each frame when you shot tim e

lapse videos with the back camera.

 Focus lock when recording: S elect whether to lock the focus point on the

center of the screen during video recording using the back camera.

 Location tag: Select whether to store the location informat ion in your

captured photos and videos.

 Storage location: Touch Save locat ion to change the storage location for

captured photos and videos.

 Restore defaults: Restore default c amera and camcorder settings.

Gallery

Opening Gallery

Touc h the Home key > > Galler y to view albums of your pictures and videos.

Working With Albums

When you open Gallery, all pictures and videos on yo ur phone are displayed in a number of albums. Swipe lef t or right to see them all.

To view album contents: Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains. To share albums, pictures, or videos:

1. Touc h and hold an album to select it or touch and hold an item after you open

an album to select a picture or a video.

2. Touc h more items that you want to share.

3. Touc h and select how you want to share the items.

To delete albums, pictures, or videos:

1. Touc h and hold an album to select it or touch and hold an item after you open

an album to select a picture or a video.

2. Touc h more items that you want to delete.

3. Touc h > OK.

Working With Pictures

Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen.

When viewing a picture in full screen, the following fea tures are available.

 Swipe horizontally to see more pictures or videos.  Pinch a picture or video to make it smaller. You'll then se e a filmstrip-style view

of all your pictures and videos in a row. Swipe left or right to scan through them all.

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