ZTE Z798BL User Manual

Z798BL

User Manual

About This Manual

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

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

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Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: October 20, 2016

Contents

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

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

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

Installing the micro-SIM Card ........................................... 13

Installing the microSDHC™ Card ..................................... 14

Charging the Battery ........................................................ 15

Extending the Battery Life ................................................ 17

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

Setting Up for the First Time ............................................. 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Switching Notification Mode ............................................. 23

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

Changing Screen Brightness ............................................ 24

Setting the Home Screen Effect........................................ 25

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

Knowing the Basics ............................................... 27

Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 27

Managing Notifications ..................................................... 28

Managing Shortcuts and Widgets..................................... 31

Organizing With Folders .................................................. 32

Rearranging the Primary Icons ......................................... 33

Entering Text ................................................................... 33

Editing Text ...................................................................... 39

Opening and Switching Apps ........................................... 40

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

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

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

Connecting to Bluetooth® Devices .................................... 46

Connecting to Your Computer via USB ............................. 48

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

Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................ 52

Phone Calls ............................................................ 55

Placing and Ending Calls ................................................. 55

Answering or Rejecting Calls ........................................... 56

Working With the Call Log ................................ ................ 57

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

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

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

Managing Multi-party Calls ............................................... 59

Adjusting Your Call Settings ............................................. 61

Contacts ................................................................. 66

Checking Contact Details ................................................. 66

Adding a New Contact...................................................... 66

Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 67

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ...................... 67

Working With Favorite Contacts ....................................... 69

Working With Groups ....................................................... 70

Searching for a Contact .................................................... 72

Editing Contacts ............................................................... 72

Accounts ................................................................ 75

Adding or Removing Accounts .......................................... 75

Configuring Account Sync ................................................ 76

Email ....................................................................... 78

Setting Up the First Email Account ................................... 78

Checking Your Emails ...................................................... 78

Responding to an Email ................................................... 79

Writing and Sending an Email .......................................... 80

Adding and Editing Email Accounts .................................. 81

Changing General Email Settings ..................................... 82

Messaging .............................................................. 83

Opening the Messaging Screen ....................................... 83

Sending a Message ......................................................... 83

Replying to a Message ..................................................... 84

Forwarding a Message ..................................................... 85

Copying a Message ......................................................... 85

Changing Messaging Settings .......................................... 85

Calendar ................................................................. 86

Viewing Your Calendars and Events................................. 86

Creating an Event ............................................................ 87

Editing, Deleting or Sharing an Event ............................... 88

Changing Calendar Settings ............................................ 88

Browser .................................................................. 89

Opening the Browser ....................................................... 89

Downloading Files ........................................................... 90

Changing Browser Settings .............................................. 90

Camera .................................................................... 91

Capturing a Photo ............................................................ 91

Recording a Video ........................................................... 92

Customizing Camera/Camcorder Settings ........................ 93

Gallery ..................................................................... 95

Opening Gallery ............................................................... 95

Working With Albums ................................ ....................... 95

Working With Pictures ...................................................... 96

Retouching Your Pictures ................................................. 97

Playing Videos ................................................................ . 98

Music ....................................................................... 99

Copying Music Files to Your Phone .................................. 99

Viewing Your Music Library ............................................ 100

Setting a Song as the Default Ringtone .......................... 101

Playing Music ................................................................. 101

Managing Playlists ......................................................... 103

Video Player ......................................................... 104

Opening the Video Library .............................................. 104

Playing and Controlling Videos ....................................... 104

Managing Video Files ..................................................... 105

More Apps ............................................................ 107

Clock ............................................................................. 107

Calculator ...................................................................... 108

Downloads ..................................................................... 108

File Manager .................................................................. 108

Sound Recorder ............................................................. 109

Google Apps .................................................................. 110

Settings ................................................................ 112

Wireless and Networks ................................................... 112

Personal ........................................................................ 114

Device ........................................................................... 118

Accounts ........................................................................ 121

System........................................................................... 121

Upgrading the Phone Software .......................... 123

Troubleshooting ................................................... 124

For Your Safety .................................................... 128

General Safety ............................................................... 128

FCC RF Exposure Information (SAR) ............................. 129

FCC Regulations ........................................................... 131

Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) regulations for Mobile

Phones .......................................................................... 132

Distraction ..................................................................... 134

Product Handling ........................................................... 134

Electrical Safety ............................................................. 138

CTIA Requirements ....................................................... 139

Radio Frequency Interference ........................................ 141

Explosive Environments ................................................. 142

Proximity & light sensor

Power key

Front camera

Volume key

Recent apps key

Indicator light

Earpiece

Back key

Home key

Touch screen

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Phone

Key

Function

Power key

 Press and hold to turn on or off airplane mode,

restart, or to power off.

 Press to turn off or on the screen display.

Home key

 Touch to return to the home screen from any

application or screen.

 Touch and hold to use Google search.

Headset jack

Back camera

Charging/ micro-USB jack

Flash

Speaker

Knowing the Keys

Key

Function

Recent apps key

Touch to see recently used apps.

Back key

Touch to go to the previous screen.

Volume Key

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

NOTE:

The positions of the Back key and the Recent apps key are interchangeable through Settings > Navigation key.

Installing the micro-SIM Card

Switch off your phone before installing the micro-SIM card.

1. Insert your fingernail into the slot at the bottom left of the back cover and lift it up gently.

2. Hold the micro-SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip them into the card holder.

WARNING!

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

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 no gaps around the cover.

Installing the microSDHC™ Card

The microSDHC card can be installed and removed while the phone is turned on. Unmount the microSDHC card before removing it.

1. Remove the back cover.

2. Hold your microSDHC card with the metal contacts facing down and slide it in.

NOTE:

Some applications may require a microSDHC card to store certain data on it and to work properly. Therefore, it is recommended that you keep a microSDHC card installed and not remove or replace it unnecessarily.

3. Replace the back cover.

Charging the Battery

Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to

turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible.

If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up message on the screen. As you charge your phone, the screen will tell you the exact battery level on the lock screen. See Locking/Unlocking the

Screen and Keys.

WARNING!

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

CAUTION:

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

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

2. Connect the charger to a standard AC 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 power on

the phone even when it is being charged. In this case, try again after charging the phone for at least 20 minutes. Contact customer service if you still cannot power on the phone after prolonged charging.

Extending the Battery Life

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

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

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

Powering On/Off

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

options menu. Touch Power off > OK. NOTE:

If the phone freezes or takes too long to respond, you can press and hold the Power key for about 10 seconds to restart your 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), you need to do some settings before using it.

Flick the language field to select the language. Then follow the prompts to set up Wi-Fi, Google account, Google location and other options.

Locking/Unlocking the Screen and Keys

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

To lock the screen and keys:

To quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the Power Key.

NOTE:

To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after some time of inactivity. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off.

To unlock the screen and keys:

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

2. Press and hold the screen.

- or -

Touch the Google search icon at the bottom left and swipe right to open the Google search app.

- or Touch the Camera icon at the bottom right and swipe left to

open the Camera app. NOTE:

If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password for your phone (see Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks), you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your screen.

Using the Touch Screen

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

variety of touch gestures.

 Touch

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

 Touch and Hold

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

 Swipe or Slide

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

 Drag

To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure

before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

 Pinch

In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).

 Rotate the screen

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.

Getting to Know the Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s

applications, functions, and menus. You can customize your home screen by adding shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.

Status bar

Folder

Primary shortcuts

Shortcut

Google search

Widget

Extended Home Screens

Your home screen is extendable, providing more space for shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the screen to see the extended panels.

See Managing Home Screen Icons and Widgets for more information on how to add or remove additional home screen panels.

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. Touch Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone if

you want to set the date, time and time zone by yourself.

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

Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound

You can customize the default incoming call ringtone for each micro-SIM card and the default notification sound.

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notification.

2. Touch Default notification ringtone or Phone ringtone.

3. Scroll through the ringtone list and select the ringtone you want to use.

4. Touch OK.

NOTE:

See Set a Ringtone for a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact.

Turning On/Off Touch Sound

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

2. Touch Touch sounds.

Adjusting Volume

1. Touch the Home key > > Settings > Sound & notification.

2. Drag the sliders below Media volume, Alarm volume, Ring volume, and Notification volume to adjust the volume for

each type of audio. NOTE:

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

Switching Notification Mode

You can switch notificaiton mode by touching the Home key >

> Settings > Sound & notification > Notification

mode, and then choose a mode you want.

Applying New Wallpapers

You can set the wallpaper for the home screen.

1. Touch the Home Key.

2. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen.

3. In the window that appears at the bottom, touch Wallpaper to pick an image as the wallpaper.

NOTE:

In addition, you can touch the Home key > > Settings > Display > Wallpaper to pick an image from Gallery, Wallpapers or Photos, 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:

With the proximity and light sensor, your phone can automatically adjust the screen brightness for available light. Touch Adaptive brightness in the Display settings screen to turn the feature on or off.

Setting the Home Screen Effect

Set the animation effect that appears when you swipe left or right on the home screen between different panels.

1. Touch the Home key.

2. Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen.

3. In the window that appears at the bottom, touch Effects.

4. Pick an effect and the phone will demonstrate how it works. Touch other effects until you find the favorite one.

Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks

You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you need to press and hold the screen, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.

1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Security > Screen lock.

2. Touch None, Long press, Pattern, PIN or Password.

 Touch None to disable the screen lock.  Touch Long press to enable screen lock and allow

unlocking with a ‘press and hold’ gesture. You can unlock the screen by pressing and holding the screen.

 Touch Pattern to draw and redraw a pattern that 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 and their contents to show when the phone is locked. Then touch DONE.

NOTE:

Remember the pattern, PIN, or password you set. Otherwise, you will have to upgrade the phone software to use the phone. See

Upgrading the Phone Software.

GPRS connected

Battery low

EDGE connected

Battery full

3G connected

/ Battery charging 4G connected

Silent mode

Airplane mode

Vibration mode

No signal

Bluetooth® on

Signal strength

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Mobile data in use

Wi-Fi in use

No micro-SIM card installed

GPS on

Alarm set

Knowing the Basics

Monitoring the Phone Status

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons you may see.

New message

Upcoming event

New email

Incoming file via Bluetooth

New Gmail message

New Wi-Fi network detected

Missed call

Downloading data

Call in progress

Sending data

Call on hold

USB tethering is on

USB connected

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot or Wi-Fi direct is on

Song is playing

Wired headset connected

Managing Notifications

Notification Icons

The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see.

Open/Close the Notification Panel

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you've configured your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can open the notification panel to view the details of notifications.

 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 notification or remove the notifications. The notification panel also supports expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions right from the notification itself.

 To respond to a notification, just touch it.  To remove a notification, swipe it left or right.  Slide down with one finger to expand certain notifications.

You can also swipe two fingers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand or collapse certain notifications.

 To remove all notifications, touch below all the

notifications.

 To manage notifications you have received, touch and hold a

notification to identify the application that created it. You can then touch and select Hide sensitive content to hide

content in this app’s notifications that might reveal private information; touch Treat as priority to show them in priority mode; touch Allow peeking to let this app emphasize certain notification by sliding them briefly into view on the current screen.

NOTE:

If you turn off notifications for an app, you may miss its important alerts and updates. The notifications of some apps cannot be turned off.

Use Quick Settings

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

Open the notification panel and drag the panel downwards to find the following Quick Settings on the screen.

 Auto-rotate: Touch to turn on or off the auto-rotate screen

feature.

 Battery Saver: Touch to turn on or off the battery saver.  Sound / Vibrate / Silent: Touch to switch among silent mode,

vibrate mode, and sound mode.

 Airplane mode: Touch to turn on or off the airplane mode.  Flashlight: Touch to turn on or off the flash.  Sync: Touch to turn on or off auto-sync of accounts data.  Do not disturb: Touch to set Do not disturb mode.  Bluetooth: Touch to turn on or off Bluetooth.  Wi-Fi: Touch to turn on or off Wi-Fi.  Data: Touch to enable or disable data access over the mobile

network.

 Location: Touch to turn on or off the GPS function.  Brightness: Uncheck AUTO and drag the brightness slider

to adjust the screen brightness. NOTE:

In the Quick Settings screen, touch at the top to get to the Settings menu; touch the pencil icon to edit the quick settings panel.

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