ZTE Z9 Max User Guide

Z9 max

User Manual

Copyright Statement

Copyright © 2016 Nubia Technology Co., Ltd.
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Nubia Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make modifications on print
errors or update specifications in this manual without prior notice.

Trademarks

Android is a trademark of Google, Inc.
The product is manufactured under the license of Dolby Laboratory. Dolby and

the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

Statement of Third-party Applications

During the installation process of some third-party applications, the issues of
repeated restart or abnormal use of software might be caused by incompatibility
of the third-party applications, rather than the phone itself.

May 2016

Contents

Before you get started ................................................................................... 1

Operation of the Keys ................................................................................... 1

Icons on the Status Bar ................................................................................ 2

Screen Control .............................................................................................. 2

Home screen ................................................................................................ 3

Lock and unlock the screen .......................................................................... 5

Calls ................................................................................................................. 6

Make a call ................................................................................................... 6

Call Settings ................................................................................................. 7

Answer a call ................................................................................................ 7

Reject a call .................................................................................................. 7

End a call ...................................................................................................... 7

Options during a call ..................................................................................... 8

Call log ............................................................................................................. 9

Voicemail ......................................................................................................... 9

Contacts ........................................................................................................ 10

Create new contact ..................................................................................... 10

Search contacts .......................................................................................... 10

Add to Favorites ......................................................................................... 10

Contacts group ........................................................................................... 11

Delete a contact .......................................................................................... 11

Delete multiple contacts ............................................................................. 11

Edit a contact .............................................................................................. 11

Import & export contacts ............................................................................. 12

Messaging ..................................................................................................... 13

Send a message ......................................................................................... 13

Receive messages ..................................................................................... 13

Delete messages ........................................................................................ 13

Message settings ........................................................................................ 14

Email .............................................................................................................. 15

Set up Email account .................................................................................. 15

Check Emails .............................................................................................. 15

Send an Email ............................................................................................ 15

Network Applications ................................................................................... 17

Data connection .......................................................................................... 17

Wi-Fi ........................................................................................................... 17

Tethering & portable hotspot ....................................................................... 18

Browser ...................................................................................................... 19

Bluetooth connection .................................................................................. 19

GPS ................................................................................................................ 21

Start GPS ................................................................................................... 21

Connect to the PC......................................................................................... 22

Connected as Media device ....................................................................... 22

Connected as Camera device .................................................................... 22

Connected as CD driver ............................................................................. 22

Settings.......................................................................................................... 23

Wireless & Networks .................................................................................. 23

Display ........................................................................................................ 24

Notification center ....................................................................................... 24

Sound ......................................................................................................... 24

Security and Privacy ................................................................................... 25

Accounts ..................................................................................................... 25

Other system settings ................................................................................. 26

About phone ............................................................................................... 26

Features ......................................................................................................... 27

Screen split-up ............................................................................................ 27

Smart cover ................................................................................................ 27

Custom bottom key ..................................................................................... 28

Touch gestures ........................................................................................... 28

Smart sensing ............................................................................................. 28

Multimedia ..................................................................................................... 30

Camera ....................................................................................................... 30

Camcorder .................................................................................................. 35

Music .......................................................................................................... 36

Video player ................................................................................................ 36

Gallery ........................................................................................................ 37

TimeManager ................................................................................................. 37

Alarm .......................................................................................................... 37

World Time ................................................................................................. 38

Stopwatch ................................................................................................... 38

Timer ........................................................................................................... 38

Tools .............................................................................................................. 40

Sound Recorder ......................................................................................... 40

Backup ........................................................................................................ 41

Calculator ................................................................................................... 41

Flashlight .................................................................................................... 41

Screen Projection ....................................................................................... 42

Software update ......................................................................................... 42

FM Radio .................................................................................................... 42

Other .............................................................................................................. 44

My File ........................................................................................................ 44

Calendar ..................................................................................................... 44

NotePad ...................................................................................................... 44

OTG function .............................................................................................. 45

Send data through Android Beam .............................................................. 45

Input Method ................................................................................................. 46

Safety Precautions ....................................................................................... 46

Using your phone safely ............................................................................. 46

Charger care and safety ............................................................................. 49

Care & Maintenance ................................................................................... 50

Before you get started

Thank you for choosing nubia’s digital mobile phone nubia NX512J, which we’ll
simply call ‘phone’ from now on.

Based on Android
appearance and cool user interface, which bring you a brandnew experience.

To guarantee your phone is always in its best condition, please read this manual
carefully before you get started.

And don’t worry if the pictures we use to demonstrate your phone’s functions
look a little different from what you see on its screen. It’s the functions they show
that matter.

If there is any inconsistence caused by function update between user manual
and your phone, please subject to your phone.

Operation of the Keys

Power/Reboot/Lock key

Press and hold: turn on/turn off the phone; reboot the phone.
Press: turn off and lock the screen, or wake up the screen.

Home key

Press it to return to the home screen from any other interface.
Press and hold it to open Google search.

Menu key

Press it to open the tools menu of the current interface.

Back key

Press it to return to the previous menu.
Press and hold it to open the list of recently used applications.

Volume key

Press the upper key to raise the volume. Press the lower key to lower the
volume.

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Icons on the Status Bar

Icons Descriptions Icons Descriptions

Battery full

Charging

In a call

Missed calls

Flight mode enabled Silent mode enabled

Connected to Wi-Fi Vibrate mode enabled

Wi-Fi hotspots enabled

Music player On

New Email

Unread messages

Bluetooth On

larm On

Call forwarding enabled SIM card unavailable

Headset inserted

GPS enabled

Screen Control

You can control your phone through a series of operations on the screen.

- Touch: touch once on an item on the screen to select it or open whatever you
touch.

- Swipe: slide your fingers on the screen to move through what’s on the screen.

- Press and hold: press your finger down and leave it there for a few seconds to
open a menu specific to what you're doing.

- Drag: drag an item on the screen to perform certain operations.

- Pinch or stretch: In some applications (e.g., Gallery, Browser), touch the screen
with two or more fingers, and then pinch your fingers together on the screen or
stretch them apart to zoom out or in.

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- Rotate: In most screens, rotate your phone sideways to switch the screen from
portrait mode to landscape mode.

Home screen

The home screen appears as the phone is in idle mode. On the home screen,
you can check the status of the phone and access applications.

Extend home screen

The home screen can be extended to exceed the width of the screen to provide
more space for newly added applications, shortcuts, widgets, etc.

Swipe left or right to move to the left or right side of the home screen.
Touch the small dot at the lower part of the screen to directly move to the

corresponding screen.
Press and hold the small dot area and drag to quickly start navigation.

Self-defined function bar

There are four icons at the bottom of the screen. You can replace these icons
with the applications or shortcuts that you need access most frequently.

1. Press and hold an icon at the function bar and drag it to the area outside the
function bar.

2. Press and hold another icon you want to replace with, and then drag it to an
empty area in the function bar.

Show/hide notification panel

As a new notification icon appears in the notification panel, you can pull down
the notification panel and touch a notification to perform detailed operation.

Swipe up from any place on the screen to hide the notification panel.

Move icons on home screen

Press and hold the icon you want to move, drag it to your desired position on the
screen and release it.

Drag the icon to the navigation bar with dots to quickly switch to another screen.

Arrange Icons

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1. On the Home screen, press the “Menu” key then select “Arrange Icons” and
touch the icons you want to arrange to move them to the bottom of the screen.

2. Swipe right to the target screen and touch the icons at the bottom of the
screen to move to the target screen.

3. Touch to add a new screen and touch to set the current screen as
the Home screen.

Remove icons on home screen

To uninstall an application or remove a widget, press and hold the Application or
Widget icon and drag it to the “Remove/Uninstall” icon at the top of the screen.

Note：

The system built-in applications cannot be removed.

Change desktop wallpaper

On the home screen, press the “Menu” key > “Wallpapers”.

Add widgets

On the home screen, press the “Menu” key > “Widgets”.

Access recently used applications

1. Press and hold the “Back” key (in the middle of the bottom) to open a list of
most recently used applications.

2. Touch a thumbnail to enter the relevant application, swipe up on an
application thumbnail to remove the application from the list, and swipe down on
an application thumbnail to lock/unlock the application.

3. Touch the round icon at the lower part of the screen to clear the list. The
locked applications won’t be removed.

Use shortcuts panel

On the home screen or in the process of using an application, pull down the
notification panel to open the shortcuts panel.

Touch the shortcut icons to perform the related actions.

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Create a folder and add items into the folder

1. On the home screen, press and hold an icon and drag it to another icon on the
screen to create a folder containing these two icons.

2. Press and hold other icons and drag them to the folder.

Lock and unlock the screen

Lock the screen

Press the “Power” key to lock the screen. The phone shall automatically lock the
screen after it’s not used for a while.

Show Music widget

When the screen is locked, press the “Power” key to light up the screen, and
double-touch the “Home” key to display the Music widget.

Unlock the screen

1. Press the “Power” key to turn on the LCD.

2. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to unlock the screen. Swipe left to
enter the dialing interface and swipe right to enter the camera interface.

Change screen lock method

1. On the home screen, press “Settings” > “Security and Privacy” > “Screen

lock”.

2. Choose the screen lock method.

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Calls

Make a call

Directly make a call

1. On the home screen, touch the “Phone” icon to display the dialing keypad.

2. Touch the numeric buttons to input the telephone number and touch the

button to make a call.

You can also use your Dialer to quick search and call people from your Contacts.
Pay attention to your Dialer, on each button you can find letters. Use this letters
to find your Contact. Start to type name of contact, using Dialer, as when you
type message. Example: if you need to find and dial Contact with name John,
you need dial: 5(JKL) - 6(MNO) - 4(GHI) - 6(MNO).

Note:

If you have inserted two SIM cards, there will be two call icons on the dialing
interface. Select SIM 1 or SIM 2 to make a call.

Make a call from Contacts

On the home screen, touch “Contacts” to select the contact you want to call, and

then touch the icon to make a call.

Make a call from call logs

On the home screen, touch “Phone” to select a call from call logs and touch it to
make a call.

Make an international call

1. On the home screen, touch “Phone” to display the dialing keypad.

2. Press and hold the “0” key until “+” appears on the screen, and then dial the
country code or region code, city code and phone number.

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Dial a call from messaging

1. On the home screen, touch “Messaging” to open the message interface.

2. Touch the desired message to open it.

3. Touch the icon to call the sender.

Speed dial

On the dialing keypad, press and hold 2-9 key to quickly call the corresponding
contact. Please perform settings according to the prompt.

Call Settings

1. On the home screen, touch “Phone” to display the dialing keypad.

2. Press the “Menu” key > “Call settings”. You can set the options during a call. In

“More settings” menu, you can set Call Forwarding and Call Waiting etc.

Answer a call

The phone shall ring or vibrate (depends on the current mode and settings) upon
an incoming call.

On an incoming call interface, hold the icon and swipe down to answer the
call.

Reject a call

On an incoming call interface, hold the icon and swipe up to reject the call.
If you want to send a text message while rejecting the call, hold the icon “Reply

with SMS” on the screen and swipe up to select your desire text message.

End a call

Touch the icon to end a call.

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Options during a call

Adjust the volume

During a call, press the volume key to adjust the volume.

Dialpad

During a call, touch “Dialpad” to display the dialing keypad for easy operations.

Speaker

During a call, touch “Hands-free” to enter the hands-free mode and touch it once
again to resume.

Mute

Touch “Mute” to turn off the microphone so the other party is unable to hear your
voice. Touch “Mute” again to turn mute off.

Add call

During a call, touch “More” > “Add a call” to make a conference call.
The function requires the support from the network operator.

Call hold

In a call, touch “More” > “Hold” to hold the current call and touch it again to
resume the call. This function requires the support from the network operator.

Call record

In a call, touch “More” > “Recorder” to record a call.

Notepad

In a call, touch “More” > “Notepad” to quickly record the information in the call.

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Call log

1. On the home screen, touch “Phone”.

2. The call log is displayed on the screen. If you want to clear the call log, press
the “Menu” key > “Clear call log” .

Voicemail

Note:

Prior to access to voicemail server, you must save voicemail server number.
Please contact your network operator to get the number.

Set voicemail

1. On the home screen, touch “Phone” to display the dialing keypad.

2. Press the “Menu” key > “Call settings” > “More settings” > “Voicemail settings”
> “Setup”.

3. Touch “Voicemail number” to set.

Listen to voicemail

On the home screen, touch “Phone” to display the dialing keypad, and press and
hold “1” key to listen to voicemail.

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Contacts

In Contacts you can view or manage your contacts.

Create new contact

1. On the home screen, touch “Contacts” and select “New contact”.

2. Enter the information for the new contact.

3. Select the storage location under “Save to Local”.

4. Touch to save.

Tips :

You can also create new contact from the dialing interface.

Search contacts

After you enter “Contacts”, all contacts will be arranged in alphabetical order.

1. Swipe up/down to scroll the list of contacts. You can also quickly scroll the list
by dragging your fingers along the right index.

2. Touch “Find contacts” and enter a contact’s name to quickly find the contact.

3. Touch a contact’s name to view the details of the contact.

4. When a contact is open, you can touch the icon to dial and touch the

icon to send a message.

Add to Favorites

1. Enter “Contacts” and select the contact you want to add to favorites.

2. Touch the icon “Star.”

3. On the Contacts interface, touch the page “Favorites” at the top of the screen
to view the contacts you have added to Favorites.

Note:

You can only add the contacts saved in the phone to Favorites.

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Contacts group

After creating a contacts group, you can send a message or an email to the
whole group.

1. Enter “Contacts” and touch the icon “Group”.

2. Touch the icon “Create group”.

3. Enter a name for the group.

4. Touch “Group ringtone” to set the ringtone for the group, and enter a contact’s

name or touch the icon to select from the list of contacts.

5. Touch the icon .

6. Open a group and touch “Send group Te xt ” or “Send group Email” at the
bottom of the screen to send a text message or Email to all of the group
members.

Note:

You can only add the contacts saved in the phone to Contacts group.

Delete a contact

1. Enter “Contacts” and touch the contact you want to delete.

2. Touch the icon “More” >“Delete”.

Delete multiple contacts

1. On the interface of contacts list, touch the icon “More” > “Delete contact”.

2. Select the contacts you want to delete and touch the icon “OK”.

Edit a contact

1. Enter “Contacts” and touch the contact you want to edit.

2. Touch the icon “Edit” at the bottom of the screen.

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Import & export contacts

You can move contacts from the SIM card/SD card to the phone or from the
phone to the SIM card/SD card.

1. Enter “Contacts”.

2. Touch the icon “More” > “Contacts advanced settings” and select from
“IMPORT/EXPORT CONTACTS”.

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