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ZTE Blade V6
User Manual See ztemobiles.com.au for more help Follow ZTE Australia on Facebook, Google+ Twitter and Instagram
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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. Copyright © 2015 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation.
Notice ZTE Corporation reserves the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications in this guide without prior notice. This manual has been designed with the utmost care to ensure the accuracy of its content. However, all statements, information and recommendations contained therein do not constitute a warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Please refer to chapter For Your Safety to be sure to use your phone properly and safely. See ztemobiles.com.au for more help Follow ZTE Australia on Facebook, Google+ Twitter and Instagram
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Disclaimer ZTE Corporation expressly disclaims any liability for faults and damages caused by unauthorized modifications of the software. Images and screenshots used in this manual may differ from the actual product. Content in this manual may differ from the actual product or software.
Trademarks ZTE and the ZTE logos are trademarks of ZTE Corporation. Google and Android are trademarks of Google, Inc. The Bluetooth® trademark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such trademarks by ZTE Corporation is under license.
microSDHC Logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC. Other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.
Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time : 2015.07.29
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Contents Getting Started ......................................................... 9
Getting to Know Your Phone .............................................. 9 Knowing the Keys ............................................................ 11 Installing the microSDHC™ Card (Not Included) .............. 13 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 ................................................... 17 Getting to Know the Home Screen ................................... 18
Personalizing.......................................................... 20 Changing the System Language ...................................... 20 Setting the Date and Time................................................ 20 Changing Ringtone and Notification Sound ...................... 20 Adjusting Volume ............................................................. 21 Applying New Wallpapers ................................................ 21 Changing Screen Brightness ........................................... 21 Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks ....................... 22 Protecting Your Phone With Encryption ............................ 23
Knowing the Basics ............................................... 25 Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 25 Managing Notifications ..................................................... 25
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Managing Shortcuts and Widgets ..................................... 26 Rearranging the Favorites Tray ........................................ 27 Entering Text .................................................................... 28
Connecting to Networks and Devices .................. 31 Connecting to Mobile Networks ........................................ 31 Connecting to Wi-Fi® ........................................................ 33 Connecting to Bluetooth® Devices .................................... 36 Connecting to Your Computer via USB ............................. 39 Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection .............................. 41 Connecting to Virtual Private Networks ............................. 44
Phone Calls ............................................................ 46 Placing and Ending Calls ................................................. 46 Answering or Rejecting Calls ............................................ 47 Working With the Call Log ................................................ 47 Calling Your Contacts ....................................................... 48 Checking Voicemail .......................................................... 48 Using Options During a Call ............................................. 49 Managing Multi-party Calls ............................................... 50 Adjusting Your Call Settings ............................................. 51
People ..................................................................... 55 Checking Contact Details ................................................. 55 Adding a New Contact ...................................................... 55 Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 56 Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts ...................... 56
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Searching for a Contact ................................................... 58 Editing Contacts............................................................... 58
Messaging .............................................................. 59 Opening the Messaging Screen ....................................... 59 Sending a Message ......................................................... 59 Replying to a Message .................................................... 60 Forwarding a Message .................................................... 61 Copying a Message ......................................................... 61 Changing Message Settings ............................................ 61
Calendar ................................................................. 62 Viewing Your Calendars and Events ................................. 62 Creating an Event ............................................................ 64 Editing or Deleting an Event ............................................. 64 Changing Calendar Settings ............................................ 65
Browser .................................................................. 65 Opening the Browser ....................................................... 65 Downloading Files ........................................................... 66 Changing Browser Settings .............................................. 66
Camera .................................................................... 66 Taking Pictures with Your Camera .................................... 67 Shooting Video with Your Camcorder ............................... 67
Gallery ..................................................................... 68 Opening Gallery ............................................................... 68
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Working With Albums ....................................................... 68 Working With Pictures ...................................................... 69 Music ............................................................................... 71 Copying Music Files to Your Phone .................................. 71 Viewing Your Music Library .............................................. 72
FM Radio ................................................................ 73 Scanning and Saving Channels ........................................ 73 Listening to FM Radio ...................................................... 73 Adding a Radio Station to Favorites .................................. 74 Recording a Voice Memo ................................................. 75 Backup and Restore ......................................................... 76 Calculator ........................................................................ 76 Chrome™ ........................................................................ 76 Clock ............................................................................... 76 Downloads ....................................................................... 77 File Manager .................................................................... 78 System Updates ............................................................... 78
Settings .................................................................. 79 Wireless and Networks ..................................................... 79 Device ............................................................................. 80 Personal .......................................................................... 82 Accounts .......................................................................... 85 System............................................................................. 85
Upgrading the Phone Software ............................ 87
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Troubleshooting ..................................................... 88 For Your Safety ...................................................... 93
General Safety................................................................. 93 Distraction ....................................................................... 95 Product Handling ............................................................. 95 Electrical Safety ............................................................... 99 Radio Frequency Interference ........................................ 100 Explosive Environments ................................................. 102
Android 5 User Guide………………………………………… 103
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Getting Started
Getting to Know Your Phone
Touch Screen Power Key
Menu Key
Indicator Earpiece
Volume Key
Home Key
Back Key
Camera
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Charging/ USB Jack
Headset Jack
Back Cover
Flash Camera
Speaker
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Knowing the Keys Key Function
Power Key • Hold to turn on or off Airplane mode, or to power off.
• Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. • Press to wake up your phone.
Home Key • Press to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen.
• Hold to see Google search.
Menu Key Press to see recently used applications.
Back Key Press to go to the previous screen.
Volume Keys Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.
NOTE: You can change the positions of the Back Key and Menu Key.
Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Hard Key and select one case.
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Installing the SIM Card Power off your phone before installing or removing the SIM card. 1. Insert the tip of the eject tool into the hole on the SIM card tray.
2. Pull out the SIM card tray and place the SIM cards on the tray.
Slot 1 supports a microSIM and is the under side of the SIM tray. Slot 2 supports a nanoSIM and is the top side of the SIM tray.
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The top side of the SIM tray can also house a microSD card but then SIM 2 cannot be used.
NOTES: • Place your micro-SIM card on the Card Slot 1. • Place your nano-SIM card on the Card Slot 2. Slot 1 will only accept a micro-SIM card, while the Card Slot 2 can either be a nano-SIM card or microSDHC card, but not both together.
Installing the microSDHC™ Card (Not Included) If a microSDHC card will be installed, then only the Main (micro-SIM card) can be installed as the microSDHC card uses the same tray space as the nano-SIM card. 1. Insert the tip of the tray eject tool into the hole on the
microSDHC card tray.
2. Pull out the tray and place the card on the tray, as shown.
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Then carefully install the tray back.
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.
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 remove or change the built-in rechargeable battery in your phone by yourself. The battery can only be changed by ZTE or ZTE authorised service provider. 1. Connect the adapter to the charging jack. Ensure that the
adapter is inserted in the correct direction.
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2. Connect the charger to a standard AC power outlet. 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 the 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.
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• 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 turn it off, press and hold the Power Key to open the
options menu. Touch Power off > OK .
Setting Up for the First Time When you first power on your phone after you purchase it or reset it to factory settings (see Settings – Personal – Backup and Reset), you need to do some settings before using it. Flick the language field to select the language and touch . 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.
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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 a certain period of time when you leave it idle. 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. Touch and swipe up to unlock the screen.
NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password for your phone (see the chapter Personalizing – 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.
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• 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 application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Your home screen extends beyond the initial
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screen. Swipe the screen left or right to display additional screens.
Extended Home Screens Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen, providing more space to add icons, widgets, and more. Simply swipe left or right on the screen to see the extended home screens.
Status & Notifications
Wallpaper
Favorite Tray Shortcuts
Shortcut
Google Search
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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. Uncheck 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 ringtone for incoming calls and the default notification sound quickly. 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings >Sound &
notification> . 2. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification sound. 3. Scroll through the ringtone list and select the ringtone you
want to use.
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4. Touch OK.
Adjusting Volume 1.Touch the Home Key > > Settings >Sound & notification> . 2.Drag the sliders 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 Up/Down Key. If no media application is active, press the Volume Up/Down Key to adjust ringtone volume (or the earpiece volume during a call).
Applying New Wallpapers You can set the wallpaper for the Home Screen. 1. Press Home Key to return to the Home Screen. 2. Press and hold Home Screen and select WALLPAPERS. 3.Choose the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper. Some cropping may be needed for Gallery images. 4.Touch Set wallpaper.
Changing Screen Brightness 1.Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Display > Brightness level. 2.click next to the Adaptive brightness to turn it on to make
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the phone adjust the screen brightness automatically, or drag the slider to adjust the brightness manually.
Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you need to touch and hold certain icon, look at the front camera, 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. 2.Touch Screen lock. 3.Touch Pattern, PIN or Password.
If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears. Then you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.
If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen.
NOTE: Screen lock options are listed in the approximate order of the strength of their security, starting with None, which provide no security. A pattern provides minimal security, although it can be more convenient than the stronger options.
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Protecting Your Phone With Encryption You can encrypt all the data on your phone: Google Accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must 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 unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset which erases all your data. Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is stolen and may be required or recommended in some organizations. Consult your system administrator before turning it on. In many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: • Set a lock screen PIN or password. • Charge the battery. • Keep the phone connected to the charger. • Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process. You
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 battery is not
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charged or your phone is not plugged in. If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch the Back Key.
WARNING! If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data.
3.Touch Encrypt phone. 4.Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Next. 5.Touch Encrypt phone again. The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your phone may restart several times. When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your PIN or password. Subsequently you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your phone in order to decrypt it.
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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.
Flight mode Signal strength
Wi-Fi in use Alarm set
Wired headset connected
Ringer off
Battery full Vibrate mode
Battery charging Bluetooth on
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.
New SMS microSDHC card removed
New MMS GPS on
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New email New Wi-Fi network detected
New Gmail message
Updates available
Missed call USB connected
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 from the
bottom of the screen or touch the Back Key.
Managing Shortcuts and Widgets Add Shortcuts 1.Touch the Home Key > . 2.Touch and hold a shortcut and drag it to the Home Screen.
Add Widgets 1. Press Home Key to return to the Home Screen.
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2. Press and hold Home Screen and select WIDGETS. 3.Touch and hold a widget and drag it to the Home Screen.
Move Shortcuts or Widgets 1.Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the Home Screen. 2.Drag it to the place you need.
Remove Shortcuts or Widgets 1.Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the Home Screen. 2.Drag it to 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.
Rearranging the Favorites Tray The Home Screen includes a customizable favorites tray at the bottom visible from all Home Screens. You can drag apps, shortcuts, folders, and other priority items in or out of the favorites tray for instant access from any Home Screen.
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To remove items from the favorites tray: Touch and hold an item in the favorites tray and drag it out of the tray.
To add items to the favorites tray: Touch and hold an item on the Home Screen and drag it into the favorites tray. If the favorites tray is full, you need to first remove an item from the tray.
Entering Text You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type. You can touch the Back Key to hide the onscreen keyboard.
Change Input Methods 1.When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon
appears on the notification bar. 2.Open the notification panel 3.Select an input method you need.
Android Keyboard The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the phone sideways and the keyboard
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will change from portrait to landscape. The landscape keyboard is not supported in all applications.
• Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold
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 appear. Then slide to choose è.
• Touch to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock uppercase. This key also changes to indicate the current
case you are using: for lowercase, for uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase.
• Touch to delete the text before the cursor.
• Touch to select numbers and symbols. You can then
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touch to find more. Also, often used symbols are displayed above the keyboard.
• Touch to use Google’s networked voice input.
Google Voice Typing Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert speech to text. You must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it. 1. Flick down the status bar when entering text and touch
Choose input method, and then select Google voice typing. Or touch to access the voice typing when you are using the Android Keyboard.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.
3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it.
NOTE: Say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point" to enter punctuation.
Input Settings Choose input settings by tapping > Settings > Language & input from the Home Screen. In the Keyboard & input methods section, you can set the default input method and choose the settings for input methods.
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Connecting to Networks and Devices
Connecting to Mobile Networks Select Network Operator 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Cellular
networks > Network operators. 2. Touch Search networks to search for all available networks. 3. Touch a network in the network list to register manually.
You can also touch Choose automatically to select preferred network automatically.
Select Preferred Network Mode 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Cellular
networks > Preferred networks. 2. Touch the network mode you would prefer the phone to
connect with.
Control Mobile Data Use To enable or disable data access:
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1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings >Data usage. 2. Check to enable data access over the Cellular data.
Clear the check box to disable data access. To get data services when roaming:
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Cellular networks.
2. Check Data roaming.
NOTE: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges.
Set Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to get the necessary information. 1.Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Cellular networks > Access Point Names. 2.Touch . 3.Touch each item to enter the information you get from your service provider. 4.Touch the > Save to complete.
NOTE:
To set the APN to default settings, touch the > Reset to default.
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Connecting to Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet 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 Network 1.Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2.Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position to turn on Wi-Fi. 3.Touch a network name to connect to it. 4.If the network is secured, enter the password and touch Connect.
NOTE: Your phone automatically connects to previously used Wi-Fi networks when they are in range.
Get Notified of Open Networks 1.Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2.Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position. 3.Touch the > Advanced. 4.Check Network notification.
When Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. Uncheck the option to turn off notifications.
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Add a Wi-Fi Network You can add a Wi-Fi network if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID) or add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range. To connect to a secured network, you first need to get the security details from the network's administrator.
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position.
3. Touch the >Add network. 4. Enter the network SSID (name). If necessary, enter security
or other network configuration details. 5. Touch Save.
Forget a Wi-Fi Network You can make your phone forget about the details of a Wi-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. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position. 3. Touch the Wi-Fi network name and then touch FORGET.
Connect to a WPS Network WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a feature that makes it easy to
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add your phone to access points which support WPS. You can use one of the following two methods to connect your phone to a wireless network using WPS. Method one: WPS button
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position.
3. Touch the > Advanced > WPS Push Button. 4. Press 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. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position.
3. Touch the > Advanced > WPS Pin Entry. 4. The 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 access point, please refer to its user documents.
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Adjust Advanced Wi-Fi Settings 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Wi-Fi.
2. Touch the > Advanced to adjust the following settings. Network notification: Get notifications in the status bar
when 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. Scanning always available: Let Google’s location
service other apps scan for network, even when Wi-Fi is off.
Install certificates: Install certificates from the memory card.
MAC address: Check the MAC address.
IP address: Check the phone’s IP address.
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. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed.
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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 will appear 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 Bluetooth is
off. 3. Touch the > 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 Bluetooth is
off. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could touch Refresh if you want to scan 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 Bluetooth passkey and touch Pair.
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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 such as headsets and handsfree car kits. You can try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passkeys) or refer to the documents for that device.
Send Data via Bluetooth 1. Open the appropriate application and select the file or item
you want to share. 2. Select the option for sharing via Bluetooth. The method may
vary by application and data type. 3. Touch 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. Turn Bluetooth on before trying to receive data via Bluetooth.
NOTE: If the phone has not been paired with the sending device, you may need to touch Bluetooth > [your phone’s name] in Settings to keep the phone detectable through Bluetooth.
2. Flick down the status bar and touch . 3. Touch Accept to start receiving the data. Depending on your storage setting and whether a microSDHC card is installed, received files are stored automatically in a
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dedicated folder (Bluetooth, for instance) in the phone storage or microSDHC directory. You can access them with the File Manager app. Received contacts (vCard files) are automatically imported to your contact list.
Connecting to Your Computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. Your phone stores these files in internal storage or on a removable microSDHC card. If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off before you can use USB to transfer files between your phone and computer.
Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB 1. Connect your phone to the PC with a USB cable.
2. Open the Notification panel and touch (Connected as...). 3. Choose one of the following options:
Charge only: Charge your phone via USB. Built-in CD-ROM: Select this option when features
(Connect to PC software, Media device) enabled for the first time, or when they’re unavailable.
Media device (MTP): Lets you use the phone as USB storage and transfer files when it is connected to Windows® PC or Mac®.
Camera (PTP): Lets you use camera software to transfer
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pictures from phone to PC. MAC Users need to download and install Android File Transfer to enable MAC connectivity.
Connect With Windows Media® Player You can sync music on your phone and the computer installed with Windows Media Player. 1. Connect the phone with your computer via USB and choose
Media device (MTP). 2. Open Windows Media Player and synchronize music files.
Disconnect Your Phone From the Computer To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unplug the USB cable when you’re finished.
Unmount the microSDHC Card If you need to remove the microSDHC card while the phone is on, you should unmount it first.
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Storage. 2. Scroll down and touch Unmount SD card > OK. 3. Remove the microSDHC card from the phone.
Erase microSDHC Card 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Storage. 2. Scroll down the screen and touch Erase SD card > Erase SD
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card > Erase everything.
CAUTION: The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSDHC card, after which the files CANNOT be retrieved.
Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tethering or by activating the mobile hotspot feature to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Share Your Mobile Data Connection via USB You can access the Internet on your computer via the USB tethering feature of your phone. The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges.
NOTE: If your phone has a microSDHC card or USB storage, you can’t mount it on your computer while USB tethered. 3. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable. 4. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Tethering
& portable hotspot. 5. Check USB tethering. A new network connection will be
created on your computer.
NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck USB tethering or disconnect the USB cable.
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Share Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth If your computer can obtain an Internet connection via Bluetooth, you can configure your phone to share its mobile data connection with your computer. 1. Pair your phone with your computer via Bluetooth. 2. Configure your computer to obtain its network connection via
Bluetooth. For more information, please see your computer's documentation.
3. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
4. Check Bluetooth tethering. Your computer is now sharing your phone's data connection.
NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck Bluetooth tethering.
Share Your Mobile Data Connection as a Wi-Fi Hotspot You can share your phone’s data connection with other devices by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges.
NOTE: When the portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature is enabled, you cannot
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use your phone’s applications to access the Internet via its Wi-Fi connection. You still remain connected to the Internet via your mobile data network.
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
2. Slide the Wi-Fi hotspot switch to the ON position if Wi-Fi hotspot is off. After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID).
3. On 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, Slide the Wi-Fi hotspot switch to the OFF position.
Rename or Secure Your Wi-Fi Hotspot You can change the name of your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure your portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot > Wi-Fi hotspot.
2. Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot. 3. Set your name and security options as follows:
Security: Choose a security option: None (not
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recommended) or WPA2 PSK (other users can access your mobile hotspot only if they enter the correct password). When you select WPA2 PSK, touch the Password field to edit the security password.
Password: When you select WPA2 PSK, touch the Password field to edit the security password.
4. 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 resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network. 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 administrator.
Add a VPN 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > VPN.
2. Touch and fill in the information provided by your network administrator.
3. Touch Save. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen.
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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. When you are connected, the VPN connected icon appears in the Status bar.
Modify a VPN 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > More > VPN. 2. Touch and hold the VPN that you want to modify. 3. Touch Edit profile and edit the VPN settings you want. 4. Touch Save.
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Phone Calls You can place calls from the Phone app, the People app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial.
Placing and Ending Calls Place a Call by Dialing 1. Touch the Home Key > > > . 2. In the dialer tab, enter the phone number with the on-screen
keypad. Touch to delete incorrect digits.
NOTE: As you enter digits, your phone searches for contacts that match. If you see the number you want to dial, touch it to place the call immediately without entering the rest of the number.
3. Touch the Phone icon below the keypad to dial.
NOTE: To make an international call, touch and hold the 0 key to enter the plus (+) symbol. Next, enter the country code, followed by the city/area code and then the phone number.
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End a Call During a call, touch on the screen.
Answering or Rejecting Calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens, displaying the Caller ID or the information about the caller that you've entered in People. You can answer or reject the call, or reject it with a text message.
Answer a Call When you receive a phone call, drag to answer the call.
NOTE: To silence the ringer before answering the call, press the Volume Keys up or down.
Reject a Call When you receive a phone call, drag to reject the call.
Working With the Call Log The Call Log 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 log, you can touch the RECENTS in the Phone app.
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Place a Call From the Call Log 1. Open the call log. 2. Touch a number for more information about the call, or touch
CALL BACK beside it to call back.
Add a Call Log Number as a Contact 1. Open the call log. 2. Touch a number to view more call information.
3. Touch . 4. To add the number to an existing contact, touch a contact in
the list. To add a new contact, touch Create new contact.
Calling Your Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key > and then touch the Contacts
tab. 2. Flick the screen up or down to view all your contacts with
phone numbers. 3. Touch a contact or number to call it.
Checking Voicemail If you have set the phone to divert calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. Here’s how to check the messages they left.
1. Touch the Home Key > > > .
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2. Touch and hold in the dialer. If prompted, enter your voicemail password.
3. Follow the voice prompts to listen to and manage your voicemail messages.
NOTE:
To set your voicemail service, touch > Settings> Call settings > Voicemail in the dialer and touch the voicemail settings you want to change. For detailed information, please contact the service provider.
Using Options During a Call During a call, you will see a number of onscreen options. Touch an option to select it.
• Touch to switch to the keypad when you need to enter a code (for example, the PIN for your voicemail or bank account) during the call.
• Touch to turn on or off the speaker.
• Touch to mute or unmute your microphone.
• Touch to hold or unhold the current call.
• Touch >Add call to make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold.
• Touch to end the current call.
WARNING!
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Because of higher volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear during speakerphone use.
Managing Multi-party Calls When the call waiting and three-way call features are available, you can switch between two calls or set up a conference call.
NOTE: The call waiting and three-way call features need network support and may result in additional charges. Please contact your service provider for more information.
Set Up a Conference Call With this feature, you can talk to two people at the same time.
1. On the dialer screen, enter a number and touch .
2. Once you have established the connection, touch >Add call and dial the second number. (This puts the first caller on hold.)
3. When you’re connected to the second party, touch >Merge calls.
If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, you and the remaining caller stay connected. If you initiated the call and are the first to hang up, all callers are disconnected. To end the conference call, touch .
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Adjusting Your Call Settings Set Phone Ringtone 1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings >
Sound¬ification> > Phone ringtone. 2. Select the ringtone you want to use.
Enable/Disable Vibrate when Ringing
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Sound¬ification> .
2. Check or uncheck Vibrate.
Set Voicemail Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings> Call settings > Voicemail. Touch service to select voicemail service provider. Your
carrier is the default. Touch Setup > Voicemail number to edit the voicemail
number if necessary. Touch Sound to set the notification sound for new
voicemails. Check Vibrate to make the phone vibrate when receiving
new voicemails.
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Enable/Disable Phone Dial Pad Sound
1. Touch the Home Key> > > >Settings>General settings.
2. Check or uncheck Dialpad tones.
Use Fixed Dialing Numbers Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers.
1. Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings > Call settings > Fixed Dialing Numbers.
2. The following 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 SIM card locked. Contact the service provider for assistance.
Set TTY Mode Select a TTY mode for your phone to work with a teletypewriter, or turn TTY off. 1. Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings > Call
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settings > TTY mode. 2. Select one of the following options. Consult your
teletypewriter manufacturer’s manual if necessary. TTY Off: Users who can hear and talk can disable TTY
support. TTY Full: Users who cannot talk or hear may use this
mode to send and receive text messages through a TTY device.
TTY HCO: Users who can hear, but cannot talk, may use this mode to listen to conversation of the other party and respond via text messages.
TTY VCO: Users who can talk, but cannot hear, may use this mode to talk through the phone and receive responses via text messages.
Bar Certain Calls Call barring feature allows you to forbid certain types of calls from your phone. 1. Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings > Call
settings > Call Barring. 2. Set the restriction of specific types of calls from your phone.
Forward Incoming Calls Call forwarding feature allows you to forward your incoming calls to another phone number. 1. Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings > Call
settings > Call forwarding.
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2. Touch an available option ( Always forward, When busy, When unanswered, or When unreachable) to enable it.
Other Options 1. Touch the Home Key > > > > Settings > Call
settings > Additional settings. 2. Touch Caller ID to choose whether your number is displayed
when someone receives your outgoing call. Or check Call waiting to get notified of incoming calls during a call.
NOTE: Please contact the service provider to check whether the caller ID and call waiting features are available.
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People You can put contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing. To see your contacts, touch the Home Key> > . From there, you can touch the tabs on the top of the screen to quickly switch to the ALL CONTACTS or FAVORITES.
Checking Contact Details 1. Touch the Home Key > > and touch the all contacts
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 see a slider when you touch the right side of the screen. To go directly to a letter, touch and hold the slider and drag it to a letter.
Adding a New Contact 1. Touch the Home Key > > and touch the all contacts
tab . 2. Touch to add a new contact. 3. Touch the account field near the top of the screen to choose
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where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts will be synced automatically with your account online.
4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses, and other information.
5. Touch Add new contact 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 the all
contacts . 2. Touch Set up my profile or your name, whichever is at the
top of the contact list. 3. Edit your profile information and touch Add new contact.
Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts You can import/export contacts from/to your SIM or microSDHC card. This is especially useful when you need to transfer contacts between different devices. You can also quickly share your contacts using Bluetooth, Email, Messages, etc.
Import Contacts From the SIM Card 1. Touch the Home Key > > .
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2. Touch the > Import/Export. 3. Select an account in which to save the contacts. 4. Touch to select the contacts you need and then touch OK.
Import Contacts From the microSDHC Card 1. Touch the Home Key > > . 2. Touch the > Import/export > Phone storage. 3. Select an account in which to save the contacts. 4. Select the vCard file(s) in the microSDHC card and touch OK.
Export Contacts to the SIM Card 1. Touch the Home Key > > . 2. Touch the > Import/export. 3.Touch to select the contacts you need and then touch OK.
Export Contacts to the microSDHC Card 1. Touch the Home Key > > 2. Touch the > Import/export > Phone storage. 3. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file.
Touch OK to create the file on the microSDHC card.
Share Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key > > and touch the all contacts
tab .
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2. Touch the > Share visible contacts. 3. Choose to share the contacts via Bluetooth, Drive , Gmail,
MMS or SMS.
Searching for a Contact 1. Touch the Home Key > > . 2. Touch at the top of the screen. 3. Input the contact name you want to search for. The 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 Edit contact.
Delete Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key > > .
2.Touch >Delete contact.
3.Touch OK to confirm.
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Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS).
Opening the Messaging Screen Touch in the Home Screen and select Messaging. The Messaging screen opens where you can create a new message, search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread. • Touch to write a new text or multimedia message. • Touch to search for a message using keywords. • Touch an existing message thread to open the conversation
you’ve had with a certain number.
Sending a Message 1. On the Messages screen, touch at the top. 2. Add recipients by one of the following ways.
Touch the Type name or number field and manually enter the recipient’s number or the contact name. If the phone presents a few suggestions, touch the one you want to add.
Select recipients from your contacts by touching . 3. Touch the Type text message field and enter the content of
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your message. 4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch the >
Add subject to add a message subject or touch the paper clip icon to attach a file or a slideshow to the message.
5. Touch .
NOTE: You can also include email addresses as recipients for multimedia messages.
NOTE: Do not add a message subject or any attachment if you want to send a text message. Otherwise you may be charged for a multimedia message.
Replying to a Message Messages you receive are appended to existing threads for the same number. If the new message comes from a new number, a new thread is created. 1. On the Messages 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 touch
the attach icon if you want to reply with an MMS.
3. Touch .
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Forwarding a Message 1. On the Messages screen, touch the thread that has the
message you want to forward. 2. Touch the message. 3. Touch Forward in the menu that opens. 4. Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you
want. 5. Touch .
Copying a Message You can copy text messages in the phone storage to the SIM card, or vice versa. • To copy a text message from the phone to the SIM card,
touch the message and select Save messages to SIM card.
• To copy a text message from the SIM card to the phone, touch the in the Messages screen and select Settings >Text Message(SMS) > Manage SIM card messages. Then touch a message and select Copy to phone memory.
Changing Message Settings Touch the > Settings in the Messages screen to change Messages settings.
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Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar™ service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar once you sign into your Exchange account on the phone. To open Calendar, touch in the Home Screen and select Calendar.
Viewing Your Calendars and Events
Select Visible Calendars 1. Open the Calendar app. 2. Touch the > Calendars to display. 3. In the new screen, touch the calendars to check the
calendars you want to see or uncheck the calendars you’d like to hide.
Events from hidden calendars are not shown in the Calendar app.
Change Calendar Views You can view your calendars in different forms. The app offers four views: Day, Week, Month and Agenda. To change calendar views, touch the time period shown at the
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top left and select the view you prefer. You can also change to Day view from Month view by touching any day in the grid.
• In Month view, swipe vertically to see earlier months and later months.
• In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see earlier weeks/days and later weeks/days.
• When you are viewing earlier or later days, weeks, or months, touch at the top to quickly switch to today.
View Event Details In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an event to view its details.
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Creating an Event 1. In any Calendar view, touch > New event to open an
event details screen for a new event. You can also touch a spot in Day or Week view twice to add an event to that time spot.
2. Add details about the event. Enter a name, location, time span, and other additional details about the event. NOTE:
If you have more than one calendar, you can choose the calendar to which to add the event by touching the current calendar above the Event name box. 3. Touch DONE at the top of the screen to save the new event.
Editing or Deleting an Event 1. Find the event you want to edit or delete. 2. Open its details screen (see Viewing Your Calendars and
Events – View Event Details in this chapter). 3. Do one of the following as you need.
To… do…
Edit the event, touch at the top of the screen. Touch DONE to save your changes.
Delete the event, touch and then touch OK.
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Changing Calendar Settings To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda) and touch the > Settings.
Browser Use Browser to view web pages and search for information.
Opening the Browser Touch in the Home Screen and select Browser to start this function. The last web page you were viewing is displayed. If you have not used Browser recently, your home page opens. Browser also opens when you touch a web link - for example, in an email or a text message.
Open a Web Page or Search the Web 1.Open the Browser app. 2.Touch the address box at the top of the web page. 3.Enter the address (URL) of a web page. Or, enter terms you want to search for. 4.Touch a URL or search suggestion to open the web page or search results.
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Touch the X at the top of the address box if you want to stop opening the page.
Downloading Files Touch and hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage. In the menu that opens, touch Save image or Save link.
The downloaded files are saved to your phone or the memory
card. You can view or open them in the Downloads app ( >
Downloads ).
Changing Browser Settings You can configure a number of Browser settings to customize the way you browse the web, including several that you can use to control your privacy. To open the Browser settings screen, touch the > Settings.
Camera You can use your phone to take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored on the phone’s memory card or in the phone’s internal storage. You can copy them to your
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computer or access them in the Gallery app.
Taking Pictures with Your Camera Your phone has camera function. Open it by pressing Home
Key > > Camera.
Tap to take a shot. To view it, just tap the picture in the right corner of the screen. NOTE: Before taking a picture, click the corresponding icon on camera screen to complete the camera-related settings.
Shooting Video with Your Camcorder Open the camcorder by pressing Home Key > > Camera >
tap .
Then tap to start shooting, and tap to stop. Select the picture in the right corner of the screen to view the video you’ve just shot.
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Gallery
Opening Gallery Touch in the Home Screen and select Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos.
Working With Albums When you open Gallery, all pictures and videos on your phone are displayed in a number of albums. To view album contents: Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains. To share albums, pictures, or videos: 1. Touch and hold an item in the Albums view to select an
album, after you open an album, select a picture or a video. 2. Touch more items that you want to share. 3. Touch and select how you want to share the items. To delete albums: 1. Touch and hold an album until it is selected. 2. Touch more albums that you want to delete. 3. Touch > Delete> OK.
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Working With Pictures Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen. Double-touch the picture, or pinch two fingers together or spread them apart to zoom out or in. Slide left or right to view other pictures in the album.
• Touch the Gallery icon in the upper left corner to return to
the album. • Touch >Slideshow to browse the album contents in a
slideshow.
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NOTE: All options may not be available for certain albums or pictures.
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Music Touch in the Home Screen and select Music to play audio files stored on your phone. Music supports a wide variety of audio formats, so it can play music you purchase from online stores, music you copy from your CD collection, and so on.
Copying Music Files to Your Phone Before using Music, you need to copy or download audio files to your phone.
Copy From a Computer 1.Connect your phone and the computer with a USB cable. 2.Touch Media device (MTP) (if supported on the PC) to browse the files in the phone storage and on the microSDHC card. 3.Copy the music file from the PC and paste it to the phone storage or microSDHC card.
Download From the Internet You can download music files when browsing web pages. See Downloading Files.
Receive via Bluetooth You can receive music files from other devices via Bluetooth.
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See Receive Data via Bluetooth.
Receive via Wi-Fi You can receive music files from other devices via Wi-Fi. See Receive Data via Wi-Fi.
Viewing Your Music Library Touch in the Home Screen and select Music and your music library is displayed. All your audio files are cataloged according to the information stored in the files. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to view your music library organized by Songs, Playlists, Albums, and Artists.
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FM Radio With the FM radio, you can search for radio channels, listen to them, and save them on your phone. Note that the quality of the radio broadcast depends on the coverage of the radio station in your area. The wired headset that comes with your phone works as an antenna, so always connect the headset when using the radio. When you receive an incoming call while listening to the radio, the radio will be turned off.
Scanning and Saving Channels 1. Plug in a wired headset and open FM Radio.
2. Touch > Search. All previously saved channels will be removed.
Listening to FM Radio 1. Touch in the Home Screen and select FM Radio while
the headset is connected.
2. Touch the > Channel list. 3. Touch one of the saved channels.
You can also touch or to switch to other channels.
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Touch the > Speaker to listen to the radio programs through the phone speaker.
Adding a Radio Station to Favorites 1. Touch in the Home Screen and select FM Radio.
2. Touch The new channel is added to the favorite channels, which are sorted in numeral order.
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Sound Recorder
Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like.
Recording a Voice Memo 1. Press Home Key > > Sound Recorder.
2. Tap to start recording.
3. Tap to stop recording.
4. Tap to play back the voice recording.
5. Save the voice recording after stop, or tap Discard to delete
the recording.
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More Apps
Backup and Restore Touch in the Home Screen and select Backup & Restore. You can back up your user data, such as contacts and messages, and installed applications to the memory card regularly. If the data get lost, restore it from the memory card.
Calculator Touch in the Home Screen and select Calculator.
NOTE: Swipe left or right to switch between different panels.
Chrome™ Use Google Chrome to browse the Internet. Chrome on your phone can sync bookmarks, browsing history, and opened tabs from your Google account.
Clock
Set a New Alarm 1. Touch in the Home Screen and select Clock.
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2. Touch .
3. Touch a default alarm to configure it, or touch at the bottom of the screen to create a new alarm.
4. Set up the time and touch OK. 5. If necessary, set the repeat and ringtone.
NOTE:
To enable or disable existing alarms directly, just slide the switch.
World Time 1. Touch in the Clock app to check the local time for
cities around the world. 2. Touch at the bottom to add a new city or country.
Stopwatch and Countdown 1. Touch / in the Clock app to use the countdown clock
or stopwatch. 2. Countdown allows you to set a time and count down to zero,
while Stopwatch allows you to record lap times.
Downloads The Downloads app keeps a record of the files you have downloaded using the Browser, Email.
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Touch in the Home Screen and select Downloads to check the record. • Touch a file to open it with the appropriate applications. • Touch and hold a file, or check the box in front of it, to delete
or share it.
File Manager Quickly access all of your images, videos, audio clips, and other types of files on your phone and on the memory card. Touch in the Home Screen and select File Manager. The folders are organized by category, phone storage and the memory card storage. • Touch folders and files to access stored items. • Touch Phone storage / SD Card > to create a new
folder in the current directory.
System Updates
Touch in the Home Screen and select System Updates.
You can check your system’s software status, check for
updates, or change update settings.
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Settings Touch in the Home Screen and select Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your device.
Wireless and Networks
Wi-Fi Turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Wi-Fi.
Bluetooth Turn Bluetooth on or off and configure your Bluetooth connections. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Bluetooth Devices.
Data Usage Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off mobile data.
You can check how much data has been used during the time cycle you set, set a mobile data limit and warning, see what apps have been using mobile data, or restrict background data for individual apps.
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The data usage is measured by your phone. Your carrier’s data usage accounting may differ.
NOTE: The data usage is measured by your phone. Your carrier’s data usage accounting may differ.
Airplane Mode In the Settings app, touch More > Airplane mode. All the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data are turned off.
Tethering and Portable Hotspot Share your phone’s mobile data connection with PCs or other devices via USB or Wi-Fi. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection.
Cellular Networks Control mobile data use, select mobile network and set access point names. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Mobile Networks.
Device
Display • Wallpaper: Select a background image for the Home Screen.
• Sleep: Set the length of time of inactivity before the screen
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turns off.
• Daydream: Control what happens when the phone is docked and/or sleeping.
• Font size: Set the font size of the text on the screen.
Storage Check memory information for your memory card and internal storage.
• Unmount SD card: Unmount the memory card from your phone so that you can safely remove the card while the phone is on.
• Erase SD card: Erase all data on your memory card and prepare it for use with your phone.
Battery Check how much power remains for the battery and what has been using the battery.
Hard Key You can exchange the positions of the Back Key and Menu Key. In the Settings app, touch Hard Key and select one case.
Apps See apps installed on your phone and manage them.
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Touch an app in the DOWNLOADED, RUNNING, or ALL tab to see its information. You can stop the app, uninstall the app, clear data and cache, or move the app between the internal storage and the memory card.
NOTE:
Not all applications can be moved or uninstalled.
Personal
Location Activate location services to determine your location. See Maps.
Security • Screen lock: Disable the screen lock or enable it with swipe,
pattern, PIN, Voice Unlock or password. See Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks.
• Owner info: Set the text that you may display on the lock screen.
• Encrypt phone: Encrypt your data on the phone to protect your privacy. See Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone With Encryption.
• Set up SIM card lock:
Lock SIM card: Activate or deactivate the PIN lock to
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require PIN before accessing the SIM card.
Change SIM PIN: Change the PIN used to access the SIM card.
• Make passwords visible: Display passwords as you enter them.
• Device administrators: View or deactivate apps you have authorized to be device administrators.
• Unknown sources: Check this option to permit installation of apps from sources other than the Play Store.
• Storage type: Set storage type.
• Trusted credentials: Display trusted CA certificates.
• Install from phone storage: Install certificates from the memory card.
Language and Input • Language: Select a language and region for your system.
• Spell checker: With this checked, the phone will check your spelling automatically when you enter text.
• Personal dictionary: Add new words to the phone’s dictionary or remove words from the dictionary. The words you add are used for spelling check and word suggestion.
• KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS: Configure text input
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settings. See Knowing the Basics – Entering Text – Touch Input Settings.
• Text-to-speech output: Speech rate: Select how quickly you want the synthesizer
to speak.
Listen to an example: Play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings.
Default language status: Set default language.
• Pointer speed: Select how fast the pointer/mouse should scroll when you connect the phone to a trackpad or mouse accessory.
Backup and Reset • Back up my data: Back up app data, Wi-Fi passwords, and
other settings to Google servers after you sign in to your Google account.
• Backup account: Back up to debug-only private cache. • Automatic restore: Restore previously backed up settings
and data when you reinstall an app.
• Factory data reset: Reset your phone to factory default settings. All your personal data from the phone’s internal storage will be erased. You can also erase the data on the memory card during the process.
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Accounts Manage your accounts and synchronization settings.
• Touch Add account to create accounts on your phone.
• Touch an account to set the sync settings for that account.
You can then touch the > Sync now to sync all checked items.
• Touch an account and then touch the > Remove account to remove the account and all information related to it from your phone.
System
Date and Time Set date, time, time zone, and how date and time are displayed. You can also use network-provided data.
Accessibility Configure accessibility plug-ins on your phone, such as using TalkBack for low-vision users.
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Printing Configure cloud printing service options, manage print jobs and more.
About Phone View phone status and legal information. You can also upgrade your phone system from update packages copied to the storage card.
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Upgrading the Phone Software There are several ways to upgrade your phone software: 1. Use the online upgrade tool for mobile terminal products. 2. Use the one-press upgrade package offered by your mobile
service provider. 3. Use the upgrade package on your microSDHC card.
NOTE: Visit the ZTE official handset service support website (http://www.ztedevice.com/support) and click your country or region to learn more about the above upgrade methods, as well as which phones and methods are supported.
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Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while using the phone, or if it performs abnormally, you can refer to the chart below. If your particular problem cannot be resolved using the information in the chart, contact the dealer where you purchased the phone. Problem Possible causes Possible solution
Poor reception
The network signal is too weak at your current location, for example, in a basement or near a tall building, because wireless transmissions can not effectively reach it.
Move to a location where the network signal can be properly received.
The network is busy at the current time (for example, during peak times, there may be too much network traffic to handle additional calls).
Avoid using the phone at such times, or try again after waiting a short time.
You are too far away from a base station for your service provider.
You can request a service area map from your service provider.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution
Echo or noise
Poor network link quality on the part of your service provider.
End the call and dial again. You may be switched to a better-quality network link or phone line.
Poor local telephone line quality.
End the call and dial again. You may be switched to a better-quality network link or phone line.
Unable to select certain features
Your service provider does not support these features, or you have not applied for services that provide these features.
Contact your service provider.
Battery not charging
The battery or battery charger is damaged.
Contact the dealer.
The phone’s temperature is below 0°C or higher than 45 °C.
Adjust the battery charging environment to avoid extremes of temperature.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution
Poor contact between the battery and charger.
Check all connectors to ensure that all connections have been properly made.
Shortened standby time
The standby time is related to your service provider system configuration. The same phone used with different service providers’ systems will not provide exactly the same length of standby time.
If you are located in an area where signaling is weak, temporarily power off the phone.
If you are not able to connect to the network, the phone will continue to send out signals as it attempts to locate a base station. Doing so consumes battery power and will consequently shorten standby time.
Change your location to one where the network is accessible, or temporarily turn off your phone.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution
Cannot turn your phone on
Battery power has been depleted.
Recharge the phone’s battery.
SIM card error
SIM card malfunction or damage.
Take the SIM card to your service provider for testing.
SIM card inserted improperly.
Insert the SIM card properly.
Debris on the SIM card contacts.
Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the SIM card contacts.
Unable to connect to the network
SIM card invalid. Contact your service provider.
You are not within the network’s service area.
Check the service area with your service provider.
Poor signal. Move to an open space, or if you are inside a building, move closer to a window.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution
Cannot answer incoming calls
You have activated the Call barring feature.
Go to Settings > Call settings > Call Barring Settings, and then select Deactive All.
You cannot make outgoing calls.
You have activated the Call barring feature.
Go to Settings > Call settings > Call Barring Settings, and then select Deactive All.
You have activated the Fixed dial numbers feature.
Go to Settings > Call settings > Fixed Dialing Numbers and disable it.
PIN Code blocked
You have entered an incorrect PIN code three consecutive times.
Contact your service provider. If the service provider provides the SIM card’s PUK code, use the PUK code to unlock the SIM card.
Phone crashes, reboots,
Some third-party software is not compatible with your
Reset the phone to factory status.
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Problem Possible causes Possible solution freeze, or cannot be powered on
phone. Enter safety mode and uninstall the software that may cause the problem.
Upgrade the phone software.
For Your Safety
General Safety
Don’t make or receive handheld calls while driving. Never text while driving.
Don’t use at gas stations.
For body-worn operation maintain a separation of 15 mm.
Your phone may produce a bright or flashing light.
Small parts may cause choking.
Don’t dispose of your phone in fire.
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Your phone can produce a loud sound.
To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods.
Avoid contact with anything magnetic.
Avoid extreme temperatures.
Keep away from pacemakers and other electronic medical devices.
Avoid contact with liquids. Keep your phone dry.
Turn off when asked to in hospitals and medical facilities.
Do not attempt to disassemble your phone.
Turn off when told to in aircrafts and airports.
Only use approved accessories.
Turn off when near explosive materials or liquids.
Don’t rely on your phone as a primary device for emergency communications.
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Distraction
Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident. You must comply with local laws and regulations restricting the use of wireless devices while driving.
Operating Machinery Full attention must be given to operating the machinery in order to reduce the risk of an accident.
Product Handling
General Statement on Handling and Use You alone are responsible for how you use your phone and any consequences of its use. You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment.
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• Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place.
• Keep the screen and camera lens clean. Unclean screen or camera lens may slow down the phone's reaction to your operations or lower image quality.
• Clean your phone and its accessories with a soft material such as cleaning cloth for eyeglass lenses. Do not use alcohol or other corrosive substances for cleaning or allow them to get inside.
• Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products.
• Do not expose your phone accessories to liquid, moisture or high humidity.
• Do not drop, throw or try to bend your phone or its accessories.
• Do not paint your phone or its accessories. • Do not attempt to disassemble your phone or its accessories,
only authorized personnel must do so. • Do not expose or use your phone or its accessories in an
environment with or that can reach extreme temperatures, minimum - [5] and maximum + [50] degrees Celsius.
• Do not place your phone inside or near heating equipments or high pressure containers, such as water heaters, microwave ovens, or hot cooking utensils. Otherwise, your phone may be damaged.
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• Please check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.
• Do not carry your phone in your back pocket as it could break when you sit down.
Small Children Do not leave your phone and its accessories within the reach of small children or allow them to play with it. They could hurt themselves or others, or could accidentally damage the phone. Your phone contains small parts with sharp edges that may cause an injury or may become detached and create a choking hazard.
Demagnetization To avoid the risk of demagnetization, do not allow electronic devices or magnetic media close to your phone for a long time.
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the SIM card’s metal connectors.
Antenna Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily.
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Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom toward your mouth.
Air Bags Do not place a phone in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area as an airbag inflates with great force and serious injury could result. Store the phone safely before driving your vehicle.
Seizures/Blackouts The phone can produce a bright or flashing light. A small percentage of people may be susceptible to blackouts or seizures (even if they have never had one before) when exposed to flashing lights or light patterns such as when playing games or watching video. If you have experienced seizures or blackouts or have a family history of such occurrences, please consult a physician. To reduce the risk of blackouts or seizures, you can use your phone in a well lit room and take frequent breaks.
Repetitive Strain Injuries To minimize the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) when texting or playing games with your phone:
• Do not grip the phone too tightly.
• Press the buttons lightly.
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• Use the special features which are designed to minimize the times of pressing buttons, such as Message Templates and Predictive Text.
• Take frequent breaks to stretch and relax.
Emergency Calls This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions. Therefore, you should not rely solely on any wireless phone for emergency communications.
Loud Noise This phone is capable of producing loud noises, which may damage your hearing. Turn down the volume before using headphones, Bluetooth headsets or other audio devices.
Phone Heating Your phone may become warm during charging and during normal use.
Electrical Safety
Accessories Use only approved accessories. Do not connect with incompatible products or accessories.
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Take care not to touch or allow metal objects, such as coins or key rings, to contact or short-circuit in the battery terminals. Never puncture the surface of the battery with sharp objects.
Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system.
Faulty and Damaged Products Do not attempt to disassemble the phone or its accessories. Only qualified personnel can service or repair the phone or its accessories. If your phone (or its accessories) has been punctured, or subjected to a severe fall, do not use it until you have taken it to be checked at an authorized service center.
Radio Frequency Interference
General Statement on Interference Care must be taken when using the phone in close proximity to personal medical devices, such as pacemakers and hearing aids. Please consult your doctor and the device manufacturer to determine if operation of your phone may interfere with the operation of your medical device.
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Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 15 cm be maintained between a mobile phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. To achieve this, use the phone on the opposite ear to your pacemaker and do not carry it in a breast pocket.
Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby. The level of interference will depend on the type of hearing device and the distance from the interference source, increasing the separation between them may reduce the interference. You may also consult your hearing aid manufacturer to discuss alternatives.
Medical Equipment Switch off your wireless device when requested to do so in hospitals, clinics or health care facilities. These requests are designed to prevent possible interference with sensitive medical equipment.
Aircraft Switch off your wireless device whenever you are instructed to do so by airport or airline staff.
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Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices on board the aircraft and enable the airplane mode of your phone when boarding an aircraft.
Interference in Vehicles Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of mobile phones in their vehicles unless a hands-free kit with an external antenna is included in the installation.
Explosive Environments
Gas Stations and Explosive Atmospheres In locations with potentially explosive atmospheres, obey all posted signs to turn off wireless devices such as your phone or other radio equipment. Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fueling areas, below decks on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
Blasting Caps and Areas Power off your mobile phone or wireless device when in a blasting area or in areas posted power off “two-way radios” or “electronic devices” to avoid interfering with blasting operations.
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Quick Start Guide
Android 5.0, Lollipop
English
Copyright © 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Edition 1.0
Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Chromecast, Android Wear,
Nexus, Google Play, YouTube, Google+, and other trademarks are property
of Google Inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google.
com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html. All other marks and
trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
This book introduces Android 5.0, Lollipop for Nexus and Google Play edi
tion devices. Its content may differ in some details from some of the prod
ucts described or the software that runs on them. All information provided
here is subject to change without notice.
For best results, make sure you’re running the latest Android system update.
To find your device’s version number or check for the latest system update,
go to Settings > System > About phone or About tablet and look for
Android version or System updates.
If you don’t have a Nexus or Google Play edition phone or tablet and are
running Android 5.0 on some other device, some details of the system as
described in this book may vary.
For comprehensive online help and support, including details about Nexus
and Google Play edition hardware running the software described in this
book and links to information about other Android devices, visit support.
google.com/android.
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Table of contents
1 Welcome to Android 1
About Android 5.0, Lollipop 1
Android Auto, Android TV, and Android Wear 2
Android Auto 2
Android TV 2
Android Wear 2
Set up your device 3
Make yourself at home 4
Send an SMS (text message) from your phone 5
Make a phone call 5
Make a video call 6
Send an email 7
Status bar 7
Quick Settings 7
Manage battery life 8
Get around 9
Nexus navigation buttons 9
Google Play edition navigation buttons 10
Menus 10
Organize your Home screens 11
Touch & type 12
Help & support 13
Android version & updates 13
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Essentials
Google Now
How it works
Try it
What you can ask Google to do for you
Turn “Ok Google” on or off
Display
Sound and notification
Manage accounts on your device
Add an account
Remove an account
Share your device with other users
Switch users
Remove a user
Guest user
Security
Smart Lock
Screen pinning
Protect against harmful apps
Android Device Manager
Android Beam
Tap & pay
Printing
Chromecast
File storage
Screenshots
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Use the keyboard
Enter & edit text
Use next-word suggestions
Gesture Typing
Keyboard dictionaries
Type by speaking
Try some apps
All Apps
Gmail
Google Play
Camera
Photos
Contacts
Messenger
Hangouts
Calendar
Settings
Accessibility
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1
Welcome to Android
About Android 5.0, Lollipop
Android 5.0, Lollipop is the latest version of Android, the oper
ating system that powers not just phones and tablets, but also
wearables, TVs, and even cars.
This guide introduces the Android 5.0 software available on
Nexus and Google Play edition mobile devices. For hardware
details for these devices, such as how to insert a SIM card, specs,
and so on, visit support.google.com/android. There, you can find
comprehensive information about all types of Android phones
and tablets, including more details about Nexus and Google Play
edition devices and other versions of Android.
Android 5.0 features a bold and bright new design, 3D graphics
support that are as good as on a desktop computer, and great
new features that make your phone work for you:
• Add guest users and other users without providing them ac
cess to your email, contacts, and whatever else you don’t want
to share.
• Set priorities for notifications and see them when your phone
is locked.
• Easier ways to manage battery usage, including a battery sav
er feature to extend battery life.
• More ways to secure your phone.
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Android Auto, Android TV, and Android Wear
Android Auto
Android Auto will be supported by most major car manufacturers
starting with 2015 models. It allows you to plug in your phone to
display your music, contacts, and messages on the car’s built-in
screen. With a simplified interface, integrated steering wheel con
trols, and powerful new voice actions, it’s designed to minimize
distraction so you can stay focused on the road. It’s easy to get
where you’re going with free voice-guided navigation via Google
Maps, live traffic information, lane guidance, and more.
For more information, visit android.com/auto.
Android TV
Nexus Player (currently available on Google Play) and other set
top boxes and TVs coming on the market in 2015 let you watch
all your Google Play movies & TV content using Android TV. The
Android TV Remote Control app supports voice search and an
on-screen keyboard, giving you full control of your TV from your
phone or tablet. You can also browse personalized content rec
ommendations from Google Play, YouTube, and your apps. Or use
voice search to quickly find what you want: say “Back to the Fu
ture,” “Oscar nominated movies from 2006” or “Brad Pitt movies,”
and let Android TV do the work.
For more information, visit play.google.com/store/devices.
Android Wear
Android Wear watches from LG, Motorola, Sony, and other manu
facturers connect your phone to your wrist. Pause, play, and skip
music tracks or quickly respond to text messages using only your
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watch. Android Wear organizes your information, suggests what
you need, and shows it to you before you even ask. Get messages
from your friends, meeting notifications, and weather updates at
a glance.
For more information, visit play.google.com/store/devices.
Set up your device
When you first turn on your phone or tablet, you’ll see a Welcome
screen. Choose the language you want and touch the arrow to
continue.
IMPORTANT: To complete the setup process, it’s best to
have a Wi-Fi connection.
When prompted, sign in with your Google Account or create one
at that time. Signing in lets you immediately access everything
associated with your Google Account, like Gmail. If you prefer,
you can skip this step and create an account later.
TIP: If you have another Android device, Tap & Go lets you
quickly set up a new device just by tapping it to your other
one. Any Google Accounts and apps that were already
backed up will automatically be copied over to the new
device.
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An email address that you use for any of the following counts as
a Google Account:
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Play
• Google Apps
• AdWords
• Any other Google product
Signing in with a Google Account helps you get up and running
quickly. When you sign in, you can easily get all the apps you’ve
purchased on Google Play onto your new device. All the email,
contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that
account are automatically synced with your device.
For example, if you change a friend’s phone number on your
phone, that change also appears on your tablet and on any com
puters where you’re signed in to your Google Account.
If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add others later
from Settings > Personal > Accounts. You can also add guest
users in Settings>Device
>Users.
Make yourself at home
After you finish setting up your device, the Home screen appears
for the first time. Here, you can add app icons and widgets (an “at
a-glance” view of an app’s most important information) to your
Home screens to easily find them.
• To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
• To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen
with one finger.
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• To open Quick Settings—frequently used settings—swipe
down from the top of the screen twice with one finger or once
with two fingers. See “Quick Settings” on page 7.
• To open Settings, swipe down from the top of any screen
with twofingers
or swipe twice with onefinger,
then touchin the top right.
• From the Home screen, touch Google at the top of the screen,
or say “Ok Google” to search and start telling Google what to
do.
Send an SMS (text message) from your phone
To send an SMS from your Nexus 6 phone:
1.
2.
3.
TouchMessenger on your Home screen.
Touch to create a new message.
At the top of the screen, enter a phone number or select a con
tact, then touch . Type your message, then touch .
For Nexus 4 and 5, you can get the Messenger app on Google
Play. You can also use the default SMS app that comes on the
phone—Hangouts on Nexus 5, the Messaging app on Nexus 4.
To change your default messaging app, go to Settings > Wire
less & networks > More > Default SMS app.
Make a phone call
Using a Nexus or Google Play edition phone, you
can place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts
app, or other apps or widgets that display contact
information. Wherever you see a phone number, you
can usually touch it to dial.
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To place a call to one of your contacts:
1. Touch Phone on a Home or All Apps screen.
2. To choose someone to call, scroll or search. If the keypad is in
the way, touch the Back button to lower it.
3. To place a call, touch the contact’s name.
To view recent calls, touch the Recents tab. To use the keypad,
touch the keypad.
TIP: On Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 only, Caller ID by Google iden
tifies inbound and outbound numbers, even for callers not
saved as contacts in the Contacts app.
For more details, visit Use your phone.
Make a video call
The Hangouts app lets you send and receive video
calls.To
open it, touch Hangouts onaHome or
All Apps screen.
To start a video call:
1. Touch Add at the top of the main Hangouts screen and
start typing a name, email address, or phone number. Match
ing names and numbers from your contacts appear as you
type.
2. Choose a name, then touch Video at the top of the screen.
To adjust notification preferences and other settings, touchMenu> Settings.
For more details, visit Hangouts help.
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Send an email
Use the Gmail app to read and write email from your
Gmail or other email addresses.
1. TouchGmail on
aHome or All Apps screen.
2. If you already signed into a Gmail account during setup, your
email will be synced to your device. Otherwise, add an email
address now.
Status bar
The status bar is at the very top of the screen. On the right, you
can see the Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength, how much battery
power is left, and the time. On the left, you can see which apps
have sent you notifications. Visit “Sound and notification” on
page 19.
Quick Settings
Use Quick Settings to easily get to frequently used settings, like
turning on airplane mode. To open Quick Settings, swipe down
from the top of the screen with two fingers or twice with one fin
ger. To change a setting, just touch the icon:
•Wi-Fi network:
TurnWi-Fi on or off.
Toopen Wi-Fi
settings,
touch the Wi-Fi network name.
• Bluetooth settings: Turn Bluetooth on or off. To open Blue
tooth settings, touch the word “Bluetooth”.
• Cellular data: See cellular usage data and turn it on or off.
• Airplane mode: Turn airplane mode on or off. Airplane
mode means your phone won’t connect to Wi-Fi or a cell sig
nal, even if one is available.
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• Flashlight: Turn the flashlight on or off.
• Display brightness: Slide to lower or increase the bright
ness of your screen.
• Auto-rotate: Lock your device’s orientation in portrait or
landscape mode.
On a Nexus 5, Quick Settings look like this:
Open the main Settings app by touching Settings in the top
right.
On tablets, you can also turn Auto Rotate on or off from Quick
Settings, to lock or unlock automatic screen rotation.
Manage battery life
The status bar shows how much battery you have left, but you
can also see the exact percentage and approximate time of bat
tery life remaining. Swipe down from the top of the screen, then
touch Battery.
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Your Android device’s battery is built to get you through your day.
When you’re running low, Android’s battery saver conserves your
battery power so you can still make calls and send SMS (text)
messages. To turn it on, go to Settings > Battery > Battery
saver. For more information, visit Manage battery life.
Get around
At the bottom of every Home screen you’ll find the Favorites tray:
another quick way to get to your apps.
To open an app, touch it. To drag an app in or out of the Favorites
tray or anywhere else on a Home screen, touch & hold it, then
move it with your finger where you want it.
Nexus navigation buttons
At the bottom of most phone or tablet screens, no matter what
you’re doing, you’ll always find the navigation bar with three but
tons. On Nexus, it looks like this:
Back
Opens the previous screen you were working in, even
if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the
Home screen, you can’t go back any further.
Home
Opens the central Home screen. To open Google Now,
swipe up.
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Overview
Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you’ve
worked with recently. To open one, touch it. To remove
a screen from the list, swipe it left or right or touch
on the X.
Some apps hide these buttons temporarily, or fade them to small
dots in the same position. To bring them back, touch the dots,
touch the screen in the middle, or swipe up from the bottom.
Google Play edition navigation buttons
Some Google Play edition devices have two or three buttons just
below the screen. These could be physical buttons or buttons
that only appear when you touch below the screen.
• Menu: This button opens options depending on the screen
you’re on.
• Home: Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home
screen, it opens the main Home screen. If you have set up
Google Now, you can also touch & hold this button to open
Google Now.
• Back: Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it
was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen,
you can’t go back any further in your history.
Menus
Many screens in Apps and in Settings include a Menu icon at
the top right of the screen. Touch it to explore additional options,
including Help and Settings.
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Organize your Home screens
On Nexus 5, 6, and 9:
• To change your wallpaper, add a widget, adjust Search set
tings, or change screen order, touch & hold the background of
any Home screen.
• You can have any number of Home screens to the right. To add
a new screen, swipe to the rightmost screen and drag an app
or widget to the right edge.
• The screen to the left of the main Home screen is reserved for
Google Now, and is available only when Google Now is turned
on.
• To create a folder, slide one icon quickly on top of another.
• To name or rename a folder, open it and touch its name.
To change the wallpaper:
1. Touch & hold the background, then touch Wallpapers.
2. Swipe right to left to choose a wallpaper image. Or choose an
image from your Photos, Downloads or Drive.
To add an app icon to a Home screen:
1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app.
2. Touch All Apps.
3. Swipe from right to left, if necessary, to find the app you want.
4. Touch & hold the app until the Home screen appears, slide it
into place, and lift your finger.
To add a widget:
1. Touch & hold the background, then touch Widgets. On Nexus
4, 7, or 10, open All Apps > Widgets.
2. Swipe right to choose a widget, which provides a quick view or
way to access information on your home screen, like a larger
size clock or a view of information in your Google Play library.
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To move an app or widget to another position:
1. Touch & hold the icon.
2. Slide your finger to the new position.
To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the
screen.
To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it.
3. Lift your finger.
Touch & type
To select or activate something, touch it.
To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms,
just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets
you type into the field.
Other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold. To select an item, touch & hold it by not lifting
your finger until something happens. This is how you access
accent and other special characters on the keyboard. Slide
your finger to the accented letter you need.
• Touch, hold, & drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment and
then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen
until you reach the target position. You can move apps around
on the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide. Quickly move your finger across the surface of
the screen, without pausing when you first touch (so you don’t
drag something instead). Slide a Home screen left or right to
view the other Home screens.
• Double-tap. Tap quickly twice on a map or image to zoom in
and out.
• Scale. In some apps (such as Maps, Chrome, and Photos), you
can scale by placing two or more fingers on the screen at once
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and pinching them together (to enlarge scale) or spreading
them apart (to reduce it).
• Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates
with your device as you turn it. To keep your screen locked
in Portrait mode, swipe down with two fingers from the top
of any screen and touch Portrait/Auto-Rotate in Quick
Settings.
Help & support
For most Google apps, you can get to help and support from the
navigation menu. Other apps include a Menu icon that you
can touch.
This book introduces just a few of the key features and apps that
come with Android 5.0. For more details about Android software
and apps, Nexus and Google Play edition devices available on
Google Play, and all forms of support, visit:
• support.google.com/nexus
• support.google.com/playedition
Google also welcomes feedback from you about your Nexus or
Google Play edition device. It’s easy to send your feedback. Just
go to Settings>About phone
(orAbout tablet)
>Send feed
back about this device.
Android version & updates
To check your version number or get the latest system update
for a Nexus or Google Play edition phone, first go to Settings
> System > About phone or About tablet. Then look for these
labels:
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• System updates. Touch to check whether you have any pend
ing system updates.
• Android version. Look partway down the list for this heading
and the number just below it.
If you don’t have a Nexus or Google Play edition phone or tablet
and are running Android 5.0 on some other device, some details
of the system as described in this book may vary.
For comprehensive online help and support, including details
about Nexus and Google Play edition hardware running the soft
ware described in this book and links to information about other
Android devices, visit support.google.com/android.
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2
Essentials
Google Now
Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just
the right time. It tells you today’s weather before you start your
day, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, and
even your favorite team’s score while they’re playing.
For example, here’s a Google Now card that appears when you’re
about to start your commute:
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After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything
else. If you like, you can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now
doesn’t need any elaborate setup.
How it works
To know when to show information you’ll find useful, Google Now
uses contextual data from your device and from other Google
products, plus data from third-party products that you allow
Google Now to access. For example, if you have an appointment
in Google Calendar that includes an address, Google Now can
check traffic and suggest when to leave.
When you decide to use Google Now, you’re also turning on Loca
tion Reporting and Location History:
• Location Reporting allows Google to periodically store and
use your device’s most recent location data in connection
with your Google Account. Location Reporting is a per-device
setting.
• Location History allows Google to store a history of your
location data from all devices where you’re logged into your
Google Account and have turned on Location Reporting.
You can control how Google Now uses your current location. To
view the relevant settings, go to Settings > Personal > Loca
tion. When location services are turned on for your account on a
given device, certain apps can use them to give you more relevant
information, such as nearby restaurants or commute traffic.
To learn more about how Google Now uses your location and
other information, visit About Google Now.
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Try it
You have a chance to turn on Google Now when you first set up
your device. You can also turn it on or off at any time:
1. Touch & hold any empty space on your Home screen.
2. Go to Settings>Google Now.
To open Google Now after you turn it on, on Nexus 5, 6, and 9,
swipe up from the Home button. Updates appear in the form of
Google Now cards. When you don’t need a card anymore, swipe
it from left to right. Swiping from right to left returns you to the
main Home screen.
When you want to see more cards, touch More at the bottom of
the screen.
TIP: On Nexus 4 and 7, to open Google Now, swipe to the
leftmost Home screen.
To adjust the way certain cards get updated:
• Manage reminders: From the Menu at the top left of the
screen, touch Reminders.
• Request updates for your sports teams, stocks, and more:
From the Menu,touch Customize.
• Customize other updates: At the top right of each card, touch
the three dots.
For more details, visit About Google Now. For a complete list of
cards available, visit google.com/now.
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What you can ask Google to do for you
When you use Google Now, you can speak to your device to
search, get directions, and create reminders. For example, say
“Ok Google, do I need an umbrella tomorrow?” to see if there’s
rain in the weather forecast.
To see other examples of what you can say, visit “Ok Google” and
voice search. You can say most of these examples in English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and
Brazilian Portuguese, but some examples aren’t available in every
language.
If you want to say “Ok Google” in languages other than English,
you also need to change the main language on your device. Visit
Change your language on Google.
Turn “Ok Google” on or off
You can start a search or action by saying “Ok Google.” To turn it
off or on, open Google Now or the Google app and touch Menu>
Settings > Voice > OK Google detection.
Display
Change the display settings on your device by following these
steps:
1. Go to Settings > Device > Display.
2. Choose from the following settings. Some of these settings
may vary by your device and version of Android. All can affect
battery life. See “Manage battery life” on page 8 for more
information.
•Brightness level: Move the slider to set the brightness
level on your device.
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• Adaptive brightness: Turn on adaptive brightness to au
tomatically optimize the brightness level on your device
based on the available light around you. Adaptive bright
ness is on by default. You can still adjust your brightness
when needed.
• Sleep: Change how long it takes for your device’s screen to
go black when you’re not using it. Learn more about Sleep
Settings.
• Daydream: Set up screensavers that display photos, color
ful backgrounds, and more when your device is charging or
docked. Learn more about using Daydream.
• Ambient display (Nexus 6 only): Turn on ambient display
if you want your phone to wake up when you pick it up or
when a notification arrives.
Sound and notification
You can change the sound and notification settings on your de
vice by going to Settings>Device
>Sound
& notification.
Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calen
dar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as
downloads:
• Interruptions. Prioritize sound notifications so they don’t inter
rupt you. Touch the settings to turn phone call and message
interruptions on or off. If you turn Messages notifications on,
touch From to specify from whom you accept notifications
(Anyone, Starred contacts or Contacts Only). In Downtime, se
lect which days and times you allow for sound notifications.
• When device is locked. Manage whether notifications can be
seen when your phone is locked, and whether sensitive con
tent in a notification can be seen. Sensitive content includes
things like the title of a song you downloaded, who sent you an
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email, or the details of a calendar event. For more information,
see Help Center.
• App Notifications. Modify the notification settings individu
ally for apps such as Gmail. The setting under When device
is locked will always take precedence over the setting for an
individual app.
• Notification access. See which apps can access your
notifications.
When a notification arrives, its icon appears at the top of the
screen. Icons for pending notifications appear on the left, and
system icons showing things like the Wi-Fi signal, mobile carrier
signal, or battery strength are on the right:
Notifications Wi-Fi signal Battery
Mobile signalstrength
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TIP: Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength are indicated at the
top of the screen by white bars. To see whether the select
ed Wi-Fi network has a full Internet connection, open Quick
Settings by swiping down with two fingers from the top of
the screen.
In Quick Settings only, white bars in the Wi-Fi or mobile
signal indicators indicate the signal strength of a normal
Internet connection.
Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information,
such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is
always expanded when possible. To expand a notification, posi
tion one finger inside it and swipe down slowly.
To open the related app, touch the notification icon on the left.
Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by
touching icons within the notification. For example, Calendar
notifications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email
to other guests.
When you’re finished with a notification, swipe it away. To dismiss
all notifications, touch Dismiss at the very bottom of the noti
fications list.
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Manage accounts on your device
You can add accounts so that information associated with that
account automatically syncs with your device. You’ll need to set
up an account on your device if you want to get email or get apps
from the Google Play store.
You can also add multiple users for your device, like if several
people share a tablet. Adding users is different from adding
accounts. Each user has separate settings and can’t access the
accounts of other users, whereas a single user can have multiple
accounts and switch between them anytime they’re signed in.
Make sure you’re signed in as the correct user before adding or
removing any account information.
Add an account
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts. Touch “Add
account.”
2. Touch the type of account you want to add. You may be able
to choose from choices like “Google,” “Personal (IMAP),” or
“Personal (POP3).” If you’re not sure whether to choose IMAP
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or POP3, try IMAP first. Many email services use IMAP. Learn
more about the differences between IMAP and POP3.
i. Choose “Google” if you want to add your Google Account.
When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, con
tacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that
account are automatically synced with your device.
ii. Follow the on-screen instructions to add the account.
To change the settings of any of the accounts you added, follow
these steps:
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts.
2. Select your account. If you’re using a Google account, touch
Google and then your account.
Remove an account
When you remove an account that you’ve added to your device,
everything associated with that account, including email, con
tacts, and settings is also deleted. You can’t delete the account
you used to initially set up your device.
To remove an account from your device, follow these steps:
1. Check to see if the account you want to delete is the account
you used to set up your device.
• If it’s not, go to step 2 and follow the instructions.
• If it is, reset your device to its factory settings instead of
following the steps below. This erases all of the data from
your device and you’ll need a Google Account to set up your
device again. Learn how to do a factory data reset on your
Nexus device or Google Play edition device.
2. Open the Settings menu on your device.
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3. Under “Accounts,” touch the name of the account you want to
remove. If you’re using a Google account, touch Google and
then the account.
• When you sign out of your Google Account, all the email,
contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with
that account will no longer automatically sync with your
device.
4. Touch Menu in the top right corner of the screen.
5. Touch Remove account.
Share your device with other users
You can easily share your device with family and friends by creat
ing a separate user for each person. Each person has their own
space on the device for custom Home screens, accounts, apps,
settings, and more. You must be the device owner to add users.
To add a new user, follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings > Device > Users.
2. Touch Add user, then touch OK.
i. If you’re with the new user: Touch “Set up now” and you’ll
be taken to the lock screen. Select the new user, unlock the
screen, and allow them to set up their Google Account and
other details.
ii. If the new user isn’t around: Touch “Not now.” A “New user”
will appear in the list. The next time you’re with the user, go
back to the user list and select “New user” or click the user
image on the lock screen.
After a user is set up, when you go to the lock screen, you’ll see a
second user profile picture or avatar in the status bar. To choose
a user, touch the picture and unlock the screen. Each user can set
their own screen lock.
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Switch users
To switch users, swipe down from the top of any screen twice to
open Quick Settings. Touch the image of the current user in the
top right corner of the screen, then touch another user’s image.
Remove a user
The device’s owner can delete any user that they added:
1. Go to Settings > Device > Users.
2. Touch Settings next to the user’s name, then touch Re
move user.
Other users can only delete their own space.
1. Go to Settings > Device > Users.
2. Touch Menu> Delete username from this device.
Guest user
If someone wants to temporarily use your device, but they don’t
need to be set up as a regular user, they can use it as a guest.
Guest users don’t have access to your mail, your apps, or any
content on your phone that’s tied to your account, like photos or
downloaded files. You must be the device’s owner to add a guest.
1. Go to Settings > Device > Users.
2. Touch Guest.
When your guest is finished using your device, you can switch
back to another user.
To switch to another user: Swipe down from the top of any
screen, and then touch the bar at the top to open Quick Settings.
To choose another user, touch the image in the top right corner of
the screen, then touch another user’s image.
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Security
If a lock is set for your screen, the screen goes dark and locks
when the display goes to sleep or if you press the Power button.
You can set locks of different strengths using Screen Lock
settings:
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen
lock.
2. Touch the type of lock you’d like to use.
Even when your screen is locked, you can perform certain
activities.
• Quick Settings: Slide down from the top of the screen to open
Quick Settings without entering your password.
• Camera: Slide from right to left to open the Camera.
• Access Dialer: Slide from left to right to make a phone call.
(First you have to enter your password.)
• Emergency Calls: Slide from left to right to make an emergen
cy phone call without having to enter your password.
If you have a tablet that’s set up for more than one user, you may
need to touch your image at the bottom of the screen to see your
own locked screen.
For more information, visit Customize the screen lock.
Smart Lock
You can turn on Smart Lock to keep your device unlocked when
it’s clear that you have it with you—for example, when it’s con
nected to your Bluetooth watch or when it recognizes your face.
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Trusted devices and face matching
You can set your device to stay unlocked while connected to a
Bluetooth device—like a watch, fitness tracker, headset, or car
speaker system. You can also set your phone to unlock when it
touches an NFC tag.
You can also have your device unlock when it recognizes your
face. After setting a trusted face, every time you turn on your
device, it will search for your face and unlock if it recognizes you.
Keep in mind that someone who looks similar to you could unlock
your phone.
Note: Face matching doesn’t store any photos of you. Data used to
recognize your face is only stored on your device and is not acces
sible by apps or backed up on Google servers.
For more information on how to use these features, see Trusted
devices and face matching.
Screen pinning
You can enable your device to only show a certain app’s screen
using screen pinning. Screen pinning can be handy if you want to
play a game without accidentally minimizing the app if you touch
the Home button. Some apps may ask you if you want to use
screen pinning.
When a screen is unpinned, you can choose to return to the
screen where you enter your password or PIN.
To pin a screen:
1. Go to Settings > Security > Screen pinning and turn screen
pinning on.
2. Open an app.
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3. Touch Overview on your device. Swipe up the first screen
on the bottom to bring it into view.
4.Touch
the pin. Here, you can select anoption to
return to
the lock screen after a screen is unpinned.
5. To exit from the pinned screen, touch and hold and at
the same time.
Protect against harmful apps
Apps from Google Play are always verified by Google to protect
you and your device from harm. By default, your device doesn’t al
low the installation of apps from sources other than Google Play.
If you choose to allow the installation of apps from unknown
sources and install apps from sources other than Google Play, it’s
more likely that apps will be installed that could harm you or your
device.
If you allow the installation of apps from unknown sources, the
Verify Apps feature protects you when installing apps outside
of Google Play by continually checking your device to make sure
that all apps installed are behaving in a safe manner, even after
installation.
For more information or to change the default behavior, visit Pro
tect against harmful apps.
Android Device Manager
If you lose your phone or tablet, the Android Device Manager can
help you find its approximate location, make it ring, lock it, or
erase its data.
These options are turned on by default. To view or change them,
open the Google Settings app (found in All Apps) and
touch Android Device Manager.
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If you lose your device, go to Android Device Manager and follow
the instructions.
Android Beam
You can instantly send, or beam, a web page, a video, or other
content from your screen to another device by bringing the devic
es together (typically back to back). In some apps, you can also
start a beam from the Share menu.
Before you begin: Make sure both devices are unlocked, support
Near Field Communication (NFC), and have both NFC and Android
Beam turned on. To check, go to Settings > Wireless & net
works > More. Also, make sure you know where the NFC area is
on the back of both devices.
1. Open a screen that contains something you’d like to share,
such as a webpage, YouTube video, or place page in Maps.
2. Move the back of your device toward the back of the other
device. When the devices connect, you hear a sound, the im
age on your screen reduces in size, and you see the message
Touch to beam.
3. Touch your screen anywhere. The other device displays the
transferred content. Or, if the necessary app isn’t installed,
Google Play opens to a screen where your friend can down
load the app.
To turn on NFC, go to Settings > Wireless & net
works > More > NFC.
To turn on Android Beam, go to Settings > Wireless
& networks > More > Android Beam
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Tap & pay
When NFC is turned on, you can use the Tap & pay feature to pay
for items just by touching your phone to a reader at a register. To
manage your Tap & pay apps:
1. Go to Settings > Device > Tap & pay.
2. Touch an app to make it your default payment app.
If your device doesn’t have a default payment app, such as Goo
gle Wallet, you can browse Google Play for other payment apps.
IMPORTANT: Tap & pay manages payment apps like Goo
gle Wallet. The Tap & pay setting doesn’t apply to Android
Beam and won’t include certain apps, such as money
transfer apps.
Printing
With Android 5.0, you can preview and print the content of certain
screens (such as web pages displayed in Chrome) to a printer on
the same Wi-Fi network as your Android device.
Before you can print, you need a printing service installed on your
device. To check what services are currently available, go toSettings > System > Printing.
From here, you can open each available service to turn it on or off,
check which printers it makes available, add new printers, and
adjust the service’s settings.
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To print a document, such as a webpage in Chrome:
1. Touch Menu > Print.
2. In the dialog that appears, adjust settings such as printer, cop
ies, orientation, and so on.
3. Touch Print.
Chromecast
Chromecast is a small device that plugs into the back of your TV.
It allows you to send videos and music straight from your phone
or tablet to your TV. You can use Chromecast with apps like:
• YouTube
• Netflix
• Google Play Movies & TV
• Google Play Music
• Hulu Plus
To see more apps, visit chromecast.com/apps.
When using Chromecast, make sure your phone or tablet is using
the same Wi-Fi network as your Chromecast, and that Chrome
cast is selected as your TV’s source input.
To display content from your phone or tablet on your TV:
1. Open the video or music in one of the apps listed above.
2. Touch Cast.
3. Play the content as usual to stream it to your TV.
For more information, see Cast from apps to your TV.
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File storage
Android 5.0 makes it easy to store and browse through pictures,
videos, and other files on your device and attach them to an
email, Hangout message, and so on. You can also use stored
images as your Home screen wallpaper.
For example, to attach an image to an email you’re composing,
touch the Paper Clip in the top right and choose to either
Attach file or Insert from Drive to select stored images in your
Drive folder.
From here, you can view any of these sources:
• Recent shows you the photos or videos you’ve taken or
opened most recently.
• Drive lets you attach any files stored in Google Drive.
• Images displays any photos, videos, or other images on your
device.
• Downloads includes most files (excluding Play content) you’ve
downloaded from emails or the Web
• Photos lets you browse all the images and videos that are on
your device or have been uploaded to your Google account.
Use the Downloads app to view, reopen, or delete
files you download from Gmail or other sources
(excluding Google Play books, videos, magazines,
and other media.)
In the Downloads app:
• Touch an item to open it.
• In your list of downloads, touch & hold an item to select it.
Touch Share and choose a sharing method from the list.
Touch to delete.
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Google Play streams purchases and rentals via the Internet. So
the purchases and rentals don’t always occupy storage space
when you play them. Although you can download content in
Google Play apps to access offline, Google Play content never
appears in Downloads.
Screenshots
To take a screenshot from Nexus or Google Play edition devices:
1. Make sure the image you want to capture is displayed on the
screen.
2. Press the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously.
The screenshot is automatically saved in your Photos.
TIP: To easily share your screenshot via Gmail, Google+,
and more, select your screenshot in Photos and touch the
at the bottom.Touch
Edit tomodify. Touch
to
delete. For Google Play edition devices,touch
Share.
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3
Use the keyboard
TIP: To select a keyboard language other than English, go
to Settings, Personal > Language & input. For more
details, visit the Keyboard help.
Enter & edit text
Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text. Here’s what it looks like
on a Nexus phone:
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Keyboards on tablets work in a similar way. To make the keyboard
go away, touch the Back button below it.
Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you first
need to touch where you want to type.
Basic editing
Change Touch the cursor, then touch and drag the
where you tab that appears below it to the new position.
want to type
Select text Touch and hold or double-tap within the text.
The nearest word highlights, with a tab at
each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to
change the selection.
Delete text Touch the Delete key to delete the char
acters before the cursor or selected text.
Type capital To switch to capital letters for one letter,
letterstouch the Shift key once.
You can also touch and hold the Shift key
while you type or you can touch the Shift
key and slide to another key.
When you release the key, the lowercase
letters reappear.
Turn caps Double-tap or touch and hold the Shift
lock on key so that it changes to. Touch the Shift
key again to return to lowercase.
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Change word
capitalization
If you want to quickly change the capitaliza
tion of a word you’ve already typed, you can
select it and touch the Shiftkey.
You’ll have the option to select the capital
ized word or the word in all capital letters.
Type a
symbol or
character
To switch to symbol keys for one word, touch
the symbol key?123 once.
You can also touch and hold the symbol key
?123 while you type or you can touch thesym
bol key?123
and slide to another key. When
you release the key, the letter keys reappear.
View more
symbols and
characters
Touch and hold symbols or characters to get
accented characters or additional symbols.
Cut, copy,
paste
Select the text you want to cut or copy. Then
touch the Cut button or Copy button.
To paste, touch the space where you want
to paste your text and then touch Paste. If
you want to replace other text with the text
you copied, highlight the text, then touch the
Pastebutton .
Emoji
Use Google Keyboard to choose from a variety of small, colorful
images used to express emotion (known as emoji) to add some
fun to your messages.
Depending on your device, you may need to touch and hold the
Return key and then slide your finger to the happy face to display
emoji. On a tablet, just touch the emoji symbol at the lower right.
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You’ll see a panel like this. To move between categories, swipe
left or right or touch the symbols in the top row. To type an emoji,
touch it:
Use next-word suggestions
1. Touch the location where you want to input text.
2. Start typing out a word. When the word you want is displayed
in a list above the keyboard, touch it.
3. Continue to touch words unless the one you want doesn’t
appear. If so, type it.
Android continues to suggest words as you type.
To change your keyboard and input methods, go to
Settings > Personal > Language & input.
To turn next-word suggestions on or off, go to Set
tings > Personal > Language & input > Keyboard &
input methods > Google Keyboard > Text correction
> Next-word suggestions.
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Gesture Typing
Gesture Typing works best for English. Quality varies for other lan
guages, and some don’t support it yet.
To input a word using Gesture Typing:
1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the
keyboard.
2. Slide your finger slowly across the letters of the word you want
to input.
3. Release your finger when the word you want is displayed in
the floating preview or the middle of the suggestion strip. To
select one of the other words in the suggestion strip, touch it.
If the word you want isn’t shown while using Gesture Typing,
you can type it out manually. If you gesture a word and want to
change it, touch the word to see other choices in the suggestion
strip.
TIP: If there are letters you want to emphasize, like repeat
ed letters, such as the “e” in sleep, pause over the “e” slight
ly longer before moving on to the next letter.
Use Gesture Typing without the space bar
When you use Gesture Typing, there’s no need to use the space
bar — just continue to slide your finger across the letters you want
to input, then lift your finger to start the next word.
Tochange Gesture
Typingsettings, go
toSet
tings > Language & input > Keyboard & input meth
ods > Google Keyboard>Gesture Typing.
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Keyboard dictionaries
To manage keyboard dictionaries, go to Settings > Personal >
Language & input.
Personal dictionary
You can add your own words to your personal dictionary so that
your device remembers them. To add a word or phrase, including
an optional shortcut, go to Settings > Personal > Language &
input > Google Keyboard > Text Correction > Personal dictio
nary and the language of the dictionary you want to modify, then
choose Add and type in the word. When you use the optional
shortcut when typing, your word or phrase appears as an option
in the suggested words above the keyboard.
Add-on dictionaries
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Language & input > Google
Keyboard > Text Correction > Add-on dictionaries.
2. You’ll see dictionaries for other languages that you can down
load to your device.
3. Touch the dictionary you want, then Install.
Type by speaking
You can speak to enter text in most places where you can enter
text with the onscreen keyboard.
1. Touch a text field, or a location in the text you’ve already en
tered in a text field.
2. Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard.
3. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to
type.
In some languages, you can also enter punctuation by speaking
it, like “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,”
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or “exclamation point.” Supported languages include English,
French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian.
To improve processing of your voice input, Google may record a
few seconds of background noise in temporary memory at any
time. This recording remains on the device only temporarily and
is not sent to Google.
To change your speech settings, go to Settings >
Personal > Language & input.
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4
Try some apps
All Apps
To see all your apps, touch the in the Favorites
tray on any Home screen.
This is where you can see all your apps, including
those that come with your phone and those you
downloaded on Google Play. You can move app
icons to any of your Home screens.
From All Apps, you can:
• Move between screens. Swipe left or right.
• Open an app. Touch its icon.
• Place an app icon on a Home screen. Touch & hold the app
icon, slide your finger, and lift your finger to drop the icon into
your desired Home screen.
• Browse widgets. Touch the Widgets tab at the top of any All
Apps screen.
• Get more apps. Touch Google Play in the list of app icons.
To remove an app icon from the Home screen without removing
it permanently from your device, touch & hold it, slide your finger
toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over Remove.
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To view info about an app from an All App screen, touch & hold it,
slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app
over App Info.
TIP: Some apps can harm you or your device. However, you
don’t need to purchase anti-virus software for Nexus or
Google Play edition devices. Google can verify apps to help
prevent harmful software from being installed.
For more details, visit Protect against harmful apps.
Gmail
Use the Gmail app to read and write email from
any mobile device. To open it, touch Gmail on a
Home or All Apps screen.
Gmail isn’t just about email. You can use your Gmail account to
sign in to all Google apps and services, including these and many
more:
• Google Now, for getting the information you need at just the
right time
• Calendar
• People, for keeping track of your contacts
• Google Drive, for working with documents
While you’re reading a message:
• Touch the icons along the top of the screen to archive, throw
away, and mark as read. Touch to mark a message as
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unread. Look under the Menu to move, change labels,
mute, print and do other actions to the email.
• Swipe left or right to read the previous or next conversation.
Organize your conversations: From the Inbox, touch & hold a con
versation to select it. Then use the icons and menu along the top
of the screen to manage the selected messages.
To change your settings, add an account, or get help, touch the
menu icon or button.
No matter where you are in Gmail, you can always get back to the
Inbox by touching the Back button at the top of the screen.
From the Inbox, touch Menu to open the drawer that reveals avail
able accounts, labels, and so on.
For more information, visit Gmail help.
TIP: You can access your email from other accounts, like
Microsoft Exchange, in Gmail by adding the account in
Gmail Settings.
To add a non-Gmail email account to Gmail:
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts > Add account.
2. Touch the type of account you want to add. You may be able to
choose from choices like “Google,” “Personal,” or “Work.”
3. Choose “Google” if you want to add your Google Account.
When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, con
tacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that
account are automatically synced with your device.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to add the account.
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To change the settings of any of the accounts you added, follow
these steps:
1. Open the Settings menu on your device.
2. Under “Personal,” touch “Accounts” and select your account.
If you’re using a Google account, touch Google and then your
account.
Google Play
Google Play brings together all your favorite apps
& games, movies & TV shows, books, music, and
news & magazines in one place, so you can reach it
from any of your devices.
To open the Google Play app, touch Google Play.
If you purchased content on Google Play in the past, you’ll auto
matically have access to this content on any Android device —
just make sure you’re signed in using the same account that you
used to purchase it. To check:
1. Open the Google Play app.
2. Touch Menu at the top left.
From here, you can view the current account or switch to another,
view your purchased apps, check your wish list, and so on.
To set preferences, clear your search history, and turn on user
controls, go to Menu> Settings. For example, to filter apps
based on maturity level or require a PIN for purchases, touch
Content filtering or Require authentication for purchases.
To find your content, open any of the Google Play apps from the
All Apps screen and touch Menu.
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Google Play support
For more details about Google Play, including phone and email
support options, visit support.google.com/googleplay.
Camera
The Camera app lets you take photos, panoramic
photos, videos, and immersive 360-degree photo
sphere shots, including what’s above and below
you.
To open Camera:
• From the the lock screen, swipe from right to left.
• From the Home screen, touch Camera.
The first time you open Camera, you may be asked if you want
it to remember photo locations. This allows you, for example, to
pinpoint the location of a particular photo with Google Maps.
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When you open Camera, you can choose from five different cam
era modes. To see the modes, swipe left to right.
The Camera icon indicates Camera mode. To take a picture:
1. Frame your subject and watch for the focus ring.
To focus on a different part of the image, touch it. To zoom in,
pinch two fingers outwards. To zoom out, pinch two fingers
inwards.
2. When the focus ring brackets disappear, touch the shutter
button, which is the camera button.``
3. To see the image you just took, swipe from right to left. To see
stored photos, touch Photos in the top right. When viewing
stored photos, touch to share, Edit to modify photos
and to delete.
Keep swiping to see other images in Photos.
To change to a different mode, swipe left to right to show the list
of camera modes:
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Photo
Sphere
To capture a 360-degree or wide angle shot,
pan or tilt until the circle in the center of the
screen moves over a blue dot and records that
portion of the image. Keep moving over the
dots until you’re finished, then touch the check
mark at the bottom of the screen.
Panorama Touch Panorama to begin taking a panoramic
photo.
Find your starting point, and touch the shutter
to take the first picture in the panorama.
To take the subsequent pictures, slowly swivel
the phone in place to move the target icon over
each gray dot until the dot turns blue.
Keep hovering over the dots until all of them are
blue and your image is complete. Then touch
the check mark at the bottom of the screen.
Lens Blur Touch Lens Blur, then slowly raise the device
following the arrow.
Camera Touch Camera to take regular pictures.
Video To start recording a video, touch the video but
ton. Touch it again to stop.
To change settings for each mode such as flash, exposure, and
so on, touch the circle with the three dots at the bottom right of
the framed image.
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TIP: HDR+ on Nexus 5 and 6 automatically snaps a rapid
burst of photos and combines them to give you the best
possible single shot. To turn on HDR+, touch the … at the
lower right of the shutter and select HDR+.
For more details, visit Camera help.
Photos
The Photos app gives you instant access to all your
photos and videos associated with any Google
Account set up on your phone or tablet. To open it,
touch Photos.
To open Photos from the:
• Camera app. Swipe from right to left.
• All Apps screen. Touch Photos.
When you’re signed into your device with your Google Account,
the Photos app makes it easy to auto-backup all the photos and
videos you take, organize them, and share with friends.
You can also browse, search, crop, edit, and tag photos, and cre
ate albums and movies.
Touch Menu to:
• Switch to or from Google+.
• Organize and edit your photos and videos.
• Create and browse albums.
• Explore Auto Awesome animations, panoramas, or merged
group shots created for you automatically.
• Browse photos of yourself.
For more details, visit Photos help.
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Contacts
The Contacts app gives you quick access to every
one you want to reach. To open it, touch the Con
tacts icon on a Home or All Apps screen.
When you first turn on your device and sign into a Google Ac
count, existing contacts from that account are synced with your
Contacts app. After that, your contacts stay in sync automatically
on your different devices or a Web browser.
If you use Exchange, you can also sync that contact information
with Contacts.
All your Contacts information is available from Gmail, Google
Talk, and other apps. As you add contacts from different sources,
they’re synced automatically across all the places you need them.
When you open the Contacts app, you can:
• View all contacts or favorites. Choose from the top of the
screen.
•Add
acontact.
TouchAdd Contact.
• Read details. Touch a name to see details for a contact or
group.
• Share the contact or place a frequently used contact on the
Home screen. Touch Menu.
• Edit details. While viewing a contact, touch Edit at the top
of the screen to edit the contact’s information.
• Change your settings. While viewing the main list screen,
touch Menu to import or export contacts, choose display
options and add or edit accounts.
For more information, visit Contacts help.
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Messenger
The Messenger app for sending SMS/text messag
es is available for devices running Android Lollipop,
5.0 or higher.
To
1.
read and respond to messages, follow these steps:
When you receive a new message, you’ll get a notification on
your device and a new message icon will appear in your
notification panel.
2. To open and read the message, touch the new message notifi
cation in the notifications panel.
3. To respond to a message, touch the Send message box and
type your message.
4. To send, touch Send.
To create and send a text message, follow these steps:
1.Goto All Apps and touch
Messenger.
2.In the main Messenger screen, touch
.
3. Enter a name from your contacts or a mobile phone number
in the To field. To send a group text message, touch thegroup icon in the To field and touch additional contacts or
enter additional mobile phone numbers. .
• Below the To field, you can choose from your frequent
contacts by touching “Frequents” or your list of contacts by
touching “All contacts.”
• If you’re sending a group message, make sure you turn on
group messaging in Messenger setting.
• If you choose to enter a name or mobile number in the To
field, matching contacts appear as you type, if any exist
among your contacts. You can touch a suggested recipient
or continue entering the phone number.
4. To write your message, touch the Send message box and type
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your message. Learn more about using Google Keyboard and
emoji. See “Use the keyboard” on page 34.
5. If you touch the Back button while composing a message,
it’s saved as a draft in Messenger. Touch the conversation to
resume composing it.
6. To send, touch Send.
You can manage your messages, conversations, notifications,
and contacts right from Messenger home screen. You can also
change your sound, notification, and other settings.
Delete messages
1. Open a conversation in Messenger.
2. Touch and hold the message you wish to delete.
3. When the “Message options” box appears, touch Delete.
Delete conversations
1. While viewing your list of conversations in Messenger, touch
and hold a conversation to select it.
2. To delete the conversation, touch Trash in the top right
corner of the screen.
Manage conversations
From the Messenger home screen, touch and hold a conversation
or a selection of conversations to take any of these actions:
• Archive. Touch Archive to store the conversation.
• Delete. Touch to delete the conversation from the Messen
ger app.
• Turn notifications on or off. Touch Notification to turn noti
fications on or off for the conversation.
• Add contact. Touch Add contact to add the conversation’s
contact to your list of contacts.
For more information, visit Messenger help.
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Hangouts
With Hangouts, you can make video calls to anyone
with a Google Account. You can share photos and
your location with others. On some Nexus devices,
Hangouts is also your default messaging app.
For more information about using Hangouts, visit Hangouts help.
Calendar
Use the Calendar app to view and edit your sched
ule. To open it, touch Calendar on a Home or All
Apps screen.
When you first set up your Android device, you have a chance
to configure it to use a Google Account (such as Gmail). The
first time you open the Calendar app on your phone or tablet, it
displays any existing calendar events from that Google Account
on the web.
As you edit events, they’re synced automatically across all the
places you need them.
To change the Calendar view, touch the Menu and choose
Schedule, Day, or Week from the top of the screen.
From any of these views, you can:
• Read or edit event details. Touch an event to view its details.
• Manage events and calendars. Touch icons across the top of
the screen or the menu to search or create events, return to
today, or adjust settings.
To email everyone who is invited to an event, you have two
options:
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• Open the event from the Calendar app at any time and touch
Email guests. You have a list of quick responses or you can
write your own.
• When a notification of the event arrives just before the meet
ing starts, swipe down the notification shade. Then swipe
using one finger to expand the notification if necessary, and
touch Email guests.
For more information, visit Calendar help.
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5
Settings
Settings controls the core Android settings for
networks, hardware, location, security, language,
accounts, etc.
The fastest way to adjust system settings that you access fre
quently, such as Wi-Fi or brightness, is through Quick Settings.
See “Quick Settings” on page 7.
You can control many other settings for your device and account
by swiping down from the top of the screen twice and touching
. These are the main types of device or account settings avail
able. Click the links to see related help articles.
• Wireless & networks. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, data usage, Android
Beam, and related settings.
• Device. Sound, battery, sleep, and other display settings.
• Location.
• Language.
• Sync.
• Backup/reset options.
• Accounts.
• Security. Passwords and certificates, screen lock, encryption,
and app installation sources.
• System. Date, time, accessibility, and device information.
Most apps also include their own settings, typically available
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from the menu on the upper left side of the app, or from the
Menu > Settings. On Google Play edition devices, settings
may be in the Menu button.
Some useful settings are also available from the Google Settings
app.
The Google Settings app let you adjust adjust
preferences for commonly used Google apps and
services in one place, including Google+, Location,
Search, and the Android Device Manager.
To open Google Settings, touch the in All Apps.
From here, you can also:
• Control how interest-based Google ads are displayed in
non-Google apps.
• Under Connected apps, you can view all the apps that have
access to your Google Account information, including the type
of access granted to each app.
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6
Accessibility
To use the accessibility options, open Settings > System >
Accessibility.
To view detailed information about setting up these options, visit
Android Accessibility. Options for people with visual impairments
include the following:
Captions: You can turn on captions for your device and specify
the language, text size, and style. For some apps, you have to turn
on the captions in the app itself.
TalkBack is a screen reader from Google that comes with your
Android phone. It uses spoken feedback to describe events, such
as notifications, and the results of your actions, such as opening
an app. When TalkBack is on, you have to double-tap in order to
select something. TalkBack settings let you control the nature of
TalkBack speech, feedback, and touch exploration (Explore by
touch).
Explore by touch is a system feature that works with TalkBack,
allowing you to touch your device’s screen and hear what’s under
your finger via spoken feedback. It is helpful to people with low or
no vision. In TalkBack settings, you can change the settings of Ex
plore by touch, like managing gestures and how lists are scrolled.
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Display and sound accessibility options include increasing the
text size, changing the speed at which text is spoken, color inver
sion, color correction, and high contrast text.
If you have low vision and don’t plan to use Explore by Touch, visit
support.google.com/android to see Help content formatted for
sighted users. You can make reading and navigating this material
easier by increasing the text size – just open Chrome, go to Menu
> Settings > Accessibility, and drag the slider to adjust the text
size.
You can also try magnification gestures, which allow you to zoom
in and out, as well as temporarily magnify what’s under your fin
ger. Totry
magnificationgestures, go to Settings
>Accessi
bility > Magnification gestures.
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