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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.

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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.

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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&notification> > Phone ringtone. 2. Select the ringtone you want to use.

Enable/Disable Vibrate when Ringing

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

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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