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Contents
Exciting New Features
- Wide aperture photos
- Pro camera mode
- Screen recorder
  - Starting the recording
  - Stopping the recording
- Eye comfort mode
- Wi-Fi signal bridge
Unboxing your Phone
- Getting to know your phone
- Inserting a SIM card and microSD card
- Charging your phone
  - Using your battery
  - Battery status indicator
- Turning your phone on and off
Transferring Data
- Using the Backup application to transfer data
  - Backing up data to a microSD card
  - Restoring data from a microSD card
- Transferring data between your phone and a computer
- Copying contacts from an old phone to a new phone
First Use and Initial Setup
- Initial setup
- Dual SIM settings
- Connecting to the Internet
  - Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
  - Using mobile data
- Configuring your fingerprint ID
Installing Applications
- Sharing applications using a microSD card
- Uninstalling an application
Getting Started
- Locking and unlocking the screen
- Touchscreen gestures
- Status and notification icons
- Home screen
- Taking a screenshot
  - Using the power and volume down buttons
  - Using the screenshot shortcut switch
- Notifications
- Using fingerprint recognition
- Accessing applications
- Personalising your phone
- Entering text
Tips and Tricks
- Searching for settings
- Quickly returning a call
- Adding contact details quickly
- Sharing your QR card
- Calling contacts when the screen is off
- Pocket mode
- Taking snapshots when the screen is off
- Perfect selfie
- Using time-lapse mode to fast forward the action
- Taking photos while recording video
- Finding applications quickly
- Connecting to the Wi-Fi network with the strongest signal
- Adjusting the system volume rapidly
- Using the floating dock
- Aligning home screen applications automatically
- Touch-disable mode
Calls and Contacts
- Making calls
- Answering or rejecting a call
- Functions available during a call
- Answering a third-party call
- Making a conference call
- Viewing the call log
  - Adding a number from the call log
  - Clearing the call log
- Turning on pocket mode
- Call settings
- Creating a contact
- Adding contact details quickly
- Importing or exporting contacts
- Managing contacts
- Finding a contact
- Viewing contacts from different accounts
- Adding a contact to your favourites
- Contact groups
Messaging and Email
- Sending a message
- Replying to a message
- Searching for messages
- Deleting threads
- Managing messages
- Blocking spam messages
- Managing common phrases
- Adding a message signature
- Adding an email account
  - Adding a personal email account
  - Adding an Exchange account
- Sending an email
- Checking your emails
- Managing VIP contacts
- Account settings
Camera and Gallery
- Accessing the viewfinder
- Taking a photo
- Shooting modes
- Beauty mode
- Perfect Selfie mode
  - Using Perfect Selfie mode
  - Configuring Perfect Selfie
- Ultra Snapshot
- Burst shooting
- Voice activated shooting
- Launching the camera from Gallery
- Object tracking
- Audio notes
- HDR mode
- Super Night mode
- Pro camera mode
  - Using Pro camera mode
  - Pro camera settings
- Light Painting mode
  - Car light trails
  - Light graffiti
  - Silky water
  - Star track
- Panoramic shots
  - Taking a panoramic photo
  - Taking a panoramic self-portrait
- Adding watermarks to photos
- Shooting a video
- Time-lapse mode
- Slow motion recording
- Document correction
- Camera and video settings
  - Setting the photo and video resolutions
  - Configuring the default storage location for photos and videos
  - Adding an overlay
  - Video settings
  - Camera settings
- Viewing photos and videos
  - Viewing photos in chronological order
  - Viewing photos by location
  - Viewing photos by album
  - Viewing photos as a slideshow
  - Viewing photos in full-screen mode
  - Playing a video
- Adding photos or videos to a new album
- Moving photos or videos to other albums
- Deleting images or videos
- Sharing images or videos
- Managing albums
- Adding notes to an image
- Editing an image
- Using Camera or Gallery to scan a QR code
  - Scanning a QR code using Gallery
  - Scanning a QR code using Camera
Music and Video
- Adding songs to your phone
- Searching for local music
- Listening to music
- Controlling playback using a smart headset
- Creating a playlist
- Playing a playlist
- Setting a song as the ringtone
- Playing a video
Accessing the Internet
- Connecting to the Internet using mobile data
- Connecting to the Internet using Wi-Fi
- Sharing your mobile Internet with other devices
- Transferring data using Bluetooth
- Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct
  - Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct
  - Using Wi-Fi Direct to send and receive files
- Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device
- Streaming multimedia content to your TV
Backup and Restore
- Using the Backup application to back up and restore data
  - Backing up data to local storage
  - Restoring data from local storage
- Restoring factory settings
- Updating your phone
- OTA updates
File Management
- Viewing files
- Sharing files
- Creating folders
- Renaming files
- Copying, moving or deleting files
- Creating or extracting archives
- Excluding small images
- Storing private files in a safe
Power Management
- Viewing battery usage statistics
- Reducing power consumption
- Enabling the Ultra power plan
- Closing background applications when the screen is locked
- Preventing background applications from accessing the Internet
- Configuring display and sound settings
Phone Manager
- Optimising your system
  - Conducting a comprehensive scan
  - Cleaning up your phone
- Managing data usage
- Harassment filter
- Battery management
Tools
- Calendar
- Clock
- Weather
- Notepad
  - Creating a note
  - Deleting a note
- Calculator
- Sound recorder
  - Recording sound
  - Playing a recording
- Mirror
Settings
- Enabling location access
- Increasing indoor positioning accuracy
- Configuring the display settings
- Sound settings
- Changing the screen unlock method
- Gestures and navigation settings
  - Motion control
  - Navigation bar
- Aeroplane mode
- Using the floating dock
- Setting your SIM card PIN
- Setting up an account
- Setting the date and time
- Changing the system language
- Viewing your phone's specifications
- Viewing the available storage space
- Encrypting a microSD card
- Formatting the microSD card
Accessibility Features
- About your phone's accessibility features
- TalkBack
- Magnification gestures
- Using the power button to end a call
- Adjusting the screen response time
- Colour correction
Appendix
- Obtaining help
  - About this guide
- Personal Information and Data Security
- List of safety features
- Legal Notice

Exciting New Features

Wide aperture photos

Use wide aperture mode for close-up shots of objects and people. You can also adjust the focal

point after taking a photo to blur the background and make the subject stand out.

Ensure that the subject is no more than 2 metres (6 ft) from the camera for optimum results.

1 Open Camera. Touch at the top of the screen to enable wide aperture mode. Touch

the icon again to exit wide aperture mode. If the icon is not displayed, select Photo mode.

2 Touch the viewfinder to focus on a particular area. Swipe up or down on the slider next to the

icon to preview the blurred background. Touch to take a photo.

3 Touch the thumbnail, then touch to edit the photo.

The icon indicates photos that were taken in wide aperture mode.

l Touch the subject of the photo to adjust the focal point.

l To adjust the blurred background effect, touch the screen and then swipe up or down on the

slider next to the aperture icon ( ).

l Touch to apply a filter.

4 Touch to save the photo.