User's Manual

Finding your way
Home screen
Your phone Home screen is the equivalent of the
desktop on a computer. You can customise your
Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders,
themes, wallpaper and other items.
The Home screen extends beyond the regular screen
display width, so you need to flick left or right to view
content in one of the screen's four extensions.
The items in the bar at the bottom of the screen are
always available for quick access.
To go to the Home screen
•
Press .
To browse the Home screen
•
Flick right or left.
To change your Home screen wallpaper
1
From your Home screen, press .
2
Tap Wallpaper, then select a wallpaper.
Widgets
Widgets are small applications that you can use
directly on your Home screen. For example, the
Music player widget allows you to start playing music
directly.
Application screen
The Application screen, which you open from your
Home screen, contains the applications that come
installed with your phone as well as the applications
you download.
The Application screen extends beyond the regular
screen width, so you need to flick left and right to
view all content.
To open the Application screen
•
From your Home screen, tap .
To open an application
•
From your Home screen or the Application
screen, tap the application.
Applications
An application is a phone program that helps you
perform a task. For example, there are
applications to make calls, take photos and
download more applications.
Status and notifications
The status bar at the top of your screen shows
what's going on in your phone. For example, new
message and calendar notifications appear here.
Checking notifications and
ongoing activities
You can drag down the status bar to open the
Notification panel and get more information. For
example, you can use the panel to open a new
message or view a calendar event. You can also
open some applications that run in the
background, such as the music player.
To open the Notification panel
•
Drag the status bar downwards.
Phone settings menu
View and change your phone settings from the
Settings menu.
To access the phone settings
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Tap Settings.
More basics
Calling
To make a call by dialling
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap Phone.
3
Enter the number of the recipient and tap Call. To
delete a number, tap .
To end a call
•
Tap .
To answer a call
•
Drag to the right across the screen.
Multimedia and text
messaging
To create and send a message
1
From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap
.
2
Tap New message.
3
To add a recipient, tap Add recipient, then find
and mark the checkbox next to the recipient name.
To add more than one recipient, mark the
checkboxes for the desired recipients. You can
also enter the full number in the search field
manually, then tap Add.
4
When you are finished adding recipients, tap Done.
5
Tap Write message and enter your message text.
6
If you want to add a media file, tap
and select
an option.
7
If you want to add or remove recipients before
sending the message, press . To add a
recipient, tap Add recipient. To remove a
recipient, tap Edit recipients and tap next to a
recipient field. When you are finished, tap Done.
8
To send the message, tap Send.
Legal information
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•
Remove the battery.
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User guide
A User guide is available in the Help application in
your phone and at www.sonymobile.com.
Support in the phone
Get user support directly in your phone using the
Help application.
To access the Help application
1
From your Application screen, find and tap .
2
Find and tap the required support item.
Support on the web
Visit www.sonymobile.com to access a range of
support and get the most from your phone.
Customer support
Customer support – if all else fails. Access the
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