User's Guide

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Table Of Contents

Contents
Getting started
- About this User guide
- Overview
- Assembly
- Starting your device for the first time
- Why do I need a Google™‎ account?
- Charging your device
- Multiple user accounts
Learning the basics
- Using the touchscreen
- Locking and unlocking the screen
- Home screen
- Application screen
- Navigating applications
- Small apps
- Widgets
- Shortcuts and folders
- Background and themes
- Taking a screenshot
- Recording your screen
- Notifications
- Icons in the status bar
- Application overview
Downloading applications
- Downloading applications from Google Play™‎
- Downloading applications from other sources
Internet and networks
- Browsing the web
- Internet and MMS settings
- Wi-Fi®
- Sharing your mobile data connection
- Controlling data usage
- Selecting a SIM card for data traffic
- Selecting mobile networks
- Virtual private networks (VPNs)
Synchronising data on your device
- Synchronising with online accounts
- Synchronising with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
- Synchronising with Outlook® using a computer
Basic settings
- Accessing settings
- Sound, ringtone and volume
- Managing notifications
- SIM card protection
- Using multiple SIM cards
- Screen settings
- Daydream
- Screen lock
- Language settings
- Date and time
- X-Reality™‎ for mobile
- Super-vivid mode
- Enhancing the sound output
- Noise cancellation
Typing text
- On-screen keyboard
- Phonepad
- Entering text using voice input
- Editing text
Calling
- Making calls
- Receiving calls
- Smart call handling
- Ongoing calls
- Using the call log
- Forwarding calls
- Restricting calls
- Multiple calls
- Conference calls
- Voicemail
- Emergency calls
Contacts
- Transferring contacts
- Searching and viewing contacts
- Adding and editing contacts
- Adding medical and emergency contact information
- Favourites and groups
- Sending contact information
- Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application
- Backing up contacts
Messaging and chat
- Reading and sending messages
- Organising your messages
- Calling from a message
- Messaging settings
- Instant messaging and video chat
Email
- Setting up email
- Sending and receiving email messages
- Organising your email messages
- Email account settings
- Gmail™‎
Music
- Transferring music to your device
- Listening to music
- Walkman® home screen menu
- Playlists
- Sharing music
- Enhancing the sound
- Visualiser
- Recognising music with TrackID™‎
FM radio
- Listening to the radio
- Favourite radio channels
- Sound settings
Camera
- Taking photos and recording videos
- Face detection
- Using Smile Shutter™‎ to capture smiling faces
- Adding the geographical position to your photos
- General camera settings
- Still camera settings
- Video camera settings
Photos and videos in Album
- Viewing photos and videos
- Sharing and managing photos and videos
- Editing photos with the Photo editor application
- Editing videos with the Movie Creator application
- Hiding photos and videos
- Album home screen menu
- Viewing your photos on a map
Videos
- Watching videos in the Movies application
- Transferring video content to your device
- Managing video content
- Movie Creator
- Video Unlimited service
Connectivity
- Mirroring the screen of your device on a TV using a cable
- Mirroring the screen of your device wirelessly on a TV
- Sharing content with DLNA Certified™‎ devices
- Connecting your device to USB mass storage devices
- Connecting your device to a DUALSHOCK™‎ series wireless controller
- NFC
- Bluetooth® wireless technology
- One-touch setup
Smart apps and features that save you time
- Controlling accessories and settings with Smart Connect
- Using your device as a fitness hub with ANT+™‎
- Using your device as a wallet
Travel and maps
- Using location services
- Google Maps™‎ and navigation
- Using data traffic when travelling
- Using your device with a car infotainment system
- Airplane mode
Calendar and alarm clock
- Calendar
- Alarm and clock
Support and maintenance
- Support for your device
- Computer tools
- Updating your device
- Finding a lost device
- Finding the identification number of your device
- Battery and power management
- Memory and storage
- Managing files using a computer
- Backing up and restoring content
- Running diagnostic tests on your device
- Restarting and resetting
- Using your device in wet and dusty conditions
- Recycling your device
- Limitations to services and features
- Legal information

To turn on Smile Shutter™

Activate the camera.

Tap , then tap

Tap Smile Shutter and select a smile level.

To take a photo using Smile Shutter™

When the camera is open and Smile Shutter™ is turned on, point the camera

at your subject. The camera selects which face to focus on.

The face selected appears inside a coloured frame and the photo is taken

automatically.

If no smile is detected, press the camera key to take the photo manually.

Adding the geographical position to your photos

Turn on geotagging to add the approximate geographical location (a geotag) to

photos when you take them. The geographical location is determined either by

wireless networks (mobile or Wi-Fi® networks) or GPS technology.

When

appears on the camera screen, geotagging is turned on but the

geographical position has not been found. When appears, geotagging is turned on

and the geographical location is available, so your photo can get geotagged. When

neither of these two symbols appears, geotagging is turned off.

To turn on geotagging

From your Home screen, tap .

Tap Settings > Location.

Tap the on-off switch.

Activate the camera.

Tap , then tap .

Drag the slider beside Geotagging to the right.

General camera settings

Capturing mode settings overview

Superior auto

Optimise your settings to suit any scene.

Manual

Adjust camera settings manually.

Sound Photo

Take photos with background sound.

AR fun

Play in your camera view finder with virtual objects and enrich your photos or videos.

Multi camera

Record the same scene from multiple angles on a single screen.

Face in picture

Take photos using the front and rear cameras at the same time.

4K video

Take videos with 4K ultra high definition.

Timeshift video

Take high frame rate videos and apply slow motion effects.

Live on YouTube

Broadcast live video to YouTube™.

Background defocus

Blur the background of your photos to make your subject look sharper in comparison.

AR effect

Take photos or videos with virtual scenes and characters.