User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important information
- Android™ – what and why?
- Getting started
- Getting to know your phone
- Phone overview
- Using the keys
- Battery
- Using the touchscreen
- Home screen
- Accessing and using applications
- Status and notifications
- Phone settings menu
- Typing text
- Keyboard and Phonepad settings
- Customizing your phone
- Memory
- Using a headset with your phone
- Internet and messaging settings
- Controlling data usage
- Turning off data traffic
- Data roaming
- Network settings
- Calling
- Contacts
- Messaging
- Google Talk™
- Getting started with Google Play™
- PlayNow™ service
- Getting organized
- Scanning with the NeoReader™ application
- Synchronizing data on your phone
- Connecting to wireless networks
- Web browser
- Music
- Identifying music using TrackID technology
- Using the FM radio
- Taking photos and recording videos
- Viewing photos and videos in Gallery
- Bluetooth™ wireless technology
- Connecting your phone to a computer
- Using location services to find your position
- Locking and protecting your phone
- Updating your phone
- Phone settings overview
- Status and notification icons overview
- Application overview
- User support
- Troubleshooting
- My phone is not working as expected
- Resetting the phone
- I cannot charge the phone
- No battery charging icon appears when phone starts charging
- The battery performance is low
- The device does not recognize my wired headset
- I cannot transfer content between my phone and the computer, when using a USB cable
- I cannot use Internet-based services
- Error messages
- Recycling your phone
- Legal information
- Index

To use a headset
1 Connect the headset to your phone.
2 To answer a call, press the call handling key.
3 To end the call, press the call handling key.
If a headset is not included with the phone, you may purchase one separately.
If you are listening to music, the music stops when you answer a call and resumes after you
end the call.
Internet and messaging settings
To send text and multimedia messages and to access the Internet, you must have a
2G/3G mobile data connection and the correct settings. There are different ways to get
these settings:
• For most phone networks and operators, Internet and messaging settings come
preinstalled on your phone. You can then start using the Internet and send messages
right away.
• In some cases you will get the option to download Internet and messaging settings the
first time you turn on your phone. It is also possible to download these settings later from
the Settings menu.
• You can manually add and change Internet and network settings in your phone at any
time. Contact your network operator for detailed information on your Internet and
messaging settings.
To download Internet and messaging settings
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2 Find and tap Settings > Xperia™ > Internet settings.
To view the current Access Point Name (APN)
1
From the Home screen, tap .
2 Find and tap Settings > More… > Mobile networks.
3 Tap Access Point Names.
If you have several available connections, the active network connection will be indicated by a
marked button to the right.
To configure APN settings manually
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2 Find and tap Settings > More… > Mobile networks.
3
Tap Access Point Names, then press .
4 Tap New APN.
5 Tap Name and enter the name of the network profile you want to create.
6 Tap APN and enter the access point name.
7 Enter all other information required by your service provider.
8
Press and tap Save .
Contact your service provider for detailed information about your network settings.
To reset the default Internet settings
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2 Tap Settings > More… > Mobile networks.
3
Tap Access Point Names, then press .
4 Tap Reset to default.
Controlling data usage
Keep track of and control the amount of data transferred to and from your phone during
a given period. For example, you can set data usage warnings and limits for your phone
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