ZTE Avid™4G CDMA/LTE Mobile Phone User Manual 1
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Getting Started Your Phone at a Glance 5
Knowing the Keys Key Function • Power Key • • Home Key • Press and hold to power on, select phone modes, turn on /off airplane mode, restart, or power off. Press to turn off or on the touch screen. Touch to return to the home screen from any application or screen. Touch and hold to see recently used applications.
Key Function Menu Key Touch to get the options for the current screen. Back Key Touch to go to the previous screen. Volume Keys Press or hold to turn the volume up or down. Installing the UICC Card, microSD Card, and Battery Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery or the UICC card. The microSD card can be installed and removed while the phone is turned on. Unmount the microSD card before removing it. 1. Remove the back cover. 2.
TIP: A soft block beside the UICC card bracket keeps the card in place. You may need to gently press the block down when removing the card from the phone. 3. Hold your microSD card with the metal contacts facing down and slide it in. NOTE: microSD logo Association. is a trademark of the SD Card 4. Insert the battery by aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the battery compartment. Gently push down the battery until it clicks into place.
5. Press the cover gently back into place until you hear a click. Charging the Battery When you first get your new phone you’ll need to charge the battery. 6. Connect the adapter to the charger jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charger jack. 7. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. 8. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged.
How much charge have you got? The phone will prompt you to charge the battery when it is low with a message on the screen. As the phone is being charged, you can see the exact battery level each time you turn on the screen (by pressing the Power Key). If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or , appear on the status bar. Powering On/Off Make sure the battery is charged before powering on. • Press and hold the Power Key to turn on your phone.
to make any purchase from the Google Play Store, enter your credit card information and touch Save. 3. Configure the Google location options and touch Next. 4. Enter your name which the phone uses to personalize some apps and touch Next. 5. Touch Finish to complete the setup. NOTE: If the phone cannot connect to a mobile network, it would prompt you to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
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. • 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.
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 shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Status & Notifications Google Search Widgets Wallpaper All apps Shortcuts Phone MetroWEB People Messaging Extended Home Screens Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen, providing more space for shortcuts, widgets, and folders.
Personalizing Changing the System Language 3. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Language & input > Language. 4. Select the language you need. Setting the Date and Time 5. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Date & time. 6. Uncheck Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone if you want to set the date, time and time zone by yourself. 7. Set the date, time, time zone, and date/time format.
11. Touch OK. TIP: In addition to setting a default ringtone for all incoming calls, you can assign a special one for any person in your contacts list. See People – Editing Contacts. Adjusting Volumes 12. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Sound > Volumes. 13. Adjust the volume for music, video, games, and other media, the ringtone and notification volume, and the alarm volume. 14. Touch OK to save.
Sound > Silent mode, and touch Off, Vibrate or Mute. Applying New Wallpapers You can set the wallpaper for the home screen or lock screen. 15. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > Wallpaper. 16. Touch Gallery, Wallpapers, or Live Wallpapers and choose the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper. For Gallery, touch the album first and then the image to start cropping. 17. Touch DONE at the top of the screen (for Gallery images) or Set wallpaper. Changing Screen Brightness 18.
gesture, look at the phone, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password, to unlock the phone’s screen and keys. 21. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Security. 22. Touch Screen lock. 23. Touch Long press, Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or Password. Touch Long press to enable screen lock and allow unlock with a ‘touch and hold’ gesture. You can unlock the screen by touching and holding at the center of the display.
Protecting Your Phone With Encryption You can encrypt all the data on your phone to protect your privacy. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you power on the 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. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: • • • • Set a PIN or password as the screen lock. Charge the battery. Keep the phone connected to the charger.
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.
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.
notification icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see.
Respond to or Remove a Notification In the notification panel, you can respond to a notification or remove it. • To respond to a notification, just touch it. • To remove a notification, swipe it left or right. To remove all notifications, touch TIP: In the notification panel, touch menu. • . to get the Settings Use Quick Settings Open the notification panel and you can turn on or off some frequently used features with the buttons at the top, including sound, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and airplane mode.
Remove Shortcuts or Widgets 34. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut on the home screen. 35. Drag it to to remove it. Adjust Widget Size 36. Touch and hold a widget on the home screen and then release it. 37. An outline appears around the widget. Drag the outline to resize the widget. NOTE: Not all widgets can be resized. Organizing With Folders You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts in a folder. Create a Folder 1. Touch and hold a shortcut on the home screen. 2.
Remove Shortcuts From a Folder 40. Touch a folder to open it. 41. Touch and hold the shortcut you want to remove and then drag it to the home screen. 42. Release the shortcut and it will be removed from the folder. Rearranging the Favorites Tray The home screen includes a customizable favorites tray at the bottom visible from all home screens. You can drag shortcuts and folders into the favorites tray for quick access to often used features. The favorites tray can hold up to four items.
45. Touch the input method you need. Swype Text Input While you can touch the onscreen keyboard to enter text, Swype Text Input can also speed up text input with a tracing finger gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word. • • • Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold a key to enter the number or symbol located at the top of the key.
• Touch to select numbers and symbols. Touch to enter the alternate symbol on a key. Touch to go back to enter letters. Touch and hold to open a 10 key adding machine style keyboard. • Hold or touch to open an emoticon list. You can touch to find more emoticons. Touch to delete a character before the cursor. Touch and hold to delete an entire word. Touch to start a new line. • • • • Touch to use voice input. Touch and hold to open the Swype settings.
End of the word Start of the word Tips for using Swype Text Input: • • To enter double letters, scribble slightly or make a loop on the letter. For example, to get the "ll" in "hello", scribble (or make a loop) on the "l" key. Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you “Swype” the next word. Android Keyboard The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard.
• 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 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 touch to find more.
Touch Input Settings Choose the touch input settings by touching the Menu Key > System 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. Editing Text • • • • Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position. Drag the tab that appears below the cursor to move the insertion point. Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap the text.
• Insert text from the clipboard: Move cursor to the insertion point and then touch and hold the tab below the cursor. Release the finger and touch PASTE. Opening and Switching apps Open an App 46. Touch the Home Key, then touch . 47. Slide left or right on the screen and touch an app to open it. Switch Between Recently Opened Apps 48. Touch and hold the Home Key.
A list opens, showing the names and thumbnails of apps you’ve used recently. You can scroll the list up and down. 49. Touch a thumbnail to open that app. You can swipe a thumbnail sideways to remove it from the list. Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Mobile Networks Get Data Services When Roaming 50. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > More > Mobile networks. 51. Check Data roaming. IMPORTANT: Data roaming may incur significant roaming charges.
Connecting to Wi-Fi Wi-Fi provides wireless 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 54. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > WiFi. 55. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position to turn on Wi-Fi. You phone automatically searches for Wi-Fi networks in range and displays their names and security settings. Your phone also connects to previously linked networks when they are in range. 56.
60. Touch Save. Connecting to Bluetooth Devices Bluetooth® is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices paired through Bluetooth can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters. Turn Bluetooth On/Off 61. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Bluetooth. 62. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON or OFF position. When Bluetooth is on, the icon appears in the status bar.
Pair With a Bluetooth Device 66. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Bluetooth. 67. Slide the Bluetooth switch to the ON position. 68. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. You could touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES if you wanted to scan again. 69. Touch the device you want to pair with. Follow the instructions to complete the pairing.
TIP: You can also open the notification panel and touch Connected as … to open the connection types menu. 71. Choose one of the following options: Charge only: Charge your phone via USB. Media device (MTP): Transfer media files on Windows, or using Android File Transfer on Mac. Camera (PTP): Transfer photos using camera software, and transfer any files on the computers that don’t support MTP.
Erase microSD Card You can erase all data on the microSD card. 75. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Storage. 76. Scroll down the screen and touch Erase SD card > Erase SD card > Erase everything. CAUTION: The files on the card CANNOT be retrieved after the process. 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.
79. Check USB tethering. A new network connection will be created on your computer. 80. To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck USB tethering or disconnect the USB cable. Share Your Mobile Data Connection as a WiFi Hotspot You can share your phone’s mobile data with other devices by turning the phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The feature needs 4G network connection and may result in data charges.
Connecting to Virtual Private Networks VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions to let people access local network resources from outside the 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 84. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > More > VPN. 85.
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 90. Touch the Home Key, then touch . 91. In the dialer tab , enter the phone number with the onscreen keypad. Touch to delete incorrect digits. NOTE: As you enter digits, your phone searches for contacts that match.
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 call. over to answer the 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 call.
To open the call log, touch the Home Key > touch the tab in the Phone app. > Call Log or Place a Call From the Call Log 1. Open the call log. 2. Touch beside a number to call back. NOTE: You can touch a number to view more information about the calls. Touch at the bottom of the screen to select the call log type you want to view. Add a Call Log Number as a Contact 1. Open the call log. 2. Touch a number to view call history with that number. 3. Touch 4.
Calling Your Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch People tab . and then touch the 2. Flick the screen up or down to view all contacts with phone numbers. TIP: Your favorite contacts and frequently called contacts or numbers are listed at the top of the screen. You can also touch to search for a contact. 3. Touch a contact or number to call it. Checking Voicemail 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch . 2. Touch and hold the 1 key in the dialer. If prompted, enter your voicemail password. 3.
• • • Touch to turn on or off the speakerphone. Touch to mute or unmute your microphone. • • Touch • Touch Touch to make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold. to switch to the dialer, for example to enter a code. Touch to merge the separate calls into a single conference call. to end the current call. WARNING! Because of higher volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear during speakerphone use.
Set Up a Conference Call With this feature, you can talk to two people at the same time. 1. Place a call. 2. After the call is connected, touch and dial the second number. The first call is put on hold automatically. 3. When the second call is connected, touch . If one of the people you called hangs up during your call, you and the remaining caller stay connected. If you set up the conference call, touch and both lines are disconnected.
Speed dial Auto-Answer Additional settings Set speed dialing keys and numbers. Have the phone automatically answer incoming calls after an amount of time you set. Set the international dialing code and allow the phone to replace ‘+’ in the phone number with the international dialing code when you make a call.
People You can add 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, then touch . From there, you can touch the tabs on the top of the screen to quickly switch to the contact groups or favorite contacts . Adding a New Contact 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch contacts tab . and touch the all 2. Touch , or Create a new contact (if there are no contacts). 3.
the top of the contact list, to set up your own business card which can be exchanged electronically with other devices through messaging, email, or Bluetooth. Transferring Contacts You can import/export contacts from/to your microSD card. This is useful when you need to transfer contacts between different devices. You can also quickly share your contacts using Bluetooth, email or messages.
Export Contacts to the microSD Card 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch . 2. Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Export to SD card. 3. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file. Touch OK to create the file on the microSD card. Share Contacts Share selected contacts as a vCard file by sending it via Bluetooth or as an attachment in a mail or message. 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch contacts tab . and then touch the all 2. Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s). 3.
2. Touch a contact and then touch next to the contact name to add it to favorites. Touch to remove from favorites. Working With Groups View Your Contact Groups 1. Touch the Home Key, touch groups tab . and then touch the contact 2. Scroll through the list to view the preset groups and any groups you have created. 3. Touch a group to view its members. NOTE: To send messages to the group members, you can touch next to the group and select message recipients from the listed group members.
NOTE: You can only add contacts that belong to the same account as the group. 7. Touch . NOTE: After a group is created, you can open it and touch the Menu Key to change the group name (Rename group), delete the group (Disband group), or select group members (Select item(s)) and remove them from the group. Searching for a Contact 1. Touch the Home Key, then touch 2. Touch . at the bottom of the screen. 3. Input any contact information (such as name, organization, or number).
Check All calls to voicemail to have all calls from the contact sent directly to your voicemail.
Accounts Adding an Account You can add multiple Google Accounts, email accounts, and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also add other accounts, depending on the apps installed on your phone. 93. From the home screen, touch the Menu Key > System settings > Accounts & sync. 94. Touch ADD ACCOUNT. 95. Touch the type of account you want to add. 96. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details may vary.
account’s data, and gray if auto-sync is disabled. 98. Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off auto-sync for all accounts. When auto-sync is on, changes you make to information on your device or on the web are automatically synced with each other. When auto-sync is off, you need to sync manually to collect emails, updates, or other recent information. 99. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Sync settings screen appears, showing a list of information the account can sync.
Email Touch in the home screen and select Email. Use it to read and send emails from services other than Gmail. Setting Up the First Email Account 1. When you open Email for the first time, enter your email address and password and then touch Next. NOTE: Your device will connect to the Internet and verify incoming and outgoing server settings before proceeding to the next step.
You can also check new emails manually by touching in any of the email account’s boxes. Touch Load more messages at the bottom of the email list to download earlier messages. Replying to or Forwarding an Email 1. Open the email you want to reply to or forward from Inbox. 2. Do the following as you need: To reply to the sender, touch To reply to the sender and all other recipients of the original message, touch > Reply all. To forward the email, touch 3. Edit your message and touch > Reply.
Writing and Sending an Email 101.Open your email Inbox. 102.Touch to open the Compose screen. 103.If you have more than one email account added on the device, touch the sender line to select an account. 104.Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field. Separate each recipient with a comma. You can also touch to select recipients from contacts. 105.Enter the email subject and compose the email text. 106.
GmailTM After you sign in to your Google Account on the phone, you can send and retrieve Gmail messages with the Gmail app. NOTE: This feature may not be available in certain regions or with certain service providers. Opening Your Gmail Inbox Touch in the home screen and select Gmail. The Inbox screen appears. If you have signed in to more than one Google Account on the phone, you can touch the current account at the top of the screen and select another account from the drop-down menu.
117.Touch at the top right of the screen to send the message. Replying to or Forwarding a Message 118.Open the Gmail message you want to reply to or forward to another person. 119.Do the following as you need: To reply to the sender, touch To reply to the sender and all other recipients of the original message, touch > Reply all. > Reply. To forward the email, touch > Forward. 120.Edit your message and touch the send icon .
Messaging 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 Touch to write a new text or multimedia message. 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.
media files to attach to the message. Pictures: Select a picture to add to your message. Capture picture: Take a photo and add to your message. Videos: Select a video clip to attach to your message. Capture video: Shoot a video clip and add to your message. Audio: Select an audio file to add to your message. Record audio: Record an audio file and add to your message. Slideshow: Edit a slideshow and add to your message. 5. Touch .
Deleting Messages or Threads To delete messages in a thread: 1. On the Messaging screen, touch a thread. 2. Touch the Menu Key > Select item(s). 3. Check the messages you want to delete. 4. Touch > Delete. To delete message threads: 1. On the Messaging screen, touch and hold one thread you want to delete. 2. If there are more threads you want to delete, touch them one by one. 3. Touch > Delete. Changing Message Settings Touch the Menu Key > Settings in the Messaging screen to change message settings.
Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar service for creating and managing events 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 Calendar. in the home screen and select Viewing Your Calendars and Events Select Visible Calendars 1. Open the Calendar app. 2. Touch the Menu Key > Calendars to display. 3.
You can also change to Day view from Month view by touching any day in the grid. TIPS: • In Month view, swipe vertically to see previous months and following months. • In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to see previous weeks/days and following weeks/days. • When you are viewing previous or future 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.
event to view its details. NOTE: In the event details screen, you can touch ,, , or to edit, delete or send the event. You can also add or change reminders. Creating an Event 1. In any Calendar view, touch the Menu Key > 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, such as event name, location, and time span.
Google Talk After adding a Google Account, you can use Google Talk to communicate in real time with other Talk users. Signing into Google Talk Touch in the home screen and select Talk. The first time you launch Talk, touch the account you want to sign in with. Your friends list is then displayed. NOTE: You remain signed in to Google Talk after launching the Talk app even if you switch to other apps, and until you explicitly sign out.
Changing Your Online Status 1. Touch your own entry at the top of your friends list. 2. In the screen that opens, touch your current status to change it (or to sign out of Talk). 3. Enter a status message or if you already have one, edit it. In addition to the standard status settings, you can also touch Change to a recently-used status to select a message that you’ve entered previously. 4. Touch the Back Key to return to your friends list. Chatting With Friends 1. Touch a friend in your friends list.
Use Group Chat When you’re chatting, you can invite additional friends to join a group chat. 1. On a chat screen, touch the Menu Key > Add to chat. 2. Touch the name of the friend to invite. The friend you invited and the current participants receive an invitation to a group chat. Each one who accepts the invitation joins the group chat. Group chats appear at the top of your friends list, with a group chat icon. End the Chat While on a chat screen, touch the Menu Key > End chat.
Google+ Google+ is a social networking service offered by Google. The Google+ application on your device enables you to manage your data, chat with online contacts, organize them in different circles, and share your selected information. Touch in the home screen and select Google+. The first time you open the Google+ app, select the instant upload and contact sync options. Organizing Your Contacts 9. Open the Google+ app. 10. Touch > Circles. 11.
Nearby shows posts shared with you by users near your current location. All circles, Acquaintances, Family, Following, and Friends show updates from people you’ve added to your circles. What’s hot shows popular posts on Google+. Chatting With Contacts You can chat with your Google+ contacts through instant messaging, similar to sending a text with the Messaging app. 13. Touch > Messenger in the Google+ app or touch from the home screen > Messenger. 14. Touch to create a new message. 15.
Touch albums. > My photos in the Google+ app to see all available Checking and Managing Your Profile 18. Touch > Profile in the Google+ app. 19. Swipe up or down to see your posts and personal info. Touch and you can change your profile photo.
MetroWEB Touch in the home screen and select MetroWEB to browse web pages and search for information. The 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 121.Touch the address box at the top of the browser screen. If the address box isn’t visible, swipe down a little to show it. 122.Enter the address (URL) of a web page. Or, enter terms you want to search for. You can also touch the microphone icon to search by voice. 123.
viewed previously in the same window. • • Go forward: Touch the Menu Key > Forward. • Find text on the page: Touch the Menu Key > Find on page and type the terms you want to search for. • Send the page URL to friends: Touch the Menu Key > Share page and select how you want to send the URL. • Follow a link: Touch a link on the web page to open it. • Save the page for offline reading: Touch the Menu Key > Save for offline reading. You can touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks > SAVED PAGES to read them.
Using Multiple Browser Windows You can open several browser windows at once and switch between multiple web pages. Touch the tabs icon to the right of the address box. • Touch + at the top right of the screen to open a new browser window and load the homepage. • Swipe vertically and touch a thumbnail to switch to a browser window. • Swipe a thumbnail horizontally or touch X to close the window. • Touch the Menu Key > New incognito tab to open an incognito window.
Touch the name beside Add to to change the place where the bookmark will be stored. 127.Touch OK. Edit a Bookmark 128.Touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks. 129.Touch and hold the bookmark to edit. 130.Touch Edit bookmark. 131.Edit the label, address, account, or location of the bookmark in the dialog that opens. 132.Touch OK. NOTE: Certain preinstalled bookmarks may not be edited. Delete a Bookmark 133.Touch the Menu Key > Bookmarks. 134.Touch and hold the bookmark to delete. 135.Touch Delete bookmark. 136.
Maps, Navigation, Local, and Latitude Activating Location Services To use Navigation, Local, Latitude, and find your location on Google Maps, you must have location services turned on. 137.Touch the Home Key > Menu Key > System settings > Location services. 138.Select the location options you want to use. Check Use Wireless Networks to use Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate location. Check Use GPS satellites to find your location through GPS satellites.
Searching for a Location 141.Touch in the home screen and select Maps. 142.Touch and enter the place you’re looking for in the search box at the top. TIP: You can also touch voice search. beside the search box to use 143.Touch Search or the search icon on the keyboard. Search results appear as lettered balloons. 144.Touch a balloon to open a label with the name of the place. Touch it to see more information. Getting Directions to Your Destination 145.Touch in the home screen and select Maps. 146.
Searching for Local Places The Local app helps you find all kinds of businesses and attractions around you. 148.Touch in the home screen and select Local. 149.Wait while you are being located. Your location, when found, is shown at the top. 150.Select a category and the information for that type of place near you will be displayed. You can also touch to search for a place (See Maps, Navigation, Local, and Latitude – Searching for a Location).
• • Touch to refresh friends’ status. • Touch • Touch the Menu Key > Show stale friends / Hide stale friends to show or hide friends who haven’t updated their location with you for a while. • Touch the Menu Key > Location settings to change Latitude settings. Touch MAP VIEW to see friends on Maps. You can touch the left/right arrow to switch between friends and yourself. to add new friends.
Google Search and Voice Search You can search for information on the web or on your phone using Google Search. The phone can also recognize your speech and convert it for searches. Searching With Text 152.Start the Search app in one of the following ways. Touch Touch the Google search box at the top of the home screen. in the home screen and select Search. 153.Enter the terms you want to search for and touch Search or the search icon on the keyboard, or touch a search suggestion.
Changing Search and Voice Search Settings Open the Search app and touch the Menu Key > Settings to set Searchable items and Google Search options. To set Voice Search settings, touch in the home screen the Menu Key > System settings > Language & input > Voice Search.
Camera You can take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored to the phone’s memory card or to the phone’s internal storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app. Capturing a Photo 156.Touch in the home screen and select Camera. 157.Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjustment. Number Function Touch and slide to adjust brightness. Appears only when Brightness is turned on in Camera settings.
Number Function Touch and slide to adjust zoom level. Select camera settings. Switch to camcorder or panorama mode. Capture a photo. View photos and videos captured. Switch between the front camera and the back camera. Displays the current flash mode. 158.If Touch AF/AEC is turned on in camera settings, touch the area where you want the camera to focus. Green brackets appear around the area you touched. 159.Lightly touch the blue button .
Turn the flash on or off. Select how the camera adjusts colors in different kinds of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for your shots, or allow the camera to adjust the white balance automatically. Adjust the exposure. To let the camera set the exposure automatically, touch 0. Turn on or off brightness adjustment in the preview screen. Set the save location, picture size, focus mode, delay timer, or color effect.
5. Touch photo. when you reach the end point of the panoramic Recording a Video 1. Touch in the home screen and select Camcorder, or switch to the camcorder from the camera screen. 2. Aim the camera at the subject and make any necessary adjustment. Number Function Hold the circle and slide to zoom in or out. Change the camcorder settings. Switch to camera or panorama mode. Record a video.
Number Function View photos and videos you have captured. Switch between the front and the back cameras. 3. Touch to start and to stop recording. TIP: While the recording is in progress, you can touch the screen to save the frame as a photo. Customizing Camcorder Settings Before recording a video, you can touch following camcorder setting options. to open the Turn the flash on or off. Set whether your location information is stored or not with each video you record.
QVGA, QCIF, CIF, VGA, Adjust video size. WVGA, 480p, 720p Set save location, color effects, delay timer or restore default camcorder settings.
Gallery Touch in the home screen and select Gallery to view albums of pictures and videos. Working With Albums When you open Gallery, all pictures and videos on your phone are displayed in a number of albums. Touch an album to view the pictures and videos it contains. Touch and hold an album to share its contents ( detail or delete it ( ). ), view its Working With Pictures Touch a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen.
Number Function Touch to return to the album or up to the list of albums. Thumbnails of all the pictures and videos in the album. Swipe horizontally to see more; touch a thumbnail to view it in full screen. Share the picture. Delete the picture. Touch the Menu Key to browse the album contents in a slideshow, crop the picture, view picture file details, set it as a contact photo or wallpaper, or to edit it.
pictures. Working With Videos Touch an album in the gallery and then touch the thumbnail of a video to start playing it. Touch the video to view the playback controls. You can also touch to share the video.
Music and Play Music Touch in the home screen and select Music to play audio files on your phone. Besides your local music tracks, the Play Music application also works with Google Music to stream via mobile data or Wi-Fi songs that you’ve added to your online Google Music library. NOTE: The availability of Google Music is dependent on your region. If it is not available, or you don’t have a wireless data connection, you can only play music stored on your phone with Play Music.
to the information stored in the files. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to view your music library organized by Artists, Albums, Songs, or Playlists. Touch a song in the music library to listen to it. The following playback screen appears. Number Function Album artwork. Song, artist and album. Touch and hold to search for related information. Playback control. Skip songs or pause and resume playback. Drag the slider to jump to any part of the song.
Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode, where tracks are played in random order. Touch to open the current playlist. TIP: In the music playback screen, touch the Menu Key > Use as ringtone to use the song as the default ringtone. See Personalizing – Changing Ringtone & Notification Sounds. Use the Play Music App 1. Touch in the home screen and select Play Music. If you are prompted, select an account to access its online music library.
Number Function Touch to return to the music library. Album, artist, and song name of the track. Album artwork. Playback control. Skip songs, pause and resume playback, use shuffle or repeat. Drag the slider to jump to any part of the song. Rate the song. View the current playlist (queue). Search for music.
screen. • In the Play Music app, touch the Now Playing bar at the bottom (portrait mode) of the screen to restore the playback screen. • In other apps, flick down the notification panel. Touch the song title to restore the playback screen, or just pause/ resume playback or skip to the next song. • When the screen is locked, the song information, album cover as well as playback control is displayed on top of the lock screen. You can pause/resume playback or skip songs.
2. Touch and hold a song and select Remove from playlist. Delete or Rename a Playlist 1. Touch the Playlists tab in the music library to see all the playlists. 2. Touch and hold a playlist and touch Rename or Delete in the menu that opens. NOTE: These options may not be available for certain automatically created playlists, such as Last added or Recently added.
Videos Touch in the home screen and select Videos to view your video library and to play videos. Playing and Controlling Videos Touch a video in the video library to play it. When playing the video, touch the screen to show the playback controls. • Touch the pause/play icon at the center of the screen to pause and resume the playback. • Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the video. • Touch at the top left of the screen or touch the Back Key to stop the video and return to the video library.
Sound Recorder Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like. 1. Touch 2. Touch in the home screen and select Sound Recorder. to start recording. 3. Touch to stop recording. You can then touch the recording. to play 4. Touch OK to save the voice recording, or touch Discard to delete the recording. TIP: You can find your recordings by touching the Menu Key > My recordings. Touch one to play it. Touch and hold one to share it or to delete it.
More Apps Alarm Set alarms or turn the device into a bedside clock. Setting a New Alarm 1. Touch in the home screen and select Alarm. 2. Touch a default alarm to configure it, or touch bottom of the screen to create a new alarm. at the 3. Check Turn on alarm and touch other items to set up the alarm options, such as time, repeat, and ringtone. 4. Touch the Back Key to save and exit. Using Bed Clock Bed clock displays the current time and the next alarm. 1. Touch in the home screen and select Alarm.
AppStore Touch in the home screen and select AppStore. The preloaded @metro AppStore on your MetroPCS phone keeps the fun going with downloadable games, a large variety of applications and customization tools. Purchase and download your apps from your phone, or buy online from metropcs.com! Calculator Touch in the home screen and select Calculator to do some basic calculation. TIP: Touch or , or swipe left or right to switch between different panels.
the folder name at the top of the screen to switch between the microSD card storage and the phone storage. Kingsoft Office Create, view and edit Office files, create and view PDF files, anywhere and anytime. Touch in the home screen and select Kingsoft Office to access the rich features. M Studio Touch in the home screen and select M Studio to purchase and download content such as ringtones and ringback tones.
Touch the Menu Key to refresh news and forecast data, or to change the settings. Notepad Touch in the home screen and select Notepad to save and view text notes. Touch ADD NOTE to create a new note. Then enter your text and touch to save it. Touch a note to view its entire content. You can then delete it, share it, or change its title. Play Books Touch in the home screen and select Play Books to read ebooks purchased from Play Store. Touch a book cover displayed in Play Books to start reading it.
Play Movies and TV Google Play Movies & TV allows you to watch movies and TV shows purchased in the Google Play Store. Touch in the home screen and select Play Movies & TV. You can stream instantly on your Android phone or download so you can watch from anywhere even when you’re not connected. Also, get quick access to your video collection on your phone. Learn more about Google Play Movies & TV at http:// play.google.com/about/movies NOTE: TV shows are currently available in the United States only.
sort the list, or close all tasks. • • Touch the APPS tab to manage all the apps on your phone. Touch the RESOURCES tab to view the real-time system resources information. Timer Touch in the home screen and select Timer to use the stopwatch or the timer. Stopwatch allows you to record lap times, while Timer allows you to set a time and count down to zero. World Time Touch in the home screen and select World Time to check local time for cities around the world.
Play Store Touch in the home screen and select Play Store. You can buy music, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, and apps and download them to your phone. NOTE: The content you can access in the Play Store depends on your region and your service provider. Browsing and Searching for Apps You can browse apps by category and sort them in different ways. Touch a top-level category, such as Games, and touch the app from any subcategory.
(paid apps) to accept the permissions for the app. Your app will start downloading immediately or once payment is successfully authorized. Managing Your Downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an app, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded apps, configure it to update itself automatically, and so on. View Your Downloaded Apps 1. On the Apps screen of Play Store, touch the Menu Key > My Apps. 2. Your list of installed apps opens.
Settings Touch in the home screen and select Settings. The Settings app contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. 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.
Adjusting Your Call Settings. Airplane Mode In the Settings app, touch More… under WIRELESS & NETWORKS and check the box next to Airplane mode. All the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data are turned off. VPN Set up and connect to virtual private networks. See Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Virtual Private Networks. Tethering and Portable Hotspot Share your device’s mobile data connection with PCs or other devices via USB or Wi-Fi.
ringtone and notification sound (see Personalizing – Changing Ringtone and Notification Sounds), and select system sounds. Touch Silent mode to turn off all sounds except media and alarm, or enable silent mode with vibration. Display • Brightness: Set the brightness of the display. • Wallpaper: Select a background image for the home screen. • Auto-rotate screen: Turn on/off auto display rotation as you hold the phone upright or on its sides.
• Erase SD card: Erase all data on your memory card and prepare it for use with your device. Battery Check how much power remains for the battery and what has been using the battery. Apps See apps installed on your device and manage them. Touch an app in the DOWNLOADED, ON SD CARD, 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.
• Touch the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off auto-sync. • Touch ADD ACCOUNT to sign in to or create accounts on your device. • Touch an account to set the sync settings for that account. You can then touch the Menu Key > Sync now to sync all checked items. • Touch an account and then touch the Menu Key > Remove account to remove the account and all information related to it from your device. Location Services Activate location services to determine your location.
off. • Power button instantly locks: Activate the screen lock once you press the Power Key to turn off the screen. • Vibrate on touch: Vibrate as you draw the pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock the device. • Owner info: Set the text that displays on the lock screen. • Encrypt phone: Encrypt your data on the phone to protect your privacy. See Personalizing – Protecting Your Phone With Encryption. • Make passwords visible: Display passwords briefly as you enter them.
you add are used for spelling check and word suggestion. • KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS: Configure text input settings. See Knowing the Basics – Entering Text – Touch Input Settings. • Voice Search: • • Language: Select the language you use when entering text by speaking or searching by speaking. SafeSearch: You can use Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by voice.
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. • Automatic restore: Restore previously backed up settings and data when you reinstall an app. • Factory data reset: Reset your device 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 microSD card during the process.
About Phone View phone status and legal information. You can also check for system updates.
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 Poor reception The network signal is too Move to a location where weak at your current the network signal can location, for example, in be properly received.
Problem Possible causes Possible solution Echo or noise noisePoor network link quality End the call and dial on the part of your again. You may be service provider. switched to a better quality network link or phone line. Poor local telephone line End the call and dial quality. again. You may be switched to a better quality network link or phone line. Unable to Your service provider Contact your service select certain does not support these provider.
Problem Possible causes Shortened The standby time is standby time 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. The battery is depleted. In high temperature environments, battery life will be shortened. 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.
Problem Possible causes Possible solution Unable to connect to the network 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. Delete unnecessary data from the contacts. Unable to enter information into the phonebook The phonebook’s memory is already full. For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while driving.
Small parts may cause choking. Your phone can produce a loud sound. Keep away from pacemakers and other electronic medical devices. Turn off when asked to in hospitals and medical facilities. Turn off when told to in aircrafts and airports. Turn off when near explosive materials or liquids. Don’t dispose of your phone in fire. Avoid contact with anything magnetic. Avoid extreme temperatures. Avoid contact with liquids. Keep your phone dry. Don’t take your phone apart. Only use approved accessories.
CAUTION! Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
exposure to radio waves. This phone is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government: The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section of http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/ after searching on FCC ID: Q78-ZTEN9120.
Your phone is compliant with FCC HAC regulations (ANSI C63.19). While some wireless phones are being used near some hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this interference noise and phones also vary in the amount of interference they generate.
Hearing devices may also be rated. Your hearing device manufacturer or hearing health professional may help you find this rating. For more information about FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility, please go to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro. Turn on HAC Touch the Home Key > > Settings > Call, and then check Hearing aids to turn the hearing aid compatibility on. When the HAC setting is on, your phone sends the audio from your phone calls to the telecoil rather than to the microphone of your hearing aid.
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 machinery in order to reduce the risk of an accident.
• Do not expose your phone or its accessories to liquid, moisture or high humidity. • Do not drop, throw or try to bend your phone or its accessories. • Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or aerosols to clean the device or its accessories. • • Do not paint your phone or its accessories. • Do not expose your phone or its accessories to extreme temperatures, minimum 23 and maximum 122 degrees Fahrenheit. • Please check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.
Demagnetization To avoid the risk of demagnetization, do not allow electronic devices or magnetic media to be close to your phone for a long time. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the UICC card’s metal connectors. Antenna Secondary antenna Bluetooth & WiFi antenna CDMA Antenna LTE Antenna Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily. Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom towards your mouth.
Antenna 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.
blackouts or have a family history of such occurrences, please consult a physician. 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. • Use the special features which are designed to minimize the times of pressing buttons, such as Message Templates and Predictive Text. • Take many breaks to stretch and relax.
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. Take care not to touch or allow metal objects, such as coins or key rings, to contact or short-circuit in the battery terminals. Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system.
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. 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.
determine if operation of your phone may interfere with the operation of your medical device. Hospitals Turn 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 Turn off your wireless device whenever you are instructed to do so by airport or airline staff. Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices onboard the aircraft.
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, and areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
