ZTE Blade S6 User Manual

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1 ZTE Blade S6 User Manual ...

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2 About This Manual Thank you for choosing this ZTE mobile device. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference. Copyright Copyright © 2015 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved....

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3 Disclaimer ZTE Corporation expressly disclaims any liability for faults and damages caused by unauthorized modifications of the software. Images and screenshots used in this manual may differ from the actual product. Content in this manual m...

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4 Contents Getting Started ....................................................... 12 Getting to Know Your Phone ............................................ 12 Knowing the Keys ............................................................ 13 I...

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5 Knowing the Basics ............................................... 30 Monitoring the Phone Status ............................................ 30 Managing Notifications ..................................................... 31 Organizing With ...

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6 Checking Contact Details ................................................. 69 Adding a New Contact ..................................................... 69 Setting Up Your Own Profile ............................................. 70 Importing...

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7 Messaging .............................................................. 87 Opening the Messaging Screen ....................................... 87 Sending a Message ......................................................... 87 Replying to a M...

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8 Google Now™ and Search .................................. 101 Enabling Google Now .................................................... 101 Searching With Text ....................................................... 101 Searching by Speaking...

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9 Video Player ......................................................... 118 Opening the Video Library .............................................. 118 Playing and Controlling Videos ....................................... 118 Managing Video ...

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10 Task Manager ................................................................ 129 YouTube™ ..................................................................... 129 Google Play™ Store ............................................ 130 Brow...

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11 Declaration of RoHS Compliance ....................... 165 Disposal of Your Old Appliance .......................... 166 ...

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12 Getting Started Getting to Know Your Phone ...

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13 Knowing the Keys Key Function Power Key  Press and hold to turn on or off Aeroplane mode, enable silent mode, vibration mode or sound, reboot or to power off.  Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode or wake it up. ...

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14 Key Function Home Key  Touch to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen.  Touch and hold to use Google voice search. Menu Key  Touch to get the options for the current screen.  Touch and hold to s...

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15 2. Put the Nano SIM cards into the card tray with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card slot. WARNING! To avoid damage to the phone, do not use any other kind of SIM card, or any non-standard Nano SIM card cut fr...

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16 2. Put the microSDHC card into the card tray with the cut corner oriented as shown and slip it into the card slot. NOTE: Some applications may require a microSDHC card to work normally or may store certain data on it. Therefore, ...

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17 Charging the Battery Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible. If the battery is low, there will be a pop-up messa...

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18 2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. If the phone is on, you’ll see a charging icon, such as or , appear on the status bar. 3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. NOTE: If the battery i...

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19  Lower the screen brightness.  Turn auto-sync, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth off when not in use.  Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications using this function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your curren...

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20 provided by the network. Then touch NEXT. 3. Enter your name, which the phone uses to personalize some apps, and touch NEXT. 4. You will be prompted to accept the terms of Google service. Touch NEXT to continue. 5. Touch FINISH to compl...

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21 To unlock the screen and keys: 1. Press the Power Key to turn the screen on. 2. Swipe up to unlock the screen. NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password for your phone (see the chapter Personalizing – Protecting Your...

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22 before you start to move your finger. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.  Pinch In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the...

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23 ...

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24 Personalizing Changing the System Language 1. Touch Settings > Language & input > Language on the Home Screen. 2. Select the language you need. Setting the Date and Time 1. Touch Settings > Date & time on the Home Scre...

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25 4. Touch OK. NOTE: See chapter People – Editing Contacts – Set a Ringtone for a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact. Turning On/Off Touch Sound 1. Touch Settings > Sound & notification &g...

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26  Press and hold the Power Key and then touch to enable silent mode, touch to enable silent mode with vibration, or touch to disable silent mode.  Keep pressing the Volume Down Key when no media application is active. When t...

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27 Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you need to swipe, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys. 1. Touch Set...

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28 Protecting Your Phone With Encryption You can encrypt all the data on your phone: Google Accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or a password each time y...

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29 charged or your phone is not plugged in. If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch the Back Key. WARNING! If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data. 3. Touch Encrypt phone. 4. Enter your lock scree...

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30 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. GPRS connected No signal EDGE con...

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31 Battery full Connected to a Wi-Fi network / Battery charging Wi-Fi in use Managing Notifications Notification Icons The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification icons on the left. Below are some of...

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32 / Song is playing Portable Wi-Fi hotspot or Wi-Fi direct is on Updates available GPS on Open/Close the Notification Panel Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoin...

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33  To remove all notifications, touch in the bottom right corner.  Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have notification settings that you can adjust. NOTE: If you turn off notifications for an ap...

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34  Location: Touch to turn on or off the location service.  Cast screen: Open the Cast screen menu in Settings > Display.  Notification: Touch to set notification sound. Organizing With Folders You can create folders on the Ho...

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35 Remove Shortcuts From a Folder 1. Touch a folder to open it. 2. Touch and hold the shortcut you want to remove and then drag it to the Home Screen. 3. Release the shortcut and it will be removed from the folder. Rearranging the Favorite...

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36 open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type. You can touch the Back Key to hide the onscreen keyboard. Change Input Methods 1. When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon appears on th...

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37  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 the available accented letters and number 3 appear. Then slid...

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38 The T26 Layout  Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters.  Touch to use uppercase or lowercase. This key also changes to indicate the current case you are using: for lowercase, for uppercase, and when locked in uppe...

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39  Touch to start a new line.  Touch or hold to delete text before the cursor.  Touch to access the quick settings of TouchPal X, change keyboard skin, or check messages from TouchPal X.  Touch to open text editing...

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40 The T+ Layout Touch to enter the left letter on the key; double-tap or flick right to enter the right letter/symbol on the key. If word prediction is enabled ( ), just touch the keys and choose the right word. Google Voice Typing Google ...

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41 to type. 3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it. NOTE: Say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point" to enter punctuation. In...

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42  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 Slide left or right on the screen and touc...

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43 Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Mobile Networks Manage the Nano SIM Cards You can turn on or off the Nano SIM cards, choose the default card for voice calls, messaging, and data. To turn on or off a card: 1. Touch Setti...

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44 networks. 5. Touch a network in the network list to register manually. You can also touch Choose automatically to select preferred network automatically. Select Preferred Network Mode 1. Touch Settings > More > Mobile networks &g...

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45 Set Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to get the necessary information. 1. Touch Settings > More > Mo...

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46 2. Slide the switch to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. Touch a network name to connect to it. 4. If the network is secured, enter the password and touch Connect. NOTE: Your phone automatically connects to previously used Wi-Fi networks when they...

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47 3. Touch the Menu Key > Add network. 4. Enter the network SSID (name). If necessary, enter security or other network configuration details. 5. Touch SAVE. Forget a Wi-Fi Network You can make your phone forget about the details of a W...

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48 Method two: PIN number 1. Touch Settings > Wi-Fi from the Home Screen. 2. Slide the switch to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. Touch the Menu Key > Advanced > WPS Pin Entry. 4. The WPS Pin number displays on the screen. Enter the Pin number ...

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49  Install certificates: Install certificates from the memory card.  Wi-Fi direct: Use Wi-Fi direct.  WPS Push Button: Connect to a WPS network in this way.  WPS Pin Entry: Connect to a WPS network in this way.  MAC addr...

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50 to accept the request. Both devices may need to enter a common PIN. NOTE: The target device must also have Wi-Fi Direct service activated and running before it can be detected by your phone. 5. Once connected the device is displayed ...

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51 4. Edit the name and touch RENAME. Pair With Another Bluetooth Device 1. Touch Settings > Bluetooth from the Home Screen. 2. Slide the switch to turn on Bluetooth. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all availa...

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52 for it to search for new devices and touch one of them. Receive Data via Bluetooth 1. Turn Bluetooth on before trying to receive data via Bluetooth. NOTE: If the phone has not been paired with the sending device, you may need to touch...

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53 Connect Your Phone to a Computer via USB 1. Connect your phone to the PC with a USB cable. 2. Open the Notification panel and touch (Connected as...). 3. Choose one of the following options:  Charge only: Charge your phone via USB...

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54 Connect With Windows Media ® Player You can sync music on your phone and the computer installed with Windows Media Player. 1. Connect the phone with your computer via USB and choose Media device (MTP). 2. Open Windows Media Player and ...

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55 The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSDHC card, after which the files CANNOT be retrieved. Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection You can share your phone’s data capabilities through tethering or by activating the mobile ...

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56 Share Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth If your computer can obtain an Internet connection via Bluetooth, you can configure your phone to share its mobile data connection with your computer. 1. Pair your phone with your computer v...

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57 use your phone’s applications to access the Internet via its Wi-Fi connection. You still remain connected to the Internet via your mobile data network. 1. Touch Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot from the Home Scree...

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58 PSK.  Password: Touch the Password field to edit the security password. 3. Touch SAVE to save your settings. Connecting to Virtual Private Networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secure...

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59 3. When prompted, enter any requested credentials, and then touch Connect. When you are connected, the VPN connected icon appears in the Status bar. Modify a VPN 1. Touch Settings > More > VPN from the Home Screen. 2. Touch and...

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60 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 Dial...

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61 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 wit...

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62 Working With the Call Log The Call Log is a list of all the calls you've placed, received, or missed. It provides a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts. To open the call log, you can touch...

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63 2. Touch the caller image in front of the number to view more call information. While viewing the call details, you can:  Touch the number to call it.  Touch to send a message.  Touch the Menu Key > Delete to delete the c...

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64 NOTE: To set your voicemail service, touch > Settings > Call settings > SUBS Settings and touch Voicemail. For detailed information, please contact the service provider. Using Options During a Call During a call, you will s...

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65 Adjusting Your Call Settings Use Fixed Dialing Numbers Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers. 1. Touch the Home Key > > > Settings > Call Settings > SUBS S...

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66 Set Voicemail 1. Touch the Home Key > > > Settings > Call Settings > SUBS Settings. 2. Touch one of the Nano SIM cards. 3. Touch Voicemail to set the following options:  Touch Service to select the voicemail serv...

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67 Settings > DTMF tones. 2. Touch Normal or Long. Set Speed Dials You can touch and hold the 1 ~ 9 keys from the dialer to call the corresponding speed dial number. The number key 1 is reserved to speed dial your voicemail. To assign a ...

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68 1. Touch the Home Key > > > Settings > Call Settings > SUBS Settings. 2. Touch one of the Nano SIM cards. 3. Touch Call forwarding. 4. Touch an available option ( Always forward, Forward when busy, Forward when una...

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69 People You can put 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 > . Checking Contact Details 1. Touch th...

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70 where to save the contact. If a sync account is selected, the contacts will be synced automatically with your account online. 4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers, email addresses, and other information. 5. Touch to save the conta...

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71 Import Contacts From the SIM Card 1. Touch the Home Key > . 2. Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Import from SIM card 1/ Import from SIM card 2. 3. Select an account in which to save the contacts. 4. Touch to select the co...

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72 2. Touch the Menu Key > Import/export > Export to storage. 3. The phone will prompt you with the name of the vCard file. Touch OK to create the file on the microSDHC card. Share All Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key > . 2. Touch...

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73 Remove a Contact From Favorites 1. Touch the Home Key > and touch the FAVOURITES tab. 2. Touch a favorite contact and then touch next to the contact name. Searching for a Contact 1. Touch the Home Key > . 2. Touch at ...

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74 1. Touch the Home Key > . 2. Touch a contact you want to set a ringtone for and then touch . 3. Touch > Set ringtone. 4. Select a ringtone you like and touch OK. Delete Contacts 1. Touch the Home Key > . 2. Touch th...

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75 4. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first entry. The information from the second contact is added to the first, and the second contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list. You can repeat these steps to ...

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76 Accounts Adding or Removing Accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync ® accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts depending on the apps installed on your phone. Add an Account 1. From the ...

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77 3. Touch the Menu Key > Remove account > REMOVE ACCOUNT. Configuring Account Sync Configure Auto Sync Setting 1. Open the Accounts settings screen. Your accounts and sync status are displayed. The is displayed if automatic sync...

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78 Email Touch Email in the Home Screen. Use it to receive and send emails from your webmail or other accounts, using POP3 or IMAP, or access your Exchange ActiveSync account for your corporate email needs. Setting Up the First Email Account ...

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79 Responding to an Email You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. Reply to or Forward an Email 1. Open the email you want to reply to or forward from Inbox. 2. Do t...

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80 Delete an Email You can delete an email from its folder. You can also delete a batch of emails.  While reading a message, touch .  While in a message list (for instance, the inbox), touch the sender image and then touch . Writin...

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81 Adding and Editing Email Accounts Add an Email Account After setting up your first email account (see Email – Set Up the First Email Account), you can add more email accounts and manage them separately. 1. Open Email to get the Inbox sc...

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82 1. Open Email to get the Inbox screen. 2. Touch > Settings > General settings. 3. Make the changes and touch the Back Key when you finish. ...

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83 Gmail™ 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 ...

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84 screen. 2. From the menu that appears, touch the account you want to see. The account’s Inbox will open. Writing and Sending a Message 1. Open your Gmail Inbox and switch to the account you want to use for sending the message. 2. Tou...

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85  To forward the message, touch > Forward. 3. Edit your message and touch the send icon . Working With Received Attachments When a message has an attachment, Gmail displays information about it in the ATTACHMENTS section of the e...

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86 2. At the top of the screen, touch > Change labels. 3. Check or uncheck labels in the new screen and touch OK. To add stars to messages: 1. Open the Gmail app and touch in the message list the sender images in front of the messages...

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87 Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messaging Screen Touch the Home Key > . The Messaging screen opens where you can create a new message, search for messages, or ...

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88 3. Touch the Type message field and enter the content of your message. 4. If you want to send a multimedia message, touch the Menu Key > Add subject to add a message subject or touch the paper clip icon to attach a file or a slidesh...

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89 3. Touch / to send. Forwarding a Message 1. On the Messaging screen, touch the thread that has the message you want to forward. 2. Touch the message. 3. Touch Forward in the menu that opens. 4. Enter a recipient for the message an...

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90 Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar™ service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar once you sign into your Exchange...

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91 and select the view you prefer. You can also change to Day view from Month view by touching any day in the grid.  In Month view, swipe vertically to see earlier months and later months.  In Week or Day view, swipe horizontally to s...

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92 Editing or Deleting an Event 1. Find the event you want to edit or delete. 2. Open its details screen (see Viewing Your Calendars and Events – View Event Details in this chapter). 3. Do one of the following as you need. To… do…...

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93 Google+™ Google+ is a social networking service offered by Google. The Google+ application on your phone enables you to manage your data, chat with online contacts, organize them in different circles, and share your selected information. ...

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94 from your posts and more.  Communities: Search and join all kinds of online communities, where people gather for the sharing and discussion of a common topic.  Locations: See your friends’ locations on the map and configure your ...

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95 Browser Use Browser to view web pages and search for information. Opening the Browser Touch the Home Key > to start this function. The last web page you were viewing is displayed. If you have not used Browser recently, your home page...

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96 NOTE: Touch the tabs icon to the right of the address box to open a new web page in a new tab. Downloading Files Touch and hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage. In the menu that opens, touch Save image or Save li...

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97 Maps Activating Location Services To use Google Maps and find your location on Google Maps™, you must have location services turned on on your phone. 1. Touch Settings > Location from the Home Screen. 2. Slide the switch to the ON p...

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98 location and the direction the phone is facing. Searching for a Location 1. Touch the Google folder in the Home Screen and select Maps. 2. Touch or touch the Search Key. 3. Enter the address or the type of business or establishment ...

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99 Maps. 2. Touch beside the search box. 3. Select the mode of transportation and then enter a start and end point. If your location is found, it will appear in the start point field by default. As suggested routes appear, touch one to s...

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100 You can also slide up the bottom card to find out more information, such as the street address, website, and street view, or to call that place, save it to your Google Account, or share it with others. NOTE: The "Explore" fe...