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ZTE AVID 828

USER GUIDE

Summary of Contents for AVID 828

Page 1: ...ZTE AVID 828 USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...nging the Ringtone and Notification Sound 16 Turning System Sounds On Off 17 Adjusting Volume 17 Applying New Wallpapers 17 Changing the Screen Brightness 17 Thank you for choosing Consumer Cellular We know you re excited to use your new ZTE Avid 828 and this user guide will help you get familiar with it so you can start using it as soon as possible Each section includes instructions and pictures ...

Page 3: ...nnecting to Your Computer via USB 38 Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection 40 Connecting to Virtual Private Networks 42 Phone Calls 44 Placing and Ending Calls 44 Answering or Rejecting Calls 45 Working With the Call History 45 Calling Your Contacts 46 Checking Voicemail 47 Using Options During a Call 47 Managing Multi Party Calls 48 Setting Up a Conference Call 49 Adjusting Your Call Settings 49 Se...

Page 4: ... a Message 68 Changing Message Settings 68 Calendar 69 Viewing Your Calendars and Events 69 Creating an Event 70 Editing Deleting or Sharing an Event 71 Changing Calendar Settings 71 Camera 72 Capturing a Photo 72 Recording a Video 73 Gallery 74 Opening the Gallery 74 Working With Albums 74 Working With Pictures 75 Retouching Your Photos 76 Playing Videos 76 More Apps 77 Clock 77 Calculator 78 Dow...

Page 5: ...to the phone do not use any other kind of SIM card or any non standard nano SIM card cut from a SIM card You can get a standard nano SIM card from your service provider 3 Insert the battery by aligning the metal contacts on the battery with the metal contacts in the battery compartment Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place 4 Align the back cover with the back of the phone and ...

Page 6: ...roved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode 1 Connect the adapter to the charging port 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 in the Status Bar 3 Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged Note If the battery is extremely low you may be unable to power on the phone even when it i...

Page 7: ...ress and hold a blank area of the screen or press and hold the camera icon at the bottom right to open the camera Note If you have set an unlock pattern PIN or password for your phone see Personalizing Protecting Your Phone with Screen Locks you ll need to draw the pattern or enter the PIN password to unlock your screen USING THE TOUCHSCREEN Your phone s touchscreen lets you control actions throug...

Page 8: ...Light Volume Keys Touchscreen Back Key Speaker Front Camera Power Key Recent Apps Key Home Key The positions of the Recent Apps Key and the Back Key are interchangeable through the Home Key Settings Navigation Key Back Camera Flash Headset Jack Speaker Charging micro USB Jack ...

Page 9: ...ed home screen panels You can add or remove home screen panels or adjust the order KEY FUNCTIONS Key Function Power Key Press and hold to turn Airplane mode on or off restart or to power off Press to change your phone to Sleep mode Press to wake up your phone Home Key Press to return to the home screen from any application or screen Press and hold to access Google search Recent Apps Key Press to s...

Page 10: ... Contacts Setting a Ringtone for a Contact for how to assign a special ringtone to an individual contact TURNING SYSTEM SOUNDS ON OFF 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Sound notifications Other sounds 2 Tap Dial pad tones Screen lock sounds Touch sounds or Vibrate on touch to toggle on and off ADJUSTING VOLUME 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Sound notifications 2 Drag the sliders below Media volume Alarm vo...

Page 11: ...n tap DONE PROTECTING YOUR PHONE WITH ENCRYPTION You can encrypt all the data on your phone including your accounts application data music and other media downloaded information and so on If you do you must draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password each time you power on your phone WARNING Encryption is irreversible The only way to revert to an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory d...

Page 12: ... pattern or enter your PIN or password Subsequently you must draw the pattern enter your PIN or password each time you power on your phone in order to decrypt it 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 Indicators and icons Indicator What it means GPR...

Page 13: ... your finger down from the top of the screen To close the Notification Panel swipe your finger up from the bottom of the screen or tap the Back key Responding To or Removing a Notification In the Notification Panel you can respond to a notification or remove the notifications The Notification Panel also supports expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions right from the notifi...

Page 14: ...etooth Tap to turn on or off Bluetooth Data Tap to enable or disable data access over the mobile network Brightness Uncheck Auto and drag the brightness slider to adjust the screen brightness Note In the Quick Settings screen tap at the top to get to the Settings menu tap to access your profile in Users Press and hold some icons to open their Settings menu MANAGING SHORTCUTS AND WIDGETS Adding Sho...

Page 15: ...nt input method and choose the settings for input methods Note Some default input methods may not be disabled ORGANIZING WITH FOLDERS You can create folders on the home screen and add several shortcuts to a folder You can move or remove folders the same way as moving or removing shortcuts Creating a Folder 1 Press and hold an icon on a home screen 2 Drag the shortcut over another and release your ...

Page 16: ...or uppercase and when locked in uppercase Tap to delete the text before the cursor Tap to select numbers and symbols You can then tap to find more Tap to choose emojis and emoticons Tap to use Google Voice typing Press and hold to change the input languages or set up the Google keyboard Google Voice Typing Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert speech to text You ...

Page 17: ...mbnails CONNECTING TO NETWORKS AND DEVICES CONNECTING TO MOBILE NETWORKS Controlling Mobile Data Use To enable or disable data access 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Data usage 2 Slide the Mobile data switch to enable or disable mobile data use To get data services when roaming 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Mobile networks 2 Slide the Data roaming switch to enable or disable roaming Note Data roaming ma...

Page 18: ...atically or if it is a network that you no longer use 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Wi Fi 2 Slide the Wi Fi switch to the On position 3 Tap the Wi Fi network name and then tap FORGET 2 Tap New APN 3 Tap each item to enter the required information 4 Tap Save Note To set the APN to default settings tap Reset to default CONNECTING TO WI FI Wi Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Inte...

Page 19: ...res the connection Note For detailed information about the WPS feature of the access point please refer to its documentation Adjusting Advanced Wi Fi Settings 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Wi Fi 2 Tap Advanced to adjust the following settings Network notification Enable to be notified whenever a public network is available Scanning always available Let Google s location service and other apps scan f...

Page 20: ...ooth Settings is open Changing the Device Name 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Bluetooth 2 Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Bluetooth is off 3 Tap Rename this device 4 Edit the name and tap RENAME Pairing with Another Bluetooth Device 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Bluetooth 2 Slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position if Bluetooth is off Your phone automatically scans for and displays...

Page 21: ...e one of the following options Charge only Charge your phone via USB Media device MTP Transfer media files on Windows or Mac Note For Windows XP please install the drivers and Media Player 11 or later version when you use Media device MTP for the first time Camera PTP Transfer photos using camera software USB tethering Share your phone s mobile network to access the Internet This feature is locked...

Page 22: ...nto a portable mobile hotspot This feature is locked by default To unlock it contact a Consumer Cellular customer service representative at 800 686 4460 The feature needs data connection on a mobile network and may result in data charges Note When the portable mobile hotspot feature is enabled you cannot use your phone s Wi Fi capability to access the Internet You still remain connected to the Int...

Page 23: ...u can connect to your VPN You can get this information from your network administrator Note You need to set a lock screen pattern PIN or password before you can use credential storage Adding a VPN 1 Tap the Home Key Settings More VPN 2 Tap 3 Enter the VPN name and server address and other information provided by your network administrator 4 Tap SAVE The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen C...

Page 24: ...nformation about the call then tap CALL BACK to call the number PHONE CALLS You can place calls from the Phone app the Contacts app or other apps or widgets that display contact information Wherever you see a phone number you can usually tap it to dial PLACING AND ENDING CALLS Placing a Call by Dialing 1 Tap the Home Key 2 Enter the phone number with the on screen keypad Tap to delete incorrect di...

Page 25: ...e call or tap the CONTACTS tab tap a contact and then tap to make a call CHECKING VOICEMAIL If you have set the phone to divert certain calls to voicemail callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you Here s how to check the messages they left 1 Tap the Home Key 2 Press and hold the 1 key in the dialer If prompted enter your voicemail password 3 Follow the voice prompts to listen...

Page 26: ...etween Two Calls Tap On hold to switch back to the other call SETTING UP A CONFERENCE CALL With this feature you can talk to two people at the same time Note Additional minutes may be used when conference calling 1 Place the first call 2 Once you have established the connection tap and dial the second number This puts the first caller on hold 3 When you re connected to the second party tap If one ...

Page 27: ... Numbers FDN allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Call settings 2 Tap Fixed Dialing Numbers and the following options are available Enable FDN Input the PIN2 code to enable the FDN feature Change PIN2 Change the PIN2 code for FDN access FDN list Manage the FDN list Note The PIN2 code is provided by your carrier Entering an incorrect PI...

Page 28: ... mode 2 Select one of the following options Consult your teletypewriter manufacturer s manual if necessary TTY Off Users who can hear and talk can disable TTY support TTY Full Users who cannot talk or hear may use this mode to send and receive text messages through TTY device TTY HCO Users who can hear but cannot talk may use this mode to listen to conversation of the other party and respond via t...

Page 29: ... field to choose 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 Tap to save the contact SETTING UP YOUR OWN PROFILE You can create your own name card in your phone 1 Tap the Home Key ALL CONTACTS 2 Tap Set up my profile If a profile has been set...

Page 30: ...OK WORKING WITH FAVORITE CONTACTS You can add the contacts you use frequently to FAVORITES so that you can find them quickly Adding a Contact to Favorites 1 Tap the Home Key ALL CONTACTS 2 Tap a contact and then tap at the top of the screen Removing a Contact from Favorites 1 Tap the Home Key FAVORITES 2 Tap a favorite contact and then tap at the top of the screen WORKING WITH GROUPS Viewing Your ...

Page 31: ...tap to search 2 Input the contact name you want to search for The contacts matched will be listed EDITING CONTACTS Editing Contact Details 1 Tap the Home Key 2 Tap a contact and then tap 3 Edit the contact and tap Setting a Ringtone for a Contact Assign a special ringtone to a contact so you know who is calling when you hear the ringtone 1 Tap the Home Key 2 Tap a contact you want to set a rington...

Page 32: ...act you want to separate 3 Tap Separate 4 Tap OK to confirm 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 Adding an Account 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Accounts Add account 2 Tap the type of account you want to add 3 Follow the on screen step...

Page 33: ...to sync on the phone and the web When auto sync is disabled tap a listing to sync that type of information between the phone and the web EMAIL Tap the Home Key Email Use it to read and send emails from Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Gmail Hotmail Yahoo and more SETTING UP THE FIRST EMAIL ACCOUNT 1 When you open Email for the first time enter your email address and password 2 Tap NEXT to let the pho...

Page 34: ...nread While reading a message tap While in a message list for instance the inbox press and hold a message and then tap Deleting an email You can delete an email from its folder You can also delete a batch of emails While reading a message tap While in a message list for instance the inbox press and hold a message and then tap Replying to or forwarding an email 1 Open the email you want to reply to...

Page 35: ... Messaging to exchange text messages SMS and multimedia messages MMS OPENING THE MESSAGING SCREEN Tap the Home Key The Messaging screen opens where you can create a new message search for messages or open an ongoing message thread Tap to write a new text or multimedia message Tap to search for a message using keywords Tap an existing message thread to open the conversation SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE 1...

Page 36: ... settings CALENDAR The 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 in to your Exchange account on the phone To open Calendar tap the Home Key Calendar VIEWING YOUR CALENDARS AND EVENTS Selecting Visible Calendars 1 Open the Calendar app 2...

Page 37: ...event you want to edit or delete 2 Open its details screen see Calendar Viewing your calendars and events Viewing event detail 3 Choose one of the following options To edit the event tap Select the details to be changed Tap DONE to save your changes To delete the event tap OK To share an event tap and choose an option CHANGING CALENDAR SETTINGS To change Calendar settings open a Calendar view Day ...

Page 38: ...oward the eyes of people or animals Number Function 1 Change camera settings 2 Turn on off HDR function 3 Switch between the front and back cameras 4 Select a color effect only available for the back camera 5 Change the camera mode 6 View photos and videos you have taken 7 Capture a photo 8 Switch to the camcorder or panorama mode RECORDING A VIDEO 1 Tap the Home Key 2 Aim the camera at the subjec...

Page 39: ...n album 2 Tap more items that you want to delete 3 Tap OK WORKING WITH PICTURES Tap a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen Double tap the picture or pinch two fingers together or spread them apart to zoom out or in Slide left or right to view other pictures in the album Number Function 1 Tap to return to the album where all its contents are displayed in a grid 2 Edit the picture ...

Page 40: ... the local time in places around the world set alarms and use timers Setting a New Alarm 1 Open the Clock app and tap 2 Tap a default alarm to configure it or tap at the bottom of the screen to create a new alarm 3 Set up the alarm options such as time alarm days snooze and alarm ringtone 4 Tap OK to save and exit Note To enable or disable existing alarms directly tap On or Off on the right side o...

Page 41: ...ages videos audio clips and other types of files on your phone and on the memory card Tap the Home Key File Manager You can find the file you need by category SOUND RECORDER Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like Recording a Voice Memo 1 Tap the Home Key Sound Recorder 2 Tap to start recording 3 Tap to pause and to continue during the recording 4 Tap ...

Page 42: ...your Google account Hangouts Chat with Google friends or send text or multimedia messages Play Store Buy and download apps games and other content from the Google Play store Voice Search Search for information with your voice SETTINGS Tap the Home Key Settings Settings contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your device GENERAL SETTINGS Airplane Mode In the Settings app tap Airp...

Page 43: ...rs when entering text Personal dictionary Add new words to the phone s dictionary or remove words from the dictionary The words you add are used for spell check and word suggestion Keyboard input methods Configure text input settings see Input Settings Voice input Select and configure voice input services Text to speech output Preferred engine Select the speech synthesis engine you want to use or ...

Page 44: ... and voice recordings 1 Tap the Home Key Settings Storage Save location 2 Tap Phone to store items in the phone s memory Or if a microSDHC card is present tap SD card to store data on the card SD card The external SD card storage options let you view the microSDHC card s size and available space unmount the card for safe removal from the phone and format erase the card see Connecting to Networks a...

Page 45: ... only Use GPS to pinpoint your location Accelerated location Use Qualcomm IZat hardware for enhanced location services Security Screen lock Disable the screen lock or enable it with swipe pattern PIN or password see Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks Owner info Set the text that you may display on the lock screen Smart Lock Keep the phone unlocked when connected to trusted devices in trusted ...

Page 46: ...see how it works Apps with usage access Turn on or off some apps access to your phone usage information Backup 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 Backup account Set the Google account that the data is backed up to Automatic restore Restore previously backed up settings and data when you reinstall an a...

Page 47: ...ormation You can also upgrade your phone system from update packages copied to the storage card UPGRADING THE PHONE SOFTWARE There are several ways to upgrade your phone software Use the online upgrade tool for mobile terminal products Use the one press upgrade package offered by your mobile service provider Use the upgrade package on your microSDHC card Note Visit the ZTE official handset service...

Page 48: ...ne Unable to select certain features Your service provider does not support these features or you have not applied for services that provide these features Contact your service provider Problem Possible causes Possible solution Battery not charging The battery or battery charger is damaged Contact Consumer Cellular The phone s temperature is below 32 F 0 C or higher than 113 F 45 C Adjust the batt...

Page 49: ...ed an incorrect PIN code three consecutive times Contact Consumer Cellular Phone crashes reboots freeze or cannot be powered on Some third party software is not compatible with your phone Reset the phone to factory status Uninstall the software that may be causing the problem Upgrade the phone software Don t make or receive handheld calls while driving Never text while driving Keep your phone at l...

Page 50: ...th the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section of www fcc gov oet ea fccid after searching on FCC ID SRQ Z828 For this device the highest reported SAR value for usage against the head is 1 04 W kg for usage near the body is 1 19 W kg While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions they all meet the government requirements SAR compliance...

Page 51: ...ess phones are 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 The wireless telephone industry has developed ratings for some of their mobile phones to assist hearing device users in findin...

Page 52: ...cation Requirements for Battery System Compliance to IEEE 1725 Use of an unqualified battery or charger may present a risk of fire explosion leakage or other hazard Do not short circuit a battery or allow metallic conductive objects to contact battery terminals Replace the battery only with another battery that has been qualified with the system per this standard IEEE Std 1725 Use of an unqualifie...

Page 53: ...y airport or airline staff Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices onboard the aircraft If your device offers an airplane mode this must be enabled prior to boarding an aircraft Interference in Vehicles Please note that because of possible interference with electronic equipment some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of cellphones in their vehicles unless a hands free kit wit...

Page 54: ...battery Display 5 0 854 x 480 FWVGA Camera 5 MP AF rear facing 2 MP front facing Internal memory 8GB ROM 1GB RAM Removable memory card Supports microSDHC card up to 32 GB Battery 2 300 mAh Continuous idle time Up to 16 6 days Continuous talk time Up to 13 7 hours Bluetooth BT 4 0 HAC M3 T3 Note The phone s talk time and idle time are based on ideal working environments The use of extended backligh...

Page 55: ...is product is guaranteed for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase In the unlikely event of a fault occurring during this period please contact the place of purchase Proof of purchase is required for any service or support needed during the guarantee period This guarantee will not apply to a fault caused by an accident or a similar incident or damage liquid ingress negligence abnormal us...

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Page 57: ...gos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG Inc and any use of such trademarks by ZTE Corporation is under license Android is a trademark of Google Inc Wi Fi is a registered trademark of Wi Fi Alliance microSDHC logo is a trademark of SD 3C LLC Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated registered in the United States and other countries Used with permission Other marks are the propert...

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