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Initial settings

Basic operation

Thank you for buying the "Xperia

TM

 ZL2" (simply called the "product" from here 

on).
In this guide, settings and precautions for using the product are described.

Setting Guide

April 2014, 1st Edition
Sold by:  KDDI CORPORATION, OKINAWA CELLULAR 

TELEPHONE COMPANY

Manufactured by: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

1284-1621.1

Opening Notification panel

If any notification icons are displayed on 

the left side of the status bar, slide down the 

status bar to open the Notification panel. You 

can check details of notification icons or start 

corresponding applications.

Open the Notification panel and tap "Quick 

settings" to enable/disable functions.

For detailed descriptions of operations, refer to the "Instruction Manual" 
(Japanese) application installed on the product or "

取扱説明書(詳細版)

(Full Instruction Manual)" (Japanese) available on the au homepage.

P

Power key

Power ON

Press and hold

P

for over 1 second.

Screen Lock

Press

P

while the screen displayed, then the 

backlight turns off and screen lock is activated 
(avoiding the keys or touch screen from false 
operations).

Unlocking Screen Lock

The lock screen appears when turning the 
power on or the backlight on by pressing

P

.

Swipe (flick) the screen up or down to cancel 
the screen lock.

 Application  key

Tap to display the applications screen.

Touch panel operations

Long-touch

Keep touching an item 
with your finger.

Drag

Keep touching an item 
or icon, trace it to the 
desired direction to 
move.

Pinch

Touch the screen with 
two fingers and widen 
(pinch-out) or narrow 
(pinch-in) the fingers' 
distance.

Character entry

Use software keyboard to enter characters.

The software keyboard appears when you tap the entry field for registering 

a contact, composing a mail, etc.

Software keyboard

With "Xperia™ Japanese keyboard" for Japanese input, you can switch 
input types between "Keypad" and "QWERTY".

Tap " 

" to switch the character mode "Hiragana/Kanji" 

 "Alphabet" 

 "Numeric".

Tap " 

 " on quick toolbar to display the tool list so that you can switch 

software keyboard, handwriting input or voice input, use plug-in apps or 
change settings.
When quick tool bar is not displayed, tap " 

 " (when character type is 

"Alphabet" or "Numeric", tap " 

 "/" 

 " to switch to "Hiragana/Kanji" then  

   appears).

1

Setting Wi-Fi

®

 network manually

1

Select Wi-Fi

®

network

[Other network

]

Input a password 

(security key) 

 [Connect]

2

Connect Wi-Fi

®

 network 

 [Done] 

 [   ]

3

Slide

While your finger is 
gently touching the 
screen, trace it to the 
desired direction to move 
over.

Displaying menu

There are two types for displaying the screen menu; tapping " 

" and long-

touching an input field or item. 

Company names and product names referred to in this manual are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of respective companies.
The TM, ® marks may be omitted in this manual.
Screen illustrations shown in this manual may look different from the actual screens.
In some cases, upper or lower part of a screen may be omitted.

Connect Wi-Fi

®

 network 

 [Done] 

 [   ]

3

STEP 4: Accounts & sync

Set an account for online service such as Google so that you can synchronize with contacts or calendar, etc. of Gmail or online service.

To set online service, make sure that data communication is enabled. Check that 

 / 

 appears on the status bar or the product is connected to a Wi-Fi

®

network.

Check that "Sync automatically" is turned on ( 

 ).

Setting up a Google account

If you set up a Google account, you can use Google applications such as "Gmail", "Google Play", "Hangouts" or "". And, Gmail's mail address "(user name) @gmail.com" is 
automatically created from the user name set with a Google account.

To create an account, you are required to register "First" name and "Last" name.

1

[Google]

* If you have Google account, 

tap "Yes".

[No]

2

3

Enter "First" name, 

"Last" name 

 [   ]

4

5

6

8

9

10

7

[Set up recovery 

options]

 Enter a 

phone number and a 

mail address 

 [   ]

Add Wi-Fi

®

 network manually.

Check network SSID, authentication type, etc. in advance.
If security is set, you need to enter a security key.

Enter a user name 

 [   ]

Confirm contents 

[I accept] 

 Enter 

displayed texts

 [ 

]

Set network SSID and 

security

 [Save]

2

When you turn on the product for the first time, follow the onscreen 

instructions to set the language, functions, services, etc.

STEP 2: Setting Wi-Fi

®

 connection

Use home wireless LAN (Wi-Fi

®

) or public wireless LAN to connect 

Internet service. Operate in a place where signal of Wi-Fi

®

 network can 

be received.

Tap "Search for networks".

Wi-Fi

®

 network with 

 is open network.

Wi-Fi

®

 network with 

is protected by security. To connect, enter 

password (security key).

To detect Wi-Fi

®

 network manually or make Wi-Fi

®

 advanced settings, 

after the initial setting is complete, tap [   ] 

 [Settings] 

 [Wi-Fi] 

[

 ] 

 [Scan]/[Advanced].

Using Wi-Fi easy connection

Tap [ 

 ] 

 [Wi-Fi Easy Settings] and follow the onscreen instructions.

Select "English (United States)" and tap "Done".

Alternatively, after the initial setting is complete, from the Home 
screen, tap [ 

]

 [

設定

 (Settings)] 

 [

言語と入力

 (Language & 

input)]

 [

地域/言語

 (Language)] to set the language.

STEP START: Setting language

When "Welcome" appears, tap "   ".

STEP 1: Starting basic settings

* After step 4, checking registration of username starts. If the entered user name is unavailable, an entry 

screen for prompting another user name appears.

* Mail address registered in step 6 will be used to contact from Google in case you forget your password 

etc. If you have no another mail, remain as blank.

STEP 5: Setting location service

Follow the onscreen instructions to set location service.

* When Google account is set, the setting screen for the location service does not appear. Go to STEP 6.

STEP 6: Completion of setup

When the setup completion screen appears, tap "Finish".

Alternatively, after the initial setting is complete, from the Home screen, tap [ 

]

[Settings]

 [Setup guide], you can set each function and service.

au Easy Setting

Set au convenient functions or services.

1

[Next]

Using Wi-Fi

®

 network selection settings

Select from detected Wi-Fi

®

 network to set.

To select a protected Wi-Fi

®

 network, you need to enter a security key.

Setting au ID

By setting au ID, you can use various services provided by au such as au

スマートパス

 (au Smart Pass) or "au Kantan Kessai", which allows you to purchase 

applications from Google Play.

* au ID which is already used by another user cannot be set.

Alternatively, after the initial setting is complete, from the Home screen, tap [   ] 

[

お客さまサポート

 (Customer support)]

[au Easy Setting], you can set au service. 

[au ID

の設定・

保存

 (Set/save 

au ID)]

3

4

* Default value is four-

digit number set at 
subscription.

Enter a password 

number

 [OK]

Set password 

[

設定

 (Set)]

5

* If there is data to be recovered, a recovery 

screen for data appears after the step 8. Follow 
the onscreen instructions.

* The screens of the step 9 and 10 appear only if 

"Agree" is selected in the step 8.

* If you select "Activate 3LM" in the step 10, you 

can set support service in case of loss, theft or 
malfunction of the product.

* The screen of the step 11 appears only if 

"Activate 3LM" is selected in the step 10.

* If there are applications to be recovered, a 

recovery screen for applications appears after 
the step 11. Follow the onscreen instructions.

2

Select "Register au 

ID"

 [Next] 

Status bar

Current status and 
notification icons 
are displayed.

Set purchase 

settings for Google 
Play as required 

[

 ]

SFO/KDDI/Setting guide

Tap/Double-tap

Tap: Gently touch 
a screen and then 
immediately release your 
finger. 
Double tap: Touch the 
same position twice.

Flick (swipe)

Operate the screen 
by quickly moving 
(flicking) your finger 
up, down, right, or left.

WPS is a function enabling simple wireless LAN (Wi-Fi

®

) connection for advanced 

security settings. You can use the WPS function of the product to connect to the 
Wi-Fi

®

 network through a WPS compatible wireless LAN (Wi-Fi

®

) device as an 

access point. Make the WPS compatible device settings as required.
Tap [ 

 ] 

 [Automatic setup (WPS)] and follow the onscreen instructions.

Using auto-setting (WPS)

Sony Entertainment Network provides you with online services such 
as online music store "Music Unlimited" or online video store "Video 
Unlimited", and you can use these services with a single account.
Tap "Get started" to create and save a user account when using Sony 
Entertainment Network.

STEP 3: Setting Sony World

6

[au ID

設定メニューへ

 (Go to 

au ID settings menu)] 

 [

パス

ワードを忘れた時のために

 (In 

case you forget password)] 

Enter necessary information 

[

入力完了

 (Done)] 

[

変更

 (Change)] 

 [

終了

 (Exit)]

Enter a security 

password 

 [   ]

Introduction

Basic operation

Describes the basic operations.

Initial settings

Make initial settings when you turn 
the power on for the first time.

E-mail setting

Make initial settings for @ezweb.
ne.jp etc.

Making a call

Describes how to make a call.

Receiving a call

Describes how to receive a call.

Importing contacts

Import contacts from microSD 
memory card etc.

Exporting contacts

Export contacts to microSD memory 
card etc.

Sending contacts

Send contacts to another phone.

Backing up to microSD 
memory card

Use a file management application to 
back up data.

Saving battery power

Save battery power using widget.

Display (Touch panel)

Operate directly touching with your finger.

Notification
panel

r

Recently used applications

Tap to display a list of recently used 
applications by a thumbnail or small apps. Tap 
[Close all] to end all applications and delete 
all list items in the thumbnail.

y

Home key

Tap to display the Home screen.

x

Back key

Tap to return to the previous screen.

[Finish]

8

Confirm contents 
Select "Agree" 

[Next]

 [Agree]

10

11

7

Select "Update" 

 [Next]

12

Check the contents

 [Activate]

Select "Activate 

3LM" or "Skip 
Activation"

[Next]

Flick input screen

Flick left

Flick up

Tap

Flick right

Flick down

Flick input

Touch a key in the keypad to display input candidates for flick input as 
follows. Flick in the direction of a desired character to enter.

Keypad

QWERTY

Quick toolbar

[Not now]

* If you select "Get 

started", follow 
the onscreen 
instructions.

Confirm the Google 

services settings 

setting

 [ 

]

9

Mark the data to 

be backed up 

automatically

[Next]

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