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1- List of the 10 must-know and 5 advanced points
To make navigating through this list easier, each point starts with a hyperlink:
Here are the 10 must-know points to use your phone:
1- Master the physical buttons
: “Sleep-Wake” button to switch on your phone, turn it off, reboot it, and go
in and out of sleep mode, as well as the “Home” button to go out of sleep mode
To switch your phone on, press the Sleep-Wake button on the right side of your phone for a few seconds:
the complete process will take around 30 seconds. If the phone is on, but the buttons aren’t working, this
means that the screen has gone in sleep mode. To exit sleep mode, press the “Home” button on the lowest
line of the keyboard or the “Sleep-Wake” button. When the Sleep mode is deactivated, a lock screen reads
the time out loud then tells you to “slide to unlock”. To unlock the phone and access your apps, put a finger
on the screen and slide it in any direction.
2- Memorize the order of the function keys
on the keyboard, especially the 2 top lines which correspond to
the navigation keys. From left to right, those keys are: Menu, Up Arrow, Correction key, for the first line
and OK, Down Arrow, Back key for the second line. Below the horizontal separation line (in relief) you will
find a classic numeric keypad on the following four lines.
3- Get used to the elastomer keypad overlay
. A few minutes of practice may be necessary to get a good
grasp on how it works.
To press a button several consecutive times quickly, get used to taking your finger off 1 or 2 mm from the
screen (approximately the height of the keypad overlay) before touching the screen again. Avoid the two
extremes consisting in either keeping your finger on the screen and only releasing the pressure a little, or
taking your finger too far away from the screen.
You should also learn how to change the interval after which a letter is repeated on the ABC keyboard for a
smoother use. To change the repeat-delay time of the ABC keyboard, see “9- Settings” then “4- Keyboard”
and “2- Repeat-delay interval".
4- Get used to opening the application-specific menus
by pressing the Menu key. For example from the
contact list or the SMS and email inboxes, use this key to display the Edit, Delete… options.
5- To pick up the phone
, press OK. To have the phone read you the name or number of the caller while it is
ringing, tap anywhere on the screen.
6- During a call, move the phone away from your ear to use the keyboard
since a proximity sensor
deactivates the screen. Press the OK button to activate the loudspeaker.
7- Master the vocalisation’s different levels of enunciation
for characters, words, sentences, or paragraphs
in the display and text input screens, using a zoom-in / zoom-out gesture or the gestures described in 4.5.
8- Having to load your phone’s battery every night is normal
, because the internet connection on
Smartphones is very energy-consuming.
9- Remember to check for updates on a regular basis
by going to “8-Updates” (Paragraph 14)
10- Explore the settings interface
to personalize your phone using “9-Settings”.