Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product F5 BenQ
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F5 Smar tphone User Manual.
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8 Contents Important safety informati on ........ .................. ........................................ ......... ........................ ......... 12 Operat ing temper ature ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ............ ........
9 Check notifications .................. ................. .............. ................ ................ ................. .......... .......... ... 36 Use the Quic k Settings ................. ................. ................ .............. ....
10 Manage your contacts.............. ................ ............... ................ ................ ................. ............. .............. 52 Share your contacts......... .................. ................. ................ .............
11 Manage your images and videos .... ................. ................ ................ .............. ................. .............. .. ... 75 Manage your downloads ................. ................. ................ ................ ...........
12 Impor tant safety inf ormation Read the sa fety i nforma tion c arefully b efo re using yo ur phone . Failur e to obser ve these instructions ma y result in damage to , or loss of, personal property , bodily injur y , or even death. • Don’t make/receiv e handheld calls while driving.
13 • Av oid extreme temperat ures. • Av oid contact with anything magnet ic . • Don’t r ely on your phone for emergency communications. • Av oid contact with liquids. K eep your phone dr y . • Don’t hold your phone close to your ear while using the loudspeaker .
14 Operating temperatur e Use this phone in en vironmental temperatur es between -10 °C and 40 °C. Batter y • Use only the supplied or app rov ed batter y . Using an unappro ved batter y ma y cause you r phone to explode and result in seriou s damage to your health or prop er ty .
15 • Don’ t disassemble the b atter y or throw the batter y in fire as it ma y exp lode. Electrical safety • Use only the charge r supplied with your pho ne . Using an unappr oved charger ma y cause malfunction and danger . • Connect the charger to a pr oper elec trical outl et and power so urce.
16 • Don’ t use the charger in a highl y humid environment. • Nev er touch the charger with w et hands. • Don’ t use the charger or USB cable if the y are br oken or damaged. • Don’ t attempt to repair the charger . Replace the charger if it is damaged or exposed to excessiv e moisture.
17 About y our phone Check the packag e contents Open the package and conf irm that the fo llowing items are included. If an ything is missing or damaged, contact yo ur place of purchase immediatel y .
18 Fron t v i ew.
19 1 Earpiece Used to listen to voic e calls. 2P r o x i m i t y a n d ambient light sensors • Pro ximity sensor : T urns off the screen as you bring the phone close to your ear during a call. • Ambient light sensor : Controls scr een brightness according to surrounding lighting.
20 Rear view.
21 1 Rear camera Captures photos and videos . 2 Headphone connector Y ou can connect a headset to listen to music, FM radio, and conduct voic e c al ls. T o prevent hearing damage, don’t listen at high v olume levels (abov e 100 dB) for long periods (ov er 30 minutes).
22 Set up y our phone Remo v e the back co ver Insert your fingernail into the notch and lift u p the back cover . 7M i c r o U S B port • Connects the USB cable to transfer data to and from a computer . • Connects the USB cable and charger to charge the phone .
23 Insert a micro-SIM card With the metal con tacts facing down, align the micro-SIM card with the mark next to the card slot, and fu lly insert th e micro-SIM card into the card slot, until the mi cro-SIM card is locked in place. T o av oid d amaging your phone and SIM ca rd, don’t use a Nano SIM card or a SIM card ada pter .
24 Insert a microSD card With the metal con tacts facing down, align the microSD card with the mark next to the card slot, and fully insert the microSD card into the card slot. • The phone supports microSD cards up to 64 GB in size. • The micr oSD card is only a v ailable by sepa rate purchase.
25 Install the back co v er 1. Align the back cov er onto the top of your p hone (a) . 2. In a clockwise direction (b) , press the sides and the bottom of the back cover against your phone to lock the back cover into place.
26 Charge y our phone Y our phone’ s battery is not full y charged when you first unpack y our phone. Fully charge t he batter y befor e using the phone. 1. Insert the smaller end of the USB cable into y our phone’ s micr o USB port. 2. Insert the larger end of the USB cable into the USB wall charger .
27 LED indicator Y our phone’ s LED indicator displa ys th e following batter y statu s: • Flashing red: Th e batter y is r unning low . • Solid red: The battery is charging. • Solid green: The b atter y is fully charged. • Full y charging the batter y takes appro ximately 3 to 3.
28 T urn your phone on/off • T urn on: Press an d hold the power button. • T urn off: Press an d hold the power button > touc h Pow e r o f f > OK .
29 Use the touch scr een To u c h T ouch the screen gentl y to select an item or perform an action. Drag T ouch and hold an item. Drag it to a new position.
30 Swipe Quickly slide y our finger acr oss the screen surface..
31 Zoom in or out (when br o wsing the W eb or viewing ima ges) Do one of the following: • Quickly double-tap the scr een. • Spread o r pinch images with two f ingers.
32 Na vigate your Home scr eens 1. Status bar : Shows notifications on the left, and system status icons and curr ent time on the right. 2. Widget : A small app that provides convenient functions and information on your Home scr een. 3. Home screens : T o move betw een Home screens, s wipe left or right.
33 7. Home screen indicator : Indicates the number of Home screens and curr ent Home screen. 8. App i con • Open an app: T o uch an app icon. • Move an icon: Hold the icon. Sli d e and drop it in a new position. • Remove and u ninstall an app: H old the app icon.
34 Organiz e your Home screens T ouch and hold to open the menu : Edit mode • Add widgets: Swipe the widgets at th e bottom. Hold and drag a widget to where y ou want it to be on the Home scr een. • Add mor e Home screens: Swipe to the rightmost/leftmos t screen and touch .
35 Search Open Google No w to se arch for info rma tion . Pre view • Change the centra l Home screen: T ouch on a Home scr een thumbnail. The central Home screen’ s thumbnail will show . • T ouch a Home screen thumbnail to quickly jump to the Home scr een you need.
36 Home settings Change Home screen settings. Check notifications When the st atus bar shows notifica tions, swipe down from the statu s bar at the top to open th e notification dra wer : • T ouch a notification to open an associated app. • T o expand or c ontract an em ail notification , you can swipe a no tification ver t ic al ly .
37 Use the Quick Settings Use the Quick Sett ings to quickly en able/disable WLAN and mobile data connections, adjust brightness , and access the Settings app and other featu res. 1. Open the Quick Settings: • Swipe down the notif ication dra wer and touch at the top right.
38 Put y our phone to sleep • Y ou can pr ess the pow er button to turn off the s creen and put y our phone to sleep. • When your phone is on and left idle fo r a set period, it turns off th e screen and goes into sleep mode. • T o change the settings available fr om the Quick Settings: 1.
39 W ake up y our phone an d unlock the screen 1. Press the po wer button to turn on the scr een. The lock screen a ppears. 2. Swipe awa y th e lock ico n . Na vigate the lock screen Y ou can use widgets and open the Camera app directly fr om the lock sc reen, without needing to unlock the scre en.
40 Add widgets to the lock scr een 1. T o enable the lock screen widget featur e , select Settings > Security > Enable widgets . 2. When the lock scre en appears, swipe right fr om the left edge of the lock screen. 3. T ouch the plus icon . A list of widgets appears.
41 Reorder lock scr een widgets 1. T ouch and hold a widget. 2. Drag the widget and r eleas e it in a new location. Remo ve a lock scr een widget 1. T ouch and hold a widget.
42 Set up an Internet connection T o browse the W eb, send email, and pe rf orm o ther online activities, a WLAN (Wireless Loc al Area Network , IEEE 802.11 b/g/n supported) or mobile data connection is required. Connect to a WLAN network 1. Go to Settings > WIRELESS & NETW ORKS .
43 4. T ouch a WLAN to connect to it. T o connect to a secure d network indicated by , type a passw ord and touch Connect . 5. When the status bar at the top shows , your phone’ s WL AN connection is succes sful. Enable y our phone’ s mobile data connection Go to Settings > Mor e .
44 Add y our accounts Using certain apps such as Em ail or Pla y Store requires you to set up and sign in to yo ur personal account on y our phone. 1. Go to Settings > A CCOUNTS > Add account . 2. T ouch the type of account y ou wish to add. 3. Follow on-screen instructions to enter accoun t information.
45 3. T ouch to select the data types that y ou wish to sync automaticall y (for example, Gmail or Contacts ). T o uch > Sync no w to manually sync the selected data types. Remo ve y our account 1. Go to Settings > A CCOUNTS > yo ur account type (for example, Google ).
46 Manag e y our location data Y ou can let y our phone collect you r location data from WL AN, mobile networks, GPS satellites, and Google’ s locat ion ser vice. T o estimate your loca tion, apps that ha ve y our permission ma y use your location data to deliver lo cation-based ser vices, such as local weather forecast, traffic data, etc.
47 3. T ouch Mode . 4. Select a location mode to decide wh at sour ces your p hone uses to get you r l oc at io n da ta . • Select the Battery saving mode to let your phone estimate your location using low battery-intensive sour ces, such as WLAN and mobile networks.
48 Enter and edit text Use the Google K eyboard When yo u touch a text box wher e you want to e nter text, the Goo gle Ke y b o a r d appears. Input words using g esture typing 1. On the k eyboard, slide y our finger acr oss the letters of the w ord you want to input.
49 Mo ve the cursor T ouch where yo u want to edit in a text box, or drag the cu rsor tab . Cop y and paste text 1. Select text: T ouch and hold or double-tap to select text. 2. When the selected text highlights, drag the tabs / to change selection. 3.
50 Mak e calls T ouch Phone . Use the dial pad • T ouch the keys on the dialpad to enter phone numbers. • T o mak e internatio nal calls, touch and hold to enter “+”. • T o mak e calls , touch . • When a p hone numbe r is entered on the dial p ad, touc h t o add the number to y our contact list.
51 Use the Phone app’ s main screen T ouch to hide the dial pad and display the main scr een. • T o find a contact, type a name or ph one number into the sear ch bar at the top . T o use voic e search, touch and sa y a contact name or ph one number .
52 When an incoming call arriv es T ouch and hold , and swipe it over: Manag e y our contacts T ouch P eople . • T o move among these views of contacts , s wipe the screen horizontally or touch the tabs: : Groups of c ontacts in your accounts. : All contacts.
53 : People y ou ta lk to frequently or mark ed as fav orites with a star . • T ouch / to ad d new contacts/create caller gr oups. • T ouch to search fo r contacts. Share y o ur contacts Y ou can send y our contacts to others using E mail or available sh aring apps installed on your phone.
54 Impor t/export your contacts 1. T ouch > Import/expor t . 2. Choose from the f ollowing actions: Import f rom SIM card Contacts sav ed on the micro-SIM card will be copied to your account or phone. Export to SIM card Contacts sa ved on y our phone or account will be co pied to your micr o-SIM card.
55 Export to SD card Contacts will be copied as vCard files and sav ed on your microSD card or internal phone storage. Send text or m ultimedia messag es T ouch Messaging . 1. T ouch . 2. T ype a mobile number or a contact’ s name into the To text box.
56 Na vigate the W eb T ouch Bro wser . • T o visit a web page, type a w eb address into t he address bar at t he top of the screen, or enter k ey words to look for information on the W eb. • Scroll a w eb page: Swipe or drag the screen. • Zoom: Spread an d pinch the screen with y our fingers, or double-tap th e screen.
57 • T ouch : Open new win dows or switch among windo ws. T ouch : Open a new window . T ouch : View book marks, browsing histor y , and sav ed web pages. • T ouch : Refr esh, forward, open book marks, sav e the curr ent page to bookmarks, and acces s other options and sett ings.
58 Send email 1. T ouch Email . 2. T ouch your email account tab at the top left to open the acc ount/email folder list . 3. If you ha ve multiple accounts on your phone, se lect an account. 4. T ouch to open the email editing scr een. 5. T ype the recipien t’ s em ail address and subject.
59 6. Compose your em ail content. 7. T o perform further actions, such as attaching a picture, touch > Attach file . 8. T ouch : Send the email..
60 Connect y our phone to y our computer 1. Use the supplied USB cable to connect your phon e to your computer . 2. Swipe down the no tification dra wer fr om the top . 3. Select Connected as a media de vice > Media de vice (MTP) . 4. On your c omputer , your phone is det e cted as a media device.
61 Connect y our phone to other de vices Bluetooth Y ou can connect y our phone to another Blueto oth device to trans fer files, or connect to a Blue tooth headset to mak e calls or listen to music. Connect to a Bluetooth de vice 1. T ouch Settings . 2.
62 3. T ouch Bluetooth . Y our phone scans f or and displa ys the IDs of all a v ailable Bl uetooth d evices within ra nge . 4. T ouch the ID of the Bluetooth devi ce to pair with it. 5. Confirm th e passke y that appears and touch Pa i r . On the ot her Bluetooth device, accept the identical passkey for pairing.
63 WLAN Direct WLAN Dir ect lets y our phone connect to another de vice over a WLAN network, and then send data such as photos to th e connected device using a sharing application a vailable on both de vices. 1. T ouch Settings . 2. Slide the WLAN switch on: .
64 T ethering & portable hotspot Y ou can shar e your phone’ s mobile data conn ection via USB or as a portable WLAN hotspot. Go to Settings > Mor e ... > T ethering & por table hotspot . USB tethering Y our computer can shar e your phone’ s mobile data connection via USB.
65 Po r t a b l e W L A N h o t s p o t Y ou can turn y our phone into a portable WLAN hotspot, so t hat other devices can share y our phone’ s mobile data connection o ver a WLAN netw ork. Set up a WLAN hotspot Y ou can change y our phone’ s SSID (hotspot nam e), security type, and passw ord.
66 Bluetooth tethering Y ou can select Blueto oth tethering to shar e your phone’ s Internet connection with other pa ired de vi ces via Bluetooth. Wireless displa y Y our phone can c onnect wirelessly to a Miracast-certified tele vision or monitor that is equipped with a cer tifie d Miracas t adapter .
67 1. Go to Settings > Displa y > Cast scre en > . 2. Select Enable wir eless display . Connect to a network printer Go to Settings > SY STEM > Printing . Y ou can connec t your phone wir elessly to a netw ork printer that suppo r ts wireless printing, and then print the co ntent on your phone to the prin ter .
68 Use the Camera T ouch Camera . Use the camera viewf inder (in Auto mode) Captur e a photo 1. T ouch : Switch betw een the front cam era and the rear camera. 2. When using the r ear camera, spread or pinch the v iewfinder scr een with your f ingers to zoom in or zoom out.
69 4. When the camera focuses on the subjec t in the selected focal point, touch to captur e a photo . In photo cap ture mode, select one of thes e auto-focus modes: • : When yo u touch an object that y ou want to focus on, the camera focuses on the object and then ca ptures a photo aut omatically .
70 Record a video 1. T ouch : Star t recording a video . During recording, touc h t o pause. 2. T ouch : Stop r ecording. In video recording mode, select o ne of these auto-focus modes: • : The camera will auto focus during recording. • : Allows you to touch the subject that you want to focus on during rec o rdi n g.
71 Use other capture modes T ouch to choose fr om the following ca pture modes: Photo Ultra Sensitivity Enhance camera sensitivity to lighting condit ions, suitable for taking photos at night and in a d ark place. Smile The camera captures a photo imme diately when the viewfinder detects a smile on a person’ s face.
72 Pan o r am a Y ou can create a 360-degree panorama. 1. Frame one sid e or the other of the scene you want to include in a panorama. 2. T ouch . Pan slowly and steadily acr oss the scene you want to include in the p anorama. 3. W hen you reach the end of your shot, touch .
73 Denoise Reduces a photo’ s dark or bright spots. EV Lets you capture thr ee photos of d ifferent exposur e values. 1. T ouch to capture thre e p hotos with these values: EV 0, EV +1, EV -1. 2. S wipe to view the photos. T o uch and hold the photo thumbnails to select/deselect the photos.
74 Camera settings T ouch these icons to perform the following operations: View ca ptured photos/videos 1. Swipe th e viewfinder sc reen awa y to the left to view photos/videos. 2. T o return to the vi ewfinder , swipe the photos a wa y to the right unti l the viewfinder appears.
75 Manag e y our imag es and videos 1. T ouch Gallery . 2. T ouch an album > image/video thumbn ail to view the image/video . T ouch and hold an image/video thumbn ail to se lect the image/video. 3. T o zoom in or zoom out on an image, spread or pinch the image with y our fingers, or double-ta p the image .
76 Manag e y our do wnloads T ouch Downloads to manage f iles and me dia items downloaded by your p hone’ s apps. 1. T ouch a downloaded item to open it. 2. T ouch to choose how y our downloads ar e sor ted. 3. T ouch and hol d a downloaded item to select it.
77 • : Shar e selected items using available sharing a pps. • : Delete sel ected items. Set curr ent time and date Go to Settings > SY STEM > Date & time . Y ou can set date and time manually or use y our mobile network as t he time source, select the time zone , and cho o se displa y format of date and time.
78 Use the Clock app T ouch Clock . Set an alarm 1. T ouch . 2. T ouch the time shown on an existing alarm, or touch to add a new alarm. 3. Set the alarm time using the clock im age that appea rs, and then touch Done . 4. Set the alarm ringtone, repeat da ys, etc.
79 Sho w curr ent time and date 1. T ouch . 2. T ouch to add clocks for othe r cities around t he world. Set a timer 1. T ouch . 2. Enter cou ntdown time . T ouc h ST AR T . 3. When the timer is going: • T ouch : Add an addition al minute. • T ouch the timer image: Pause/resu me the timer .
80 Use the stopwatch 1. T ouch . 2. T ouch the stopwatch image to st ar t/pause the stop watch. 3. T o add laps while the stopwatch is running, touc h .
81 Other settings Optimize y our phone’ s bat ter y Use these setti ngs to extend your phone’ s batter y life . Lo wer displa y brightness 1. Go to Settings > Displa y > Brightnes s . 2. T ouch or drag the color bar to a low er brightness lev el.
82 Set sleep mode Choose the shor test time your phone takes to go into sleep mode. 1. Go to Settings > Displa y > Sleep . 2. Choose the shortest i nactivity period possible. When the inactiv ity period ends, your p hone automatically turns off the screen and g oes to sleep.
83 2. T ouch Smart Connectivity . 3. Choose from the f ollowing modes: • Regular : When the screen is off du ring the off-peak time , WLAN and data connectivity is disabled aft er a defined dela y timeou t. Y ou need to set the off-peak time’ s start an d end points, and the delay timeout.
84 Battery Y ou can check r emaining batter y powe r percentage, individual pow er consumption percentages of th e functions currently in use , and total time of battery usage . Adjust y our phone’ s displa y Lo w blue light mode Go to Settings > Displa y > Low blue light mode .
85 Da ydream Y ou can let y our phone displa y screensa ve rs when it is charging or docked during sleep . 1. Go to Settings > Displa y > Da ydream . 2. Slide the switch on: . 3. Choose what to display as screensa vers. 4. T ouch WHEN T O D A YDREAM to choose when to displa y screensav ers.
86 Manag e y our phone’ s stora ge Go to Settings > Storag e . View space usage status for your phon e ’ s internal storage and microSD car d. S af e ly r em ove yo u r m i cro S D c a rd 1. Slide down toward the bottom of the Stora ge screen. 2.
87 2. After being warned of losin g a ll data on the card, touch the Erase S D card button to confirm. Pr otect your phone Here ar e the settings you can u se to secure y our phone and personal data stored on it. Go to Settings > Security . Screen lock Lock and unlock the screen using the following features.
88 Face Unlock Y ou can look at y our phone to unlock the scre en. Follow on-scre en instructions to set up Face Unl ock . When your p hone tries to capture your face image, show your entir e face within the suggested area on the vie wfinder screen. P attern Follow on-screen instructions to dra w an unlock pattern with y our finger .
89 Encr ypt phone Encrypt all data on y our phone. Y ou must enter a n umeric PIN or passw ord to decr ypt your phone each time you turn it on. Encr y ption is irrev ersible . The only wa y to rev ert to an unencrypted phone is to perf orm a factor y data res et, which erases all yo ur data.
90 V erify apps Some apps can harm your phone. Y ou ca n choose t o verify apps in order to help pr event harmf ul software fr om being installed on y our phone.
91 Automatic restor e Selecting this option lets your phon e restore backed up set tings and data when reinstalling apps. Factory data reset Perf orming this act ion will restore y our phone to its fa.
92 Check phone information Go to Settings > About phone . Y ou can vie w your phone’ s status including battery , IMEI, IP addr ess, serial number , etc .
93 Update y our phone’ s operating system • When your p hone has a WLAN or mobile data connection, its Android system automatically chec ks for syst em updates and notifies y ou. Swipe down the notification draw er and to uch the system update notification to start the update process.
94 T roub leshooting This chapter explains frequently ask e d questions and common problems that ma y occur while using yo ur phone. If a problem persists , contact your place of purc hase or BenQ ser vice center . P ow er/batter y My phone does not turn on.
95 To u c h s c r e e n Follow the instructions below when using the touch scr een. • Use the pad on the end of y our finger to touch the scr een. • T o av oid damaging the screen , don’ t hit the screen with sharp or hard objects. • Don’ t apply exce ssive pressur e or for ce to the screen su rface .
96 Internet connectivity I ha ve trouble connecting to WLAN. Check the following to en sure that: • Y our phone’ s WLAN is turned on. • If the WLAN connection icon doesn’ t appear on the status bar or shows poor signals, connect your pho ne to another WLAN access point that has strong signals.
97 Phone system/apps Wh y can’ t I download apps from the Inter net? Check the following to en sure that: • Y our phone has a WLAN or mo bile data connection. • Y our phone has enough stora ge space to sav e your do wnloads. • The micro SD card where y ou wish to sa ve your do wnloads is correctl y inserted in your phone.
98 Others How do I update m y phone’ s operating system? See “Update your phone’ s operating system” on page 93 . Wh y ca n’ t my phone read the micro-SIM car d/mic roSD card? • Ensure that you ha ve fully inser ted the micro-SIM card/micr oSD card into the correct card slot.
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