Gigabyte Akta A4 manual

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    Ak t a A4 Akta A4 | 0[...]

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    Copy ri ght All m obile pr oducts by GIGA - BYTE COMMUNICATI ONS INC. menti oned in this document, inc luding t he de v ice, ac cess ori es, sof tware, tex t, musi c, and pi ctur es , are ow ned by, or authori zed by origi na l manuf actur ers to GIGA - BYTE COMMUNI C ATIO NS INC . Reproduction, transf er, distri bution, or s t orage of part or all[...]

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    Gener al In formation Thi s s ect ion contai ns im portant i n f or m ation on safe and eff ic i ent operati on. Please read t h i s inf ormati on be f ore using t he de v ice. Ignor ance o f the f oll owing noti ces m ay l ead to v i o l ations of the l aw.  Bef ore using the devic e, please mak e sure you hav e fu l ly charged t he ba t tery. [...]

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    Ta ble o f C on tent s Copyri ght 1 General Inf ormati on 2 1. Get ting Start ed 4 1.1 Y our Phone 4 1.2 I nstalli ng or uninstalli ng the SIM Card, Batt ery, and Memory Card 4 1.3 Char ging the Bat tery 6 1.4 T urning the P hone On or Off 6 1.5 Loc k/Unl ock 7 1.6 Cont acts 7 1.7 T he Hom e Screen 7 2. Ph one F unct io ns & Messages 1 1 2.1 V [...]

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    1 . Getting Star ed 1.1 Your Pho ne Thi s s ect ion int roduces you to the hardware of the de v ice. No items No I tems 1 Earph one Jack 9 Menu 2 Micro - USB Po rt 10 Home 3 Proxi mity Sens or/ Light Senso r 11 Return 4 Receiver 12 Micr oph one 5 Fro nt Camera 13 Camera 6 Vol ume Key 14 Flas h LED 7 Disp lay & T ouch Screen 15 Battery Co ver 8 [...]

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    To remove t he SIM card Pl ease turn off your phone fi rst, and use your fi nger to s l ide t he S I M car d out o f card s l ot. NOT E : SIM Card Data Switch 3G (GSM+ WCDMA ) i s set in SIM1 by de fau lt howe v er s witcha ble t o SI M2 by manua l setup SIM1 SIM2 Defaul t Setting GSM+ WCDMA GSM User Swi tchabl e GSM GSM+ WCDMA Tap A pplica tions t[...]

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    (2) Push the m emory card to eject it from t he s l ot. 1.3 Ch arging the Batt ery W hen you take your phone out of box f or t he fir st time, the batter y isn’t at f ull power. Pl ease charge t he batter y f u l ly befor e us i ng. (1) Connect t he USB cable to t he AC adapt er, and then, connect to t he devi ce v ia the USB cabl e. (2) Pl ug th[...]

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    1. 6 Cont acts “Contac ts” i s your phonebook that you can store friends’ nam es, phone num bers, e - m ail addresses and other inf ormation . ”Contact s ” can connec t to your Googl e , c orporat e accounts, and int egrate y our contact i n form ation. A dding a C ontac t (1) Tap A pplicati on s t ab > . (2) Tap > to add a new cont[...]

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    You can sli de the Home Screen f ro m t he l e f t side t o the ri ght s i de or from the right si de to t he lef t side to switch it . The icons loc ated at t he bottom of the hom e page ha v e diff erent f unc t ions: Self - defined Ho me Screen : You c an add the shortcuts and widget s. Icons Func ti ons Tet hering or hotspot ac tive Tap t o tur[...]

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    Sta tus Ic ons The icons of t he s tat us bar indicat e d if f e rent ty pes of i n for mati on. Tap the status bar and scroll down to vi ew notificati ons or v i ew system i n f ormati on. Typ e s Icons Descrip tions Phon e call Call i s i n progress. Your call is on hold. Mute t he call. Speaker i s on. Mi ss ed cal l. Vol ume Vi bration i s on. [...]

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    Typ e s Icons Descrip tions General notifi cation. FM r ad i o i s on. Pl aying a song. Downloadi ng an appli cation. Akta A4 | 10[...]

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    2 . Ph one Fun ctions &M essages 2.1 Voi ce Calls To make a call fro m th e P hon e screen (1) Go t o the P hone screen. (2) Use the keypad t o input phone num ber s. (3) Tap to m ake t he phone call . NOT E: 1. T ap t o d elete a number. T ap and hol d to erase en tire numb ers. 2. If you insert SIM1 and S I M2 at the same time, the Voi ce ser[...]

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    Fro m C o ntact screen (1) Tap A pplicati on s t ab > . (2) Tap a c ontact to displ ay the contact inf ormation. (3) Tap t he i con to send the message. (4) Com pose your m essage. (5) Tap t o s end your m ess age. NOT E: If you exit M essages befo re se ndi ng, unsent message will be saved as a d raft auto maticall y. Goog le keyboard 2. 4 Mul [...]

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    3 . Wi - F i & Bl uet oot h 3 .1 Wi - Fi Your devi ce can connect to t he detected net w ork through W i - Fi . (1) T ap Appli cation s tab > > W i - Fi . (2) Switch to turn “ W i - Fi ” on or off . To c onne ct t o a W i - Fi ne tw ork (1) Tap “W I - FI”, check W i - Fi f unction and turn it on . Beg i n to s earc h the av a i la[...]

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    4 . Multim edia A pplicat i ons 4.1 Camera Your phone i s equipped wit h a n 13 MP ca m era t o tak e photos and v ideos. Camera Fu nction Icon Func ti on Icon Func ti on Tap t o tak e a photo . Panoram a m ode . Tap t o record a v ideo . Displ ay the fl ash mode . Norm al m ode . Switc h between rear and f ront cam era . Liv e Photo m ode Confi gu[...]

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    4.2 Mus ic You hav e to copy your audio f iles to the s tor age card befor e pl ay i ng musi c, because the musi c play er only plays audi o fil es s av ed in the storage c ard of your phone. Tap Appli cation s tab > . Playb ack screen: Displ ays the pl ayback area w i th t he pl ayback cont rols. Icon Func ti on Al bu m art pict ure or anim ati[...]

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    5 . Pre - In stalled Progr ams I ntroduction Icons Prog rams Descrip tion Icons Prog rams Descrip tion Best Choic e R ecomm ended the best sof tware and f unctionalit y. Brow ser Browses the web and download f iles from Inter net. Calcu lato r Pe rf o rm s arithm etic f unctions, such as addit ion, subtrac ti on , m u l tiplicati on, and div ision,[...]

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    Icons Prog rams Descrip tion Icons Prog rams Descrip tion System upda te Checki ng the system update i nform a ti on. Battery Do ctor To sav e juic e and ex tend battery lif e signif icant ly . Voi ce Search Qu ic kly to search your phone, t he w eb, and nearby l ocations by speaking. News & Weather Understand ne ws and weather t oday Clean Mas[...]

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    6 . Ma nag ing Y o ur Pho ne 6 .1 P rote cti ng Y our Ph one You can prot ect your phone f rom unauthori zed users in a few differ ent ways. Set up P IN Pr otection (1) T ap Appli cations tab > > Securit y > Screen lock > PI N. (2) E nter your PIN, and then, tap “Conti nue”. Confi rm your passw ord, then, tap “OK”. (3) If you wa[...]

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    6 .2 Backu p o r Reset Y our Ph one W ith C l ean Boot, you can res et your phone to i ts f actory default s. W hen y ou reset your phone, the dat a stored in your phone may be erased. (1) Tap Appli cati on s t ab > > Backup & res et. (2) Tap F actory data reset> Reset phone > Erase e v er ything to reset t he phone. NOT E: Before r[...]

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    Dual S IM card slot. NOT E: 1. Speci fication s and accessori es may d iffer subject t o di fferen t SKUs or/ and regions. The s pecif icat ion is su bject to c ha nge witho ut pr ior notic e. 2. Mob ile data inte rr upti o n, u nexpe cte d er ror in CPU a nd h igh powe r c ons um ption coul d be ca use d by in - app A D in And roid phone. We sugge[...]

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    A ndr oid 4 .4 Intr oduc ti on Android 4 .4 | 0[...]

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    Ta ble o f C on tent s Chapter 1 Phone Functions & Input 2 1 .1 P hone C a lls 2 1.2 Vid eo Calls 3 1.3 U sin g On - Sc reen K eyboard 3 Chapter 2 Em ai l & Mes sag es 5 2 .1 C rea ting an d send ing a tex t me ssag e 5 2.2 E- mai l A ccou n ts 7 Chapter 3 Using the Inter net 9 3 .1 Conn ecting to the Interne t 9 3 .2 B lu e toot h mod e s [...]

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    1. Ph one Fu nct ions & Input Pho ne Fu ncti ons T ap Applic ation Drawer > APP S tab > Phone . 1.1 Voice Calls To make a call fro m the Phone screen 1. Go to t he Phone screen. 2. Us e the k eypad to i nput phone number . 3. T ap NOT E: T ap to del ete a n umber . Ta p a nd h old to erase enti re n umber s. To make a call fro m Peo ple 1[...]

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    To set up con ference calls 1. When you are already ha v ing a call conver s at ion, tap to ent er another phone num ber . 2. W hen s om eone answer your phone cal l , tap . Merge c a l ls to set up t he conf erence call. 3. I f you are havi ng a call c on v ersati on, and there i s anot h er i ncoming call, you c an tap to set up t he conferenc e [...]

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    Usi ng on - screen keybo ard  Use the keys on the on - screen key board .  Tap t he keys to enter the charact ers. Setting t he In put Met ho d f r om S ettings Screen 1. Tap Appli cation Drawer > APPS t ab > > Language & input . 2. Tap ” Default ” .There i s a pop - up window wil l sh o w. 3. Select an i nput m ethod you w a[...]

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    2 . Em ail & M es sag es 2 .1 Creatin g and s ending a m essage Create and send messag es 1. Te x t mess ag es could be i ncl uded tex t and emoti ona l i c ons. 2. Multim ed i a m ess age s/ MMS c ontain letters, an im age, an audio, or a v i deo fil e . 3. Support to send v oice mess ag es an d att ach f iles w i th ringt one and audio. N OT [...]

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    3. Type your m es sage and t ap t o send your m ess age. To fo r w ard a text message 1. Tap Appli cation Drawer > APPS t ab > . 2. Tap a m ess age to v i ew the whole t hread. 3. Tap and hold a mess ag e to sh o w M essage option li st. 4. Tap “ Forward” . 5. Tap to sel ect recipi ent . 6. Tap t o s end your m ess age. To del ete all mes[...]

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    2.2 Email A ccoun ts All your receiv ed e m ail messages are deliv ered to your phone . Set up an Int ernet E mail accoun t 1. Tap Appli cation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. Enter your e- m a il address and Password . Tap “ N ex t ” . 3. S elect the e - mail ac count o f types. 4. The phone w i ll r etrieve the e - mail sett ings automati call[...]

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    4. E nter the r ec i p i ent’s em a il address . 5. Enter the Subj ect and compose your email . 6. Tap t o s end your e m ail . Sen di ng an E - mail from People screen 1. Tap Appli cation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. Tap a contact y ou w ant t o em ai l t o . 3. Tap the cont act ’ s Email address . Tap “Em a il ” in t he subm enu. 4. Ent[...]

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    3 . Us in g th e I nter ne t 3 .1 Co nnec ti ng to the Interne t Your phone connec ts to the I n t ernet via:  Wi - Fi  GPRS/ ED GE/ 3G/ 3.5G/ H SPA + N OT E : If you c o nnect to the Intern et, y o u may be c h arged. If y ou want t o sto p the c on nect ion , you n eed to tap A ppl ication Drawer > A PPS tab > > S I M ma n agement [...]

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    4. Tap ”Add VPN network ” t o edi t VPN net w ork . 5. A f ter filli ng in all necessary inf orm a t ion, t a p “ Sav e ” to fini s h t he s et ti ngs . To start a data connectio n If you s et up multi ple dat a connections, select the connecti on you w ant t o use. 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > > SIM managem ent > Dat[...]

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    4 . M ultime dia Appli cations 4 .1 View ing P h otos an d Vi deos To v iew phot os in the alb um 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. Tap one of pict ure f olders to vi ew the im ages in thumbnail s. 3. Tap an image to v i ew . 4. S lide the screen f rom l e f t side to ri ght s i de or f ro m right s i de to l e f t s i de to view a[...]

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    3. Tap to selec t a song, and t hen i t w i ll play aut o m atic a ll y. Icon Func ti on Al bu m art pict ure or anim ation The ar ea of a udio inf or m ation Sli de to go f orward or backward To pl ay the song To pause t he son g Previ ous song Nex t s ong T ap to go t o pl aylis ts To start or c l ose s huf fl e functi on To repeat the current so[...]

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    1. Drag or tap Equali zer to turn it on. 2. Tap arrow to show diff erent eff ect li st 3. Tap to selec t an e ff ect you w ant . It e m s w il l be adjusted autom atically . 4. Tap arrow to show diff erent preset rev erb list. 5. Tap to selec t an e ff ect you w ant . Creatin g a ne w play lis t Add songs to a specif ic playli st or create a playl [...]

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    5 . Prog rams 5.1 Browser Open t he Brows er t o v i ew web pages. 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. An address bar appear s at the upper side of s cr een, and you can t ype the URL ther e . 3. You can open sev eral web pages at the sam e tim e.  Tap t o view all of web pages that are openi ng.  Tap to open a new w eb page. ?[...]

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    To v iew an event 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. Tap Cal endar ar row > Agenda to di s pl ay the e v ents. To add a nd sch e d ule an event 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. Tap Menu > New e v ent . 3. Enter the det a il s of t h e ev ent . 4. Sel ect the dates i n t he fi e l ds of “Fr o m ” and “To[...]

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    5 .6 Ma ps Googl e's mappi ng ser v ic e help you search f or the pl ace s you want . To ope n Map s 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . Icons Func ti on Displ ay your c urrent l ocation S elec t differ ent layers, such as Traff ic, Satelli te, Transit Li nes, etc. Ty pe i n a keyword and search f or a place you want I nput the sta[...]

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    5.8 Pl ay Store Play Store allows you to fi nd and dow nl oad appli cations and fun gam es to your phone. 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > . 2. If you do not log in your Googl e Account, t a p “ N EW ” t o create an account , o r t a p “ Ex i st i ng ” to sign i n the Google acc ount. Please f oll ow the on - screen i ns t ruct[...]

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    5.13 FM Ra dio Tap Appli cati on Drawer > APPS tab > . Pl ease plug in your ear phone be f ore li stening. Icons Functi on Open t he channel list Close FM Rad i o More f unctions A dd t o f avorites Previ ous radi o fr equency / N ex t r adio f requency Previ ous channel/ Ne xt channel 5.1 4 Googl e+ Y ou can check your f riends ’ update s [...]

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    5.1 5 Con necti ng y ou r ph one to a com pute r Tap and drag down Stat us Bar and tap “ Connect ed as USB Stor age ” on your de v ice. Pl ease choose one of m odes to connect w i th your comput er 5 .1 6 Screen s hot s Pl ease press t he and hold “ Vol um e Dow n K ey ” and “ Pow er K ey ” at the s am e t ime to capt ure any screen f r[...]

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    6 . Ma nagi ng Y our Phone 6 .1 Man aging Basic S ettings Date and T ime You can set up t he date and the time on your phone. To set up th e date and t i me 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS tab > > Da t e & tim e. 2. If y o u turn on “Aut o m atic data & tim e ”, t he s ystem w i ll get the inf ormati on of the cur rent date a[...]

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    2. Check “Auto- rotate screen” t o adjust the screen aut omati cally . To d i spl ay the screen n ever sleep while ch arging 1. Tap Applic ation Drawer > APPS t ab > > About phone. 2. Tap fiv e times on “ Buil d number ”. 3. “ De v elop opti ons ” wil l be show up. 4. Select “ St ay aw ake ” t o display t he s cr een ne v e[...]

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    3. Tap Menu > Remove ac count. NOT E : 1. Let Google apps access yo ur location , p l ease tap Appli cation Draw er > A PPS tab > > Go ogle ACCOUNTS > Location settings > ON. 2. To allow locatio n access by non - G oogle a pps , ple a se go to Applicat ion Draw er > A PPS tab > > Lo cation access. 6. 4 Pro te ct ing Yo ur[...]

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    6.5 Resettin g Yo ur Pho ne W ith C l ean Boot, you can res et your phone to i ts f actory default s. W hen y ou reset your phone, the dat a stored in your phone may be erased. 1. Tap Appli cation Drawer > APPS tab > > Backup & reset . 2. T ap Factory dat a reset > Res et phone > Erase e v er y t hing to reset t he phone. NOT E: [...]