AKUA RS3 INTENSE User manual

RS3 User Manual
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Thank you for purchasing the AKUA INTENSE RS3 rugged mobile phone. This
manual will help you understand the functions and features of this mobile device.
Some of the services and functions described in this manual depend on the
network and reservation service. Therefore, some menu items on the phone may
not be available, various menus and functions on the phone may have different
shortcut numbers. Our company reserves the right to modify the contents of this
manual without prior notice.
NOTE!
The telephone is water and dust-proof according to the IP68 Standard. This
standard does not include shockproof protection. Please, be careful with the screw
caps and follow the general safety measure rules. Phone warranty does cover
manufacturing defects. However, phones with water and hardware damage signs,
caused by being improperly sealed off are not covered under the warranty.
General Considerations.......................................................................04
Battery Precautions .............................................................................04
Charging the Mobile Device................................................................04
Charger Precautions ...........................................................................04
1. Introduction .....................................................................................04
1.1 SIM Card Insertion and Removal ..................................................04
1.2 Memory Card Insertion and Removal............................................04
1.3 Battery Removal and Installation...................................................05
2. Basic Operation...............................................................................05
2.1 Mobile Phone on/off.......................................................................05
2.2 Screen Locking and Unlocking.....................................................05
2.3 Touch Methods..............................................................................06
2.4 IMEI Number Query.......................................................................06
2.5 Phone ID and Main Keys...............................................................06
2.6 Screen Sleep and Wake Feature...................................................07
2.7 Main Screen ..................................................................................07
2.8 WLAN Settings ..............................................................................08
2.9 Phone Operating Status ................................................................08
2.10 Management Notice....................................................................09
3. Dial ..................................................................................................09
3.1 Dial Pad:........................................................................................09
3.2 Ending a Call.................................................................................09
3.3 Answer or Refuse a Call................................................................09
3.4 Refusing a Call Via Message ........................................................09
3.5 Call Holding...................................................................................09
3.6 Muting a Call .................................................................................09
3.7 Switching Between Calls...............................................................09
3.8 Call Options...................................................................................09
3.9 Call Records..................................................................................09
3.10 Making Emergency Calls ............................................................09
4. Contacts ..........................................................................................10
4.1 New Contact..................................................................................10
4.2 Backing-up Contacts.....................................................................10
4.3 Editing or Deleting Contacts .........................................................10
4.4 Add Contact to Favorites List........................................................10
4.5 Deleting a Favorite Contact...........................................................10
4.6 Using the Contact Group Function................................................10
5. Messaging.......................................................................................11
5.1 SMS ...............................................................................................11
5.2 MMS ..............................................................................................11
5.3 Viewing Message Details ..............................................................11
5.4 Forwarding Messages...................................................................11
5.5 Deleting Messages........................................................................11
6. Email................................................................................................12
6.1 Setting-up your Email Account......................................................12
6.2 Reading Emails .............................................................................12
6.3 Editing and Sending Email ............................................................12

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6.4 Adding Email Signature.................................................................12
6.5 Adding Email Accounts.................................................................12
6.6 Editing Email Account ...................................................................12
7. Chrome Browser..............................................................................12
8. Music...............................................................................................13
8.1 Copying Audio Files to your Phone...............................................13
8.2 Accessing the Music Library.........................................................13
8.3 Playing Music Files........................................................................13
8.4 Using Playlists ...............................................................................13
8.5 Playing Music ................................................................................14
8.6 Audio Player Controls....................................................................14
8.7 Hide, Activate and Turn off the Music Player ................................14
9. Video ...............................................................................................14
9.1 Viewing video ................................................................................14
9.2 Playing Video.................................................................................15
9.3 Sharing Video................................................................................15
10. Camera..........................................................................................15
10.1 Taking Pictures............................................................................15
10.2 Capturing Video ..........................................................................15
10.3 Panoramic Mode .........................................................................15
10.4 Camera Mode Set-up..................................................................15
10.5 Camera Shooting Mode Set-up...................................................16
11. Photo Library .................................................................................16
11.1 Viewing Photo Albums.................................................................16
11.2 Processing Photos.......................................................................16
11.3 Sharing Photos ............................................................................16
12. Other Applications.........................................................................16
12.1 Clock ...........................................................................................16
12.2 Calendar......................................................................................17
12.3 Calculator ....................................................................................17
12.4 Managing Documents.................................................................17
12.5 Stopwatch....................................................................................17
12.6 Sound recorder ...........................................................................17
12.7 Flashlight .....................................................................................17
12.8 Radio ...........................................................................................17
13. Settings..........................................................................................18
13.1 WLAN and internet ......................................................................18
13.2 Device .........................................................................................19
13.3 Personal.......................................................................................19
13.4 System.........................................................................................21
14. System Updates............................................................................21
15. Play Store ......................................................................................22

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General Considerations
Your phone can only use our designated batteries and chargers. Using other
products may cause battery leakage, overheating, explosion or cause a re.
Do not use the mobile phone near a weak signal or high-precision electronic
equipment. Radio wave interference may cause incorrect operation of the elec-
tronic equipment and other problems.
Avoid having the mobile phone too close to magnetic objects such as magnetic
cards, mobile phone radiation wave may erase oppy disks data, saving account
and credit card data information stored in them.
Battery Precautions
The mobile phone battery life is limited. Frequently charging the battery will
gradually shorten its lifespan. Do not throw old batteries in the general household
waste bins. There are clear, local regulations, for battery disposal. Please follow
the instructions when doing so.
Do not rub your eyes in case the battery uid gets into them, rinse your eyes with
fresh water and immediately look for a hospital as it may cause blindness.
Do not use or leave the battery next to re, a heater or hot areas as it will lead to
battery leakage, overheating, explosion or re.
Do not wet the battery, as it will cause it to overheat, smoke and corrode. Do not
use or leave the battery in direct sunlight or near a hot car, as it will result in uid
leakage. An overheated battery may degrade its performance and shorten its
lifespan.
Do not charge it continuously for more than 24 hours.
Charging the Mobile Device
When the connector is plugged to the mobile phone charger, the mobile phone
battery indicator on the screen will ash in a cycle; if it is turned off, the
charging indicator will appear on the screen to show that the battery is charging. If
the phone is still in use when the battery is low, a charging indicator will be shown
after a while. When the on-screen battery indicator shows full, and no longer ash-
ing, it indicates that charging has been completed. After charging is complete,
disconnect the AC power outlet which connects the phone and charger.
If the charger is not connected to a power supply and the phone is off, then, after
a fairly long period of time (about 5 to 8 hours) and the battery is at a certain level,
the phone begins to recharge.
Charger Precautions
Please use the original 100V-240V AC charger. Using other voltage can cause
leakage, re or damage to the phone and the charger. Do not use the charger in
case of short-circuit, otherwise it will cause electric shock, smoke and damage
to the charger. Please do not use the charger in case of power cord damage,
otherwise it will lead to a re and electric shock.
Please clean the dust on the power socket.
Please do not put a water container near the charger, to avoid overheating, leak-
age and malfunction caused by water spills. If the charger comes into contact with
water or other liquids, unplug it immediately unplug the cord from the power outlet
to prevent overheating, re, electric shock and charger malfunction.
Do not disassemble or modify the charger, otherwise it will lead to personal injury,
electric shock, re and damage to the charger.
Please do not use the charger in the bathroom where high humidity is present,
otherwise it will cause electric shock, re and damage of the charger.
1. Introduction
1.1 SIM Card Insertion and Removal
Turn off the phone, remove the rear cover and other external power source. Insert
the SIM card to the SIM cradle, with the metal surface downward, the edge and
corner of the card tting to the card slot. Slide the SIM card buckle to the right
place and press it down to x the card. If you need to take out the SIM card,
please turn off the phone rst, remove the external power source, remove the rear
cover, slide the SIM card buckle to right place and then release it by pushing
upwards, and then, remove the SIM card lightly.
Tips: The SIM card does not support a hot plug. Do not remove the SIM when it is
in standby mode as it could damage the SIM card.
1.2 Memory Card Insertion and Removal
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card slot, install the memory card holder and pull down the holder, and then, put
the rear cover back.
Before removing the memory card, turn off the phone rst, and then remove the
phone’s rear cover.
1.3 Battery Removal and Installation
The battery is built-in.
Note: the phone battery cannot be removed manually.
1.3.1 Charging the Battery
When a new battery is not fully charged, you should use up all the battery power
and then charge the battery in the following way.
1. Insert the charger’s connector into the mobile phone’s socket.
2. Plug the charger into the power supply, the battery charging symbol will be
dynamically displayed, indicating that the battery is being charged.
When charging is nished, the full battery symbol will be displayed to prompt that
charging is nished.
After charging is nished, please remove the charger from the power supply and
unplug the charger from the mobile phone.
Tips: You can charge your mobile phone on a computer with a USB data connec-
tion cable. If your phone’s battery has been fully drained, it may be impossible
to charge the mobile phone with a USB data connection cable. At this time, you
should use the phone charger to charge the mobile phone.
2. Basic Operation
2.1 Mobile Phone on/off
Long press the power key (end key) to turn the mobile phone on or off.
If the mobile phone is turned on but the SIM card is not inserted, part of the mobile
phone’s functions will not be normally accessible. After the SIM card is inserted,
the mobile phone will automatically inspect whether the SIM card can be used
or not.
2.2 Screen Locking and Unlocking
If the mobile phone is idle for a long time, the screen will be black before trying to
enter the the screen locking state to save battery power.
Lock screen/mobile phone: press the power key
Unlock screen/mobile phone: press the power key, the screen will light up and
display the screen locking state. Press the unlock icon, and slide it upwards to
unlock.
If you have set locking patterns or password, the mobile phone will prompt you to
draw the pattern or enter the password.
Main menu → setting → security → screen locking
Set screen locking pattern locking
1. Set screen locking → pattern
2. Pay attention to the screen tip and the pattern example, and select next twice.
3. Drag to connect four points by using your nger to draw a pattern.
4. Select to continue.
5. Draw the pattern again to conrm.
6. Select OK.
After the unlocking the pattern will be set, the mobile phone requires you to slide
upwards in order to enter the unlocking pattern each time it’s being turned. If you
do not want to enter the unlocking pattern, please change the screen locking
option in “Set → security”, enter the unlocking pattern, and then click None.
Set screen locking → password
1. Set screen locking → password locking
2. Enter at least four characters.
3. Select to continue.
4. Enter the character password again to conrm.
5. Select OK.
After the password is set, the mobile phone will require you to slide upwards
before entering the unlocking password each time the phone is being turned on. If
you do not want to enter the unlocking password, please change the screen lock-
ing option in “Set → security”, enter the unlocking password and then click None.
Note: The steps for setting a PIN screen lock are the same as the steps mentioned
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2.3 Touch Methods
You can operate the mobile phone by using the following methods (please press
the corresponding function keys with your nger tips).
2.3.1 Press:
You can select one icon or option through the press function on the display
screen. Under the main menu tab, click Information to enter and browse all SMS/
MMS and other information.
2.3.2 Click and Press:
You can view more menu options through Click and Press. For example, when you
click and press a number in the contact detail interface, a pop-up menu will be
opened and you can execute some functional options in that menu.
2.3.3 Scroll:
Press the scroll bar and you will be able to move it upwards or downwards. For
example, when you browse the contact list, a scroll bar will pop up on the right.
Drag the scroll bar to facilitate your search for contacts.
2.3.4 Drag and Drop:
Press an item by using your ngertips and drag to move the item.
2.3.5 Double Click:
When viewing pictures or web pages, quickly click twice with your ngertips to
zoom in or out.
2.3.6 Quick Slide
When you select the contact option in the list by using the scroll bar, the quick
slide on the touch screen can be rapidly used.
When you quickly slide a long column of contacts, click the screen to stop sliding.
Hot tips: Do not use a sharp tool around it to avoid scratching the screen.
Do not allow the touch screen to get in contact with other electric devices. Mute
discharge will cause touch screen failure.
To make better use of the touch screen, remove the protective lm before using
the mobile phone.
2.4 IMEI Number Query
1. Main menu → Set → → About mobile phone → Status message
View IMEI number in the Status message tab
2. Enter “*#06#” on the dial pad to query the IMEI number
2.5 Phone ID and Main Keys

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2.6 Screen Sleep and Wake Feature
1. To save battery and prevent the unexpected screen touches from starting
a program, or when clearing the screen, press the power key to enable the
screen to sleep. Press the power key again to wake the screen up.
2. To change when the mobile phone automatically goes into sleep mode, enter
Set → Display → Sleep.
2.7 Main Screen
The main screen can be scrolled on the left and right hand side, applications such
as shortcut and widget can be customized and added.
2.7.1 Adding Items to Main Screen
Customize the main screen by adding applications, widgets, folders and shortcut
keys for applications or items.
2.7.2 Moving Items on Main Screen
1. Click and press the item to be moved.
2. Drag the item to the required location after it is selected.
2.7.3 Deleting Items from Main Screen
• Click and press the item to be deleted.
The item is selected so the deleted icon appears at the top of the screen.
• Drag the item to delete it.
Key Definition
HOME key Returns to home screen
Task Manager Key Enters the Task Manager
Return key Returns to the previous
screen
Dial key Enters the Dial Pad or
makes calls
Power key
(End Key)
Hang up, turn on/off;
sleep; wake up; switch
mode
Hang-up Key Refuse and hang up when
you get a call and are on
the phone (No wake-up
function)
SOS
Custom Shortcut
Support default SOS
functions and SOS
settings (SOS call) Allow
user-defined support and
define other functions as a
quick start key. Press and
hold for 2-3 seconds.
Volume Key Adjust the volume and
press the “volume” key on
the camera interface to
take a picture (No wake-up
function)

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2.8 WLAN Settings
Main menu → Set → WLAN
·WLAN: turn WLAN function on or off.
·Network Notications: set the mobile phone as “Notify the user if there is an open
network nearby”.
·WLAN Network: search surrounding wireless networks:
• Press Set → WLAN
• Select and turn on WLAN. The mobile phone will scan and search an available
WLAN network and it will list the found WLAN network names in the WLAN
network list.
• Click and press a network to connect to it.
• If the network is protected, the system will prompt you to enter the password.
Consult the network service provider or administrator for concrete details.
2.8.1 Deleting WLAN Network
You set the mobile phone so that it doesn’t store WLAN network details.
• Turn on WLAN functions.
• Click and press the connected network name in the WLAN settings screen.
• Click on the opened WLAN dialog box to cancel the stored information.
2.9 Phone Operating Status
4G
network
signal
strength
3G
network
signal
strength
GSM
network
using
Full
battery
power
Battery
charging
Mute
Mode
WLAN
signal
strength
Open a
portable
WLAN
hotspot
Headset is
plugged in
Off-line
mode
New
Message
Alarm
clock is
set
Calling Missed
Call
Down
Load

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2.10 Management Notice
The top status column on the home screen shows new messages, emails, calen-
dar events, alarm clock and on-going activities (e.g. calling).
3. Dial
3.1 Dial Pad:
Main menu → Dial or click on the dial key
3.1.1 Click and press the keys on the dial pad to enter a phone number.
If you enter the wrong number, click on to clear the gures one by one; if you
want to clear the whole number, press and hold the button.
To make an international call, press and hold the 0 key to enter the international
connection code “+”.
3.1.2 Click and press the dial key under the dial pad to dial the number you would
like to dial.
3.2 Ending a Call
Click or click and press hang up to end a call.
3.3 Answer or Refuse a Call
When you receive a call, the relevant incoming information will be displayed on the
screen. You will receive a notice if you miss a call.
Slide the icon on the incoming call interface to answer the call (drag the
screen lock controller rightwards to answer the call if the screen is locked).
Note: Press the drive-by-wire button of the earphone to answer the call if the
earphone is t into the phone.
Slide the icon leftwards on the incoming call interface to refuse the call.
3.4 Refusing a Call Via Message
Slide the icon upwards on the incoming call interface to refuse a call and
send a message with the reason for refusal.
3.5 Call Holding
Click the wait icon during the call.
3.6 Muting a Call
Click Mute icon during the call.
3.7 Switching Between Calls
Get through 2 calls and click the call interface.
3.8 Call Options
You can execute the following operations during the call:
• Click Hands-free to use the speakerphone.
• Click Bluetooth®to use the Bluetooth®device.
Tip: Before using this function, please be sure that the mobile phone has been t
with a Bluetooth®audio device and that a connection is established.
• Click the dial pad to enter the gures.
• Click Add Call to add a new call.
• Click Call recording to record a call.
3.9 Call Records
The call records include all your dialed calls, received calls or missed calls.
Main menu → Dial → Menu → Call records
• Press the right item and click “Call Back” at the bottom to call back.
• Press the item on the right side and click “Details” at the bottom to see the
number details and perform other tasks.
• Press Menu → Remove call records to remove the call record list.
3.10 Making Emergency Calls
Notes: Your network service provider has set one or more emergency numbers.
There are different emergency numbers for different countries, so the emergency
numbers on your mobile phone will not be valid in all regions. The emergency call
may not be dialed due to the network, environmental issues or interference.
Main menu → Dial (if the mobile phone has been locked, click on Emergency
Call).
• Enter the emergency number.

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• Click the dial icon to dial an emergency number.
4. Contacts
Create and manage a personal or company contact list stored in the mobile phone
or SIM card. The Contacts eld can be used for creating and deleting contacts,
etc.
4.1 New Contact
Main menu → Contacts, click on New Contact icon to pop up New Contact, and
select Phone or SIM card to create a contact.
Enter a contact name and its relevant information, then click Finished.
4.2 Backing-up Contacts
Main Menu → Contacts → PressMENU → Import/Export → Pop up import/export
contact box, select to export it to a SD/SIM card and tap to export.
Note: The phone requires that a memory card is inserted into the phone in order to
back-up your contacts.
4.3 Editing or Deleting Contacts
Main menu → Contacts
Click the required contact, press the edit key to modify the contact and click OK
at the upper left corner.
Click MENU → delete to delete the selected contact and click OK to conrm
contact deletion.
4.4 Add Contact to Favorites List
You can add frequently used contacts into the favorites list.
• Open Contacts.
• Click to enter the contact details interface.
• Click the star icon to add it to favorites.
4.5 Deleting a Favorite Contact
Main menu → Contacts → Favorites
Open the favored contact and enter the contact details screen, click the ve-point-
ed star icon to delete the contact from the favored list.
4.6 Using the Contact Group Function
Contact groups include the groups you create. You can add members to these
groups.
4.6.1 Viewing groups
• Click on Contacts on the main menu interface and enter the contact list.
• Click group label at the top right corner to enter the contact group interface to
view or manage your groups.
4.6.2 Adding a Group
• Open the contact group interface
• Click on Menu-Add Group to add a group
• Name the group and click OK.
4.6.3 Adding Members to a Group
• Enter the contact group interface
• Click the group name and view group members
• Click “Menu-Amend”, add members and directly input or enter the address
book and select it by pressing “Add contacts”.
• Select the contacts to be added and click OK.
4.6.4 Deleting a Group
• Open the contact group interface
• Click the group name, press the Menu button and delete the group (the Menu is
only shown after the user customizes the group).
4.6.5 Editing a Group
• Open the contact group interface
• Click Menu → Modify on the group details interface to modify or edit a name
• Rename the group and click OK.
4.6.6 Contact Search
• Open the contact list
• Click the search icon to search