Gionee S7 User manual

GiONEE S7

User Guide

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Contents

1.For your safety...............................................................................................................1

2.Learn about the phone ..................................................................................................2

Overview..............................................................................................................................................2

Function Keys.....................................................................................................................................2

Basic Information ...............................................................................................................................3

3.Before using ...................................................................................................................3

Insert SIM card....................................................................................................................................3

Charge the Battery..............................................................................................................................4

4.Getting started................................................................................................................5

Basic Function....................................................................................................................................5

Home screen.......................................................................................................................................5

Touch screen.......................................................................................................................................6

Network................................................................................................................................................6

5.Communication..............................................................................................................7

Make a call...........................................................................................................................................7

Send a Message..................................................................................................................................7

6.Multimedia.......................................................................................................................8

Camera.................................................................................................................................................8

Video....................................................................................................................................................9

Gallery..................................................................................................................................................9

Music ...................................................................................................................................................9

7.Connection & Gestures...............................................................................................10

WLAN.................................................................................................................................................10

Bluetooth...........................................................................................................................................10

USB....................................................................................................................................................11

Airplane mode...................................................................................................................................11

Smart Gestures.................................................................................................................................12

Touchless wake-up...........................................................................................................................14

8.Health and safety .........................................................................................................16

9.FAQ................................................................................................................................18

1.For your safety

Read these simple guidelines. Not following them may be dangerous or illegal.

SWITCH OFF IN HOSPITALS

Please abide by relevant provisions or regulations. Please turn off your mobile phone near medical

equipment.

SWITCH OFF WHEN REFUELING

Don’t use the phone at a refueling point. Don’t use near fuel or chemicals.

Micro SIM CARDS ARE PORTABLE

Keep your phone, phone parts and accessories out of children’s reach.

BATTERY

Please do not destroy or damage the battery, it can be dangerous and cause fire.

Please do not throw battery in fire to avoid hazard.

When battery cannot be used, please dispose in safe environment.

Do not try to dismantle the battery.

If the battery or the charger is broken or old, please stop using them, and replace with certified genuine

battery

USE QUALITY EQUIPMENT

Use GiONEE authorized equipment to avoid danger

ROAD SAFETY COMES FIRST

Give full attention while driving, Park before using your phone. Please follow traffic rules of local city

town.

INTERFERENCE

All wireless devices may be susceptible to cause interference, which could affect performance.

SWITCH OFF IN AIRCRAFT

Wireless devices can cause interference in aircraft. It’s not only dangerous but also illegal to use mobile

phone in an aircraft.

2.Learn about the phone

Overview

Function Keys

Keys

Function

Power key

(Right side of the phone)

a) Press to Turns on/off the screen.

b) Press and Hold to power off or reboot the phone.

Volume key

(Right side of the phone)

a) Press when call is in progress, increase or decrease the

volume, when the phone is ringing, silences the ringer. On

the home screen when no call in progress, increase or

decrease the ringtone volume or sets the phone to the silent

instead of ringing. In other applications, controls the volume

of music, spoken directions and other audio.

b) Press and hold to quickly increasing ringtone volume to

maximum or minimum.

Recent task key

Tap to open the list of recent used apps.

Home key

Tap to return to Home screen.

Back key

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Basic Information

GENERAL

2G Network

850/900/1800/1900 MHz

3G Network

850/1900/2100 MHz

4G Network

FDD：B3/B7

TDD：Band 38/39/40

SIM

Dual SIM

DISPLAY

Type

5.2” FHD SUPER AMOLED

BODY

Dimensions

148.8mm * 72.4mm * 5.5mm

DATA

GPRS

Yes, class 12

Speed

HSDPA, HSUPA

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Bluetooth

4.0

CAMERA

Primary

Yes, 13.0 AF Mega Pixel

Secondary

Yes,8.0 Mega Pixel

Video

Yes, video recording

FEATURES

Android™5.0, lollipop

CPU

Octa Core 1.7GHz

RAM

2GB

ROM

16GB

Radio

Yes

GPS

Yes

Sensor

Accelerometer

Proximity

E-compass

Light

BATTERY

Polymer

2700mAh

IMPORTANT

1. The battery of mobile phone is fixed. It cannot remove.

2. The operating temperature is between 0°and 40°C. The mobile phone will be

damaged and battery life shortened if operated outside of these temperature ranges.

3.Before using

The phone is a Dual SIM mobile allowing you to use the facility of two networks. To insert

SIM card(s):

Insert SIM card

1. Stick the eject tool into the pin hole, then SIM card tray will be out of phone.

2. Put the Micro-SIM cards insert to card tray.

3. Push the card tray into the phone.

Note:

1. The SIM card is a small part. Please keep away from Children to avoid swallowing the

card by accident.

2. Please do not touch the metal surface of SIM card and away from electromagnetic

field to avoid damage data.

Charge the Battery

Charge the battery before using it. Connect the USB cable to the USB power adaptor, and

then plug the end of the USB cable into the USB Port.

4.Getting started

Basic Function

1. Turn on the phone

Press and hold a while of power key to turn on the phone.

2. Turn off the phone

Long press the power key until a menu will show. Choose “Power off’’ to turn off the

phone.

3. Reboot the phone

Option 1: Long press the power key until a menu will show. Choose “Reboot’’ to

restart the phone.

Option 2: Long press the power key till 12 seconds to auto restart the phone.

4. Lock the screen

Option 1: Press the power key to turn off the screen and lock it

Option 2: The screen will auto lock if you don't use the phone for a while.

5. Unlock the screen

Press the power key, and then slide to top for unlocking.

Home screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It

displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the

Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want.

At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information about the status of

your phone, and icons for notifications that you’ve received.

1. To move an item on the Home screen

You can change the position for the applications. Touch & hold an item for a moment and

then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until the main screen

shows a thumbnail of the 3 screens. Touch & hold the item to the thumbnail of the screen

where you want to move.

2. To remove an item from the Home screen

1) Touch & hold the item you want to remove. Don’t lift your finger. The left of the

application will appear “X”icon.

2) Touch the “X”to delete the application.

Touch screen

The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to touch icons, buttons,

menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touch screen.

Touch: To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type

letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you

simply touch them with your finger.

Touch & hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your

finger until an action occurs.

Drag: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move

your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. You drag items on the

Home screen to reposition them and you drag to open the Notification panel.

Swipe or slide: To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface of

the screen, without pausing when you first touch (so you don’t drag an item instead).

For example, you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list, and in some Calendar

views you swipe quickly across the screen to change the range of time visible.

Pinch: In some applications (Such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery) you can zoom in

and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to

zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).

Rotate the screen: On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with the

phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again. You can turn this feature

on and off.

Network

When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider, your

phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for

transmitting data.

Settings-->Cellular networks-->Network operators-->Choose a network operator

The name of the wireless service provider you’re currently registered with is selected in

the list.

5.Communication

Make a call

Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

Enter the phone number you want to dial.

Touch the phone icon to dial the number that you entered.

Send a Message

You can use this phone to exchange text messages and multimedia messages with your

friends on their mobile phones. The messages come to and from the same contact or

phone number will be visible into a single conversation, so you can see your entire

message history with a person conveniently.

Enter text

Tap a text field to see onscreen keyboard.

Tap the keys on the keyboard to type; the characters you’ve entered appear in a strip

above the keyboard. With suggestions for the word you are typing to the right. Press

space to enter the highlighted suggested word.

Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor.

When you’re finished typing, Press Back to close the keyboard.

Touch to open contacts

Touch to make an audio call.

Touch to open advanced option.

6.Multimedia

Camera

Camera is a combination of camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share

pictures and videos.

Touch to enter the menu about the

Camera Settings.

Touch to enter the menu of

Mode setting.

Touch to set flash to open, close, or auto.

Touch to transfer between the rear camera and front camera.

Touch to take a picture or shoot a video.

Touch to enter Gallery

Touch to transfer between camera

and video recorder.

Space key

Delete

Number Keyboard

Tap to lower case.

Emoji Keyboard

Change Keyboard

Voice Message

Normal

Take a phone as usually.

Professional

Change the clarity and focus mode. For Rear camera only.

Face Beauty

DIY your face with Smoother, Whitening, Slimming, Enlarger.

Take anytime

Best shot, Tracks, Best face, Motion blur, Eraser

Magic Focus

For Rear camera only.

Filer

Multiple filters can choose. Normal, Cate, Beauty, LOMO,

B&W, Time, Sweet, Vintage, Hazy, Bokeh.

HDR

High-Dynamic Range. For Rear camera only.

Panorama

Press camera button and move the phone on one direction

slowly. For Rear camera only.

Night

For Rear camera only.

Pic Note

Focus to PPT, Whiteboard, Book, Clip and optimize smartly

after capturing. For Rear camera only.

Video

Tap video icon to transfer it.

Adjust the quality and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic mode.

Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.

Touch the Start Video icon. Camera starts shooting the video.

Touch Stop video icon to stop shooting. An image from your most recent video is

displayed as a thumbnail at the bottom Left

Gallery

Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher to view albums of your pictures and videos which

you’ve taken with camera.

You can do the following operations:

To share pictures: You can share your pictures through MMS, Bluetooth, and so on.

To delete pictures: You can delete the pictures you are viewing.

To get details about the picture: You can view more details about the picture.

Music

You use Music player to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you

transfer to your phone from your computer.

7.Connection & Gestures

Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks

for voice and data transmission, WLAN data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as

headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to transfer files from your

phone storage, and share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable

WLAN hotspot.

WLAN

WLAN is a wireless networking technology that can provide internet access at distance of

up to 100 meters, depending on the WLAN router and your surroundings. You can

configure the WLAN as follow:

Settings-->WLAN, check WLAN to turn it on.

Enter WLAN. The phone scans for available WLAN networks and displays the names

of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. The phone will auto

Touch a network to connect to it.

If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that

network by touching connect. If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a

password or other credentials.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to

exchange information over a distance of about 10 meters. The most common Bluetooth

Touch to Change Single

cycle, List cycle, and Shuffle.

Options

devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars,

and other portable device, including laptops and cell phones.

To send a file

Settings--> Bluetooth, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

Enter File Explorer to select a file, Select Share--> Bluetooth.

Touch Scan for devices, the phone will scan for and display the names of all

available Bluetooth devices in range.

Touch the names of the other device in the list to pair them.After paired the file will be

sent.

To receive a file

Settings--> Bluetooth, check Bluetooth to turn it on. Ensure your Bluetooth has been

connected within visibility time

After paired, the phone will receive the file. The file you received will be saved to the

“Bluetooth”folder in the File Explorer.

To connect to a Handsfree device

Settings-->Bluetooth, Select “Search for devices”;

Turn on the Handsfree device, Select the Handsfree device in the list to pair.

After paired, you can use the Handsfree device to listen to music and receive call.

USB

You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures,

and other files between your phone and the computer.

When connecting your phone to a computer, you must follow your computer’s instructions

for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files

on your phone.

You can’t share your phone’s data connection and phone’s storage via USB cable at the

same time. If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off first.

Open the USB storage

1. Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on

your computer.

2. Touch File Copy in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.

When the phone is connected as USB storage, the screen indicates that USB storage is in

use and you receive a notification. Your phone is mounted as a drive on your computer.

Airplane mode

Settings-->Airplane mode, check Airplane mode to turn it on

Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s Cellular network, WLAN, and

Bluetooth wireless connections. You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by

placing your phone in Airplane mode.

Smart Gestures

Settings-->Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures, check Smart gestures to turn it on.

The smart gestures system supports a variety of experience and control, through gesture

can be more convenient operation.

Smart dial

Settings-->Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures --> Select Smart dial

In message content page, contacts details page or call history details page, directly dial

the number of the sender.

In contacts details page, directly dial the first number if you have many numbers.

Dual card mobile phone please confirm in settings - dual card settings –call to set default

dial card.

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Smart answer

Settings--> Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Select Smart answer

Pick up the phone to your ear so it will answer the incoming call automatically.

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Pause alarm

Settings--> Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Select Pause alarm

Flip back the phone to pause the on-going alarm.

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Black screen gestures

Settings--> Advanced Settings--> Smart Gestures-->Select Black screen gestures

In sleep screen, through drawing for quickly operation.

Default setting, drawing “C”to open camera & “M”to open music.

Smart vibration remind

Settings--> Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Select Smart vibration remind

When the phone has missed call or unread SMS, pick up it in sleep screen will vibrate to

remind you again.

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Smart bright screen

Settings--> Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Select Smart bright screen

When front camera detects you are viewing screen, the screen can be maintained

normally. Enable this function, the status bar will display this icon .

The following scenario, the function maybe failure:

-User doesn’t face on the screen

-The light is too strong or too dark

-Front camera in use by other applications

Double click wake

Settings--> Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Select Double click wake

In sleep screen, quick double tapping can wake up the mobile phone.

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Touchless wake-up

Settings-->Advanced Settings-->Smart Gestures-->Touchless wake-up,check

Touchless wake-up to turn it on.

You can slide to unlock, view image, control volume without touch screen.

Air light screen