Hisense U980 User manual

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Contents
Read Before Proceeding............................................1
Safety Precautions .................................................. 1
Personal Information and Data Security............... 3
Getting Started..........................................................5
Key Functions at Your Finger tips.......................... 5
Inserting the SIM/USIM card ................................. 6
Inserting SD card .................................................... 6
Installing the battery .............................................. 7
Removing the battery ............................................. 7
Charging the battery............................................... 7
Battery performance............................................... 8
Basic operations ........................................................9
Turning your phone on and off.............................. 9
Desktop manager.................................................... 9
Making a call.......................................................... 11

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Contact others.........................................................12
Phone ..................................................................... 12
Call log ................................................................... 12
Contacts ................................................................. 12
Messaging.............................................................. 14
Email....................................................................... 15
Gmail ...................................................................... 16
Surf the Internet .....................................................17
Maps....................................................................... 17
Getting Connected ................................................ 18
Entertainment .........................................................21
Using Other Applications .........................................25
Managing Your Mobile Phone..................................28

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Read Before Proceeding
Safety Precautions
Please read the safety precautions carefully to
ensure the correct use of your mobile phone.
1. Do not crash, throw, or puncture your mobile
phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and
bending of your mobile phone.
2. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist
environment, such as the bathroom. Prevent
your mobile phone from being soaked or
washed in liquid.
3. Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is
prohibited to use or when the phone may
cause interference or danger.
4. Do not use your mobile phone while driving.
5. Follow any rules or regulations in hospitals and
health care facilities. Switch off your mobile
phone near medical apparatus.
6. Switch off your mobile phone in aircraft. The
phone may cause interference to control
equipment of the aircraft.
7. Switch off your mobile phone near
high-precision electronic devices. The phone

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may affect the performance of these devices.
8. Do not attempt to disassemble your mobile
phone or its accessories. Only qualified
personnel are allowed to service or repair the
phone.
9. Do not place your mobile phone or its
accessories in containers with a strong
electromagnetic field.
10. Do not place magnetic storage media near
your mobile phone. Radiation from the phone
may erase the information stored on them.
11. Do not put your mobile phone in a
high-temperature place or use it in a place with
flammable gas such as a gas station.
12. Keep your mobile phone and its accessories
away from children. Do not allow children to
use your mobile phone without guidance.
13. Use only approved batteries and chargers to
avoid the risk of explosion.
14. Observe any laws or regulations on the use of
wireless devices. Respect others’ privacy and
legal rights when using your wireless device.
15. Strictly follow the relevant instructions of this
manual while using the USB cable. Otherwise

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your mobile phone or PC may be damaged.
16. This manual is for reference only, please refer
to the material object as standard.
Personal Information and Data Security
The use of some functions or third-party
applications on your device could result in your
personal information and data being lost becoming
accessible to others. Several measures are
recommended to help you protect personal and
confidential information.
Place your device in a safe area to prevent it
from unauthorized use.
Set your device screen to lock and create a
password or unlock pattern to unlock it.
Periodically back up personal information kept
on your SIM/USIM card, memory card, or
stored in your device memory. If you change to
a different device, be sure to move or delete
any personal information on your old device.
If you are worried about viruses when you
receive messages or emails from a stranger,
you can delete them without opening them.
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avoid websites that might pose a security risk
to avoid theft of your personal information.
If you use services such as Wi-Fi tether or
Bluetooth, set passwords for these services to
prevent unauthorized access. When these
services are not in use, turn them off.
Install or upgrade device security software and
regularly scan for viruses.
Be sure to obtain third-party applications from
a legitimate source. Downloaded third-party
applications should be scanned for viruses.
Install security software or patches released by
Hisense or third-party application providers.
Some applications require and transmit
location information. As a result, a third-party
may be able to share your location information.
Your device may provide detection and
diagnostic information to third-party application
providers. Third party vendors use this
information to improve their products and
services.

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Getting Started
All the pictures in this guide are for your reference
only. Your phone’s actual display features may be
different to those described here, depending on its
software version.
Key Functions at Your Finger tips
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Power key
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Front Camera
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Volume keys
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Light Sensor
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Headset jack
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Rear camera
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Receiver
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Flash
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Microphone
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Speaker
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USB connector
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Touch screen

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Inserting the SIM/USIM card
Your phone must work with a card provided by your
service provider. Your card contains all your
subscription information.
Insert SIM/USIM card with the metal contacts facing
down and the cut corner aligned with that of the slot.
Notes:
1. If no card is installed, the string of “No SIM
card”will display on the screen, if there are
errors in the insertion, or your card is damaged,
the string of “No service” will display on the
screen after your phone is powered on.
2. If your card is PIN-locked ，you must enter PIN
before the phone can start working. Please
contact your network service provider if you
need.
3. When inserting card, please keep it away from
possible damage caused by static, scratch and
bend, and put it where is not available for
children.
Inserting SD card
Insert SD card with the metal contacts facing down
and the cut corner aligned with that of the slot.

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Installing the battery
You must install and charge the battery to use your
phone. Insert the ridge at the top of the battery into
the base of the phone, make sure to touch the metal
contact on the phone, then push the battery down
and snap it into place.
Note:
Your phone is designed to be used only with original
batteries and chargers. Use of other batteries or
chargers may cause damage to your phone and the
warranty will be void.
Removing the battery
Make sure your phone is powered off to avoid the
important information getting lost.
Hold battery bottom and remove the battery from the
phone.
Charging the battery
New batteries are shipped partially charged. Before
you can use your phone, you need to charge the
battery. Some batteries will have best performance
after several full charge/discharge cycles.
1. Connect data cable and charger, plug one end
into your phone’s data port.
2. Plug the other end of the charger into the
appropriate electrical outlet (100~240V AC).

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3. When your phone indicates that the battery is
fully charged, remove the charger.
Notes:
1. Before charge, make sure the battery is installed
in the phone.
2. The battery can discharge gradually even when
your phone is powered off. If the battery is
drained for a long time, the information stored in
the phone could possibly be lost. So even you
don’t need to use your phone for a long period,
you should charge the battery some times to
keep it away from drained.
3. You need longer charging period with the lower
voltage.
4. Charging time will be longer if the cellphone is
operated during charging.
5. The normal charge temperature is during 0℃
-40℃.
Battery performance
2500mAh (standard battery)
Standby time*
166hours
Talk time*
240 minutes
Many conditions can affect battery’s standby
time, such as local network conditions, phone’s
settings, frequent operations, using data
services, etc.

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The battery performance is also affected by
charge state and temperature.
Basic operations
Turning your phone on and off
Turn on the phone: Press and hold Power key for
more than 3 seconds to turn on your phone.
Turn off the phone: Press and hold Power key to pop
up option menu, select “Power off”. If it is powered off,
you can not receive, make a call or do other
operations.
Desktop manager
Lock the screen
The screen lock prevents unwanted actions on the
touch screen when you are not using your phone.
When the phone is left idle for a set period, the
screen locks automatically if you enabled screen
lock in SettingsSecurity.
Unlock the screen
You can unlock the screen according to your
settings.
The default way is pulling the lock to right after your
screen is enabled with pressing power key.

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Add icon：
Press and hold a selected icon on main menu and
drag it to desktop after you feel it vibrating. Put it
where you intend to, then you can release it.
Delete icon：
Press and hold a selected icon on desktop, you will
find a “×Remove” icon appear after you feel it
vibrating. At this time drag the icon to “×Remove”
icon, then release.
Status bar
Astatus bar at the top of the screen displays phone
status information and notifications.
Change the wallpaper
Long press the desktop space, and then pop up the
following menu: Gallery /Live Wallpapers/ Theme
Wallpapers.
Notification panel
You can open notifications such as unread
messages or missed calls directly from the
notification panel.
How to open the panel:
Hold the status bars with your finger, and drag it
downwards.
Accessing Applications and Widgets
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touch .
From the application list, you can:
• Touch an icon to open an application.
• Touch the WIDGETS tab to switch to the widget
list.
Managing Folders on the Home Screen
•To create a folder: Drag an application icon onto
another application icon to create a new folder
that contains both icons.
•To rename a folder: On the Home screen, touch a
folder, and then touch the folder name field
beneath it.
•To delete a folder: On the Home screen, touch
and hold a folder, and then drag it to the “×
Remove” icon.
Making a call
Click to enter dialer interface on idle screen or main
menu screen, input phone number and click to
make a call, click the End buttonto end a call. If you
make a mistake, you can click to delete the
number or hold it to delete all numbers .

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Contact others
Phone
Input phone number, click to make a call, click
to delete the number you do not need or hold it
to delete all numbers.
Call log
1. Enter to view All calls, Missed calls, Incoming
calls, Outgoing calls.
2. Select and view the detailed information about
it.
Hold a selected call pop up submenu.
Contacts
All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a
list that you can scroll through.
Click menu key, pop up the submenu: Contacts to
display/Import/Export/Accounts/Settings/Copy/Memo
ry status/Batch operation .
Add a contact
Click , you can add a new contact to the phone or
card.
Search for a contact
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2. Enter the first few letters of the contact name,
all contacts beginning with these letters
appear.
Adding a Contact to Your Favorites
Touch a contact in the phone, and then touch the
star on the right of the contact’s name. The star turns
white.
Editing a Contact
You can make changes to the information you have
stored for a contact at any time.
1. In the contacts list, touch the contact you want to
edit,
2. Touch .
3. Touch the category of contact information you
wish to change: name, phone number, email
address, or any other information you recorded
earlier.
4. Make the desired changes to the contact
information, and then touch “DONE”. To cancel
all of your changes, touch “CANCEL”.
Using a microSD Card to Back Up
Contacts
1. In the contacts list, touch Menu key.

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2. Touch “Import/ Export”in the displayed menu
to select you needed.
3. Touch OK to export your phone contact's
information to the installed microSD card.
4. You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the
microSD card to your computer. The files are
stored in the microSD card's folder.
Managing Groups
Creating a Group
1. In the contact list, touch .
2. Touch in the displayed menu, and then
touch Create group.
3. Enter the name and note you want to assign to
the group, and then set a ringtone for it.
4. Click “DONE”.
Messaging
The Messaging application allows you to exchange
text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages
(MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-capable
phone.
Create message
Click“CREATE MESSSAGE”, Input receiver’s phone
number and edit contents.
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You can click the keyboard to input number
directly.
You can select number from contacts.
You can select several numbers to send.
Notes:
If the message editing is interrupted by incoming calls,
alarm clock, powering off, the entered texts will be
saved temporarily.
1. Click “Type message”to edit the message.
Click Menu key, Click “Add subject”to add the
message subject. Your mobile phone is now in
multimedia message mode.
2. When you are ready to send the message, click
“ ”or“”.
Opening and Viewing a Multimedia
Message
1. In the message list, touch the message thread
you wish to view.
2. Touch the multimedia message to view the
message.
Email
Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips.
With your phone’s Email application, you can use
your email account with some popular email services

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on your phone.
Adding an Email Account
When using the Email application for the first time,
you must configure an email account. The Email
setup wizard helps you to configure your account. A
number of popular email systems are supported. You
can work with the same email service that you use on
your PC or you can select another email service that
you use on your PC or you can select another email
service.
1. Touch Email on the main menu.
2. Enter the account name and the Password, then
touch Next.
3. When setting finish, touch Next..
Viewing an Email Message
On the accounts screen, touch the email account you
want to use.
Gmail
You can access and use Gmail to read and write
email from your account on any mobile device or
browser. Gmail is not just about email. Your Gmail
name and password can provide you access into to
all Google apps and services.
To launch Gmail, touch the Gmail icon on a
Home or All Apps screen.
The phone can load the default mailbox.
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Touch a message to read it. Unread message are
bold.
2. Organize email.
Check the box beside a message to select it. Then
use the icons and menu along the bottom of the
screen to manage the selected messages.
3. Change your settings.
Touch the Menu key to change your preferences, get
setting or Help.
No matter where you are within Gmail, you can
always get back to the Inbox by touching in the
top left corner of the screen.
Surf the Internet
Maps
Maps enables you to find your current location, view
real-time traffic conditions (depending on availability
in your area), and get detailed directions to your
destinations. You can view satellite images, traffic
maps, or other kinds of maps of your current or other
locations.
1. Enabling the Location Service
Enable the location service before using Maps to find
your location or search for places of interest.
1) On the main menu, touch “Settings”.
2) Touch Location access.
3) Select the GPS satellites.
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1) On the map, touch .
2) Enter appropriate keywords in the search box,
and then touch the search icon.
3) The search results are displayed. Touch a place
you are interested in. The Maps application will
shows its location on the map.
3. Getting Directions.
1) When viewing a map, touch .
2) Enter your start point in the first text box and
your destination in the second.
3) Touch the icon for driving, public transit, or
walking directions.
4) Touch GET DIRECTIONS. Directions are
displayed in a list.
5) Touch a direction in the list to show it on the
map.
Getting Connected
1 Mobile Networks
Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to
use your network operator’s 2G/3G service (if
available) when you turn on the phone for the first
time. Note that the SIM/USIM card must be inserted.
Checking the Network Connection
1. Touch “Settings”on the main menu.
2. Touch More > Mobile networks> Access Point
Names.