Zte Imperial User manual

ZTE Imperial™
Quick Start Guide

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Version No.: R1.0
Edition Time: 2013.04
Manual No.: 079584504962

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Contents
Getting Started......................................... 4
Overview................................................... 4
Keys Explanation..................................... 5
Installing the SIM Card, microSD Card,
and Battery...............................................7
Charging the Phone................................. 9
Switching your Phone On/Off............... 10
Setting a Screen Lock ........................... 10
Switching to Sleep Mode....................... 11
Waking up your Phone.......................... 12
Applying New Wallpapers..................... 12
Adjusting the Volume............................ 12
Enabling Silent or Vibration Mode ....... 13
Opening/Closing the Notification Panel
.................................................................13
Responding to or Removing a
Notification............................................. 14
Adding Shortcuts and Widgets............. 15
Moving/Removing Shortcuts or Widgets
.................................................................15
Making a Call.......................................... 15
Calling with the Keypad............................ 16

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Calling from your Contacts ....................... 16
Calling from the Call Log .......................... 17
Answering or Rejecting a Call................... 17
Creating a Contact................................. 18
Sending a Text & MMS Message .......... 18
Creating an Email Account ................... 19
Writing and Sending an Email .............. 19
Taking Pictures with your Camera ....... 20
Shooting Videos .................................... 21
Using Play Music ................................... 23
Watching Videos.................................... 23
Connecting to your PC.......................... 23
Browsing the Internet............................ 24
Play Store ............................................... 25
Browsing and Searching for Apps............. 25
Downloading and Installing Apps.............. 25
Managing your Downloads ....................... 26
Viewing your Downloaded Apps ............... 26
Uninstalling an App................................... 26
Bluetooth®.............................................. 26
Your Navigator Deluxe........................... 27
Hearing Aid............................................. 28
Turning on the HAC Setting.................. 28

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Getting Started
Please read the Product Safety and Warranty
Information in the box before proceeding.
For additional information about your phone go to
uscellular.com.
Overview
Power Key
Touch-screen
Home Key
Menu Key
Charger/
USB Jack
Back Key
Volume Keys
Headset Jack

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Keys Explanation
Power Key
Press and hold to power on/off your phone,
or turn on/off silent, vibration, flight mode.
Press to switch your phone to sleep mode.
Press to wake up your phone.
Volume Keys
Press or hold either end of the key to turn the
volume up or down.
Camera Key
Press fully to start the camera.
When the camera is started, press to take a
photo.
Camera Key
Battery Cover
Flash Light
Camera

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Back Key
Touch to go to the previous screen.
Home Key
Touch to return to the Home Screen from any
application or screen.
Touch and hold to see recently used
applications.
Menu Key
Touch to get the options for the current screen.

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Installing the SIM Card, microSD
Card, and Battery
Switch off your phone before installing or replacing
the battery or the SIM card. The microSD card can
be installed and removed while the phone is turned
on. Unmount the microSD card before removing
it.
Installing the SIM Card
1. Remove the back cover.
2. Hold the SIM card with the cut corner oriented
as shown and slip it into the card holder.

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Installing a microSD card
3. Open the microSD card holder, hold your
microSD card with the metal contacts facing
down and slide it in, and then close the card
holder.
NOTE: microSD logo is a trademark
of the SD Card Association.
NOTE: microSD card is sold separately

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Installing the battery
1. Insert the battery by aligning the metal
contacts on the battery with the metal
contacts in the battery compartment. Gently
push down on the battery until it clicks into
place.
2. Press the cover gently back into place until
you hear a click.
Charging the Phone
When you first get your new phone you’ll need to
charge the battery.
1. Connect the adapter to the charger jack.
Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the
correct orientation. Do not force the connector
into the charger jack.

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2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall
outlet.
3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is
fully charged.
Switching your Phone On/Off
Make sure the battery is charged.
Press and hold the Power Key to switch on
your phone.
To switch off, press and hold the Power Key
and touch Power off > OK.
Setting a Screen Lock
You can protect your phone by creating a screen
lock. When enabled, you need to draw a pattern
or enter a numeric PIN or password to unlock the
phone’s screen and keys.
1. Touch the Home Key > > Settings >
Security > Screen lock.

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2. Touch Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or
Password.
Face Unlock
Let the phone capture your face. You
can unlock the screen by looking at
the front camera. You also need to set
a pattern or PIN incase the phone
cannot recognize your face.
Pattern
You must draw a pattern to unlock the
screen. The first time you set this, a
short tutorial about creating an unlock
pattern appears. Then you’re
prompted to draw and redrawyour
own pattern.
PIN or
Password
Set a numeric PIN or a password that
you must enter to unlock your
screen.
Switching to Sleep Mode
To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends
your device to a low-power-consumptionstate while
the display is off. Your device also goes into Sleep
Mode by itself when the display is automatically
turned off after a certain period of time, which you
can set in > Settings > Display > Sleep.
Press Power Key to switch to Sleep Mode.

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Waking up your Phone
1. Press Power Key. The phone displays the
lock screen.
2. Touch and hold at the center of the
screen.
-Or-
You can drag towards any direction to
access the application shortcuts. Touch an
application or function icon to unlock the
screen and open the application or enable the
function quickly.
NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or
password for your phone, you’ll need to draw the
pattern or enter the PIN/password to unlock your
screen.
Applying New Wallpapers
You can set the wallpaper for the Home Screen.
1. Touch the Home Key > Menu Key >
Wallpaper.
2. Select a wallpaper source and choose the
image or animation you want to use as the
wallpaper for Home or Lock screen. Some
cropping may be needed for Gallery images.
Adjusting the Volume
1. Touch the > Settings > Sound >
Volumes.

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2. Adjust the volume for music, video, games,
and other media, the ringtone and notification
volume, and the alarm volume.
3. Touch OK to save.
TIP: You can adjust the media volume when a
media application is in use by pressing the
Volume Keys. If no media application is active,
press the Volume Keys to adjust ringtone volume
(or the earpiece volume during a call).
Enabling Silent or Vibration Mode
You can set the phone to the silent or vibration
mode by using one of the following methods.
Press and hold the Power Key and then touch
to enable the silent mode, touch to
enable the vibration mode, or touch to
disable the silent mode.
Touch the > Settings > Sound > Silent
mode, and touch Off, Vibrate or Mute.
Opening/Closing the Notification
Panel
Notifications report the arrival of new messages,
calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing
events, such as when you are playing music.
You can open the notification panel to view the
details of notifications.
To open the notification panel, swipe your

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finger down from the top of the screen.
To close the notification panel, swipe your
finger up from the bottom of the screen or
touch the Back Key.
Responding to or Removing a
Notification
In the notification panel, you can respond to a
notification or remove the notifications.
To respond to a notification, just touch it.
To remove a notification, swipe it left or right.

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To remove all notifications, touch in the
top right corner.
Most apps that send notifications, such as
Gmail and Google Talk, have notification
settings that you can adjust.
TIP: In the notification panel, touch at the top
of notifications list to get to the Settings menu
quickly.
Adding Shortcuts and Widgets
1. Touch the Home Key > .
2. Touch Widgets or All Apps to view the
available widgets and shortcuts.
3. Touch and hold a widget or shortcut and drag
it to the Home Screen.
Moving/Removing Shortcuts or
Widgets
1. Touch and hold a shortcut or widget on the
Home Screen.
2. Drag it to the place you need or drag it to
to remove it.
Making a Call
There are many ways to make a call with your
phone. And they’re all easy to do.

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Calling with the Keypad
1. Touch the Home Key > .
2. In the dialer tab , enter the phone number
with the on-screen keypad. Touch to
delete wrong digits.
3. Touch the Phone icon below the keypad
to dial.
TIP: To make international calls, hold 0 to enter
the “+”.
Calling from your Contacts
1. Touch the Home Key > or and then
touch the Contact tab .
2. Flick the screen up or down to view all your
contacts.
TIP: You can search for a contact by touching
on the screen.
3. Select and touch a contact or to call.

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Calling from the Call Log
1. Open the call log.
2. Touch a number for more information about
the call, or touch beside it to call back.
TIP: You can touch on the bottom of the
screen and select the call log type you want to
view.
Answering or Rejecting a Call
You can answer or reject the call, or reject it with a
text message.
When you receive a phone call, drag
over to answer the call.
TIP: To silence the ringer before answering
the call, press the Volume Keys up or down.
When you receive a phone call, drag
over to reject the call.
You can also drag over to reject the call
and send a preset text message to the caller.
TIP: To edit the text response from within the
Phone app, touch the Menu Key > Settings >
Quick responses.

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Creating a Contact
1. Touch the Home Key > and touch the all
contacts tab .
2. Touch to add a new contact.
3. Touch the account field on the top of the
screen to choose where to save the contact. If
a sync account is selected, the contacts will
be synced automatically with your account
online.
4. Enter the contact name, phone numbers,
email addresses, and other information.
5. Touch DONE to save the contact.
Sending a Text & MMS Message
1. Touch the Home Key > and touch
at the bottom.
2. Enter the recipient.
3. Enter text of the message, as you do when
sending a text message. For MMS, touch the
Menu Key > Add subject to add a message
subject.
4. For MMS, touch the paper clip icon to
select the kind of media file to attach to the
message.
5. Touch Send.

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Creating an Email Account
1. Touch the Home Key > > Email.
2. Enter your email address and password.
3. Touch Next to let the phone retrieve the
network parameters automatically.
TIP: You can also enter these details
manually by touching Manual setup or when
automatic setup fails.
4. After the account is created, your phone will
show the inbox of the email account and start
to download email messages.
TIP: To add more email accounts, open Email to
get the Inbox screen. Then touch the Menu Key >
Settings and touch ADD ACCOUNT at the top
right of the screen.
Writing and Sending an Email
1. Open the email account you want to use.
2. Touch to open the compose screen.
3. If you have more than one email account on
the phone, touch the sender line to select the
account you want to use for sending the
message.
4. Enter a contact name or email address in the
‘To’ field. Separate each recipient with a
comma. You can also touch to select
recipients from your contacts.
TIP: Touch the Menu Key >Add Cc/Bcc to
send a carbon copy or blind carbon copy to