Zte Vital User manual

Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.

Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the
basics of getting started with Sprint and your Sprint Vital™.
ReadyNow – For more help in getting up and running with your
new phone, take advantage of exclusive Ready Now resources
at sprint.com/readynow. You can even schedule a one-on-one
appointment at a Sprint Store near you.
For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/support.
There, you’ll find guides, tutorials, and more to help you get the
most out of your phone.
Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.

Using This Guide
Using This Guide
This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new
Sprint Vital. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information
you need quickly and easily.
Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what
you need to do before you use your
phone the first time, including inserting a
battery and activating Sprint service
on your phone.
Android Basics − page 4 − Learn some
basics about how to move around on
your phone, use the home screen, and
enter text. If you’re familiar with Android
phones, you can probably skip these
pages (although a refresher course
never hurt anyone).
Use Your Phone − page 12 − Take
advantage of your phone’s features
and Sprint services, from the basics
(making calls) to the more advanced
(using Google Play™, WiFi, and more).
Tools & Resources − page 29 − Find
useful tips for your phone and discover
resources and other helpful Sprint
information. For additional information
including the full User Guide, videos,
tutorials, and community forums, visit
sprint.com/support.

Your Sprint Vital
Volume
Buttons
Camera
Button
Flash
Camera
Lens
Front
Camera
Lens
Power
Button
Back Key Menu Key
Home Key
Earpiece Headset Jack
Touchscreen
Speaker
Charger/
Accessory
Jack

Get Ready
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Get Your Phone Ready
Install the Battery
1. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently
press the battery into place.
2. Replace the back cover.
Charge the Battery
1. Insert the USB cable into the AC adapter.
2. Insert the small end of the USB cable into
the charger/accessory jack on the left side of
the phone.
3. Plug the AC adapter into a standard AC
power outlet.
Before you start: Visit sprint.com/readynow to
learn about transferring contacts, calendars, and
more from your old phone.
Turn the Phone On
• Press and hold the Power button.
Unlock the Screen
• Touch and hold to unlock it.
Turn the Screen On and Off
• To quickly turn the display screen off, press the
power button on top of the phone.
• To turn the screen on and display the unlock
screen, press the power button.
Turn the Phone Off
• Press and hold the power button and then
touch Power off > OK to turn the phone off.

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Activate Your Phone
Activate Your Phone
If you purchased your phone at a Sprint
Store, it is probably activated and ready
to use.
If you received your phone in the mail,
and it is a new Sprint account or a new
phone number, your phone is designed
to activate automatically when you first
turn it on. You will see a Hands Free
Activation screen at startup. When it’s
finished, touch OK to continue. To
confirm your activation, make a
phone call.
If you received your phone in the mail
and it is going to be activated on an
existing number (you’re swapping
phones), go to sprint.com/activate and
follow the instructions. When you have
finished, make a phone call to confirm
your activation.
When you have finished, if your phone is still
not activated or you do not have access to the
Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at
1-888-211-4727 for assistance.

Get Ready
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Phone Basics
These instructions help you set up various
options and applications, including setting up
your Google™ Account.*
Sprint Default
Shortly after activation, you will be prompted to
install the Sprint Default ID. Tap Install to
download now or tap Not Now.
Set Up a Google Account
Setting up a Google Account lets you access
many features of your Android phone. It also
allows you to sync Google contacts and apps
you may previously have used.
1. Touch > > Settings > Add account >
Google.
2. Follow the prompts to set up a new Google
Account or sign in to an existing Google Account.
* You do not need to sign up for a Google Account
to use your phone; however, to download content
from the Google Play™ Store app, you must link
your phone to a Google Account.

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Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone
Move Around Your Phone’s Menus
and Screens
Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control
everything through various types of touches,
or gestures.
Touch: When you want to type using the
onscreen keyboard, select items such as
application and settings icons, or press onscreen
buttons, simply touch them with your finger. A light
touch works best.
Touch and hold: To display the available options
for an item simply touch and hold the item.
Flick: Move your finger in lighter, quicker strokes
than swiping. This finger gesture is always used in
a vertical motion, such as when flicking through
contacts or a message list.
Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically
or horizontally across the screen.
Drag: Press and hold your finger with some
pressure before you start to move it. Do not
release your finger until you have reached the
target position.
Rotate: Activate the auto-rotate feature to
automatically change the screen orientation
from portrait to landscape by turning the
phone sideways.
Pinch and Spread: “Pinch” the screen using
your thumb and forefinger to zoom out or
“spread” the screen to zoom in when viewing
a picture or a Web page.

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Android Basics
Status Bar
The status bar at the top of the Home screen
lets you quickly see both your phone status
(connections, signal strength, battery) and any
current notifications.
Your Home Screen
Viewing Your Home Screen
Your phone’s Home screen extends horizontally
to five full screens. This gives you room to
customize your phone and put the things you
need front and center, just a swipe away.
• To display the main (center) Home screen,
touch from any screen.
• To view extended
screens, swipe the
screen left or right.
There are two
additional screens on
each side of the main
Home screen.
Notification
area
Phone
status area

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Your Home Screen
Notifications Panel
You can expand the notification area to provide
more detailed information about the current
onscreen notification icons.
1. Drag down the notifications panel to see your
notifications.
2. Touch a notification entry to open the associated
application.
Add Items to Your Home Screen
1. Touch and then touch .
2. To add an app shortcut, touch APPS and then
touch and hold an app icon and drag it to the
home screen. To add a widget, touch WIDGETS
and then touch and hold a widget and drag it to
the Home screen.

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Android Basics
Buttons and Keys
Just below the touchscreen, you’ll find a row of
static keys that let you perform specific functions.
Above this row is a row of program icons that are
available from every Home screen.
Buttons and Keys
• Home Key ( ) – Touch to return to the main
Home screen.
• Back key ( ) – Touch to return to the previous
screen view.
• Menu key ( ) – Touch to display a list of the
menu options.
• Phone icon ( ) – Touch to open the phone
screen.
• People icon ( )- Touch to open your
contacts list.
• Apps icon ( ) – Touch to display the
applications list.
• Messaging icon ( )- Touch to open the
Messaging app.
• Sprint ID icon ( )- Touch to open the
Sprint ID app.
Phone
Contacts Messaging
Apps
Back
key
Home key
Menu Key
Sprint ID

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Open Apps
• If an app is on one of your Home screens, just
touch it to open it.
• If an app is not available from your Home screen,
touch (if you’re not already on the Home screen),
touch to display the
apps list, and then touch
the app icon from the
alphabetical list. You may
have to scroll right or left
to find the app you’re
looking for.
Access Recently-Used Apps
Your phone keeps a running list of your most
recently used apps.
1. Touch and hold to open the recently-used
apps window.
2. Touch an icon to open an app.
Buttons and Keys

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Android Basics
Your QWERTY Keyboards
There are three ways to use the QWERTY
keyboard on your Sprint Vital: Android keyboard
(traditional typing), Swype, and TouchPal Keyboard.
The Swype and TouchPal keyboards give you
options to enter whole words quickly. When you
select a field that requires text or numbers, an
onscreen keyboard will appear. (If you don’t see
the keyboard when, for instance, you’re entering
contact information, just touch the field you’re
working on to bring it up.) The phone’s onscreen
QWERTY keyboards can be used in either portrait
or landscape mode.
Note: To switch between keyboard types, drag the
notifications bar down from the top of the screen,
touch Choose input method, and then touch the
method you want to use.
Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard
Using Swype to Enter Text
Swype lets you enter words by tracing over the
letters in a single motion.
1. Touch an onscreen character, and then, while
maintaining your finger onscreen, drag to the
next character in the desired word.
2. Repeat this process until the desired characters
have been drawn over. Select from an
onscreen list of possible word matches (if
prompted). This occurs if your current action
has generated more than one possible word
match.

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Typing with Android Keyboard
Entering text using the traditional Android QWERTY
keyboard is easy: just touch the letters to type the
words.
1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch
the input field to reveal the onscreen keyboard.
2. Touch the corresponding onscreen keys to
begin typing.
• If you make a mistake, touch to erase.
• To enter numbers or symbols, touch .
Using TouchPal Keyboard to Enter Text
TouchPal Keyboard provides a number of
options for entering text, including trace entry
(similar to Swype), traditional typing, alternate
keyboard formats, and more.
1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch
the field to display the keyboard.
2. Enter text by tracing over the letters on the
keyboard in a single motion.
• For a full menu of numbers and symbols,
touch .
• For additional options and settings, touch .
Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard

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Android Basics
Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard
Your Keyboard Settings
You can customize your onscreen keyboard
settings to suit your needs:
Touch > Settings > Language & input to access
the options menus.
• Touch Default and touch an option to set a
default keyboard (English (US) Android
keyboard, Swype, or TouchPal Keyboard).
• To set options for a specific keyboard, touch
the Settings icon ( ) next to any of the
keyboard options.
• Android keyboard options may include
Language, General options such as
Auto-capitalization and keypress actions, Auto
correction options, and Advanced settings.
• Swype options may include tutorial,
dictionary, and language options. The
Preferences option lets you access
additional settings such as Auto-spacing,
Auto-capitalization, and Next word prediction.
• TouchPal Keyboard options include a
General settings menu with keypress and
other options; a Keyboard layout menu
allowing you to choose alternate layouts for
TouchPal; a Smart input menu for options
such as correction, spellcheck, Advanced
mode, and TouchPal Curve; Languages; a
Dictionary manage menu that allows you to
update, customize, and back up your user
dictionary; and a Help & About menu.

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Make a Phone Call
1. If the screen is locked, touch and hold
to unlock it .
2. Touch > Phone.
3. Touch the digits of the number you want to call
on the phone keypad. (The number will appear
just above the keypad as you enter it. Touch
to delete one or more digits.)
4. Touch .
Use Your Phone: Make and Answer Calls
Answer an Incoming Call
• Drag to the right to .
Send a Call Directly to Voicemail
• Drag to the left to .
Reject a Call and Send a Text Message
1. Drag up to .
2. Touch a quick message from the list to send
it to the caller.
Mute the Ringer on a Call
• Press the volume button on the left side
of the phone to mute the ringer.

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Use Your Phone
Voicemail
Set Up Your Voicemail
All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to
your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned
off. You should set up your voicemail and personal
greeting as soon as your phone is activated:
1. Touch > , and then touch and hold
to dial your voicemail box.
2. Follow the voice prompts to create your
password and record your name and greeting.
Sprint strongly recommends setting a voicemail
password. Without a password, anyone who has
access to your phone can access your
messages.
Retrieve Your Voicemail
1. Touch > , and then touch and hold
to dial your voicemail box.
2. Follow the prompts to listen to your voicemail
messages.
From any other phone:
1. Dial your wireless phone number.
2. When your voicemail answers, touch *.
3. Enter your password.

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Messaging
Send a Text Message
1. Touch > Messaging .
2. Touch .
3. Enter a phone number, email address, or contact
name in the To field. (If the phone recognizes a
contact, you’ll see a list. Touch the contact to
complete the address.)
4. Touch Type message and then type your message.
5. When you are finished, touch .
Send a Picture or Video Message
(Multimedia Messaging)
1. Follow steps 1 – 4 for sending a text message.
2. Touch .
3. Touch a media type (such as Pictures, Videos,
Audio, etc.) and then touch an available album.
4. Touch a picture or clip to select it. (For Audio, touch OK.)
5. If you are satisfied with your message, touch .
Note: For information on taking pictures and videos
with your phone, see "Camera & Camcorder" on
page 20.
Access Messages
1. Touch and touch Messaging .
2. From the Messaging screen, touch the message
you want to view.
–or–
1. Open the Notifications panel.
2. Touch the message you want to view.
All of your text and MMS messages for a contact are
collected in an ongoing “conversation,” so when you
view a message, you can scroll through the entire
history of your messages with that person.
Be a hero. Don't
drive distracted.
sprint.com/focusondriving

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Use Your Phone
Contacts
Save a Phone Number
1. Touch > .
2. Enter a phone number using the onscreen keypad.
3. Touch > Add to contacts > CREATE NEW
CONTACT.
4. Select an account for the contact. Select Google
to save the contact to your Google account,
which will update automatically across all your
Google devices. Select Phone to save the
contact to your phone only.
5. Touch Name and enter a name for the new entry.
6. Touch MOBILE (default) to select a label such as
MOBILE, HOME, WORK, WORK FAX, HOME
FAX, PAGER, CUSTOM, etc.
7. Touch DONE to complete and save the entry.
Retrieve a Phone Number
1. Touch > > People , and then touch
.
2. Enter the first letter or letters of an entry.
3. Touch the contact to display the contact’s
phone number(s).
Add a New Entry to Contacts
1. Touch > > People .
2. Touch .
3. Touch any field and use the onscreen
keyboard to enter the name, phone number,
and other contact details.
4. Add more data fields or a picture if desired,
and touch DONE.
Your phone’s Contacts function (also known as People) lets you access and manage contacts
from a variety of sources, including Google and Corporate email accounts, contacts synced
from your computer, and old-fashioned contacts entered by hand.

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Edit a Contact Entry
1. Touch > > People > [contact you'd
like to edit].
2. Touch > Edit.
3. Touch an option:
• [image icon] to assign a picture to the entry.
• Name to edit the current name.
• PHONE to add or delete a phone number.
• GROUPS to assign the contact to a group.
4. Touch DONE to save your updates.
Note: To change an information type (for example,
to change a Home phone number to a Mobile
phone number), touch the type next to the
number and then touch an option from the
drop-down list.
Note: To add a phone number, email address, or
other field to an existing contact, touch Add another
field at the bottom of the entry and select a data
type (such as Email, Address, Website, etc.). To add
another phone number, email address, etc., where
one already exists, touch
Add new at the bottom of the information type.
Contacts