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To charge the battery, connect the charger to your phone and
mains socket. You can also charge your phone via a USB cable.
To reduce your phone’s power consumption, switch off
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or apps running in the background
when not needed. In Settings you can also lower the
brightness of the screen, and shorten the length of time
before the screen goes to sleep.
1.2.2 Power on your phone
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take
a few seconds before the screen lights up. Unlock your phone
(Swipe, PIN, password or pattern) if necessary and confirm. The
Home screen will display.
If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it,
contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with
your phone. Store this information in a safe place when not in use.
Set up your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone you will be asked to set the
following options: language, Google account, date & time, etc.
1. Select the phone’s language, then touch .
2. Select Wi-Fi network, then touch NEXT.
3. Input your Name, then touch NEXT.
4. Protect your phone, set screen lock now or touch SKIP to
move to next setup.
5. Select Google services, once finished, touch NEXT.
6. Select a Home screen, then touch NEXT.
7. Select Help tips, then touch NEXT.
Together with the other options (Date & time, App permissions,
and etc) all configured, the setup of your device is completed.
If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted, you will
still be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google
account and to use some features.
1.2.3 Power off your phone
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone
options appear, then select Shut down.
1.3 Home screen
Your phone has two kinds of Home screen that you can use: the
standard Home and the Simple Home screen.
You can set this when you first turn the phone on, or by touching
Settings > Home.
In the simplified Home screen, all the features you need, are
presented in an intuitive and attractive design.
Touching the Home key always takes you to your main Home
screen, and you can personalise all your Home screens by adding
your favourite apps, shortcuts and widgets to them.