ATT Avail 2 User Manual

							Browsing the Internet
Your phone has two options for Internet access . Use the Browser or Google Chrome to view web pages and search for information .
From the home screen, tap  .
Opening a Web Page
•   Tap the address bar, enter the website you want to browse, and tap Go .
•   Tap  beside the address bar or press  > Bookmarks . Tap a bookmark  to open it  .
•   Press  > Bookmarks . Choose an item from the History tab or Saved  Pages tab .
Browsing Options
While viewing most web pages, you can do the following .
•   Scroll: Swipe the screen in any direction .
•   Zoom out: Tap the screen or pinch two fingers together  .
•   Zoom  in: Tap the screen or spread two fingers apart .
•   Go back: Tap  to return to the page you viewed previously  .
•   Go forward: Tap  .
•   Refresh the page: Tap  .
•   Find text on the page: Press  > Find on page and type the terms you want to search for .
•   Send the page URL to friends: Press  > Share page and select how you want to send the URL .
•   Follow a link: Tap a link on the web page to open it  .
•   Save the page for offline reading: Press  > Save for offline reading .  To read saved pages, press  > Bookmarks > Saved Pages .
Opening Another Browser Window
You can have multiple windows open in the browser  . While in the browser, tap  to open a new window . To view your open windows, tap  . Tap  on a window to close it .
Using Bookmarks
To bookmark a web page, open it and tap  or , and then tap Save to bookmarks . Give the bookmark a name and tap OK .
Editing a Bookmark
 1  From the home screen, tap  . 
 2  Press  > Bookmarks .
 3     Tap and hold the bookmark you want to edit until the shortcut menu  pops up  .
 4 Tap Edit bookmark .
 5    Edit the name (Label) or location (Address), and then tap OK to save it  .
Deleting a Bookmark
 1  From the home screen, tap  .
 2  Press  > Bookmarks .
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							 3    Tap and hold the bookmark you want to delete until the shortcut menu  pops up  .
 4 Tap Delete bookmark > OK .
Changing Browser Settings
Press  > Settings from a browser window to change browser settings .
Using Google Chrome
Use Google Chrome to browse the Internet  . Chrome on your AT&T Avail Evolution can sync bookmarks, browsing history, and opened tabs from your Google account .
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Chrome .
 2  Read the terms of service and tap Accept and Continue .
 3    You can choose to Sign in to Chrome to sync it with your open tabs, bookmarks, and omnibox data from your computer  . If you choose No thanks, you can sign in later via the Settings menu .
 4    To enter a URL, tap the web address bar, enter an address and tap Go .
 5    Scroll to navigate and touch links to open them . Use a pinching gesture to zoom out  . Spread your fingers apart to zoom in . Press  to access additional settings .
 6    To open a new browser tab, tap  > New tab .
Syncing Chrome
From the home screen, tap  > Chrome >  > Settings > Sign In To Chrome > Sign in .
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology  . Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 32 feet (10 meters) . The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed .
Using Bluetooth 
 1    Before you begin, place the Bluetooth device in pairing mode . From the home screen, press  > System settings and slide the Bluetooth switch to the On position to turn on Bluetooth . When Bluetooth is on, the  icon will appear in the status bar  . 
 2   Tap Bluetooth . Your phone will automatically search for Bluetooth devices and will show all visible devices in range .
 3     Tap the device you want to pair with .
 4    If necessary, confirm that the Bluetooth passkeys are the same between the two devices and tap Pair . Alternately, enter a Bluetooth passkey and tap Pair .
Pairing is successfully completed when the other device accepts the connection or the same passkey is entered .
Notes: 
•   The Bluetooth passkey may be fixed for certain devices, such as headsets or hands-free car kits . You can try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passkeys), or refer to the documents for that device .
•   To allow compatible Bluetooth devices to find your phone for pairing,  tap Z998 on the Bluetooth settings screen . Your device will be visible for  2 minutes .
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							Entertainment
Taking Pictures with Your Camera
Your phone has a 5-megapixel camera . 
 1  From the home screen, tap  .
 2    Zoom in or out by dragging the slider bar or pressing either Volume Key  . To change color effects, tap  and select an option . To change shot modes, tap  and select an option .
 3   Tap  to take a picture . To view it, tap the picture thumbnail in the corner of the screen . 
Adjusting Camera Settings
Before taking a photo, you can tap  to open the following camera settings .
Scene modeChoose from Auto, Night, Portrait or Landscape .
GridSet the composition line to help you to aim the camera at  the subject  .
Shutter TonesTurn shutter tones on or off  .
Picture Size  Choose the size of the photo  .
Image  Set exposure, contrast, saturation, or sharpness of the photo  . 
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White Balance  
Select how the camera adjusts colors in different kinds of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for your shots, or allow the camera to adjust the white balance automatically .
ISOSet the ISO as auto, ISO-100, ISO-200, ISO-400, 150-800,  or 150-1600 .
Review Time  Set the lapse time for viewing a photo after you take it  .
Geo-tagChoose to store location information with each photo you take .
Anti-bandSet anti-band as auto, 50 Hz, or 60 Hz .
Restore DefaultsRestore default camera settings .
 
Sharing a Picture
 1    After taking a picture, tap the thumbnail in the corner of the screen and then tap  .
 2     Scroll through options to send via text messaging or email, Picasa™,  and more .
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							Opening Your Gallery
Gallery helps you view pictures and play  videos . You can also do some basic editing  of your pictures, set them as wallpaper or  contact photos, or share with friends .
 1    From the home screen, tap  > Gallery .
 2  Tap an album .
 3  Tap a photo or video to view it  .
 
NumberFunction
1Tap to return to the album or thumbnails of all the pictures and videos in the album, which are displayed in a grid .
2Swipe horizontally to see more; double tap a picture to view it in full screen .
3Delete, edit, share, or set the picture as contact photo, wallpaper, or lock screen wallpaper .
4Browse the album contents in a slideshow  .
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Shooting Video with Your Camcorder
 1    From the home screen, tap  > Camera . 
 2   Tap  to switch to the camcorder  .
 3    Zoom in or out by dragging the slider bar  . Tap  to begin recording and  to stop . Tap the video thumbnail in the corner of the screen to view the video you’ve just taken .
Tip: Take a still photo while recording by tapping  .
Adjusting Your Video Settings
Before recording a video, you can tap  to open the following camcorder settings .
Video QualityChoose the video quality as 720P, 480P, VGA, or MMS Video  .
Time Lapse  Set the lapse time for recording video .
White Balance  
Select how the camcorder adjusts colors in different kinds of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for your videos, or allow the camcorder to adjust the white balance automatically  .
Geo-tagChoose to store location information with each video you take .
Restore DefaultsRestore default camcorder settings .
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							Sharing a Video
 1    After recording a video, tap the  thumbnail in the corner of the screen  and then tap  .
 2    Scroll through options to send via text  messaging or Gmail, Picasa, and more .
Playing Your Videos
From the home screen, tap  > Video  Player . This will open your video library and  show the video files saved in your memory  card . Tap a video file to start playing . 
 
NumberFunction
1Video name .
2Drag the slider to adjust screen brightness .
3Drag the slider to jump to any part of the video  .
4Tap to share or delete the video .
5Pause or resume playback .
6Tap to lock the screen .
7Drag the slider to adjust the volume .
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Adding Music to Your Phone
You can add music to your phone’s internal storage or to a removable microSD card (see Phone Setup – Inserting a microSD Card) .
Note: Steps may vary depending on your operating system .
 1    Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable .
 2   Tap Media device (MTP) .
     Note: If you have a microSD card in your phone, you may be presented with additional options . Tap Turn on USB storage > OK, or open the Notifications panel and tap Connected as an installer > Media device (MTP) .
 3    On your PC, choose to view files through Windows Explorer  . If you have a Mac, visit http://www .android . com/filetransfer to download the necessary software .
 4    Choose whether you want to add files to your phone’s internal storage or to the microSD card, and then drag and drop the files you want to transfer  .
 5    When you’re finished transferring files, open the Notifications panel and tap Connected as a media device > Charge only . You may now safely disconnect your phone from the computer  .
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							Playing Your Music
You can play the audio files stored in your  phone’s microSD card in Music .
 1    From the home screen, tap  > Music to  access the music player  .
 2   Select Albums/Artists/Songs/Playlists/ Folders/Genre Lists to find the songs you  want to play  .
 3    Tap an item from the list to start playing .
 4    Adjust the volume with the  Volume Keys .
NumberFunction
1Song and artist information .
2Tap to toggle repeat mode: repeat all songs, repeat current song, or repeat off  .
3Drag the slider to jump to any part of the song .
4Tap to open the current playlist  .
5Skip songs or pause and resume playback . 
6Add to Favorite playlist .
7Tap to play the current playlist in shuffle mode, where tracks are played in random order  . 
8Album artwork . 
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Creating Playlists
Playlists help you organize your music files .
 1 Tap  next to the song in the music library  .
 2 Tap Add to playlist .
 3 Tap New .
 4  Type the playlist name and tap Save . 
Managing Playlists
 1  Tap  the Playlists tab in the music library to see your playlists .
 2 Tap  next to a playlist  . 
 3 Tap Play, Rename Playlist, or Delete Playlist .
Note: These options may not be available for certain automatically created playlists, such as Recently added .
Adding a Song to a Playlist
 1 Tap  next to the song in the music library  .
 2 Tap Add to playlist .
 3  Tap a playlist  .
Setting a Song as Ringtone
 1 Tap  next to the song in the music library  .
 2 Tap Use as phone ringtone .
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							 Making Memorable Memos
Sound Recorder enables you to record your voice memos . 
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Sound Recorder .
 2  Tap  to start recording .
 3 Tap  to stop recording or tap  > OK to cancel recording .
 4 Tap  to play the memo  .
Tip: You can find your recordings by tapping My records .
Play Any Saved Memo 
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Sound Recorder .
 2  Tap My records .
 3  Tap the title of a memo to play it  .
Note: You can also tap  next to the memo to delete, share, rename, tag, view file details, or set as a ringtone . 
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Applications
Alarm
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Alarm .
 2  Tap a default alarm to configure it or tap  to create a new alarm .
 3  Set up the alarm options, such as time, repeat, and alarm sound .
 4  Tap Save to save and exit  .
 5 Tap  next to an alarm to turn on the alarm . 
Calculator
From the home screen, tap  > Calculator .
Tip: Ta p or  , or swipe left or right to switch between different panels . You can also turn the phone to landscape to see all of the calculator buttons .
Facebook
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Facebook .
 2  Log in and choose sync options .
Tip: You can change your Facebook sync settings by pressing  > Settings > Sync Contacts .
•   Tap  to access your profile, news feed, messages, and more .
•  Press  > Settings to change your account settings .
•   Tap Status, Photo, or Check In to update your status, upload a photo, or check in at a location .
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							File Manager
From the home screen, tap  > File Manager .
•   Tap a folder to view its contents .
•   Tap and hold a folder or file for options such as Delete, Share, Copy,  and Move .
Kingsoft Office
Create, view, and edit Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, and other types of files . From the home screen, tap  > Kingsoft Office .
Tip: Tap  and scroll to the right to view options .
NotePad
From the home screen, tap  > NotePad to save and view your text notes .
 1  Tap  to create a new note . 
 2  Enter your text and tap  to save it  . 
 3   Tap a note to view it  . You can also edit, delete, share, or export it  .
Task Manager
From the home screen, tap  > Task Manager to view or stop applications .
•   Tap a task in the Tasks tab to force stop or disable the app, uninstall the app, clear data and cache, or move the app between the internal storage and the memory card; or tap  next to a task to close it  .
•   Tap the Apps tab to manage all the apps on your phone .
•   Tap the Resources tab to view the real-time system resources information .
Tip: If your phone is running slow, close applications you are not using by pressing and holding  and swiping left or right on applications you wish to close .
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Timer
From the home screen, tap  > Timer > Stopwatch or Countdown .
Note: You can set up to 20 laps with the stopwatch .
Twitter
 1    From the home screen, tap  > Twitter and sign up for or sign in to your account  .
 2 Tap  to compose a tweet  .
Voice Dialer
From the home screen, tap  > Voice Dialer and speak a command .
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							Google Applications
Signing in to your Google account lets you synchronize Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts between your phone and the web . If you don’t have an account, you  can easily create one .
 1    Tap a Google application that needs a Google account, such as Gmail  or Google Talk .
 2    If you’ve got a Google account, tap Existing . Enter your user name  and password and then tap  . (Or tap New if you don’t have a  Google account  .)
 3  Read the instructions and tap OK .
 4  Set the backup and restore option and tap  .
Google Search and Google Now
Find whatever you’re looking for with Google Search . Google Now tailors your search options over time, learning your preferences and making more accurate predictions for your needs . Google Now will also keep track of what you’re doing and appear when you need it, like showing the next appointment on your calendar and what the traffic is like to get to it  .
Performing a Search
From the home screen, tap  > Google . You can type in search terms, or say “Google” to begin a voice search . 
You will see results for your search . To search images, places, and more, tap an option on the bar at the bottom of the screen . For additional web results, simply scroll down the screen .
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Gmail
Gmail is a web-based email service that’s configured when you sign in to your Google account . Depending on your synchronization settings, the Gmail on your phone can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail account on the web  .
Creating and Sending an Email Through Gmail
 1  From the home screen, tap  > Gmail .
 2  Tap  .
 3    Enter an email address in the To field . If you’re sending the email to several people, separate the email addresses with commas . You can add as many recipients as you want  .
 4    Enter the email subject, and then write your email . To add an attachment, press  > Attach picture or Attach video .
 5  Tap  to send your email .
Adding Another Account
 1  From your Gmail inbox, press  > Settings > Add Account .
 2    Choose to add an existing account or create a new one and follow on-screen instructions to finish account setup  .
Accessing Account Settings
 1  From your Gmail inbox, press  > Settings .
 2    Tap an account name, or tap General settings to change settings for  all accounts .
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							Google Play
Google Play gives you access to thousands of free and paid apps, games, books and magazines, music, and movies .
From the home screen, tap  >  .
Navigating Google Play
From Play Store, you will have multiple ways to search for apps, games and more .
 1    Tap a category to browse popular apps, games, movies, books, and music organized by popularity or category  .
 2   Tap  to search the Play Store for a specific item, such as a game or app  .
 3    To install, tap the app and follow instructions . Once installed, you will  see a notification in the Notifications panel . Open the app from this notification or by locating the app in the App tray  .
Note: A Google Wallet™ payment method is required to purchase apps .
Adding a PIN
Help prevent unauthorized app purchases by adding a PIN .
 1  While in Google Play, press  > Settings > Set or change PIN.
 2  Enter a PIN and tap OK .
 3  Enter your PIN again to confirm it and tap OK .
 4  Tap Use PIN for purchases .
Using Google Calendar
From the home screen, tap Calendar to use Google Calendar, Google’s time management application . You can use the calendar to schedule appointments, including meetings and other events . Your appointments will be displayed on the screen as they are scheduled . You can also synchronize appointments to your Google account, which enables you to manage your schedule online on your PC .
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Accessing Calendar Settings
 1  While in the calendar, press  > Settings .
 2    Tap an account name, or tap General settings to change settings for all accounts .
Using Google Talk
Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program, which enables you to communicate with other people who also use it  .
Opening Google Talk
From the home screen, tap  > Talk .
Adding a New Friend
You can only add people who have a Google account  . 
 1  Tap the account you wish to use .
 2  Tap  . 
 3  Enter your friend’s address and tap Done .
Note: If other people try to add you as a friend, you will receive a notification in the status bar and the invitation appears in your friends list  . You can tap the invitation to Accept, Decline, or Block .
Changing Your Online Status
 1  Tap your own entry at the top of your friends list  .
 2  Tap your current status to change it  .
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