Sony Xperia 4 User Guide

To set up a Google™ account on your device
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Add account  > Google .
3 Follow the registration wizard to create a Google™ account, or sign in if you
already have an account.
You can also sign in to or create a Google™ account from the setup guide the first time you start your device. Or you can go online and create an account at 
www.google.com/accounts.
Charging your device
Your device has an embedded, rechargeable battery that should be replaced...

Learning the basics
Using the touchscreen
Tapping
• Open or select an item.
• Mark or unmark a checkbox or option.
• Enter text using the on-screen keyboard.
Touching and holding
• Move an item.
• Activate an item-specific menu.
• Activate selection mode, for example, to select several items from a list.
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Pinching and spreading
•Zoom in or out on a web page, a photo or a map.
Swiping
• Scroll up or down a list.
• Scroll left or right, for example, between Home screen panes.
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Flicking
•Scroll quickly, for example, in a list or on a web page. You can stop the scrolling
movement by tapping the screen.
Locking and unlocking the screen
When your device is on and left idle for a set period of time, the screen darkens to
save battery power and locks automatically. This lock prevents unwanted actions on
the touchscreen when you are not using it. When you buy your device, a basic screen
swipe lock is already set. In other words, you have to swipe up or down on the
screen to unlock...

To go to the Home screen
• Press 
.
To browse the Home screen
Home screen panes You can add new panes to your Home screen (up to a maximum of seven panes) and
delete panes. You can also set the pane that you want to use as the main Home
screen pane.
To set a pane as the main Home screen pane
1 Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2 Flick left or right to browse to the pane that you want to set as your main Home
screen pane, then tap 
 at the top corner of the pane....

Application screenThe Application screen, which you open from the Home screen, contains the
applications that come pre-installed on your device as well as applications that you
download.
To view all applications on the Application screen
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Flick left or right on the Application screen.
To open an application from the Application screen
• Flick left or right to find the application, and then tap the application.
To open the Application screen menu
• When the Application...

To uninstall an application from the Application screen
1 To open the Application screen menu, drag the left edge of the Application
screen to the right.
2 Tap  Uninstall . All uninstallable applications are indicated by 
 .
3 Tap the application that you want to uninstall, then tap  Uninstall.
Navigating applications
You can navigate between applications using the navigation keys, the favourites bar,
and the recently used applications window, which lets you switch easily between all
recently used...

it and perform calculations. You can access your small apps via the favourites bar. Todownload more small apps, go to Google Play™.
To open a small app
1 To make the favourites bar appear, press 
.
2 Tap the small app that you want to open.
You can open several small apps at the same time.
To close a small app
• Tap 
 on the small app window.
To download a small app
1 From the favourites bar, tap 
, then tap  and tap .
2 Search for the small app that you want to download, then follow the
instructions to...

To add a widget to the Home screen
1 Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates,
then tap  Widgets & Apps .
2 Find and tap the widget that you want to add.
To resize a widget
1 Touch and hold a widget until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then release
the widget. If the widget can be resized, for example, the Calendar widget,
then a highlighted frame and resizing dots appear.
2 Drag the dots inward or outward to shrink or expand the widget.
3 To confirm the new size...

1Access an application using a shortcut2Access a folder containing applications
To add an application shortcut to your Home screen
1 Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates
and the customisation menu appears.
2 In the customisation menu, tap  Apps.
3 Scroll through the list of applications and select an application. The selected
application gets added to the Home screen.
In step 3, alternatively, you can tap  Shortcuts and then select an application from the list...