Sony Xperia E5 Manual

							Scanning with the NeoReader™
application
Use your phone as a barcode scanner to find out more about items you scan. For
example, you see a coat in a magazine ad and want to find the nearest retail outlet to
buy it. If the ad contains a readable barcode, the NeoReader™ application uses this
code to access mobile web content, such as a web page with more product
information or a map of nearby outlets. NeoReader™ supports most standard
barcode types.
To start the NeoReader™ application
1 From the Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap 
 NeoReader™ .
To scan a barcode
1 When the NeoReader™ application is open, hold the phone camera over the
barcode until the complete barcode is visible in the viewfinder.
2 The phone automatically scans the barcode, and vibrates when the barcode is
recognised.
To enter a barcode manually
1 When the NeoReader™ application is open, tap 
.
2 Enter the numbers of the barcode in the text field, then tap  GO!.
NeoReader™ application menu overview
The following menu options are available in the NeoReader™ application:
Tap to open more optionsEnter the barcode numbers manually. This option can be used if your camera has difficulty
reading the barcodeView a list of previously scanned barcodesView information about the NeoReader™ application. Read more about different barcode types, and about how to use NeoReader™Select your personal settings, such as language or country. This information is used to
personalise barcode content. Also, you can select preferences for how you use the NeoReader™
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							Synchronising data on your phone
You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your
phone from multiple email accounts, synchronisation services and other kinds of
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. Synchronising your
phone with other information sources is an easy and practical way to stay up to date.
You can:
• access your Gmail™ , Google Calendar™, Google™ contacts and other Google
services you use.
• access your corporate email, contacts and calendar applications.
• access your Facebook™ contacts, calendar, albums and other services you use.
• synchronise your phone with an Internet server using SyncML™.
Synchronising with Google™ Synchronise your phone with different Google™ services to keep your information up
to date, regardless of which phone you're using your Google™ account from. For
example, you can synchronise your contacts, Gmail™ and calendar data.
To set up a Google™ account for synchronisation
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Add account  > Google .
3 Follow the registration wizard to create a Google™ account, or sign in if you
already have an account.
4 Mark the  Back up & restore  checkbox if you want to back up data to your
Google™ account, then tap  Next.
5 Tap your newly created Google™ account, then tap the items you that want to
synchronise.
To synchronise manually with your Google™ account
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Tap  Settings  > Google .
3 Tap the Google™ account that you want to synchronise.
4 Press 
 , then tap  Sync now.
To synchronise an application with a Google™ account
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Google .
3 Tap the Google™ account that you want to synchronise with. A list appears of
applications that can be synchronised with the Google account.
4 Tap the application that you want to synchronise with the selected Google
account.
To remove a Google™ account
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Google .
3 Tap the Google™ account that you want to remove from the accounts list.
4 Press 
, then tap  Remove account .
5 Tap  Remove account  again to confirm.
Synchronising your corporate email, calendar and contacts Access your corporate email messages, calendar appointments and contacts directly
from your phone. View and manage them just as easily as you would from a
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							computer. After setup, you can find your information in the Email, Calendar  and
Contacts  applications.For you to access the functionality described above, your corporate information must be
stored on a Microsoft® Exchange server.
To set up corporate email, calendar and contacts
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Add account  > Corporate .
3 Enter your corporate email address and password.
4 Tap  Next . Your phone begins to retrieve your account information. If a failure
occurs, contact your corporate network administrator for more information
such as the domain name and Exchange server address.
5 Tap  OK to allow your corporate server to control your phone.
6 Select what data you want to sync with your phone, such as contacts and
calendar entries.
7 If desired, activate the phone administrator to allow your corporate server to
control certain security features in your phone. For example, allow your
corporate server to set password rules and set storage encryption.
8 When the setup is done, enter a name for the corporate account.
To edit the setup of corporate email, calendar and contacts
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Corporate , and select a corporate account.
3 Tap  Account settings , then tap the name of the corporate account again.
4 Change the desired settings.
To set a synchronisation interval for a corporate account
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Corporate , and select a corporate account.
3 Tap  Account settings , then tap the name of the corporate account again.
4 Tap  Inbox check frequency  and select an interval option.
To remove a corporate account
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings , then select the corporate account.
3 Press 
, then tap  Remove account .
4 Tap  Remove account  again to confirm.
Synchronising with Facebook™ There are two ways to use Facebook™ on your phone. You can use the standard
Facebook application to access your online Facebook account, or you can
synchronise your Facebook account with your phone and get direct access to
Facebook content from a range of other applications. For example, you can make
Facebook posts from Timescape™ and access your Facebook contacts, photos and calendar entries from related applications in the phone, such as the Calendar
application. To synchronise your phone with Facebook, you must first set up a
Facebook integration account -- a solution developed by Sony to enable easy
integration.
To set up a Facebook™ integration account on your phone
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Add account  > Xperia™ with Facebook .
3 Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Facebook™ integration account,
or sign in if you already have an account.
You can also set up a Facebook™ integration account on your phone by marking the
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							To synchronise manually with a Facebook™ integration account
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Tap  Settings  > Xperia™ with Facebook .
3 Select the account that you want to synchronise.
4 Press 
, then tap  Sync now.
To remove a Facebook™ integration account
When you remove a Facebook™ integration account from your phone, the associated online
Facebook account is not deleted and you can still access it from a computer.
1 From your Home screen, tap .
2 Tap  Settings  > Xperia™ with Facebook .
3 Select the account that you want to remove.
4 Press 
, then tap  Remove account .
5 Tap  Remove account  again to confirm.
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							Connecting to wireless networks
You can access the Internet wirelessly from your phone using Wi-Fi® technology.
This way you can browse the web and access cheaper call and data rates.
If your company or organisation has a virtual private network (VPN), you can connect
to this network with your phone. You can use a VPN to access intranets and other
internal services at your company.
Before using Wi-Fi® To browse the Internet using a Wi-Fi® connection, you need to search for and
connect to an available Wi-Fi® network and then open the Internet browser. The
signal strength of the Wi-Fi® network may differ depending on your phone's location.
Move closer to the Wi-Fi® access point to increase the signal strength.
To turn on Wi-Fi®
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings.
3 Tap  OFF beside  Wi-Fi so that  OFF changes to  ON. The phone scans for
available Wi-Fi® networks.
It may take a few seconds before Wi-Fi® is enabled.
To connect to a Wi-Fi® network
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings.
3 Make sure that the Wi-Fi® function is on. Tap  Wi-Fi.
4 Available Wi-Fi® networks are displayed. The available networks may be open
or secured. Open networks are indicated by 
 and secured networks are
indicated by 
 next to the Wi-Fi® network name.
5 Tap a Wi-Fi® network to connect to it. If you are trying to connect to a secure
Wi-Fi® network, you are asked to enter a password. 
 is displayed in the
status bar once you are connected.
Your phone remembers Wi-Fi® networks you connect to. The next time you come within reach
of a previously connected Wi-Fi® network, your phone automatically connects to it.In some locations, open Wi-Fi® networks require you to log in to a web page before you can
get access to the network. Contact the relevant Wi-Fi® network administrator for more
information.
To connect to another Wi-Fi® network
1 From your Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi . Detected Wi-Fi® networks are displayed.
3 Tap another Wi-Fi® network to connect to it.
To scan for Wi-Fi® networks manually
1 From your Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Press 
, then tap  Scan.
4 To connect to a Wi-Fi® network, tap the network name.
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							To add a Wi-Fi® network manually
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Tap  Add network .
4 Enter the  Network SSID  for the network.
5 Tap the  Security  field to select a security type.
6 If required, enter a password.
7 Tap  Save .
Contact your Wi-Fi® network administrator to get the Network SSID name and password.
Advanced Wi-Fi® settings
Before you add a Wi-Fi® network manually, you need to turn on the Wi-Fi® setting in
your phone.
Wi-Fi® network status When you are connected to a Wi-Fi® network or when there are Wi-Fi® networks
available in your vicinity, it is possible to see the status of these Wi-Fi® networks.
You can also enable the phone to notify you whenever an open Wi-Fi® network is
detected.
To enable Wi-Fi® network notifications
1 Turn on Wi-Fi®, if it is not already on.
2 From your Home screen, tap 
 .
3 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
4 Press 
.
5 Tap  Advanced .
6 Mark the  Network notification  checkbox.
To view detailed information about a connected Wi-Fi® network
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Tap the Wi-Fi® network that you are currently connected to. Detailed network
information is displayed.
Wi-Fi® sleep policy By adding a Wi-Fi® sleep policy, you can specify when to switch from Wi-Fi to
mobile data.
If you are not connected to a Wi-Fi® network, the phone uses mobile data connection to
access the Internet (if you have set up and enabled a mobile data connection in your phone).
To add a Wi-Fi® sleep policy
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Press 
.
4 Tap  Advanced .
5 Tap  Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep .
6 Select an option.
Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection
You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer using a
USB cable. This process is called USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s
data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a
portable Wi-Fi® hotspot.
When your phone is sharing its data connection, the following icons may appear in
the status bar or in the Notification panel:
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							USB tethering is activePortable Wi-Fi® hotspot is active
To share your phone’s data connection using a USB cable
1 Deactivate all USB cable connections to your phone.
2 Using the USB cable that came with your phone, connect your phone to a
computer.
3 From your Home screen, tap 
 .
4 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > Tethering & portable hotspot .
5 Mark the  USB tethering  checkbox. The phone starts sharing its mobile
network data connection with the computer over the USB connection. An
ongoing notification appears in the status bar and the Notification panel.
6 Unmark the  USB tethering  checkbox, or disconnect the USB cable to stop
sharing your data connection.
You cannot share your phone’s data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same
time. For more information, see  Connecting your phone to a computer  on page 101.You may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB cable. Go
to android.com/tether to get the most current information.
To share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi® hotspot
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > Tethering & portable hotspot .
3 Tap  Set up Wi-Fi hotspot .
4 Enter the  Network SSID  for the network. Tap the  Security field to select a
security type.
5 If required, enter a password.
6 Tap  Save .
7 Mark the  Portable Wi-Fi hotspot  checkbox. The phone starts broadcasting its
Wi-Fi® network name (SSID). You can now connect to this network with up to
8 computers or other devices.
8 Unmark the  Portable Wi-Fi hotspot  checkbox when you want to stop sharing
your data connection via Wi-Fi®.
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > Tethering & portable hotspot .
3 Tap  Set up Wi-Fi hotspot .
4 Enter the  Network SSID  for the network.
5 To select a security type, tap the  Security field.
6 If required, enter a password.
7 Tap  Save .
Virtual private networks (VPNs)
Use your phone to connect to virtual private networks (VPNs), which allow you to access resources inside a secured local network from outside the actual network. For
example, VPN connections are commonly used by corporations and educational
institutions for users who need to access intranets and other internal services when
they are outside of the internal network, for example, when they are travelling.
VPN connections can be set up in many ways, depending on the network. Some
networks may require you to transfer and install a security certificate in your phone.
See  Connecting your phone to a computer  on page 101 for more information on how
to transfer content to your phone. For detailed information on how to set up a
connection to your virtual private network, please contact the network administrator
of your company or organisation.
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							To add a virtual private network
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > VPN .
3 Tap  Add VPN profile .
4 Select the type of VPN to add.
5 Enter your VPN settings.
6 Tap  Save .
To connect to a virtual private network
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > VPN .
3 In the list of available networks, tap the VPN that you want to connect to.
4 Enter the required information.
5 Tap  Connect .
To disconnect from a virtual private network
1 Drag the status bar downwards.
2 Tap the notification for the VPN connection to turn it off.
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							Web browser
Use your web browser to view and navigate web pages, add pages as bookmarks,
and save pages for offline viewing. You can open up to 16 windows at the same time
and switch among them easily. You can also request the desktop version of a web
page if you don't want to view the mobile version.
To open the web browser
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap 
.
Browsing the web Search and address bar
Use the search and address bar to browse the web.
1View the download progress of the current web page2Enter a search word to search for a web page, or enter a web page address to load a web page3Cancel the download of the current web pageSometimes the search and address bar is not displayed after a web page finishes
downloading. It appears again if you flick downwards on the screen.
To go to a web page
1 Tap the search and address text field to activate the keypad.
2 Enter a web address.
3 Tap  Go.
To search a web page
1 Tap the search and address text field to activate the keypad.
2 Enter a search word.
3 Tap  Go.
To exit the web browser
• While browsing, press 
.
When you open the browser again, even after restarting the phone, the browser appears
exactly as it did before you exited. For example, the same number of windows will be open.
Navigating web pages
To select a link
• To select a link in a web page, tap the link. The selected link gets highlighted,
and the web page starts to load after you release your finger.
If you select a link by mistake before releasing your finger, you can drag your finger away from the link to deselect it.
To go to the previous page while browsing
• Press 
.
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							To zoom in or out on a web page
Use one of the following methods to zoom in or out on a web page:
• Double-tap to zoom in on the web page, or double-tap again to zoom out.
• Touch an area of the page with two fingers at once and spread them apart to
zoom in, or pinch them together to zoom out.
To reload the current web page
• Press 
, then tap  Refresh.
To save a web page for offline viewing
1 After the web page has loaded, press 
.
2 Tap  Save for offline reading . You are then directed to the  Saved pages tab,
where you can view all saved web pages.
If the memory card is not available, the web page cannot be saved.
To view a previously saved web page
1 When the browser is open, flick downwards on the screen to make the search
and address bar appear.
2 Tap 
 next to the search and address bar.
3 Tap 
, then tap the  Saved pages tab.
4 Find and select a web page that you want to view.
To load the live version of an offline web page
1 When an offline web page is open, press 
.
2 Tap  Go live .
To request the desktop version of a web page
1 While browsing the web page, press 
.
2 Tap  Request desktop site .
Once you choose to view the desktop version of a web page in a window, any other web
pages that you view later in the same window will also show their desktop versions. Tap
Request desktop site  again to change the setting back.
To share a link to the current web page
1 While browsing, press 
.
2 Tap  Share page .
3 Select an available transfer method, then follow the on-screen instructions.
To close a browser window
1 When the browser is open, flick downwards on the screen to make the search
and address bar appear.
2 Tap 
 next to the search and address bar. A list of all open windows appears.
3 Tap 
 in the window you want to close, or flick the window left or right off the
screen to close it.
Managing bookmarksBookmarks let you access your favourite and frequently visited web pages quickly.Depending on your network operator, some bookmarks may be pre-installed on your
phone.
To bookmark a web page
1 While you are viewing the web page, press 
.
2 Tap  Save to bookmarks .
3 If desired, edit the bookmark.
4 When you're done, tap  OK.
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