Wileyfox Swift 2X, User Manual

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Page 2: ...App 7 2 3 Your apps 19 2 4 Your Home Screen 20 2 5 Your widgets Wallpapers and Home screen Settings 20 2 6 Status bar 23 2 7 Manage battery life 23 2 8 Navigation basics 24 2 9 Split Screen Multi window Function 24 3 Personalize your Wileyfox device 25 3 1 Customize your Home screens 25 3 2 Widgets 28 3 3 Removing and deleting an App from Home screen 28 3 4 Manage your settings 29 3 5 Display 29 3...

Page 3: ...etection 43 5 5 Screen Lock 44 5 6 Unknown Resources 45 5 7 Backup Reset 46 6 Share Store content 46 6 1 SD card storage 46 6 2 Dual SIM card support 50 6 3 Screenshots 51 7 More on Apps 51 7 1 Play Store 51 7 2 Gmail 51 7 3 Camera 52 7 4 Your Camera icons settings overview 53 7 5 Photos Gallery 54 7 6 Contacts 55 7 7 How to display Google contacts only 55 7 8 Calendar 56 7 9 FM Radio 58 8 Accessi...

Page 4: ...ndent scientific organization ICNIRP and include substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age and health The radio wave exposure guidelines use a unit of measurement known as Specific Absorption Rate or SAR The SAR Limit for mobile devices is 2 0W kg The highest SAR values under the ICNIRP guideline for this model are Maximum SAR for this model and condi...

Page 5: ...al devices such as pacemakers as it could cause them to malfunction It can also interfere with the operation of fire detectors and other automatic control equipment For more information about how your phone affects pacemakers or other electronic equipment please contact the manufacturer or your local distributor Your phone may cause interference when used near TVs radios or automated office equipm...

Page 6: ... used Always obey local laws and turn off your phone when requested Emergency Calls To make an emergency call your phone must be turned on and in an area where there is network coverage Dial the national emergency number and press send Explain exactly where you are and do not hang up until help has arrived Note Some mobile phone may not necessarily support all the features described in this manual...

Page 7: ...iated with that account are automatically synced with your Wileyfox device For example if you change a friend s phone number on your phone that change also appears on your tablet and on any computers where you re signed in to your Google Account IMPORTANT Make sure you remember the password you use to sign into your Wileyfox device or else you won t be able to access it Even if you do a factory re...

Page 8: ... Mobile Data Calls and Text Messages You can select either of them or to be asked every time Please make sure you sign in to a Wi Fi network or Use your mobile network for set up You can skip that step and just personalize your profile in Apps and settings that do not require internet connection and set up your phone later when you can connect to internet If you decide to use mobile internet pleas...

Page 9: ...e sure one is available If not you can still personalize it but will have to finish your set up later If you decide to copy existing data there will be 3 options a Bring from another Android Device That option requires NFC on both devices and both must be with you to allow data transferring from one to another b Your Google accounts see images below Fill in email or phone number NEXT type your pas...

Page 10: ...ngs menu when you need them see images below After your account is confirmed you will be asked to add a fingerprint you can skip that step and add only pin or password It is not advisable to not have any means of locking your phone and keeping your privacy safe You will have few options Fingerprint Pattern Fingerprint PIN Fingerprint Password The example below will demonstrate PIN lock set up Note...

Page 11: ... do not stop until the Blue outlined circle is full When all is done you will see the message Fingerprint Added and will have the option to set voice recognition services You can skip that option and set it later if you d like to If you decide to go forward please tap and follow the instructions on the screen see images below ...

Page 12: ...ort name or nickname your friends and family are calling you or any name you d like Note the username may be used already and you will be given suggestions on the bottom of the screen or you can modify the one you already choose and see if it is available If correct you will see a prompt message asking to add your phone please read carefully and if you decide you can add your number Adding a numbe...

Page 13: ...Swift 2 X User Manual English 13 You must agree to Google s Privacy and terms and then Create your new account Your account is set Type your password and touch Next see image below ...

Page 14: ...ranty Final step is to activate your warranty Please tap on the grey box on bottom left Next and follow the instructions on the screen Please give the permissions needed to the Care App to help it to fully support your phone and its performance When Care App will opens read and swipe left then tap OK GOT IT You will see a message on your screen ...

Page 15: ... to create a new message In some instances when creating a message for first time you will see a pop up window on your screen asking you to allow Messaging to access photos Media and files on your device Please choose Allow 3 At the top of the screen enter a phone number or type a contact name then type your message below and touch or to send Make a phone call Using a Wileyfox phone you can place ...

Page 16: ...ad is in the way touch the Back button to minimize hide it 3 To place a call select the contact s name from the recent calls list You will be given the option to Call Message and check or edit the profile To dial simply use the keypad touch the keypad button TIP Caller ID by Google identifies inbound and outbound numbers even for callers that you haven t saved in the Contacts app Send an email ...

Page 17: ...s Outbox Drafts Bin also Google Calendar Contacts Settings for Gmail and Help and Feedback see images above 1 Touch Gmail on a Home screen or Apps Tray Icon screen 2 If you already signed into a Gmail account during setup your email will be synced to your Wileyfox device 3 To create new email please see the images below In the section To you can type a new email or select one from your address boo...

Page 18: ...trough the Gallery app For more detailed information on Camera please go to Camera section check the table of content for page number Quick Settings Use Quick Settings to easily change frequently used settings like turning on Wi Fi To open Quick Settings swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers To change a setting just touch the icon To access full settings menu of each press and hol...

Page 19: ...settings Do Not Disturb silences your Wileyfox device so it doesn t make sound or vibrate when you don t want it to Flashlight Turn the flashlight on or off Auto rotate Lock your Wileyfox device s orientation in portrait or landscape mode Airplane mode Turn airplane mode on or off Airplane mode means your phone won t connect to Wi Fi or a cell signal even if one is available Location You can turn ...

Page 20: ...bout harmful apps 2 4 Your Home Screen After you finish setting up your Wileyfox device the main Home screen appears for the first time Here you can add app icons and widgets it gives at a glance view of an app s most important information to your Home screens To move between Home screens swipe left or right if you have two or more To see notifications swipe down from the top of the screen with on...

Page 21: ...hen touch Set Wallpaper and choose from one of the three options Home Screen Lock Screen Both b Widgets Touch the widgets icon and swipe up and down to see all available options To place a Widget on your home screen touch and hold the widget of your choice do not lift your finger up drag the widget and the Home screen will display behind then you can release the Widget and it will place where you ...

Page 22: ...om here Note You can make the Icons on your home screen larger by turning On the Larger icons option Or allow your Home Screen to rotate from a Portrait to a landscape view see images below Landscape and Portrait view below Please note that screen rotation option is for your home screen only and does not affect the screen rotation capabilities when you have an App opened ...

Page 23: ...me of battery life remaining Swipe down from the top of the screen touch the status bar then touch Battery You can also turn your battery saver ON and OFF Note This will not work when the phone is charging Your Wileyfox device s battery is built to get you through your day When you re running low Android s battery saver conserves your battery power so you can still make calls and send SMS messages...

Page 24: ... screen you re currently viewing touch hold this button Overview Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you ve worked with recently To open one touch it To remove a screen from the list swipe it left or right or touch the X To close all windows touch CLEAR ALL 2 9 Split Screen Multi window Function With this function you can use two apps at a same time for example you can chat and message whi...

Page 25: ...exit the split screen view please touch and hold 3 Personalize your Wileyfox device 3 1 Customize your Home screens Make your Home screen feel like home You can change your wallpaper add apps or widgets or add additional Home screens to the right To change your Wallpaper 1 Touch hold the background then touch Wallpapers 2 Swipe right to left to choose a wallpaper image Or choose an image from your...

Page 26: ...hey will merge into a group 7 Lock your folders touch the locker icon and you will see a screen where you must select a pattern and swipe across selected points and touch Continue Then you will be asked to swipe again the same pattern and touch Confirm Congratulations your folder is locked To access it you will be asked to swipe your pattern To cancel the Folder Lock option you must access your lo...

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Page 28: ... current screen To bump another icon out of the way slide your finger slowly into it 4 Lift your finger 3 3 Removing and deleting an App from Home screen To remove an app icon from the Home screen only without removing it permanently from your Wileyfox device touch hold it slide your finger toward the top of the screen and drop the app over Remove in the top left To uninstall an app permanently fr...

Page 29: ...typically available from menu Settings 3 5 Display To change the display settings on your Wileyfox device 1 Go to Settings Device Display 2 Choose from the following settings Some of these settings may vary by Wileyfox Models All can affect battery life Brightness level Move the slider to adjust the brightness level on your Wileyfox device Adaptive brightness Turn it ON and OFF When it is ON it au...

Page 30: ...tifications at night or during events Default Notification Ringtone Touch it and you can select from various ringtones from a pop up window You can control independently your Media Alarm and Ring volume You can set your device to vibrate via Also vibrate for calls Other sound You can control Dial tones Screen locking sound Charging sound Touch Sound Vibrate on touch Notification Bar When a notific...

Page 31: ...rmation such as email previews or calendar events The one at the top is expanded when possible To expand a notification position one finger inside it and swipe down slowly To open the related app touch the notification Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within the notification For example Calendar notifications allow you to Snooze remind you later or send ...

Page 32: ...o type 4 1 Basic editing Change where you want to type Touch the cursor then touch and drag the green tab that appears below it to the new position See below Select text Touch hold or double tap within the text The nearest word highlights with a tab at each end of the selection Drag the tabs to change the selection See below ...

Page 33: ...aracter To switch to symbol keys for one word touch the symbol key 123 once You can also touch hold the symbol key 123 while you type or you can touch the symbol key 123 and slide to another key When you release the key the letter keys will reappear View more symbols and characters Touch hold symbols or characters to get accented characters or additional symbols Cut copy paste Select the text you ...

Page 34: ...ouch the smaller symbols in the bottom row For Recently used Emoji Stickers GIFs use the Bigger symbols on the bottom row 4 3 Use next word suggestions 1 Touch the location where you want to input text 2 Start typing out a word When the word you want is displayed in a list above the keyboard touch it 3 Continue to touch words unless the one you want doesn t appear If so type it Android continues t...

Page 35: ...keyboard and input methods go to Settings System Language input Tap Advanced to expand To turn next word suggestions on or off go to Settings Personal Language input Keyboard input methods Virtual Keyboard Gboard Text correction Next word suggestions ...

Page 36: ...tion where you want to type to open the keyboard 2 Slide your finger slowly across the letters of the word you want to input 3 Lift your finger when the word you want is displayed in the floating preview or in the middle of the suggestion strip To select one of the other words in the suggestion strip touch it If the word you want isn t shown while using Gesture Typing you can type it out manually ...

Page 37: ...o need to use the space bar just continue to slide your finger across the letters you want to input then lift your finger to start the next word To change Gesture Typing settings go to Settings System Language input Keyboard input methods Virtual Keyboard Gboard Glide Typing 4 6 Keyboard dictionaries To manage keyboard dictionaries go to Settings System Language input Personal dictionary Add your ...

Page 38: ...d Languages You will see one language it is your device s default language You can change your default language add more and delete them Add Keyboard button is available on the bottom screen when there is only one language set Touch Add Keyboard and select desired language You will have to choose between different type of keyboards most often used one is QWERTY Make your choice and touch Done See ...

Page 39: ...You can also add multiple users for your Wileyfox device if for example several people share a device Adding users is different from adding accounts Each user has separate settings and can t access the accounts of other users whereas a single user can have multiple accounts and switch between them easily If you have set up a Google account when you started the device for first time then you can ac...

Page 40: ... from your device 2 Go to Settings Users Accounts 3 Touch the name of the account you want to remove 4 Touch Remove account 5 Note When you sign out of your Google Account all the email contacts Calendar events and other data associated with that account will no longer automatically sync with your device 5 2 Share your Wileyfox device with other users You can easily share your device with family a...

Page 41: ...es You must be the device s owner to add a guest a Go to Settings Users Accounts Users b Touch Guest When your guest is finished using your device you can switch back to another user To switch to another user Swipe down from the top of any screen and then touch the bar at the top to open Quick Settings To choose another user touch the image in the top right corner of the screen then touch the othe...

Page 42: ...ructions on the screen Even when your screen is locked you can still perform certain activities Quick Settings Swipe down from the top of the screen to see Quick Settings Camera Swipe from right to left on your screen or swipe away from the camera icon in the bottom right corner to open the Camera ...

Page 43: ...at the bottom of the screen to see your own locked screen 5 4 On body detection You can have your device stay unlocked when you have it on you for example if you re carrying it in your hand pocket or bag The accelerometer built into your device will keep your device unlocked when it senses that it s being carried On supported devices on body detection will learn a signature of the way the ...

Page 44: ... simple pattern but you should use a more complex pattern to be safe You can also decide what content pop up notifications to show on your lock screen Your lock screen would look like the image below You can swipe your pattern to unlock Pin A 4 to 17 digit numerical code as if you were going to take cash out of the ATM The disadvantage is that it might be easier for someone to crack short PIN than...

Page 45: ...phone You can also decide what content pop up notifications to show on your lock screen Voice Unlock You can have your device unlock when you do a search with Ok Google You won t have to put in your password to view search results if we re able to recognize you using the sound of your voice 5 6 Unknown Resources Apps from Google Play are always verified by Google to protect your data and your devi...

Page 46: ...f you want to change the Google Account that your device backs up to you can change that in Settings System Backup reset For Reset options go to Settings System Reset Options see below for reference If you need to reinstall an app your device can automatically restore your backed up settings and data from Google Drive You can choose this option when you first set up your device and turn the Back U...

Page 47: ...ote this will erase all data on your SD Card Please follow the steps below There are two options to format the Memory card To Format only and keep the Memory card as additional storage and use it for file transfers Or to Format as internal and being able to keep photos and apps on it by default to keep the phone memory less loaded Please follow the steps in the images below It can take ...

Page 48: ... some internal storage Two options are available We d advise you to do it now for peace of mind Follow the steps below 24 24MB is only for example You can also insert a Memory card temporary only download files and images on it to store them somewhere else To move images on a Memory card Go to Apps Tray then open the Files App The first time it will open Downloads by default To navigate to your pi...

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Page 50: ...hould be set automatically when SIM Cards have been inserted In case your network operator asks you or your phone did not register on network That is possible when you travel abroad To set your network manually you can access the mobile network settings please follow the steps Settings Network Internet Mobile Networks At the last step you will see a list with network providers names please select ...

Page 51: ...ouch menu at the top left From here you can view the current account or switch to another view your purchased apps check your wish list and more To set preferences clear your search history and turn on user controls go to menu Settings For example to filter apps based on maturity level or require a PIN for purchases touch Parental controls or Require authentication for purchases To check for updat...

Page 52: ... adding the account in Gmail Settings Tap the menu icon then the arrow next to your email address to minimize the mailbox content then you will see two options Add account and Manage Accounts You can add various email addresses to your Gmail App see image below When adding a new account please carefully follow the instructions on the screen because they vary from account to account 7 3 Camera The ...

Page 53: ...ocus ring appears and the image gets clearer touch the round capture key below the image 3 To see the image you just took touch the thumbnail on the top right corner To see other recently captured photos keep swiping from right to left To see stored photos touch Photos at the top right 4 When viewing a photo touch to share Edit to modify and to Delete to Share 5 Note The thumbnail on the top right...

Page 54: ...ry The Gallery App gives you instant access to all the photos on your phone To open Photos from the Camera app Click on the image on the bottom right of the screen Apps Tray Touch Gallery app The Gallery app makes it easy to back up your photos and videos organize them and share You can access the Gallery views by touching the Menu icon and select how to preview your photos videos ...

Page 55: ... app you can View all contacts or favourites Choose from the top of the screen Add a contact Touch Add Contact Read details Touch a name to see details for a contact or group Share a contact or place a frequently used contact on the Home screen Touch menu Edit details While viewing a contact touch Edit at the top of the screen to edit the contact s information Change your settings While viewing th...

Page 56: ...acts are displayed 7 8 Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your schedule To open it touch Calendar on a Home or the Apps Tray screen When you first set up your Android device you have a chance to configure it to use a Google Account such as Gmail The first time you open the Calendar app on your phone or tablet it will display any existing calendar events from that Google Account on the ...

Page 57: ... just before the meeting starts swipe down the notification shade Then swipe using one finger to expand the notification if necessary To add new event please tap the Create new icon and follow the instructions You can choose between Goal Reminder or Event You can send an email out to invite people either when you create an event or later you can edit the event and add people Open an existing Event...

Page 58: ... an app When TalkBack is on you have to double tap to select something TalkBack settings let you control the nature of TalkBack speech feedback and touch exploration Explore by touch Captions You can turn on captions for your device and specify the language text size and style For some apps you should turn on the captions in the app itself Explore by touch is a system feature that works with TalkB...