User guide Xperia™ XZs G8232 Contents Getting started............................................................................... 6 About This User Guide........................................................................ 6 Overview.............................................................................................6 Assembly............................................................................................ 7 Screen Protection............................................................................... 8 Starting Your Device for the First Time.................................................9 Why Do I Need a Google™ Account?................................................. 9 Device security.............................................................................11 Making Sure Your Device is Protected...............................................11 Screen Lock......................................................................................11 Fingerprint Manager.......................................................................... 13 Unlocking Your Device Automatically.................................................14 SIM Card Protection..........................................................................17 Using Multiple SIM Cards.................................................................. 18 Finding the Identification Number of Your Device...............................18 Finding a Lost Device .......................................................................19 Learning the basics......................................................................21 Using the touchscreen...................................................................... 21 Locking and Unlocking the Screen.................................................... 22 Homescreen..................................................................................... 23 Application screen.............................................................................24 Navigating Applications..................................................................... 26 Widgets............................................................................................ 27 Shortcuts and folders........................................................................28 Background and Themes..................................................................28 Taking a screenshot.......................................................................... 29 Notifications...................................................................................... 29 Icons in the status bar.......................................................................31 Applications Overview....................................................................... 33 Battery and Maintenance............................................................. 36 Charging Your Device........................................................................36 Battery and Power Management.......................................................37 Updating your device........................................................................ 39 Maintenance Using a Computer........................................................ 40 Storage and Memory........................................................................ 41 Backing Up and Restoring Content................................................... 43 Downloading applications............................................................46 Downloading Applications from Google Play™..................................46 Downloading Applications from Other Sources..................................46 2 Internet and networks.................................................................. 47 Browsing the web............................................................................. 47 Internet and MMS Settings ...............................................................47 Wi-Fi................................................................................................. 48 Sharing Your Cellular Data Connection..............................................50 Controlling Data Usage..................................................................... 51 Selecting a SIM card for data traffic...................................................52 Selecting cellular networks................................................................ 53 Virtual private networks (VPNs)..........................................................53 Synchronizing data on your device..............................................55 Synchronizing with Online Accounts..................................................55 Synchronizing with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®.....................55 Basic settings...............................................................................57 Accessing settings............................................................................ 57 Volume settings.................................................................................57 Do Not Disturb Mode........................................................................ 58 Screen settings................................................................................. 59 Application settings...........................................................................61 Resetting Your Applications...............................................................62 Screen Saver.................................................................................... 62 Language Settings............................................................................ 63 Date and time................................................................................... 63 X-Reality™ for mobile........................................................................64 Super-Vivid Mode..............................................................................64 Enhancing the Sound Output............................................................ 64 Noise cancellation............................................................................. 65 Multiple User Accounts..................................................................... 65 Typing text....................................................................................68 On-Screen Keyboards.......................................................................68 Editing text........................................................................................69 Calling.......................................................................................... 70 Making calls...................................................................................... 70 Receiving Calls..................................................................................71 Smart call handling............................................................................72 Ongoing Calls................................................................................... 73 Using the Call Log.............................................................................73 Forwarding Calls............................................................................... 74 Restricting Calls................................................................................ 74 Multiple Calls.....................................................................................75 Conference calls............................................................................... 76 Voicemail...........................................................................................76 Emergency calls................................................................................76 3 Contacts.......................................................................................78 Searching and viewing contacts........................................................78 Adding and editing contacts..............................................................79 Transferring contacts.........................................................................80 Adding Medical and Emergency Contact Information........................ 81 Favorites........................................................................................... 82 Sending contact information..............................................................82 Avoiding Duplicate Entries in the Contacts Application...................... 82 Backing up Contacts.........................................................................83 Messaging and chat.....................................................................84 Reading and sending messages....................................................... 84 Organizing your messages................................................................ 85 Calling from Messaging..................................................................... 85 Messaging settings........................................................................... 86 Video Chat........................................................................................ 86 Email.............................................................................................87 Setting Up Email............................................................................... 87 Sending and Receiving Email Messages........................................... 87 Organizing your email messages....................................................... 88 Email account settings...................................................................... 89 Gmail™.............................................................................................89