User guide Xperia™ XZs G8231 Contents Getting started............................................................................... 6 About This User Guide........................................................................ 6 Overview.............................................................................................6 Assembly............................................................................................ 7 Screen Protection............................................................................... 8 Starting Your Device for the First Time.................................................8 Why Do I Need a Google™ Account?................................................. 9 Device security.............................................................................10 Making Sure Your Device is Protected...............................................10 Screen Lock......................................................................................10 Fingerprint Manager.......................................................................... 12 Unlocking Your Device Automatically.................................................13 SIM Card Protection..........................................................................16 Finding the Identification Number of Your Device...............................17 Finding a Lost Device .......................................................................17 Learning the basics......................................................................19 Using the touchscreen...................................................................... 19 Locking and Unlocking the Screen.................................................... 20 Homescreen..................................................................................... 21 Application screen.............................................................................22 Navigating Applications..................................................................... 24 Widgets............................................................................................ 25 Shortcuts and folders........................................................................26 Background and Themes..................................................................26 Taking a screenshot.......................................................................... 27 Notifications...................................................................................... 27 Icons in the status bar.......................................................................29 Applications Overview....................................................................... 31 Battery and Maintenance............................................................. 34 Charging Your Device........................................................................34 Battery and Power Management.......................................................35 Updating your device........................................................................ 37 Maintenance Using a Computer........................................................ 38 Storage and Memory........................................................................ 39 Backing Up and Restoring Content................................................... 41 Downloading applications............................................................44 Downloading Applications from Google Play™..................................44 Downloading Applications from Other Sources..................................44 2 Internet and networks.................................................................. 45 Browsing the web............................................................................. 45 Internet and MMS Settings ...............................................................45 Wi-Fi................................................................................................. 46 Sharing Your Cellular Data Connection..............................................48 Controlling Data Usage..................................................................... 49 Selecting cellular networks................................................................ 50 Virtual private networks (VPNs)..........................................................51 Synchronizing data on your device..............................................52 Synchronizing with Online Accounts..................................................52 Synchronizing with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®.....................52 Basic settings...............................................................................54 Accessing settings............................................................................ 54 Volume settings.................................................................................54 Do Not Disturb Mode........................................................................ 55 Screen settings................................................................................. 56 Application settings...........................................................................58 Resetting Your Applications...............................................................59 Screen Saver.................................................................................... 59 Language Settings............................................................................ 60 Date and time................................................................................... 60 X-Reality™ for mobile........................................................................61 Super-Vivid Mode..............................................................................61 Enhancing the Sound Output............................................................ 61 Noise cancellation............................................................................. 62 Multiple User Accounts..................................................................... 62 Typing text....................................................................................65 On-Screen Keyboards.......................................................................65 Editing text........................................................................................66 Calling.......................................................................................... 67 Making calls...................................................................................... 67 Receiving Calls..................................................................................68 Smart call handling............................................................................69 Ongoing Calls................................................................................... 69 Using the Call Log.............................................................................70 Forwarding Calls............................................................................... 70 Restricting Calls................................................................................ 71 Multiple Calls.....................................................................................71 Conference calls............................................................................... 72 Voicemail...........................................................................................72 Emergency calls................................................................................73 3 Contacts.......................................................................................74 Searching and viewing contacts........................................................74 Adding and editing contacts..............................................................75 Transferring contacts.........................................................................76 Adding Medical and Emergency Contact Information........................ 77 Favorites........................................................................................... 78 Sending contact information..............................................................78 Avoiding Duplicate Entries in the Contacts Application...................... 78 Backing up Contacts.........................................................................79 Messaging and chat.....................................................................80 Reading and sending messages....................................................... 80 Organizing your messages................................................................ 81 Calling from Messaging..................................................................... 81 Messaging settings........................................................................... 82 Video Chat........................................................................................ 82 Email.............................................................................................83 Setting Up Email............................................................................... 83 Sending and Receiving Email Messages........................................... 83 Organizing your email messages....................................................... 84 Email account settings...................................................................... 85 Gmail™.............................................................................................85 Music............................................................................................87 Transferring music