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USER MANUAL Forward Xtreme NGM

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Welcome to the NGM Android™ world. Thank you for purchasing NGM Forward Xtreme. With this device you can have access to the many features of the new edition of the Android™ 4.4.2 KitKat OS to manage your contacts, email, social networks and to discover the opportunities of Internet with just a single touch! Discover the full potential of your new "intelligent" phone. Compared to the usual mono SIM Smartphones, NGM Forward Xtreme offers the convenience of Dual SIM that has always characterized the entire range of NGM phones, i.e. the ability to handle two SIM cards and consequently two telephone numbers at the same time. You will discover other useful features such as setting the preferred SIM for calls, video calls, messages and data connection. By visiting the official website www.ngm.eu you can appreciate the whole range of NGM mobile phones, ask for assistance, access the forum for technical assistance and download software updates.

Warning: Data Connection of NGM Forward Xtreme is active as soon as you first turn on the phone (and also after every factory data reset). If you do not have a special or "flat" rate for data connection with your SIM card, you are recommended to turn off data traffic and set up a Wi-Fi connection, in order to avoid additional costs.

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Insert the SIM cards: to access the compartments containing the SIM slots, turn off your phone and insert the SIM ejection accessory into the small holes on the right and left side of the phone. Slightly pull out the slot cover and turn it downwards. Insert a micro SIM into Slot 1 is a SIM into Slot 2 as shown in figure; with the help of the SIM accessory, press slightly onto the card until you feel a slight click that indicates that the SIM was inserted correctly. To remove the SIM, open the slot as previously and press onto the SIM with the accessory until you hear a slight click. The SIM will stick out slightly from its compartment so that it can be easily extracted from the card slot. If necessary, you can use tweezers to pull out the cards.

Warning: do not insert a micro-SIM card into the SIM slot 2 and do not use cropped SIM cards, as they might get stuck inside the slot with consequent damage to the device. Micro SIM Adapters are not recommended for slot 2.

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The battery: your device is provided with a lithium polymer battery. The battery is located inside the back cover and cannot be removed from its placement. To replace the battery, contact the NGM Service Center. If a phone reboot is needed, e.g. when the phone is blocked, press and hold power ON button for 15 seconds.

Charge the battery

Charge the battery before starting to use the device. Use the supplied USB cable and the USB connector on the top side of the phone. Connect the charger to the provided wall socket adapter, and then the device to the USB cable. You can also charge the phone by connecting it with the PC USB port, but in this case charging will take longer. When the battery is charging, an animated icon on the screen will show the charging progress if the phone is on. Once the battery icon is filled, it is fully charged and the phone can be disconnected from the grid.

Warning: do not connect the phone to a booting-up or running down PC to avoid voltage jumps. To preserve the functionality of the product and the integrity of the warranty, we recommend the use of original NGM chargers. Please charge the battery indoors, in a dry and favorable environment. It's normal for the battery to get slightly warm during the charging process. The battery will reach its full capacity when cycled several times.

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Power on, power off and standby

To turn on the phone, press and hold the power on/off key. To turn off your device, press and hold the same key and confirm by selecting "Shutdown". A quick pressure sets the phone in stand-by mode (screen off) or allows you to go back to the lock screen (see below).

Main Screen: use the touch screen by tapping, holding or dragging a finger across the screen. The main screen is the starting point for using all the applications on your phone. Other main screen pages are available, just swipe the screen left or right. These pages can be customized with shortcuts to the favorite applications; to place a link on one of the main screens, press and hold the desired shortcut from the main menu and drop it onto one of the desktop pages. You also can customize the four widgets next to the central menu icon by pressing, holding and moving them onto the desktop. To delete shortcuts or widgets, tap and hold the icon and drag it onto the "X Delete" symbol on the screen. By moving an icon over another, you can create folders on the desktop and by long pressing an empty space on the desktop you can change the wallpaper.

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Notification panel

Touch the Notifications bar at the top of the screen and drag it down with two fingers to open the Quick Setting Panel screen and with one finger to open the Notification panel. With erase the notifications in the panel. To hide the panel, drag up the bottom of the panel or tap the Back key.

Recent applications

When you are inside any application, press the key: a list of the applications you have recently accessed will be shown and can be directly selected.

Lock screen and vibration

From the main menu, select Settings > Security > Screen Lock. Select the desired unlocking mode (None, Slide, Face Unlock, Voice Unlock, Pattern, PIN or Password) and confirm. To quickly lock the screen, briefly press the power on/off key. To unlock it, follow the instructions on the screen.

Contextual Menu: most applications have a Contextual Menu key : . By clicking on that icon, you can display a contextual menu referred to the application itself, with related functions.

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Managing the two SIM cards

From the main menu, select Settings > SIM Management. Select on/off keys next to the phone operators corresponding to "SIM1" and "SIM2" to activate or deactivate selectively the SIM at any time. From this menu you can also customize the color and name for each SIM icon and decide which SIM to use as default for calls, video calls, messages and data connection or choose "always ask" if you don't want to set a SIM as default.

Dynamic 3G

In Settings > Other > Mobile Networks > 3G service > Enable 3G you can select the SIM card on which you wish to activate the 3G service. This is an innovative feature that allows you to move the 3G connection (normally available on slot1 only) from one SIM to the other without physically exchanging them.

MANAGING CALLS

From the main screen touch the Phone icon; use the virtual keypad to enter the desired phone number.
Press the handset icon with the desired SIM to start the call.
To end the call press the red end call key.
To answer a call, drag the phone icon to the right onto the green handset; to reject it, drag it to the left onto the red handset, to reject with a message drag the phone icon upwards. To silence an incoming call, press Volume "+" or "-" (on the left side of the phone).

Call a number from the call log

From the main menu, first select the Phone app, then the 📁icon, this will display the call logs with the missed, received and outgoing calls.
Select the desired number and choose which SIM to use to call in case no default SIM was selected.

MANAGE CONTACTS

Note: In the contextual menu of the contacts you can access Import/Export functions and several other settings.

Add a new contact:

From the main menu, select the Contacts icon.
Press 📁 on the bottom bar.
Select the storage where you want to save the contact (Account, Phone, SIM1 or SIM2).
Insert Name, Number and any other contact detail (if the contact is saved on the SIM, only saving name and phone number are guaranteed) and confirm with Done.

Add a new contact from call log:

From Phone menu, access the Call Logs by selecting the 📊 icon.
Touch the empty contact picture 🙏 near the number you want to save among the Missed, Received or Outgoing calls and confirm with OK.
Choose Create New Contact on the bottom bar or add the number to an Existing contact by selecting it from the list. Once you selected the saving path and added name and any further information (when saving in Phone), confirm with Done.

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It's possible to associate Phonebook contacts to one of the SIM cards to automatically call the contacts with the associated SIM; to associate a contact to one of the inserted SIM, press the contextual menu in the Contact details screen, and choose Associate SIM card or choose Settings > SIM Management and select Contacts and SIM. To activate the associations, select the "Smart Dial" function in Settings > SIM Management > Contact binding.

Note: you can set ringtones in *mid, *wav, *ogg or *mp3 formats.

Set Ringtones

From the main menu, select Settings > Device > Audio Profiles > General.
Select SIM1 or SIM2 ringtone, and choose the desired ringtone for each SIM.
If you want to set a custom ringtone: in Music, select the desired audio track and choose Use as Ringtone in the context menu. So, the audio file will be added to the available ringtones list

Quickly turn on/off vibration mode

To quickly disable the ringtone for calls and messages, you can press and hold volume "-" . Once you reach the minimum volume, the phone will enter the vibrating mode. By pressing volume "-" again, the phone will enter the silent mode.

Sending and reading SMS and MMS

Reading SMS and MMS: when you receive a new SMS or MMS, an icon appears in the notification panel. By clicking on the appeared icon, you can access directly to the conversation and read the incoming message. In any case, you can view the incoming messages from the home screen or menu, by selecting Messaging.

Send SMS and MMS: from the Home page or from the main menu, choose Messaging and then the + icon on the bottom. Type the first letters of a name in the recipient field to search for a contact, select it from the pop-up or directly enter the recipient number, otherwise select the icon and check the recipients.

Write the text into the dedicated space with the virtual keypad.
Select the "+" icon to insert eventual multimedia files (the message will automatically be converted into MMS) and press the Send key, selecting the SIM you want to use.

CONNECTIVITY: to better use the potentiality provided by the device and its operating system, you must have an active data connection; data connection of NGM Forward Xtreme is ON when you first power on the phone. If it is not included into your mobile phone plan, data traffic may cause you extra costs, so it is recommended to configure Internet connection via WiFi. To enable data traffic on one of the SIM cards, select Settings > Dual SIM Manager > Data connection, or activate it from the Quick Setup buttons in the notifications panel.

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Connecting to Internet with WiFi®: you can connect to WLAN by using the Wi-Fi function. To activate it, choose Settings > WiFi. Please follow all warnings and indications concerning the use of wireless devices in areas where the use of such functions is restricted (airplanes, hospitals, etc.). Go offline mode when you have to use only the functions that do not require Network access.

Connecting to a Bluetooth ^® device: turn ON the Bluetooth device you want to connect with. Refer to the device documentation.

From the main menu, choose Settings > Bluetooth I/O to turn Bluetooth on. In the contextual menu you will find additional functions and settings.
Choose Search for devices to automatically find other Bluetooth devices.
Among the discovered devices, select the device name to associate with. The phone will attempt to associate with the device, which may be asked for a pairing code.

Connect to the Internet: from the main menu, choose Browser. Type the URL into the address bar to start browsing. If you choose to navigate using data connection, be aware of costs or choose a "flat" data contract with your service provider. Alternatively, use Wi-Fi (see "Connectivity") where possible.

Account setup: in order to better manage the Android ^TM OS functionalities, it is recommended to configure a default account. When you first power on the phone, it will guide you in configuring a default account that allows you to access OS Android ^TM applications like Email sync, for example.

Email: by configuring a default account you can easily manage your e-mails and display them automatically on your phone. If you want to use also a different Email account from the default one, you can configure a new account with another provider within Email app in the Main Menu.

SwiftKey text input: SwiftKey is an advanced system for entering predictive text, it is the default input method. When you write SMS, MMS or E-mails, this method predicts the word you are typing, changing it with every key pressure. During the first use, the program will prompt you with a pop-up the innovations and peculiarities of this writing system. SwiftKey has an "intelligent" dictionary that retrieves words also from other applications in the phone, such as phonebook or social networks etc. For the correct use of this function, a micro-SD has to be correctly installed. To change the text input parameters, select Settings > Language and input > SwiftKey for NGM.

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Synchronization

Synchronization is the most efficient approach to manage your useful data because it allows you to make a backup of the data on your device with an internet account. In case of replacement, loss or damage of the phone you will not experience loss of data. The synchronization can be automatic (Settings > Data usage > Contextual menu > Auto-sync data) or can be activated manually, individually for each installed application to be synchronized; you can find the list of such applications in Settings > Account [installed App list]. To add a new account, select Add Account. The synchronization uses an active data connection, which could result in data traffic costs. It is advisable to use a WiFi connection when available.

GPS geolocalization: the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based positioning system, with a global and continuous coverage. To access the GPS, select Settings > Location Access > GPS Satellites. When the GPS function is activated, the phone starts to collect data from satellites and determines the current position. The Fix Times (position detection) are variable and can be affected by several external factors (clouds, high buildings, etc.). Limit the use of battery and memory by switching off this function when you don't need it. The device is compatible with NGM NAVIGATION SYSTEM®. For more details on the system operation, please visit www.ngm.eu.

Warning: formatting and delivery of this user manual is based on the Android ^TM operating system, NGM Italia will not bear responsibility for any incompliance with the above guidelines or improper use of the mobile phone. NGM reserves the right to modify any of the content in this user guide without previous public announcement. The content of this manual may vary from the actual content displayed in the mobile phone. In such case, the latter shall govern.

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