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USER MANUAL Forward Next NGM
Copyright © 2014 NGM Italia
Welcome to the NGM Android™ world. Thank you for purchasing NGM Forward Next. With this device you can have access to the many features of the new edition of the Android™ 4.2.2 Jelly Bean 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 Next 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 Next is active as soon as you first power on the phone (and after every eventual 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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Inserting SIM cards
Warning: insert the SIM cards always after turning off the phone.
SIM cards contain your phone number, PIN codes, links to external services, contacts and other important details. To insert the SIM cards, switch off your phone and insert the tip of the SIM ejection tool inside the small hole above the SIM slots compartment, press slightly to eject the micro-SIM inserting frame and completely pull it out. Fit in the micro SIM cards into the dedicated slots, following the scheme below, and then carefully re-insert the SIM
frame into the compartment.
Slot1 Micro SIM1
Camera Rotation
Manually rotate the camera to make it alternately a front or hind camera
The battery: Your device is provided with a lithium polymers battery and it is designed to be used exclusively with original NGM batteries and chargers. The battery is located in 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.
Charging the battery:
Charge the battery before starting to use the device. Use the supplied USB cable and the USB connector on the lower 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 into stand-by mode (screen off) or allows you to go back to the lock screen.
Main Screen
Use the touch screen by tapping, holding or dragging a finger across the screen. The main screen contains all applications of the phone, of the system and those downloaded by the user. Other main screen pages are available, just swipe the screen left or right. By long pressing an application icon, you can move it to one of the available main screens, whose thumbnails appear at the top of the screen. The four icons at the bottom of the screen will remain fixed even when sliding the screen and can be easily replaced with other icons at will.
By moving an icon onto another, you can create folders on the desktop and by pressing the contextual menu you can change the wallpaper.
Lock Screen
Home Screen
SIM signal intensity and battery level
Notification Bar (drag down to open the Notifications panel)
WiFi Signal Intensity
Phone
Phonebook
Messaging
Page Indicator Bar
Browser
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RAPID ACCESS
Notification panel: to open the Notification Panel, touch the upper bar containing the battery and signal-intensity icons and drag it downwards. Tap the upper right key ("Settings") to switch between the Notifications and Quick Setup buttons or tap the settings icon to open the Settings menu. Press the "Notifications" button, instead, to return to the notification panel. To hide it, drag up the bottom of the panel or tap the Back key.
Recent applications: from the Home page, press and hold the Home key (if you are within any application, go back to the Home page first): you will see the list of applications to which you have recently accessed; directly selectable.
Contextual Menu: most applications have a Contextual Menu. By clicking on that icon, you can display a contextual menu referred to the application itself, with related functions.
Lock screen, silent and vibration: select Settings > Security > Screen lock. Select the desired unlocking mode (Slide, Face Unlock, Pattern, or PIN) and confirm. To quickly lock the screen, briefly press the power on/off key. To unlock the screen, slide to the top. To quickly disable the ringtone for calls and messages, you can press and hold the 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.
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Managing the two SIM cards: select Settings > Dual SIM settings. Select the I/O keys next to the phone operators corresponding to "SIM1" and "SIM2" to selectively activate or deactivate 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 defaults.
Dynamic 3G: in Settings > 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 shift the 3G connection (that normally is only available on slot 1) from one SIM to the other without having to physically exchange SIM cards.
MANAGING CALLS: tap the Phone icon and type the desired number using the virtual keyboard or choose a number from the call log above the keyboard, where you will find the missed, received and outgoing calls.
Press the dial icon and then the desired SIM if you haven't set a default SIM for calls; otherwise, the call will start with the default SIM.
To end the call press the red end call key.
To answer a call, simply scroll down to the green stripe; to refuse it, scroll up onto the red stripe, to reject through a message scroll to the left or to the right, choosing the message to send. To silence an incoming call, tap Volume "+" or "-" (on the right side of the phone).
MANAGE CONTACTS
Note: In the contextual menu of the phonebook you can access Import/Export functions and several other settings.
Add a new contact:
Select the Contacts icon.
Press the icon with the "+" symbol on the bottom bar.
Select the storage where you want to save the contact (Account, Phone, SIM 1 or SIM 2).
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 the Phone menu, enter the Missed, outgoing or received calls log.
To add a number to a contact, press and choose New Contact or Existing contact. Once you selected the saving path and added name and any further information (when saving in Phone), confirm with Done.
Add a new contact from Messaging:
From the Messaging menu, select a thread.
Choose whether to add the number to a new contact or to an existing one through the related buttons that appear at the top of the screen.
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Set Ringtones: select Settings > Ringtones and Vibration > Audio Profiles > General. Select Voice call ringtone, and choose the desired ringtone for each SIM. For a customized ringtone, you can set ringtones in mid,wav, ogg or mp3 formats: in Music, from the tracks list, open the drop-down menu of the selected song and choose Set as Ringtone. Consequently, the audio file will be added to the available ringtones list.
Sending and reading SMS and MMS
Send SMS and MMS:
Select Messaging app and then press the key on the bottom bar.
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 next to the field and check the recipients.
Write the text into the dedicated space with the virtual keypad.
Select the clip-icon to insert multimedia files (the message will automatically be converted into MMS). Press either Send key, selecting the SIM you want to use.
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 directly access the conversation and read the incoming message. In any case, you can view the incoming messages from the home screen by opening the Messaging menu.
Smart Gestures
From the Settings menu, you can activate some innovative NGM gestures, that can help you manage the main features of the phone, the most conveniently and fastest as you can. These are the available options:
Smart Dial: from the Messaging Thread, Call log details or Contact details screen, you can directly callback the sender's number by putting the phone up to your ear.
Quick answer: allows you to automatically reply to an incoming call by putting the phone up to your ear.
Pause alarm: automatically pause the alarm by flipping back the phone.
Double-tap wake: wake up the screen from stand-by with a double-tap on the black screen.
Quick Operating: with this option, you can associate a command to drawing a "C" on the black standby screen (it can be the opening of an application or the direct call of a contact number). The configured task will open directly.
Guest mode: by activating the guest mode with the related key in the notification panel, messages, call logs, photo and video galleries will be temporarily hidden and any modification of the desktop will be prevented. When this mode is active, the guest mode icon will be visible in the notification bar.
In Settings > Security > Guest Password, you can set a password that will be required any time you activate or deactivate this mode.
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CONNECTIVITY: To better use the potentiality provided by the device and its operating system, you need to have an active data connection; the data connection of NGM Forward Next 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 SIMcards, select Settings > Dual SIM Manager > Data connection, or activate it from the Quick Setup buttons in the notifications panel.
Connecting to Internet with WiFi® you can connect to WLAN by using the WiFi function. To enable it, choose Settings > WiFi I/O. 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 to the 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.
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: select the Browser application. 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 WiFi (see "Connectivity") where possible.
Account setup: In order to better manage OS Android™ 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™ 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 a "smart" dictionary, that draws words also from the various phone applications such as Contacts, Social Networks, etc. To change the parameters of the text input, 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 in Settings > More > 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 geolocation:
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 (I/O). 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 visit www.ngm.eu.
Warning: formatting and delivery of this user manual is based on the Android™ 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.
Copyright © 2014 NGM Italia
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