USER GUIDE SONIM XP7 1 English
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General Information———————— 7 Phone Models Covered Network Services Sonim Support Information Use the Guide Effectively Contents Safety Guidelines———————— 8 SAR Information Avoid Short Circuit Avoid High Temperatures Battery Disposal Personal Medical Devices Battery Usage Guidelines———————— 12 Child Safety Emergency Calls Battery Usage Charging the Battery Verifying and Optimizing Battery Usage Extend the life of your battery Getting Started———————— 14 What Is In the Box ? Phone Specifications Gett
Contents Deleting a Contact Importing SIM Card Contacts to Phone Exporting Phone Contacts to SIM Card Exporting Phone Contacts to Storage Sharing Contacts Via MMS, Bluetooth and E-mail Managing Contact Settings Managing Phonebook Settings Searching Contacts Managing Calls———————— 41 Making a Call Calling a Number Via People Answering an Incoming Call Adding a Contact From Phone Screen Viewing All Contacts from Phone Screen Viewing Call History Deleting Call History Managing Call Settings Changing Rington
End User License Agreement———————— 58 Our Warranty Comprehensive 3 Year Warranty Our Warranty What We Will Do Phone Care Conditions Contents Federal Communication Commission Interference (FCC) Statement———————— 61 FCC Statement IC Statement FOR PORTABLE DEVICE USAGE (<20cm from body/ SAR needed) FOR MOBILE DEVICE USAGE (>20cm/low power) Règlement FCC———————— 63 Règlement FCC Règlement IC Règlement FCC———————— 64 FOR PORTABLE DEVICE USAGE (<20cm from body/ SAR needed) FOR MOBILE DEVICE USAGE (>20cm/
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Congratulations on the purchase of a Sonim XP7700 mobile phone. This phone is a 4G LTE device which also supports GSM and WCDMA bands offering a featurerich user interface and best-in-class data speeds, which allows you to make the best use of the offered functions. Phone Models Covered This user guide only covers Sonim XP7700 phone model. The model name can be viewed on the back of the phone and just above the charging socket.
Please read and understand the following safety guidelines before you use the phone. These guidelines provide details to enable you to operate your phone safely and conform to any legal requirements regarding the use of cellular phones. Do not to use the phone at a refuelling point. Observe restrictions when using radio equipment at fuel depots, chemical plants or where blasting operations are in progress. Electrical interference may obstruct the use of your phone.
Ensure that only qualified personnel install or repair your phone. Safety Guidelines The Sonim XP7700 is water-proof and can be submerged to 2 metres for 30 minutes. • Ensure to close the rubber cover of the charging connector and the audio connector properly. This will prevent the deposit of water droplets on the connectors, when the phone is immersed in water. • Water droplets may condense under the display cover if the phone is immersed in water with significant drop in temperature.
SAR Information The Sonim XP7700 has been certified in compliance with the Government’s requirements for exposure to Radio Waves. Safety Guidelines When communicating over the wireless network, the mobile phone emits via the radio frequency waves low levels of radio energy. The Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR, is the amount of RF energy absorbed by the body while using the phone and is expressed in watts/kilogram (W/kg).
Safety Guidelines A combination of M-rating and T-rating defines the final HAC rating and is a deciding factor in selecting cellular phones for people with hearing problems. A HAC compliant phone could be rated: • M3/T3 • M3/T4 • M4/T3 • M4/T4 These ratings assist hearing device users to find phones that are compatible with their hearing devices. Ratings are shown on the phone’s box or label. The ratings are not guaranteed for suitability.
when required, especially when posted in hospitals and aeroplanes. Equipment used in these places may be sensitive to radio waves emitted from the device and adversely affect their operation. Also, observe restrictions at gas stations or other areas with flammable atmosphere or when close to electro-explosive devices. Battery Usage Guidelines Child Safety Do not allow children to play with your mobile phone or its accessories. Keep it out of their reach.
Verifying and Optimizing Battery Usage You can check the battery usage status and also close some applications to save battery power. In the home screen, select Settings ( ) > Device > Battery ( ). • If you are travelling and do not have access to mobile or Wi-Fi network, switch to Airplane mode: Press and hold the power switch until the Phone options dialog appears. Then touch Airplane Mode.
What Is In the Box ? Getting Started The list of items in the Sonim XP7 phone box are: • Sonim XP7 phone with rechargeable built-in battery • Quick Start Guide • Screw driver • Needle • Wired headset • USB Data Cable • SIM Tray Eject PIN • Wall charger Feature Description Sensors Microphone Accelerometer Proximity Ambient light Barometer Gyroscope - optional Altimeter - optional Network LTE B1/B2/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17 UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz Wireless Wi-Fi -
Your SIM Card The SIM card associates your network services (for example, phone number, data services, and so on) with your phone. 5 Reinsert the Covers Refix both the covers and the screws using the multi-tool. Inserting the SIM Card Getting Started 1 2 3 4 Switch Off Phone Ensure that the phone is switched off. Open SIM Covers Use the multi tool to unscrew the screws located located near the antenna, on the top side of the phone. Remove the covers.
Sonim XP7700 Phone Notification LED SIM card slot Headset port Proximity sensor Loudspeaker Front camera Your Sonim XP7 Lock/Power ON key Receiver Display screen Volume Up PTT Volume Down Camera SoS Home Return Microphone Charger/USB port 16
Switching On the Phone • When you sign in to your phone with your Google account, all the contacts you associate with that account in the People app are automatically backed up. As a result, they are always accessible through your Gmail account from any computer. The contacts are also not lost. • Synchronize and back up your e-mails, multimedia files, contact details and events created in your phone to your Google account.
Your Sonim XP7 home screen. • • The navigation keys are located below the screen. Swipe or slide: Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch (so you don’t drag something instead). For example, you can slide a Home screen left or right to view the other Home screens. Keys Back Opens the previous screens in the working sequence till the home screen is displayed. Once the home screen is displayed it will remain there even when you press the back key.
The System icons on the right display the current device status such as wireless and network connection strength, battery level and time. suitable name. Moving an Icon/Folder from the Home Screen The Google Search bar is just below the status bar and lets you search your phone or the Internet. Touch Google Search bar to type your search terms, or to speak and give a voice input. 1. Your Sonim XP7 You can save application and widget icons in the middle of your home screen panel.
Your Sonim XP7 Icons Description Icons Description Battery level indicator Call in progress Battery charging in progress Missed call No signal New SMS or MMS Signal strength Alarm activated No SIM card Silent mode activated 20 Roaming Vibration mode activated UMTS network connected Flight mode activated EDGE network connected Wi-Fi connected Bluetooth activated Error/information notification - attention required Synced with the associated account such as Google Screenshot captured
Icons under Personal settings. Description 3. Screenshot captured Tap on Screen lock and select one of the following options to configure phone : • None: Disables the phone lock. Music is played • Slide: When the phone is locked, slide to your right to unlock the phone. Device storage space is running out • PIN: When enabled, enter you own PIN value. When the phone is locked, unlock it using the PIN. • Password: When enabled, enter you own password.
Your Sonim XP7 Changing the Wall paper Voice Input for Text Entry You can set an image or a photo stored in your phone as your home screen wall paper. To change the wall paper, You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. This feature uses Google’s speech-recognition service. It is necessary to have data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it. 1. Tap and hold on the Home screen. Choose Wall paper screen is displayed. 2.
Time and Date Settings Language Settings You can set and display the date and time on the phone. You can also select the display format. 1. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Scroll down and tap on Date & Time ( under System settings. 3. Select one of the following options to configure Date and Time: Managing Phone Settings • • • ), located To synchronize the date and time with the network provided time enable Automatic date and time.
Speech Settings Managing Phone Settings • You can select from one of the following Wall paper collections: The Speech engine is set to Google Text-tospeech and this cannot be changed. To change the Google Text-to-speech engine settings and install new language packs, tap on Settings icon ( ) provided next to the engine. • Gallery: includes photos and screenshots taken using the phone’s camera. • Live Wallpapers: includes animated wall papers.
• Managing Phone Settings • Photo Table: Displays the photos present in the gallery and screenshots as assorted images. Google Photos: Displays a photo collage of Google + account. • Font size: Set the font size of the text displayed in the screen. • Cast screen: Connect your phone to any other nearby device using wireless connection and view your phone’s screen in that device. Connecting Wireless Display transferred or synced using Windows Media Player.
Managing Memory Utilized by Applications Optimizing Memory Usage The Apps screen allows you to optimize memory usage for all the applications To view these settings, You can optimize your phone’s memory by performing the following tasks. 1. Managing Phone Settings 2. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings ( ). Scroll down and tap on Apps, located under Device settings. The following tabs are displayed. • Downloaded: Displays apps you have downloaded on Google Play™ or other sources.
Connecting to Wi-Fi Network Wi-Fi is a wireless network technology that can provide Internet access at distance upto 100 feet, depending on the Wi-Fi router and surroundings. Managing Wireless and Network Settings You can access Internet when you connect your XP7 to a Wi-Fi network. To connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network, 1. From the Home or All app screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Enable Wi-Fi , located under Wireless & Networks settings. 3. Tap on Wi-Fi.
paired devices: • Transfer media files and contacts between mobile devices connected using Bluetooth. • Access Internet through a Bluetooth device that is connected to a Wi-Fi router. Managing Wireless and Network Settings • Use Bluetooth connected headphones for playing media file. Pairing a Bluetooth Device To activate Bluetooth and pair your XP7 phone with other Bluetooth devices: Editing Bluetooth Device Settings 1. Tap on Bluetooth settings located under Bluetooth.
Managing Wireless and Network Settings 1. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Enable Data Usage , located under Data usage ( ) settings. 3. Enable Mobile Data to access Internet using your mobile network. 1. 4. Enable Set mobile data limit to preset your data usage limit and to set an alert before reaching the preset limit. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Tap on More located under Wireless & Networks Settings.
4. Enable Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Activating Bluetooth Tethering Managing Wireless and Networking Settings When you activate Bluetooth tethering, you can share your phone’s Internet connection with other Bluetooth paired devices. 1. Tap on More located under Wireless & Networks settings. 2. Tap on Tethering & Portable hotspot. 3. Enable Bluetooth Tethering. • Server address: Address of the secure server for connection.
Managing Wireless and Network Settings Tap on Mobile plan to view and modify your mobile plan. Managing Mobile Network 3. You can view and modify your mobile service provider settings. To view and modify your mobile network settings, Managing Cell Broadcasts 1. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Tap on More located under Wireless & Networks settings. 3. Tap on Mobile network settings. 4. Enable Data enabled to access the Internet using your mobile network. 5.
pattern. When the phone is locked, unlock it using the pattern. About Android Security Managing Phone Settings Android takes a multi-layered approach to the security. • Prevent: Apps in Google Play are scanned continuously to block harmful apps and policy violators. You can also choose to have apps installed from other sources verified. • Control: App sandboxes keep apps from accessing other parts of your device’s operating system, or each other, unless you give permission at installation.
button. 4. 4. Check Enable Widgets to view the selected widget shortcuts, in the lock screen. Enter the new PIN and re-enter the same value when asked. Tap OK. 5. 5. Enable Owner Info to display your specific owner info, in the lock screen. You can modify this detail whenever required. Make the password visible to verify the password while entering.
Protecting Your Phone from Harmful Applications Some applications can harm your device. It is recommended to verify apps in order to help prevent harmful software from being installed on your device To prevent installation of application from unknown sources, disable the option Unknown sources. Managing Phone Settings If you want to install applications from unknown sources, enable Verify apps under Settings > Security, to verify if the application is safe for installation.
Managing Personal, Account and System Settings Location Access Apps Accessing Your Location If you enable Location services, your location is displayed in all your accounts. You can view and force stop the apps that are accessing or have recently accessed your location. 1. From the Home or All Applications screen, tap on Settings ( ). 1. 2. Tap on Location located under Personal settings. Enable and modify required security settings.
If you do not have a backup account on your device, you can touch Backup account to add an account. Managing Personal, Account and System Settings Managing Accounts You can link an existing Google account to your phone to organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device. Adding an Account 1. From the Home or All Applications screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Tap on Accounts located under Account settings. Tap Add account. 3. Select the type of account.
If your account is set to auto-sync, you can check or uncheck items as needed. If auto-sync is off, touch an item to manually sync its data. Sync a Google Account Manually Managing Personal, Account and System Settings 3. 1. Go to Settings > Accounts > Google. 2. Tap on the account whose data has to be synced. 3. Tap on Menu > Sync now.
You can use the phonebook to maintain phone numbers of your contacts. This feature enables you to add, delete, dial phone numbers, send SMS and MMS messages. To access the contacts, • From home or All apps screen tap People ( ) .The contacts saved in the phonebook are displayed. Managing Contacts You can touch and drag the scroll bar on you screen to scroll through the contacts. Adding a New Contact • • To add a new contact, tap on Menu > People > Add new contact ( ).
contact, tap the contact to view the contact details. Exporting Phone Contacts to Storage 3. Tap on Options soft key and select Delete. 1. From Home or All apps screen tap on People ( 4. Tap on OK to delete the contact. 2. Scroll to the required contact and tap the contact, tap the contact to view the contact details. 3. Tap on Options soft key and select Import/Export. 4. Tap Export to storage. All the contacts are exported to your computer or internal storage as .VCF file.
• requested to setup the e-mail account. Managing Phonebook Settings Messaging: Send a contact as a multimedia message to any mobile phone. You can set the sort list to view the contacts and also the first or last name of the contact to be displayed initially. You can also share a single contact. 1. From Home or All apps screen tap on People ( 1. Scroll to the required contact and tap the contact, tap the contact to view the contact details. 2.
icon and slide over one of these icons: Making a Call 1. From Home or All apps screen tap on Phone ( ). The Phone screen with last dialled number, frequently called contacts, call history ( ), dial pad ( ) and call options ( ) is displayed. Icons Answer the call. To dial a number use one of the following options: • Managing Calls • Disconnect the call. Call history: Tap on the call History icon ( ).
To change the default ringtone, Viewing Call History 1. From Home or All apps screen tap on Phone ( 2. Tap the call History icon ( 3. Tap All to view all the incoming, outgoing, and missed calls. 4. Tap Missed to view only the missed calls. ). ). 1. From the Home or All Applications screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Tap on Sound located under Device settings. 3. Tap on Volumes to set the master volume separately for music, ringtones & notifications, and alarms.
• Setup: Enter your voicemail number. • Sound: Set alert tone for voicemail message • Vibrate: Enable this option to receive an vibrating alert for voicemail messages. listed in the FDN list. This feature can be activated only if PIN2 is entered. Contact your network operator if you do not have a PIN2. Set up your phone to place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you save on the phone’s SIM card.
• Block black list: Blocks calls from contacts added to the black list. Allow white list: Allows calls from contacts added to the white list. Screening Outgoing Calls Managing Calls • Turn on Proximity Sensor You can save battery power by switching off the display when you are in a call. Enable Turn on proximity sensor to switch off the display, when you answer a call. 1. In the call settings screen, enable Screening outgoing calls to call only numbers stored in the FDN list.
Other Call Settings Call Barring 1. From the Home or All Applications screen, tap on Phone( ) icon. 2. Open the contact list and press Options button. You can set the Call barring feature for all incoming and outgoing calls, international calls, local and home only calls. 3. Tap Settings. 4. Scroll down to locate Other call Settings. To access call barring settings, in the call settings screen, tap GSM call settings. Tap Call forwarding.
To place a call over Internet, phone must be configured to use an Internet calling account. After you set up the account, placing an Internet call is not different than placing any other call. However, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. When you are making an Internet call, the phone displays Internet Call near the top of the screen. SIP Accounts Internet calling is based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) network.
SMS and MMS are convenient and inexpensive means of communication. You can send a text message to other people via SMS service. MMS allows you to send messages by including multimedia content such as pictures, audio files, video files, and so on. You can use the Messages in your phone to send an SMS and MMS message to other mobile phones or any other equipment that can receive SMS and MMS. Sending Messages and E-mails The MMS feature is available only if you subscribe it from your network operator.
Managing Message Settings Read reports You can customize the way you want to view and filter the messages. You can also set the default messaging application. Enable this option to request a read report for each sent message. Auto retrieve Enable this option to download the messages automatically. Roaming autoretrieve Enable this option to download the messages automatically, while you are in a roaming network. MMS size limit Set the maximum size to download MMS messages.
Cell Broadcast Messages Send ( You receive active alerts and emergency alerts from your service provider. Use the E-mail application to send or view e-mail messages. Setting Up E-mail Accounts Sending Messages and E-mails You have to configure and create an e-mail account to access the e-mail functionalities. 1. To create an E-mail account, from the home screen or All applications screen, tap on Settings ( ). 2. Tap on Add account ( Accounts. ) which is located under 3.
Sending Messages and E-mails Reading an E-mail 1. Select an e-mail account to use, and new e-mails are retrieved. 2. To manually retrieve a new e-mail, tap on Sync icon ( ). 3. Tap a message to read.
Enter and Edit Text next word. You can use the virtual Keyboard to enter text quickly and easily. Type faster and more accurately on your device with Keyboard’s word recognition and next-word predictions. Keyboard Dictionaries Using the Keyboard The key features are: • Personalized suggestions, corrections, and completions • Keypress popup animations • Emoji entry point and layouts (Android 4.
Using the Keyboard 4. Tap on Add-on dictionaries. The dictionaries for other languages that you can download to your device are displayed.
right time Downloading Android Applications and Media Files You can download and install/view your android applications/media files, when your phone is connected to the Internet through Wi-Fi or mobile data connection. You can also download files from Gmail or other sources. • Calendar • People - for keeping track of your accounts • Google Drive - for working with documents To manage application downloads, tap the Downloads icon ( ) located on the All Apps screen.
icon ( ) to shoot the video. Tap the Stop icon ( ) to end the recording. You cannot pause the recording in the middle. Using Android Applications • Panoramic ( ): To shoot a picture in panoramic view, tap the Capture icon ( ) to capture the picture. Start from the left most edge of the image and move towards the right most edge to capture the complete panaromic image. Month, Agenda from the top of the screen in a drop-down list. 4.
Enter the time and tap Done. Calculator 5. To set a reoccuring alarm, enable the checbox Repeat. Select each day in a week by tapping that particular day. The calculator in this phone is designed to perform simple mathematical calculations. 6. To set the alarm tone, select the type of alarm from the Ringtone list. Tap on the selected ringtone and select OK. 1. Tap on All Apps icon ( 2. Tap on Calculator ( 3. To enter the numbers, tap the numeric keys. 4.
About Google Search™ and Google Now™ Google Now is nothing but getting just the right information at just the right time. Google now do not require any elaborate setting. The information is on your fingertips. It gives the information about the weather and traffic update before you start your day. Google Search™ and Google Now™ When Google now is activated, it also activates the Location reporting and Location history.
Sonim supports Virtual Pre-Load (VPL) mechanism which is also known as Stub to install the PTT application. 1. The device displays ePTT application icon (stub). 2. Tap ePTT application icon. 3. Sonim ePTT application starts downloading from Google Play and downloads the latest version of the PTT client. Using Push To Talk Services Launching the PTT Application To use the PTT application, 1. Accept the License agreement.
End User License Agreement Our Warranty “Product”). This wireless device, (the “Device”) contains software owned by Sonim Technologies, Inc. (“Sonim”) and its third party suppliers and licensors (collectively, the “Software”). As user of this Device, Sonim grants you a non- exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable license to use the software solely in conjunction with the Device on which it is installed and/or delivered with.
downloads or other information may be lost when your Sonim Product is repaired or replaced. Sonim does not take any responsibility for any lost information of any kind and will not reimburse you for any such loss. You should always make backup copies of all the information stored on your Sonim Product such as downloads, calendar and contacts before handing in your Sonim Product for repair or replacement. 3.
End User License Agreement with any of the seals on the Product will void the warranty. 6. The warranty does not cover Product failures which have been caused by use of accessories or other peripheral devices which are not Sonim-branded original accessories intended for use with the Product. 7. The 3-year warranty does not cover 3rd party accessories or any 3rd party software applications, which are instead covered to the extent provided by the original vendor guarantee for these products. 8.
Federal Communication Commission Interference (FCC) Statement WARNING: Changes or modifications made to this equipment not expressly approved by Sonim Technologies, Inc. for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC Statement • • circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules (FCC ID: WYPL11V012AA).
FOR MOBILE DEVICE USAGE (>20cm/low power) Federal Communication Commission Interference (FCC) Statement Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter, except tested built-in radios.
AVERTISSEMENT: toute modification apportée à cet appareil sans l’accord exprès de conformité de Sonim Technologies, Inc. peut annuler l’autorisation d’utilisation accordée initialement pour cet appareil. Règlement FCC Règlement FCC Cet appareil XP7700 est conforme à l’article 15 du règlement FCC (FCC ID: WYPL11V012AA). Son utilisation est sujette aux deux conditions suivantes: • Cet appareil ne doit provoquer aucune interférence nuisible.
FOR PORTABLE DEVICE USAGE (<20cm from body/SAR needed) Déclaration d’exposition aux radiations: Le produit est conforme aux limites d’exposition pour les appareils portables RF pour les Etats-Unis et le Canada établies pour un environnement non contrôlé. comme utilisateurs primaires (et ont donc priorité d’utilisation) sur la bande 5250 - 5350 MHz et 5650-5850 et de tels radars peuvent causer des interférences et/ou endommager des appareils LE-LAN.
Index A Adding a New Contact 38 Airplane Mode 29 All Applications icon 18 Android Applications Camera 53 Index Android Security 32 B Backup 35 Battery Charging indicator 12 D Data Usage 28 Deleting a Contact 38 K Device Administrator 33 Keyboard Dictionaries Personal Dictionary 51 Display Settings 24 E Keypad layout Xp6 phone 16 F L Favorites tray 18 Language Settings Spell checker Fixed Dial Numbers 43 Location Access 35 Gesture Typing 51 M Google Account 17 Bluetooth Devices 27 Pairing
R Reset 35 Ringtone 42 S SIM card 15 Inserting SIM card 15 SMS/MMS Message 47 Sound Recorder Audio Playback 55 VPN Connection Editing VPN 30 W Wall paper 22 Wi-Fi 29 Without SIM Card 21 X XP6 phone Keypad layout 16 T Index Taking a Screenshot 22 Tethering & Portable Hotspot 29 Time and Date Settings 23 Touch and Type 17 U Using Lock Screen Face Unlock 21 V Vibrate Mode 42 Voice Actions 56 Voice Input 22 Voicemail 42 Voice Search 56 66
