plum MOBILE Gator 7 Unlocked Rugged Smart Phone User Manual
- October 27, 2023
- plum MOBILE
Table of Contents
plum MOBILE Gator 7 Unlocked Rugged Smart Phone
Assembling
Open the MicroSD/ SIM rubber plug on the top left of the device
Insert the SIM ejector tool into the small hole then press in to eject the
SIM/MicroSD Card tray.
Now you can insert the SIM and MicroSD card into the tray
!!! Warning
Please make sure to close the rubber plug properly after inserting the SIM
tray to keep the device water proof
Install the SIM card and Memory card
You need to insert the SIM card to enable the Phone function And the memory
card for the extra storage.
Ensure the SIM and the memory card are placed into the tray correctly.
Charge the battery
Please make sure always turn off the power before installing or replacing the SIM card and Memory card.
- You can charge the device with a travel adapter or by connecting the device to a PC with a USB cable.
- Battery full icon will show when finished if your device is power off.
Warnin: Please use original charger and battery. Unapproved accessories and Battery can cause explode or damage your device.
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
Press and hold the power key to turn on your device, to turn off your device,
press and hold the power key then tap Power Off.
Airplane mode
The Airplane Mode will interrupt all the wireless communication on your
device. Please follow the instructions below to turn on flight mode:
Tap Settings Airplane mode to enable/disable Airplane mode.
Use the touch panel
You can operate the icon, button, keyboard by the touch panel.
Including：
Touch:
To access an application, touch it with your finger. For example: Touch an
application icon, you can open the application.
Touch and Hold:
To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item.
Slide/Swipe:
Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, and web-
pages… at your convenience. You could slide the screen horizontally too.
Drag:
Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.
Pinch/Spread:
Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or
together to scale an element on the screen.
Home screen
You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you
want to your Home screen for quick access.
Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of
the Home screen.
To add the widget, press and hold on the screen, then choose the Widgets
button
You are able to change the wallpaper by
choose the wallpapers in the above interface also.
Notification panel
Slide the notifications area down to open the notification panel shown below.
You can access a list of notifications.
You may tap the related icons to
activate or deactivate Wireless connection features or other function like the
Airplane mode or Flashlight.
Lock & unlock the screen
To lock/awake the screen manually, press Power key once.
Tap and hold the lock icon, then slide it up to unlock the device.
Security
You can protect your device and data by setting screen lock or encrypting your
device.
Set a screen lock
To set a screen lock, tap Settings Security Screen lock from application
list.
None: Deactivate the screen lock.
PIN: Enter a numeric PIN to unlock. When prompted, enter the
PIN to unlock the screen.
Pattern: Draw a pattern to unlock. Follow the instructions to draw your lock pattern. When prompted, draw the pattern to unlock the screen.
Password: Enter a passcode to unlock. When prompted, enter the passcode to unlock the screen.
Face unlock : To enable the face unlock function,
Go to Setting Security Face unlock, then add the face for the unlock feature
Screen time-out
Select Settings Display Advanced Screen Timeout from application list, you can
set the time before the screen times out and goes into lock mode.
Auto rotation
If you rotate the device while using some features, the interface will
automatically rotate as well. To prevent the interface from rotating, open the
notifications panel and select Auto-rotate, then scroll it to Off.
Enter text
You can enter text by selecting characters on the virtual keyboard. Tap the
text input field to display the virtual keyboard.
From a text field, you can use the copy and paste feature for fast inputting.
Manage applications
To manage the applications installed on your device, tap
Settings App& Notification. To uninstall an application, select the
application and tap Uninstall, tap OK to confirm.
To stop or change the settings of an application, select the application and
click Force stop.
Reset device
You can reset system and desktop settings to their original values by the
following steps:
Select Settings System Advance Reset options from application list. Tap Erase
all data (Factory reset).
Tap Erase all data
The device resets to the factory default settings automatically.
Warning!: Factory data reset will erase all data from your device and SD
card, including your google account, system and application data and settings,
and downloaded applications.
Communication
Phone
To use calling functions, tap Phone from application list.
Make calls
To make calls, you can use any of the three ways:
- Enter numbers by using the virtual numeric keypad on the screen
- Make a call from call log (Recent).
- Make a call from contacts.
Answer a call
To answer a call, swipe the circled button up
To decline a call, swipe the circled button down.
To end a call in progress, tap the red button.
Call settings
To change call settings, tap the option button at the upper right inside the
call interface.
Ringtone & Vibrate
Select Settings Sound from application list.
You can set different ringtones for incoming calls. Select Phone ringtone to
open a list of ringtones, select the desired ringtone,
and then select OK to confirm.
Tap “Vibrate for calls” and select always vibrate and the device will vibrates
to notify you of incoming calls
Dial pad touch tones
Tap Dial pad touch tones to create a checkmark and your device will sound a
tone once you tap the dial pad.
Contacts
Tap Contacts from application list to access the interface. Add new contact
- Access Contact.
- Tap + icon
- Enter necessary fields.
- Tap Save.
Edit a contact
- To edit a contact, scroll to the contact you want to change.
- Tap Edit Contact.
- Change necessary fields.
- Tap Save.
Create Label
- Tap the option button at the upper left.
- Tap Create label
- Enter a category name
- Tap OK
Import/Export contacts
Import from SD/ SIM card
To copy the contacts from the SIM card/ SD Card, tap the option button at the
upper left and then SettingsImport , and choose the location you want to
import
Export to SD card
To export contacts from your device to a memory card, tap the option button at
the upper left and then select
Export Export to SD card, select OK to confirm.
Search for contacts
Input the desired information at the upper bar of the contact interface, the
result will be shown in the lower interface
Messages
Learn to create and send a text or multimedia message, and view or manage
messages that you have sent or received.
View messages
- Tap Messages from application list.
- Tap the message to view the detailed information.
Create and send SMS
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Tap Start Chat button
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If you want to start a group chat, please press the “create group” at the beginning, if no, please ignore this step
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In To field, enter the recipient’s mobile phone numbers manually (You may also press the related contact to start the chat directly)
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Then press the Send to… button.
(If you are creating a group, just press the OK/ tick icon inside the input interface) -
In Type message, enter the text of the message.
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Tap to send the message.
Create and send MMS
Multimedia message can include pictures, sound and text.
- Tap Start Chat
- After enter the SMS interface, Tap (+) button at the title bar.
- Select one of the items below.
Pictures: Insert image.
Capture picture: Capture new picture and insert the picture.
Videos: Insert video clip.
Capture video: Capture new video clip and insert the video clip.
Record audio: Press and hold the mic icon to record sound, release the
icon to end the recording
Tap to send the message.
Gmail
You can retrieve new email messages from the Google Mail webmail service to your inbox. Before you can send or receive mail on your device, you need to set up a Gmail account.
Create a Gmail account
If you don’t have a Google Account, tap New, then follow the on- screen
instructions to create a new one.
Set up a Gmail account
If you want to add an existing account, tap Existing, enter your email address
and password, and then select Next, when you are finished setting up the email
account, the email messages are downloaded to your device.
View email messages
When you open the email account, the amount of unread email messages is
displayed at the title bar and the unread email messages are displayed in
bold.
Create and send an email
- Tap the Compose icon.
- In To field, enter the recipient’s email addresses manually and separate them with a comma
- Add more recipients by tapping Cc/Bcc.
- To insert attachments, tap the paper clip icon button at the upper right and select Attach file.
- Enter the subject and the text.
- Tap to send the email.
Play Store
Play Store allows you to easily download an abundance of applications directly to your device. Before using the Play Store, you must have a Google Account.
Note
All applications offered by Play Store are developed by third party. To get
the information about the developers, you can
read the descriptions of each application.
Our company is not liable for performance issues caused by third-party applications.
Android, Google Play, and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc.
Entertainment
Play a video
- Go to Files
- Select a folder.
- Select a video to play.
- Control playback with the virtual keys.
Camera
You may enter the Camera interface by click the Camera icon With the camera
function, you can capture photos and take videos.
Capture a photo
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Open the application list and select Camera.
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Before taking a picture, you need to know some settings.
Place two fingers on the screen and spread them apart or move fingers closer together to zoom in or zoom out. -
Aim the lens at the subject and tap to take a photo.
The photo is saved automatically to the folder DCIM. -
Select the image viewer icon at the upper right to view the pictures.
Record a video
- Open the application list and select Camera. Slide to right for the video mode. ****
- Tap to start recording. The length of the video recording is restricted by the available space on your storage.
- Tap to stop recording. The video is saved automatically to the folder DCIM.
- After recording videos, select the image viewer icon at the lower right to view the recorded videos.
Tools
Calendar
With the Calendar feature, you can consult the calendar by day, week, or
month, create events, and set an alarm to act as a reminder, if necessary.
To access the calendar, tap Calendar from the application list.
To create an event, tap the date and tap the pop up + icon.
Fill in the fields, and set category, date, time & an alarm.
After you finish, select DONE.
You can view calendar in different views, Day, Week, Month and All.
To delete an entry, tap the event to open it, and then tap the icon on the
right top corner, then select Delete.
Alarm
From application list, tap Clock, and then select . Tap the + button on the
bottom screen to add alarm.
Tap the numeric pad to set alarm time, and then select AM or PM, when you are
finished, tap OK.
Tap the time to change alarm time.
- Set alarm time, repeat cycle, and alarm ringtone, taps OK after finished.
- Tap “cancel” to shut down the alarm, and tap “ring again”, then the alarm will stop ringing for a few minutes.
- Untick the clock to stop using the clock.
- Long taping the clock then it can be deleted.
Files
Many features of the device, such as images, videos, documents, received
attachments and downloaded files or applications, use memory to store data.
With File, you can store and browse files and folders in your device, or edit, move, copy files; you can send files to compatible devices as well.
Note: Some files formats are not supported depending on the software of the device.
Some files may not play properly depending on how they are encoded.
Sound Recorder
With Recorder, you can record a voice memo. From application list, tap Sound Recorder.
To record a voice memo, tap .
To Pause the recording, tap .
To End the recording, tap .
To view all the voice recording, Tap
Calculator
With this feature, you can use the device as a calculator. The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions. Tap the virtual numeric and calculation keys to perform a calculation.
Connectivity
Wi-Fi
With Wi-Fi, you can connect to the internet or other network devices
anywhere an access point or wireless hotspot is available.
Activate the WI-FI feature
- From application list, tap Settings.
- Turn on the Wi-Fi feature inside the Network& Internet interface
Find and connect to WI-FI
- Once the WI-FI feature is activated, the device automatically search for available WI-FI connection.
- Select a network.
- Enter a password for the network (if necessary).
- Select Connect .
BT
Find and connect to BT
- Once you need to use the BT, you should open BT option. And find other devices which also need to open BT.
- Select a found device
- Choose pair
- Select pair and use BT.
NFC
NFC allow the data changes when the phone touches an NFC device
To enable the NFC function, Go to Setting Other Wireless Connections Then turn on the NFC
Safety Precautions
Read these simple guidelines before using your device. Not following them may be dangerous or illegal.
Aircraft
Switch off in aircraft and follow any restrictions. Wireless devices can cause
interference in aircraft.
Vehicles
Never use your device while driving. Place it in a safe place. Position your
device within easy reach. Be able to access your device without removing your
eyes from the road.
Electronic devices
In some circumstances your device may cause interference with other devices.
Potentially explosive environments
Switch off your device when in any area with a potentially explosive
atmosphere, and obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could
cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death.
Pacemakers and other medical devices
Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 8 inches be
maintained between a wireless device and a pacemaker to avoid potential
interference with the pacemaker.
Operation of any radio transmitting equipment, including wireless phones may interference with the functionality of inadequately protected medical devices. Consult a physician or the manufacturer of the medical device to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy or if you have any questions.
Switch off your device in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so.
Operating environment
When connecting to other device, read its user guide for detailed safety
instructions. Do not connect incompatible products. Do not place your device
in the air bag deployment area.
Use the device only in its normal operating positions as explained in the product documentation.
Always switch off your device when its use is prohibited or when it may cause interference and danger.
Areas with posted regulations
Switch off your device when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you
to do so.
Care & Maintenance
Use only manufacturer-approved accessories. Use general accessories may
shorten the life of your device or cause device to malfunction.
Do not use or store the device in dusty, dirty areas.
Do not store the device in hot or cold areas.
Do not store your device near magnetic fields.
Do not store your device with such metal objects as coins, keys and necklace.
Other Warning
Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
- This device may not cause harmful interference, and
- This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
SAR tests are conducted using standard operating positions accepted by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands, although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value, in general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.
Before a new model phone is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the exposure limit established by the FCC, Tests for each phone are performed in positions and locations (e.g. at the ear and worn on the body)as required by the FCC.
For body worn operation, this model phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with an accessory designated for this product or when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the handset a minimum of 1.0 cm from the body.
Non-compliance with the above restrictions may result in violation of RF exposure guidelines.