Sony Xperia 4 User Guide

To change your Home screen wallpaper
1 Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2 Tap  Wallpapers  and select an option.
To set a theme
1 Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2 Tap  Themes , then select a theme.When you change a theme, the background also changes in some applications.
To change the wallpaper for the lock screen
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Personalization > Lock screen .
3 Select an...

To record your screen when the front camera is activated
1 When the record screen window is open, tap 
 to make front camera screen
recording window appears.
2 To start recording your screen and video captured by the front camera, tap 
.
3 To stop recording, tap the timer, then tap 
.
4 To deactivate the front camera screen recording window, tap 
.
When the front camera screen recording window opens, drag  to resize the window, and
tap 
 to record a still picture.
To view the recent screen recordings
•...

Icons in the status bar
Status icons
Signal strengthNo signalRoamingGPRS is availableEDGE is available3G is availableMobile data network is availableSending and downloading GPRS dataSending and downloading EDGE dataSending and downloading 3G dataSending and downloading mobile dataBattery statusThe battery is chargingSTAMINA mode is activatedLow battery mode is activatedAirplane mode is activatedThe Bluetooth® function is activatedThe SIM card is not insertedThe microphone is mutedThe speakerphone is...

To manage status bar icons
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Personalization > Status bar icons .
3 Mark the checkboxes for the system icons that you want to appear in the
status bar.
Notification icons
New text message or multimedia messageMissed callCall ongoingCall forwarding is turned onNew voicemail messageNew email messageA Wi-Fi® connection is enabled and data is being transmittedDownloading dataUploading dataMobile data is disabledA software update is availableSystem...

Application overviewUse the Alarm & clock application to set various kinds of alarms.Use your web browser to navigate and view web pages, manage bookmarks,
text and images.Use the Calculator application to perform basic calculations.Use the Calendar application to keep track of events and manage your
appointments.Use the camera to take photos and record video clips.Use the Contacts application to manage phone numbers, email address and
other information related to your contacts.Access your downloaded...

Downloading applicationsDownloading applications from Google Play™
Google Play™ is the official online Google store for downloading applications, games, music, movies and books. It includes both free and paid applications. Before
you start downloading from Google Play™, make sure that you have a working
Internet connection, preferably over Wi-Fi ®
 to limit data traffic charges.To use Google Play™, you need to have a Google™ account. Google Play™ may not be
available in all countries or regions.
To...

Internet and networks
Browsing the web The Google Chrome™ web browser for Android™ devices comes pre-installed in
most markets. Go to http://support.google.com/chrome and click the "Chrome for
Mobile" link to get more detailed information about how to use this web browser.
To browse with Google Chrome™
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap 
.
3 If you are using Google Chrome™ for the first time, select to either sign in to a
Google™ account or browse with Google Chrome™ anonymously.
4...

To add Internet and MMS settings manually
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > More…  > Mobile networks .
3 Tap  Access Point Names  > 
.
4 Tap  Name  and enter a name as desired.
5 Tap  APN  and enter the access point name.
6 Enter all other information as required. If you don’t know what information is
required, contact your network operator for more details.
7 When you're done, tap 
, then tap  Save.
8 To select the APN that you have just added, tap the radio button besides...

To add a Wi-Fi® network manually
1 From your Home screen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Tap 
.
4 Enter the  Network name (SSID)  information.
5 To select a security type, tap the  Security field.
6 If required, enter a password.
7 To edit some advanced options such as proxy and IP settings, mark the  Show
advanced options  checkbox and then edit as desired.
8 Tap  Save .
Contact your Wi-Fi® network administrator to get the network SSID and password.
Increasing Wi-Fi® signal strength
There...

To add a Wi-Fi® sleep policy
1 From the Home screen, tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Settings > Wi-Fi .
3 Tap 
, then tap  Advanced > Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep .
4 Select an option.
Sharing your mobile data connection You can share your mobile data connection with other devices in several ways:
• USB tethering – share your mobile data connection with a single computer using a
USB cable.
• Bluetooth® tethering – share your mobile data connection with up to five other
devices via Bluetooth®.
• Portable Wi-Fi®...