NOTHING PHONE 2A PLUS (01) PDF MANUAL

Phone (2a) Plus charges at 50W. It is able to reach 100% power in just 1 hour with wired fast charge and a compatible fast charge adapter.

Back: return to the previous screen or reverse the last action.

Home: return to the home page of the launcher.

App switcher: open the app switcher to change to a recently opened app or to free up memory by closing apps running in the background.

Back: swipe inwards from the left or right edge of the screen.

Home: swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen.

App switcher: swipe up and hold from the bottom edge of the screen.

Long press the empty area to bring up Home settings, Widgets and Customisation.

Long press app icons to show app shortcuts and rearrange the icons position.

Long press and drag one app icon to another icon to create a folder.

Long press a folder to access folder customization and change the folder layout.

Swipe up from the bottom to pull up the App drawer.

Long press and drag the app icon to add apps to the home screen.

Swipe right in the App Drawer to show the hidden app icons.

Open the Widget menu through app shortcuts or long press the empty area of the home screen.

Long press and drag any widget to the home screen.

Long press widget to resize or edit.

Pull down from the status bar to access Quick Settings & the Notification Centre. In Quick Settings, tap each tile to toggle each feature. Long press the tiles to access more detailed settings.

Pull down a second time to access the expanded Quick Settings. Swipe left and right to access more Quick Settings tiles. Press the edit (pencil) icon and drag the tiles to customise the layout.

To change the Network Settings, either drag down the Quick Settings panel and long press the first tile on the top left, or open the Settings app and tap on “Network & Internet”.

To connect to Wi-Fi, tap on the wifi menu item and turn on the Wi-Fi toggle. Proceed to select the wireless network of choice and enter the password.

Internet sharing can also be turned on via this page. To do so, simply tap on “Hotspot & Tethering” to select the preferred method and proceed to set it up. This option can also be easily accessed through Quick Settings.

To connect to a Bluetooth device, either drag down the Quick Settings panel and long press the second tile to the top right, or open the Settings app and tap on “Connected devices”.

Tap on “Pair new device” and select on the target device to connect to it.

Launch the “Play Store” and log into a Google account. Proceed to search for the app on the top search bar and tap the blue “Install” button. The installed app can be found in the app drawer.

Open the app drawer, hold and drag the app that needs to be deleted. Drag it to the top right corner of the screen and release it under the area marked “Uninstall”. Note: If this action is performed on the home screen, the zone will be marked as “Remove”, which only removes the icon from the home screen and will not uninstall the app.

The Phone (2a) Plus uses a 5000mAh battery. If the battery is running low, enable Battery Saver mode by either tapping on the “Battery Saver” tile in Quick Settings, or pressing the Low Power notification that appears automatically when the device’s battery falls below 20%.

To check the available storage on the device, open the Settings app and tap on “Storage” to get an overview of the storage consumption of each type of files.

To clear app storage or wipe app cache, open the Settings app and tap on “App”, then “All apps” to view all installed apps and the respective storage each app is using. Tap on a select app to access its “More info” page, which shows the two buttons for either clearing storage or clearing cache.

Press the physical volume up or down button on the side of the device to adjust the volume for the most recently used audio source and open the audio menu.

In the audio menu, tap on the top bell icon to change between the “Ring”, “Vibrate”, and “Mute”.

In the audio menu, tap on the bottom three dots icon to open a slider menu with four sliders to adjust the volume of media volume, call volume, ring & notification volume, and alarm volume respectively.

In the Quick Settings, tap on the volume tiles to change between the “Ring”, “Vibrate”, and “Mute”.

To change the unlocking method, open the Settings app and find the “Lock screen & Security and privacy” option. Enter the “Device unlock” page to set the unlocking PIN, record additional fingerprints, or record facial data used for unlocking the device.

Note: fingerprint / face data unlocking cannot be used without a PIN as otherwise anyone could simply swipe to unlock the device.

Go to Settings > About Phone (2a) Plus. This section contains all the device specific information such as hardware information, phone number etc.

Press on the device name to edit how Phone (2a) Plus appears on other devices.

If there is a new software update available for the device, a dot will show up next to the Nothing OS version.

The Glyph Interface consists of three individually controlled lighting segments on the back. Preloaded Nothing ringtones and notification sounds have bespoke Glyph patterns synchronized with audio and vibration.

To set up features, find the Glyph Interface section in the Settings app or long press the Glyphs toggle in Quick Settings.

Drag the brightness slider to adjust the brightness of the Glyph Interface. This scales all Glyphs down from maximum brightness.

To preview and set ringtones, find the Ringtones tab in the Glyph Interface settings. Choose between setting the default ringtone or pairing individual contacts with unique ringtones. Select between Nothing sounds (handcrafted Glyphs) or My sounds (imported sounds, generated Glyphs).

To add a custom ringtone, go to My sounds and press “Add new sounds.” Select files from the file browser.

Notification sounds can be set similarly, choosing between original Nothing sounds or imported sounds.

Flip to Glyph: Temporarily silences the device and turns off vibration when placed screen face down, while still showing Glyph notifications for important calls.

Glyph timer: A pomodoro-like timer experience. Set the timer and place the phone face down to start; the Glyph Interface indicates progress.

Bedtime Schedule: Temporarily disables the Glyph Interface at set times on select days.

Glyph Composer: Create your own Glyph ringtones using Nothing’s provided sound packs.

Essential Notifications: Set a notification to Essential by long pressing its banner and toggling the switch. The Glyph Interface stays lit until the notification is read or dismissed.

Glyph Progress: Shows progress estimation for notifications from enabled apps.

Volume indicator: Uses the Glyph Interface to show the volume level.

Do not disturb: This mode will temporarily disable the Glyph Interface.

In the launcher, long hold on an app icon to show the expanded menu of app-specific shortcuts.

Tip: Drag and drop a shortcut from the menu onto the homescreen to create its own standalone icon.

The Nothing launcher allows expanding any app icon on the homescreen to four times its size. Long hold on an app icon and press the expand icon to enlarge it.

The same can be done for folders. Expanding a folder allows quick access to the first three apps inside without opening the folder first.

Do not disturb mode offers a distraction-free experience by temporarily muting non-whitelisted notifications and calls, and hiding unseen notifications on the status bar and notification tray. Toggle it using the “Do not disturb” tile in Quick Settings.

To manage the whitelist, long hold the “Do not disturb” tile in Quick Settings and edit the important people/apps allowed to bypass the mode.

By default, Do not disturb mode also disables the Glyph Interface. To change this, long hold the “Do not disturb” tile in Quick Settings and turn off the “Mute Glyphs” toggle.

When playing games, use the game mode shortcut panel (left side of the screen) to block incoming calls or notifications individually without enabling the full Do Not Disturb mode.

Activate Google Assistant by short holding the power button or swiping up from the bottom right corner of the screen. It provides a virtual personal assistant experience using natural language speech. Learn more about commands within the Google Assistant app.

To capture a screenshot, simultaneously press the volume down and power button. The image is stored in the screenshot album in the Google Photos app (this folder might not sync to the main photo album by default). Access the album via Google Photos > Library tab.

To take an expanded screenshot (for scrollable content), take a normal screenshot, wait for the “Capture more” button to appear at the bottom, tap it, and drag the borders to adjust the size.

Alternatively, use the three-finger screenshot gesture. Enable it in Settings > System > Gestures > Screenshot Gesture.

Quickly edit a screenshot by tapping the thumbnail that appears after capture. Crop, annotate, then press “Save” in the top left corner.

NFC (Near Field Communication) allows Phone (2a) Plus to connect to other NFC-supported devices by placing them close together. A common use is making payments with Google Pay, using the phone as a virtual credit/debit card.

It’s recommended to keep NFC on for convenience as it consumes little battery on standby. To toggle it off, open Quick Settings and tap the “NFC” tile.

Press and hold the power button until the Nothing logo appears on the display.

In the setup wizard, there will be an option to copy data from an existing device, either via a Google account backup or by connecting the two devices with a cable.

The language can be set on the first page of the setup wizard. It can also be changed later in Settings > System > Languages and input.

Location services can be activated in Settings > Location. When this toggle is on, apps that require location services will request permission to access your location data when you open the app for the first time.

Find My Device will be automatically activated after you log into a Google account. However, the location can only be accessible if location services are toggled on. For more information, check out Settings > Google > Find My Device.

Phone (2a) Plus uses Google’s default backup routine when it’s connected to Wi-Fi and charging on standby for 2 hours. To backup immediately, navigate to Settings > Google > Backup and tap on the “Turn on” button.

The wallpaper and accent colours can be changed by long pressing on an empty space in the homescreen, and selecting “Customisation” in the pop up menu. By default, Phone (2a) Plus will deploy Android’s Dynamic Colour feature to extract colours from the wallpaper unless specified.

To set up the screen recording feature, swipe down from the top of the screen two times to access the expanded Quick Settings. Press the edit (pencil) icon and drag the Screen Recording tile up from the hidden tiles.

To begin recording, swipe down to open the Quick Settings and find the newly added Screen Recording tile. Tap it once and confirm to begin recording after the three-second countdown, shown on the right side of the notification bar.

To finish recording, swipe down to open the notification centre and tap “Stop” to save the recording. The file can be accessible in Google Photos > Library > Movies.

Just like any other widget, the Nothing X widget can be accessed by long pressing on an empty space in the home screen and selecting “Widget” in the pop-up menu.

Launch the camera app and tap on the “Video” option on the mode selection bar.

Go to Settings > Security and privacy > Device unlock to choose your preferred unlocking method. Note that you need to set a pattern / PIN first in order to use fingerprint or Face Unlock.

To carry out a factory reset, go to Settings > System > Reset options > Erase all data (factory reset).

Insert the provided SIM card remover tool into the hole next to the SIM tray, located on the bottom of the phone.

The Fast Pair feature launches on the Phone (2a) Plus when opening an unpaired Ear (2) case with the buds inside. Navigate through the Fast Pair setup to finish the pairing.

If Fast Pair does not appear, go to Settings > Connected Devices > Pair new device to search for Nothing Ear (2). For more details, please refer to the Ear (2) manual.

When the Phone (2a) Plus’s battery falls below 20%, a low battery notification will appear to prompt you to turn on battery saver.

To toggle it manually, swipe down from the top of the screen two times to access the expanded Quick Settings. Press the edit (pencil) icon and drag the Battery Saver tile up from the hidden tiles. Tap it to toggle it on and off from the Quick Setting.

Hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously until the Nothing logo appears on the display.

Game mode is automatically activated when a listed app is launched. To edit the list of apps, go to Settings > System > Game Mode > App list. Apps that are listed as games on the Play Store will be added to this list by default.

Whenever a new software update becomes available, a notification will pop up reminding you to update to the latest version. However, you can also manually check for updates by going to Settings > About phone > Software info (the phone image). If there is a new update available, a red icon will appear next to the Nothing OS label.

Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen > Privacy to pick the notification preview option.

Open the Phone app and tap on the three-dots icon to the right of the search bar. Next, navigate to Settings > Caller accounts > Additional settings and toggle on Call waiting.

Open the Phone app and tap on the three-dots icon to the right of the search bar. Next, navigate to Settings > Blocked numbers > Add a number, to block incoming calls and texts from the added number.

To set up the screen cast feature, swipe down from the top of the screen two times to access the expanded Quick Settings. Press the edit (pencil) icon and drag the Screen Cast tile up from the hidden tiles.

To begin mirroring, swipe down to open the Quick Settings and find the newly added ScreenCast tile. Tap it once and select the targeted device to cast to connect in the same local area network.

Dark theme is enabled by default. To change it, swipe down to access Quick Settings and find the “Dark Theme” tile and tap it to toggle it on / off.

The font in Phone (2a) Plus can not be changed. However, to change to font size, navigate to Settings > Display > Display size and text.

Open the Photos app and navigate to the Library on the bottom bar. Next, tap on “Bin” to see items deleted within the recent 60 days.