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18 Getting started
Phone language
Select the language to use in the
phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
• From standby select Menu } Settings
} the General tab } Language
} Phone language. Select a language.
From standby, you can also press:
• 8888 for automatic language.
• 0000 for English.
• 0008 for Chinese.
To select the writing language
1 From standby select Menu } Settings
} the General tab } Language
} Writing language.
2 Scroll to the language to use and mark
it. } Save to exit the menu.
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for example,
when writing messages:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
• Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold to change the method.
To change the writing language
• Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold and select another
writing language.
Options when entering letters
} More for options when writing
a message.
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until the
desired character appears.
• Press to shift between upper-
case and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to enter
numbers.
• Press to delete letters or
numbers.
• Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country/region
where you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.
Multitap input only applies when latin
characters are selected as input
language.