User Guide 
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Thank you for purchasing the Micromax X396. Your X396 is packaged with 
the following state of the art features: 
  Dual SIM  
  VGA Camera 
  3.2” touch screen   
  Music Player/FM Radio  
  WAP/Bluetooth 
  Sound Recording 
  Expandable Memory (up to 16 GB) 
 
 
Important: 
Please read the contents of this manual to fully utilize the features of this 
phone. 
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2.1 
Insert SIM Card/Memory card 
The X396 is a Dual SIM mobile phone allowing you to use two SIM Cards. 
   Switch off the mobile phone and remove the rear cover and 
battery. 
  Insert the SIM card(s) correctly in the SIM slot(s) as shown 
below. 
  Insert the memory card into the memory card slot as shown 
below. 
  
  
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  Finally, insert the battery and the rear cover of the mobile 
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phone. 
Note: - Use only compatible memory cards approved by Micromax. 
Incompatible cards may damage the slot or corrupt the data stored in the 
card. 
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3.1  Using the Phone’s Buttons 
The phone’s buttons offer a lot of functions and shortcuts. 
Button 
Press 
Locks the screen/ Long press to switch on/off 
the phone/    
Goes back to previous screen. 
Call a number from dialpad, call log or 
contacts/ Answer a call. 
Opens the dialpad.    
Opens the messaging inbox. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Opens the music player.  
 
                                     
Opens Contact List 
 
3.2  Using the Touch screen 
You can use the touch screen in the following ways: 
Touch: Acts on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, 
to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press 
onscreen buttons. 
Touch and hold: Touch and hold an item on the screen until an action 
occurs. 
Swipe or slide: Quickly slide your finger across the surface of the screen, 
(without dragging an item). For example, slide the screen up or down to 
scroll a list. 
3.3 
Smart UI  
Settings>Theme Settings> Theme 
Lets you switch between two customized themes and further lets you 
choose various effects to enhance the look and feel of your home screen. 
          To choose various effects; 
           Go to Switch effects/Home effect  in the launcher or home screen 
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4.1 
Switch Phone ON/OFF 
To switch ON your phone, press and hold the End key for a few 
seconds. 
To turn OFF your phone, press and hold down the End key for a few 
seconds. 
4.2 
Lock/Unlock the phone 
           For phone lock: 
1.  On  the  main  menu,  touch  Settings  >  Security  Settings>  Phone 
and SIM> Phone Lock 
2. You can set the password to lock your phone.  
             For Screen Lock: 
         Go to Settings> Theme settings>Screen lock and choose the 
unlocking method from either Cosmos or Pattern. 
4.3  Make a call  
   Tap the 
 icon on main menu or the home screen to open 
the dialpad to dial the desired number...  
   You can also tap on Dialpad, Call log or Contacts tab to 
choose a number to call. 
  To dial an international number, touch and hold the 0 key to 
enter the Plus (+) symbol, and then enter the international 
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country prefix, followed by the phone number 
  Touch the 
icon to dial the number.         
  Press the Volume Up/ Down key on the right side to adjust 
the call volume. 
Conference Call 
4.4 
If you dial or accept a new call when you are already on a call, you 
can or merge the calls into a conference call. 
  1. Place a call to the first participant. 
  2. When you are connected, touch the Add New call icon, the 
first participant is put on hold and you are prompted to dial 
the second contact. 
  3. Place the next call, using the phone tab, the Call log, or 
your contacts. 
  4. When you are connected, touch Merge calls. The 
participant is added to the conference call. 
End a call 
4.5 
While during a call, touch the End key or Reject icon. 
4.6  Disable Phone Calls (Airplane mode) 
                      Settings>Network & Connectivity>Flight Mode 
Some locations may require you to turn off your mobile, Wi-Fi, and 
Bluetooth wireless connections. 
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Drag  notification  panel  down,  open  ‘Ongoing’,  then  touch  the 
Airplane mode icon to activate flight mode. 
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You can use Messaging to exchange text messages and multimedia 
messages with your friends. 
Touch to open a 
messaging 
conversation 
Touch to compose a 
new text or 
multimedia message. 
 
A Message becomes an MMS if you send it to an email address, or add 
multimedia media file(s). 
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6.1  View Call Logs 
Call Logs 
The Call log lists the calls you have recently dialed, received, missed for 
SIM1 and SIM 2  card. Tap on any call log entry to make a call to that 
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