Here are some How To's for your Intel XOLO A500. These How To's may still not yet complete and I am finding some time to work on the others:
Ways to do the Silent Mode
First, to silence your phone quickly, press & hold the – volume button to zero volume.
Second, on your Home screen, touch and select Settings > Audio profiles. Select ‘Silent’ check box.
Third, pull down the drop-down menu, and turn to the last page, and select ‘Silent’.
Fourth, long press the ‘POWER ON’ button, and select ‘Silent Icon’.
Just choose one of these options to silent your phone.
On Sleep Mode
If your phone is not in used, your screen will go to sleep to lessen the power usage. You can also control your screen timeout.
1. On the Home screen, touch and select Settings.
2. Select Display option.
3. Select Sleep.
4. Then select a time from the menu.
If you want you phone to stay awake while charging, do this:
1. On the Home screen, then touch and select Settings.
2. Select Developer options.
3. Select ‘Stay awake’ check box.
How to Set-up Screen Lock Pattern
To secure your phone from other persons to access it, you can setup a screen lock pattern. Once set, in order to unlock your screen, you’ll have to draw the correct unlock pattern. You can set your screen unlock pattern as follows:
1. On the Home screen, touch and select Settings.
2. Select Security and then scroll down to Screen lock pattern section.
3. Set or change your unlock pattern by selecting Screen lock pattern, as applicable.
4. Follow the prompts to define your pattern.
Note: You must slide your finger along the screen to create the pattern, not select individual dots. Connect at least four dots. If you want your pattern to be hidden as you draw it, clear ‘Make pattern visible’ check box.
How to Turn on Bluetooth services
1. On the Home screen, then touch and select Settings.
2. Select Bluetooth, and then select ‘Bluetooth’ check box to turn on Bluetooth services.
3. When on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the status bar.
How to Edit contact details
You can always make changes to the information you’ve stored for a contact:
1 From Contacts, touch the contact to open the Contact details screen.
2. Press ‘Function Key' and select ‘Edit’. The Edit contact screen appears.
3. Make your edits, then press ‘Done’.
How to Zoom and navigation in Web pages
While viewing a Web page, you can press MENU and select Settings > >Advanced >Default zoom to set the zoom controls. Then slide your fingertip in any direction to shift your page view.
How to Set your home page
You can set your home page from the Settings screen, do this:
1. Press MENU and select More > Settings.
2. In the Page content section, select ‘Set home page’ to open the dialog box.
3. Type the URL of the page you want to set as home, and then select ‘OK’.