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- Page 1 www.alcatelonetouch.com For more information about how to use the phone, please go to www.alcatelonetouch.com to download complete user manual. Moreover, from the website you can also consult FAQ, realize software upgrade, etc. my world in one touch...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Connecting to a computer via USB ..........78 Table of Contents Sharing your phone's mobile data connection ......79 Connecting to virtual private networks ........81 Google Play Store ............. 83 Safety and use ................4 Locate the item you want to download and install ....83 General information .............. -
Page 3: Safety And Use
12.1 FOTA Upgrade .................. 132 - check with your car dealer or the car manufacturer to make sure that the dashboard 13 ALCATEL Mobile Phones Limited Warranty....133 is adequately shielded from mobile phone RF energy. 14 Accessories ............... 135 •... - Page 4 When replacing the cover please note that your phone may contain substances that When you play games on your phone, you may experience occasional discomfort could create an allergic reaction. in your hands, arms, shoulders, neck, or other parts of your body. Follow the Always handle your phone with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place.
- Page 5 In European Union countries: During use, the actual SAR values for this device are usually well below the values These collection points are accessible free of charge. stated above. This is because, for purposes of system efficiency and to minimize All products with this sign must be brought to these collection points.
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Page 6: General Information
• LICENCES General information ....microSD Logo is a trademark. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth • Internet addr ess: www.alcatelonetouch.com SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by TCT Mobile Limited and its • Hot Line Number: see “TCT Mobile Services”... -
Page 7: Your Cellphone
This handset may contain materials, including applications and software in executable or source code form, which is submitted by third parties for inclusion in this handset Your cellphone ....(“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this handset are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use/third party application, interoperability with other materials or applications of the purchaser... -
Page 8: Getting Started
Getting started Power key • Short press: Wake the phone when in sleep mode 1.2.1 Set up Lock the screen. End a call when active. Removing or installing the back cover • Long press: Turn the phone on Choose Silent mode, Airplane mode or Power off Home key • Short press: Return to the Home screen or back to the central Home screen if it is extended. - Page 9 Installing and removing the microSD card Charging the battery Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket respectively. • The phone will be switched on when charging the battery. • Be careful not to force the plug into the socket. To release the microSD card holder, slide it in the direction of the • Make sure the battery is correctly inserted before connecting the arrow and lift it.
- Page 10 1.2.2 Turn on your phone • Successfully setup Facebook account: If you have Facebook account, touch setup Facebook account to login. Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take some • Setup your Google Account: If you have a Google Account, touch seconds before the screen lights up.
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Page 11: Home Screen
Home screen 1.3.1 Using the touchscreen You can bring all the things you use most frequently (applications, Touch shortcuts, folders and widgets) to your Home screen for quick access. To access an application, touch it with your finger. Press the Home key to switch to the Home screen. Status bar Touch and Hold •... - Page 12 Status icons Notification icons GPRS connected GPS is on New Gmail message More notifications are hidden Receiving location data from New text or multimedia GPRS in use Call in progress (green) message EDGE connected Speakerphone is on Problem with text or Call in progress using multimedia message delivery Bluetooth headset (blue)
- Page 13 Notification panel Touch or press the keypads to search by text Touch to search by voice To open the notification panel, touch & drag down from the Status bar or press the Menu key and touch Notifications. Touch & drag up to close ...
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Page 14: Personalise Your Home Screen
1.3.5 Personalise your home screen You can add shortcuts, widgets or folders to the Home screen by touching Draw your unlock pattern & holding an empty area, or pressing the Menu key, and touching Add. The Add to Home screen will appear, offering a range of options. • Shortcuts To add a shortcut to the Home screen, such as applications, bookmark, contact, etc. -
Page 15: Applications List
1.3.7 Volume adjustment Wallpaper customisation Touch & hold an empty area or press Menu key and touch Wallpaper Using volume key on the Home screen, a popup window named Select wallpaper from will appear, offering a range of options. Gallery includes pictures you have Press Volume up/down key to adjust the volume. -
Page 16: Text Input
• Normal mode All applications are listed in alphabetical order. Text input ......(default) • Sort mode All applications are sorted by several categories. Using the onscreen keyboard 1.4.2 Managing Categories There are 8 categories in total: 5 categories are predefined, and you can Onscreen keyboard settings add 3 more. -
Page 17: Text Editing
2.1.2 TouchPal Input Phone calls, Call log TouchPal Input lets you enter a word with one continuous motion: just and Contacts ...... drag your finger over the letters in the word. • Place your finger on the key with the first letter of the word and drag your finger to each subsequent letter without lifting your finger off the screen. - Page 18 3.1.3 Calling your voicemail International call To dial an international call, Touch & hold enter “+”, then enter the Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works international country prefix followed by the full phone number and finally like an answering machine that you can consult at any time.
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Page 19: Call History
• Touch icon Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to retrieve • Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to conference the call. . You can also add participants from Contacts, Call and touch icon log or Favourites. -
Page 20: Contacts
• New contact Add new contacts to the phone. Contacts............• SIM contacts Manage contacts stored in SIM card. Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. • Find friend Find friend from the facebook. You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these • Display options Choose contacts to display, for example only with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your... -
Page 21: Communicating With Your Contacts
Add to/remove from Favourites The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or web the next time you synchronize To add a contact to Favourites, Touch & hold a contact to display the your phone. - Page 22 3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing At this time, you are required to select the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The information from the second This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/microSD card contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will no longer be and export contacts to a microSD card which can then be used to back displayed in the Contacts list.
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Page 23: Google Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google Talk
Background data Google Messaging, Gmail/ Activate or deactivate Background data to control whether applications or services data can be transmitted when they are running in the Email, Google Talk background. Applications can synchronize, send, and receive data at any time if activated. For example, if deactivated, Gmail will stop receiving new emails until you touch the Refresh or send an email. - Page 24 Sending a text message Attach options: Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch • Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to to add numbers from your Contacts, then touch the Type to compose select a picture as attachment.
- Page 25 4.1.2 Manage messages 4.1.3 Adjust message settings When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel, screen, press the Menu key and touch Settings.
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Page 26: Gmail/Email
Gmail/Email Multimedia message (MMS) settings The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing • Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each Gmail or to create a new Email account. multimedia message you send. • Read reports Select to request a report on whether each 4.2.1... - Page 27 • If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch Menu • Reply/Reply all Touch to enter text-inputting mode, enter the key then Save draft to save copy. To view the draft, press the Menu message you want to reply, then touch Send to send key from Inbox screen and touch Go to labels, then select Drafts.
- Page 28 Touch & hold an email to produce the following options: Touch an account to set: • Priority Inbox • Read To read the selected email. Touch to mark the check box to make the default inbox. • Archive To archive the email message. To display the archived messages, you can press the Menu key • Signature To add a signature text to the end of each mail...
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Page 29: Google Talk
Google Talk ..........4.2.2 Email ..............Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate with Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3 or IMAP your friends whenever they are connected to this service. email accounts on your phone. To access this feature and sign in, touch the Applications tab from the To access your email, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, Home screen, then touch Talk. - Page 30 4.3.5 Settings A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend. By touching the invitation, the friend can select Accept or Cancel in response. A series of settings are available for your selection by pressing Menu key You can also check all invitations you have sent or received by pressing from Friends list screen, and touching Settings.
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Page 31: Google Calendar & Alarm Clock & Calculator
5.1.2 To create new events Google Calendar & You can add new events from any Calendar view. Alarm clock & Calculator • Press the Menu key from Calendar screen, and touch More\New event to access new event edit screen. • Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day event, you can select All day. -
Page 32: Clock
Important options by pressing Menu key from Calendar main screen: • Turn alarm on Touch to enable the alarm Today To view today's event • Time Touch to set time New event To add a new event • Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work More My calendars To show, hide or synce calendars... -
Page 33: Calculator
When some numbers or operations have been entered, touch and hold the Calculator ............ entering bar to open a menu offering these further operations: (1)(2) With Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems. • Select text To select what you want to select from entered text To access this function, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, • Select all To select all entered text... -
Page 34: Getting Connected
To activate/deactivate Data roaming Getting connected When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. • Press the Menu key from the Home screen. • Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Mobile networks. To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G • Mark/Unmark the Data roaming checkbox to activate or deactivate networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient. -
Page 35: Browser
To activate notification when a new network is detected To add a WPS network When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is an easy way for users to access Wi-Fi will appear on the status bar whenever the phone detects an available network by entering PIN or using push button. - Page 36 6.2.1 Viewing web pages To paste the copied text into an email or SMS/MMS message, Touch & hold the enter box and then touch Paste on the options menu. When opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want To open new window/switch between windows to view.
- Page 37 6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads To download a web application/view your downloads Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your phone to To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web download web applications (press the Menu key from the Home screen, page touch Settings\Applications, mark check box of Unknown sources, finally touch OK to confirm).
- Page 38 6.2.4 Settings To edit a bookmark • On the Bookmarks tab, touch & hold the bookmark you want to edit. A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser • Touch Edit bookmark. settings, press the Menu key from Browser screen, and touch More\ Settings.
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Page 39: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices
Advanced settings Privacy settings • Set search engine Touch to select a search engine. • Clear cache Touch to clear locally cached content and • Website settings Touch to view advanced settings for individual databases. websites. • Clear history Touch to clear the browser history. • Reset to default Touch to clear all browser data and to reset all • Accept cookies... -
Page 40: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb
Connecting to a computer via USB To make device visible • Press the Menu key from the Home screen, With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between • Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Bluetooth settings. your phone’s microSD card and the computer. • Mark/Unmark the Discoverable checkbox to activate/deactivate this To connect/disconnect your phone to/from the computer function. -
Page 41: Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection
• Then go to PC/My Network Places/Properties, you will see Local Area Sharing your phone's mobile data connection Connection with “Alcatel OneTouch Mobile Phone Network Adapter”. • Now you can surf the internet on your computer. You can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer... -
Page 42: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks
Connecting to virtual private networks To edit/delete a VPN To edit a VPN: Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are • Press the Menu key from the Home screen, commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so • Touch Settings\Wireless &... -
Page 43: Google Play Store
Touch Apps or Games on Google Play Store screen to browse its Google Play Store ..contents, and then select subcategory. Within each subcategory you can select to view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, or Just in. Store Touch to search in Google Play Google Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and install applications and games to your Android Powered Phone. -
Page 44: Manage Your Downloads
• To check the progress of the download, open the Notification panel. To To request a refund stop the downloading of the item, touch the progress bar and Cancel If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a refund within on the screen that opens. -
Page 45: Multimedia Applications
Update notification Multimedia applications On Google Play Store screen, press the Menu key and touch My apps. Press the Menu key and touch Notification, select whether or not to be notified of updates, and finally touch OK to confirm. Camera/Camcorder ......Rate Your mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and a Camcorder for taking Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars... - Page 46 8.1.1 Settings in framing mode To shoot a video Switch Camera mode to Video mode or access Camcorder directly from Before taking a photo/shooting a video you can adjust a number of settings the applications list. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, in framing mode.
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Page 47: Gallery
• Touch an album, pinch it with two fingers and then all pictures or videos Gallery ............will spread the screen. • Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it. Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and playback videos. • Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos. -
Page 48: Youtube
8.3.1 Watch videos YouTube ............Touch a video to play it. YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download, Touch video playing screen to display playback controls with which you share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you to can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the progress bar to the point start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the you want to watch. - Page 49 8.4.1 Playing music 8.4.2 Using Party shuffle From any of the four library screens, touch a song to play it back. All songs will be displayed in order by default. When Party shuffle is activated, some songs will be selected and played at random. Press the Menu key, then touch Party shuffle to turn on this function.
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Page 50: Sound Recorder
Sound Recorder ......... Touch to add the current To access this function, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, station to favourites. Touch to decrease 0.1MHz then touch Sound Recorder. Touch & hold to search and go to the nearest Drag to switch the channel lower frequency channel Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/hours. -
Page 51: Google Maps
To zoom in and out of a map, touch the plus or minus side of the zoom Google Maps ....control , or you can also zoom in/out by double-tapping a location on screen. To clear the map history, press the Menu key and touch Clear Map. Get My Location Search for a location 9.1.1... -
Page 52: Star A Location
Star a location Get driving, public transport or walking directions Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star any position on the map for later use. 9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip 9.3.1 How to star (or unstar) a location Press the Menu key from maps screen and touch Directions. -
Page 53: Arrangement Of Layers
9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a route 9.4.5 View traffic conditions on your route more preferable or feasible to you At the lower-left corner of navigation view, a traffic light indicates the overall traffic conditions on your route, next to the estimated time of You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other arrival at your destination. -
Page 54: Join Latitude To See Your Friends' Locations And Share Yours With Them
Join Latitude to see your friends' locations To respond to an invitation, you can select one of the followings: and share yours with them • Accept and share You and your friend can share locations with back each other. With Google Latitude, you can: • see your friends' locations on a map or in a list. - Page 55 9.6.4 To connect with your friends 9.6.5 To control what you share Select a contact, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy You can control the information you want to share with your friends. options. Press the Menu key from maps screen, touch Latitude, touch your own name and then touch Edit privacy settings.
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Page 56: Others
Others ......... 10.3 SyncML Client ..........To access this function, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, then touch SyncML Client. You have to configure your own sync-hosting server account to locate 10.1 FileManager ..........the synchronization source at the other side. Also you might be asked to To access FileManager, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, decide on the following options: then touch FileManager. -
Page 57: Settings
11.1.4 Tethering & portable hotspot Settings ......This function allows you to share your phone's mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to “6.5 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection”). To access this function, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, and touch Settings on main menu, or you can also press the Menu key 11.1.5 VPN settings... -
Page 58: Service Dialing Numbers
11.2.2 Service Dialing Numbers Network Mode Touch to select network mode. Touch to view the list of Service Dialing Numbers (SDN) assigned by your service provider. These numbers include emergency numbers, directory Access Point Names enquiries and voice mail numbers. You can select your preferred network with this menu. -
Page 59: Sound
Call forwarding Volume Depending on your subscription. Forward the incoming calls to a different Touch to set volume for Incoming call, Media and Alarm. number. Phone ringtone Additional settings Touch to set your default incoming call ringtone. • Caller ID: Touch to set whether display the caller ID in outgoing calls. Notification ringtone •... -
Page 60: Display
11.4 Display Use GPS satellites Check to use your phone’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite • Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen or receiver to pinpoint your location within an accuracy as close as several select Automatic brightness. meters (“street level”). -
Page 61: Applications
11.5.6 Credential storage Battery use Touch to show the status of battery using. Use secure credentials Storage use Mark the check box to allow applications to access your phone’s encrypted store of secure certificates, related passwords and other credentials. Touch to view storage use. Credential storage is used to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections. -
Page 62: Accounts & Sync
11.7.2 Manage accounts • Allow mock locations: mark the check box to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the phone believes it is located, The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts rather than using the phone’s own internal tools for this purpose. you’ve added to the phone. -
Page 63: Sd Card & Phone Storage
Factory data reset Erase SD card Erase all of your personal data from internal phone storage, including Permanently erases everything on a microSD card and prepares it for use information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system with your phone. and application settings, and any downloaded applications. -
Page 64: Android Keyboard
11.10.3 Android keyboard Voice input Touch to display or not the Mic button on keyboard. For phones with physical keyboards, unmark to disable the onscreen keyboard. Input languages The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is Touch to set input language. included with your phone. -
Page 65: Voice Input & Output
Language Listen to an example Touch to select the language you may use. Touch to play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings. Dictionary management Always use my settings Enter to set the user dictionary. Mark the check box to use the settings on this screen in place of speech Help &... -
Page 66: Accessibility
11.12 Accessibility 11.13 Date & time You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you Use Date & Time settings to customise your preferences for how date and have installed on your phone. time are displayed. Accessibility Automatic Mark the check box to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. -
Page 67: About Phone
11.14 About phone Making the most of your Actually this contains information about a lot of things ranging from Legal information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel phone ........version, Build number to those listed below: System updates Touch to check for system updates. 12.1 FOTA Upgrade Status... -
Page 68: Alcatel Mobile Phones Limited Warranty
• Removal or altering of the wireless devices event labels or serial numbers ALCATEL Mobile Phones (IMEI); • Damage from exposure to water or other liquids, moisture, humidity, Limited Warranty ....excessive temperatures or extreme environmental conditions, sand, excess dust and any condition outside the operating guidelines;... -
Page 69: Accessories
Accessories ......Troubleshooting ....The latest generation of ALCATEL GSM cellphone offers a built-in Before contacting the service centre, you are advised to follow the handsfree feature that allows you to use the cellphone from a distance, instructions below: placed on a table for example. For those who prefer to keep their • You are advised to fully charge (... - Page 70 My phone cannot charge properly Touch screen does not respond accurately • Make sure you are using an ALCATEL battery and the charger from the • Make sure your cellphone is not locked. box. • Launch touch screen calibration by pressing and holding the volume • Make sure your battery is inserted properly and clean the battery...
- Page 71 • Check that you have ticked the checkbox of USB debugging in Settings\ this service. Applications\Development\USB debugging • Make sure this feature does not require an ALCATEL accessory. • Check that your computer meets the requirements for ALCATEL Android Manager Installation. When I select a number from my contacts, the number cannot • Make sure that you’re using the right cable from the box.
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Page 72: Specifications
The phone will become warm following prolonged calls, game Specifications ..... playing, internet surfing or running other complex applications. • This heating is a normal consequence of the CPU handling excessive data. Ending above actions will make your phone return to normal temperatures. - Page 73 (Availability of microSD card depends on market) Special Features • G-sensor ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent and is used under license by • Light and proximity sensor TCT Mobile Limited. Note Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.