Alcatel OneTouch 909A User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Connecting to a computer via USB ............79 Table of Contents Sharing your phone's mobile data connection ........80 Connecting to virtual private networks ..........81 Android Market ..............83 Safety and use ................4 Locate the item you want to download and install ......83 General information ...............11 Download and install ................84 Manage your downloads ................86...
  • Page 3: Safety And Use

    12.2 One Touch Upgrade................134 - do not place your cellphone on top of the dashboard or within an airbag deployment 13 Alcatel Mobile Phones Limited Warranty ....135 area, - check with your car dealer or the car manufacturer to make sure that the car’s 14 Accessories ..............137...
  • Page 4 Switch the cellphone off when you are near gas or flammable liquids. Strictly obey all Some people may suffer epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to flashing signs and instructions posted in a fuel depot, gas station, or chemical plant, or in any lights, or when playing video games.
  • Page 5: Battery And Accessories

    • BATTERY AND ACCESSORIES: • RADIO WAVES: Before removing the battery from your cellphone, please make sure that the THIS CELLPHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS FOR cellphone is switched off. EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES. Observe the following precautions for battery use: Your cellphone is a radio transmitter and receiver.
  • Page 6: Hearing Aid Compatibility

    • LICENCES The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that present scientific information does not indicate the need for any special precautions for use of cellphones. If individuals are concerned, they might choose to limit their own or their children’s microSD Logo is a trademark. RF exposure by limiting the length of calls, or using “hands-free”...
  • Page 7: General Information

    General information ....Your cellphone ...... • Website: www.alcatelonetouch.com Keys and connectors Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alcatelonetouchusa • • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/alcatel1touch • Hot Line Number: In the United States, call 877-702-3444 for technical support. On our Internet site, you will find our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section. You can also contact us by e-mail to ask any questions you may have.
  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Call key Volume Keys • Go to the dial screen when in the Home screen; • Under call mode, adjust the headphone volume • Pick up an incoming call; • In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjust the media volume • Send an outgoing call; • In general mode, adjust the ring tone volume • Swap two calls when one call hold and the other activated;...
  • Page 9 Inserting or removing the SIM card Installing or removing the battery You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your Please power off your cellphone before removing the battery. cellphone and remove battery before inserting or removing the SIM card. • Insert and click the battery into place, then close the cellphone cover.
  • Page 10: Power On Your Cellphone

    • When using your telephone for the first time, charge the battery fully This initial set up can be skipped and enabled via Settings\ (approximately 4 hours). Accounts & sync. You are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging status is indicated In power on screen without SIM card inserted, you can also connect to a by the depth of water on the lock screen.
  • Page 11: Using The Touchscreen

    Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts, etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left Pinch/Spread and right to get a complete view of the Home screens. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing. Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.
  • Page 12 Status icons Notification icons More notifications are GPRS connected GPS is on New Gmail message 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 to enter targets of Search: All, Web, Apps, Contacts, etc.   Touch or press the keypads to search by text Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch More\  Touch to search by voice Notifications to open the notification panel.
  • Page 14 1.3.5 Personalize your home screen Touch and hold an empty area or press Menu key, then touch Add on Draw your unlock pattern the Home screen. 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 customization Touch and 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

    1.4.2 Categories management Text input ......There are 8 categories in total: 5 categories is predefined, 3 categories can be added. Press Menu key, and select Edit to enter edit mode. Within edit mode you Using Hardware Keyboard can now customize categories. • Rename Category Locate the category you want to rename, touch to display options menu, then touch Rename Category.
  • Page 17: Using Onscreen Keyboard

    Adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation Delete key: Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen Keyboard • Short press: delete one letter before the cursor. orientation. You can also adjust it by settings (Press Menu key on the • Long press: delete letters one by one quickly. Home screen, touch Settings\Display\Orientation).
  • Page 18: Text Editing

    Text editing Phone call, Call log You can edit the text you have entered. • Touch and hold text you have entered and Contacts ......• Options list pops up • Select the operation you need (Select word, Select all, Cut, Copy, etc.) Phone ............
  • Page 19: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    International call 3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call To dial an international call, touch and hold or the 0 key to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and finally touch or press the key.
  • Page 20: During A Call

    3.1.4 During a call 3.1.5 Managing multiple calls To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key. With this cellphone you can handle multiple calls at the same time. Swap calls When you accept two calls, touch icon , you can now switch between two lines.
  • Page 21: Call Log

    Call log 3.3.1 Consult your Contacts To access the Contacts, touch Application tab on the Home screen, then You can access your call memory by touching from the Home screen select Contacts. and touching Call log. Touch on the right side of contact/number to place a call directly.
  • Page 22: Adding A Contact

    3.3.2 Adding a contact 3.3.3 Editing your contacts Press Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New contact. To edit contact information, touch and hold the contact whose information is to be edited, then touch Edit contact. When finished, touch Done. You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information.
  • Page 23: Communicating With Your Contacts

    3.3.4 Communicating with your contacts 3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/MicroSD card a call or exchanging messages. and export contacts to a MicroSD card which can then be used to back up your information.
  • Page 24 3.3.7 Joining/Separating contacts Useful icons: To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing Indicates that the account is configured to synchronize contacts in a single action. automatically with your phone. Touch the contact which you want to add information to, press Menu key and touch Edit contact, then press Menu key again and touch Join.
  • Page 25: Google Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google Talk

    Sending a text message Google Messaging, Gmail/ Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on To bar or touch to add recipients, touch Type to compose bar to enter the text of the Email, Google Talk ....message. When finished, touch Send to send the text message. An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS.
  • Page 26 4.1.2 Manage messages Attach options: When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as • Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel, select a picture as attachment. touch the new message to open and read it.
  • Page 27 4.1.3 Adjust message settings Multimedia message (MMS) settings You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application • Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each screen, press Menu key and touch Settings. multimedia message you send. Storage settings • Read reports Select to request a report on whether each...
  • Page 28: Gmail/Email

    Gmail/Email If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch Discard. To add a signature to emails, press Menu key from inbox screen, and touch The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing More/Settings, then select your account, then touch Signature.
  • Page 29 Managing Gmails by Labels Gmail settings To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize To manage Gmail settings, press Menu key in Inbox screen and touch them using a Label. More\Settings. To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, press • Signature To add a signature text to the end of each mail Menu key, touch Change Labels and select the label to assign to the...
  • Page 30: Google Talk

    4.2.2 Email ..............Google Talk ..........Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate email accounts in your phone. with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then screen, then touch Talk.
  • Page 31 4.3.3 To close a chat 4.3.5 Settings When you want to end a chat, the following two ways are available: A series of settings are available for your selection by pressing Menu key from Friends list screen, and touching Settings. • From Friends list screen, touch and hold the friend you want to stop chatting with to open Option menu, and then touch End chat.
  • Page 32: 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 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 33: Clock

    Important options by pressing Menu key from Calendar main screen: • Enable alarm Touch to enable the alarm. New event To add a new event • Time Touch to set time. More My calendars To show or hide, remove or add calendars • Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work Settings...
  • Page 34: Calculator

    When some numbers or operations have been entered, touch and hold the Calculator ............. entering bar to open a menu offering these further operations: 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 Application tab from the Home screen, then • Select all To select all entered text...
  • Page 35: Getting Connected

    • Mark/Unmark the Data roaming checkbox to activate or deactivate Getting connected ....data roaming. • When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data exchange with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to section “6.1.2 Wi-Fi”). To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G To limit your data connection to 2G networks only networks or WI-FI, whichever is most convenient.
  • Page 36: 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 37 6.2.1 Viewing web pages To paste the copied text into an email or SMS/MMS message, touch and 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 To open new window/switch between windows finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want to view.
  • Page 38 6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads To cancel a download, press Menu key and touch More\Downloads, then touch Menu key again and finally touch Cancel all downloads. To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web To view items you have downloaded, press Menu key and touch More\ page Downloads.
  • Page 39 Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these • Open in Mark to open new windows behind the current one. additional options: background • Add shortcut to To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen. • Set homepage Touch to set homepage.
  • Page 40: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device • Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. You are recommended to use Alcatel Bluetooth headsets, which have • Touch Unpair or Disconnect & Unpair in the menu that opens. been tested and proved compatible with phone. You can go to www.
  • Page 41: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb

    Connecting to a computer via USB To format a microSD card • Press Menu key from the Home screen, With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between • Touch Settings\SD card & phone storage. your phone’s MicroSD card and the computer. • Touch Erase SD card.
  • Page 42: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    To rename or secure your portable hotspot To connect/disconnect to a VPN When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of To connect to a VPN: your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. • Press Menu key from the Home screen, • Press Menu key from the Home screen.
  • Page 43: Android Market

    Touch Apps or Games on Android Market screen to browse its contents, Android Market ... and then select subcategory. Within each subcategory you can select to view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, or Just in. Touch to search in Android market. Android Market 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 Android Market screen, press Menu key and touch My apps. Press Menu key and touch Notification, select whether or not to be notified of updates, and finally touch OK to confirm. Rate Camera/Camcorder ......Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars Your mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and a Camcorder for taking under My review to award and touch OK to confirm.
  • Page 46 8.1.1 Settings in framing mode Zoom in/zoom out Touch icon to open the Zoom control and slide the scroll bar to zoom Before taking a photo/shooting a video you can adjust a number of settings in or out gradually. Touch the screen twice to zoom all the way in or out. in framing mode.
  • 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. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures and videos are available • 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: Videos

    8.4.1 Playing music 8.4.3 Working with playlists From any of the four library screens, touch a song to play it back. Playlists allow you to conveniently organize all the songs stored in the card. You can create a new playlist, add a song to the list, rearrange the order of ...
  • Page 50: 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 Menu key and touch More\Clear Map. Get My Location Search for a location 9.1.1...
  • Page 51: 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 Menu key from maps screen and touch Directions.
  • Page 52: 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 53: Join Latitude To See Your Friends' Locations And Share Yours With Them

    9.5.2 To open Street View for a location 9.6.1 To join Latitude • Touch and hold a location to display a balloon with the address and a • Press Menu key from maps screen. Street View thumbnail. • Touch Join Latitude. • Touch the balloon and touch Street view. When you joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude.
  • Page 54 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 Menu key from maps screen, touch Latitude, touch your own name and then touch Privacy.
  • Page 55: Others

    Others ......... 10.3 Sound Recorder .......... To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Sound Recorder. Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/hours. 10.1 File Manager ..........To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then 10.4 SyncMLClient ..........
  • Page 56: Radio

    Available options: 10.5 Radio ............• Save name Save the current tuned station to the channels list. Your phone is equipped with a radio with RDS functionality. You can • Edit name Edit the channel name. use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with parallel visual information related to the radio program on the display if • Audio mode Listen to the radio using loudspeaker or headset.
  • Page 57: Other Applications

    10.8 Other applications ......... Settings ......The previous applications in this section are preinstalled on your phone. To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications, please refer to the leaflet provided with the phone. You can also download To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, and thousands of 3rd party applications by going to Android Market on your touch Settings on main menu, or you can also press Menu key from the...
  • Page 58: Call Settings

    11.1.4 Tethering & portable hotspot Network Mode Touch to select network mode. 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 section “6.5 Cell broadcast/Cell broadcast settings Sharing your phone's mobile data connection”).
  • Page 59: Sound

    For security reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by entering SIM Additional settings PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service provider or SIM maker. • Caller ID: Touch to set whether display the caller ID in outgoing calls. 11.2.2 Voicemail •...
  • Page 60: Display

    11.4 Display AGPS Setting Touch to set the AGPS server address and the port. • Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen or select Automatic brightness. 11.5.2 Screen unlock • Orientation Touch to select whether rotate screen automatically. Set up screen lock • Animation Touch to select whether to show some, all or no animations.
  • Page 61: Applications

    11.5.6 Credential storage Quick launch Touch to set keyboard shortcuts to launch applications. After setting, press Use secure credentials key + the letter key to launch the selected application. Mark the check box to allow applications to access your phone’s encrypted Manage applications store of secure certificates, related passwords and other credentials.
  • Page 62: Accounts & Sync

    11.7.1 General sync settings Development The Development screen contains settings that are useful for developing Background data Android applications. For full information, including documentation of the Mark the check box to permit applications to synchronize data in the Android applications and development tools, see the Android developer web site (http://developer.android.com).
  • Page 63: Privacy

    11.8 Privacy 11.9 SD card & phone storage You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Use the MicroSD card & Phone Storage settings to monitor the total and available space on your cellphone and on your MicroSD card; to manage Back up my data your MicroSD card;...
  • Page 64: Language & Keyboard

    11.10 Language & keyboard Popup on keypress Mark the check box to popup messages when you input keyboard. Use the Language & keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your cellphone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including Touch to correct words words that you’ve added to its dictionary.
  • Page 65: Voice Input & Output

    11.10.5 TouchPal Input Language Touch to select the language you may use. Mark the check box to turn on/off the Touchpal Input. Help 11.10.6 TouchPal Input Touch to get useful tips while using TouchPal. The TouchPal Input will allow you input text easily. You can make changes to the settings for easy input.
  • Page 66: Accessibility

    11.11.2 Text-to-speech settings Language Touch to open a dialog where you can select the language of the text you You use the Text-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to- want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination with speech synthesizer, for applications like TalkBack that can take advantage Always Use My Settings, to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of it.
  • Page 67: Date & Time

    11.13 Date & time 11.14 About phone Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date and Actually this contains information about a lot of things ranging from Legal time are displayed. information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below: Automatic System updates...
  • Page 68: Making The Most Of Your Phone

    PC. • Photos Download One Touch Upgrade from ALCATEL website (www. It allows you to easily import photos from PC or the handset and organize alcatelonetouch.com) and install it on your PC. Launch the tool and update them in different albums for better management.
  • Page 69: 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 70: Accessories

    Accessories ..... Troubleshooting ....The latest generation of Alcatel GSM cellphone offers a built-in handsfree Before contacting the service centre, you are advised to follow the feature that allows you to use the cellphone from a distance, placed on instructions below: a table for example.
  • Page 71 My phone cannot charge properly Touch screen does not respond accurately • Make sure you are using an Alcatel battery and the charger from the box. • Make sure your cellphone is not locked. • Make sure your battery is inserted properly and clean the battery • Launch touch screen calibration by pressing and holding the volume...
  • Page 72 • Make sure that the receiver, connector or speaker on your cellphone Applications\Development\USB debugging is clean. • Check that your computer meets the requirements for Alcatel Android I am unable to use the features described in the manual Manager Installation. • Check with your operator to make sure that your subscription includes • Make sure that you’re using the right cable from the box.
  • Page 73: Specifications

    Camera one touch 909A/one touch 909S: Specifications 2.0 megapixel color camera one touch 910A: 5.0 megapixel color camera Processor Qualcomm ® MSM7227-1™ Audio supported MP3, AAC LC/LTP, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, Platform Android™ 2.3 formats AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, PCM Memory ROM: 4 Gb Video supported...
  • Page 74 ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent and is used under license by TCT Mobile Limited. © Copyright 2011 TCT Mobile Limited All rights reserved TCT Mobile Limited reserves the right to alter material or technical specification without prior notice.

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