Alcatel One Touch 997 Ultra User Manual
Alcatel One Touch 997 Ultra User Manual

Alcatel One Touch 997 Ultra User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    10.4 LEDTorch ....................110 Calendar ......................65 10.5 ONE TOUCH Share ................110 Clock ......................67 10.6 Setup Wizard ...................111 Calculator ....................68 10.7 Alcatel Help ....................112 Getting connected ............70 10.8 Battery Saver ....................112 Connecting to the Internet ..............70 10.9 Other applications .................112 Browser .......................73 11 Settings ................113...
  • Page 3: Safety And Use

    11.2 Device ......................115 Safety and use ......11.3 Personal .....................118 11.4 System ......................125 12 Making the most of your phone ........130 We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your phone. The 12.1 ONE TOUCH Manager .................130 manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may result as a consequence of 12.2 Upgrade .....................131 improper use or use contrary to the instructions contained herein.
  • Page 4 Do not let children use the phone and/or play with the telephone and accessories - If you continue to have sore hands, wrists, or arms during or after playing, stop the without supervision. game and see a doctor. 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.
  • Page 5: Radio Waves

    Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions with the device This symbol on your telephone, the battery and the accessories means that transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. The these products must be taken to collection points at the end of their life: highest SAR values under the ICNIRP guidelines for this device model are: - Municipal waste disposal centres with specific bins for these items of equipment...
  • Page 6 • Regulatory information The following approvals and notices apply in specific regions as noted.
  • Page 7: General Information

    TCT. You may download the source codes from http://sourceforge.net/ projects/alcatel/files/. The provision of the source code is free of charge from internet. Contact your network operator to check service availability.
  • Page 8: Your Mobile

    Disclaimer Your mobile ......There may be certain differences between the user manual description and the phone’s operation, depending on the software release of your telephone or specific operator services. TCT Mobile shall not be held legally responsible for such differences, if any, nor for Keys and connectors their potential consequences, which responsibility shall be borne by the operator exclusively.
  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Power key Camera • Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen Camera Flash/Flashlight • Press and hold: Show the pop-up menu to select from Ringer mode/Airplane mode/Power off Press and hold: Power on Volume up • Press and hold Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot.
  • Page 10 Inserting or removing the SIM card Installing or removing the battery Please power off your phone before removing the battery. You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your phone and remove battery before inserting or removing the SIM card. one touch 997 •...
  • Page 11 Charging the battery Set up your phone for the first time The first time you power on the phone, you should set the following options: Touch Get started..., then select the phone's language. • • The device will search for service by itself. The process of activation will take a few minutes •...
  • Page 12: Home Screen

    Home screen Touch and Hold You can bring all the items (applications, folders, shortcuts and widgets) you love or use most frequently to your Home screens for quick access. Touch and hold the home screen to access the available options for setting Touch the Home key to switch to the Home screen.
  • Page 13 Status icons Notification icons For dual SIM model, status icons referring to either SIM1 or SIM2 will be New text or multimedia More notifications identified by a colour which you have defined. message hidden Problem with SMS or MMS GPRS connected GPS is on Call in progress delivery...
  • Page 14 1.3.3 Search bar Notification panel Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the notification panel. Touch The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate and drag up to close it. From the Notification panel, you can open items information within applications, the phone or the web.
  • Page 15 1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen To unlock phone screen Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern you To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by have created or enter PIN or password to unlock the screen. choosing slide or creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password.
  • Page 16 1.3.6 Application tab Reposition Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, Touch on the Home screen to enter applications and widgets list. drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move To return to the Home screen, touch the Home key.
  • Page 17: Applications And Widgets List

    Applications and widgets list Text input ......This list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed applications and widgets. To access the list, touch from Home screens. Using Onscreen Keyboard Touch the Home key or the Back key to return to a Home screen. Onscreen Keyboard settings Slide left and right to view all applications and widgets.
  • Page 18: Text Editing

    2.1.1 Android keyboard Text editing You can edit the text you have entered. • Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit. Touch to enter text or • Drag the tabs to change the high-lighted selection. Touch to switch numbers.
  • Page 19: Phone Call, Call Log And Contacts

    International call Phone call, Call log To dial an international call, touch and hold to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and and Contacts ......finally touch Emergency call Phone ............If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency number and touch to make an emergency call.
  • Page 20 3.1.3 Calling your voicemail Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to unmute the call. Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine that you can consult at any time. Touch to activate the speaker during the current call.
  • Page 21 3.1.6 Call settings Video call Touch Menu icon and settings from Dial screen, the following options Local video • You can pick a picture from your collection to are available: replacement display when Camera is unreachable. • Peer video bigger Touch to enable a bigger view of peer.
  • Page 22: Call Log

    Quick responses People ............Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject a call with messages. People app enables quick and easy access to the people you want to TTY settings reach. TTY mode can be used by people who are deaf, have bad hearing or You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these speech impairments.
  • Page 23: Adding Contact

    Touch Menu icon to display contacts list option menu. Touch to save. Following actions are enabled: Delete contact • Select and delete unwanted contacts. Touch to select a picture for the contact. • Contacts to display Choose contacts to display. Import/Export •...
  • Page 24 Change a contact’s default phone number To send a message to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen, then touch the icon on the right side of the number. The default phone number (the number which has priority when making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed under the contact name.
  • Page 25 3.3.9 Accounts To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM card(s), select the contact you want to import/export, and Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple touch the icon √ to confirm. accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
  • Page 26: Messaging, Email

    For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact Messaging, Email ....panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts, touch the photo to add the number to your Contacts. Sending a text message Messaging............ 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 You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile phone.
  • Page 27 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 28 4.1.3 Adjust message settings • Auto-retrieve Select to download the full MMS message (including message body and attachment) You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application automatically to your phone. Otherwise, screen, touch Menu icon and touch Settings. download only the MMS message header.
  • Page 29: Gmail/Email

    Gmail/Email If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch Menu icon and then touch Discard. The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing and Settings from inbox Gmail or to create a new Email account.
  • Page 30 Managing Gmails by Labels Gmail settings To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize To manage Gmail settings, touch Menu icon and Settings in Inbox screen. them using a Label. General settings To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, touch the icon and select the label to assign to the conversation.
  • Page 31: Google Talk

    Touch an account, the following settings will show: • Touch Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to the email account General settings settings screen to enter settings manually. Or you can touch Manual setup to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the email •...
  • Page 32 4.3.4 To manage your friends To sign out, touch Menu icon from Friends list to display options, then touch Sign out. Or you can also select Sign out from online status. Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are available for your choice: 4.3.1 Chatting with your friends...
  • Page 33: Calendar & Alarm Clock & Calculator

    4.3.5 Settings Calendar & Alarm clock & A series of settings are available for your selection by touching Menu icon and Settings from Friends list screen, and choose an account. Calculator ......Mobile indicator • Select to display an indicator icon along with your name in other people’s Friends list.
  • Page 34: Clock

    5.1.2 To create new events Touch Back key to keep the reminders pending in the status bar and the notification panel. You can add new events from any Calendar view. Important options by touching Menu icon from Calendar main screen: •...
  • Page 35: Calculator

    When finished, touch OK to confirm. To switch between panels, select one of the following two ways: • Touch and drag the basic screen to the left to open the Advanced panel. Touch a currently existing alarm to enter alarm editing screen, touch Delete to delete the selected alarm.
  • Page 36: Getting Connected

    • SIM management\Roaming. Getting connected ....• Mark/Unmark the Data roaming checkbox to activate or deactivate data roaming. • When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data exchange To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to “6.1.2 Wi-Fi”).
  • Page 37: Browser

    To activate notification when a new network is detected Browser............When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web. will appear on the status bar whenever the phone detects an available To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then wireless network within range.
  • Page 38 6.2.1 Viewing web pages To open new window/switch between windows Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience. 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 •...
  • Page 39 To download a item, touch the item or the link you want to download. Touch the icon on the left of the URL, you can view more information about the current page. To cancel a download, touch the downloaded item from the Notification panel, select the item to be cancelled, and touch to confirm.
  • Page 40 Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these • Remember form Mark to remember data in forms for later use. additional options: data • Add shortcut to To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home • Clear form data Touch to clear all the saved form data.
  • Page 41: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    Touch Menu icon and Visibility timeout to select the visible time. You are recommended to use ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Bluetooth headsets, which have been tested and proved compatible with phone. You can go to www.alcatelonetouch.com for more information about ALCATEL ONE...
  • Page 42: Connecting To A Computer

    To pair/connect your phone with a Bluetooth device Before using MTP, make sure that the driver (Windows Media Player 11 or above version) has been installed. To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on and pair your phone with the Bluetooth device with which you want to To format a microSD card exchange data.
  • Page 43: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    To share your phone's data connection via USB To add a VPN • Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings. Use the USB cable that along with your phone to connect the phone to a • Touch More...\VPN\Add VPN network USB port on your computer.
  • Page 44: Google Play Store

    To edit/delete a VPN Google Play Store ..To edit a VPN: • Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings. • Touch More...\VPN Google Play Shop is an online software store, where you can download • VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want to edit. and install applications and games to your Android Powered Phone.
  • Page 45: Download And Install

    Touch a category on Google Play Shop screen to browse its contents. Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many You can also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you accept, can select to view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, Top grossing, etc you are responsible for results of using this item on your phone.
  • Page 46: Manage Your Downloads

    To request a refund Update notification If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a refund within On Google Play Shop screen, touch Menu icon and My apps. Touch 15 minutes of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged and the Menu icon and Settings\Notifications to enable update notification.
  • Page 47: Multimedia Applications

    To take a picture Multimedia applications The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, touch the screen to focus if necessary, touch icon to take the picture which will be automatically saved. Camera ............To shoot a video Switch Camera mode to Video mode.
  • Page 48: Gallery

    Camcorder settings: Touch to return to Touch to play the gallery's main screen slideshow. • Flash mode Touch to turn on/off flash mode. White balance • Touch to adjust color in different lights: Auto, Incandescent, Daylight, Fluorescent or Cloudy. • Time lapse interval Touch to set time lapse interval.
  • Page 49: Youtube

    Touch menu icon and choose Edit to edit a picture. YouTube ............    YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download, share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the Internet.
  • Page 50: Music

    8.3.1 Watch videos 8.4.1 Playing music Touch a video to play it. In the Playing screen, you can view information Touch a song or touch Play from drop-down menu to play the song. and video comments, and also browse links to related videos.You can also ...
  • Page 51: Video Player

    8.4.2 Working with playlists Google Maps ....Playlists allow you to conveniently organize all songs stored in the SD card. You can create a new playlist, add a song to the list, and delete or rename a playlist. Get My Location To create a playlist 9.1.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location...
  • Page 52: Search For A Location

    To move the map, drag the map with your finger. Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location. (Or touch a gold star to unstar that location.) To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or you can also zoom in by double-tapping a location on screen.
  • Page 53: Arrangement Of Layers

    Arrangement of Layers • Touch enter bar or the triangle to edit your start point by one of the following methods: entering an address, using My Location, selecting a Layers allow you to view locations and additional information overlaid on start point on a map, selecting a starred item, selecting an address from the map.
  • Page 54 9.6.1 To join Latitude 9.6.4 To connect with your friends Touch Maps at the upper-left corner, and select Join Latitude. Select a contact, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options. from Maps screen, then select Latitude. To open Latitude, touch icon •...
  • Page 55: Others

    10.3 Radio ............Others ......... Your phone is equipped with a radio with RDS functionality. You can use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with parallel visual information related to the radio program on the display if 10.1 File Manager ..........
  • Page 56: Ledtorch

    Available options: To share media files with DLNA certified devices • Activate your phone’s Wi-Fi network via Settings\Wireless & Save channel • Save the current tuned station to the channels Networks\Wi-Fi. list. • Touch the Application tab from the Home screen and select ONE TOUCH Share.
  • Page 57: Alcatel Help

    Settings ......To access this function, touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Alcatel Help. Alcatel Help provides help when you have questions or need assistance Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings. when using the phone.
  • Page 58: Device

    11.2 Device Data usage is measured by your phone, and your carrier may count differently. Please consider using a conservative limit. 11.2.1 Audio profiles 11.1.4 Airplane mode Use the Audio profiles settings to configure ringtones for different events Mark the checkbox of Airplane mode to simultaneously disable all and environments.
  • Page 59 Silent Internal storage This profile will silence all sounds except media & alarms. This menu displays the amount of internal phone storage in different colours. The available space will be shown in grey, which shows the amount Meeting of internal phone storage used by the operating system, its components, When this is selected the phone will not ring or beep by default unless an applications (including those you downloaded), permanent and temporary alarm has been set.
  • Page 60: Personal

    11.2.4 Battery General sync settings Touch the switch to permit applications to synchronize data in the In battery screen you can view the battery usage data since you last background, whether or not you are actively working in them. Unmarking connected the phone to a power source.
  • Page 61 Owner info Install from SD card Touch to input owner information which will display on the lock screen. Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card. Encrypt phone Clear storage You can encrypt your accounts, settings,download apps and their data, Touch to remove all certificates.
  • Page 62 Android keyboard • Advanced settings The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is Touch to view more advanced settings for android keyboard, such as Key included with your phone. The correction and capitalization features affect popup dismiss delay, Suggest Contact name, and etc. only the English version of the keyboard.
  • Page 63: System

    11.3.5 Backup and reset 11.4 System Back up my data 11.4.1 Date & time Mark the checkbox to back up your phone’s settings and other application Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date data to Google Servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your and time are displayed.
  • Page 64 11.4.2 Accessibility 11.4.3 Development You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you The Development screen contains settings that are useful for developing have installed on your phone. Android applications. For full information, including documentation of the Android applications and development tools, see the Android developer Quick boot web site (http://developer.android.com).
  • Page 65 Pointer location Background process limit Mark the checkbox to show current touch data. Touch to change the limit for background processes. Show touches Show all ANRs Mark the checkbox to show visual feedback for touches. Mark the checkbox to show "Application Not Responding" dialog for background applications.
  • Page 66: Making The Most Of Your Phone

    It allows you to easily import photos from PC or the handset and organize from your computer. them in different albums for better management. Download ONE TOUCH Upgrade from ALCATEL ONE TOUCH website • Videos (www.alcatelonetouch.com) and install it on your computer. Launch the...
  • Page 67: Telephone Warranty

    12.2.2 System updates Telephone warranty ..Using FOTA Upgrade tool you can update your phone's software. To access System Updates, please open notification panel and touch , then press About phone\System updates. and Settings\About Your phone is warranted against any defect or malfunctioning which may phone\System updates.
  • Page 68: Accessories

    1) Non-compliance with the instructions for use or installation, or with technical and safety standards applicable in the geographical area where The latest generation of ALCATEL ONE TOUCH mobile phones offers your phone is used, a built-in handsfree feature that allows you to use the telephone from a 2) Connection to any equipment not supplied or not recommended by distance, placed on a table for example.
  • Page 69: Troubleshooting

    My phone cannot charge properly Troubleshooting ....• Make sure you are using an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH battery and the charger from the box. • Make sure your battery is inserted properly and clean the battery contact if it’s dirty. It must be inserted before plugging in the charger.
  • Page 70 For international calls, check the country and area codes. • Make sure your phone is connected to a network, and the network is • Make sure this feature does not require an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH not overloaded or unavailable. accessory. •...
  • Page 71: Specifications

    • Check that you have marked the checkbox of USB debugging in Settings\Development\USB debugging • Check that your computer meets the requirements for ALCATEL ONE Processor MTK6577 TOUCH Android Manager Installation. • Make sure that you’re using the right cable from the box.
  • Page 72 Battery • Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery • Capacity: 1800 mAh Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent (Availability of microSD card depends on and is used under license by market) TCT Mobile Limited. Special Features • G-sensor ©...

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