Alcatel One Touch 960C Ultra User Manual

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  • Page 1 For more information about your phone, download complete user manual and check available updates, visit us on www.facebook.com/alcatelonetouchusa www.twitter.com/alcatel1touch www.alcatelonetouch.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Connecting to virtual private networks ..........75 Table of Contents Google Play Store ............77 Locate the item you want to download and install ......77 Download and install ................78 Safety and use ................4 Manage your downloads ................80 General information ...............11 Multimedia applications ...........81 Camera/Camcorder ..................81 Your mobile phone ............12 Gallery ......................84...
  • Page 3: Safety And Use

    Always obey them. The use of these devices 12.1 FOTA Upgrade ..................123 may be prohibited or restricted in certain areas. 13 ALCATEL Mobile Phones Limited Warranty....124 When driving, do not use your mobile phone and headphone to listen to music or to 14 Accessories ..............126 the radio.
  • Page 4 Switch the mobile phone off when you are near gas or flammable liquids. Strictly obey Some people may suffer epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to flashing all signs and instructions posted in a fuel depot, gas station, or chemical plant, or in lights, or when playing video games.
  • Page 5 • BATTERY AND ACCESSORIES: • CHARGERS Before removing the battery from your mobile phone, please make sure that the Home A.C./ Travel chargers will operate within the temperature range of: 0°C (32°F) to mobile phone is switched off. 40°C (104°F). Observe the following precautions for battery use: The chargers designed for your mobile phone meet with the standard for safety of information technology equipment and office equipment use.
  • Page 6: Hearing Aid Compatibility

    While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various mobile phones (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and at various positions, they all meet the government requirement for RF exposure. (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may For body-worn operation, the mobile phone meets FCC RF exposure guidelines cause undesired operation.
  • Page 7: General Information

    General information ....Your mobile phone ....• Website: www.alcatelonetouch.com Keys and connectors • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alcatelonetouchtribe 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

    Getting started 1. Earpiece 6. Menu key Options 1.2.1 Set-up 2. Front camera 7. Home key Move to Home screen Removing or installing the battery Press and hold: Show eight most recently used apps. 3. Volume key 8. USB port Volume Up/Down Charging / PC connectivity 4.
  • Page 9 You can always go to this initial setup again by touching Applications 1.2.2 Power on your mobile phone tap/Alcatel Setup Wizard. Hold down the Power key until the mobile phone powers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The Home screen is displayed.
  • Page 10: Home Screen

    1.2.3 Power off your phone 1.3.1 Using the touchscreen Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone Touch options appear, select Power off. To access an application, touch it with your finger. Home screen Touch and Hold You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item.
  • Page 11: Status Bar

    1.3.2 Status bar Notification icons From status bar, you can view both phone status (on the right side) and New Gmail message Music player active notification information (on the left side). When the status bar is full, “ ” icon will appear, touch to display hidden icons. New text or multimedia More notifications are message...
  • Page 12 Notification panel   When you receive a new notification, an icon will be displayed in  your Status bar at the top of your screen. Tap and hold Status bar, and then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel. If you have multiple notifications, you may need to scroll to see them all.
  • Page 13 1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen To unlock phone screen Draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to To protect your mobile phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen wake up the screen. If you did not set the unlock screen, slide right or left by creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password.
  • Page 14: Volume Adjustment

    To improve the organization of the Home screen items (shortcuts, Consult recently-used applications widgets), you can add them to a folder by touching and dragging them onto To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the Home the folder of your choice. To rename a folder, open it, touch and hold the key from the Home screen.
  • Page 15: Text Input

    2.1.2 Swype keyboard Text input ......Swype lets you enter a word with one continuous motion: just drag your finger over the letters in the word. • Place your finger on the key with the first letter of the word and drag Using Onscreen Keyboard your finger to each subsequent letter without lifting your finger off the screen.
  • Page 16: Phone Call, Call Log And Contacts

    The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching Phone call, Call log pressing the Menu key and touching Add to Contacts. If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching and Contacts ......To hang up a call, touch End call.
  • Page 17: Calling Your Voicemail

    When you receive an incoming call, but don’t want to answer, you may Touch to activate the speaker during the current call. Touch decline it by dragging the red phone icon over to the left. The caller is sent this icon again to deactivate the speaker. directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.
  • Page 18: Call Log

    Conference calls You can view detailed information of a call, launch a new call or send messages to a contact or number, or add numbers to Contacts (only You can set up a conference call. available for phone numbers), etc. • Place a call to the first participant of the conference call.
  • Page 19: Adding A Contact

    Touch and hold a contact to display its option menu. You can also press Menu key to display contacts list option menu. Following actions are enabled: Touch to select a picture for the contact. • Search To search the contacts. Touch to unfold the other predefined labels of this category.
  • Page 20: Communicating With Your Contacts

    Divert calls to voicemail/Set ringtone for a contact On the contact's detail screen, press Menu key to display contacts list options menu, touch Options, then select Incoming calls or Ringtone. When one contact has been set to send calls directly to voicemail, if he/ she calls, your mobile phone will not ring and the caller will be sent directly to your voicemail.
  • Page 21 3.3.6 Displaying contacts As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc. You can configure which group of contacts, for each account, you want You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information to display in the Contacts list.
  • Page 22: 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 23 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 24 • If CMAS alert arrives on your phone during a call, is displayed in the Multimedia message (MMS) settings Status bar. If Presidential, CMAS icon flashes. If non-Presidential, CMAS icon is static icon. • Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each • ONLY the Presidential CMAS icon is displayed under the Time/Date on multimedia message you send.
  • Page 25: Gmail/Email

    Gmail/Email • If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch Save draft to save copy. To view the draft, press Menu key and touch Go to labels, then select Drafts. The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account.
  • Page 26 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 the General preferences Menu key, touch Change labels and select the label to assign to the • Message Actions...
  • Page 27 Touch an account to set: 4.2.2 Email ..............• Priority Inbox Touch to mark the check box to make the default inbox. Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone. • Signature To add a signature text to the end of each mail you send.
  • Page 28: Google Talk

    You can also check all invitations you have sent or received by pressing Google Talk ..........Menu key from Friends list and touching More/Invites. 4.3.3 To close a chat Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. When you want to end a chat, the following two ways are available: To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home • From Friends list screen, touch and hold the friend you want to stop...
  • Page 29: Google Calendar & Alarm Clock & Calculator

    4.3.5 Settings Google Calendar & A series of settings are available for your selection by pressing Menu key from Friends list screen, and touching Settings. Alarm clock & Calculator ..• Automatically Select to sign in to your Google Talk account sign-in automatically every time you turn on your phone.
  • Page 30 5.1.3 To delete or edit an event Agenda view Day view To delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter details screen, press Week view Menu key, touch Edit event, or Delete event. Month view 5.1.4 Event reminder If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon will appear on Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives.
  • Page 31: Clock

    When finished, touch Done to confirm. Clock ............Touch a currently existing alarm to enter alarm editing screen, touch Delete to delete the selected alarm. Your mobile phone has a built-in clock. 5.2.2 To adjust alarm settings To access this function, touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Clock.
  • Page 32: Getting Connected

    Getting connected ....To connect to the Internet with this phone, you can use CDMA networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient. Connecting to the Internet 6.1.1 CDMA networks To check the network connection you are using, press Menu key on Home screen, then touch Settings\Wireless &...
  • Page 33: Browser

    • Touch Wi-Fi settings. The detailed information of detected Wi-Fi To forget a Wi-Fi network networks is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section. The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which you • Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is no longer wish to use.
  • Page 34 To zoom in/out of a web page To open new window/switch between windows Zoom controls will be activated when scrolling the screen Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience. using your finger. Touch the plus or minus on the side of the Zoom control • Press Menu key from web page screen, and touch New window.
  • Page 35 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 36 Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these • Enable JavaScript Mark to enable JavaScript. additional options: • Enable plug-ins Mark to enable plug-ins. • Add shortcut to To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen. Home • Open in Mark to open new windows behind the current one.
  • Page 37: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    • Touch Scan for devices • Select a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the list. You are recommended to use ALCATEL Bluetooth headsets, which have been tested and proved compatible with phone. You can go to • Enter a passcode (0000 or 1234) www.alcatelonetouch.com for more information about ALCATEL...
  • Page 38: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb

    To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device To format a microSD card • Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. • Press Menu key from the Home screen, • Touch Unpair or Disconnect & Unpair in the menu that opens. • Touch Settings\Storage. • Touch Unmount SD card.
  • Page 39: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    To rename or secure your portable hotspot • VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect with. • In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of Connect.
  • Page 40: 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. Google Play Store is an online software store, where you can download Touch to search in Google Play Store.
  • Page 41: Manage Your Downloads

    Manage your downloads To open the application you have downloaded: • On Google Play Store screen, touch My Apps. After you downloaded and installed an application, the following further • Touch the installed application in the list, then touch Open. operations are available for your selection. To buy an application View On Google Play Store, some applications are labeled as free, while some of...
  • Page 42: Multimedia Applications

    Zoom in/zoom out Multimedia applications Touch icon to open the Zoom control and slide the scroll bar to zoom in or out gradually. Touch the screen twice to zoom all the way in or out. To shoot a video Camera/Camcorder ......Switch Camera mode to Video mode or access Camcorder directly from Your mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and a Camcorder for taking the applications list.
  • Page 43: Gallery

    8.1.1 Settings in framing mode Advanced settings (Press the Menu key): • Preview photo/ Touch to preview your photo or video. Before taking a photo/shooting a video you can adjust a number of settings video in framing mode. • Switch to video/ Touch to switch between camera and video.
  • Page 44 Working with pictures Touch to open camera. You can work with pictures by rotating or cropping them, sharing them with friends, setting them as contact ID or wallpaper, etc. Locate the picture you want to work on, press Menu key from full-screen picture view.
  • Page 45: 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 46: Playing Music

    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 Menu key, then touch Party shuffle to turn on this function.
  • Page 47: Sound Recorder

    Sound Recorder ........... To access this function, touch the Applications tab from the Home screen, Touch to add the current then touch Sound Recorder. station to favorites. Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/hours. Touch to decrease 0.1MHz Touch and hold to search and go to the nearest Drag to switch the channel...
  • Page 48: 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 Clear Map. Get My Location Search for a location 9.1.1...
  • Page 49: 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 50: Arrangement Of Layers

    9.4.5 View traffic conditions on your route To get reverse directions for a route you’ve already made, simply open that route’s directions window and select Reverse. No need to enter your start point and end point again. 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 9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a route...
  • Page 51: Join Latitude To See Your Friends' Locations And Share Yours With Them

    9.5.2 To clear the map 9.6.2 How to invite friends to share their locations • Press Menu key from Latitude screen, touch Add friends. After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers/ layers that have been drawn: press Menu key on maps screen and touch • Touch Select from Contacts or Add via email address.
  • Page 52 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 Edit privacy settings.
  • Page 53: Others

    10.3 TrafficManager ..........Others ......... To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch TrafficManager. TrafficManager is an application which manages the volume of data over 10.1 File Manager ..........a pre-defined time period which can then be reset. It blocks all data when the limit value is reached.
  • Page 54: Settings

    11.1.4 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 section “6.5 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection”). To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, and touch Settings on main menu, or you can also press Menu key from the 11.1.5 VPN settings...
  • Page 55: Call Settings

    11.3 Sound System select Touch to select the roaming mode. Use the Sound settings to configure many aspects of call and notification ringtones, music, and other audio settings. 11.2 Call settings • Silent mode Mark the check box to silence all sounds except Use Call settings to configure normal phone call settings and other special media &...
  • Page 56: 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 57: Applications

    Install from SD card Running services Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card. Touch to open a list of services—applications or parts of applications that provide services to other applications, or that run even when their Set password main applications aren’t running.
  • Page 58: Accounts & Sync

    11.7 Accounts & sync 11.7.2 Manage accounts The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google you’ve added to the phone. If you touch an account in this screen, its and other supported accounts.
  • Page 59: 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 60: 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 61: Voice Input & Output

    Preferences Always use my settings View and modify Swype options. Mark the check box to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in other applications. Language options Default Engine Touch to set the active languages. Touch to set the speech synthesis engine to be used for spoken text.
  • Page 62: Date & Time

    11.14 About phone KickBack Mark the check box to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you Actually this contains information about a lot of things ranging from Legal navigate the user interface, press buttons, and so on. information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below: TalkBack System updates...
  • Page 63: Making The Most Of Your Phone

    Making the most of your ALCATEL Mobile Phones phone ........Limited Warranty ....TCT Mobile North America LTD warrants to the original retail purchaser 12.1 FOTA Upgrade of this wireless device, that should this product or part thereof during normal consumer usage and condition, be proven to be defective in Using FOTA Upgrade tool you can update your phone's software.
  • Page 64: Accessories

    The latest generation of ALCATEL ONE TOUCH mobile phone offers a • Defects in appearance, cosmetic, decorative or structural items such as built-in handsfree feature that allows you to use the mobile phone from framing and non-operative parts.
  • Page 65: 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 66 • Select the Micro-SD card as the location to store downloaded files. this service. • Check your subscription status with your operator. • Make sure this feature does not require an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH The phone cannot be detected by others via Bluetooth accessory.
  • Page 67: Specifications

    • Update news and weather information on manual demand, or increase their auto-check interval. Specifications • Exit background-running applications if they are not being used for a long time. • Deactivate Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or GPS when not in use. The phone will become warm following prolonged calls, game Processor Qualcomm MSM8655-AB™...
  • Page 68 Special Features • G -sensor • P roximity Sensor • D igital Compass ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent Note: Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. and is used under license by TCT Mobile Limited. © Copyright 2012 TCT Mobile Limited...

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