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Summary of Contents for Alcatel One Touch 990A
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Sharing your cellphone's mobile data connection ......80 Connecting to virtual private networks ..........81 Table of Contents Android Market ..............83 Locate the item you want to download and install ......83 Safety and use ..............4 Download and install ................84 General information ............9 Manage your downloads ................86 Multimedia applications ...........88 Your cellphone ..............11... -
Page 3: Safety And Use
12.2 One Touch Upgrade................139 • CONDITIONS OF USE: 13 Alcatel Mobile Phones Limited Warranty ....140 You are advised to switch off the cellphone from time to time to optimize its performance. Remember to abide by local authority rules of cellphone use on aircrafts. -
Page 4: Battery And Accessories
To avoid hearing impairment, answer the call before holding your cellphone to your ear. Also Prolonged exposure to music at full volume using the music player may damage your hearing. move the handset away from your ear while using the “hands-free” option because the amplified Set your cellphone’s volume to it’s lowest setting prior to inserting headphones in your volume might cause hearing damage. -
Page 5: Radio Waves
The highest SAR value for this model cellphone when tested is 0.903 W/Kg (one touch 990A), 1.29 W/Kg (one touch 990S) for use at the ear and 1.31 W/Kg (one touch 990A), 1.39 W/Kg (one touch The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any 990S) for use close to the body. -
Page 6: General Information
Your cellphone is a transceiver that operates on following networks: One touch 990A: GSM in quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) or UMTS in dual-band (850/1900 MHz) One touch 990S: GSM in quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) or UMTS in dual-band (1700/2100 MHz) Contact your network operator for service availability. -
Page 7: Your Cellphone
• On Home screen, press to quickly access Settings menu or Your cellphone ...... Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customize your Home screen by adding applications or changing wallpaper/ theme. • On other screens, press to view options list. Keys and connectors Press: Light up the screen Return to the Home screen or back to the central Home... -
Page 8: Getting Started
Getting started Installing and removing the MicroSD card 1.2.1 Set-up Removing or installing the back cover Inserting or removing the SIM card You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your cellphone and remove battery before inserting or removing the SIM card. To release the microSD card holder, slide it in the direction of the arrow and lift it. - Page 9 Charging the battery 1.2.2 Power on your cellphone Hold down the Power key until the cellphone powers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The Home screen is displayed. If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator.
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Page 10: Home Screen
Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for This initial set up can be skipped and enabled via Settings\ adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left Accounts & sync. and right to get a complete view of the Home screen. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing. - Page 11 Status icons Flick GPRS connected GPS is on Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker. Receiving location data from GPRS in use Pinch/Spread GPRS is disabled Speakerphone is on 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 Notification icons Notification panel More notifications are Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch New Gmail message hidden Notifications to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders New text or multimedia Call in progress (green) indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information.
- Page 13 Touch to enter targets of Search: All, Web, Apps, Contacts, etc. Touch to search by text Touch to search by voice Touch to enter the suggested text for quick search Touch to search the web Draw your unlock pattern Search by text •...
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Page 14: Home Screen
1.3.5 Personalize your home screen Wallpaper customization Touch and hold an empty area or press Menu key and touch Wallpaper on the Home screen, a popup window named Select wallpaper from Touch and hold an empty area or press Menu key and touch Add on the will appear, offering a range of options. -
Page 15: Applications List
1.4.1 Normal mode and sort mode Applications can be managed in two modes. To switch between two modes, press Menu key from applications list screen, and touch Switch view. • Normal mode All applications are listed in alphabetical order. (default) •... -
Page 16: Text Input
2.1.2 Android keyboard Text input ......Touch to enter text or numbers, touch and hold for Using Onscreen Keyboard one or two seconds to select input method. Onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program requires entering text or numbers. Press and hold to enter an accent of the letter. -
Page 17: Phone Call, Call Log And Contacts
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching Phone call, Call log To hang up a call, press Power key. and Contacts ......International call To dial an international call, touch and hold to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and finally touch Phone... - Page 18 3.1.3 Calling your voicemail To avoid misoperation on touchscreen during call, screen will be locked automatically when user put the cellphone close to ear, and Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works it will be unlocked when put the cellphone away. like an answering machine that you can consult at any time.
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Page 19: Call Log
Call log Contacts ............You can access your call memory by touching from the Home screen Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you want to and touching Call log. Touch to the right side of contact/number to reach. -
Page 20: Contacts
Following actions are enabled: 3.3.2 Adding a contact Press Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New contact. • New contact Add new contact to cellphone. You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information. • Display options Choose contacts to display, for example only By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another... - Page 21 3.3.3 Editing your contacts 3.3.4 Communicating with your contacts To edit contact information, touch and hold the contact whose information From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making is to be edited, then touch Edit contact. When finished, touch Done. a call or exchanging messages.
- Page 22 3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing 3.3.7 Joining/Separating contacts This cellphone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/MicroSD To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing card and export contacts to a MicroSD card which can then be used to contacts in a single action.
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Page 23: Google Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google Talk
Open the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account you want to delete, then touch Remove account and confirm. Google Messaging, Gmail/ Useful icons: Email, Google Talk ....Indicates that the account is configured to synchronize automatically with your cellphone. Google Messaging ........ - Page 24 Sending a text message Attach options: Enter phone number of the recipient on To bar or touch to add • Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to recipients, touch Type to compose bar to enter the text of the message. select a picture as attachment.
- Page 25 Touch and hold a message in message details screen. The following message options are available for selection: Forward Touch to forward the message to another recipient. Lock/Unlock Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can/can’t Touch to go to previous or next slide. message be deleted if you reach maximum number of Touch to preview the current slide.
- Page 26 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 •...
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Page 27: 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 cellphone, you can select to use an existing Settings, then select Signature. - Page 28 Managing Gmails by Label 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. Settings. To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, press •...
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Page 29: Google Talk
To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then select Email. Google Talk ..........An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set-up an email Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate account. with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. •... - Page 30 4.3.1 Chatting with your friends 4.3.4 To manage your friends To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are your message and finally touch Send. available for your choice: You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by pressing Menu key, •...
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Page 31: 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 touch Settings. Alarm clock & Calculator ..• IM notifications Select to activate notification function on status bar when a new message arrives. -
Page 32: Clock
5.1.2 To create new events New event To add a new event You can add new events from any Calendar view. More My calendars To show or hide, remove or add calendars • Press Menu key from Calendar screen, and touch More\New event to Settings To set a series of Calendar settings access new event edit screen. -
Page 33: Calculator
5.2.1 To set an alarm To switch between panels, select one of the following two ways: • Touch and drag the basic screen to the left to open the Advanced From Clock screen, touch a currently existing alarm or press Menu key panel. -
Page 34: Getting Connected
To activate/deactivate Data roaming Getting connected ....When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. • Press Menu key from Home screen. • Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Mobile networks\Data To connect to the internet with this cellphone, you can use GPRS/ roaming. - Page 35 6.1.2 Wi-Fi To add a Wi-Fi network When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your cellphone is within preference. range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on cellphone even without a SIM card inserted.
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Page 36: Browser
To find text on a web page Browser ............• Press Menu key from web page screen, then touch More\Find on Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web. page. To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then •... - Page 37 Other options: 6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads • Refresh To refresh the current page (press Menu key on web page To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web screen, then touch Refresh). page • Exit To close all tabs (press Menu key on web page screen, •...
- Page 38 To download a web application/view your downloads To open a bookmark • Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen, or press Menu Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your cellphone key and touch Bookmarks. to download web applications (press Menu key from Home screen, touch Settings\Applications, mark check box of Unknown sources, finally •...
- Page 39 6.2.4 Settings Privacy settings A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser • Clear cache Touch to clear locally cached content and settings, press Menu key from Browser screen, and touch More\ databases. Settings. • Clear history Touch to clear the browser history.
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Page 40: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices
Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files. You are recommended to use Alcatel Bluetooth headsets, which have been tested and proved compatible with cellphone. You can go to www. alcatelonetouch.com for more information about Alcatel Bluetooth headset. -
Page 41: Sharing Your Cellphone's Mobile Data Connection
To disconnect: Sharing your cellphone's mobile data connection • Unmount the microSD card on your computer. You can share your cellphone's mobile data connection with a single • Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage. computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your cellphone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. -
Page 42: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks
• Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable To disconnect: hotspot\Portable hotspot settings. • Open the Notifications panel and touch the resulting notification for the • Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set VPN connection. your network security. To edit/delete a VPN •... -
Page 43: Android Market
Touch Apps or Games on Android Market screen to browse its contents, and then select subcategory. Within each subcategory you can select to Android Market ..view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, or Just in. Android Market is an online software store, where you can download and Touch to search in Android market. -
Page 44: Manage Your Downloads
• To check the progress of the download, open the Notification panel. To • Touch My downloads in Android Market Home. stop the downloading of the item, touch the progress bar and Cancel • Touch the application that you want to uninstall. download on the screen that opens. -
Page 45: Multimedia Applications
Rate Multimedia applications Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars under My review, touch the number of stars to award and confirm by touching OK. Camera/Camcorder ......Flag You can report an inappropriate application to Android Market by flagging Your cellphone is fitted with a Camera and Camcorder for taking photos it. - Page 46 Zoom in/zoom out 8.1.1 Settings in framing mode 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.
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Page 47: Gallery
Advanced settings: Gallery ............• Preview video Touch to preview your video. 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 • Switch to camera/ Touch to switch between camera and video. - Page 48 To view a picture/play a video Working with pictures Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in Gallery. 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 Touch and scroll the bar to switch.
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Page 49: 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, share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you to Touch video playing screen to display playback controls with which you start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the progress bar to the point Internet. - Page 50 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 the list, and delete or rename a playlist.
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Page 51: Google Maps
To zoom in and out of a map, touch the plus or minus side of the zoom control , or you can also zoom in/out by double-tapping a Google Maps ....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 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 •... -
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
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. •... - 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 Menu key from maps screen, touch Latitude, touch your own name •...
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Page 56: Others
10.2 Notes ............. Others ......... To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch Notes. Use Notes to note down inspirations, ideas, excerpts, things to do and all 10.1 File Manager ..........those things you may want to keep for future reference. To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then Existing notes can be sent via Bluetooth, message or Email. -
Page 57: Syncmlclient
To use it, you must plug in your headset, which works as an antenna 10.6 SyncMLClient ..........connected with your cellphone. To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch SyncMLClient. You have to configure your own sync-hosting server account to locate Touch to increase Touch to add the current the synchronization source at the other side. -
Page 58: Data Limiter
Available options: 10.10 Other applications ......... The previous applications in this section are preinstalled to your cellphone. • Save channel Save the current tuned station to the channels list. To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications, •... -
Page 59: Settings
11.1.4 Tethering & portable hotspot Settings ......This function allows you to share your cellphone's mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to section 6.5). To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, and touch 11.1.5 VPN settings Settings on applications list, or you can also press Menu key from Home... -
Page 60: Call Settings
Network Mode 11.2.2 Service Dialing Numbers You can select your preferred network with this menu. Service Dialing Numbers (SDN) is a service mode of SIM, where you can place the call from the SDN list. These built-in numbers are added to the 2G/3G options SDN list by operator. -
Page 61: Sound
WCDMA call settings 11.4 Display Additional WCDMA only call settings. • Orientation Mark the check box to activate automatic orientation switch when rotating cellphone. 11.3 Sound • Animation Touch to select whether to show some, all or no animations. Use the Sound settings to configure many aspects of call and notification ringtones, music, and other audio settings. -
Page 62: Location & Security
11.5 Location & security 11.5.2 Screen unlock pattern Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and • None Touch to disable screen unlock security. sharing your location when your search for information and use location- •... -
Page 63: Applications
11.5.6 Credential storage Manage applications Touch to manage and remove installed applications. Use secure credentials Running services Mark the check box to allow applications to access your cellphone's encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other Touch to open a list of services—applications or parts of applications that credentials. -
Page 64: 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 cellphone. If you touch an account in this screen, its and other supported accounts. -
Page 65: Privacy
11.8 Privacy Factory data reset Erase all of your personal data from internal phone storage, including You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded applications. Resetting the Back up my data cellphone does not erase any system software updates you’ve downloaded Mark the check box to back up your cellphone's settings and other... -
Page 66: Search
11.9.1 SD card 11.10 Search You use the Search settings to configure Google Search, Quick Search Box, Total space/Available space and the data on the cellphone that you want to include in searches. Lists the amount of space on any MicroSD card installed in your cellphone and the amount you can use to store photos, videos, music, and other 11.10.1 Web Search... - Page 67 The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is 11.11.3 TouchPal Input included with your cellphone. The correction and capitalization features The TouchPal Input will allow you input text easily. You can make changes affect only the English version of the keyboard. Available options are as to the settings for easy input.
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Page 68: Voice Input & Output
• Tutorial 11.12.2 Text-to-speech settings Touch to enter Help screen. Access website to get more information/tips You use the Text-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to- about TouchPal. speech synthesizer, for applications like TalkBack that can take advantage of it. •... -
Page 69: Accessibility
11.13 Accessibility Set date Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the cellphone's date. You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your cellphone. Select time zone Accessibility Touch to open a dialog where you can set the cellphone's time zone. Mark the check box to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. -
Page 70: Home Screen Settings
Battery use Making the most of your Touch to open a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last connected the cellphone to a power source, cellphone ......sorted by the amount of power they have used. Touch an application in the list to view details about its power use and, if available, touch a button to open a settings or information screen for that component or application. -
Page 71: One Touch Upgrade
PC. The limited warranty for your wireless device will be voided if any of the following Download One Touch Upgrade from ALCATEL website (www. conditions occur: alcatelonetouch.com) and install it on your PC. Launch the tool and update •... -
Page 72: Accessories
There are no express warranties, whether written, oral or implied, other than this printed limited warranty or the mandatory warranty provided by your jurisdiction. The latest generation of Alcatel GSM cellphone offers a built-in handsfree In no event shall TCT Mobile or any of its affiliates be liable for incidental or... -
Page 73: Troubleshooting
• Make sure that your cellphone is not in flight mode • Make sure you are using an Alcatel battery and the charger from the box Unable to receive incoming calls • Make sure your battery is inserted properly and clean the battery contact if •... - Page 74 You can adjust the volume during a call by pressing the Volume key Applications\Development\USB debugging • Check the network strength • Check that your computer meets the requirements for Alcatel Android • Make sure that the receiver, connector or speaker on your cellphone is Manager Installation clean •...
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Page 75: Specifications
Audio supported MP3, AAC (AAC, AAC+), AMR-NB, MIDI, Ogg Specifications formats vorbis Video supported MPEG-4 (playback only), formats H.263, H.264 (playback only) Processor Qualcomm ® MSM7227-1™ Battery • Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery Platform Android™ 2.2 • Capacity: 1300 mAh Memory ROM: 512 MB Expansion Slot MicroSD™... - Page 76 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.