Table of Contents Connecting to a computer ............63 Sharing your tablet’s mobile data connection ....64 Connecting to virtual private networks ......66 Safety information ..............4 Play Store ................ 68 General information ............. 11 Locate the item you want to download and install ..68 Warranty ...................
Safety information ......... 12 Making the most of your tablet ......100 13 Over-the-air software update capable ....100 We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your 14 Accessories ..............100 device. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may result as a consequence of improper use or use contrary to the 15 Troubleshooting ............101 instructions contained herein.
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station, or chemical plant, or in any potentially explosive atmosphere. model. TCT Mobile Limited and its affiliates disclaim any liability for damage caused by the use of other chargers or accessories. When the device is switched on, it should be kept at least 15 cm from any medical device such as a pacemaker, a hearing aid or insulin pump, Remember to make back-up copies or keep a written record of all etc.
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your jurisdiction or other jurisdiction(s) where you will use your device All products with this sign must be brought to these collection points. regarding taking photographs and recording sounds with your device. In non-European Union jurisdictions: Pursuant to such laws and regulations, it may be strictly forbidden Items of equipment with this symbol are not to be thrown into ordinary to take photographs and/or to record the voices of other people or bins if your jurisdiction or your region has suitable recycling and...
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for this device model are: • LICENCES Maximum SAR for this model and conditions under which it was microSD Logo is a trademark. recorded: The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the I216X (Body-worn) 0.686 W/kg Bluetooth SIG, During use, the actual SAR values for this device are usually well Inc.
General information ......for inclusion in this device (“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this device are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including the implied • Internet address: www.alcatelonetouch.com warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or • Hot Line Number: see “TCT Mobile Services”...
Warranty ........... 2) Connection to any equipment not supplied or not recommended by TCT Mobile Limited; 3) Modification or repair performed by individuals not authorised by TCT Your device is warranted against any defect or malfunctioning which Mobile Limited or its affiliates or your vendor; may occur in conditions of normal use during the warranty period of twelve (12) months (1) from the date of purchase as shown on your 4) Modification, adjustment or alteration of software or hardware...
Your device ........Keys and connectors ........IR LED Headset connector micro-USB connector Front camera Touch screen Back key Recent apps Home key...
Rear Camera Speaker Power key • Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen Power key • Press and hold: Power on or pop up the menu to get more Micro SD Volume up options, such as Power off, Airplane mode, etc. Volume down • Press and hold Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot.
Charging the battery • Touch Start, then select the tablet’s language and touch Next. • Select the tablet’s input method and touch Next. • Select Mobile data connection you want to use, then touch Next. • Set Date and Time. You can also choose Automatic time zone, then touch Next.
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Status bar • Status/Notification indicators. Slide/Swipe Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web pages… at your convenience. Flick Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker. Favorite tray applications Pinch/Spread • Touch to enter the application. Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them • Touch and hold to remove applications.
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Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain) Touch to access Quick setting panel Quick setting panel Touch to open the Quick settings panel, where you may enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons. ...
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Reposition Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the home screen and the favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.
Text input ......... Using Onscreen Keyboard ......Onscreen Keyboard settings Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings\ Language&input, touch the Settings icon on the right of Android keyboard, a series of settings are available for your selection. Android keyboard..........
Phone call, Call log and 3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call Contacts .......... When you receive a call, drag the icon rightward to answer the call, leftward to reject the call, upward to reject the call by sending a preset message.
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3.1.4 During a call Voice call To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key. • Voicemail Voicemail Touch to select voicemail service or set the number. • Call forwarding Touch to configure how your calls are forwarded when you are busy, unanswered or unreachable.
calls are restricted to a set of phone numbers. These numbers are Missed calls added to the FDN list. The most common practical application of FDN is for parents to restrict the phone numbers which their children can dial. Outgoing calls For security reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by entering SIM Incoming calls PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service provider or SIM maker.
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3.3.1 Consult your contacts 3.3.2 Managing contact groups Touch to view your Touch to add a The contact group helps you to improve the organization of your contact groups and contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen. new contact.
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Add to/remove from Favourites You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc. To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to Favourites (the star will turn gold Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key , and...
Messaging, Email ......several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear upon the Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are Messaging ..........allowed to be entered in one message.
Gmail/Email ............• Record audio Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice message for attaching. The first time you set up your tablet, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account. • Slideshow Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to create a new slide, and touch currently existing slide to edit it (see following picture).
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and an icon will appear on Status bar. Touch to archive the email message. To display the archived • messages, you can touch in Inbox screen then touch All Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, mail.
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email accounts in your tablet. • Confirm before Mark the checkbox to confirm before sending sending emails. To access this function, touch from home screen and then touch Touch an account, the following settings will show: An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an email account.
4.3.3 To close a chat When you want to end a chat, touch the Menu key from Chatting screen Hangouts ..........directly, and then select End chat. Google’s instant messaging service, Hangouts, lets you communicate If you want to end all chats, touch the Menu key and select End all with your friends whenever they are connected to this service.
Calendar & Time ......4.3.5 Settings A series of settings are available for your selection by touching the Menu key selecting Settings from Friends list screen, and choose an Calendar ............. account. Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc. • Mobile indicator Select to display an indicator icon along with your name in other people’s Friends list.
5.1.2 To create new events screen: You can add new events from any Calendar view. • Refresh To refresh the calendar • Search To search in the calendar • Touch the icon to access new event edit screen. • Settings To make a series of Calendar settings • Fill in all required information for this new event.
Getting connected ......• Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down key behaviors when alarm sounds: None, Snooze or Dismiss To connect to the internet with this tablet, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G • Alarm volume Touch to set the alarm volume. networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.
touch Connect. Browser............To activate notification when a new network is detected When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web. icon will appear on the status bar whenever the tablet detects an available wireless network within range.
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page. Other options: • Refresh To refresh the current page. To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section you want to view. To return to normal zoom level, double-tap again. • Share page To share the current page with your friends via various ways, like Messaging, Email, Bluetooth, To find text on a web page etc.
Manage bookmarks settings, touch from Browser screen, and select Settings. To bookmark a web page General • Open the web page you want to bookmark. • Set home page Touch to set homepage. • Touch the menu key and choose Save to bookmarks. • Form auto-fill Mark the checkbox to fill out web forms with a • Enter the name and the location if needed and touch OK to confirm.
• Clear passwords Touch to clear all saved passwords. Bandwidth management • Search result Touch to enable/disable browser to preload Accessibility preloading search results in the background. • Web page Touch to enable/disable browser to preload • Text scaling Slide to change the size of the text display. preloading the linked web pages in the background.
• Touch your device to make it visible or invisible. • If you use mass storage, open the Notification panel and touch USB connected, then touch Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm and select Visibility timeout to select the visible time. • Touch that you want to transfer files.
Connecting to virtual private networks ... roaming areas. To share your tablet’s data connection via USB Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are Use the USB cable that along with your tablet to connect the tablet to a commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so USB port on your computer.
To edit/delete a VPN Play Store ......To edit a VPN: • Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings. Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and • Touch More...\VPN. install applications and games to your Android Powered Tablet. • VPNs you have added are listed;...
Touch a category on Play Store screen to browse its contents. You them are to be paid for before downloading and installing. can also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you • Touch the application you want to buy. can select to view items sorted by Top free, Top new free, Trending, etc • Touch the price on the up-right of the screen to preview the functions Touch Play Store...
Manage your downloads ....... Rate and review Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars After you downloaded and installed an application, the following further under RATE & REVIEW to award and input operations are available for your selection. comments, touch OK to confirm.
Multimedia applications ....icon to start recording. Touch to pause recording, touch to save the video. 8.1.1 Settings in framing mode Camera ............ Before taking a photo/shooting a video, touch the icon to adjust a Your tablet is fitted with a Camera for taking photos and shooting number of settings in framing mode.
• Filter Touch to rurn on Filter mode. Gallery ............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 for your choice. Touch to select categories: Albums, ...
Touch an item from the list to play. While playing, use Pause, Forward As an online video service, your tablet must have a network connection to access YouTube. and Back functional icons as required, touch a point on the timeline to jump to and play from.
To move the map, drag the map with your finger. Maps ......... 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. Get My Location ..........Search for a location ........
Star a location ........... Get driving, public transportation 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 Touch icon from Maps screen.
Others ..........route. When selecting a more preferable or feasible route, distance and time will be the two most important factors for your evaluation. Distance and 10.1 Calculator ..........estimated time will be displayed at the top of the directions screen. With Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems.
File Manager allows you to perform and be really efficient with the Settings ........following common operations: create (sub) folder, open folder/file, view, rename, move, copy, delete, play, share, etc. To access this function, touch from home screen and then touch 10.3 Voice Search ..........
11.1.4 Airplane mode • Access Point Names You can select your preferred network with this menu. Mark the checkbox of Airplane mode in “More...” menu to simultaneously disable all wireless connections including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more. 11.2 Device ..............11.1.5 VPN settings 11.2.1 Sound...
unwanted applications, downloaded files, etc. • Face unlock Touch to enable face unlock mode. 11.2.4 Battery • Pattern Touch to draw pattern to unlock screen. In battery management screen you can view the battery usage data • PIN Touch to enter a numeric PIN to unlock screen. since you last connected the tablet to a power source.
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Trusted credentials • Input languages Touch to set input language. Touch to display trusted CA certificates. • Auto-capitalization Install from internal storage Mark the checkbox to have the onscreen keyboard automatically Touch to install encrypted certificates from tablet storage. capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields.
Touch to open a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the applications. Resetting the tablet does not erase any system software synthesizer to speak. updates you’ve downloaded or any files on your microSD card, such as music or photos. If you mark the checkbox - Reserve the content of • Listen to an example Tablet storageII before touching Reset tablet, any files stored on your tablet’s storage will not be erased.
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Set date Magnification gestures Touch to turn on/off to activate/deactivate zoom in/out function by Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s date. triple-tapping the screen. Set time Speak passwords Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s time. Mark the checkbox to speak passwords while typing.
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Select runtime Debug GPU overdraw Touch to choose a way of selecting runtime. Mark the checkbox to debug GPU overdraw. USB debugging Show surface updates Mark the checkbox to permit debugging tools on a computer to Mark the checkbox to show screen updates. communicate with your tablet via a USB connection.
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Accessories ........number, Network, Signal strength, etc. Legal information The latest generation of ALCATEL ONETOUCH mobile tablets offers Touch to view legal information. a built-in handsfree feature that allows you to use the tablet from a distance, placed on a table for example. For those who prefer to keep their conversations confidential, an earpiece is also available known as the headset.
• Check that your screen is locked when you are not using your tablet, includes this service. and make sure the Power key is not mis-contacted due to unlocked • Make sure this feature does not require an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH screen. accessory.
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To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch Build number for 7 times. Now you may touch Settings\ Development\USB debugging. • Check that your computer meets the requirements for ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Center Installation. • Make sure that you’re using the right cable from the box.
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