Making The Most Of Your Phone; Smart Suite; Upgrade - Alcatel Hero 8 Quick Start Manual

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Making the most of your phone

You can download software upgrades for free from the website (www.alcatelonetouch.com).
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Smart Suite

Smart Suite includes:
Contacts
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It allows you to back up contact entries so that you don't have to worry about losing, breaking, switching phones or changing service
providers.
• Messages
It frees you from painstakingly inputting text on the keypads. All of your messages are easily accessible and well-organized.
• Calendar
It allows you to sync events freely between your phone and Outlook and create and edit new events from a PC.
Photos
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It allows you to easily import photos from a PC or the handset and organize them in different albums for better management.
• Videos
It allows you to insert video files from a PC for playback and then upload to a handset folder.
• Music
It allows you to quickly search for your favourites in a PC, manage the ultimate Library, and enjoy the easiest digital jukebox in your own
mobile way.
• Application
It allows you to import downloaded mobile applications and have them installed into your handset upon synchronization.
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• Backup
It allows you to back up your contacts, messages, calendar, photos and applications, then import the backup files to your phone.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8.
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Upgrade

You can use Mobile Upgrade tool or FOTA Upgrade tool to update your phone's software.
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Download Mobile Upgrade from ALCATEL ONETOUCH website (www.alcatelonetouch.com) and install it on your PC. Launch the tool
and update your phone by following the step by step instructions (refer to the User Guide provided together with the tool). Your phone's
software will now have the latest software.
All personal information will be permanently lost following the update process. We recommend you backup your personal data
using Smart Suite before upgrading.
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To access System Updates, please open Settings\About phone\System updates. Touch Check for updates, and the phone will
search for the latest software. If you want to update the system, please touch the button Download, after it's done please touch Install to
complete the upgrade. Now your phone's software will have the latest version.
You should turn on data connection or connect by Wi-Fi before searching for updates. Settings for auto-check intervals and reminders about
upgrades are also available once you restart the phone.
If you have chosen auto-check, when the system discovers the new version, the icon
to access the System Updates directly.
will appear in the status bar. Touch the notification
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