Connecting to a computer via USB ............77 Table of Contents Connecting to virtual private networks ..........79 Android Market ..............81 Locate the item you want to download and install ......81 Safety and use ..............4 Download and install ................82 General information ............9 Manage your downloads ................84 Multimedia applications ...........86 Your mobile ...............12...
11.2 Call settings ....................114 Safety and use ......11.3 Sound & display ..................117 11.4 Location & security .................119 11.5 Applications ....................121 We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your phone. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may result as a consequence of improper use or use 11.6 Accounts &...
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• PRIVACY: Emergency call numbers may not be reachable on all cellular networks. You should never rely only on your phone for emergency calls. Please note that you must respect the laws and regulations in force in your jurisdiction or other Do not open, dismantle or attempt to repair your mobile phone yourself.
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Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves (radio frequency electromagnetic fields) recommended by international one touch 890 Bluetooth QD ID B017650 guidelines. The guidelines were developed by an independent scientific organization (ICNIRP) and include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
Protection against theft General information ....Your telephone is identified by an IMEI (phone serial number) shown on the packaging label and in the phone’s memory. We recommend that you • Internet address: www.alcatelonetouch.com note the number the first time you use your telephone by entering * # 0 6 # and keep it in a safe place.
This handset may contain materials, including applications and software Your mobile ......in executable or source code form, which is submitted by third parties for inclusion in this handset (“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this handset are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use/third party Keys and connectors...
Getting started • Pick up/Send a call • Enter Call Log 1.2.1 Set-up • Return to ongoing call screen if the user navigates to other applications during call. Removing or installing the back cover Settings menu or • On Home screen, press to quickly access Notification panel;...
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Installing or removing the battery Charging the battery • Insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover. • Unclip the cover, then remove the battery. Installing and removing the memory card (MicroSD card) Connect the battery charger. •...
1.2.2 Power on your phone This initial set up can be skipped and enabled via Settings\ Accounts & sync. Hold down the End key until the phone powers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The Home screen is displayed. In power on screen without SIM card inserted, you can also connect to If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact a Wi-Fi network (refer to section 6.1.2 Wi-Fi) to sign into your Google...
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Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for Flick adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home screen. Small dots at the Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker. lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing.
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Status icons Notification icons More notifications are GPRS connected Speakerphone is on New Gmail message hidden GPRS in use Roaming New text or multimedia Call in progress (green) message GPRS is disabled No signal Problem with text or Call in progress using multimedia message delivery Bluetooth headset (blue) EDGE connected...
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Notification panel Search by text • Touch from Home screen or press Search key from other Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch applications screen. Notifications to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it.
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To lock phone screen To improve the organization of the Home screen items (shortcuts, widgets), you can add them to a folder by touching and dragging them onto Press End key once to lock the screen. the folder of your choice. To rename a folder, open it, touch and hold the folder’s title bar to open the Rename folder dialog box, then enter the new To unlock phone screen folder name and confirm with OK.
1.3.6 Application tab Applications list Touch on Home screen to enter applications list. The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed applications. To return to the Home screen, press Home key. To access the Applications list, touch Application tab from Home screen. Consult recently-used applications To return to Home screen, press Home key.
• Rename a category Locate the category you want to rename, touch Text input ......to display option menu, then touch Rename category. When finished, touch OK. Using Onscreen Keyboard Delete a category • Locate the category you want to remove, touch to display option menu, then touch Delete Onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program requires category.
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 ......or press Call key. finally touch Emergency call Phone ............
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3.1.3 Calling your voicemail 3.1.5 Managing multiple calls Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time. like an answering machine that you can consult at any time. To access your voicemail, touch and hold on Phone tab.
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 or pressing Call key and touching Call log tab. Touch to the right reach.
3.3.2 Adding a contact Following actions are enabled: Press Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New contact. • New contact Add new contact to phone. You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact Display options •...
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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.
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3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing 3.3.7 Joining/Separating contacts This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/MicroSD card To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing and export contacts to a MicroSD card which can then be used to back contacts in a single action.
Open the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account you Google Messaging, Gmail/ want to delete, then touch Remove account and confirm. Useful icons: Email, Google Talk Indicates that the account is configured to synchronize and Google Voice ....automatically with your phone.
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Sending a text message Attach options: Enter mobile 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.
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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. Touch to go to previous or next slide. Lock/Unlock Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can/can’t Touch to preview the current slide.
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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 •...
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 The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing touch Settings, then select Signature.
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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 •...
• Finally, touch Send. 4.2.2 Email ..............• If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch Save as draft or press Back key to save a copy. Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone.
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4.3.1 Chatting with your friends 4.3.3 To close a chat To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter When you want to end a chat, the following two ways are available: your message and finally touch Send. •...
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 More and then Settings. Alarm clock & Calculator ..IM notifications • Select to activate notification function on status bar when a new message arrives.
5.1.2 To create new events 5.1.4 Event reminder You can add new events from any Calendar view. If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon appears on • Press Menu key from Calendar screen, and touch New event to access Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives.
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 Alarm clock screen, touch a currently existing alarm or press Menu panel.
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 phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE roaming.
To activate notification when a new network is detected Browser ............When Wi-Fi is on and 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 Home screen, then wireless network within range.
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To find text on a web page Other options: • Press Menu key from web page screen, then touch More\Find on Refresh To refresh the current page (press Menu key on web page • page. screen, then touch Refresh). • Enter the text or phrase you want to find.
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6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads To download a web application/view your downloads Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your phone to To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web download web applications (press Menu key from Home screen, touch page Settings\Applications, mark check box of Unknown sources, finally touch OK to confirm).
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6.2.4 Settings To open a bookmark • Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen, or press Menu A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser key and touch Bookmarks. settings, press Menu key from Browser screen, and touch More\ Bookmarks tab, touch the bookmark you want to open.
Touch to clear all browser data and reset all settings to default. You are recommended to use Alcatel Bluetooth headsets, which have been tested and proved compatible with phone. You can go to www.alcatelonetouch. com for more information about Alcatel Bluetooth headset.
To pair/connect your phone with a Bluetooth device To disconnect: • Unmount the microSD card on your computer. 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 •...
Connecting to virtual private networks To edit/delete a VPN To edit a VPN: Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources • Press Menu key from Home screen, inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so Settings\Wireless &...
Touch Apps or Games on Android Market screen to browse its Android Market ..contents, and then select subcategory. Within each subcategory you can select to 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.
• 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.
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 mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and Camcorder for taking it.
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8.1.1 Settings in framing mode Zoom in/zoom out Touch anywhere on the screen to open the Zoom control and then touch Before taking a photo/shooting a video, you can adjust a number of settings the plus or minus icons to zoom in or out gradually. Touch the screen by pressing Menu key in framing mode and touching Settings.
Gallery ............Advanced settings: Anti banding • Touch to set the banding value. 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 Picture size •...
Working with pictures YouTube ............You can work with pictures by rotating or cropping them, sharing them YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download, with friends, setting them as contact ID or wallpaper, etc. share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you Locate the picture you want to work on, press Menu key from full-screen to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from picture view.
8.3.1 Watch videos 8.4.1 Playing music Touch a video to play it. From any of the four library screens, touch a song to play it back. Touch video playing screen to display playback controls with which you can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the progress bar to the point you want to watch.
8.4.2 Using Party shuffle Google Maps ....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. To turn it off, press Menu key again, then touch Party shuffle off.
Star a location 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 Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star any location on screen.
Get driving, public transport or walking 9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a route more preferable or feasible to you directions You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and 9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip other views.
9.4.5 View traffic conditions on your route 9.5.2 To open Street View for a location • Touch and hold a location to display a balloon with the address and a At the lower-left corner of navigation view, a traffic light indicates the Street View thumbnail.
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9.6.1 To join Latitude 9.6.4 To connect with your friends • Press Menu key from maps screen. Select a contact, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy Join Latitude. • Touch options. When you joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude. •...
9.6.5 To control what you share Others ......... You can control the information you want to share with your friends. Press Menu key from maps screen, touch Latitude, touch your own name and then touch Privacy. 10.1 FileManager ..........The following options are available to choose from: To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then Detect your •...
10.2 Notes ............. 10.6 SyncMLClient ..........To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch Notes. touch SyncMLClient. Use Notes to note down inspirations, ideas, excerpts, things to do and all You have to configure your own sync-hosting server account to locate those things you may want to keep for future reference.
Available options: 10.8 Radio ............• Save channel Save the current tuned station to the channels list. Your phone is equipped with a radio with RDS functionality. You can use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with •...
10.10 Other applications ......... Settings ......The previous applications in this section are preinstalled to your phone. To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications, please refer to the leaflet provided with the phone. You can also download To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, and thousands more 3rd party applications by going to Android Market on touch Settings on applications list, or you can also press Menu key from...
11.1.4 VPN settings Network operators Touch to select a network operator. A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile devices with access to network resources and software applications on their home network, when they connect via other wireless or wired 11.2 Call settings networks.
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11.2.3 Voicemail Additional settings Voicemail service • Caller ID Opens a dialog where you can set whether your phone number is displayed when making calls. Opens a dialog where you can select your carrier’s voicemail service or another service. Call waiting •...
11.3 Sound & display Display settings Use the Sound & Display settings to configure many aspects of call and • Orientation Mark the check box to activate automatic notification ringtones, music, and other audio, as well as brightness and orientation switch when rotating phone. other screen settings.
11.4 Location & security 11.4.2 Screen unlock pattern Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and • Set unlock pattern Touch to open a set of screens that guide you sharing your location when your search for information and use location- through drawing a screen unlock pattern.
11.4.5 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 phone’s encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other Touch to open a list of services—applications or parts of applications credentials.
11.6 Accounts & sync 11.6.2 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 you’ve added to the phone. If you touch an account in this screen, its Google and other supported accounts.
11.7 Privacy When you are unable to power on your phone, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. • Make sure your phone has been powered off. Use My Location •...
11.8.1 SD card 11.9 Search You use the Search settings to configure Google Search, Quick Search Total space/Available space Box, and the data on the phone that you want to include in searches. Lists the amount of space on any MicroSD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files.
11.10 Language & keyboard • Auto-complete Spacebar and punctuation automatically insert highlighted word. Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words 11.10.3 User dictionary that you’ve added to its dictionary.
11.12 Date & time 11.14 About phone Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date Actually this contains information about a lot of things ranging from Legal and time are displayed. information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below: Automatic Status...
PC. It allows you to easily import photos from PC or the handset and organize Downloading One Touch Upgrade from ALCATEL website (http://www. them in different albums for better management. alcatelonetouch.com/) and install it on your PC. Launch the tool and •...
This warranty shall not apply to defects to your phone and/or accessory Telephone warranty ..due to (without any limitation): 1) Non-compliance with the instructions for use or installation, or with technical and safety standards applicable in the geographical area where Your phone is warranted against any defect or malfunctioning which may your phone is used, occur in conditions of normal use during the warranty period of twelve...
Check the battery charge level My mobile phone will not charge properly • Make sure you are using an Alcatel battery and charger provided in the box • Make sure your battery is inserted. It must be inserted before plugging in...
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My mobile phone can not connect to a network I cannot find my contacts • Try connecting in another location • Make sure your SIM card is correctly inserted • Verify the network coverage with your operator • Import all contacts stored in SIM card to phone •...
Open Notification panel to check if the PC Suite Agent has activated • Check that you have marked the checkbox of USB debugging in Settings\ Applications\Development\USB debugging • Check that your computer system meets the requirements for Alcatel’s PC Processor Platform MTK6516 Suite installation Platform Android™ 2.1 I am unable to download new files •...
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