Connecting to virtual private networks ..........73 Table of Contents Multimedia applications ...........75 Camera/Camcorder ..................75 Gallery ......................78 Safety and use ................4 Music ......................80 General information ...............12 Videos ......................82 Others ................83 Your Cellphone ..............14 My Files ......................83 Keys and connectors ................14 Memo ......................83 Getting started ..................16 Traffic Manager...................84 Home screen ....................20...
10 FOTA Upgrade ..............103 Safety and use 11 12 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY ......104 12 Accessories ..............108 We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your 13 Troubleshooting ..............109 cellphone. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may result 14 Specifications ..............113 as a consequence of improper use or use contrary to the instructions contained herein.
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Switch the cellphone off when you are in health care facilities, except in Do not paint it. designated areas. As with many other types of equipment now in regular Use only batteries, battery chargers, and accessories which are recommended use, cellphones can interfere with other electrical or electronic devices, or by TCT Mobile Limited and its affiliates and are compatible with your cellphone equipment using radio frequency.
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Prolonged exposure to music at full volume using the music player may They will then be recycled, preventing substances being disposed of in the damage your hearing. Set your cellphone’s volume to it’s lowest setting environment, so that their components can be reused. prior to inserting headphones in your ears and adjust the volume to your In European Union countries: preference.
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These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that present scientific levels of RF energy for the general population. The guidelines are based on information does not indicate the need for any special precautions for use of standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through cellphones.
Your cellphone is rated: «For Hearing Aid», to assist hearing device users in finding cellphones that may be compatible with their hearing devices. Alcatel One Touch Premiere is HAC M3 and T3 compatible. For more information please refer to «Hearing Aid Compatibility with Mobile Phones»...
Disclaimer Your Cellphone There may be certain differences between the user manual description and the cellphone's operation, depending on the software release of your cellphone or specific operator services. Keys and connectors TCT Mobile shall not be held legally responsible for such differences, if any, nor for their potential consequences, which responsibility shall be borne by the operator exclusively.
Send key Power / End key • Go to the call log when you have missed call(s); • Short press: End a call While incoming call, refuse the call • Pick up an incoming call; Lock the screen • Send an outgoing call; • Long press: Show the pop-up menu to select Silent mode/ Airplane mode/Power off Menu key • Open a list of actions which the user can do on the current...
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Installing or removing the MicroSD card Charging the battery Insert the MicroSD card with golden contact facing downwards into the slot until it is locked. Gently push the memory card until it is unlocked. To remove the MicroSD card while the cellphone is on, you must unmount the storage card from the cellphone first (refer to “To safely remove the MicroSD card from your cellphone”), to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.
1.2.2 Power on your cellphone Home screen Press and hold the key until the cellphone powers on.The Home You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you screen is displayed. love or use most frequently to your Home screens for quick access. Press the Home key to switch to Home screens.
Status icons Touch and Hold Signal strength TTY connected To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold the contact, options No signal GPS is on and active list will then appear on the screen.
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Notification icons Notification panel Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch Call in progress Downloading data Notifications to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From the Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders Missed call Uploading data (animated) indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information.
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To create a screen unlock Password Touch to enter targets of Search: All, Web, Apps, Contacts, etc. Touch or press keypads to search by text. • Press Menu key from the Home screen, touch Settings, then touch Touch to search the web. Location &...
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, then touch Add on will appear, offering a range of options.
1.3.7 Volume adjustment Text input Using volume key Press Volume up/down key to adjust the volume. While in the lowest volume level, your cellphone will now be switched to Vibrate mode Using Hardware Keyboard Using Settings menu Press Menu key from the Home screen, then touch Settings\Sound, Delete key you can set ringer, media and phone ringtone volume to your preference.
Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation Delete key: Turn the cellphone sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen keyboard • Short press: delete one letter before the cursor. orientation. You can also adjust it by Settings (Press Menu key on the • Long press: delete whole words one by one quickly. Home screen, touch Settings\Display\Auto-rotate screen).
Text editing Phone call, Call log You can edit the text you would like to edit. and Contacts • Touch and hold the text you have entered • Options list pops up • Select the operation you need (Select word, Select all, Input method, etc.) Phone ............
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3.1.3 Calling your voicemail To hang up a call, touch or press the key. Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works International call like an answering machine that you can consult at any time. or the 0 key to enter “+”, To dial an international call, touch and hold To access your voicemail, touch and hold...
• Place a call to the first participant of the conference call. Touch to display Dialpad. • Press the Menu Key or touch icon and then touch icon • Touch Add Call and enter the phone number of the person you want Touch to end the current call. to add to conference and touch icon .
3.3.2 Adding a contact When using Contacts for the first time you are required to add new contacts, and synchronize contacts from other application accounts Press Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New contact. to your cellphone. You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another 3.3.1 Consult your Contacts...
Change a contact’s default cellphone number To send a message to a contact, touch & hold the contact or number you want to send a message to, then touch Text contact. You can also touch The default cellphone number (the number which has priority when on the right side of the contact from contact details screen.
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3.3.8 Accounts To export all contacts to a microSD card, touch Export to SD card, then touch OK to confirm. Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the accounts, depending on the applications installed on your cellphone.
Auto-sync Messaging, Email When activated, all changes to information on the cellphone or online will be automatically synchronized to each other. Sync manually Messaging ............. You can synchronize an account manually on Accounts & sync settings You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this cellphone. screen, and you must touch an account in the list on this screen, press Menu key and touch Sync now.
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An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several Attach options: messages. When the total number of characters you have entered is • Pictures Access Gallery application or My Files to select a approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear on the lower picture as attachment.
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4.1.2 Manage messages Receiving CMAS Alerts Messages Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) service allows you to receive When receiving a message, an icon will appear on the status bar as automatic alerts in times of crisis. (e.g., earthquake, hurricanes, etc.) To notification.
4.1.3 Adjust message settings Email ............You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application The first time you set up your cellphone, you can select to use an existing screen, press Menu key and touch Settings. Email or to create a new Email account. Storage settings Besides your Email account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP • Delete old...
• If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch Save as Calendar & draft or press Back key to save a copy. • If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch Discard. Alarm clock &...
5.1.2 To create new events Important options by pressing Menu key from Calendar main screen: You can add new events from any Calendar view. New event To add a new event • Press Menu key from Calendar screen, and touch More\New event to More Calendars To show or hide, remove or add calendars...
5.2.1 To set an alarm Calculator ............. From Clock screen, touch icon at the bottom of the screen to enter With Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems. Alarms screen, touch Add alarm to add a new alarm, set the alarm time and touch Set to finish.
When some numbers or operations have been entered, touch and hold the Getting connected entering bar to open a menu offering these further operations: • Select word To select what you want to select from entered text • Select all To select all entered text To connect to the internet with this cellphone, you can use CDMA / EvDo networks or WI-FI, whichever is most convenient.
• Touch Settings\Wireless & networks. To forget a Wi-Fi network • Mark/Unmark the Wi-Fi checkbox to turn on/off Wi-Fi. The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which you • Touch Wi-Fi settings. The detailed information of detected Wi-Fi no longer wish to use. networks is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.
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To zoom in/out of a web page To open new window/switch between windows Zoom controls will be activated when scrolling the screen using Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience. your finger. Touch the plus or minus on the side of the Zoom control to • Press Menu key from web page screen, and touch New window.
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6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads To view items you have downloaded, press Menu key and touch More\ Downloads. You can clear the downloaded item list by pressing Menu key To manage a link, cellphone number or address displayed on a and touching Clear selection.
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6.2.4 Settings Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these additional options: A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser settings, press Menu key from Browser screen, and touch More\Settings. • Add shortcut to To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen.
• Website settings Touch to view advanced settings for individual websites. You are recommended to use ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Bluetooth headsets, • Reset to default Touch to clear all browser data and to reset all which have been tested and proved compatible with cellphone. You can go settings to default.
To pair/connect your cellphone 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 cellphone with the Bluetooth device with which you want • Open the Notification panel and touch Turn off USB storage.
Connecting to virtual private networks • Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\VPN settings. • VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want to edit. Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources • Touch Edit network. inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so • After finished, press Menu key and touch Save.
To shoot a video Multimedia applications Switch Camera mode to Video mode or access Camcorder directly from the applications list. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, and touch icon to start recording. Touch icon to stop shooting. The video will be automatically saved.
7.1.1 Settings in framing mode Gallery ............Before taking a photo/shooting a video you can adjust a number of settings Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and playback in framing mode. videos. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures and videos are Camera settings available for your choice (refer to “Further operations when viewing a picture or a video you have taken:”...
To crop a picture, touch a picture to view controls and touch Menu\ Touch and scroll the bar to switch. This will change the album view from More\Crop. The cropping square appears in the middle of the picture. grid to stack. Select the portion to crop and touch Save.
7.3.3 Working with playlists 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. ...
Traffic Manager ........... Others To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Traffic Manager. Traffic Manager is an application which manages the volume of data over My Files ............a pre-defined time period which can then be reset. It blocks all data when the limit value is reached.
9.1.4 VPN settings Settings ......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 To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, and networks.
Call settings After connecting the cellphone and TTY machine, it connects to a relay service, which converts incoming speech to text for the person using the Use Call settings to configure normal cellphone call settings and other TTY and converts outgoing text from the TTY machine to a spoken voice special features offered by your carrier.
Sound Display Use the Sound settings to configure many aspects of call and notification • Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen or select ringtones, music, and other audio settings. Automatic brightness. • Silent mode Mark the check box to silence all sounds except • Auto-rotate Touch to select whether rotate screen automatically media &...
Use GPS satellites Install from SD card Check to use your cellphone’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite Touch to install encrypted certificates from the MicroSD card. receiver to pinpoint your location within an accuracy as close as several Set password meters (“street level”).
Running services Auto-sync Touch to open a list of services—applications or parts of applications that Mark the check box to permit applications to synchronize data on their provide services to other applications, or that run even when their main own schedule. If you unmark this setting, you must touch an account in the list on this screen, press Menu key, and touch Sync now to synchronize applications aren’t running.
When you are unable to power on your cellphone, there is another way to If a warning message comes up saying that cellphone memory perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Hold down Home is limited, you are required to free up space by deleting some key and press Power/End key at same time until the screen turns into unwanted applications, downloaded files, etc.
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9.10.5 TouchPal Input Sound on keypress Mark the check box to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on Mark/Unmark the check box to turn on/off the Touchpal Input. the onscreen keyboard. 9.10.6 TouchPal Input Popup on keypress The TouchPal Input will allow you input text easily.
Language KickBack Touch to select the language you may use. Mark the check box to have the cellphone vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface, press buttons, and so on. Help TalkBack Touch to get useful tips while using TouchPal. Mark the check box to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels Tutorial or names of items as you navigate the cellphone’s user interface.
9.13 About phone Presidential Set to receive Presidential CMAS Alerts. Presidential Alerts are always This contains information about things ranging from Legal information, displayed and this setting can not be changed. Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below: Amber Software Update...
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My cellphone will not charge properly • Check your subscription status with your operator (credit for example). • Make sure you are using an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH battery and the charger • Make sure you have not forwarded incoming calls (see “Accounts”). from the box.
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How to make your battery last longer • Make sure this feature does not require an ALCATEL ONE TOUCH accessory. • Make sure you follow the complete charge time (minimum 3 hours). When I select a number from my contacts, the number cannot •...
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