Alcatel 1x Evolve User manual

USER MANUAL
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About this Manual............................................
Thank you for choosing the Alcatel 1X 5059Z. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please
read this manual and keep it for future reference.
Table of Contents
About this Manual..................................................................................................... 1
1 Getting Started ................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Setup.............................................................................................................................................................7
1.3 Home Screen..............................................................................................................................................8
1.4 Status Bar ....................................................................................................................................................9
2 About Your Phone ............................................................................................ 10
2.1 Power On/Off ......................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Battery....................................................................................................................................................... 11
3 Application......................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Call............................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.2 Contacts ................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.3 Messages................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.4 Email .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.5 Chrome..................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.6 Calendar ................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.7 Camera ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
3.8 Gallery....................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.9 Clock ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
3.10 Music.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
4 Personalize Your Phone................................................................................... 31
4.1 Language ................................................................................................................................................... 31
4.2 Date & time ............................................................................................................................................. 31
4.3 Sound......................................................................................................................................................... 32
4.4 Wallpaper, brightness and screen timeout ...................................................................................... 33
5 Security .............................................................................................................. 34
5.1 Screen lock .............................................................................................................................................. 34
5.2 SIM security ............................................................................................................................................. 34

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6 Account .............................................................................................................. 35
6.1 Software Update..................................................................................................................................... 35
7 Safety and Use................................................................................................... 36
8 General Information ......................................................................................... 46
9 MetroPCS Information..................................................................................... 47
10 12 Month Limited Warranty ........................................................................... 51
11 Recycling Information....................................................................................... 52
12 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................ 53
1 Getting Started ......................................
1.1 Overview
Microphone
Headset Connector
LED Indicator
Front Camera
Proximity &
Light Sensor
USB Type-A
Microphone Speaker
Recent Apps ButtonBack Button
Home
Button

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Recent Apps button
• Touch to open a card view of applications you've worked with recently.
Home button
• From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.
• Long press to turn on Google Now. You can get help such as getting directions and
restaurant information based on the content detected on the screen.
Back button
• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, the
Notification panel, etc.
Power key
• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen.
• Press and hold: Show the popup menu to select from Power off/Restart.
• Press and hold the Power key and Volume down key to make a screenshot.
• Press and hold the Power key for at least 10 seconds to force reboot.
Volume Keys
• In call mode, adjusts the earpiece or headset volume.
• In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjusts the media volume.
• In general mode, adjusts the ringtone volume.
• Mutes the ringtone of an incoming call.
• In camera preview mode, press Volume key to take a photo or press and hold to
make burst shot.
Volume Keys
Rear Camera
Power Key
Flash

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1.2 Setup
Setup your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone, you should set the following options:
• Touch to select the phone's language, then touch .
• Select an enabled Wi-Fi, then touch Next, otherwise touch Skip.
• Set up date and time if needed, then touch Next.
• Enter the name to allow the phone to personalize some applications, then touch Next.
• Set up Google Services by marking the corresponding checkboxes, touch MORE to learn more
about Google Services, then touch NEXT.
Note: Even if no SIM card is installed, your phone will still power on and you will be able to connect
to a Wi-Fi network and use some of the phone's features.
Inserting Nano SIM card
You must insert your Nano SIM card to make phone calls using your network.
Your phone only supports Nano SIM card. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types like Mini
or Micro cards, otherwise you may damage your phone.
SIM
SD
1.3 Home Screen
Search bar
Enter text search screen.
Enter voice search screen.

Swipe left or right to view more screens
Status bar
•Status/Notification indicators
•Touch and drag down to open the Notification
panel.
Enter the applications list.
Favorite tray applications
•Enter the application.
•Long press to move or remove applications.
Touch an icon to open an application, folder,
etc.

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1.4 Status Bar
From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information
(to the left side).Here is a list of the icons you might see and their meanings:
Icon Status Icon Status
Bluetooth®active Alarm set
Vibrate New Email
Network (full signal) New message
4G LTE data service
2 About Your Phone.................................
2.1 Power On/Off
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on, unlock your phone (slide, PIN, password,
pattern) if necessary, once unlocked, Home screen is displayed.
If you don't know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your service provider. Do not
store PIN code within your phone, instead store PIN in a location that is accessible without using
phone.
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the phone options appear, select Power off.
Charging
Insert the small end of the charging cable into the charge port, and plug the charger into an electrical
outlet.

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2.2 Battery
To optimize your battery life, you may do the following:
Turn on power saving mode
• Go to Settings >Battery >Battery saver
• Turn on the switch to enable battery saving mode.
Lower screen brightness
• Go to Settings >Display >Brightness level
• Lower the brightness by sliding to the left.
Screen timeout
• Go to Settings >Display >Advanced >Sleep
• Select the screen timeout duration.
3 Application..............................................
3.1 Call.................................................................................................
Making a call
To make a call, touch .
View the contact’s
detailed information.
You can also edit, delete,
share the contact, or
send a message to the
contact.
Show the dial pad
Call log
Contacts

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Display
suggested
numbers
Long press to
access voicemail
Enter the desired number from the dial pad and touch to place the call or select a contact from
or by sliding or touching tabs, then to make the call. Or touch to make video call.
The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching Create new contact.
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching .
To hang up a call, touch .
International call
To dial an international call, long press to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix
followed by the full phone number and touch .
Emergency call
If your phone has network coverage, dial the emergency number and touch to make an emergency
call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.
Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call:
• Slide up to answer;
• Slide down to reject;
• Touch to reject the call by sending a preset message.
To mute an incoming call, press the Volume key.
Voicemail
Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine
that you can consult at any time.
To access your voicemail, long press .
To set your voicemail number: go to menu > Settings > Voicemail > Advanced Settings >
Setup > Voicemail number.

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If you receive a voicemail, appears in the Status bar. Open the Notification panel and touch
Voicemail.
3.2 Contacts .......................................................................................
Contacts enables quick and easy access to the contact you want to reach.
You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize them with your Gmail contacts or
other applications on the web or on your phone.
• Touch in the contact list to create a new contact.
• Touch in the contact details screen to edit.
• Touch to add the contact to favorites; touch to remove a contact from favorites.
• Long press the contact you want to delete, then touch .
Adding a contact
Touch in the contact list to create a new contact.
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.
When finished, touch to save
Select a picture or take a
photo for the contact
Touch to open available labels
When finished, touch SAVE to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch and then touch DISCARD.
Editing your contacts
Touch in the contact details screen to edit.
Add to/remove from Favorites
Touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to favorites.
Touch the star to remove a contact from favorites.

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Deleting a contact
• Long press the contact you want to delete, then touch and confirm to delete.
• Touch to select all contacts, then touch and confirm to delete all contacts.
The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or
web the next time you synchronize your phone.
Sharing a contact
You can share a single contact with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Email, Messages,
and Bluetooth.
Select a contact you want to share, touch and then select Share.
Available options
From the contact list, you may also make further settings by touching .
Settings
• My info Touch to set up your profile.
• Accounts Touch to add contact and configure related info.
• Default account
for new contacts
Touch to choose the default palce to save a new contact.
• Contacts to display Choose contacts to display.
• Sort by Touch to sort the list by the first name or last name.
• Name format Touch to choose whether to display first name first, or last name first.
• Phonetic name Touch to choose display or hide phonetic name.
• Import/Export Import or export contacts between phone, SIM card, microSDTM card and
phone storage, etc.
• Block numbers Add numbers here so that you won't receive the calls or texts from them.
• About Contacts Touch to view the build version, open source licenses and so on.
3.3 Messages.......................................................................................
Use the messaging app to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages.
Creating a message
On the message list screen, touch to write text/multimedia messages.