Alcatel dawn User manual

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USER GUIDE
A downloadable, printable guide to your AlcatelDawn and
its features.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED 1
Introduction 2
AbouttheUserGuide 2
Set Up Your Phone 3
PartsandFunctions 3
BatteryUse 4
InserttheBattery 4
RemovetheBattery 6
ChargetheBattery 6
SIMCard 8
SDCard 9
InsertanSDCard 10
UnmountanSDCard 10
RemoveanSDCard 10
FormatanSDCard 12
TurnYourPhoneOnandOff 13
UsetheTouchscreen 14
ActivationandService 15
CompletetheSetupScreens 16
Basic Operations 18
Basics 18
HomeScreenandApplications(Apps)List 18
PhoneSettingsMenu 19
PortraitandLandscapeScreenOrientation 20
CaptureScreenshots 20
Applications 20
LaunchApplications 21
AppsList 21
PhoneNumber 23
AirplaneMode 23
EnterText 24
TouchscreenKeyboards 24
AndroidKeyboard 25

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Swype 26
GoogleVoiceTyping 27
TipsforEditingText 27
GoogleAccount 28
CreateaGoogleAccount 28
SignIntoYourGoogleAccount 30
GooglePlayStore 31
FindandInstallanApp 32
RequestaRefundforaPaidApp 33
UpdateanApp 33
UninstallanApp 34
GetHelpwithGooglePlay 35
LockandUnlockYourScreen 36
UpdateYourPhone 37
UpdateYourPhoneSoftware 37
UpdateYourProfile 40
UpdateYourPRL 41
Your Phone's Home Screen 42
HomeScreenBasics 42
HomeScreenLayout 42
ExtendedHomeScreens 43
StatusBarandNotificationPanel 44
StatusBar 44
NotificationPanel 47
CustomizetheHomeScreen 48
ChangetheWallpaper 48
AddShortcutstotheHomeScreen 49
AddWidgetstotheHomeScreen 50
AddFolderstotheHomeScreen 50
MAKING CONNECTIONS 52
Phone Calls and Voicemail 53
PlaceandAnswerCalls 53
CallUsingthePhoneDialer 53
CallEmergencyNumbers 55
AnswerPhoneCalls 55
In-CallScreenLayoutandOperations 58

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PlaceaCallfromContacts 60
CallfromCallLog 61
Voicemail 62
VoicemailSetup 62
VisualVoicemailSetup 63
ReviewVisualVoicemail 64
ListentoMultipleVoicemailMessages 64
VisualVoicemailOptions 65
ConfigureVisualVoicemailSettings 65
OptionalCallingServices 66
CallerIDBlocking 67
CallWaiting 67
ConferenceCalling 68
CallForwarding 69
CallSettings 70
Contacts 73
AddaContact 73
ViewContacts 75
ContactsScreenLayout 76
EditaContact 77
DeleteaContact 78
ShareaContact 79
ImportContacts 80
BackUpContacts 81
Messaging 83
TextandMultimediaMessaging 83
SendaTextMessage 83
SendaMultimediaMessage(MMS) 84
SaveandResumeaDraftMessage 85
NewMessagesNotification 85
ManageMessageConversations 86
TextandMMSOptions 88
Gmail 89
CreateandSendaGmailMessage 89
CheckReceivedGmailMessages 90
UseGmailLabels 92

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ArchiveGmailThreads 94
MuteGmailThreads 94
DeleteGmailThreads 94
SearchGmailMessages 95
ReportSpamorPhishingGmail 95
AddAnotherGoogle(Gmail)Account 96
SwitchingbetweenGmailAccounts 97
GmailSettings 97
Internet and Social Networking 99
Browser 99
ChromeBrowser 99
Facebook 101
InstalltheFacebookApponYourPhone 101
UseFacebook 101
Twitter 102
InstalltheTwitterApponYourPhone 102
TweetonTwitter 102
Hangouts 102
Connectivity 104
TransferFilesbetweenYourPhoneandaComputer 104
Wi-Fi 105
TurnWi-FiOnandConnecttoaWirelessNetwork 105
Wi-FiSettings 107
DisconnectWi-Fi 107
Wi-FiDirect 108
Bluetooth 109
BluetoothInformation 110
EnabletheBluetoothFeature 110
PairBluetoothDevices 111
ConnecttoaPairedBluetoothDevice 113
SendInformationUsingBluetooth 114
ReceiveInformationviaBluetooth 116
APPS AND ENTERTAINMENT 117
Camera and Video 118
CameraOverview 118
TakePicturesandRecordVideos 119

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TakeaPicture 119
RecordVideos 120
ViewPicturesandVideosUsingGallery 120
EditPictures 122
SharePicturesandVideos 124
SendPicturesorVideosbyEmail 124
SendaPictureorVideobyMultimediaMessage 125
SendPicturesorVideosUsingBluetooth 126
SharePicturesorVideosviaAdditionalAppsorSocialMedia 126
ShareVideosviaYouTube 127
CameraSettings 128
SwitchCameras 128
SetCameraFunctions 129
Productivity 131
Calendar 131
AddanEventtotheCalendar 131
ViewCalendarEvents 133
SyncCalendars 134
NavigationApps 135
GoogleMaps 135
GoogleSearch 136
UseGoogleSearch 137
UseGoogleVoiceSearch 137
Calculator 138
Clock 138
SetAlarms 139
AdditionalClockFeatures 140
Entertainment and Activities 143
GooglePlayMusicApp 143
PlayMusicwithGooglePlay 143
GooglePlayMusicScreenLayout 144
CreatePlaylistsinGooglePlayMusic 144
YouTube 146
ViewYouTubeVideos 146
PostaVideotoYouTube 147
SETTINGS 149

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Connections Settings 150
BasicSettings 150
Wi-FiSettingsMenu 152
BluetoothSettings 154
DataUsageSettings 155
MoreSettings 157
Device Settings 159
SoundSettings 159
DisplaySettings 160
StorageSettings 161
BatterySettings 162
ApplicationsSettings 163
Personal Settings 165
LocationAccessSettings 165
SecuritySettings 166
LockScreenSettings 167
ScreenLock 167
DisabletheScreenLock 169
LockScreenOptions 170
BackupandReset 171
Accounts 173
System Settings 176
LanguageandInputSettings 176
DateandTimeSettings 178
AccessibilitySettings 179
ActivateThisDevice 180
AboutPhone 181
GETTING HELP 184
For Assistance 185
Troubleshooting 185
Specifications 186
VirginMobileAccountInformationandHelp 187
CopyrightInformation 188
INDEX 189

Getting Started 1
GETTING STARTED
Thetopicsinthissectionwillintroduceyoutoyourphone,helpyougetsetupwithservice,provide
anoverviewofthephonescreen,andgetyoustartedwithbasicphoneoperations.

Getting Started Introduction 2
INTRODUCTION
Thefollowingtopicsdescribethebasicsofusingthisguideandyournewphone.
ABOUT THE USER GUIDE
ThankyouforpurchasingyournewAlcatelDawn(5027B).Thefollowingtopicsexplainhowbestto
usethisguidetogetthemostoutofyourphone.
Before Using Your Phone
ReadtheGetStartedguideandImportantInformationbookletthatwerepackagedwithyourphone
thoroughlyforproperusage.
Accessibleservicesmaybelimitedbysubscriptioncontractconditions.
Descriptions in the User Guide
Notethatmostdescriptionsinthisguidearebasedonyourphone'ssetupatthetimeofpurchase.
Unlessotherwisenoted,instructionsbeginfromthephone'shomescreen,whichisdisplayedby
pressing .Someoperationdescriptionsmaybesimplified.
Screenshots and Key Labels
Screenshotsandotherillustrationsinthisuserguidemayappeardifferentlyonyourphone.Key
labelsintheuserguidearesimplifiedfordescriptionpurposesanddifferfromyourphone'sdisplay.
Other Notations
Intheuserguide,thephonemaybereferredtoeitheras"phone,""device,"or"handset."A
microSD™ormicroSDHC™cardisreferredtoasan"SDcard"ora"memorycard."

Getting Started Set Up Your Phone 3
SET UP YOUR PHONE
Thefollowingtopicsgiveyoualltheinformationyouneedtosetupyourphoneandwirelessservicethe
firsttime.
PARTS AND FUNCTIONS
Thesetopicsillustrateyourphone’sprimarypartsandkeyfunctions.
Note:Yourphone'sscreensandappslayoutsaresubjecttochange.Thisuserguideusessample
imagesonly.
Phone Layout
Thefollowingillustrationoutlinesyourphone’sprimaryexternalfeaturesandkeys.