Alcatel one touch 995 User manual

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English - CJB31Y0ALAAA
Quick Start Guide
For more information about how to use the phone, please go to
www.alcatelonetouch.com to download the complete user manual.
From the website you can also consult FAQ, perform software
upgrades, etc.
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Your mobile
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Keys and connectors1.1
Prolonged exposure to music at full volume on the music
player may damage the listener's hearing. Set your phone
volume safely. Use only headphones recommended by TCT
Mobile Limited and its affiliates.
Table of contents
1 Your mobile ...................................................................................... 3
2 Text input........................................................................................ 15
3 Phone call........................................................................................ 16
4 Contacts .......................................................................................... 17
5 Messaging.........................................................................................18
6 Email ................................................................................................. 19
7 Getting connected ........................................................................ 20
8 Identify my location using GPS satellites.................................23
9 Data backup.................................................................................... 24
10 Factory data reset......................................................................... 25
11 Applications ....................................................................................25
12 Making the most of your phone................................................26
www.sar-tick.com
This product meets applicable
national SAR limits of 2.0 W/kg. The
specific maximum SAR values can be
found on page 31 of this user guide.
When carrying the product or using
it while worn on your body, either
use an approved accessory such as
a holster or otherwise maintain a
distance of 1.5 cm from the body to
ensure compliance with RF exposure
requirements. Note that the product
may be transmitting even if you are
not making a phone call.
HDMI connector
Earpiece
Headset connector Power key
micro-USB
connector
Volume up
Volume down
Back key
Touchscreen
Front camera (1)
LED
notification
light
Home key
Menu key
Search key
(1) Depending on your model.
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On Home screen, press to quickly access the•
Settings menu or Notification panel; launch quick
search; manage applications; or customize your
Home screen by adding applications or by changing
its wallpaper/theme.
On other screens, press to view options list.•
Press: Return to the Home screen or back to the
central Home screen if it is extended.
Press and hold: Enter the recently used applications
list.
Go back to the previous menu or screen.
Press: Lock the screen
Light up the screen
Press and hold: When phone is off, power on the
phone.
When phone is on, enter Phone
options: Silent mode, Airplane
mode, Power off.
Press to adjust the volume (in call/media playing
mode)
Open Search bar for searching within an application,
the phone or web.
Getting started1.2
Set-up1.2.1
Removing or installing the back cover
Inserting or removing the SIM card
You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power
off your phone and remove the battery before inserting or removing
the SIM card.
Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its
housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted.To remove the card,
press and slide it out.
Installing or removing the battery
Insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover.•
Unclip the cover, then remove the battery.•
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Installing and removing the microSD card
Insert the microSD card into the slot with the golden contact facing
downwards.To remove the card, press and slide it out.
To avoid data loss and SD card damage, before removing the
SD card, please ensure that the SD card is unmounted.
Charging the battery
Standard charger
UK charger
Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket
respectively.
To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when
the battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger from
the plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-
running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight
time, etc.
Power on your phone1.2.2
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take
some seconds before the screen lights up.
Set up your phone for the first time
When you power on for the first time, you are prompted to set up
a range of your phones features: language, input method, mobile data
connection, account setup and synchronization, system update, etc.
You are required to sign into your Google account to synchronize
email, contacts, calendar and other Google applications(1).
Enter your user name and password, then touch• Sign in. If you
forget your password, you can go to http://www.google.com/ to
retrieve it. If you don’t own a Google Account, you are prompted
to create one by touching Create.
Read the setup information on the screen• .
Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to take•
advantage of Google's location service, then touch Next.
Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to back•
up data with your Google account, then touch Next.
Touch• Finish setup.
This initial set up can be skipped and enabled later via
Settings\Accounts & sync.
While in the power on screen but with no SIM card inserted, you can
still connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account
and use some features.
Power off your phone1.2.3
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the phone
options appear, select Power off.
(1) Application availability depends on country and operator.
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Home screen1.3
Your device provides two kinds of Home screens which are activated
by two different launchers: ONE TOUCH launcher and Android
launcher.
ONE TOUCH Home screen1.3.1 (1)
The ONETOUCH Home screen enables you to organize applications
and folders directly from the Home screen itself.This allows you to
keep your most frequently used applications accessible while
structuring their content at the same time.
Normal mode
Carousel mode

 



 
 
 Status bar
•Status/Notification indicators
•Touch and drag down to open
notification
Panels bar
•Slide left or right to view more
available panels.
Carousel button
•Touch to access 3D carousel
mode
Carousel screen
• Touch a panel to view details,
return to Normal mode.
• Use left or right gesture to
move panels.
Application tab
• Touch to open applications list.
Add/Remove a carousel
panel
•To add a carousel panel, touch
and drag a panel from the panel
bar to the centre of the 3D
carousel area.
•To remove a carousel panel,
touch and drag the panel back
to the top panel bar.
(See arrows on above picture.)
The Home screen is an extended user interface panel giving you
up-to-date information at a glance, such as time, weather, calendar,
upcoming appointments, next alarm, new messages, missed calls, new
emails, etc. It also has a fully customizable layout where you can add
your own favorite apps, folders, and widgets for one-touch access.
Android Home screen1.3.2
To switch to Android Home screen:
• Touch the Application tab from the Home screen
•Select Settings\Launcher selection
•Mark the Android launcher checkbox
• Press Home key to go to the Android Home screen.
Using the touchscreen1.3.3
Touch
To access an application, touch it with your finger.
Touch and Hold
To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item.
For example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold this
contact, an options list will then appear on screen.
Drag
Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another
location.
Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web
pages… at your convenience.
Flick
Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move faster.
Pinch/Spread
Place the fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them
apart or together to scale an element on the screen.
Rotate
Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to
landscape by turning the phone sideways to have a better screen
view.
Status bar1.3.4
From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right
side) and notification information (to the left side).When the status
bar is full, the “ ” icon will appear.Touch it to display hidden icons.
(1)
The availability of this feature depends on your network operator or region.
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Status icons
GPRS connected Receiving location data
from GPS
GPRS in use Speakerphone is on
EDGE connected Roaming
EDGE in use No signal
3G connected Vibrate mode
3G in use Ringer is silenced
HSPA (3G+) connected Phone microphone is
muted
HSPA (3G+) in use Battery is very low
Connected to a Wi-Fi
network Battery is low
Bluetooth is on Battery is partially
drained
Connected to a
Bluetooth device Battery is full
Airplane mode Battery is charging
Alarm is set Headset connected
GPS is on Signal strength
No SIM card installed
Notification icons
New Gmail message Call in progress (green)
New text or
multimedia message
Call in progress using
Bluetooth headset
(blue)
Problem with text or
multimedia message
delivery
Missed call
New Google Talk
message Call on hold
New voicemail Call forwarding is on
Upcoming event Uploading data
Data is synchronizing Downloading data
Problem with sign-in or
synchronization
An open Wi-Fi network
is available
microSD card is full Phone is connected via
USB cable
Connected to or
disconnected from VPN Radio is on
Song is playing System update available
USB tethering is on Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
is on
Both USB tethering
and portable hotspot
are on
Application update
available
More notifications are
hidden
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Notification panel
Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch
Notifications to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up
to close it. From the Notification panel, you can open reminders
indicated by notification icons, activate some functions or view
wireless service information.
Touch to activate/
deactivate Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
GPS, etc.
Slide left/right to view
more functions.
Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing
notifications will remain).
Lock/Unlock your screen1.3.5
To protect your phone and privacy, you can press Power key once
to lock the screen and you can also select Settings\Location &
Security\Set up screen lock to lock the phone screen by creating
a variety of patterns, a PIN or password, etc.
Application tab1.3.6
Touch from the Home screen to enter the applications list.
To return to the Home screen, press Home key.
Consult recently-used applications
To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the
Home key from the Home screen.Touch an icon in the window to
open the related application.
Volume adjustment1.3.7
You can set alarm, media and phone ringtone volumes to your
preference with the Volume up/down key, or Settings\Sound
menu.
Applications list1.4
The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed
applications.
To access the Applications list, touch the Application tab from the
Home screen.
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Text input
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Using the Onscreen Keyboard2.1
The Onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program
requires entering text or numbers.
Onscreen keyboard settings
When you touch the Application tab from the Home screen and
select Settings\Language & keyboard\TouchPal keyboard
or Android keyboard, a series of settings become available for
selection. In TouchPal keyboard, sliding the keyboard horizontally
left and right produces, a set of different keyboard styles for your
selection.
Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen keyboard
orientation.You can also adjust it by using additional settings (Touch
Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings\Display).
Android keyboard2.1.1
Touch twice to lock in capital letter
input mode.
Touch to switch to symbol and numeric
keyboard.
Touch to enter Voice input.
Touch and hold a letter, without lifting
finger, shift to the desired characters,
such as accented letter, number, etc.
Touch to enter text or numbers, touch
and hold to select input method.
TouchPal keyboard2.1.2
Touch to hide keyboard.
Touch and hold to enter multiple choice
mode.
Touch to enter numbers and symbols, etc.
Touch and hold to change input language.
Touch to activate word prediction mode.
:TouchPal settings
: Edit panel
:Voice input
Text editing2.2
You can edit the text you have entered.
Touch and hold text you have entered to display the options list.•
Select the text you want to edit by touching• Select text or
Select all.
Touch and hold the highlighted text, and select the operation you•
need (Copy, Cut, etc.)
Phone call
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Placing a call3.1
You can easily make a call using Phone.
To Enter this menu, touch the Application tab from the Home screen
and select Phone.
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Touch to add to
Contacts
Touch and hold to
access Voicemail
Enter the desired number from the keyboard directly or select
a contact from Contacts, Call log, Favourites or Groups by
touching tabs, then touch to place the call. The number you
entered can be saved to Contacts by touching .
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by
touching .
To hang up a call, touch End call.
Answering or rejecting a call3.2
When you receive an incoming call, drag down the green phone icon
to answer. Decline the call by dragging up the red phone icon.
Consulting your call memory3.3
You can access your call memory by touching the Application tab
from the Home screen and touching Call log to view call history in
categories of Missed calls, Outgoing calls, and Incoming calls.
Contacts
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You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize
these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web
or on your phone.
When using Contacts for the first time you are required
to add new contacts, import contacts from SIM card or
synchronize contacts from other application accounts to
the phone.
Adding a contact4.1
Touch the Application tab on the Home screen, select Contacts,
then press Menu key from contacts list screen and touch New
contact.
Importing, exporting and sharing4.2
contacts
From the Contacts screen, press Menu key and touch Import/
Export. From here you can exchange contacts between the phone
and SD card or phone and SIM card.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, SMS, Email, etc.
Touch a contact you want to share, press Menu key and touch
Share from the contact details screen, then select the application
to perform this action.
Synchronizing contacts in multiple4.3
accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from
multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your
phone.
Press Menu key from the contacts list screen, and touch
Accounts.
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Messaging
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You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile
phone.
To access this feature, touch the Application tab from the Home
screen, then select Messaging.
All messages you receive or send out can be saved in the
phone memory or SIM card.To consult messages stored in
your SIM card,press Menu key from Messaging screen, then
touch Settings\Manage SIM messages.
Write message5.1
On the message list screen, touch Compose new message to write
text/multimedia messages.
Touch to create new message
Touch to view the whole
message thread
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on To bar or touch
to add recipients, touch the Type to compose bar to enter
the text of the message. When finished, touch Send to send the
text message.
An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as
several SMS. Specific letters (with accents) will also increase
the size of the SMS, this may cause multiple SMS to be sent
to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips,images, photos,animations,slides
and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files
(image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached, a subject or email
address is added, the maximum number of characters reached, etc.
Email
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Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or
IMAP email accounts in your phone.
To access this function, touch the Application tab from the Home
screen, then select Email.
An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set-up an email
account.
Enter the email address and password of the account you want•
to set-up.
Touch• Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your
service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to
the email account settings screen to enter settings manually. Or
you can touch Manual setup to directly enter the incoming and
outgoing settings for the email account you are setting up.
Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.•
Touch• Done.
To add another email account, you can press• Menu key and touch
Accounts to access Email account screen. Press Menu key and
touch Add account to create.
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