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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Support..................................................................... 1
Service Activation.................................................... 2
Phone Overview ...................................................... 3
SIM Card................................................................... 4
Memory Card........................................................... 7
Battery....................................................................... 8
Power ........................................................................ 8
Home Screen........................................................... 9
Calls......................................................................... 12
T-Mobile Name ID .................................................15
Wi-Fi Calling ...........................................................15
Tethering & Mobile Hotspot ................................17
Accessing Files......................................................18
Voicemail ...............................................................19
Visual Voicemail ....................................................19
Volume & Ringtone ...............................................20
Contacts .................................................................21
Email .......................................................................22
Text Entry................................................................23
Text Messaging .....................................................25
Web Browsing .......................................................28
Bluetooth®.............................................................29
Battery & Memory Management.........................30
Protect Your Phone...............................................32
Accessories............................................................36
Caring For Your Phone.........................................37
Approved Firmware Versions..............................38
Safety Tips..............................................................38
Emergency Dialing................................................41
Additional Information..........................................42
TCL Communications Ltd. Warranty..................45
Safety and Use.......................................................48

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SERVICE ACTIVATION
If you are a new T-Mobile®customer
and your service has not yet been
activated, simply call Customer Care at
1-800-937-8997 and a T-Mobile Activations
representative will assist you.
You will need the following information
when activating service:
nYour Service Agreement and the
agent code on your Agreement
nYour name, home address, home
phone number, and billing address
Note: For business and government accounts,
please provide the organization’s name,
address, and tax ID.
nYour Social Security number, current
driver’s license number, and date of
birth for credit check purposes
nYour choice of T-Mobile rate plan and
services (see www.t-mobile.com
for latest plan information)
nYour SIM serial number and IMEI number
(located on the box barcode label)
By activating service, you acknowledge that you have read,
understand, and agree to be bound by each of T-Mobile’s Terms and
Conditions, and by your Service Agreement.
SUPPORT
This guide provides you with the information you
need to get started.
For more information and additional support, please
visit www.t-mobile.com/support where you can:
nRegister at my.t-mobile.com to check
your minutes, pay your bill, upgrade your
phone, and change your rate plan.
nReview your phone’s User Manual
and troubleshooting FAQs.
nView the latest troubleshooting solutions in the
Support Forums or ask a question of your own.

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Power key
Volume up
Volume
down
Camera
SIM CARD
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card identifies
your phone to the wireless network. You cannot make
or receive phone calls or browse the Internet without
a properly installed SIM card.
PHONE OVERVIEW
Touch
screen
Back key
Home key
Front
camera
Menu key
Headset connector
Micro-USB Connector

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3. Insert SIM card into SIM slot located on right
side of phone. Ensure SIM gold contacts
are facing phone when inserting card.
4. Reattach back cover to phone
and power phone on.
Installing SIM card
1. Detach the SIM card from its packaging.
2. Power off your phone and remove
back cover by pulling cover up.

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BATTERY
To optimize battery performance, be sure to fully
charge your phone before using it for the first time.
Charging battery
1. Insert the small end of the charging cable
into the phone micro-USB connector
located on bottom of phone, as shown.
2. Plug the other end of the charging
cable into provided charger, connect
charger to power outlet.
POWER
To turn the power on or off, press and hold the power
key located on right side of phone.
MEMORY CARD
Memory cards add extra storage space for your
music, pictures, videos, and more. This phone uses
a microSD memory card size. Memory card sold
separately.
Installing memory card
1. Power off your phone, remove back cover by pulling
cover up and remove battery.
2. Locate the microSD card slot located above top
right corner of battery compartment.
3. Insert the microSD card into the microSD slot with
the gold contacts facing downward and gently push
in microSD card until it locks into slot.
4. Reinsert battery into battery compartment until
locked in position, then reattach the battery cover.

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Status bar
The Status bar appears at the top of your Home
screen. Icons indicating your phone’s status and new
notification alerts appear in the Status bar.
Notifications panel
To open the Notifications panel, touch and drag the
Status bar down.
Applications menu
To access all Applications from the Home screen, tap
the Applications icon .
Swipe left or right through the menu screens to view
all applications. As you download new applications,
they will appear in the Applications menu in
alphabetical order.
HOME SCREEN
You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts,
folders and widgets) you love or use most frequently
to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the
Home key to get instant access to the Home screen.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
•
Touch and drag down to open
the notifications panel.
Applications icon
• Touch to open applications menu.
Search bar
• Touch to enter text
search screen.
• Touch to enter voice
search screen.

Favorite applications tray
• Touch to enter the applications.
• Touch and hold to move or
change applications.
Swipe main home screen left and right
to view additional home screens.
Home screen is provided in an extended format to
allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts
etc. Slide all Home screens horizontally left and right
to get a complete view of the Home screens. The
white squares at the lower part of the screen indicate
which screen you are viewing.
Add additional home screens by touching Menu key
and selecting Manage Home Screens.

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CALLS
Placing a call
You can easily launch a call using Phone. Touch
from Favorite applications tray or from Applications
menu.
Touch and
hold to access
voicemail
Touch to hide or
show Keypad
Touch to add
a new contact
to Contacts
Enter the desired number directly into Keypad, then
touch to place call. If you make a mistake, you can
delete the incorrect digit(s) by touching .
To select phone number from contacts list, touch
Contacts tab and select preferred contact, then
touch next to preferred contact number to place
call.
Unlock the screen
Press the Power key once to light up the screen, slide
the screen to the right, draw the unlock pattern you
have created or enter PIN or password to unlock the
screen.
Add items to the Home screen
1. Swipe left or right to the desired Home screen.
2. Tap the Applications icon to access the
Applications menu.
3. Touch and hold the desired item, and then drag it
to a blank area on the Home screen.
Move and delete items
Touch and hold the item you want to move or delete
and then drag it to another location or to the Trash
can icon at the top of the screen.
Change Home screen wallpaper
1. Touch Menu key on the Home screen , then select
Wallpaper.
2. Tap Gallery, Homescreen wallpapers, Live
wallpapers,Lock screen wallpapers or Photos.
3. Tap the desired image.
4. Touch Set Wallpaper. If a picture is selected from
Gallery, you will be prompted to crop picture, once
cropping is complete select OK to set as wallpaper.

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Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call, touch and hold .
• Slide to green icon rightward to answer;
• Slide to red icon leftward to reject;
• Slide to icon upward to reject a call and send a
preset text message.
To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down
key or make the phone facing down.
To hang up a call, touch end call icon.
To save a phone number that has been recently
dialed, touch the default image by phone number
record. You will be prompted to “Add to contacts?”
select OK and then touch CREATE NEW CONTACT
at bottom of screen.
International call
To dial an international call, touch and hold to enter
“+”, then enter the international country prefix followed
by the full phone number and finally touch .
Emergency call
If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency
number and touch to make an emergency call.
This works even without a SIM card and without
typing the PIN code.

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To enable Wi-Fi Calling
1. From the Home screen, touch
Applications icon .
2. Select Settings , then More….
3. Toggle Wi-Fi Calling button to right On
position, bar will light up in yellow.
To disable Wi-Fi Calling
1. From the Home screen, touch
Applications icon .
2. Select Settings , then More….
3. Toggle Wi-Fi Calling button to left Off
position, bar will display in gray.
To change the connection preference for
Wi-Fi Calling
1 From the Home screen, touch
Applications icon .
2. Select Settings , then More….
3 Select Wi-Fi Calling, then select
Connection Preferences.
T-MOBILE NAME ID
T-Mobile Name ID identifies callers, displaying Name,
City and State even if the caller is not in your contacts
list. It is an optional add-on feature that can be
purchased directly from your phone for an additional
monthly charge. A one time 10 day trial is included
with the phone.
1. From the Applications menu, tap .
2. Choose an on-screen option.
WI-FI CALLING
Wi-Fi Calling can improve your coverage and allows
you to make phone calls and send messages over
a Wi-Fi network (when a Wi-Fi network is available).
Please check your rate plan to determine if Wi-Fi
Calling minutes count towards your cellular calling
minutes or not. To use Wi-Fi Calling please use the
SIM card shipped with your device. A different SIM
card may not work with the Wi-Fi Calling feature. You
must have a 911 emergency address registered with
your account. Log into your account at www.t-mobile.
com. Go to your profile and click Customer Info to
register your address.
Please note: Corporate accounts may require
administrator assistance for 911 Address.

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Activating Mobile HotSpot
1. From Home screen or Applications menu
touch Mobile HotSpot icon.
2. Toggle Mobile HotSpot button to right
On position, bar will display in blue. If
first time activating Mobile HotSpot, you
will be prompted to create password.
3. Use computer to search for Mobile HotSpot
wireless name ALCATEL ONETOUCH
POP Astro, select to connect.
4. Enter password to complete connection.
ACCESSING FILES
To access media files and photos saved on your
device or to transfer files from your SD card to your
computer, connect your phone to a computer using
supplied USB Cable.
Once connected and this feature is active you will
see in the Status bar.
Swipe down the Status bar to see Connect as media
device option, select this option. Then select the file
type you would like to access:
• Media device (MTP) to access media files.
• Camera (PTP) to access camera photos.
• SD card to access microSD card files.
Please note, you can only access one file type
option at a time. Once file type is selected use your
computer to access your phone files.
TETHERING & MOBILE HOTSPOT
Tether your phone
1. Use provided USB Cable to connect your
phone to your computer. You will see in
Status bar when USB Connection is active.
2. Tap the Applications icon .
3. Tap Settings .
4. Tap More…
5. Tap Tethering & Mobile Hotspot.
6. Tap the check box next to USB tethering
to turn on tethering (Wi-Fi must be
off to activate this option).
Tethering works with Windows® XP, Windows® 7,
Windows Vista® and Linux. For more information on
tethering with operating systems, go to www.android.
com/tether.
When you connect your phone to a computer with
a USB cable, you can either share your mobile data
connection by tethering OR you can share files—you
cannot do both. Do not turn on tethering if you
want to use your computer to access your phone’s
memory card.

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VOLUME & RINGTONE
Adjust in-call volume
While on a call, press the volume up/down key to
adjust volume.
Set call ringtone and volume
1. From the Home screen, touch
Application icon .
2. Touch Settings , select Sound.
3. Touch Phone ringtone.
4. Touch to select ringtone.
5. Touch OK to save.
Set volume level
1. From the Home screen, touch
Application icon .
2. Touch Settings , select Sound.
3. Touch bar next to Ringtone to adjust volume.
4. Touch bar next to Notifications; Music, video,
games & other media; Alarms to set volumes.
Set notification sound
1. From the Home screen, touch
Application icon .
2. Touch Settings , select Sound.
3. Touch Notification sound.
4. Select notifications sound.
5. Touch OK to save.
VOICEMAIL
Set up voicemail
1. Touch and hold to call voicemail.
2. Follow the prompts to set up
your voicemail account.
Reset voicemail password
You can reset your voicemail password to the last
four digits of your phone number.
1. Enter #793#.
2. Touch .
3. Select OK.
VISUAL VOICEMAIL
Visual Voicemail allows users to view, listen and save
all voicemails in any order directly from the phone,
without the need of calling the voicemail system.
1. From the Home screen or
Applications menu, tap .
2. The inbox with all voicemail messages
will be displayed. If this is the first time
accessing Visual Voicemail, you may be
prompted to enter a new PIN code and
tap Next to activate Visual Voicemail.
3. Tap on voicemail to listen to it.

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EMAIL
Setting up Gmail™
1. From the Home screen, tap the
Applications icon .
2. Tap .
3. Tap Existing or New.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Setting up email accounts
1. From the Home screen, tap the
Applications icon .
2. Tap .
3. Enter your email account and password.
4. Tap Next and follow all prompts
until completed.
CONTACTS
Adding a new contact
1. From the Home screen, touch .
2. Touch in the contact list to
create a new contact.
3. Enter contact’s name and other
contact information.
4. When finished, touch DONE to save.
Adding a contact from the call history log
1. From the Home screen, touch .
2. Touch Call log tab on top options.
3. Then touch either the default photo
or phone number and you will
be prompted to add to contacts.
4. Enter contact’s information and
select DONE to save.
Call a contact from the contacts list
1. From the Home screen, touch .
2. Scroll to the contact you want to call.
3. Touch the contact and touch phone
number, dialing will start immediately.

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Swype keyboard
Touch to enter
phone number
or contact.
Touch to switch
between << abc/
Abc/ABC >> mode.
Press and hold
to open settings.
Touch to
input space.
Touch to switch between symbol
and numeric keyboard.
Touch to
enter text.
Text editing
You can edit the text you have entered.
• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you
would like to edit.
• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.
• The following options will show on top bar: Select
all , Cut , Copy and Paste .
• Touch the icon when editing is completed, to
exit out of edit mode.
TEXT ENTRY
Onscreen Keyboard settings
Touch from the Home screen, touch Settings
and select Language & input. Scroll to KEYBOARD
& INPUT METHODS, locate keyboard of choice:
Android keyboard, Google Keyboard, Swype, or
Google voice typing and select to view available
settings for each input option.
Adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the
Onscreen Keyboard orientation. You can also adjust
Onscreen Keyboard orientation by changing the
settings. Select Settings , select Display, then
select/deselect Auto-rotate screen.
Touch to select
multiple saved
contacts.

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TEXT MESSAGING
Use the messaging feature to send and receive text
(SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages.
Writing a message
In message screen, touch the new message icon
to write text/multimedia messages.
Touch to view the whole
message thread.
Touch to search in all messages.
Touch to create a new message.
To communicate with a saved contact, touch
contact photo to open Quick Contact panel.
For unsaved contacts, touch default photo to
add the number to your Contacts.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in
the Type name or number bar or touch to add
recipients, touch Type text message bar to enter text
message. When finished, touch to send the text
message.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will
be charged as several SMS. When the total number
of characters you have entered is approaching the
160-character limit, a counter will appear on the
lower right corner below Send option of the text box
to remind you how many characters are allowed to be
entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size
of the SMS, which may cause multiple SMS
to be sent to your recipient.
Deleting message threads
To delete an entire message thread,
touch and hold message from
Messaging screen until highlighted,
then touch trash bin to delete.
Touch to delete selected message.

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Deleting individual message threads
To delete individual messages
in a message thread, open
message thread, touch & hold
message to access Message
Options and select Delete
message.
WEB BROWSING
Using Google Chrome
1. From the Favorite applications
tray or Applications menu, touch
Google Chrome icon .
2 Touch the URL bar at the top, enter
the address of the web page.
3. Touch Go.

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BLUETOOTH®
Your phone comes with Bluetooth connectivity, a
wireless technology that enables a data connection
between your phone and a Bluetooth headset or
other Bluetooth device (sold separately).
Prepare Bluetooth headset
Make sure your Bluetooth headset is fully charged and
in pairing mode. Refer to the headset’s user manual for
more information.
Turn on Bluetooth and pair with a headset
1. From the Home screen, touch Application
icon , then select Settings .
2. Scroll to Bluetooth and move switch beside
Bluetooth to right position to activate .
3. Touch Bluetooth, phone will search for
available Bluetooth devices automatically.
4. Scroll to the desired Bluetooth device.
5. Touch the Bluetooth device to pair with phone.
BATTERY & MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Optimizing battery life
To optimize battery life you can adjust your screen
brightness and display timeout.
1. From the Home screen, tap the Applications
icon .
2. Tap Settings .
3. Tap Display.
4. Tap Brightness.
5. Tap Auto to maximize battery life.
6. Tap Sleep, set to 15 seconds
to maximize battery life.
Optimizing memory
Using Task Manager to free up memory space:
1. From the Home screen, tap the
Applications icon .
2. Select Settings and select Applications.
3. Tap the following tabs near the top of the screen:
DOWNLOADED to view and uninstall
downloaded applications.
RUNNING to view applications
that are currently running.
ALL to view all applications.
4. Tap the application you want to stop or uninstall.
5. Tap Stop, Force stop, Uninstall updates,
Uninstall, Disable or Clear data
options vary based on application.

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Clearing the Browser cache:
Increase available storage space by clearing out
browser caches.
1. From the Home screen, tap the Applications
icon .
2. Tap .
3. Tap Menu key .
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Privacy.
6. Tap CLEAR BROWSING DATA.
7. Mark the checkboxes to clear browser
history, cache, cookies, etc.
8. Tap Clear.
Deleting old messages:
1. From the Home screen, tap Messaging icon .
2. Tap Menu key .
3. Tap Delete all threads.
PROTECT YOUR PHONE
Prevent others from using your phone without your
permission. Device protection is automatically
activated when you add a Google Account and set a
screen lock. Together with Android Device Manager,
you can locate and erase your phone, and protect
it from reuse if it’s lost or stolen. Even if your phone
gets wiped, your google Account password will be
required before anyone can use your phone.
To activate
1. Select Setup ScreenLock when
prompted during phone set up.
Note: If you decide you want to skip option, select
Cancel. If you have already set up your phone,
activate option by going to Settings/Security/Protect
your phone.

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2. Set Pattern, Password or PIN.
3. Select Activate and Protect your
phone activation is complete.
To deactivate
Note: Ensure to deactivate this option before you
return or exchange your phone or before factory
reset to avoid PIN/password from being required to
access phone.
1. Touch , then touch Settings
and select Security.
2. Scroll to Protect your phone and unselect box.

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3. Select Deactivate.
4. Enter Pattern, Password or PIN
to finish deactivation.
ACCESSORIES
Whether you want a charger, or a fashionable
headphone, T-Mobile is the shop for all your phone
accessories. Here are a few examples…
Headphone Car Charger
To purchase accessories for your phone, please
visit T-Mobile.com, call 1.800.204.2449, or visit your
nearest T-Mobile store.
Accessories selection subject to change and may
vary by location.