Alcatel RAVEN LTE A574BL User manual

User Manual
Made and printed in China

Thank you for choosing Alcatel. This booklet helps you get started with
your new Alcatel Raven LTE.
Important:
Restart your phone by pressing and holding the power key for more than 8
seconds until the startup screen appears.
In case this does not start your phone, press and hold the power key
and volume up key together until the startup screen appears. From the
following menus, short press the power key to select the language and
then the “factory reset” option.
Note: This operation will erase personal settings and saved data.
For more information about how to use your Alcatel Raven LTE,
go to www.alcatelonetouch.us for the complete user manual.

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Table of contents
1 Your mobile ..........................................................................3
1.1 Keys and connectors........................................................3
1.2 Getting started.................................................................4
1.3 Home screen ...................................................................5
2 Text input ...........................................................................10
2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard..............................................10
2.2 Text editing....................................................................11
3 Phone call, Call log and Contacts.....................................11
3.1 Call ................................................................................11
3.2 Call log ..........................................................................14
3.3 Contacts ........................................................................14
4 Messaging, Gmail/Email....................................................17
4.1 Messaging .....................................................................17
4.2 Email .............................................................................20
5 Calendar & Clock & Calculator..........................................20
5.1 Calendar ........................................................................20
5.2 Clock ............................................................................21
5.3 Calculator ......................................................................23
6 Getting connected..............................................................24
6.1 Connecting to the Internet..............................................24
6.2 Connecting to Bluetooth devices ...................................25
6.3 Connecting to a computer..............................................25
6.4 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection................26
6.5 Connecting to virtual private networks...........................26
7 Multimedia applications....................................................27
7.1 Camera/Camcorder........................................................27
7.2 Gallery ...........................................................................28
7.3 Music.............................................................................29
8 Others.................................................................................30
8.1 Files...............................................................................30
8.2 Sound Recorder .............................................................30
8.3 Radio .............................................................................30
8.4 Other applications .........................................................31
9 Google applications ................................................................. 31
9.1 Play Store ......................................................................31
9.2 Chrome..........................................................................31
9.3 Gmail.............................................................................32
9.4 Maps .............................................................................33
9.5 YouTube .........................................................................33
9.6 Drive..............................................................................33
9.7 Play Music .....................................................................33
9.8 Play Movies & TV...........................................................33
9.9 Duo................................................................................33
9.10 Photos ...........................................................................33
10 Settings ..............................................................................34
10.1 Suggestions...................................................................34
10.2 Wireless & network........................................................34
10.3 Device ...........................................................................35

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10.4 Personal.........................................................................37
10.5 System ..........................................................................40
Safety and use.............................................................................42
www.sar-tick.com
This product meets applicable national SAR
limits of 1.6 W/kg. The specific maximum SAR
values can be found on page 50 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 15 mm 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.

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1 Your mobile .......................
1.1 Keys and connectors
Micro-USB/
Charger Connector
Headset connector
Touch screen
Back key
Home key
Menu Key
LED indicator
Front camera
Receiver
Camera
Volume down key
Volume up key
Power key
Back key
• Touch to go back to the previous screen, to close a dialog
box, access the options menu, the notification panel,
and etc.
Home key
• From any application or screen, touch to return to the
Home screen.
• Long press to open Google now.
Menu key
• Touch: Open a list of thumbnail images of apps you've
worked with recently. Touch a thumbnail to open an app.
Swipe horizontally to remove a thumbnail from the list.

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Power key
• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen.
• Press and hold: Show the pop-up menu to select from
Restart/Power off/Airplane mode.
• Press and hold the Power key for more than 8 seconds
to reboot.
• Press the Power key and Volume down key to capture a
screenshot.
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 mode, press Volume up or down key to take
a photo.
1.2 Getting started
1.2.1 Setup
Removing or installing the back cover
Removing or installing the microSD card
To install microSD card, place the microSD card with the chip facing
downwards into the housing, and then slide it into its slot. To remove
microSD card, press and slide it out.
To avoid data loss and SD card damage, before removing the SD
card, ensure that the SD card is unmounted.
Charging the battery
It is advised that you fully charge your battery ( ). Connect the battery
charger to your phone and main socket respectively, charging status is
indicated by the percentage on screen while the phone is powered off. The
percentage increases as the phone is charged.
• When using your telephone for the first time, you are advised to fully
charge the battery (approximately 3 hours).

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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 phone
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on, unlock your phone
(Swipe, PIN, Password, Pattern) if necessary and confirm. The Home screen
is displayed.
If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your
service provider. Do not leave your PIN code with your phone. Store this
information in a safe place when not in use.
Even if you have no network signal, your phone will still power on and you
will be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network, (refer to section “6.1.2 Wi-Fi”),
sign into your Google account and use some features.
1.2.2 Power off your phone
Hold down the Power key from any screen until the phone options appear,
select Power off.
1.3 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 switch to the Home screen.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch and drag down to open the notification
panel.
Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.
Touch to enter application list.
Favorite tray applications
• Touch to enter the application.
• Long press to move or change applications.
The Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space
for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally
to get a complete view.
1.3.1 Using the touchscreen
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.

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Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, and web
pages at your convenience.
Flick
Flicking is similar to swiping, but makes movement faster.
Pinch/Spread
Place two fingers from one hand on to the screen's 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 device sideways to have a better view.
1.3.2 Status bar
From the status bar, you can view both phone status and notification
information.
Status icons
3G connected Vibrate mode
3G in use Alarm is set
4G connected Connected to a Wi-Fi
network
4G in use Speakerphone is on
Signal strength No SIM card inserted
Roaming Battery is charging
No signal Battery is very low
Airplane mode Battery is low
Bluetooth is on Battery is partially
drained
Headset connected Battery is full
GPS is on

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Notification icons
New Gmail message Missed call
New Email message Radio is on
New text or multimedia
message
An open Wi-Fi network
is available
Problem with SMS or
MMS delivery Uploading data
Upcoming event Downloading data
Screenshot error System update available
Screenshot captured
Touch and drag the Status bar down to open the Quick settings panel
or Notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. When there are
notifications, you can touch them to access notifications directly.
Notification panel
When there are notifications, touch and drag the Status bar down to open
the Notification panel to read the detailed information.
Touch to clear all event–based
notifications (other ongoing notifications
will remain).
Touch to switch to the Quick settings panel.
Quick settings panel
Touch and drag down Notification panel to open Quick settings panel, where
you can enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.
Touch to access Settings, where
you can set more items.

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1.3.3 Search bar
The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate
information within applications, the phone or the web.


 Search by text
• Touch the Search bar from the Home screen.
• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.
• Touch the icon on the keyboard to complete your search.
 Search by voice
• Touch from the Search bar to display a dialog screen.
• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for.A list of search results will
display for you to select from.
1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen
To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by
choosing swipe or creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password.
To create a screen unlock pattern
• Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Settings/
Lock screen/Screen lock/Pattern.
• Draw your own pattern.
Draw your unlock pattern
Touch to confirm by drawing pattern again
To create a screen unlock PIN/Password
• Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Settings/
Lock screen/ Screen lock/ PIN or Password.
• Set your PIN or password.
To lock phone screen
Press the Power key once to lock the screen.
To unlock phone screen
Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern
you have created or enter PIN or password, etc. to unlock the screen.
If you have chosen Swipe as the screen lock, you can press the Power key
to light up the screen first, then slide up to unlock the screen; double touch the
apps icon to enter the application.

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1.3.5 Personalize your Home screen
Add
You can touch and hold a folder, an application or a widget to activate the
Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen as you prefer.
Reposition
Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag
the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both
on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right
edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.
Remove
Touch and hold the item you want removed in order to activate the Move
mode, drag the item up to the top of the Remove icon, and release after
the item turns red.
Create folders
To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home
screen and the Favorite tray, you can add them to a folder by stacking one
item on top of another. To rename a folder, open the folder and long press
the folder's title bar to input a new name.
Wallpaper customization
Touch and hold the background on the Home screen then touch
WALLPAPERS to customize wallpaper.
1.3.6 Recently-used applications
Consult recently-used applications
To consult recently-used applications, touch the Menu key from the Home
screen. Touch a thumbnail in the window to open the related application.
Slide vertically to view all thumbnails of recently-used applications.
Touch one thumbnail and slide it horizontally or touch to delete it.
Touch to delete all thumbnails at once.

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1.3.7 Volume adjustment
Using volume key
Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To active the vibrate mode, press
the Volume down key until the phone vibrates.
Using Settings Menu
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Settings/
Sound to set the volume of media, ringtone, alarm, etc. to your preference.
2 Text input
2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard
Onscreen Keyboard settings
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings/Language
& Input/Virtual keyboard, touch the keyboard name to access a series
of settings.
2.1.1 Google keyboard
Touch to access
number, symbols,
emoji input keyboard. Touch to select emoji.
Touch to enter text
or numbers.
Touch to enter voice input.
Touch to switch "abc/
Abc" mode; Touch
and hold to switch
"ABC" mode.

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2.2 Text editing
You can edit the text you have entered.
• Touch and hold or double tap the text you would like to edit.
• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.
• The following options will show: CUT,COPY,SHARE,SELECT ALL,
and ASSIST.
• Touch the other words that haven't been selected or an empty place in
the entry bar to go back without any action.
You can also insert new texts as you prefer
• Touch where you want to type, or long press a blank space. The cursor
will blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.
• If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show PASTE and SELECT
ALL which allows you to complete paste immediately.
3 Phone call, Call log and
Contacts
3.1 Call ....................................................
3.1.1 Placing a call
You can easily launch a call using Call. Touch the Application tab from the
Home screen and select Call, or touch the icon on the home screen
to access Call application.
Slide left to access
Contacts; slide right to
access Favorites.
Touch to hide
keyboard

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Long press to
access voicemail.
Touch to place
a call
Enter the desired number from the keyboard directly or select a contact
from Contacts or Call log by sliding or touching tabs, then touch
to place the call.
The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching the Create
new contact.
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching .
To hang up a call, touch or the Power key (when the Settings/
Accessibility/Power button to ends call option is activated).
International call
To dial an international call, long press 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 network signal and
without typing the PIN code.
3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call, you can touch DISMISS to reject the call or touch
ANSWER to connect the call. For more, touch the incoming call then:
• Slide the icon up to answer;
• Slide the icon up to reject;
• Touch the icon to reject the call by sending a preset message.
• Touch the icon to reject the call with a reminder.
To mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press the Volume up/
down key or turn the phone over (when the Settings/Gesture/Turn over
to mute option is set to On by default).
3.1.3 Calling your 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 from dial screen.
To set your voicemail number, touch from the Dial screen, then touch
Settings/Call settings/Voicemail/Setup/Voicemail number.

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If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon appears on the Status bar.
Open the Notification panel, touch New voicemail.
3.1.4 During a call
To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key.
Touch to end the current call.
Touch to display dial pad.
Touch to activate the speaker during the current call. Touch
this icon again to deactivate the speaker.
Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to
unmute the call.
Touch to add a call.
Touch to hold a call.
Touch to view the contact list and details.
To avoid incorrect operations on the touchscreen during a call,
the screen will automatically lock and unlock once the cellphone
is placed and removed from your ear.
3.1.5 Call settings
Touch the from dial screen, then touch Settings, the following options
are available:
Phone settings
Sounds and vibrate
• Phone ringtone: Touch to select phone ringtone.
• Also vibrate for calls: Mark the checkbox to vibrate when ringing.
• Dial pad tones: Mark the checkbox to enable playing tones when using
the dial pad.
Quick responses
Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject a call
with a message.
Call settings
Calling accounts
• SIP accounts: Touch to add and manage SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
accounts.
• Use SIP calling: Touch to setup when to use SIP calling, use for all calls
or only for SIP calls.
• Receive incoming calls: Mark the checkbox to enable receive incoming
calls.

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Voicemail
• Service: Touch to select the carrier.
• Setup: Touch to set voicemail number for listening to and managing
your voicemail.
• Sound: Touch to select notification sound.
• Vibrate: Mark the checkbox to vibrate when you have a new voicemail.
Fixed Dialing Numbers
Fixed dialing number (FDN) is a SIM service mode, where outgoing calls are
restricted to a set of phone numbers. These numbers are added to the FDN
list. The most common practical application of FDN is for parents to restrict
the phone numbers to which their children can dial. For security reasons,
you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by entering SIM PIN2 which is usually
acquired from your service provider or SIM maker.
GSM call settings
• Call forwarding: Touch to configure how your calls are forwarded when
you are busy, unanswered or unreachable.
• Additional settings: Mark the check to enable notification of incoming
calls when during a call.
• Call barring: Touch to enter call barring setup.
Accessibility
TTY mode
TTY mode enables people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-
impaired to use the telephone to communicate. After connecting the phone
and TTY devices that includes a keyboard and a text display mechanism,
calls are linked to a relay service, which converts incoming speech to text
and converts outgoing text to a spoken voice.
Hearing aids
Mark the checkbox to enable hearing aid compatibility.
Contact settings
Manage Accounts
Touch to enter manage accounts, you can add, remove, and setup your
Google and other supported accounts.
Display options
• Sort by: To set the contacts display by First name or Last name.
• Name format: To set the name format by First name first or Last
name first.
3.2 Call log
You can access your call memory by touching RECENT from the Dial screen.
Touch a contact or number to view information or further operations. You
can launch a new call, send SMS to the contact or number, view detailed
information of the call, or clear the call.
Touch Call history to view all call log, touch and Clear call history to
clear the entire call memory.
3.3 Contacts
Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.
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.

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3.3.1 Consult your Contacts
o access this feature:
• Touch from the Home screen, then touch ;
• Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then select Contacts
.
Touch to add
new contact.
Touch to view the
contact’s detailed
information.
To delete a contact,
touch and hold the
image, then press
the delete icon.
Touch to view your
favorite contacts.
Touch the to display contacts list option menu, following actions are
enabled:
• Group Touch to add and manage contact group.
• Contact to
display
Touch to choose contacts to display.
• Import/Export Import or export contacts between phone storage and
microSD card, or share contacts.
• Block number Touch to manage the block numbers, you won't receive
calls or texts from blocked numbers.
• Merge
contacts
Touch to merge the duplicate contacts.
• Settings Touch to change the display of the sort list and contact
names.
3.3.2 Adding a contact
Touch the icon 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 easily move from one field
to another.
Touch to select a picture for the contact.
Touch to save.
Touch to add a new label.
If you want to add more information, touch More to add a new category.
When finished, touch to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch and then touch Discard changes.

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Add to/remove from Favorites (1)
To add a contact to favorites, you can touch a contact to view details
then touch .
To remove a contact from favorites, touch the star on contact details
screen.
3.3.3 Editing your contacts
To edit contact information, touch in the contact details screen. When
finished, touch .
3.3.4 Communicating with your contacts
From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making
a call or exchanging messages.
To launch a call to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen,
then touch the number.
To send a message to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen,
then touch the icon on the right side of the number.
(1) Only phone contacts can be added to Favorites.
The icons available on Quick Contact panel depend on the information you
have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone.
3.3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing
This phone enables you to import or export contacts between microSD card
and phone storage.
From the Contacts screen, touch the icon to open the options menu, touch
Import/Export, then select the location to copy contacts from, touch NEXT,
then select the location to copy contacts to, touch NEXT.
To import/export a single contact, select the contact you want to import/
export, and touch the icon to confirm.
To import/export all contacts, touch the icon and then the icon
to confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
Touch a contact you want to share, long press the Menu icon and Share
from the contact details screen, choose a phone number or touch if
there are more than one number, then touch and select the application
to perform this action.
3.3.6 Displaying contacts
You can configure which group of contacts, for each account, you want to
display in the Contacts list. Touch and touch Contacts to display from
contacts list screen, then you can choose contacts to display.
Touch and Settings, sort the list by first name or last name, as well as
view contact names as first/last name first.

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3.3.7 Joining/Separating contacts(1)
To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing
contacts in a single action.
Touch and touch Merge contacts from contacts list screen, then you can
merge duplicate contacts.
Touch from the duplicate contact list screen, the contacts will merge
automatically.
3.3.8 Accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
To add an account, touch from the contacts list and touch Settings/
Manage Accounts/Add account, or from the Home screen, touch the
Application tab then Settings/Accounts/Add account.
You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google,
Corporate, etc.
As with other account setups, you need to enter detailed information, like
username, password, etc.
You can remove or delete an account and all associated information from
your phone. Open the Settings screen, touch the account you want to
delete, touch and select Remove account, then confirm.
Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync
In the Accounts screen, touch and mark the Auto-sync data checkbox.
When activated, all changes to information on the phone or online will be
automatically synchronized with each other.
(1) Only applicable for phone/account contacts.
4 Messaging, Gmail/Email
4.1 Messaging.........................................
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.
4.1.1 Write message
On the message list screen, touch the new message icon to write text/
multimedia messages.
Touch to create a new message.
• Touch to view the whole message thread.
• Touch and hold to activate delete mode.
For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact
panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts,
touch the photo to add the number to your Contacts.

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Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch
to add recipients and touch the Type message bar to enter the text of the
message. When finished, touch to send the text message.
An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as several
SMS. A counter will be on the right of the text box to remind you
how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) 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, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the
To bar, touch Type message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch
the icon to attach photo, video, audio and so on. When finished, touch
to send the multimedia message.
Attach options:
Touch to choose an animated emoji as an attachment.
Access Camera to capture a new picture for attachment.
Access Gallery application or Files to select a picture as
an attachment.
Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice message for
attachment.
Enter Contacts to select a contact or contacts as an
attachment.
Touch to edit the title of this slide.
4.1.2 Manage messages
When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as a
notification. Drag the status bar down to open the notification panel, touch
the new message to open and read it. You can also access the Messaging
application and touch the message to open. Messages are displayed in
conversational order.
To reply to a message, touch the current message, enter the text, then
touch .
Long press an SMS in message details screen. The following message
options are available for selection:
•
This option displays when the message is an SMS.
Copy the current message content. You can paste it
to the enter bar of the new message you are going
to compose.
• Touch to forward the message to another recipient.
•
Touch to view details of the message.